The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-18
ne Public School Land Question the
Most Important and Difficult
Problem for the
Consideration Of the Legislature The
Leasing System Seems to Have
Host Friends, Not Only With Legisla
tors, But With the Spectators
Xhs Have Gobbled Up So Much Under
the Fifty. Cents.Salcs Act.
A Fart Of the Cash Balance Should Go
to the Insane Asylum-The
Willingness to Let the People Decide on
Prohibition Is Growing.
Other Very Interesting Note.
No, 4

No. L.
AUSTIN, Jan. l6.-[ Special Correspond
sace.l-The proper handling and most ad
vAntageous disposition Of our public fire.,
school lands. and the public domain gen
orally, Is about the most important
"a It is indeed the most Difficult
problem which will engage tn,
attention ofthis legislature. The leasint
eystem seems to have the preference with
most OF the members. The vast amount
that has been almost given away under the
80 cent act, and the fortunes that few
shrewd, intefprising spectators have made
with such insignificant cash outlay under
that act, and the present increased and
daily increasing value oil Texas soil, have
made those sincerely interested in the
state and our institutions, chary as to max.
nis5r8xh, fur ther mista. es,involving millions
rs here's Of loss to us. OF course these
marked prs will also urge III leasing
rod so, too, will the railway
4 rs Msvx' ions; so, too, will all
!. .pO..: heavy hodcrs of land, as the state
iry foiig out Of the N arket, Just SO much com.
stesSltion Is averted. Senator Matlocks bill
providing for the sale Of all lands set apart
Tor the benefit Of the common school fund
and for the bringing of the lands into mar.
ket, allows that surveys be put at a mini.
mum value Of 81 an acre without water,
and of 81 80 with water TheEe figures are
too low. understand that
THE STOCK MEN OF NORTH TEXAS
are perfectly willing to psy 50 for the first
nance lands. and even So for watered sec.
tions. Their convention will meet here
next month and will determine on this
matter. One OF the troubles We have had
10 labor under Is the want OF
water benefits in certain sections.
! remember well that when General King,
from Hopkins county Yves in the lower house,
ha. offered bill m liking appropriation =,
and only conditional ones, too. dependent on
the success oil the borers, for the boring OF
artesian wells for the purpose of obtaining
supply of water. The conception was
good pne. IL was reasonable TO assume
from data at hand, that our table lands,
and lands northwest OF us, are underlaid
with living streams, and that the 70 I:
Worth wells evidenced what awaited else
where in that section, the hand of irtelli.
gent effort Experiments were too costly
for individuals singly, and had the COVER a.
ment succeeded in developing the suspec-
ted fact, . great impetus wonld have been
given 70 that enterprise; and wi h
water discovered upon them, the public
school lands IN many places would have
commandeo uouDle ana treble tho figures
now oneIed. some day IN the early future
tnis olsldcratum may be secured, II will
pc best to lease and not sell, 1t would seem
70 me, as tne state can Afford to wait If
the speculator or even the poorer farmer
can. At any rate. sell only alternate sec.
tons. Our people should give this question
much thought and freely correspond with
and express their views to their Legislators
here.
Iuere Is one appropriation Wat the leg
slaturc should maze, ana that Yt the earliest
moment; mean Tor
THE INSANE ASYLUM
a more proiitaDle ~ mane INVESTMENT
could not be ~ Tg9xeJ the cash
balance ksk NR 49, Mace a day
%yago, and The' condition of things
70 is an evil that should be NJ once rec
lied. tits scandal upon thc state, The
,Sccommodati) ns do not but Eretchedly
provide for only S6l OF these unfortunate
demcnted persons in this state, confined in
county jails, some penned up like wild
E beasts In pens" for lack OF adequate facil-
i tiles to otherwise care for them. II the
state were poor this horrld fact would not
= withstanding, be disgrace to our civiliza
lion aud our humanity, but with money
on hand on an insignificant tax upon us, u
remains burning shame, when but $50, 00C
~exp&nded would provide all the means to
care Tor these haplcss beings, humaniiy's
wards.
THE CAUSE OF rRoHlDIrIoS
grows apace.. telegraphed you Saturday
that q careful canvas OF both houses
showed 90 members out OF lS1 In favor o.
submitting the prohibition amendment 70
the people. SO, ! suppose, with this
requisite majority, the question VIII be sub
mittcd In due time for local adjudication
We'll, let 1t 90, 1t Is genuine democracy ,'hl'
taking away from general legislation these
questions and RELOCATING them TO tint
smaller communities to decide Tor them
selves what they would have. IL the SOW
ereigns wish 70 enjoy or reject cerlia S
thing. who should say them nay only
let the elections express thelr true Wiii,tha
Is all.
o N ~ h oariw VI M NAT sss,ion 70 an,
much, but know of at least a halfdczei
bills prepared, which purpose the establish
msnt OF commission, similar 70 those Oh, Oh
ss y, sOpe C C, 1''' chsnoSeIb WA wa
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