Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-24
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y INDIAN TERRITORY
I Some provision must be made by oh,
y next congress 10 remove, or at least re-
duee, the obstacle to the commercial
{ development of Texas and the South
| west pow existing in the laws that
E guard the Indian Territory from in.
vasion. Here is district embracing
) $4,000 square miles, surrounded by
: growing states whose commerce dc.
mands the most direct connection. and
no railway can cross its sacred border.
except hy consent of the barbarians
who regard every railway enter
prise with the most Jealous
disiavor. Roads that by building di-
: rectly to the Kansas City and Chicago
markets would cut off a hundred miles
Of transportation aud save millions OF
dollars to the producers of North
Texas, by reducing the freight mileage,
are compelled to make dcf0ur around
that territory to acquire communion
ton with Northern markets. The
extra cost of construction and opera
ton falls on the farmers and stock
raisers, whose products the roads carry
and upon which they subsist.
Treaty stipulations with the tribes
DO MOI stand in the way of railroad
construction through the territory bv
special grant Of congress. The. excr-
else of this right by granting a right Of
way through the Indian territory TO
the St Louis & San Francisco railway
establishes q precedent that NAV be
plead by other companies, which CON
gress is slow to grant. AS Mr.. WELL.
BORN, our representative in congress,
has shown, the right of eminent do
mpin over that territory is vested
IN the United States, and public
interests of the greatest importance
suffer while this right is dormant. 1t
is not violation of the rights puaran-
teed to tie Indian 10 grant a passage
through their country for the public
good. Ii is one Of the souudest princi-
PIES or la" that IN tho construction of
public roads, or other works OF public
benefit, individual rights, which 9th
erwise would Ne inviolablc, must give /
way; aud for the enforcement Of his
principle the coGrts of the state may
condemn private ownership in land
for the passage Of q railway, and NAV
even compel the removal OF the citi-
zen's residence, if it be shown that
such is actually necessary, ALWAYS
however, allowing fair and reasonable
compensation for the property thus
condemned. No treaty exempls the
Indian territory from the operation Of
aw as it EXISTS generally in the states
The judicial power of the gov
'rnment is extended over il I
n certain eases, and there is no S
opposition. That such Judicial power
nay fairly be used for the renedyinp 7
If The difficulty is indisputable. !
The need for such passage WAYS /
Trough the territory is great Al
resent there Is but one truuk llneAf. [
ording direct outlet for Texas exports b
hu is long us other lines are reh,soA G
ne equal right of way, that road has "
ii advantage which makes Il aninv;n-
ibie rival and II monopoly. Com. !
etlhg lines, starting from points in Il
'orthwest Texas being excluded from Il
ne most direct and natural route and
FiVen 10 the more circuitus routes Ii
trough Kansas or Arkansas. are CON q
onted at the outset with the aisoa. a.
ah'age of the greater distance 70
aNeree--a disadvantage which no de
'ohomy or supeoriy in other res. st!
'cts can compensate for. pr
MIR. WM.LBoRN says that the whole -
sumeht, so far as results are cn,.
rned, is narrowed down to this ona ia "a
iuse' II it is desired to open up COM It
ting laes for transportation and tn
'vei l'e@ween the Northwest ana
let the Indian Territory NJ
no longer closed TO the constrpc- Pna
n OF railroads. fit is desired to tn,
asirate the vast commercial rela. ,
ms between the lakes anu the Gulf coI
ahllsh andcontinue the policy of OK. IA IA
'slon. soc so,