The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-06-05
Points Of a Very Interesting Interview.

tackled him Tor an interview, whlch invSf
was granted nv the embryo legislator, VINO
looks o. Ds about twenty Ave, hns Is really
nearly eigh, years elder. Mr.. X, Is rather
hard /, get stated 10 talking, but when
YOU do get him unlimbeied he Will keep
Tho crowd from going 10 sleep every tims. .
"Who will DO the next presidentY' asked
Sam rel ]. Tilden without 4 doubt, II he
Xvss "A few months longer"
.'sincs the defeat OF the Morrison tsr!if bill
will the democrats about a tariff for'rev-
euua.only plstform ~ Chicngo?"
Ofcourss they will; they can't help II,
iftpr leaders wan to express the sentl-
Il ht OF tho great mssses Of the party. We
have tried policy long enough: the time
has come TO make the II rht on principle, ~
pclicy has been the means OF our defeat for
the past twenty years or more. Wa ~ant
TO win, and to do Il we have got to make \
bold, aggressive fight or suif.y defeat and
the disruption OF our party. The defeat OF
tho Morfison bill does not eettle the matter
Of tariff reform for the present at all but
opens up the way for the fight 10 full BATHS
array. Oar ''infant industries no longer
need protection, and tho war 10 over, bus IL
seems like the republic ,ns and some demo-
Gratis haven't heard the news. Tns repnb.
ljcan party represents The protection idea
In its fullest senes, and IL looks foolish Tor
men calling themselves democrats to stray
off after the falss cod OF protection but
Mr.. Randall and his adherents were rocked
in protection cradles, and protection ie .
part OF their religion aud they can't help II.
Still the time mas come for projection TO
60, and II IL does not go. the democratic
marty will 20. The IS 900 900 people Of the
United States are getting tired OF piling 80
to 80 per cant. Of their earnings into toe
laps uf manufacturer for which thew receive
no return whatever. fss, SIR. proteclon
-..... al ,n attapAspt nytla mn. Al ha WtnpH
out, and IL Randall II his party. will not
come over to the side Of the people In bis
mater, let them go too. Better give up
them han to give up the democratic party.
Suppose we adopt q clsp-trsp, double
meaning or policy plattrrm at chicago, 10
the nope Of winning? Defeat will be lnevi.
table aud tho pprlY vtll be ready Tor tie
winding sheet. But If we boldly sdopts
platform for revenue, limited 10 the sexual
pecA.sities OF government, then We will have
a p!-nk 10 keep u feet ont of the gravr, II
we do .e' lett, nnd We will re sure 10 Win
or H. in 1883, II we dnn't make 1t this year.
"Vhst about the Blair educational b:li? '
TIE Blair eduesto9sl measure Is
ore of the sbrs ndast republican
schemes ever Gttem ptsi in this republic.
II is y u,ld step to wsris c .ntraliz ,tipn. but
at first bush j, looss fair aud equitable Its
msia object Is to dep!ete the treasury IN
order Ina, the present. iuiqnitous tsrilf sys-
TEN may be perpetusted, by which tna
manufactures pocket nearly half tina Work.
ing people earn. In other words IL ,s CIV
Jog the people Of the states back \ few
thousands. wruog from them that the naboos
ma @ ntinue TO roo them OF millions
Now let us talk state mstt-rs. What
about G overnor Irelsnd's PolicyP"
With few exceptions, l endorse tho policy
OF the present administer tion. Ireland Was
away off On the psni.eptiary lease business,
a. I'm tho afAfatx
msuapensnt OF the convicts hsvs ahuud-
antly demonsIrstsd. Tho governor did oil
he could under the Q institution to suppress
fence cutting. He has boon blamed by
(Bome for not calling out . small army TO
kuppress the tenos troubles; but II hs had
done this 1t would have ~precipitated .
little wH upon us. attendant with blood.
il is best FOR oil concerned that the ms,tsr
was managed - II WAS, but I believe every.
hody sckAowlsdg ss this now.
T"Do you think Ireland will DO rs-slscs-
ed2"
There 10 no question but that he will.
He hiss some opFontion, ont It osn't ges
itself into . lump, although strenuous 81.
forts have bsen working to this end for the
past four or five months. Tho pso-
pie generally want to give . mar
the office q second term II he
does anything like bis duty
the first term. Governor Irsl, nd, In the
main, has made the people . good gov
ernor, and it 10 but single justice to him.
that hs be hopored with 4 second term.
The man who allows his name used against
him, will CO. ne ont ut the little end of the
horn; make Q note OF that.
"Will Senator Glib, be placed second on
thu tickt u"
thiLk 10. His land policy and position
on the peniteptiary lease question made
H. IA h.. ia rakDrnllu phrauH anuwav
Then he is QUE OF the most popular men
In the stats socially. No one could dislike
Senator Gibbs ii he wanted to. ,
'.What i. meant by The terms free grass
q nd "herd lau?'"
"A herd law, l thiDb, simply means that
the people shall fence Jneir stock and turn
oat everything else, and such q law will
not be enacted in Texas during the present
generations; that IL . general herd lsw.
This is q question our ohildrsns g'snd
children may havs to settle. A kind Of
local option herd law, ho wsver, might work
after o while in some OF ia. densely popu-
lated counties, but the peopls are not very
olamorous for such .lsw, 20 Tar % Know:
"Free grass don't mean what . great
many people think 1t docs. In Texas poll.
tics 1t simply means that the great bodies
Of land over SO, 06O, 900 scree) held IN trust
by the state shall not be ussd by ,hs cattle.
men for nothing. It 10 . purely business
matter, and shs state should do the BEST 1t
can with the "ohildrens' grass." II Oh
land held in trust BY the state. do you sup
pose that that individual, or corporation.
would allow the cStsi.nen to have
the use Of it for nothineH, Individ-
uas and corporations owning lands
alongside the school lsnds are
leaving them FOR moro than the state Asks
for it's land, and this being the case why
.Lor1t shn ofaf 70 mt nYnfoCk Ito vaY6-tha
school children? Let these lands be leased
to the highest bidder, suhjsc 70 settlement.
This Is the policy. II you lease them nm
conditionally, that 10 not subject to settle
ment by the man with the hue. you give
him no chance for q home, ard II you hold
only, then the millionaire will get the
benefit Of the grass for nothing, for he we'll
Know, frst, That it will take over 300
years at this present rate Of
SETTLE the 100000 acres Of
school land; and. second. he further
knows that much OF this land 10 valuable
only for the grass on 1t, and, that farms
can never be made OF 1t. Hence all this cry
atou free grass AND cheap homes for the
"act1al settler" IL q fraud and Q delusi On.
All the millionaire wants is the grass On the
school lands. and he wants tho lease sys
tenn abolished. He has no very great
love tor the msn with the hoe ou on the
school lands, but he bellows loudly for
him 10 COM, because hs know, he won't
come very fast and will take up but little
land from the csttl smen when he does
come.
Let the cattlemen have the use OF these
for what they are worth, and LEI she settler
have all that will do to cultivate, aud
everything will move along smootnly be-
tween the man with the hoe and the man
with the quirt.
"What DO you think OF Mr.. Wellborn's
nhAnCaA for re. alacti0n2O