The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-09
A AEtilNG At MKINNEY.
MACK AND MUSE sruMPlNe.
LrEialatlve Candidates who Tackle the
Fee Grass and Lease Law Prob
lem with Rough and Tumble
Energy-The Speaking.

MCKtNN Y,0ct. Correspondence |
Candidates Tor the Legislature spoke
yesterday at this place, Mr.. Mack |
opened by criyicisIng the newspapers in |
their treatment of his canvass. lie |
denied that he voted for the bill author
ling the sale Of school land; that this |
bill was passed by the Aixteenth legisla- |
ture, but that when the legislature
sought to withdraw the lands from sale |
he supported the measure,
and siugly and alone carried |
the house with him in Withdrawing
He said four years ago before the domO- !
cratic party advocated the measure, ne
supported the Jill regulating railroads.
He here udIged IN TRADE against the
ring and IN lavor of the poor man.
Six years ago he advocated roads
should be worked by limited DAYS SER
vice and tax combiued-tO-day it is the
policy of the democratic party. lie
claimed that here no was six years in
advance If his party in favor of the poor
man. He nvoghed against hasty Ieg-
islation.
Now what disposition is to be made of
the school lands is the question.
shall we lease IL or not? Now VIXEN
man wants u DO II particularly mean
thing they call II pious. And when
those advocating the lease law want to
do this iniquiJy they do IL in the nane
oil public schools. They are devils
reproying sin, There are two para
mount principles underlying this mat
ter now under constitution. The first
thing is home, Second-Large en-
closures are lnOnOpolies and against
pastural policy. Lands belong not to
public schools but To tho people of the
state.
That the lands are the peoples aud be-
longs to them, and until sold the use be-
longs to public fund and not school fund,
aud these led, are made in the inter
est, aud Tor The cattle kings Of the west
and OF Chicago sud st. Louis. Cattle I'M
der lease law went from SIS To $40; beef,
from to 10 cents pdr pound. The lease
Law Was pasStn in The interest and TO
give the cattle kings temporary control
ef these iands and in the end get per-
manent control of these lands.
That the people already had schools
more than time To send to them, and by
giving lac cattle king control of these
lands you keep the price of lands down,
thereby YOU are cheating the children
and sta g, ana That the state pays about
as much 90 protect these Enclosures
trom hester cutung as they realize ron
che lease; That man would not think
OF going III other enclosures; that the
land board III refusing to lease
ths watered sections OF the weSt
TO actual settlers, thereby turued
over this vat body of land, hody and
soul 10 the cattle King. That WHEN tn,
state leases lu tie cattle king she H.
bound To Keep Jut lntruqers. | vii
now read the rOn-Ciad oath that the set
tier has Ia take To get in this inclosur,
Just to show you how much COntempta
bic Legislation can be but in such small
place, that should YOU go III unoo
tins lroI-clad oath you would stay Jhvr,
but snort time before you sell out /,
the cattle king
That the land board was now getting III
resolutions 10 place before the ueX
Legislature requiring the actual settler
~ remain on land tiVe years instead q
three a. now; that II would require Sl,OO
10 put sucn improvement on the land a
would To recognized, and that no actua
settler HAD TINS amount to invest il
frontier homes; that the actual settle
had 10 fence nn entire tract i'll order /
satisfy the law; mat no man would 4
into these pastures with his family
when he only had long horne,
bulls and heilers for neighbOrs
That Nc want To- go back to the old wa,
that ~ nave had in Texas for lon
years. That free grass means that tn
poor AMI ali shall have the same right
In Texas that he has always had an
what We had some fifteen or twent
years sgo. That twenty or thirty year
ago our people came h0re and settle
their homes, fencing off small corner
and turning their cattle loose arOun
them, and thereby growing rich al
prosperous. You are asked To shut OF
all OF this from the homeless peOpl
seeking homes III the west for the SAX
Of alittle school money. The lease sy
TEN, born IN sin and conceived in In
uuity, ought to be abolished, The ca
tie king should be made to yield up h
Ill got On gains. The land monopoll
should be put down. The poor MA
should he protected in his efforts TO o
tain home. Here the eloquei
speaker was asked by Hon. WV .Merri
'What viii you 40 with the negroI
In Response to which, the orator wi
hal been speaking nearly three hour
NIrned and shaking his finger In Me
Iitt's face, began personal TRADE
several minutes This action 30 excite
tbe audience, which was dispersed oy,
the room, chatting among themselve
that mary rushed around, and q big u
roar arose and Y large sized war-clou
was up.
1t was happily avorted by suggestc
from Capt. Bush, that IA Mr.. Mack d
sired TO continue indetinitely and the
NtIo tnOSt pItNtlN VIII MhillFh w utf
hr. Muse that all such proceed TO Il
courthouse steps, whereupon the crow
divided aud Mr. Mack resumed h
speech, combining his remarks TO
lengthy hsraugue on the coui
house clique and ring pei
tons. His audience, which was cor
paratively l'stless while he was n
dressing himself 10 the issues OF Il
canvass, now cheered nearly every se
tence. The speaker renewed his ~
and dealt his blows maniully.
A larger part az the crowd gather
around the courthouse steps u hear I
little Democratic bantam Muse T
HuRA d correspondent failed To get
speech, which was in full accord wi
the policy of The Democracy of Tex
and was In llarked contrast with that
his opponents in this, that he spoke
the reason md not to the preiudices
his hearers So tar ~ could be gather,
the effect of the gathering was to int,
Sify partisanNhip on both sides, but tn,
who came TO hear both and make
thoir minds lett int nding to supp
Mr.. Muse.
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