Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-03
CLEBURNE.
The Anti-Fence. Cutting Meeting
Speeches and ResOlutiOns--Pcr-
sOnal Notes.


Special to the Gazette.
Cleburne. February about one
hundred representative citizens OF THIS
county assembled at the court house
this afternoon in obedience TO II call
for meeting OF all persons opposed TO
fence-cutting, which was published IN
the local papers last week and whlch
was mentioned in the report to the
G. AzEIrrF. At two o'clock w. Ii,
Graves of the Telegram called the
meeting to order and nominated q.
w. Smith for chairman. Mr.. Smith
was unanimously chosen, and in as
sumiug the chair addressed some
timely remarks to the audience, urg-
ing that nothing be done without due
consideration. He maintained that to
this question, as all others, there are
two sides, and while not justifying
lawlessness he thought the surest way
TO suppress it would be to remove just
cause for complaint.
Mr.. A. ID. Kennard an extensive lana
and stock owner, made mOtlon tnbt
If any fence-cutters or their sympa-
thiZers We're in the house they be IN
yited to come forward and discuss the
question amicably. He said that he
had lived on the frontier for many
wears, and that he has always found
that the best way to secure immunity
from secret enemies, whether lndian
freebooters or white r0ughs, WAS u
conciliate them. No fence-cutters re-
spund.d to the invitation.
Col, II, NJ. Sunsonie of Grandyiew
next addressed the meeting and stout
| ly opposed any compromise with law
breakers. He contended thatlt would
encourage them ia tueir outrageous
doipgs to make them any concessions.
While claiming to be a good Demo
crat, he blamed the Democratic state
govern ment for weakness and lnuecls-
| ION at the first outbreak of the present
troubles. He asserted that the law
lessness was encouraged by Adjutant-
General Kings eXtenuating report az
the beginning, and lamented that
Texas has not n governor like old An
drew Jackson who would see that the
laws should be obeyed if he had 70
take the field in person. he held tha'
much of the lawless spirit was charge
able to the perniclous communistic
principles scattered by the Greenpach
party.
Here the speaker was interrupted
by DR.. Andrew Young, who Is an az
brSsSlVe 1TeeuuachcIf ahu VIZ ""'.
ly protested against permitting tns
meeting 10 degenerate into partisan
political assembly.
i Col. Sansome, in reply, claimed tha'
his remarks were germane 10 tne SUI
ject of tence-cutting. but disclaimeo
any desire to hold the Greenbackeri
responsible for the troubles furthel
than that the troubles once began thell
doctrines warped mems minds iron
the correct convictions as to property
rights, and led good men TO exfenuat'
, wrong. He admitted that there are
, grievances of which small landowner
could rightfully complain. but heie
! that the way To have u wrong redresse'
J is not to destroy the property OF an
other stealthily and under cover =, Q
: darkness. There are legal means 10
the Fighting of all wrongs, and IL Is
dangerous assault upon society whsi
| men pursue any other methods. II
wound up by an eloquent appeal TO ~
10 support the law by active efforts an
, the weight of public sentiment.
. Mr.. Lowder then moved that IN
! chair appoint committee of seven 7
] draft resolutions embodyilg the sens
$ of the assembly In regard 10 the ~
portant question now agltated' IN