The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-31


would not haye charged the small sioos-
men With all this iencs.rutilnF nisehiei,
| There was not ~ organized county in thn
STATE, Ia hls judgment. where the good
aud iaw'ahuins paopis HFs not sufficiently
IN tbs majority 10 sli0 90 tho Law and pro-
teol properly against the assaults Of the
lawless, lie could but question The 6ln-
eariIy OF the senators IN their almost fran
ITO appeals ia behAli OF tho passage u tbs
| remarkable bill. They are INSPIRED they
say, by their cATnes, desire To- protscI and
| promote the interests ot tho poor school
children" The great interest that some OF
them, nt least, are expressing In the poor
| school children ~ OF very recent develop
ment. To hear the senator's talk one
might DO led TO suppose thera we're no
lands but those belonging 10 the common
| free school, which u was proposed 10 fence
by tho passage OF this Law, Why, sir, for
every acre Of the school lands stisoted by
this bill thers are At least three acres be-.
loo ging To individuals and corporations,
resident and nonresident; lands donated 20
railroads and owned by Them and held for
speculation; lands purchased by individa'
ais al very reduced figures aud held Tor the
anticipated advance Ia prices; all these
lands Il IL proposed by this rem arkable bill
TO fence by law and by one legislative act
to enhance Ito value In the market At least
100 per cent.
buL t00 hehutOt IIOh muutuEut BShs U
there Is anything wrong In that? Well l
have no objections 10 seeing land growing
In value, Il 10 ordinarily . sign OF prosper
ity, but am not willing, by my vote. TO In.
crease the value OF one mans property At
the expense OF smother, anu that will 90 the
effect Of this attempted legislation II tho
misfortune OF its succss, shouid fall upon
the country. He said that though the
bill ~ amended by tho committee would
not 20 into effect for one year AS far as It
was directed against tho. fence.cuttins, yet
It's effect upon the land aud cattle interes's
would os instantaneous. Land wogld ed
vance OF course n once In conseqgsnr OF
tue forced demand, wllle tho price o' cattle
would OF Necessity DO coTrespondinYly de-
preset. He said he was not here eisGcr q
the representative II cattle syndlcaio or
land syndicate. He had no cattle GU
thousand hills, nor miles Of wire fence
stretched across the prairie. Personally he
would not be affected by the passage OF the
bill, but there was very large aud respec
would bo most disastrously affected. We
hsar great deal OF talk sbout cattle kiogs.
Well, there are some cattle kings. This
bill won't hurt them. The cattle are not all
owned by cattle kings. Ali who own cattle
are not kings. There are thousands OF
small cattlemen throughout the length and
OF cattle and small farms. This bill Is
blow at that class. Snd a crushing one, too,
It will prove, II such misfortune as its pas
sage should befail the c.un.ry. Cattle will
decline At least 80 per cent, and, of course,
the cattle kings VINO are able and do own
large tracts Of lands will do the buying and
the little cattlemen will be forced to do the
selling. He taid he had been informed,
snd 10 te''c7ed his Information was cor
rect, that there were at this very time In
tho CITY &c ustin several cattle kings, who
owned 10 ',nds or cattle in Texas, whose
Immense 70 1ches were III oth5- states and
tsrrl cries, md who wer6 here now to pur.
CO. - ca tie TO drive north in the spring, and
wers Whiting and lobbying for the passage
| OF tbs very bill we are now considering, aud
hoas.iu'iy anticipating decliue of 81 or
| S. per mead, No, no; there was n, danger
that the passage OF this bill wouli hurt the
| rich stockmen. Their wealth will
enable them to ward oil the
blow. II is the small stockmsn who
must OF necessity suffer. Some thirty years
or moro ago there existed here ia Texas
| what was known al Peter Colony Com
pany. They contracted with the state au-
thorities to intrOduc1 people into northern
Texas, for which they were to receive a
large amount OF land, They go l700 sec
tons of land of 60 acres each. The land
was located in the section ct the state in
which live. 1t was surveyed in blocks or
800 acres each. General IL was good land
NJ uch OF it has been soid to small farmers,
aud is occupied by them, and their nCcupa
ton OF the country has had the elect 10
greatly enhance the value of tho unsOld
balance VIII ch is .tii being held 10 give he
owners the advantage OF advancing prices.
Now, sir, the people who have improved
some OF these lands and enhanced the value
OF the balance are small cat lemen as well
ss farmers They ara good people; they
are not, AS represented by the senator from
Montague, outlaws and ience.cuttsrs. bus
they have ca tie which has bsel running q,
large on tho unBod lands Of che land com.
pany from whom they purchased. The
land h - not been damaged thereby. The
and company don't propose to forcs their
land, but the friends of this bill propose to
do 80 for them; Jesse their lands for them
at cents per acre And, turn the state gov.
eminent INTO an agency to collect their
rents; and so it wss witn all the millions of
acres do ated IT, railroads. Not content
with having given the lands awav, the
friends Of thi' measure, IN their extreme
generosity propose to take charge OF Il all
tree Of charge, f-nhe it u by law, tense it.
out aud collect the rents. The senator from
NJ adlson saw tHsrs ~ y flint bctWecu !
farmers sud Gentlemen, and Of coutse the
cattlemon mus go to the wall. Tue sen.
a,or is m lstaseq: a. IS not n fight between
farmers and stoCkmen; there Is no ii thG be. |
tween them; there is no clash Of interes'
bet peen then; IL 10 the same old fight that
has been made IN every sge ana every
county; il is the st uagts between the big
fish ADD the little oEes--oetWeen the rich !
man and the poor lD2u-.he 6tru ggie 81. |
ways beng carried on ny aggregaed Se"lth
10 increase lis power. Aud whether u
Was so 10 tended OF not, this bull, il it should
teclmo Law, will BE most potent 10 it9
iuhuence on the side Of the rich man In this
struggle.
He did believe It wss necessary to re-
verse the order OF things, 10 regoluLiouizs
the country, to Cen ralzs the government
and educate the people to rely upon the
"maiind hand" of military power to enforce |
the laws and TO protect society. All, in his
Judgment, that was necessary for the
efficient enforcement OF the laws was
prompt and manly action on the part of the
good citizens, and they were in the msi oriiy |
almost every where In the state, to bring Of |
Tenders to Justice. IL might he true. ns al
legged bv soma, that there were localities ia |
the state where officers OF the law were bad
men and in sympathy with tho Offenders
THOSE we're exceptional cases ana where
they did exis', il the good people Of the
country would only be true to them selves
and brave, such officers as well as the com.
mon offenders could be punished and the
avs enforced 1t Is claimed by tae
riends of this measure that it's pass
age is necessary to foro> the
purcha.e or leasa of he school lands. l do
not think such remark 4ble legislation 10
called for. Tbs srhonl Lands have been
placed upon rhe market but a very snort
I me- The policy fthe government with
reference to the disposal of them hes been
almost out Of the p ,wsr of the people T., ss.
cartsin the m nda nv whiCh thpp NAV he &c.