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


1ils sssy IN undsfsisnd thu, IN ss'ilsi
oouhtts ihe Law will enfofae Itself fho,s
sho ssonfs sufficient pssufsse In sunh
enuniy viii, from ssil.intefsst, prose cute
he wsndsfii 4 hefdsman who inysdes their
fanke " desolais II, fnf all, knowing the
advantage NJ not over stocking the fsnre,
will see that each owner has rented enouuh
grssl. And can you not alec See that when
90 have settled the road problem this svs-
tim viii contribute TO this satisfy OF the
pasture men, Who own their Own land, for
when there 10 enough grass outside for oil
there VII be no temptation TO destroy and
ihvade the pasture.
PENALTIES OF rHK bILL.
For violating any o. the provisions OF
the bill the penalty 10 $500 or the peniten'
tiary Tor two years. or both tine and peni
tentiary. and fue Of 81 In addition for
sSsy head So.. owe, cattle 100 u" TS
nscs:.sry ''0's 10 0'i fore. II" iad,vIsu.is i
and ooroorations. who Row fattsn on school
lands 10000 cattle, 10 observe the law.
They can rent at 10 cents. undar this sc,.
enough gram to feed beef year, and will
not run the gauntlet for the psni,sntiary
when the pocket aervo 10 also threatened.
The destruction OF fencs is punishable
also Is . felony by imPrisonmen. In the
pcnitentiary. And, sir. let NE say to those
tho small ranch man, that an amendment
10 aireadv prepared By me. which will su'-
fer no leases OF school land beyond lin.
| tied amount. until after May next, and
which gives preference TO small stockmen
who will swear that their cattls are locstsd
In, the counties where the land applied for
10 situated. Thus the small stockmen
that, TO all classes, IL 10 perfectly Just, and
will no, place the small herds II the mercy
| Of the cattle kipgr. The objection that II
will ruin the stock interest. 10 too frivolous
for serious answer. Under this bill the
raising II q beet on school pasturage would
cost In four years but one dollar and sixty
cents; but the policy would relieve the iarm'
Ing people OF this state OF burthen OF lover
| 81 100 900 school taxes. Cattle Investments
yesterday, be the safest and most profitable
in Texas What more Can be askedS All
the small sto, kman has 70 do would be 10
70 to the treasury and deposit four cents an
acre for the school sections he wants, II
| there Is no time to lease the land regularly,
and thus he avoids the penalty. IL the
stock Of other people In the county roam
over his land, he knows that each one rep
resents ten acres OF land somewhere In the
county. and that his own steer represent
ing the same amount, 10 perhaps
grazing somewhere else. The
rights OF all In the range ara equalized,
aud q step will be taken forward in the
right direction TO stop strife. But who can
estimate tue result to social order, when,
by law, We have once forced these uomadic
herdsmen to local hsbitations and stopped
the communistic hell which their wander.
ing life breeder No longer would the hum.
BILE hester look with fear to the armed
horsemen around his cabin, or suffer from
their invading herds. or see the grass
around bis home trsmplsd and consumed
by the stock emptied in summer from the
enclosures Of these modern kings, only to
return to their fat patrician pastures In
winter.
II will be seen that the county is
made the unit OF regulation; and
some amendments may be needed to pro-
tect from prosecution those located near q
county line. II other amendments arc
needed, supply them, or furnish the people
hett.r system, in; tead OF attacking, on
6insv pritexts, the one before you.
Bu., to argue this bill from do stand.
point OF calm reason 10 not the Temper VI
the hour. Some mysterious icfiuence has
demanded It's sacrifice: ana while one bill
after smother is brought in, constructed on
detached ideas contained In the bill, the
measure 4 j!f as whole. mnst be defeat.
ed. The senator from Harrison serves his
constituents by Draisipg free grass in dog.
gerel on the floor OF the Senate; while
the senator from Cook Senator
Divis), with cynical sceer and point
lass anecdotes about physic, on which he
| seems to have been raised, attempts TO
serve the cause free grass and land cor
porxtions. That senator informs lis that
he came from Georgia. l think it woul2
have been better for Texas II ne had never
left there, but had remained to help his
father relieve hide bound horses, which, he
gravely informs you was once his employ
Inent. He could have served civilization
and his country better by remaining in
tho humble cabin at the foot Of the pine
spring which tinged his COMPLEXION and
warped his nature. Laughter
| OBJECTIONS ANS WERRD.
| But, perhaps the most novel objection
10 the bill comes from the senator from
Harris (Senator Jones.) He i'm.
AGNES that some poor widow owning
Just twenty-five cattle, finds her.
night before tho law shall 60 into effec ,
and gravely asks If that moor widow shall
20 to the peni,entiary? That poor lady
furnished a fruitful theme for the senator 3
elcQuence until we could almost see her
move through the ch am Der, meek.evsd and
with supplicatiIg hands. AS tn senator
| pleaded her canse over the accidental cali,
aud invoked the shades of Houston and
Rusk, he fairly made our eagle scream
| until | could almost see the Goddess OF
| Freedom bending in sympathy over the
| glowing form OF her advocate, to clasp to
her bosom her own dear calf. Applause
and laughter.l
Constitutional objections torture the
brain OF another senator Senator Houstop)
II there is one unconstitutional provision, l
viii. strike 1t from the bill. There is none.
Before being introduced, II was approved
by legal friends, whose names - jurists are
saw that senator attack measure, that he
quslms. 1t has become q disease. As
listened to his oracular voice, sounding con.
stitutional doubts, was reminded Of one
Collin DeBland, another constitutional
LAWYER. At an early day in our history,
DeBlaud began his speech % follewa: "May
with murder. What ie murder Murder,
Mr.. Blackstone SAYS, lis the killing OF :
reasonable being In the Kings peace
Now read the constitution Of your country
aud tell me where's your king !?
Thank God, the constitution still
lives, and the American eagle still sosrs
slot," Then, stepping backwa, d., like the
senator from Bsxsr, drawing himself to his
full height and placing bis band on bis re;
profoundly: BALD! may 1t please your
honor. Bald! not from age, bnt from .
knowledge Of the constitution" Laugh.
teri
That senator gravaly says in his minority
report that I'VE do not think It advisable to
protect grass on unused land that 1t may
grow and rot or DO burned OF the ground
does not rot. It fattens the steer and olinks
IN thu purea Nf the Chin On cornoration