The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-23

begin 10 haze visions Of bread made with
out buttermilk ANA OF togawny
children raised on condensed mil.,
aud they will say ih,s Is tho mhh
sir, this exemption wont auiet these peo-
pie, Tor ifyou leave them twenty-five sick
COWS aud take away the cfumpcd.fofn Oh
sOogey, II you l0ayo them twenty-five slicA |
mares and take away the gieHs'eyed, laYen |
der oolofed Oily, theJ viii losl that you |
have wIoueed them TINS 6lll, Nllh e&. |
emptiOus that ARE not founded ON luapcei IL
is claimed. will work Ike n charm on tue
HAST AND NORTH TEXAS ssANGEs.
But don't let u deceive ourselves, Tor these
people will uOt simply reflect on nov n Jaw
Effects them, bu. Will examine iurther INTO
iis merits. You can't maze an Arcadia out
| OF one section OF the state nni hell out 81
the other aud It'll ind everything serene.
|, What Is to become OF the thousands OF
men who own 200 or 800 hundred head OF
cattle, from which they support their fami'
| lies? They will not only DO gathered inIo
| Abraham's bosom, but will have the eye
| squeezed out OF them.
Give these men fair chance TO leas. the
| school lands and force the railroads 10 pur-
sue the same policy In grazing districts as
| the state pursues, and Ne'will get pay Tor
the children's grass.
want the slate 10 hold on to these graz.
/ ing lands, aud ut the same time deriye n
]
hardly b0 accom- plished by forcing ths
stockmen 10 impoyerisn themgoYes IN pay
iue tribute - railroads and land spscula.
tors who own three acres TO the states one.
This may read like poor mans law, but
1t will have the dec. nj making even Texas
au exclusively rich mans country.
There are not many OF my constitu.
ents who have over the exempted
number. but this fact won't hefuiie mo
into supporting the measure, aud ms
Constituents arc not 50 selfish ~ " DO
Indifferent because tncir interests are not
directly Affected 10y Il measure. But, Mr.
President, say that this provision OF the
bill was grounded on principles Of manifest
Justice aud equity, aud II certainly ~ not;
Isay that II forces every man 10 own the
grass
HIssTocG
eats ard certainly II does not; even then
the stubborn fact remains that 10 would
cost more than the annual income from the
grass TO enforce us provisions.
Those stockmcu may be eating the chill
drens' grass, but IL We will make them pay
their share OF taxes, they have no schools,
so their money would go to help along edu.
cation in our more settled communities.
liyou can't rouud up their cattle enough
to get something like correct spprsise.
ment, now are you going TO round them up 81
As 20 discover the eIcess over and above this
exemption. This first section is unjust. for
. | IL HXe9 q leElhlhllNo llLhlb 10 tuC VI
| stock man can run on nee range, ana when
man has over the number, don't require
> him 10 run them on his own range, FOR he
; may own q sandy desert one place and grace
his stock on good grass thirty miles away
( from there. Another objection 10 The bill
is that IL permits cattle TO drlit, and inilicls
no penalty Oh their oxner. No bill can be
, perfect that permits cattle TO Drift, and the
fleets of this provision would be that The
, lcenstitupHts OF the senator from Collin
would always have their stock drifting on
my constituents. Those features in the
bill which punish men Tor ieucing land
not their own, and which punish fence
! cutting as q felony are all right II The bill
had gone further snd provided road iaci i.
ties or gates, but all these subjects should
be- legislated upon ia separate OilIs and an
suempt should not DO made 20 legis!ate
/ on tLo whole question
IL ONE BILL.
r But M President, admit that the bill 10
as perfect "A solution OF the question as
. eome OF the press and tue senators contend
that Is is, what are We TO say OF the means
, prep ared TO enloroei7
Am not much surprised that so many
editors have favored u, Tor II creates an OF.
. fee for nearly every friend OF tbs bill.
| nave no Doubt but what this feature
ofthe hill would commend is to those mem.
b rs OF the senate whose terms soon expire.
but Tor the fact mis- Excellenoy so far has
not discovered as much official talent in
this body rs ia the other house.
| The bill provi les for an unlimited con-
+ stAhuiary force, aud the necessary sss OF
this iorce was so large even In the eetma-
ZION OF tho senator from Travis hat he left
the humble blank for fear thsre wouldn't
be democrats enough to NIL the places, rank
and file.
blank, because he evidently thought 1t
would take ali the profits out OF the mil
lion-dollgr pream bic to the bill. Whenev.
ar the senator tills up these blanks, lie will
fad tina. II is mere ma te- OF choice who
eats up the ''chiidren's grass" the Office
holder or the stockmau.
This bill has more military and money ia
IL than there is grass on the school land,
, and an amendment may BIO necessary to
ave the money already received from the
sale Of the school lands.
This thing looks as dangerous to me as
the ii ring OF the fist gun on
FORT SUMTER
|, pr,yed to be. | smell gunpowder every
time read IL as strong as it smelled a. the
siege of Vicksburg when the tho big cannon
/ were turned loose.
. anu afraid that 80 many troops and so
much conutabulGry is provided FOR that 1t
, | will require the manufacture oil more Colo
, upls. aud G ID knows they now exceed the
! limit placed IN this bill on cattle. But the
= oous,a tary aud the military force TO sup
press these reasonable practices don't wor-
, / ~ me half "a much as the mex section oil
! ftAe bill providing Tor ten grass CoiE mission
49,, y..llt Mo s-..lics Ct district Judges and
; eynpuges paid. These ten grass commits
, si5ners NAV 20 to a3ed early ana produce
, twenty more grass commissioners, ana
their salaries aad expense accounts might
, choke the life cut oil the school fund.
T. is provided that each one oil this new
, Issueu thal have jurisdiction co extensive
with the state and shall be entitled TO a
military escort. Each one shall be row
inc satrirp. Right here / nave vision, and
III see these learned grass commissioners
travelling around promitcuously. In one
, side Of their saddle-bGg9 they have the re-
yis.d stptulee, together with Senator Ter
rsIrs bin bound Ia sheep; IN the other side
, they have "a chunk OF dried beef when
thew charge in thtir expense account At the
, rate Of SO % day aGains. tae state, ana II
, tnay have had any experience
As DguMMKRs
, tbe,, NAV run &C. IN 10 SlN. Daring the
, summer. fall and winter tuese ten grave
, commissioners viii 10 around Austin anu
Z draw the salaries Of judges and discuss the
, 1ituatlon. and the governor will have the
coustabulary and military canned 10 roma
, convenient place awaiting order.
The colonies and majors will be in Aus
, lin. wea-iug good clothes, drinking good
whi,ky (f Trey can get ~ aud winning the
4 sm les OF ladies' fair. While all tBis % 20
> ING on my constituents will DO picking cot
= Ton har,iooted TO pay for this Orienta
I spendor aud msguiicence. In the sprinr
, these commissioners, in order 70 perform
= the duties required ny tbs act will have
4 Grand roundup" to see whether any bod
|. eI,e's cattle has eat up more OF the call
I. drenis grass than ihey have. In the eprinf
i ia the only time they can "round-up.'
: These men, with their cohorts, win hav'
\ one grand roundup, extending from TIT
!. gulf 10 the "Wsrlupe" mountains. Unles