Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-31

tute. which would have people beitev
that the man who violates every iaS
by inclosing land to which he has no
a shadow Of title Is less of a crimina
than the man who cuts il down or re
moves h.
Mr., Foster OF Limestone said he de
sired 10 say few words i'll reply Y
the remarks a gentleman ON the othe
side Mr.. HaElewood) made before al
iournnent last evening. "Those whom
the gods destroy they first make mad,
and he desired the members TO Know
that he was now in perfectly goot
humor and would remain so, but h'
would not be driven from his position
by any resort to personalities, such a:
| the gentleman on the other side has
! INDUCED in last evening. He thought
/ the gentleman, although he did not
mean II. had conferred q compliment
| last night when he said that every
measure leaving this house had his
[ Fosters photograph on it. In reply
/ he MIR. Foster would say this: That
he would be glad 10 see this same
measure leaving the house with MIR.
Hszlewoodis photograph on ii, but he
only saw the photograph oil that gem
tlenlan on one question, and that was
the shotgun policy, and the moment
it came in contact with the bill II
blasted il like breath of the sirocco,
and the measure is now dead, never
TO rise again.
Mr. Thompson OF BeXar appealed to
the house to speedily adopt measures
10 consonance with the purpose which
brought them together. The thieves
and fence.cutters were abroad. There
was no excuse for their acts, no provo
cation for their misdeeds, and If TN e
bill now before the house is defeated,
he warned the members that war and
blood would flow, and he would wipe
his hands from the responsibility. In
coming TO the legislature, be did not
expect to find much sympathy for the
fence cutter, but now he discovered
that the land owner was the under dog
in the fight, and he proposed to sand
up for nlm. lie would
support the original bill
because he felt TO vote it down now
would cause blood to flow in the South
west, where patience had already
ceased to be IA virtue.
Col. Rogers delivered one of the
finest speeches of the session in favor
of the original bill. He spoke for the
stockmens' interest, and was conserva-
tive and impressive throughout. He
stated that his side had conceded every
thing that was fair and just, and they
now asked protection for life and prop
erty in return. He concluded by say
ing: Gentlemen, the dOwn-trodden
and suffering pasturemen of Texas ask
sou now for protection; we ask on for
this right, and if it is not granted God
only knows whsre we will get it, but
we will have it. We want the COM
mittee bill.n
The committe bill was then called for,
but voted down, the object of the
mover apparently being to fling the
bill on the house before the effect of
MIR. Rogers speech died out.
Mr.. Lakewood rose to n question of
privilege, and said he regretted very
much to re Tert once more to the dis
tinguished gentleman from Limestone
Foster He was not quite SO old he,
nor was he sucking the public pup so
long. He seemed to think IL would
lie very wrong to haye his (Mr. Halle
woods photograph attached to any
measure emanating,from the house. The
speaker felt that he could only regret
the feeling of the member from Lime
stone on this point, but while he (Mr.
FOSTER seemed opposed to anything of
this kind, he evidently desired to see
his own photograph affixed to all the
measures adopted by this body. AT
the Eighteenth legislature they left
the countfy>in peace and happiness
and in the sunlight of prosperity, but
since then storm had burst over this
state, and dispersed every vestige of
progress that had been made, and
every ray of happiness that had been
shed, and when patriots were forced to
bow their heads in shame for the con-
dition of things that existed, and
when the chief executive of the state
felt bound to cOnvolSe the extra ses-
sion of the legislature to preserve from
anarchy, ruin and destruction the best
interests of Texas, men rose in their
places here TO throw obstacles in the
way of wise legislation, and prevent
the passage of laws appropriate to the
occasion. Aye, and when the resolu-
ton was introduced in this house sus-
tanning the governor, gentlemen on
the other side were the first to open
war on Ii. Who was the first to raise
the war cry? 1t was the patriot from
Limestone county.
The speaker-The gentleman does
not seem to be speaking to question
OF privilege, but appears rather to be
making an argument.
Mr.. Hazlewood-The war cry came
from the gentleman from Limestone,
the patriot. Now, | want to know
why every measure offered in this
house to punish violations of the law
and the willful destruction of property
has received his "no' on division,
and why he has stood in the way of
their passage? Whenever there was
any pandering TO the fence. cut
ter, who was it that voted
every time? 1t was the gentleman
from Limestone. Who headed the ON.
position 10 every measure that sought
TO do justice to the other side? The
patriotic gentleman from Limestone.
whether II was to uphold the chief
executive of the state or put down law
llessness, the distinguished patriot has
been ready to vote "no' all the way
through.
Mr. Robinson ofJack.-Mr. Speaker
! call the gentleman to order; / bro.
test against this going any further: /
will not listen to it.
After some further remarks, Mr..
Hazlewood subsidized amid good deal
OF excitement and In obedience to the
speakers gavel.
Mr.. Foster of Limestone replied that
he did not know what motive had
actuated the attack of the gentleman
lMr, Hazlewood) unless ii was the fact
That he could not carry his points on
this floor. Now, if he (Mr. Halle. |
wood or any one else wished to make