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

he church, once, VINO lost hlH fehFlnn Try
ug To count brood OF seven pigs because
, ,1sn, ran hi% around Yet :" We W. 'O Expect
EN- men 20 count all the cattle aud
horses IN Texas II won't 10 To trust their |
stall olloefs. THIS hill requires
All the cattle 90 no counted, and " nolhing
q 20 will nut = stop "a this ieuoe cutting then
let US be economical and have board, con.
s.sting Of the govern n and all the heads OF
depai tments aud the CLERKS, who shall be
known as the grazing board, ana e. them
perform these a. eI.ollcio duties, We have
pursued this policy IN the sale OF lands ana
other important matters
TiR rAssAGE % TBIs BILL
would nave one good elect, IL Would tAkr
tho gus-rnatorial bee ont OF everybody
slse's bonnet, for his excellency would nave
= majority of tho democratic voters OF
Texas in his service, and no .one elte need
apply. ,,n
There Is another objection to this bill
the penalty is not sufficiently high,
represent a people who always want the
worth OF their money. II we have TO ray
80 high TO catch these cow-men and ieLce-
cutters We want blood when Ne 40 get MN !,
while this bill only provides tor fne aud
Imprisonment. AS between this bill and
pure, unad ulternted herl law, give me the
AFTER. IL may raise more nell, but VIII oost
less money
This sill has tor several weeks been pro.
claimed rs the only solution OF the great
Quest on at state, snd for thi6 reason nave
TO vote against it. know my friend, tue
senator from Travis, will he solely dlsap'
pointed at tho resalt, II II - defeated put
he should console himself with rejecting
how many other good men VIII be more
sadly disappointed o. moi getting ellcea
under il. / feel thai / am making shCri-
! fee GA tho altar OF du1yi Tor already lave
received letters from u dozen or more
strong constituents asking my ihhuenca
with the Governor for some OF the position
created by the bill. IL Is easier to hold
Office than pay taxes. From the day this
| bill was printed aud laid upon the desks. l
/ have noticed several senators grow paler
each day. aud especially j. this truo OF the
ltslatof from Collin, for, like my sell they
represent
CONSTITUENCY,
many o, whom work hard all day, sleep
| soupd AZ night and go bare-iooted tom
/ rrost 10 'fost, and then can't support their
| families and the economical government
We hnYe, and now you proroie 10 lnfct
another government upon tnom. some
contend already that the cost OF govern
ment exceeds its benefits. What Will II be
under lhi. Law There are quite num-
Der OF bills before this body providing for
| the removal Of reasonable causes for fence
|
| felony. N addition TO the ,IoUO appro-
pristed last season for ranger service, we
have passed a bill sppr0priatlng another
| 500 600 and ,his IL only 10 last until next
January. Now, to carry into effect all the
provisions OF this bill will require at least
| 5000 600 more. IA far vs. | am concerned,
rather than pay out all this money to catch
n Jew tencs. cutters aud trespussers, aud
! take the chance Of getting II back from
| rents oil school land, | would about as toon
turn nv part OF the government over 10
the fence cutters. I can't believe that this
war measure is yet necessary, and sm con-
! tdent taAta lew salutnIy changes IN lho
law will cause the fence cutters TO dissolve
hs the snow 10 tho sunshine. Don't let us
allow the click Of few uippers or the Gets
of a few lawless men make Us so nervous
AS 10 change the form OF our government
/ or a abandon its economical features. III all
/ these extraordinary remedies are necessary,
| then let US make the counties encoureS-
lug or permitting the lawIessness
| PAY -OE IT.
Let us adopt the old North Carolina rule,
ana make those who dance pay the fiddler.
| Adont this rule and the people in u coun.
/ try won't see mucn 10 encourage IN fence
emitting, sheep killing or other lswlesiness.
! This blll provides for nothing OF the kind,
ard 10 wholly impracticaole IN many OF It's
| provisions.
| III We are 10 nave M inns pahoply o'
war and extraordinary expense ia
Inc beginning oil The fgat, the
sinews OF war will soon give OUT, and
NE will have to reconsider the constitu'
/ tionsl amendments recently adopted re-
ducinR taxation.
There are lots OF us who were not old
enough TO get in the late war and 1t looks
| ike FOLLY 10 throw away our chances for
military glory, but duty requires me 10
|
causes me to vote against the bill for hsd
as soon have the dogs OF war turned loose
| ON me as to meet some OF my hoary-heaucd
constituents after having voted Tor such an
extraordinary and extravssant oiil. THOSE
features of the bill preventing the iencing
| of land by others than the owner ana pun,
ishipg fence-cutting are admirable, and
svjdently popular, as there are forty bills
bending TO the same effect, and l expect 10
vote for them, but / cannct swallow the
whole thing even with the sugar costing
M the preeIn BILE and the twenty.hy. heed
exemption, for If | did the shades OF East
| Fork would know me never more. II we
should do AS l think we would, ana ID
| adopting this bill pay more money out
/ than we got in, ny people would want
better tiuancier 10 represent
! THgtE IKTgRE,Ts.
No man has iess sympathy with COM
munism IMAM myself but when there arc
! GRIEVANCES complained OF they should be
| diligently inquired into and me eVll cor
rected. While nine-tenlhs OF the fence
emitting has been donO without excuse,
/ there were complaints hat should hayo
had a patient hearing long since.
I IN. lay should check al monopOAstlc rs
well a. commun site t5ndencies, tor both
: result ia tue impoyerisutneut u .he people,
and will prove DESTRUCTIVE Of oar instltu'
tons. One produces tyranny the osher
auarchy.
the SENATOR that the state encourages COM
munism by not forcing its citizens to pay
| tor The grass on the public domain. The
law of supply and demand vii prove sum
r,ent IN this case 10 give value, As IL has
always done, 80 the lands viii he leased
speedily enough when you give assurance
OF full protection, Tor the orowdins OF the
range will force such re-
suit. we heVo never si'en
an opportunity to these people 10 lease too
schoui lands. AS population increases tho
ncricultural interests will absorb the agr.
cultural land aud tho stock interests Will
settle dewn on the grazins lands. By lm'
mense donations Of land, We forced railroad
building ahead o. tho demands OF the coun'
try. We forced our lands on the market at
low prices. By large expenditures OF money
rou might say we have forced imm gra
/ ZION into the state, ana now prop 80 70
fore, the people TO leavs the land. These
forced measures are bearing their fruits,
for our social conditions ana the charsctei
OF our population have been changed so
rapjdly that the different elements bavs
Lad no time to ssaimila;e or blend. The
senator has an aggravated case OF Arneri-
can lever and wanted to do everything a
once. He can't wait for tbs seasons, but
must resort to the hot house growth.
You can't expect the bcottish lord o.
cattle corporation pre.ldent and the corr
other AT first sight. but Issks tsem sesery'
each Others rirhts for while and they vii
soou become good neighbors
Don't lsgislste, as the bill proposes TO do
so as to have the greater swallow the less