The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-31

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Ayrss ppoke In opposition TO the substl.
section of the bill.
| Labatt favored the commissioner bill as q
proper compromise Tor all interests.
Jones eaid he did not see why the making
Of as obstructing iencs should be anl
greater oiiense than cutting 1t. II would
lega.ize theft, he argued, 10 allow u mGu TO
enclose for ten ye rs lands that did not be.
long To him, while at tie same time the
| msn who opened such enclos 1ie WAS TO be
declared felon.
Foster, of Limestone. replied, as be said
In good humor TO some OF the remarks
which had been made as 10 him by the gen.
tleman iiom Delta, saying be (FcsteL mad
on every bill. He regretted he could hot
return the high, bn, unintentiona, compli'
ment paid MIN. The gcptlemans breath
had too often been like sirocco blast TO
many good measures which had been re.
fore The house. He hoped to be accorded
an honesty OF purpose; lor certainly he had
stltute in good faith. He was willing 10
make fence.cu,iinc felony under all cir
cumstances, but II We allow a
man to cut his way ont
VI an enclosure, the pasture men should
be allowed on the other hand some pro.
lection against men thus taking the law
have their redress properly in the courts
aud before the juries Of the country, accord.
ing to the measure Of damages and the
gravity OF the crime.
Thompson OF Bexar, made some forci.
bic and eloquent remarks In which he
said that not only the people OF the ftatc
but Of the Union had been day by
day patiently watching this legislature tor
some proper remedy and solu' ion of the
! question. Like Labatt, he thought The con-
/ tract, with all the interests concerned,
should be faithfully observed But Fosier
had offered q su bstit ute, and amendment on
amendment aud substitute on substitute
| hsd been piled up till the features Of the
/ hill had been substituted out OF existence.
lie wanted to say here to-day that he rep.
resented in part the great inter.
eiis of the southwest, and
that the men who cut the
fences are COW thieves. men who have
anded and mavericked cattle and filed
/ Gockets OF the courts for the last twenty
MARS, and the same men are to-day des.
! tl,ying the pastures and property OF Others
hont excuse and should theme be
7 vsr,dcd !. ;ae eyes oi the country, as cow
! thieves. He challenged any man TO show
where fence had been cut
where any causes existed for its
destruction. The pasture men, as he said
before, had fought for the country and
civilization. n, he argued, We defeat this
bill there will be war in the clouds, aud If
blood flows he wiped hi, hands Oft. The
people of his section, he said, were law
ebiding. They appealed to the power OF
the government for the protection for
which they had paid their tax
and were entitled to It.. Az Tor
here, he found he vas, and that on the
other hand az the representative ofa law
abiding constituency, had to raise his voice
in defense o. land owners as the under
dogs in the sht. He was always on the
side OF the weak when oppressed by the
strong, but the question as to the poor or
cowboys, or cattle kings or Ind monopo'
lists should cut no figure here in varying
the equipoisr in the scales OF justice.
Rogers opposed the substitute. The
pasture men were fully aware OF the dim
culli,s which had been caused by large
fercts glthout means OF egress He wanted
the bill Gs Il came from the committee and
opposed the substitute.
TAYLOR thought the matter had been suni
CiPntly discussed, aud moved the previous
question on the bill and substitute.
The SOdse refused TO order the main
question, but ordered IL on the substitute
lakewood replied To Mr. Foster, Of
Limestone, on question OF privilege,
citing that gentleman's position as to the
Bro yn, endorsing toe governor.
Fouer replied that he could always he
found to answer personally any question OF
privilege:
The substitute was lost-syos, %; nays,
65
4 substitute offered by Mash for the frat
sec ion, aud similar 70 The one voted down,
wss lost. So was an amendment offered
by Stout snd q substitute offered by Ayers
Tine bill was ordered engro,sed by vote
OF G5 10 20.
Various committee reports were sent mp
without reading.
Patton, by request, sent up bill amend.
ing the Revised Statutes relative TO change
OF venue.
The house then adjourned till O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The speakerand a quorum present.
Foster, OF Limestot e, moved TO suspend
be rules and take M TOR final passage sub
stitutes for house bills Nos. 90 and - to pro-
hibit unlawful enclosure nf lands OF auoth-
or or OF the free school, university aud
asylum lands.
Rsiney, OF Anderson, offered an
amr-dment applying the provisions oi
the act to enclosures in excess of forty acres
aud to less than forty acres only on verbal
corsent OF the owner.
The amendment was lost.
The bill was finally passeG-ayes, So
Cundifi called up his bill. house hill No.
9s including iail "a well as curt house
bonds IN the Law providing for the Issuing
OF county bonds.
The bill was tnally passed.
Frymier asked for a suspension Of the
rules to take up the New Orleans exposition
bill.
The house refused and the regular order
was taken mp, being house bill No. Is 20
amend the act providing Tor classification,
sale aud lease OF the free school uniyerlty
and asylum lands.
Chenswe,h offered az a substitute for the
bill the bill presented by hinself, being an
act to control and dispose OF all such lands,
except those classed es timbered. The
features of the bill were reported a. the
tim. " was presented
Al the bill was read the house ad
journed till 10 O'Clock Thursday.
SAN ANTONIO.
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