Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-09
The Governors Message.

Y he thought of the depth or scope of th'
4 suggestions embodied in the rathel
a lengthy document presented in oul
, telegraphic columns yesterday morn
4 ing, IL will hardly he denied that there
, IL earnestness ard sincerity in every
! sentence. The paper, in many respects,
. is an improvement, as 10 diction ana
arrangement, upon the executives
earlier efforts, and considering pll the
circumstances that have called II forth,
the recommendation will no doubt
have their proper degree of weight
with the law-making branch of the
government. AS was to be expected,
and as Is fitting, fence cutting Is
given precedence ofsll the subjects con-
sidered. There is no uncertain sound
about the views or suggestions; they
are frank, practical and to the point
"There are no effective laws says the
governor, "in republican government
without moral forces to back
| them. There is not and cannot
be violation of the laws and indi
vidusl rights, without affecting each
and every individual and the whole
body poitic,h And then we have the
suggestions AS remedial of the state OF
affairs that has gradually grown up !
out of the fence-cutting lawlessness.
These recommendations are.sweeping |
enough, and they will require skillful
hands to put them in shape to be
operative and efllcacious. Equity IL
the keynote of these suggestions
equity for the stockman and the small
farmer, for the land owner and him
who holds not an acre, yet has herds
and fiocks Large pastures must adj
roads /; public roads must he frequent ;
promiscuOus and unauthorized herd
ing of live stock must cease; unau-
thoriZed fencing of public lands must ,
cease, and finally, fence-cutting or in {
any way injuring another's property
must cease. The penitentiary is to
stare those who violate these regula- 3
tons in the face. The legislature is To 9
enact and society enforce the en-
actments. The remedies are drastic,
but it is a time for strong p
medicines. We do not know how the I"
various conflicting elements in the
legislature will view the suggestions, :,
but certainly out of the multitude of .,
,ouusel there must of necessity come Sc
8 netting in the same direction, else
he legislature will adjourn and leave a.,
he problem us far from solution ~ II
'vtr. Here are remedial measures: if st
hey can he bettered the public ought
o be eniighted without delay. 1t was n,
lardly TO be expected the governor in
hould deal with this subject without a!
ONE reference Ia the si,jctpr.o or so
which he has been the object. He has
ept his temper, however, and per- d,
APPS the most spirited and significant III
ortion of his reionder is his allusion No
} the fact that under the Texas sya- ''
sm the executive is practically shorn
eXective powers and discretion, as Yr
dealing with disorder, save in eases nu
rebellion, instruction or invasion. AZ,
'ut we pass on to other features of the
lessage. Free schools and taxation
NO very important subjects, are ~, nv
-eated with breviuy, but it is Crafty ,,o e
AZ to see that on the subject of public sin
iucation the executive bas rim
p"ned his eyes to the
elects in the existing system, aud ia p,o
least in line with the sentiment FIR
nat aims at "a system having "a re>pon- sw
Die head, with district suburdinates. my
ther in the shape of superintendent. H.
trustees. Virtually this is the plan
ut forward by Hon, B. NJ. Baker.
creiary OF the board Of education the
I'D 1t has been treated fully in the reo
'iumns of the GAZETTE. AS to taxes 70
he governor, like many others has no hir
'ubt felt himself forced to succumb. tue
some measure, to the logic of the :
mptroller's figures. The reduction 70
suggests is more in name than I'm LoI
90. Eighteen cents for general pnr- Wo
ses and ten cents for public echools ove
We total Of twentv-eight cent. bee
lich Is but two cents less than the hor
es mt ad valorem levy of thirty cents ,
the hundred dollars, out of which stv,
schools were supported last wear. den
lis Is small tub to throw to the tax can
iuction whale, but we do NOT know mo
at anything better can be done this cra V,
w. ''tul
Tax payers who are in arrears and bon
w had Their property sold by +
state will be gratiiied to gllsl
That the governor sn,. dust
W. Time and opportunity for redeun. put
n, nj very reasonable rates Tbi, h ,no'
u afford real relief to some very ftl
r'hy people, for ii will be "A strin of st
1t year in Texas. wi !
. I'm, sam
WIZ be seen that in the invest
Ut OF the school funds the governor A
cry well satisfied with a. ., mort