The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-31
THE WEEKLY HERALD. DALLAS TEXAS THuRsDAY July 81 1851

ui their constituency Where was
mumhrr off Chat ll-I .u'nrIH Dotted ulul
iHu .uu1 Nh,u did cleo nuWuurlr'
100 HUr go lriuf conventions ultimate -url
u ur-|TrT Whom wis There a mrmurll
UrHeUUtIi hy any portion ul ihr ltull
uI TrNus usk'u- surl legislation
. All THIS shows tluf il. people
never DNprrird ur requested q llW o.
lIls. tu corporations uT luIlNiiuHlr
the pul dee lands eel iyNu-, Whore WlI
We lUuk lur The ur.-|Uuiug- ut iur.
rriurs 1T Ihr laws Ccuaiuly 70 Wuulu
uut hr fair u sDy that our statesmen
conceive this law On I. a matter ut lu,
iiur and right tu their Democratic cuur
-liiuyury that have just declared ul
bylE H-tuu that "thv-u land, should hI
held for actual settler, unlN,' There
fore We must look somewhere elise HS ,u
the source of this laws, and We vhur-f
that the cattle men ui West ICNu, are
lhu advocates and authors ui the !rusu
law, upon the following proofs;
First Ihcy wurp tho only class that
wore rlumuriug for legislation ul any
kind, concerning the public lunus, IhuN
had huld their b. al parts ui
western lpyus, aud were convened ~
Austin, while the legislature MAS iu
session, and IL has been said, that lhuy
had the largest and most Jealous lobby
That uyrr sWurmrd around legislative
body. They were 81 imppulmalu that
some mumhcr Of the Legislature intro
ducCd resolution, "thdt the presence at
the lobby was reflection on the lcgis-
latiyr ability of the members"
This history Of thnt p'rinl fresh Ia
the memory of all mon, calls Tor some
INTERPRETATION consistent with reason
and common SENSE. The sIuukMCu de-
muudrd recognition Of tIylr rights
and their cry was heard, and the lease
law WINS pasad, and the "hrund og tho
children was east To- the dogs
By the present laws OF IrNus the U"-
tuni setter Is limited in his purchase tu
80 UCrys, which We say is right; hut The
cattle lord can lease million
acres, which We say Is wrong, Why
limit ono and not limit the othur?
Why mako this inyidiuuS distinction
between the rich aud the ppur' Think
of pasture covering an ,nt,ru county,
the pasture lord residing la -. Louis,
Chicago or New York, with MIS- under
iings SupcrintcndiUg his TcNuS pasture,
disseminating, CircunNcul.ug, ani huf.
RAISING, 10y every possible means the
poor actual settler on his littlcadiu
farm. Then turn your eyes To ireland,
the land of tenants, holding under the
viii OF the landlord of London and i.iv-
crpool and you have u cor
rect comparison between West
crn TCNaS and ireland. The
comparative similarity and affect of the
English Land bill aud the Texas IouSe
system is wonderfully analogous. As
the English Land bill affects Ireland, so
will the lease system affect rcSgS.
We say the law that give, the right To
one man or corporation, tp acquire by
lease or purchase, the control of un-
limited quantities. Is the tread of mo
nopoly, which will soon override all
conflicting rights and interest, and
crush all opposition, and that it is in
controvcrSion of our constitution, which
SAYS: "That mOnOpolioS are contrary 10
the genius of free Government, and
should not be allowed"
G.. II. NOAKUN.