The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-31

afs 18th ihsif .'osth1 esrs in Beo,lsf q
ashias end isnrins N ehlife e6untiss 9TH
ths osuntf ssa' NJ ihs iaif die OF their past
nfss-s paliiiesl pnhiie corporation In free
state, o,llsd . eouniy osi I'd aud controlled
hY apfiTais o1fp lfalitn boss st0t tholders
sEDsoTs 90 SHs ,krIIsu Sus,s.
To this epmplFHi,n has II come; sui now
You have the last tlucn 10 TIL, pis,pfe, aud
!se ssnAts Ts'nsing io place Tribunals Oh IRE
tt,ksi plains 10 stop n. Men who defend
ths,r lsaf s.aspi'sO's seem 10 forget that
elpgFssi lOns asi ptHed a. sci which will
not permit even a charitable corporation 20
eva over $1,000 worth Of land in any ter
fiiory,
H0.D Law.
TOE grievance OF . bad road Law, have
80 must De provided br 10 some other
hlli, so, also, must the check on sp.eula-
tive isnd corporations; aud though the gov
error does not seem tn have thought that Q
nnisieht evil ~ invite the legislature so
eOa. sldsrlt, l wi a. the proper time, test
the o., lse OF the senats Nv q resolution that
under authority o. Arr. 5Ii OF the code. the
charters should be 80 sm ended ~ 10 restrict
their duration TO ono yau aud require
them In that time 10 close shop, pay debts
stockholders, Their very existence 10
sg,ips, the genius OF the conssil aiion which
prohibits ptrpetaities and monol 'oiies. ~
the governor will not recommend She reform
ar you will not adopt a., 80
much the wore tor TsIss. Right
here wish 10 ssy that i @ill
never vote 10 sell one scrs OF the school or
pu Bile land except TO actual settlers, and
lhs law mast bs 60 framed that l will DO
sure he Is an actual settler.
| have attempted 10 shoe that We have
on our northern border, and also along the
coast and In the wesg, psnrered Industry
OF less than one twentieth OF the people,
who.grow rich under vicious laws on
great trust estate for tha education OF cur
children. while the toiling masses at the
people must. by direct taxation, pay Tor
the prosperity OF the fsw.
IaEE GRASS Is RnbDxRr,
I announce here 'ha, this Is robbery; IN
that until this free grass Is throttlsd, uI.l
those who fst'en on u are compelled ny
Law 10 pay for u local habma'ion and fssten
themselves to the grass by lease or pur'
chase. the fences will cot niue 10 disappear
ard there will DE no peace And 1
can no mora be rhssen from this
eonyic,iTn, grounded as IL Is. IN
,son aud In truth, than the Wild winds Of
the north can shake from their deep ioun
datiors the rock'Ioo,ei cliiii OF the Col
o-sdo.
say, further, tina, you might SIS well at.
temp 10 prevent the bursting OF 80 engine
by sticking strzys In the seams OF the
boiler, or shooting the engineer, as 10 ex-
pect to stop fence-cnliin. By penalties
alone. You must rduce the sienm: re-
verse the lever and PM the throttle. Votes
Ut confidence will not save fences; and we
should remember that the commune once
cared as little tor the council oi tve hun
dr,d Us II did Tor the Ssiss Guards OF tbs
palace, when they paid an
urcsremonious visit 10 him, who, three
msnths ago, they worshiped as a Gsd.
Free grass, cay for the twentisth time.
is leg 'sis,ive robbery; the robbery OF patient
industry; the robbery. OF the many TO en-.
r,ch the few. And l announce further
that Il make no difference to me whether
am robbed by the partial laws OF the
Federal government. which shovel, under
tho tariff, the wages of agriculture into the
pockets OF manufacturers, or whether am
III uudered OF school tsx,s to make race oil
ca,ile king, here In Texas. In BON &c, case Sc
Il ~ robbery. Ny county Is taxed Sl2,VoO
more for hools than she reg, ives 6.cS
which yaes 20 oihar- YeIple; every ceLt Of
~hicn could be saved and education made
: indeed free-irre. without taxation, II we
foros those who usa the grass ON school
) land TO pay even haiti that 10 Is worth.
But you are gravely asked here,
when did Senator Terrell become
we're not amused by such ssuH, SO CT: re-
peut.d, / would tire OF IL. Tnis hand
, rppneu the law under which every nhild III
Texas. tending Tree &C ools, has been In
structed for seven year.; and because l
could 10, walk gravely to some g'miet hole;
to which | WAS invited by new solon, aud
see through II the broad day Of Inspiration
shining on new systems OF education, was
hereto. From the constituents OF these
same selfcou stitu,ed champions OF edunn'
t,op. we ore row attempting to Tescne the
school 'ands; and from the protecting care
of al such, m.y the good Lc:d deliver the
children OF Texas.
FREE GRASS A CURSE.
The stock convention, with singular goou
Judgment Ut they were siDcere) declared
4, IT free grsss must cease; the real esIa'e
convention meeting here the same week,
pror ounced the same verdict; aud no sane
man can doubt the verdict OF the 3i3. 0U
, farmers OF Texas, who toll and pay taxes TO
make grsss fee TO the favored few. And
now remember my prediction: II you fa'i
to heed their interests, and exalt yourselves,
not OILY will you per etuata the reign OF
. VIC nce, but you will be made to Initiate
that ruler Of old who for exalting hl,ussii,
was despoi!ed OF his power and tnrned out
on tree grass AZ n punlshmen'. Ere, grass
was the curse pressed 10 the liGs o' BAD
yion's king, and the sam curse now c'ings
Ike tine shirt o! Nessus =" iexas. c,;,h
firm AZ the rock that the bill affords the
surest road to tccial order, have presented
nv yiews; and Whatever DO the fats OF tnls
) measure. my conscience is clear. fhls
fearful raid upon property rights has IN
, vaded my own district; and only last Satur:
day night nine miles of wire fence around
pasture worth $780, 600 were cut GA, here
within twenty-five miles Of Austin. Every
post was cut tor nine miles, two feet above
| the ground, and it.must have required the
| force Of my men to do It. would, II l
had tho power, ensot law to place all such
, misguided men IN the cells Of peniten-
ttary. Without knowing It, they have
sacrificed the cause Of tree government
on the altar OF anarchy, and must be made
! 10 learn that true liberty u ouIy SUCH
r when regulated by law. Yes, and
, would place the stockholders and
, rsgchmen OF every corporation, and the
owners Of every pasture who her. alter grows
rich BY enclosing school grass without pay
d, ing for it, in the Same penitentiary, SIDE by
side with the feoce cutter, with striped
l breecbe., to learn rome honest trade, II they
{ shall refuse 10 obey q law requiring them
TO pay for that grass
TIE FUTURE OUTLOOK
, Tho prospect is dark, but around the
I black cloud see a silver lining. Texas Is
, not the soil In which the loose Idea that
t land must be free like air Can take perma-
merit root.
! When We compare our condition win
| that OF older states, the warm blood must
leap with exnltation and hope over the
( future. No laundering statcsInaLshlp OF
= ] ! al man con strand for { q