Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-23
TERRELL'S WHAT-NOT.
Tho Debate In the Senate, and Comments
on the Speeches.
Rutabaga's Composite. Flcming's row
errul Effort in Opposition
10 the Bill.
Senator Pope Mounts Pegasus and hides
Away After Free Grass.
The Logic. Force and Eloquence oil TN
Senator From Harris.

SpcClhi 10 inc cWo''o'
Austin, January 2s.-The debate on
the Terrell bill was opened by Senator
Evans of Fannin, in opposition 10 the
bill, and took In the whole range OF Tue
fence.cutting argument. But Nlr. EV-
ans is not politician, Is no aspiraht ior
office and makes no effort 10 attract py
oratory or persuade by eloquence. lie
is plain, unassuming and honest, anu
is very highly esteemed in the senate
Senator Harris of Bell came boldly
to the rescue of the bill and made some
good strong points against Tree grass,
the ience-cutter and the commune.
He was willing to take the bill Win
its military feature and all It's leading
provisions. He was fearfully severe
ON the awless element, ana
wanted 1t suppressed by force.
Senator John johnson, (Rutabaga)
spoke vigorously, feelingly and reck-
lessly in opposition and III favor of the
bill. He assailed cverythi & and
everybody, and had much to say about
dear people and dear issues; but
through the heterogeneous aggregation
of words and rugged ideas, there was a
vein of tactical common sense and
gllostly tread of the purest patriotism.
But when he had finished many were
unable to say which sideof the barbed
fence he had spoken upon.
Senator Fleming of Eastland delv-
cred the most effective speech for the
opposition. His style IS graceful, cul-
tured ana magnetic. He speaks rapid
ly, forcibly and often eloquently, has
good use of the language, and employs
words that express his meaning and
pronounces them with distinctness,
emphasis and impressive earnestnesS.
The full text of the speech viii appear
in your columns, aud your readers
will be able TO Judge of its ability,
its philosophy and its power.
Coming from large pastureman aud
stock owner, the speech will strike n
chord in the hearts of Inc people that
will inspire sympathy everywhereand
place the speaker on p ane with the
leading minds and best couusellors III
the state. In word the speech de-
veloped the best sort of gubernatorial
timber, and when North Texas is
called upon to name IA leader, she will
not pass Eastland's senator. No
speaker has been so generally and
warmly congratulated aud compli-
menled, and your correspondent is
of the opinion that the speech will
never be successfully answere1.
Senator Sratton ofBrazoria speaks
slowly, prosiIy and not much. He
has been sick and is still very much
under the weather. He speaks in fii-
vor of the bill, and quit in about TWEEN
ty minutes
Senator Pope of Jefferson next did
what he had not intended 10 do, and
addressed the senate against the bill.
He necessarily had to travel over
ground already tramped dry d hard,
aud therefore found little that was
fresh along the path Of argument He
produced lively sensation of merri-
ment and relieved the monotony by
reading few stanzas of original
rhyme ridiculing the grass commits
siOner- feature of the bill. He is the
poet laureate of the senate. and az a
satirist is second only to the senator
from Cook. His poem may interest
some of your readers - here it is.
The dewS of heaven were falliug fast,
As through cattle anch there p tssed
The leader of IA bull-whacking band
A blazing banner in his hand,
ID owing from his bugle IA loud blastl
With motto olored In full brass,
ere nuhtlnB grass.
The cowboys wondered what 1t meant,
Ana gaz intent upon The band
Aud cried, "By whom have you been sent
To make war N this lando"
The martial horde halted not,
Is I rode on quietly en- masse
And answered, a. but with one voice,
Were hunting grass"
You dare 10 ask why we came here
The air with war Ike sounds to mo
we came the fence-cutters to scare,
And bleed and die for the Terrell bill.
our en- elk is worthy ofan ass "
And slill they rode on quick and fast,
They were hun ting grass.
To speak Of all their wondrnus deeds.
state. '''
iwonld those of pious 1ncas eclipse:
ionly sRetch-cannut relate.
Bhl through our dom ain broadcast
Ihey nors their mot 10 the last
We're hunting grass"
THE BATTLE.