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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1884-05-03
Saturday hay 3, 1884
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ScENE-A small 1t~ir>ss, lin:nc n narrow
cot, chair, Il table, aud :. few articles
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Where can have, all by myself, good
long sunday rest.
All through the y eek rve c,nnted, count.
en Oh IDS t"et'o"S hH"F;
ihab thnuGht alone has Kept me up,
alone gave me the power
10 nnlsN al the weary work, to live
So tired, 80 tired, and longing, praging
for u Sunday resi-.
Here !s my candle; there's my little bed,
so sweet and nice
You're dear t. me, Sou little cot, just now
above all price;
And once when Im in bod I'll sleep, and
For ati tired, SO tir 1, and want long,
long Sunday rest.
l ought &c eat, no dOIbt, Out I'm not
hungry in the least,
Aud couldn't eat If were seated at Il
rich mans feast;
Bat let me make Il cup Of tcu-that may
pei"%Ps be test
Al" S"' l ""iJ care !"f rest, AOt one IoiS
9""!"y resi-.
All day I'll sPeco; to-morroyTs sun sl..}l
never make me rise:
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24
ruEG AZETTF. FORT WORTH TEXAS TUESDAY, JUNE "a

beyond themselves with no pro-
vision of mind to enable them to
acknowledg e anything good that does
not proceed from their own minds;
with no charity nor love for their
species, they live, detesting all and
dctested by all and die unregretted and
unmourned. Despise them as you
will, they are more entitled to our for
bearance and pity. Nature has her
freaks in mental distortion as we'll as
physical, and the man with jaundiced
mind, vino dlstills poison for self-tor-
ture, is as much the creature of Provi-
dence as he who is brought into the
world with dwarfed body or mis-
shapen limbs.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24
Still in the Field.

The following from the Hous,o,,
Post VIII be news to Mr.. Patton. IN
THE GAzETrE's readers and 10 Tn,
GAZETTE. That 1t appeared in tho
Post and that, therefore. there ia ~,
truth in 1T, is sufficient TO say. The
weakness of candidate is never mora
apparent than when he circulates re.
ports of his opponents withdrawal
from the race. The trick Is az old ne
politics itself, and is well known as
the last subterfuge of defeated
aspirant. The Post publishes the
startling news MS special telegram
from Austin, the sender of which pre.
tends to have got his information from
"a gentleman from Dallas who had
been at the Fort:r
a Post reporter met a gentleman from Dial.
las, who had been at the Fort and asked him
about ~; his reply was: az don't know ex.
actly what Is going on there, as the thing is
very quiet, but You can safely say that hell is
brewing.' IL Is ais, reported that an organ.
ized movement has been started TO defeat
walsh, that large sum OF money has been
| raised Tor the purpose and that Patton will
be abandoned aud II new mam taken up: tina,
TIE GAZETTE has Withdrawn Its support of
| Patton, aud If the fight on Walsh shows any.
| thing like success the programme will be OK.
tended to include Gov. Ireland, by BRINGING
out Ross at the Confederate reunion at Dial.
las. Col. Templeton is also to go, and posi-.
bly, GOV. Lubbock. As Walsh is in perfec,
harmony with the administration on the
grass question, the battle On him VIII be
made a test, These are The reports, and they
come from good authority.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24
WIZ 2

II leasing the school lands Tetsrds the set
Element OF the western part of the state why
do the cattlemen object? The l~nger that
section rs being settled the longer Will the
cattle kings grow rich grazing their stock
[Bellvi lie Times.
They don't Obj ect The real cattle kings ft-
vor the leasing system-it perpetuates "A
profitable bustness.-[Fort Worth GAZETTE.
Then why do you keep up such useless
row about It? We know that the people la
vor II; you say the cattle kings favor 1t; now
in whose Interest does THE GAZETTE oppose
It;-I Belville Times.
You know the pcopic favor it! Al
ter it has been thoroughly discussed
aud Endorsed by the people you may
say that-but not now. The discussion
and agitation is in its infancy. Put
this in your scrap-book for future ref
erence: Hc hdsc Jar wW gO-if mo-
this year, then by n popular voice il
1856 so loud that there can be no mis-
take aboutit.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

WIrIt the Santa Fc extended
through the Indian territory to Kan
sas; with the Brentwood road reach.
ing out toward the City of Mexico;
with worlds exposition in 1857 that
shall attract hundreds of thousands OF
visitors and make the city world
famed; with free grass on our illimita-
BILE prairies waiting. to be settled W
by adventurous and industrious set.
tiers, the prosperity of Fort Worth adj
mits of no doubt. BY 1890 Northwes,
Texas will be Texas, and Fort Worth
will be its metropolis.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

THE only good argument against the lease
s'stem is that 10 ng leases are possible under
the existing law. This is great wrong, but
this can be rghted at the next session of the
legislature.-lTo Democrat.
1t can be righted and should be. The
Democratic party which is the law
making power of Texas should say at
Houston in August that it shall be
righted. The only way to fright" the
wrong of the lease law is to repeal it.
Long leases are not only possible but
the leases will be perpetual, for the
same reasons for leasing will exist
when the leases expire as exist now.
Indeed, the Longview paper makes an
argument against itself; if leases are
the best for Texas in 1881, tn ey will be
the best for all time.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

TltE Fort Worth GAasr1s Is power in
tho land, but we don believe 1t will DO sue
cessfu IN its frec.sress iIght.-iorange Trlb'
une.
The fight will be won. The lease
will be opposed till August. If the
Democratic convention approve 1t, the
fight will be transferred to the cleo
ton of members of the legislature.
Failing there, the fight will be contin-
ued until 1t does end in victory. Time
will strengthen free grass, because
time will disclose the manifest evils of
the lease system. THE GAZETTE has
enlisted for ninety-nine years or the
war, and time will bring recruits and
victory. West Texas must be settled,
and the landlease system is not the
best means to promote settlement,
The people will win Ia the end, and
the longer the victory Is delayed the
more Texas will suffer.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

FoR paper whose chief proprietor Is said
to be q Re, ublcin. the Examiner manifests
considerable audac,ty in attempting TO lee
tuTe the Fort Worth Democratic convention.
II Fort Worth GAZETTE.
Replying to this, the Examiner
says:
TIE GAZETTE is getting hard pressed when
It's only answer to a rivals argument is slam
der.
And yet, we suppose, the Examiner
did not see the ISLANDER" in this qu,s-
ton:
How much land has John Peter Smith In
closed in his pasture to which he owns no
valid title from the original granteec GA
zErrE please answer.
There was no foundation for asking
such question concerning Peter
Smith, and yet the Examiner, chirrup-
ing like blue jay, thus notifies us of
more argument in favor of the lease
system:
The Examiner has several more conun.
drums out of the same shop 10 PROFOUND as
soon as the organ condesceuds To answer the
above.
ut is said" that the chief proprietor
was postmaster, and this is why I'll
was said" THAT he is Republican
THE GAZETTE is glad that he is not {
Republican.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24
Creatnras to Be Pitied.

one of the most mOurniul spectacles
the mind can contemplate Is an old
man whose soul the poison of disap-
pointment is corroding and arraying
with venOmous iierceness against
those to whom Fortune has shown a
more smiling face. The qualities that
attend advancing years and make
gray hairs reverenced for benignancy,
that inspire love for the softened air
and pity for the uncertain step, are
wanting in the man whose heart fail
ure has turned to eternal hate. With
Macbeth they are forced to say:
"All tha' which should acc )mpany old age,
As homer, love, obedience, troops OF friends,
j must not look to have; but In their stead
Curses, not loud but Deep
And like that wretched plotter they
rail at the fate which their own wick
edness has brought them and curse
the prosperity of their rivals whose
virtue, enterprise and talent have
been rewarded by success. No merit
orious attribute can evoke word OF
communication from them, but they
are ever alert to detect and expose the
blemishes of their brothers. "From
graceless youth to unexpected age''
they have been Ishmaelites and bush.
whackers. They see their younger
rivals passing them on the road tc
fame and fortune, aud hate them for
1t and hate the world for allowing it
Without the stability CT virtue that
commands success they have
always been camp-follower.
of the army of fighters
occasionally Joining foraging party
that essayed by plumber to acquire tn,
prizes that they dared not contest foI
In thevan. AT last, decrepit In bod,
and poor in purse, they retire 10 ob
scurity. and from the dupg-h hills o
their retreat cast filth ut those VIII,
are above them and beyond them.
AS 1t happens that such men are no
few in number, they invade ever,
profession, and are equally successful Ii
all because successful In none. Thei
a chronic and inveterate malevolence |,
| displayed to better advantage, perhaps
+ In the profession of journalism thai
/ anywhere else, rs their field for tn
display OF malice is wider there tina,
In other calllngs where their audience
Q are more private. AS the pessimists {
: the age they stain whatever the,
!. touch with the gloom Of misery, an,
!. throw yitriol at whoever IL of speciu
: merit in public affairs. Hopeless
: of mounting to respectability then
!. selves, they delight In detraction {
Il others AZ the only way of bringin
J. them on a plane Of equality. Aspl
! Ing youth is the victim Of their mo.
+ malignant hatred, as to be surpasse
by one superior to themselves, In a
J. save years and wickedness, Is gall an
! wormwood, and not to be permitted.
0 Egotism Is their evil spirit--egotisr
a Of that sort Which makes its possesse
: enyious OF all that he eanno
r reach. With no capacity to -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

"FREE GRASS Is going to the Houston con
Nentlon fall OF confidence and vim, but we
predict sad failure when the people are
heard FROM Dallas Mercury.
That may be, MI Mercury. No one
can tell. All that fiee-grass men ask,
is the right 10 be heard in the councils
of the party. Some of the organs have
been threatening that the convention
will "sit down on the men who OPP
pose the lease law. This is intoler
ance and arrogance and will not bt
submitted to.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24
Tele rraph Petitions.

The leading telegraph companies
through out the country are circulating
petitions against the proposed legisla-
ton affecting the telegraphic interests,
now before congress. The telegraph
lines at present extend to every town
and hamlet in the United States, and
at each OF these petition is sent and
signatures secured. Thus, a protest of
great magnitude, and capable of being
sprung upon congress with apparent
spontaneity, is being quietly prepared,
and Will doubtless be used when the
opportunity occurs or when necessity
demands it. This seems to be the
favorite method of influencing legisla-
ton, or of securing patronage, whether
the object desired be commissioner
ship, or law regulating the affairs of
the nation. There is such an air of
puritanical honesty and rugged sim
plicity about petition, scrawled over
by the John Joneses and the Barney
McSpaddens, that, to the legislator or
to the official eye, it is irresistible
There is no faint of impurity nor SEM
blance of improperly in sending up to
Washington wagon loads of petitions
signed by the free and enlightened
American citizens In all quarters of the
country, and further, the right of petit
tioning foc redress is boon guaranteed
to us by the constitution and cam OF be
denied. 1t is much cheaper than buy.
Ing votes outright, which, owing to
the unusual run on that market, or the
greater honesty of present day legisla.
tors, has become costly, and it can be
done without any fuss or noise.
There Is no denying the undoubted
right of telegraph companies to take
such steps as to them may seem best
suited to their interest or most potent
in the fdrtherance of their designs
Even admitting that it is wrong. the
question which immortalized a certain
New York official recurs to US and
we ask ourselves, what are you going
10 do about it%' 1t might be well.
however, for people to pause before
subscribing to the petition of an inter.
ested corporation In a protest against
what the political leaders of the coun.
try deem wholesome reform and a ne
cessity too long neglected.
Legislators, too, should take these
: petitions for what they are worth; no,
: rs an indication of the peoples opposi
ton to the measures now pending, bu,
rather as compliment to the loca
managers OF the various telegraph com
panies, who usually being shrewd AND
clever gentlemen, obtain these sigma
lures more on account of personal non
nlarity than otherwise. These large
corporations are we'll able to take care
OF themselves without the aid or sane.
ton OF the signatures of disinterested
persons. Our state legislature, as Tia,
legislatures of other states, Ia aIread,
Hooded with telegraph dodgers of a,
least one company, and the natlona
nails are also well supplied. If peopl,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

GENTLEMEN who are going to
Chicago next month will find the trip
an expensive luxury. We read in the
Chicago papers astonishing stories of
what ii cost delegates and visiting
statesmen during the Republican con-
vention. The Palmer house and other
hostelries got high prices for their &C.
Communications, very few men getting
of cheaper than ten dollars day and
many paying f,om twenty-five to fifty
dollars. Little Malone of Virginia
gave up a hundred dollars a day for
his room and board. These hints
should caution Democrats who make
the July pilgrimage to carry a good
supply OF pocket money. None OF
them viii want to count ties to get
home.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

THE anti-Blaine Republicans have
not yet got over their heavings and
retchings at the nauseating mess of
crow they have been swallowing, But
bad as it il, the Republican crow is n
savory and appetizing dish alongside
of the mess that will be served up for
the syndicate organs and lap-dogs at
the Houston convention. They will
have TO take their crow, too, with free
grass dressing.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

TIM Houston convention ought to 'sit
down" upon free grass and all manner of
communism. Half way measures breed only
contempt and arouse opposition. Manllness
Is wisdom in all things.--LSan Antonio
Times.
Please now, don't, Mr.. Times. Please
don't: or else you may have to look for
your majority in these counties that
get all the school fund and vote the
Republican ticket. Please don't "sit
down. on us. We are Democrats and
have right to be heard.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

II the gentleman from Dallas who
had been at the Forn is correct, and
free grass is sIch "hell brewer" per-
haps the San Antonio Times and Waco
Examiner had better not ''sit down on
it'' too hard. Did these two papers
ever hear that anecdote about land
lease boy from Five Points who was
inveigled into attending an auti.lease
Sunday-sohool aud "sit down. on a
good little ffee-grass boys bent pin?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

have noted the influence of pastures
ON population that pastures retard set
Element What, we ask some lease
advocate to answer, has been the influ-
ence Of Southwest Texas pastures on
the settlement of that section: What
will be the influence of pastures on
population in West Texas
Not only does the pasture system re.
tard actual settlement, but 1t deters
immigration. Once let 1t be well
known, as 1t is daily becoming known,
that Texas leases its public lands to be
converted for any number of years
into cattle pastures and the immigrant
will shun the state, Just rs the syndi-
cate and corporation will seek It. And
TO stop the tide of immigration il Is not
necessary that all the lands be leased.
The foct that lands can thus be tiled
up" in large bodies If no more land
ever be leased, will be rs effective in
lettering immigration as though all
the land were leased. The effect of
this leasing system on immigration is
no picture of the fancy-it is seen by
men who live in the Northwest,
and hence thecamor for "f free grass" as
Texas has always had tree grass.
In the results of the leasing system,
and the influence of pastures on settle
ment and immigration, every man is
interested. Every man in every town
in Northwest Texas, no matter what
his calling, has direct personal in
terest in the settlement of the country.
Every man in the East is interested in
it. The rate of taxation has been
lowered because of increased assess.
ments, and as the country becomes
more populous assessments will in.
crease and the tax rate diminish.
Every lumber mill in East Texas is in
terested in the settlement of the West,
for lumber is sold to people, not to pas
lures. The peopling of the West has
diminished the tax rate and more peo
pie in the West will still further re
duce it. Pastures at the maximum
estimate, can only contribute S60o,00I
to the relief of the people of the state
Population will add more to their re
lief, and it is safe to say that for every
dollar annually added to the schoo
, fund by pastures, ten dollars will be an
, nually adde to the wealth of the stat.
by population.
If the lease system is best ii woul,
profit Texas were McLennau, John
son, Navarro, Dallas, Collin, Dentol
4: and Tarrant held by half-dozen cor
!. porations rs pastures instead of bein
4 filed with farmers and cattle. If
be answered that after awhile tn
: western counties Will be settled u
E these are and the leasing system wi
e end, we ask when and how and why
h In six years there will be the same d,
n mand from the school fund in 81
$ years there will he the same argumer
n in favor of leasing as now: in 81
l. years there will be no thousands {
}. people waiting to take up vacate
t. leases; in six years the lease will |
q eNtended-and, the leasing systeI
g fastened on the state is the perpetui
re ton Of that system, to the depopul;
If ii IN Of West Texas and to the injur
@ of the whole state.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

DEAR GAZETTE The anti-free-grass Dogs
mrs r,enn. bud boys. FONT cry. wren "
quits hurting it will feel bully. four frien"'
TmE TIMES.
DEAR TIMES, Dallas, Texas--Let the
bows alone. See list OF subscribers
published every Monday In Daily ga.
zErrE and in the Weekly. II the bad
boys can stand il we can. Yours Tor
Northwest Texas,a fair representation
and free grass. THE GAZETTE
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

THE state land board has leased i'o%'''o.
acres OF land, or nearly one-hait OF the nh'
school and university domain, rom wh'cn
an annual revenue OF slie,sa5-s6 VIII be de'
rived. Tho amour; VIII be increased rom
year 10 year, us new leases arc made. rms
/, what must be surrendered II the nee grass
idea prevails. -[waco Day.
The above Is the one argument OF
the lease men. Now, tell US what II
will cost Texas to realize that fun d
from leasing out its lands2
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

a dls,,., st0n Axe,
WESTON 8 a,s Ssss from from Austin /. 1, /,
to wa ran Jones ons,, has declared ssp X.
IHes run the Galveston, Ss..l NV
will not change ~ positions, cGSS sid
it did t two @ y jealousy .A oppose 1 i \
50 @ealously oppose ir sis rp't viii
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

can obtain cheaper telegraphic rates
than those now enjoyed, they should 40.
cept them without caring whether or
notthe companies proposing to furnish
them would lose money by the opera
ton, which is, after all, the sum and
of the arguments used against
IL by the present companies.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

Ir was Gov. Ireland who declared at
a meeting of the land board that's set
tier would not enter lease. 1t was
also Gov. ireland who said that the
time would never come in the history
of this country when man could not
turn his cattle out upon the commons.
This and that put together look very
much like unadulterated free-grass-
ism,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

II the public lands are leased subject
to actual settlement, and II the settler
will go inside the pasture ON leased
land, why does Senator Gibbs think it
wise or necessary TO rcscrre any por-
ton Of the public lands from the ope-
cations Of the lease law and for actual
settlement?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

lF there is one man in the state who
is anxious to have somebody boot him
about an hour or two it is Richard Nell
son, the colored editor of the Specta.
tor. Dick topped over from Blaine to
Arthur at Chicago.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

IT really begins 10 look a. II the
land-lease organs would deny the right
Of good aud true Democrats At Hous-
on to spesk In favor Of state issue
which concerns them virtually. For
the sake OF the reputation n the party
- the party Of the people we trust the
convention will have more sense than
The organs.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24
Newspaper Oxper.h,..

o,,v OK Houston age
en wm,y . few papcrs In the s,.,.
Srno 70 possess a part oums e sp |
las Times. '''h convention J.
m, More papers in the ststs T..
ers. AsepuOllcanc
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24
"Anu !. Lease Argument,

wbv do waco Examiner.
mem, 70 ~, me land lease o,r.r.
i aasya Why do they NOT r,n rree grss d,
'ease system is best Tor all P5 ~, That lAs
THE because q .,., they are written Ian .e.,1
an h = r GAzETrE, and ii wouId i, ns' \
an argument II found in is,s not, not b
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

FREE GRASS seems to be an issue.
The disposition of the public lands
seems really to be a matter In which
the people have q right to speak.
Free grass" is no longer dismissed by
the organs with the arrogant assertion
that 1t is matter of mere legislative
detail"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

DOUBTLESS it was not Mr.. Logan so
much as Mrs. Logan that the Repub-
lican party had in its mind when it
filled in the second place on the ticket.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

school tax reduced. Three hundred
wears, II the editor of the Black
Waxy Will consult the United States
census he will learn something him
self of the growth OF Texas population
and he able to instruct his readers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

THAT deplorable accident at Calves
ton in which little boy killed his
brother with parlor rifle suggests
that when the six-shooter is made to
go. all shooting-irons intended for
amusement should be attached to 1t.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-24

For a question which Is not an issue,
free grass compels vast deal of dis
cussion, and, according to gentle.
man from Dallas who has been at the
Fort" brews much of what Ingersoll
says does not exist.