Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-06
FREE GRASS.
Tho Living Issue ~ tho Campaign IN
Texas.
Messrs. swain aud Lubbock Solid o,
"thc Issue"


special 10 the 0ase,,e,
Auar,N, June h,--Erom the Eat
North and West the waves OF "Ifec'
graaan agitation have como rolling
into Auatn, aud the political ltth'
argy of u month ago has been aup-
planted by an active, anAious interest
In atlAirs on the part OF politicians,
The remark "lt 10 not an issuc, II
viii not he known In tho convention
In never heard now no one would hc
NJ foolish M 10 make H. Everybody
reeognis,a that free gram, the queation
OF lease or nnti'leasc, Ia
riin oNh AND ONLY fasuE
and each Ia trimming his ratln To
weather the storm II poaaibe, On
that each will endeavor 10 take care of
himmclf and Ia perfectly willing for
the devil Ia catch the hlndmosh Since
rue GAZETTE stripped oil the hyp'
ocriticnl mask, under which ccrtn IN
parta of the administration were cn'
aravorlng 10 worn, back into
oiice, as protegea of the ether
the con,cst hna commenced M
u ffeciorall, go'aryou-pleaao race,
The cry OF harmony ~ over, The
governor ever diadainrd 10 voice Il,
hut there were thoac who moat cruelty
hrratcd him In timea not long paat
that now are willing Ia liok the tips
NJ hia fingers, for ANAL mint OF hia
iAvufh,
The t.rnsc Issue will hnd tho atnte
government, mn usual, AT cross pur-
poacs The ghaatly display OF unity
hnH already Vanished, and tho light
: nhining In betraya hopeless, irrom.
cdinhlc division. II In generally sup
pnncd that the governor favofa the
ahfogation of the icanc, nj lcaat, that IL
! what his friends clnim aud his enemies
conccde, II Ia expected TINT he will
/, soon declare himaelf, ~ no man would
deairo position through II misapprc
= prchennion of his Views ON the part ol
the people, The comptroller In ~,
a anti.ienHe man, whoae faith IN pure and
I. undecided, aud he docpnt care VIII,
|, knows IT, Gov. iuhbock, tho watch
dog or the treasury, may be put
down In tho nhtl-lcnsc column
n la big black letters. The other
ARE aligned with the Lease interer
aud viii make their light upon thu
Il platform. Whether they win vii
depends upon whether ar not III,
people drsifo 10 tie up the Went In
~ big pasture and turn II over 10 the pyn
N dlcateu ~ n perpetual inheritance.
n, TitE srAruS on rms CAse.
Gov, Ireland stated In the lan,
\, hoard, Senator Barney Gibbs nc
!, Knowledge II, aud no sane man cal
J" deny Il, "wheu nHyndirptc wirrp In
hlg pasture II wiira out The ncttlrrh N
n pasture will bn broken 10y settlement
- That In a y Int generally conceded
and that concodca the whole thing
"A What, though tho country should Il
" long In settling? IL the poor ma
who wants u home and In unable |
~. purchase II elsewhere Ia be forevt
49,. prohibited from coming Ia for IN
Wv petty confederation of pruacnt roy
~, cnunn senator tIihha tnlka nho,
muney; nind bHilt upon Il
rn bipptol hopes of generations Of poycrl
Yet unborn The inheritance OF Il
poor traded on Ia the wealthy, and {
\ MiaNR on rolsrAuE.
hut, oh, "lho schools look nj II
~ schoalulh What hypoorilloul oantin
w what demag0gisml Said Ia "A nm
W who, o0rnpred nj every point, used III
WI mn m arguments
u "Nou nay you are friend of tho pc
man, yet yen would deny him the pri
viii ilege OF settling the West 10y tallil
/ u, him that You propose la RAJ
tall IA revenue There To educate the childr
~ thoan IN the Arltled portions of /
state, DO YOU not know that 10 In u
MIS-, poverty which paya the school n
eo'a but wealth. What Ia that INK 10 I
hui. poor mani lie does not feel IT,
,old lilo turned away without reply,
md Vet ihten what MIR. Ulbpa has
ms, nay IN hia open letter
tale THO Atato cannot he expected 90 deal
unfairly 10y the great maaa ui It's people,
especially hy liza Hahonl ohiiatpn, ia Ia Aall
actual settler homo ~ tapnf acre on tive
l., N the same t,n,p alive him the tta range ui
en,a nS ss,, ,,n ~, sy"aI wnsn ,egS
revenue To the hnhnol iund,
There In the iraue, aud Mr.. Uibl
:, mitlod II unronscio,lply, shall the
re Tier la the Weat have neo range an
wv indnoentent, or ahall II loo tied NJ
'e,", lIu,U acre pastures. virtually
INV, uluding the hptiler Ia
An. H,ii2 Tint Ia what u meanu. aud
until M n,aans -
''eh' PERMANENT rnoni nifioS
-, of settlement, Which shall II DO,
pasture man with four cents m nrr
lunr- the rohool mud, or the pnttler with
enhancement of property values
the school f0nd'a mDehtY Let
.,sa people decide tho question quio
''N" heoaune the laaalng IN going ON,
syndiealea are pooling their ins,leu,
At psr, fastening their deadly ientaoltA i
swia tho Wopt with aofds t,f GOLD gray v
thousands upon Thousands OF rich
cultural lands arr daily heing put
a,o,. pastures, to fatten the longshofn
10y and the Deyer.dying oofpafnl
, while miiliona of tho poor who m
's'''N' md happy h0mes Ia Texan
,,,s,, thereby tobhed of uod,given nj
'NH' tauas, 10 wallow In
mife ~ miAary, aud attn
for the oiunha that fall from tho
mans tablet rich, u may be, he,
,,ionai no baa succeeded Ia gohbiing M
NJ lii, monopoiiKiDg n l0ialy donai,
|,aorih. Texas, where his uows are peace
pIiona, browning under the protection o
'rompi law n law so iniquiious aud dan
That no matter by what party
'ra, ohampi0nad, u should he buried /,
l'rea, majority ao large IN To IL
ieatioy the hope ~ liz reaurreell,