The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-05-28
WhOop Up. JustlcA.

If one edition can be so cnlled more
than another, the Gazettc's Mouda,
issue may be denominated it's free
grass edition. Free grass bristle. in
its paragraphs, forms the warp AND
woof OF its editorials, enters largely
into the manufacture of its specials.
and glides smoothly through its inter
views Each page and in every col
upln smiles with the verdancy of free
grass hcrcsics. II takes two columns
to tell what it means by free grass.
which when boiled down NAV be ex
pressed in few lines from the Gle.
burn Chronicle:
Free grass means that all the school
lands shall be open to the use of the
cattle X ngs free of charge, and if AN
actual settler goes on such land he
must fence at enormous expense for
his own protection.
Notwithstanding tins fact, that tho
Gazette would give, free OF charge,
the grass aud lsnds of the children TO
the big cattle syndIcates, while it
would make the man with toc pay
Tor every acre he uses; that II would
give cattlo kings the length aud
breadth Of tho plains for his range,
free of all cost of enclosure, while IT
would saddle upon the humble nestcr
the enormous expense OF fencing; tina.
It says to the stock man. you are under
no obligation to keep your hcrdr
from trampiing upon the land, de
stroyiug the grass or crops OF your
neighbors; while 1t says to the far
mcr, you must fence your corn, cotton
oats and wheat, to keep 1t from com
ing out and eating the cows. Yet, il
in the face Of all this, it has the cheek
to bid the EXAnINER boom up jus
tice. in the following paragraph
The Gazette welcomes the Wac,
EXAMINER 10 the ranks of represent
alton rctormcrs. The inequality ap
pcals to all, and il the EIAMINEi
will lay aside its prejudice agains
cattlc-raisers and whoop up jus,ic,
III all things it will do good thinl
for itself aud the state.
Truly, the blind GODDESS, who pre-
sides over the distinces of the Gazette
never hears the below of "A bulliouair'
but She gives the weight of her Dam
ascas blade to the side of the long
horn THE EXAMINER has no pred
| judiccs against the CONAN, II gIorle
in this magnificent branch of our in
duslrics, and with the splendid prot
| its offered by The bussinoss. II blushc
to see stockmcn, usually liberal an'
nigh minded, attempting To add iii
gitimatc gains To their wealth by rob
| bing the tree schools, and Nrrogatin.
! to thcmsolycs what they would no
concede to the former e, the free
use OF land uot their own, to raise
their products upon.
Is IT justice the barrohs, woult
have, then putthc farmer and slockmni
on the same platform, if the oatll,
king is entitled to the school land'
free TO raise, cattle on, give it TO tn,
farmer free to raise corn on. Let The
stockman keep his cattle oil of The
nester's oats an the hester VI i'll keel
his oats oil of the stockman's grass
This is even and exact Justice, il That
is W hat tine Gazette wants whoopco
up But the farmers do not ask even
that much, they do not demand II
herd law, they are willing to beat
the entire expense, not only oI
keeping their property from ihfring
my upon the rights OF the stochman
hut, also, to bear the burdens ol pro-
tccling themselves against the dcprr'
da,ions of the cattlcmsn's property
All they a-k il that the big corpora
ii, ms aud cattle syndicatts pay rca.
-unabe compensation Tor the use OF
the go 900 900 acres of children lant
they are appropriaring to their pr'.
yatc use and agraudlscuicnt.
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