Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-26
POLITICAL
Gov. Hendricks, Senators Bayard,
Thurman and Others Address
the Ohio Democrats.
The Lease Law and Wash Jones Exhaust.
lively Reviewed by Gov. Ire
land at Denton.
st, John, Butler and Blaine 70 Speak
From Ono Stump In Indianap-
oils October Second.
GOV, rnELANp oN srATn Issuns.

DENTON, TEN., Sept. a1.--9ov. Ire-
land and Commissioner Walsh arrived
here this morning at ie45 and were
met ut the train by Mayor Poe and {
committee OF citizens who took them
TO the Bon Ton restaurant where an
oyster aupperwas served, This Is the
governors frat visit to our city and
he expressed himself some
what surprised and highly
pleased with the size and general
appearance. Gov. Ireland delivered
an address at the court house ~ per
appointment and smoke something
more than two and n half hours. The
audience was 50 large that n large
number could only KIT standing room,
aud many more went away, NOT being
able TO get inside OF the eourt-house.
a large number OF ladies were out aud
the school adjourned and turned OFT TO
hear the addresses.
Gov. Ireland devoted considerable
part Of his time 90 the discussion OF
the tense law, which he said was no
pet theory Of his aud which perhaps
had many faults that should
he remcdied. He would leave to the
legislative hndy the suggestions Aa to
what amendment should be made;
that the hue and cry ugalnht tho lease
law was raised only nft,r tho land
board had raised the price per acre
and had reduced the term OF lease from
ten to six years; that the land board
was besieged 20 return 10 the first terms
by cattlemeh, who made propositions
to lease thousands, hundreds OF thou
sands and even millions Of acrCs,
even Offering bond to that effect in
| case the board would return 90 these
former terms, Then, having failed IN
their purposoe, these same oattlemen
threatened that Ia case othera than
| themselves came In and leased these
lands near the cattlemen, that better.
n newer lot Of fence.outten would
show up and do moro damage than
/ had been done before. Gov. Ireland
/ did not say In 40 many words that TlfE
GAAEirE was The organ OF this class
OF men, but that waa the
cleArust conclusion this scribe
could draw from HIS remarks.
He said That those counties through
which the converted free-grasser tray
eled aa detailed IN Yesterdays GA
zErrE, were not damaged by the Rc-
lion OF the lease law, as therein stated,
That In all tho counties named only
two had any leased land at NIL IN them,
one having six Thousand acres and tho
other having nine hundred acres
leitsed. That on such statements as
this the anti-l lease law or free.Rfnss
men did their loud talking. That he
would like some man who claimed TO
believe In free grass 30 give him den-
milton Of the term, as he had never
been able ~ understand exactly what
was meant by g. He said that Aimee
the lease law had gone into operation
last January twice IN many appllcR-
tiona had been mnda for lands by Actnnl
settlers Ms had been made In two years
before, and referred 10 the land-bohrd
records for proof OF the fact. He said
the price Of leased lands had been raised
and the length Of the lease reduced by
the land board because the board
saw that before very great while the
corporations aud wealthy syndloates
would have Rll the land Ia their grasp,
and that this condition OF affairs would
be very detrimental 10 the states In
terests aud the settlementof the from.
tier.
He said that there was no arguments
given by the opponents ~ the lease.
were myths, or founded on myths.
Tint tho circulation 0fthese ideas OUT
side OF the state was doing much dam.
age by keeping away Immigration.
This II the substance Of hts REMARKS
on the lease law.
Gov. Ireland then had q. Wash
Jones' platform read aud made CONF
menta thereon. He had heard Jont \
recently say Ia speech that no one
supposed he was fool enough 10 vote
for Butler, and that he could not vote
for either Cleveland or Hlnine, hence
he supposed Jones would vote for st.
John, as there was man up In Kan
sRs by that name who WINS u candidate
for president or that Jones might be
too good for this world,
there was 10 much here
that was dlspleaslng TO him.
He protested against being dcnOmi-
mated with Leader and Evans triune
because the term was only applicable
10 the Supreme Being. Ha said Leader
was Republican on principle and
that he had not spoken to Jack Evans
In twelve years, that the Jones doc.
triDe was the most communicate that
had ever been uttered, that Joues waa
for hIulself all the way through, that
lt OHBtI liAnNutt1 WtlAtH HhIr iUa
closed and during the good grass season
| turned his cattle out on the
, commons as long ~ there was any
grazing and saved his own grass In.
side Of his pasture fence.
? Gov. Ireland urged all true Demo
| crate 10 vote for the nominees and
: elect men 10 the legislature h make
! Whatever laws they nee dfd, but Il
/ send good able men with more idea
\ than one. 10 that they would be ready
I for any question that came III
claimed that II ever Texas had tw,
E foes 10 the national bAuke those TIVE
. were Gov. Roberts and himself. III
: said in reply 10 the charge o
J. his once having been 8 Green
\ hacker, when he opposed thi
Hon. Gnslaye Hlelcher-thRt he mad
the race on the Democratic platform
: adopted at Austin Ia ls7s--and tina
Continued ON Ksarth Pags.