The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-11-18

| THE TENA> MEN
have concluded that there is only one
matter that they will press upon the
convention and that is the national
trail. The matter has been decided that
this issue shall alone be pressed and that
| Texas will ask nothing else. At the
same time, Texas does not believe ther
Is ground for being over-confident of the
ultimate establishment of the trail.
The opposition of Kansas is counted on
as sure, and it is admitted that it will
take
| MILLION DOLLARS
to buy the right of way over the settled
part of the proposed route. The Texas
delegates have been told, that whi @ del
egates from the north will not oppose
the trail scheme they will not work for
it, and they would sooner zee it fail than
succeed. If the north was not
sure that Kansas alone would fight
the trail, its delegations would be &C.
lively hostile instead of passively care
less. The Wyoming delegation, at its
caucus, concluded to present resolu-
ton, which 1t will ask to have included
in memorial to congress asking for leg
islation which will permit the
LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS
TO herders. Mr.. Nagle, chairman of the
wyoming delegation, explains the de-
sire. of himself and friends thus: These
lands are unfit for cultivation; they are
only good for grazing. Now, we want
IngresS to pass such laws as will
permit the leasing of public
lands to us. We hope to have the mat
ter arranged so that the government
VIII lease large blocks of land by dis
tricts to associations OF cattlemen who
Will divide II out among themselves,
thus preventing any man from fencing
on water. You see we are not doing
anything which would be op-
posed by the rights of oth-
or cattle owners. OF course,
all the matters of detail are very simple
ana VIII be considered afterwards The
MAN point is the leasing of the land for
tho longest term possible. That we will
press upon the convention MS strongly
as we can. IL is very easy TO arrange to
protect the rights of all under the law.
THE QUARANTINE QUESTION.
In all the delegations tire question of
quarantine was discussed and part of
The memorial will be devoted to this
subject. The convention will
ask congress to pass rigid
Quarantine laws which win efTecually
protect the cattle industry of the whole
country. The chief danger by all is the
PLEURO-PNEUMoNIA,
i"ii bio Gust. III lS conceded Dy all
northern and southern delegates, that
cattle cannot carry Texas fever when
driven any distance. The disease
of itself disappears; but the
pleuro pneumonia is tho danger
about which the cattlemen are really
nervous. In the event that congress
does not pass the required laws, il is
probable that tho associations will agree
upon a series of uniform quarantine
laws which they will ask their own
states to pass.
Another outcome of the caucuses IL
the fact that several delegations will
probably send independent committees
ON TO WASHINGTON
to press the particular matter i'm which
each is chiefly interested, and Cooperate
with the committee TO be appointed by
the convention, which will accompany
the memorial.
COWBOY MUSICIANS.
A very pleasant and amusing feature
OF the convention Is a cowboy band
from Fort Dodge, Kansas, twenty men
strong, in full frontier costume. They
played several selections during the
morning session, eliciting great APP
plause. The leader wields, In place of
baton, his silver-mounted derringer,
nearly foot long.