The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-31

ter notice In given 10 com oily with the law.
WILL EsrIRcs ir'xLr IN ORGANIZED couN-
TIRs,
Il Ia easy 10 understand that In settled
cnun,ies he law viii enforce itself ibose
wno secure sufficient -'ufagc IN such
county VIII, iroui ssli'int.rrst prosecute
he wAndrri X herdsman VINO invsdes their
'anfe 10 desolale II; tor all. knowing the
sdvHn'agn IL noe overwhelming the range,
viii see iha, each owner has rented enough
rr,ss. And can you not also Sre That when
W. have settled the road problem this ave-
ton will contribute 10 the safety OF the
pasture men. who own their own land, for
when there Ia enough grass outside for all
there will no M temptation to destroy and
lhvade She pasture.
PENALTIES or THE BILL.
For vinlatiii. any - TIE provisions OF
the bin the penalty is $500 or tue peniten'
tiary irtwo years or both fine aud peni
'enliary. ADD u fine Of 81 in addition for
every head OF cattle unlawfully
turred iooe over 100 iHs l.
Necessary 10 force individuals
and irbor,'io.s who now fatteu OF school
-nds 10 600 cat IL, % ooserve the Law.
rh,v eau rent ~ 40 Cents, under this acl.
enough gas, ~ feed y beef n year, and will
10. run the gauntlst Tor the paui'en,lsry
WHOM The pocket nerve IL also threatened.
Tue desi rucnon OF u fence ~ punishable
Als0 ~ q felony nv imprisonment Ia the
pauitentiarv Aud, sir, let no ssv 10 those
who tar that tins measure would sscrifics
the Buisll ranch man, that nh ,mrndner
Is ALREADY prepared bt me, which viii su'-
ter no leases OF school land leyond lin.
Ted amount. until after May next, and
which give. preference to small stocsmsn
who will swsar tnat their cattle are locstcd
IN the counties where the land appli-d for
Il situated Tnes the small siockmeD
would be projected; aud ali ri US may see
thai, to all clsssrs, II IL ierfrcuy Just, and
will no place the small herds 4, tue mercy
o! The cattle kings. The objection that II
will rum ths stock interest. a. too frivolous
tor serious answer. Under this bill tina
raising ~ n beef on school pasturgge would
cost IN four years but one dollar aud sixty
cents: but the policy would yelieye the inrm'
ing nrople OF this state OF n burthen ofover
81 100 60 school taxes. Cattle Investments
would still, as shown by Senator Chesley
Yesterday, he the safest and most profitable
in Texas What more cnp he asked? All
the small stookman has To do wound be To
20 to the treasury a0d deposit four cents M
acre for the school sections he wapis, II
there is no time to lease the isnd regu lsrly,
and thus he avoids the penalty. II the
stock OF o'her people ia the county roam
over his land, he knows that each one rep
re.en,s ten acres of lend somewhere in the
y.
INK the same amount, is perhaps
prnzinu spmewhera else Tie
rights OF NIL In The range are eqnalized,
and step will be taken forward ia the
right direction 10 stop strife. But who can
estimate the result 10 seal order, when.
by law, We have onca forced these nomadic
herdsmen TO local hRbitatiop3 and stopprd
the communistic hell which their wander
I'M lite breeds? No longer would the hum.
BILE hester look with fear to the armed
horsemen around his cabin, or suffer from
their inv aiding herds. or zee the grass
around his home rampled and coDsu net
by the stock emptisd In summer from the
enclosures Of these modern kings, only to
return to their ia. patrician pastures IN
winter.
Il will be seen that the county 10
some amendments may be needed TO pro-
tect from prosecution those locsted near
county line. II other amendments are
needed, supply thu IN, or furnish the people
heitr system, instead OF attacking, on
himsv pretexts, the one before you.
But, TO argue this bill from the stand
point OF calm reason Is not the temper ct
The hour. Some mysterious iniIepce has
deman lis secr II @; ana while one bill
after rno,her is brought in, constructed on
detached ideas contained In the bill, the
measure Itself as q whole. must be defeat
ed. TIE senator from Harrison serves his
constituents By nraising free grass in dog
gerel on the floor OF the Senate: while
the senator from Cook (Senstor
D.yis), with cynical sneer and point
less snecdotes about physic, on which he
.eems 10 have been raised, attempts 80
serve the cause Office grass aud land COR
poratious. That senator informs us that
me came from Georgia. | think IL woul'
have been better tor Toxas II he had never
left there, but had remained TO help his
father relieve hide.bound horses. which, he
gravely informs Won was once his employ
mcnt He could bave served civilization
aud his country better by remaining in
Tho humble cabin at the foot of the pine
clad hill drinking from that copreras
spriur which Hinged his complexion and
warped his nature. daughter
OBJECTIONS ANSWERED.,
But, perhaps the most novel objection
to The bill comes from the senator from
Harris (5epstor JoDes.) He i'm
sgnes thai some peor widow owning
lust twenty-five cattle, finds her
self the owner Of another calf, dropped tho
night fore the law shall so into { flee
and gravely asks If that poor wdcw shall
10 10 the peuiieni!ary? Tint poor lady
furnished fruitful theme for the senator's
eloquenco until we could almost zee her
mnvs through the chamber, meek.eved and
with supplicat!lg hands. AS tn seuaior
plead d her cause over the accidental calf,
md invoked the shades OF Houston aud
Rusk, he fairly made our eagle scream
until | could almost see the Goddess OF
Freedom bending in sympathy over tho
glowing form OF her advocrte. 20 clasp to
her bosom her own dear calf. Applause
and laughter.
Constitutional objections torture the
brain OF another senator Senator Houston)
IL there il one unconstitutional provision, l
vii, strike IL from the bill. There Is none.
Before being introduced, IL WAS approved
BY legal friends, whose names as jurists are
Q tower OF strength In Texas. l never yet
saw that senator attack q measure, that he
WAS not influenced by constitutional
Qualms. 1t has become u disease. As /
listened to his orscnlar voice, sounding con.
doubts, WAS reminded OF one
Collin DeBland, another constitutional
LAWYER. At an early day In our history,
DeBland began his epesch rs follows: MAY
II please your honor, my client Is charged
with murder. What 10 murder? Murder,
Mr.. Blackstone SAYS, rs the killing OF ,
Now read the constitution OF your couutry
and tell me where's your king
Thank 49, - God, the constitution still
lives, and the American eagle still soars
sloil" Then, stepping backwn: de. like the
senator from Bexsr, drawing himself TO his
fall height and placing his hand on bis re.
cediug forehead he continued, ss he bowed
'Bslo! may It please your
honor. Bald! not from age, bnt from a
Of the constitution" Laugh
teri
Thst senator gravely says In his minority
report that I'VE do not think 1t advisable TO
prot, ct grass on unused land that 1t may
grow and rot or be burned OF the ground
without benefit to any one" Alb, but 1t
<xo.. not ut fattapa the eteor and eli nks
in the purse Of the Chicago corporation
stoc elders aud the SCOTCH lord and
banker alike, while the farmers Of Texas
must run the schools BY direct taxation.
Again, that senator says that It would
double our taxable values. Well. has
It come to this, that the missioa Of
etstesm suship 10 to encourage stagna-
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