The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-22

ability Of the senator FROM Travis should
! become excited and pauir ttr'rksp, ind
lump Ia tho conclusion inH' lhH NAi,
10 tur Champion Communist ~ The HIr, aud
should seek tn disturb tue quI,t oi the pf--
ifle dogs oi the wssi by Tue tramp ui "a.
/ grass s mnl.sionCr sud Ihe mhrcsing OF
military.
SIR. Houston. speech.
The following Be- nls0 she tex 81 Senator
/ Houston 4 speech uu tho Terrell oil dUIiN-
| slsd Friday afternoon:
! Ma. CH.iRNAA:-Such an emergency en-.
/ lots 90 Texas - has caUsrd th1 executive To
! convene ia. eighteenth legislature zee ezra
I session. Among the SUM C's Tor ltr'g alton
appears most prominent the qurstloI OF the
/ dgsttuCuun ot properly rights, which he
l laWs.Oi tho state thus fer have neen inrce'
qugte 10 suppress From tht6f evils IA.
/ people are now asking TeNfl. | dsuot
| aFrte that these evils have grown out OF the
use Of school lands 10y herds grazing upon
! them. To = great extent thc crime ui fence
! eating mas been the huit ~ a mistsken
! land policy ON the part Of the state. Tbs
accumulation on the hands Of individuals
! and corporations OF immsnse bodies Of
land, which was easily done, and 1T email
| cost, uuder the laws for the deposition OF
! the once princely domain OF Texas was n
great mistake. In the light VI our .prefent
experience We see a., but It IS nov to late
to correct our error.
These immense estates were legiiim Atsly
ACQUIRED, and their use aud enjoyment as
property guaranteed 20 their owners under
! The lswt. The extrsordisrry sud sudden
J advance Of civ! Zattcn IA tho west and
! southwest produced IN a great measure by
, TIE e1teution OF railroads To the frontier
Dorder Of the state, thu money spent IN
! their construction, the i1huI ~ capi'ai and
/ ium' grafton bought MO he couGiry which
J DID,. .N al
! penetrated ny them, the ChrEput8- Of the
! uLd, all Coubpircd 10 make au GCcumulS-
! t.pD ul vnst bodies IN the hands OF iudivii-
! uAis and interpretations. The fencing of
/ macy 1l O. ran land. iUtu lgrEe pastures hY
/ .Hpifu.a... los Ter. innate, end their lands
uli fences I.Ung l,eu lawini'y scguIrrd
! the stats Is pledged % their protection, how
| ,ys- unwise r mpolitic tie iaw under which
! hey were acQ lII.d miy hHN' be-i, lue
lear Of civil .Xtil1n mover furns backward; 20
! mAy ue np-dtd, % reyOiu tom my ttmpur
! ur.y sttpif, bUt % cannot Doe turned hack
! when once the eye u civiu2tN1n folts
| upgl q land =, iair and rJvet3 ~;
lac 81 ua.y question OF time 80 90 lis
! tail possession aud enjoyment. Not with
out stTugg Q, however; tor the lawess
| aud the thui'lcgs adventures who have
! gone before. always contend ngaiust the
J now order OF tnings under which they eau
| not exist. 30, IA the W. st. when the lands
lures: when the laws OF the state and Of
civ ili2.d society began to b, enforced;
| when tho occupation OF the cattle thief was
asOut 10 DO wrosted from him, 10 is natural
that some acts OF violence and laWlessness
should occur. The history OF every state
aud every country should Snow that IL has
always been 60. A few instances OF fence.
cutting occurred rs n conseguence--but no
| general alarm was felt. Even while We
were In the last regular session THESE Of
lenses were being committed in certain
! sections but u was not then considered Of
| sufficient importance TO occasion any
slarm-not enough To csuse this body, then
! in session TO change laws which we're then
| deemed adequate 10 its suppression. The
owners OF pasture property are In GER
tain Gegree responsible for the
! extreme TO which tn, mater has
gone. II no money or meaus bad been
SHARED to bring the ollie der To- Justice IL
the beginning, the click OF the n:ppers
| would not be- heard nov ~ u ~ from Hsr-
rison county esss 10 the Rio Grande. The
crime, beginning in isuuled instances,
| prompted either 10y uesife 10 steal or by
spue exceptional case OF real or imftirAtr
wrong, Was not punished. Offend f.
against The law nIurl,h-d ana la.less
CON binauOns are createu ny toe confidence
tuspired by u supposed or real immunity
from punishment. so tina crime has
Hluri.hed gnd increased, and members
nave been added 20 her com DinrtlOn, until
IL Exists to-day TO greater or less degree in
every county In the state. Yet, Mr., Guar.
man, am not prepared 70 admit he ssser.
ton Ottne senator from Icavls, (Ierfel)
that 10 Is a revolution, OF pArtHkes Of thai
unture. Ard while do admit inst II VIII
require some extraordinary nlelns TO
e1eotualiy stop Il a. once, ] cannot believe
that We, Of the eighteenth legislature, need
t. be pSuic.iricken. Texas will be
! III all 1arfr rt.rlNH At pod
rrssed in the iull panoply of nm advanced
c.yi izstiOn, Ions alter We nave passed
away and been forgotten, whether We pass
the Terrell bill" or not. Taere Is no &c
casion for such panic ss should cause ~
to lose our anchorage TO those great prln.
ciples OF civil liberty and OF government
under which this pfople have llYed aud
prospered from the begiunlng.
To correct the evil complained %, the
senator from Travis has offered "a senate
bill No , bill most remarkable IN many
of its provisions. Upon 'uat bill three al
the menlbers OF your committee On stock
aud sock raising, including myself, MADE
an adverse minority report; and As snail,
! further on, when ] come To discuss the pro-
visions OF the bill, follow up the suDctGntiai
| reasons given IN that report, ] now wish In
behalf OF myself and these signing il with
mo 10 apoios re for the apparent u pp2ncy
of some OF the EXPIRE sions used therein
/
fed body liAs this by the unusu-
ally elaborate stump speech and apol-
ogy made in behalf OF the DILL by the others
OF your committee, and which we under
took 10 meet and reiute in the same dip
psncy OF stIle.
tanned us by remarkable and, to my
mind, peculiar sp -ech. His apology tor
| being or not being he friend OF the present
executive was to me entirely superfuous.
| | Tor one, should not think less oi HIM II ho
were an sspirant for that honorable posi-
ton, and IL matters little for the purposes
of the practical issues before US who Ia gov
ernor, or who IL is that is paragrsphed In
some Of the great daiiies Of the state as
| probable and suitable candidate. L say his
speech was remarkable and a peculiar
one-remarkable for ITS eloquent delivery
aud the beauty OF it well.turned sentences.
| 4 liz ened TO 10 atientivslv. losing no word
which tell from his lips and | must cay
thai IL was worthy of snrewd candidate Tor
| governor, made before his nominating con
! yeution had met aud adopted platform
| Again this morning | read ~ IN he daily
papers, and Us great pecuiiaHty Is that
I IL il a beautiful CO hination OF glit
( tering generslities, suitable TO any plat
/ torn made 20 run with the commune or
trucsle % the interests Of the mouopoisi-
Z I can mot vet placs. The srna'or. Whether
lie IL commuuit or q nuDoppiist, a ience
enter or O Dastnfe mal it IS impossible 70
law IN on frfath he oenounces Que, Ia
ne nest - deuouuces the other, unit %
seems he tGs found himself swinging be-
sxeen thetwo on a harbsd wire fence on
81 hich he IN kelly 10 he scratched. He as
ssfts hat ID cattle kings" are the COM
munisis WIN are causing the destruction Of
property. and thrt the open range of the
Panhandle. on which they We made colos.
| sal fortunes by allowing their herds 10
erase upon the ''children's grass" 10 the