The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-17
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STATE PRESS
RESPECT THE PuoR
The legislature, IN prescribing penalt'r
Tor tenCe-cutllng, can not iguore the !scl
that the poor man also las rights which
must be respected Marshall Rerac
ATRGAs ISsTITU TIOE,
Northern newspapers should endeay'
or TO givs Texas credit for her Legitimate
belongings, The Lone Star state In the cole
proprietor OF Flanagan, who wanted "a
know what we are here tor gh at Chicago
in 1850. IL will not do for The benightel
organs OF Chicago to credit him to Arkau,
sas, He is Texas institution Athens
AtEonigu.
TAKES PAY ~ TAFry.
The Galveston News sends ont a very
polite circular TO her COuntry cousins most
stating that she will not require
any largo advertiser ant for the privilege
OF an exchange, but will take her pay in
taGy OF course the old lady will 30 alba
70 make large scrIp book ~ The complI.
mantary notices nes!deg maxine her Estate
pres5' column very interesting .-. Meridian
Blade.
LIT u ALL PRATs
Twenty legislatures, of az many states,
But not one Of them has such
d veXed problem a5 ienco-cuLting, vast pas.
lures and migratory nerds to deal with.
The Lord Ia His mercy shOgld inspire the
Texas legislature with an extra amount D..
wisdom. II he doesn't, Texas will Do ~
hard luCk.-TWGCo Day.
CONSIDERED ALE.
Governor Ireand's message to the leg
lature is an able state paper. In his recon
4 ~ uRN UNA ff ma
laws relative to the ienCe-cutting evil he is
Just to both herders and farmers, and II
such laws as he recommends arc enacted
and executed the tence-cutter must 20, and
law ami order will once more reign supreme
the Lone Star state Wealth
eriord Sun.
TooMANY COURTS
The Legislature convened Tuesday in eT-
ira session, since which time they have
Deen busiiy at work. Many Of the N mpeIs
seem TO be manufacturing campaign bun
come for the next election. Cnen0weth
wants Federal court near the Indian Ter
ritOry line in Texas with jurisdiction Tor
fence cutting. Our people have complained
all the while that the Federal courts have
too much power Already Wills Point
Chronicle
\ vEXED QUESTION SETTLED.
4 party signing himself Ranchman, 10
the Corsicana Observer, proposes this rem
edy for preventing wire fence cutting; Take
small cartridge OF dynamite, fssten it to the
top wire in such a manner that il will eG-
plote, either by being removed or by cut.
ting the wire. This can be done ut q
tritling cost to the owner of the farm, and
BY giving fair warning to friends no one
will be in danger but the wire cutters. Car
tridges can be had at the trifiing cost of ten
CENTS per cartridge, and will kill man or
beast at distance of fifty feet. This is q
desperate remedy, but great evils require
desperate remedies,
WE'LL TAKE EN- IN.
With the opening months of the new
year we may expect numerous excursion
lists and visiting capitalists. A very large
party recently arrived at San Antonio who
will travel as far rs San Francisco. We
note in this issue another which will soon
arrive. We have room for all of them and
opportunities for Investment second to
none in the Union. Texas has received a
great deal of attention, particularly from
purchasers of land and stock-raisers. The
limit to that species OF Investment has be-
come somewhat circumscriDed in the states
and territories to the north OF US, but on
our boundless prairies and limitless ex-
panse of land on our western borders, men
of means are well aware lies vast opportu-
mites for acquiring wealth, With a set
Element of our land troubles, emig alton
will pour in, tostered by the greed OF gain
and encouraged by our lines of railroads.
-[Dsnison News.
APPRECIATES THE EVIL.
The message OF Governor Ireland to the
legislature, now in special session, is
lengthy and vigorous. 1t treats tho fence
cutting outlawry OF the west with u
warmth and earnestness which show that
the governor fully appreciates the evils
which result to every industry in the state
from the prevalence OF such lawlessness and
for property rights. He calls
upon the Legislature tor additional power
and sufficient appropriation OF funds to
more efficiently enforce the laws. He takes
the position that he cannot employ the
militia except in cases of rebellion, ETC.,
and that whilst charged with the enforce
ment of the laws, he has really less power
than q county attorney or justice of the
peace. He makes several very judicious
to the legislature relative to
settling the veXsd question, which, If
adopted, we think will remove the evil
[ TeXarkana News.
TIE xEsoUITEE's HUN.
The people of Galveston want deep
water, and have been wanting 1t 8 long
time. At the last election o high-toned
dead.beat republican by the name Of
Thomas Porterhouse Ochitres was elected
On the deep water ticket. The idea was to
work for the republican administration,
and get big appropriation for Galveston.
Bot how has it worked? Ochiltree has
been placed seventh on the committee on
agriculture! and Randall, chairman Of the
committee on appropriations, says they
are going to chop on big appropriations
this congressl So poor old Galveston is
left out in the cold. The result is lust what
1t should be. The people down there ought
to have better sense and selfrespect enough
to elect man to congress that is some.
body.-[ Mesquite Mesquiter.
THE HERD LAW DISCUSSED.
Some OF our exchanges are favorable to a
herd law for Texas, and even some of the
of citizens that have recently been
held to shape public opinion for the direc-
ton of the extra session of the legislature
have gone so far as TO advocate the same
doctrine. These attempts at a revolution
are all wrong, and cannot possibly result in
good for the country. Half q century of free
range cannot be changed by any one
grand movement even of the legislature.
We have enough dead law already on
our statute books that the sentiment of the
people do not endorse, and hence are never
enforced, and if q herd law was to be en-
acted, it would be another addition TO this
class. A herd law, if it means anything,
means fences for the stockmen, and farmers
without enclosures for their farms. This
state of affairs will not meet with the ap-
proval of any elias, of our citizens. The
farmer himself in Texas does not depend
alone on the products of his farm for his
income, he makes, if he is industrious
and economical, q good living, and posi-
bic little surplus money on the
farm, but the bulk Of his clear gains come
from the growth and increase of the cattle,
horses, sheep and hogs that grow up around
him on arrange that is free alike to him