The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-31


~. msolfsst that lbs stock convention
would pfonounos assinst q herd iss, the
governor msss a speaeh, In whlob he ssldl
The herd lac bss bsen referred 10 In youf
body a. the herd lss Of the sseouiiys,
nave not suggested such q thing. What
| might oouoelys 10 be right, aud vba,
rsferrsd 10 In IN, mssssee, was the driyiss
smother" N, stiss', n is made slain that
the governor hss convened ns 10 pass a Law
10 dive . land. q ri er a lien on stock tha,
are driven inside al pasture 10 ga, era, 4
With the knov iedps of the aplmal's % n
or. This 10 q rs,eis,ion; We are convened
20 pass Q lsv Il elvs a lien To the pasture
nan Tor pasture charges, n right which l
believe tins COR mon law ha, secured with
out q statute. Ii@e out of mind.
Hut, In that sans speech 10 the stock
men, he said; ,'Protect your,elyesI Months
AGO said N ronch the press that the reD.
edy Ia In the hands Of tbs psople. For
this one the s,ate Journals said that want
ed them 10 tnks the law into Ih.i, own
hands, No. air, hut do want 10 tall the
officials 10 do their whole DUTY. and n Won
ca CHI 4 man eating Are 10 your bsrn and
destroying your fences, II Won catch MIN In
tho act and ehoot him-veil 4
will mako No pledye AZ IN
what / will do. n ven will appesl
10 me In the mnttsr.U WHAT ia this nm 4
81 age stion of eIeoutive nsrdon for murdsrY
is this YOUR Yemedvf Enooursge The doc.
rins that the fence owner mi st make him
sslf Iudse. inrv and rTecn,ioner. ist This
uocirinc 40 forth. and the marie will he
dysd In blood from R.d Tiver IN ths Rio
Grsnde. Nnrder will provoke orssnIsed
retail atom. and the rad Arm NJ bninhery
viii be dolnS liz work Instead Of the nescc-
mi me,hods ~ nyotectjnv lac. Tbe o.
njns m con.titntional iib.r,v faint With
vsnderinS ths Mains and sco1ched nv the
vertical rsv. M snsrchv b,hod ths gov.
amor NJ Tssss afsr an nromisinc hey shade
and nrotsction. She hssfened' heated and
fstigued, TO bis protecting arms; but when
she heard from his lips this Implied prom.
ise 10 nrS,ion tina mnrdsrsr shs Won IA nor
enter he crcnmference of His shade. and
she must now look Tor SAFETY IN ths "a.
triotism of rbs people.
Law cannot rspp,s ON pepal,ies alone.
Social ords, can no more repose on violence
ana Terrorism than IL can on penalties.
Laws mus, be grounded in Justice TO be
respected. aud any remedy which leaves
only increase the evil. The wandering
herdsman who owns much cattle and no
grass must cease his travels; the pasture
and both individuals and oorpora,ions
learn. bv paving for school land grass. 10
divide tbs burdens of taxation with the
farmer, or there can be no peace in this
couatry.
OTHER RgMRpIFs NOTICED.
The remedy, sonnet es suggested, of civ.
ing the governor power to remove shciiifs 10
In opeu violation of the constitution, which
entities the sheriff TO a trial by fury, So,
ALSO. the remedy OF making each county
psy for the fences destroy ed is mot oply I'M.
constitutional, but, as some counties, like
Archer. are closed in by pasture
fence. We youid have the strange
snomsly. under such q rule, Of making the
oWnef OF pasture nay for the destruction
OF his own fence. Executive appeals to the
Law and order element of feuce.destr oyipR
counties read we'll, but they come too late.
When the whole social fabric Is infected
with the m alady ia the county, the sheriff
II powerless and grand iuries become a
mock ery: then the causes ofthe malady
must be- found and removed In the same
hour ia watch the people are invited to de.
AZ iittIe patent nostrunn. which IN dine
| ti6ae will see the light here in .he senate,
| looks TO giving tbs, ,stura man a lien ON
| ,KcsttIe that enter ne farm enclosure after
fence is DESTROYED, That rem.
| edy will deserve medal Of
| lead, for again Won are met
| with the obi sctlon that the owners of the
trespsssing cattle would he the nnmorons
under. dogp. who are now mad: and the
pasture man would be n hold fellow who
would i'm pound their cattle.
| Now. cir. | have explored sufficiently Thu
whole clondv horizon and aysin saw 10
Won that. plaster and doctor this disease
a. Won nav. there will he no peace in this
co1ntry until free praas shall cease. He
Who looks the peril in the eve. and ndopts
the severe remedy which alone can cnre ia
not An slarmis: and h. only. in an hour
like this is to be dreaded, who refuses to
nee danger: who, lie the ssn,tor from Hsr-
rison. rrpresents his commitments bv read.
ing doceereI poetry to the senate. when
he shonld be ipstruclng il. with ideas.
THE prII REyrEwKD.
And now. ror the prov,sions of the hill
| Thou Oh msdified herd law In its results.
It il not a herd law in the sense that man
| an ali keap his stock on mis- own unenclosed
lad. Existing habits OF the peonle sbonld
ba respected, as far az POSSIBLE. bv every
law and / assert hat his biII ia f,smsa
win that view. Take an ea,tern TeY,s
farmer who with muci, labor hss a fieid
in Inat timber repion of thirty acres Hs
ho, land srnund rim hnt couered wit n
timhrr IF rrnnired 10 keennn bis st"ck
and no shouid take the tanre from aTonnd
his field TO make a pasrure. the ent,re mast.
nrs would not snstain one animal If he
should ettempt 10 herd his small stock a.
his own land. bIs family wpuld starve far
in berdinp. Bnt in eastern Texas not one
m m in twenty owns over twentv.fi i've
n.sd nf cattle. and one Who dnes
cam rant eli the oman wood land fnr
M sturs he needs for . nominal price
II ,stsrn Teras with Its Iarre uoricu,tursJ
nos",aa,on eA III, not fas e Scn,d,t,nna
d,snrhed Nv this bili.