Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-16
apiroller Swain Speaks at Denton
81 tho Lease Law and National
Issues Of the Day.
Nv District but One in the Tammapy
Organization is Enthusiastic
for Cleveland.
TEXAS POLITICS.
nnN W / SWAIN.

a,Ie ia the state and showed the
iItion of her iinances-large in
,edness and heavy taxes. He
we'd how. when the Democrats got
.rol. The bonds had to be disposed
III eighty-iive cents on
dollar, and how, since, these
h bonds had increased In value to
h aud bow the tax had been re-
I'd 10 30 cents on the 500. He said
Ahnrse that some mistakes HAD been
q. but that as soon IA they were
"a ont thew had been remedied.
iscussing the qualifications OF ex-
i've officers he said that where they
been satisfactory TO the people
usually had been given u second
ior bad been promoted To higher
He cited Coke and Roberts
.xamples. -,
0s ealtl that in discussing any polit-
AIlssues he always arrogated to his
V,nenta honesty and PATRIOTISM. In
Srd TO leasing the school lands he
the land board had done the best
~ could possibly, under the olteum'
,ea. That the executive officers
n oosinR the land board already had
unh As they. had the time to attend
their respective departments,
ia that the necessary time
not be devoted to leasing
lands, so that until November
sop Anda had been disposed of.
nrv powers were given them
ar they exercised rs they believed
Ia lnterest OF the actual settler.
" states policy always had been to
od this bass, This was the policy
~ general government aud Of all
tale. Ont more so OF Texas. He
\ coed how the present quasi lease
anne % be passed. last resort
n experiment He said that the
who did not like
I1iAw Should have attacked 1t
l-lnot the land board, because the
AZ was required TO uct. Duties
=. imposed on them by this law
II r, h they were compelled TO per-
He Thought the term free grass
tunate; that in certain sense he
shor free grass, but the issue should
= been lease or anti-lease. There
" he said, two elements Of free
4 but gave no description of
r.
said that thirty-six sections OF
-4(had been leased by s NJ. Swim
q big moneyed man, and that this
'ala had been taken up by actual set
Wa He went on TO state how ranges
Weheen marked OIL by stockmen aad
=pied by them before the lease laws
|, Vim effect and how the actual set
had been pushing them back
u hually 10 the frontier. The object
"a. 1e lease law was only to lease the
n.i rs until they could be sold, not "a
dhoratiunB and cattle syndicates, but
q ae actual settler. He said that II
- lease retarded actual settlement
Iicaw would be repealed next Janu'
- e speaker paid a high compliment
- u Intelligence of the great body OF
III N rs az compared with other states,
-, ~ then tonched upon national pol
EN- en-. He said that all valuable acqui-
lu na OF territory had been under
! ,ileraiio administrations, and be-
Is 500. The property was then dis
led among the masses and mo-
x i7A 2 millionaires, as Is now the case
W were but a very few
istlstt mares before the Republican
" 's,sIihad got preseason of the affair
ots IN 9vernment, since which tim'
epis had been added, territory
u cwa, according TO Senator Vance
rtSIcisi lad nine months OF winter anC
delcs months OF d-mnation colo
bst ser. That party inaugurated tn,
Sss Eghleh, while putting 500 000, 00
Sc - lily Into the United States treas
!. Wa m,1 Tut $500 00O,0 900 into the manu-
' ioScl gsrs' pockets. He thought rev
) ande was coming; a great chang
ai,SS1StS DO made, aud values woulC
uniH y be distributed among the peo
coias
, suSss lease law he urged, was not
hal ihff Democracy. He showed al
~ p Zones 10 be u demlgogue wh'
81 MA good many truths, but inge
1 repaeg mixed them with untruthe
ntrits A,lght 10 have them swallowed
need, q " one gulp He thought j ones
nr Il Z and Norton were the ShRdrack
nom . n and Abednego of Texas poll
I'VE VIZ The position Of the Republican
y l1 me its1ad become mastery, Will
changai m0crauc party was the servan
leople, Asa matter OF recorC
ng follo' that Of the 5000, 900 soldiers o
er. Gollnn majority of 40e, 900 wer
he FllAgate. The unhealthy part haC
\ Of Muslf after Butler, Logan an'
beers Of Z who were blights and dis
was chH They Sought to array section
sses against each other for thei
almost n profit. To this class belonge,
eveIsnd bought that Democracy woul
ems. SPA IN November. Clevelan
Mr.. Ke man OF destiny; the Nose
he slBas Us put of political thral
me gost We had furnished
orch-llgb for the Republican
-.~ fDr long time, but now ha'
N, !, Rpes ior Cleveland and Hen
anciseo ~ ". Throckmorton aud Hon
Al sle,t< MAllOek address our citizen
" his IA tugdoy afternoon at the court
conp,ect HcfllATIC RATIFICATION.
lmsen = toN, Tx, Oct l5.-Last even
one ~ Demo grAcy of Denlson ralliet
,lier w no distinguished speakers VIII
m IVY IpFltation toa call from OF
ldf hsa TIie desired 10 ratify the non
d htnw pi NIeyeland aud Hendricl
said w 1hlALq ticket A large crowd u
aFei IN the opera-hous- and man
"Ibep He'd the galleriss. The audient
ried the ranaad hV the fallOyinv trenfI,