Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-26

/ lHNt III tDc pour man WHO HIS cut MS
way to his wood, water, physician.
school, church and market Of trad,
must lose his liberty aud 20 to the pen.
tpntsry, then must he who incioses
him ga also. Otherwise, my vote for
one will never be obtained for either
original or substitute. The gentleman
from Hays has found panacea for all
of our troubles-that s, n herd
law. Sir, have both read Of and seen
brush fences, dog fences rail fences
and wire fences, but fence made by a
statute il a new thing under the sum-
Mr. Foster OF Limestone took
high grounds, and his address had a
marked effect.
Mr. Foster of Grayson favored Mr..
Duf's amendment, after which Mr..
Rosenthal sent up the following.
Resolved, that the scrgeant-at-arms
be and he is hereby Instructed To pur-
chase at the expense of the contingent
fund three air brakes, and that COM
mittee OF 1--WE be appointed 10 put in
use and apply such air brakes When
ever the lung-winded members of this
house occupy our valuable time for
more than live minutes
The house then adjourned 10 3
O'Clock pm.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Al three o'clock the house was called
to order, when the bill pending ut adj
journment was taken up.
MIR. Stagner took the floor in defense
OF the substitute, for the introduction
OF which he was partly responsible.
He said he had no sympathy for men
who could in The dead hour of night
go about using their nippers on the
fences of their neighbnrs, nor had he,
on the other hand, any favor TO show
any individual or corporation who
would surround the property of an
other, and by so doing not
only depreciate its value, but
almost go the extent OF
of absolutely cOniiscating it, The
question was of such importance in
Western Texas that capital has been
Withdrawn all along the line from San
Antonio TO Galveston, and would re-
main IN that condition until such
tiIne ms the matter was properly ad-
Justed between all parties and peace
ana order restored once more u the
troubled sections. Business has been
utterly paralysized by the present law
itssness, and they should approach the
question squarely, for 1t was the most
Important that has engaged the at.
tehticn Of Legislative assembly
III TINS State for the
past ten years, and probably
the most serious that will call for leg. |
isIation within the next decade Tney
should take hold of the question fear
lessly and sift IL to the very bottom.
Ihe house had devoted much of its |
lmc to the question of roads and high |
ways, ana to water. and he Thought |
the action taken on these subjects |
ought to well sati.iy that class known
~ iehce-culters but what were they
gong to do with the landlords and
honopolists? The bill proposes to
sehu the fence cutter TO The reni.
tentlary Tor term of two To five " ears.
out what were they going
TO DO with the nan who surrounded
ana fenced him up That WAS The
great question. If they did not deal
fairly with it, the lawlessness now
prevailing would continue, and moth
lhg snort of the provisions Of the sun
s'ltute would put a stop to il. He was
therefore In favor OF il because IL wns
DONG equal Justice 10 both sides. and
would BRING relief quicker, carrier and
more equitabiy 10 the people of T,xa.
than the original bill could possjplv
accomplish. The country now de-
'latdeu AT the hands of the legislature
suGh law as would do justice, and he
peneVea the spirit OF justice rested
u, ~ we BOSOM OF the body he addressed
.Notnihg less would bring about the
"a of the hour, and nothing
'ii iter "ou'1 effect the purpose which ,,
" The legislature together. But
u we iehce-cutter must go the speaker T.
20 See him go, not by the shot
'un anu not ny The rope, hut by the !
no'i u'iieht oi law. He wished TO see !
ne men VINO We're damaged by being
oan IN compensated for their :
o So, ne Concluded by plcluring
,'ylng their cigars and chainnayne i'm q
heir foreign club-houses no me TX
,ense OF the poor fellows whose prom y
rules they unjustly fenced in Texas. '
hu although he had to Acknowledged u
nat me provisions OF the substitute y
,uia not place those offenders In the y
,enilehtiaTy, by reason of their safe e
e.amce, IL was u consolation 10 know u
pat their managers or agents in this
,a'e We're just as amela- u
10 to the law and as 4.
ao,e 70 oe sent to the penit-ntiary as "
&c ~ men VINO cut fences aud destroyed ~
III defiance Of law.
mr.. Chenoweih argued Tint the pa
Upton OF the substitute and the y, u.
'nking OF an infringement against Ks
:" felony was witheut precedent. %
T. robinson regretted the septi. 70
ent which seemed 10 prevail that the s sa
.".ecuon OF the rights of the poor GU
an was coniInunistic He oppnsed ~
e substitute for several reasons. but If sc So.
was communism to dc fend the poor w
an, lheh communism would soon be.
me popular Ia Texas.
nir, Upton opposed the suhstitute,
~, WAS lost ny sixty-lour to TWEEN
nI; Meriweher spoke In favor OF ST.
pps.itnte which he offered, m king IL -
awful 70 inclose an0ther's land aud Be
mug redress for such inclosures here. IN
ore created. II was defeated on a ity
Vision. "''e'''o' va aol
,ns amendment of Mr.. Dur pro- pa
: '''S reported was again offered aud Cn'
w.. ~ McAlpine offered an amend. Bal
~ ,., .nat parties pay five cents per puo
,ds three months for. Enclosed 10,
rs Varied. n
49, ayfes argued that temporlzing w
sa,', would not answer und. r ~;
'stitute fimy ceniy ~, bril-
house .nc''sed lands. Lost. and .a I'm,