The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-31

| OfaDde. aud WIN MS absirac'h OF ueeo1
and Eases, which alone are made evi,
deuce, he determines on yles OF
himself and hiG sworn conslables the
owner Of the brands has enongn land paid
for 10 support his cattle IL toe law 10 vio-
lated he has no Jurisdiction finally totry,
but iakea bonds retnrnab.' To such counties
away from ihe extreme frontier, AZ the law
msy fix The venue In. Here, there -
means provided TO enforce the Jaw. But
this shocks The opposition, aud they raise =
great cry shout tie liberties of the people
b~ing In danger, because we would send
frontier tr ops up there To aid the law In
spprrhendiDg its vloiators. Beauniri CON
sistt pry This fame stock ihtefest which
! would prot, ct In every legal rlHh,, but
which seek To regulate. procured IN 1910
law % O passed for their roitc,ion, ana
now on the statute books, which created
inspectors OF cattle, with unususl powers
TO stop aud inspect herds way up beyond
the settlements Al the crossing OF Red
River. Under that law your inspectors can
hnv. a thousand armed conssnb'es II they
want them, aud 10 10 notorious that they
did lave such up there. A right for
them; but sncl aid 10 sworn judicial OH
GERS sent there TO stop all OF them from
plundering nt the expense Of The school
iund, would be dangerous indeed.
But the senator from Ttstland fairly
iumed with astonishment at the idea OF re-
, curing those cattle commissioners to OBJ
avn copies If the marks anu brands OF cat
| tie, Hud said ~ would be unavoidable:
singular suoterfug,I Unfortunate memory!
THAT senator Is lawyer, and has been
judge. Let him ust read Art. 46iG, and he
| vii find that a law psssed tor the protec-
ton Of that wild stock interest, already re-
quires his inspecl ors 10 procure those very
copies OF cattle marks and brands;
and md. IL ,,, thos. INSPECTORS pee rsn,.. have I'VE
ready now. The truth is, they see in this
| machinery Of commissioners OF psslu
that the sugar teat Of free grass Is about to
depart from the lips Of the cattle barons
-nd corporations, and they seize upon any
preieSt 10 defeat the bill.
Now. am not prophet, but IL does not
require one To zee thai when THIS bill Is
defeated some high.sounding lease bill VIII
take its place, but no tribunals will be
created to explore the unorgApized counties
TO enforce it--whVre there is not even
constable or magistrate.
The senator from Eisiland. starding here
behint the bsrbeG wire Of h hundred
| thousand acre pasture, moves with uneasy
| step In his assault IN this measure. for he
| Knows II we pass this bill, II will make that
pasture safe after time, II he owns Vt, but
Il he supp r;s j. some of his nomadic con-
st'tuents will iirst get mad and may want
some ot the grass irs'de now. All, sir, did
you hear his confess orr hat be fenced in
| man who owned GAO acres, ard suffered
that nan to turn loose 1000 cattle In his
pasture. Tho dread OF the nippers at his
wires is before him; the shadow of the
midnight rider IS oyer him, and If that nSS
cattle in his pasture, he would
not complain. The objection that these
| comm listeners would 70 as detectives
into the Panhandle ceems to me to be
irivilous. What Is your grand jury but
detective tribunal to expose crime? Here
| I'LL ,tastn vii ., In.
bles, and would make him court 10 en-
force the laws OF Texas, on view, at the
head OF the Pecos, wherever he res.s BY o
water hole among the sands bills.
| DETECTIVES
| All this apprehensiol about detectives
seems to me out OF place. When Ham ana
Tullis, The Texas forgrrs were shadowing
your titles your legislature employed Cap
! tain Tom Sneed, OF my towL. 10 whom
Texas this day ives as large u DEBT OF graf
iiude as 10 any living man, to prosecute
them. They wrought painfully and IN ST.
lepce, until the penitentary received It's
grist 81 gentlemen land fofger,, who had
Swallowed tho titles to million OF
acres of land There is not rossn In
the treasury department or in any other
d. parlm ent wi bout d. tec,ives; there is
not posictiics in America that Is not visit.
| ed b. them, or ne'ioua bank or railway
operated without their presence; not YES
sci pl0ws the ocean without one on board.
and there IL no government or city on
earth that con protect property nnd punish
crime without their ssrviceq WIZ, sir. We
all remember when Sam Bass aud John
Wesley Hsrnin with their gangs were q
terror in the land. Hardin was tracked end
caught in another state BY q member OF
he frontier battalion In disguise, while
| Hubbard aud his iu'ant-geuernl kept
detective force actively in search of
Szm Biss. BIT these commi. siOners
would 30 in daylight, armed with law, and
nc,irg under its limitations. All, sir,
nee the days whom Coke, Hubbard and
Roberts freely used detectives to stop the
wanton persecution of sheepmeD, times
| have changed. As the social disorder in
cTenses, the means 10 check u diminish,
until now not frontier ranger can move
to protect property for fer he wonld
move, like the king of France. first up
the hill and then down agsiu," nor can u
detective be sent 10 bring the criminal to
/ light. Free grass for wandering herdsmen
and lawle' cattle corporations beyond or
gaDized counties will never cease until you
create new judici, and executive machin.
cry to make it cease.
VENUE.
| But | am told you oauDot, and oaght
| not, to fix venue away from the frontier
districts; put that the msn should be tried
at home, and this, too, by lawyers. The
constitution invests the power in the ju.
| islative department acts without limit
when 1t fxes venue. Go to your reports
and see where, in the State W. Shanke. tho
forgery was committed In Caldo parish,
Louisiana. and the defendant was never in
AUSTIN. and yet the law firing the venue
in Austin was held constitutional. Austin
does not covet jurisdiction; my people have
been taxed long enough for state leRls!s.
ton; bat fix the venue ut least where law
can be enforced.
P,LIcY OF PENALTIES.
But, Mr.. Chairman IL is objected that
would visit q heavy penalty OH the man
who turns bis cattle out TO grsza, who
owns no grass outside OF his pasture, n ad
that nv penalty Is too heavy on him, WHO
without authority, fences in and uses The
grsss.of school children and other ps,pl,;
aud ais on him who refuses TO give the
hester who owns land inside of q big posture
q way out of IL. That may be; but II is q &
wisdom to be more than just to those wi o
feel themselves oppressed by corporations
and capital, and need the projecting arm OF
the state? Beware? FIRST be just to him
who complains ri oppression before you
strike him. and than when he recognizes
your justice, he will obey the voice OF law,
and II ne will not then make bin obey.
Should this turbulent element, VIII CHI has
arrayed itself against property AND order.
still uefy the laws, let them remember that
even IL the executive arm ot the state should
be too wesk, they will be put down and
punished II It takes the united power OF ~,
the states to accomplish Il. Lct those who
control capital also remember that their
unreasonable demands 10 be sustained hers
i'm Texas a. favored clnss on free krsss 10
MUST; that the duties OF capital are no
less i'm perative than are its igbtt: that this
IL q government 81 the people, for the peo.
PIE aud By the pconle, and thai the great.
est good 10 the gresie,t Dum Der oil tA' m Is
the hish mission Of that government.
In one breath this bill Is sssa'ied because
Il wonla Give security 10 b,g pastures
owned by individuals. and IN the next be-