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

ARE with their stockholders In Soollaud
owning aud fencing Ia ebtire csuniirs, With
the county seat In the middls III their past
urss-a political public corporation In a iree
state, called = county, owned and controlled
by u private corporation whose stockholders
svpJEcrs oY rHE BRITISH QUEEN.
To this complexion has Il come; aud now
YOU have tho last touch to this picture, and
the senate refusing Ia place tribunals on the
stgked plains 10 stop II. Men who defend
,he,e land clnspirGto's seem 10 forget that
congress long aga passed an act which Will
.sl permit even charitable corporation 10
wn over $50, coo worth OF land IN any ter
ritory,
The grievance Of n bad road law, have
sod, must be provided for In some other
bill. 30, also. must tho check on sp'cula-
tive land corporations; aud though the gov
ernor does not seem to have thought that n
sufficient evil to invite the legislature 30
consider II, will at the proper time, test
the sense Of the senate by resolution mat
under authority o. Art. 67i OF the code, the
charters should be 30 ameuded as to restrict
their duration To one year and require
them In that time to close shop, pay debts
and divide their land assets among inc
stuckhDldors. Their very existence ~
Against the genius of the constitution which
pfohihits De rpetuities and mOnOpoli.s. II
the governor will not recon- mend the reform
or YOU will not ndOpt II, 90
much the worse tor Texas. Right
never vote to sell one acre az the school or
public land except TO actual settlers, and
The law list b. 20 framed that l VIII be
sure he IL mn actual settler.
| nave attempted 10 show that we have
on our northern border, and also aloI tue
coast and In the ives, psmrered ihdGstrV
81 less Than one tSenttth oi the peop' :
VINO gr,w rich under vicious laws on
gfra, trust estate fOr the odurA'ion OF eur
cuiidrrn while the toiliug misses ~ the
prople must, By dir.ct taxation, pay iOr
too prosperity NJ the NV.
FKEg GBAss Is.BuB BERY
announce here that this IL robbery; ana
hat until this free grass Is t"ro'iled unui
lose who lat en- on IL are compelled ny
law 10 nav FOR u local habiia'ion and iasteh
themselves to the grass by lease or pur'
chase, The funces will cot inuo 20 disappear
Hrd there will be no peace Aud
can no more ne shaken from tins
conyic,iyu, grounded as IL H. III
10 son ana In ruth, than tho wild WINDS 81
The porth can stake from her deep fvun
d.tinrs the rock .rootel cliffs OF the Col
oeado, ,,
saw. further that you might ns we'll nt.
nv sticking straws In the seams OF The
d .i,,r, or shooting the engineer, as 10 eN-
meet to stop fence-Cutting oY penalties
alone You must reduce the stesm, re-
verse the lever AID pul' the throttle Votes
ol ortidrnce Will not save iencesi ana we
should remember that the commune once
cad az little tor the council OF nVe nun
decd ns IL did Tor the Swiss Guards OF the
u4ince, when they paid an
n, ctremonious visit to him, who, three
m.nth, ago, they worshiped as God.
Free grass, / say for the twentieth Time,
il leo sls i've robbery; The robbsry OF patient
indus nv: the robbery of the many To en-
uch the few. Aud l announces iurther
,nnL IL make, no difference TO me whether
! T am robbed by tho partial laws of the
E.de.a nj government, which shovel, und,
Inc tarifi, the wages of agriculture into the
uock eta of manufacturers, or whether am
piundered OF school taxes TO make race oil
cattle kings here in Texas. la ootn cases
| II is robbery. My county. is taxed St2,Voo
morr for schools than she receives ohch,
Which gees TO other people; every coht OF
whicn could bs saved and education made
! indeed free--iree. Without taxation, u We
ire. those who use tho grass on school
and TO pay even half that II Is worth.
Bat YOU are grsvely asked here,
when did Senator Terrell become
free school adyocate2 II
we're not amused by such stuff, so ofs re-
ccatd, | would tire Of II. This hana
pcnn.d the law under which every cliild ~
! re-s. lending tree &c ools, has been IN.
st,ncted for s.ven years; and because
could not walk gravcly to some gimlet hole,
| 10 which | wa invited by new solon' anu
sse through |, the broad cay OF inspiration
shining on new systemn OF education, was
a here,jo. from the constituents OF thess
same seli.couslltu,ed champions OF ouunH
ton. we nre low attempting 10 rescue tu'
school lands; and ron me protecting cat'
OF al euch, may the go>n L'ra ueN'er 'H'
children OF Texas.
FREE GRASS CURSE.
The stock convention, With singular gooc
INDIGNANT If they we're sincere) decisreo
"a II tree grass must cease; the real es,a.'
convention meeting here the same WEEK
nr'mounced the Same verdict. ald no saG'
man can doub. the verdict OF me 3io uu'
flrners OF II xas, who toll and pay taxes t'
make grass free 10 the favored lew. a.,
nng reme,l Der nv prediction; II you TAI
io heed their interests, and exalt yourselves
not o " will yon per setuate the reign 0
yio euce, hut you will b. made TO lmlta.
that rulpr OF old, who, FOR eSiiIing hiinsel'
" IS despoi.ed of his power and turned on
ON Tree grass AZ a punishment. fles t,hs
was Tho curse pressed to the lips OF Bao
yion's king AID the sam. curse HoW o'ips
Fr,DN ~ may be, yet with iaiti
firm as lie rock that the bill affords I'M
surost road TO ocial order, have presenle'
nav vi,w-: and whatever oe the late OF w II
measure my conscience is clear. I'M
fearful raid upor property rights mas ~
ysded my own district. ANA only last oa.er
day night nlne mi, ul Wlle leuCu ~ ~ w..
pasture worth s9o,VoJ were ous o"a nS
within tyontv-liye miles OF Austin. Ever.
most was cut ter niue miles, two ieet nooV
tbe ground, and H. must have required w
force OF ii ty men 10 DO II. | woulu, u
tnad ,ns mower, ensct law TO place all sue
mis,uidrd men n the cells OF peniteh
tray, Without knowing II, they nav
sacrificed Tho cause OF Tree governtiea,
on the altar OF anarchy, ana must w 49, ',.',
30 learn that true liberty L. onIy sue
sbeu regu aled by law. Ye., ana
Wind place the stockholders an
rss cnmen OF every corporation, and IN
owners OF every pasture who hereafter gro"
rich b, enclosing chpol grass without pay
lirg for it, in the SANS prniten'iary' stue u
side with the fence cutter, WIN sisipe
oreecte 10 learn some honest trace, u ~,
( sba'l refuse ~ obey law requiring 'net
TO pay Tor tina, grass
THE FUTURE oUrLooK
The prnspect is dark, nut arounu W
+ blsnk clnud see "A silver lining. leAas
, not lhc soil in which the loose iuea tns
/ aud nusl be free like air can take perniS
ne' root, ,,., ,;,
When We compare our conu,uon WI.
/ thai of older states, the warm bioou in','
Ian vth .xpit,tion aud hope over I'll
, future. No bluudeiing statssmatsnip
. doubling nelmsmsn can strand u.s. ior
, thr broad shoulders If the mighty host
. tilIers of Tho soil, who, in the end, are
. waye conservative. The Arc OF CONSUL uilon'
government viii move forward. Let us
4 geain u tigurrs
1 Ia 1850 Pennsylvania had of persons en-;
(, gage ia pr''e'siouA' ""I r iio.T
: or those engaged In protes sional. man ,,o a
uiacluring aud mech anical indu'tfies' ozo
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