The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-22

iact-ou mo contrary, n n a Act wei
known that utHfly ryrfy mln lu ltNttI
VINO own cattle IL making al reason
able sudeAyOrs 20 prucura by pur'
chasa or lease tufio'ent Ia krrp
them. This hsing tue We must
Hud the frnc. cutter, We iipdin Inn the
laWlr.s, thrille's improy,itn excresceuoe
nu fOcl ~ which his ac'A would Indicate,
II issitn the iHWle,s element that We hAye
10 deal, the same element which furnishes
the rsttle nud horse thieves ol ihe stale, me
same element which crowds uur pruiieu-
tiariOs Tor ne violation OF every provision
oi the mai code. There have heen some
ftw Who rrs Quasi good oIli2, n vhp,ny the
Immunity from punishment witch crim'
] ia elements have ruinNod or ne iiFht
noualf, ui the 'fs. ~ iutln"uc"d nv di-ofe-
tlu Bui the communists interviews aud
letiris rom dtmhgoRuea pub'hntu Ia me
/ lat iry months nave pt~n Induced TO give
Cpuntrnarce and sncouragen ent 90 crime
at which, Ia u lew week. thvy wall DC heart
! liz ashamed.
Mr. Chairuan and sepatOrs, | wish 10 ho
, distinctly Understood a- Deiug on The side
ot Law aud order, aud heartily oppn ct To
this element which N making whN upon me
property ul the country. Nneiuer YOU
| disliiy them by tho name of communists,
or call them by their right naues-lhieyet,
tlhhvrs. nc-ndlarie. aud ssr sins--it
makes no differences 10 me, ! nave ~ rom'
/ PROMISES or concessions 90 make = them,
/ ihrfe IN no instance ln the history OF the
world Wuute a KING has beIur 10 i'eAi wan
or make concessions "a the commune mat
I tho xmas head has noe been tno dual de-
msud aud with II only hu, he paid tee
penalty of his iuliy. Nov, acting ~ behalf
| OF feIas | shall not agree in MAKE lnte--
slous tu tots element. ihty mus De tul-
prssseg, law and order mutt prevail; the
| property cot thc Cuun'fy must be or Ii'c'td,
whether 70 BE- the single COW ot ihe Door
man or the thou auds o. the rich. nave.
iaith il the honesty aud pptiilrsm Of The
great mass ~ the people, srd al the
special pieadingB ui the senator from
/ Travis cannot convince mo That tht
$500 farmers IN IeNis viii nos
~ The jurg tox enforce any law he eight
zenith lc.tislgtufe rhAll enact, ] 0m mos
prepared to admit that the conittui oDa'
cuugts of the country are not Captble OF
redTtssinr these wrongs. ur hat L. u uroes
sSry To organize special tribunals CLOTHED
with extraordinary powers and backed by
a military force with rowing comml,ti0h
giving them jurisdiction 10 ride IRON liai-
rison county 10 the Panhandle, and st
every step to ttespass upon the
ptople OF Texas. do not CONCUR
the assertion that Texas Is the chief com
Inunist. There If 10 such blush uoon ~
page of the statutes Of our state, there Is
no Instance where u proper dispo'i ion has
not neen shown 10 project IN. property OF
the citizens. Because from time immc-
mortal no greater ssncity has oeea ei'en
10 The grass growing upon the western
plains than 20 the crops OF the farmer, aud
when left unir closed they have been ulii-
ICED nv The tlOcks aud herds Of our citizens,
ia TO ground tor the charge. No, Ne o the
senate understand II, the H-oator from
travis has become pnnc-strlckru aud sud-
denly gYuke'to the fsct that the grass con.
snmed Is th' "chiidren's grHss" H. IS uu-
sale 10 follow such leader. IL You
we're going into battle Is would
not do to trust 10 YOar cad one
who would run 1T tho first ire. IL you
are sick 1ui soud FIR n doctor you d. not
! want man who, when he feels your lr-
vfrpd pulse, becomes 50 frightened that
no c.nnof tell the differences between Qu'-
nine ara morphine. When the state ~ "a
danger ycu VIII not follow leader who
would carry yOu away from your aucH ur-
| ingu--those greHt principles al glTe-ument
! and constitutional liberty, on rhiCh he
stability OF your government depends But
! irt Us see wust the provisions OF this uat
are aud Whist special c,l cnons are urted
Against Il. / am mere, Dir. Chairman, from
one ot the largest, most plpul1us apf roh-
e.t districts in lexas, Ny people are as
patriotic a. any ADD pay as much in I axes
tpthe support OF the government. They
are too. ~ much Interested as any ia -
proper settlement OF the evils OF the Gay. |
came untrammelled by any previous e1-
| preston through he press OF the country,
and while my views wera none the less pro-
nounced ON that account, ] Yves and am
ready TO accept any reasonable settlement
| Of the difficulties which beset us. When
this bill WAS presented TO me did sincerely
hope that IL ~buld present reasonable So
luton OF the question which l could
adopt. With this view | went to
work upon IL in good faith. l
studied il csreiully-ns lawyer ! e1.
amined its provisions. ! tried 10 disrobe II
OF its evils and TO take OF it that which %
good, but found that IL was inadequate 10
meet the exigencies Of the hour and that
INV time had been lost, for / could make
nothing out OF IL.
The first objection urged by the minority
report Is that IL is uncous itutional. (Sec.
ton IS, article 3, of tae uOnslitutiou). It
contains more than one subject which IS not
expressed IN It's caption. En- tiled An Act
! 10 regulate Gruziug,' II under axes 20 reg
ulate fencing ano punish f'ucr-ruttiug,
ich, by the cor stitution. II @ eniz 81 a.
= uili,r, NJ subj rcs II legislation - ction
%, article 16. cOnstituliOn), L. provides for
me orga ni2ation aud pay Of new court',
| sin III fl-rsnt subject under tho constitu.
luton. 4, provides for the Crgin'zitiou OF
a military force, their equipment and
paw, al other different subject not ditclOsed
IN the caption. H. provides meens, 80 is
| claimed By its friends, 10 compel ClUZhns %
| buy or lease tho bands belong * 10 the
school fund. yet different SUBJ, This
| heing true, | have buC 10 cite the lawyers
| II tbs body 10 the cases decided by
orr own supreme court: san Auon'o VIZ
Gould, "a rex, Rem, 40. Gliding W..
SIN Antonio, AZ tx. Rep, h4S. Again, the
/ "a. n
a., srticle g. of The constitution which Ger.
tainly will satisfy any lawyer that N tho
| legislature ~ vested the power 30 ii the
venue In criminal cases and that the legiS'a.
tnre shall authorize the courts OF the C ".
| try 90 change that venue under certain
| circumstances. The principle Of law ie
older than the senator from Travis, that
the legislature sbal not delegate to the
governor ITS Legislative power; ~ must per-
! form its own duties. But even il constiIu-
tional would H. be sAfe in principle, n
! proppr precedent to SCI? II the congress oi
| the United States, now in session, were TO
| invest the president with such a pDvcr, the
power, nj his own free will and on his in
| diyidual order, 10 drag citizen oil leyss
from his home and declare that he should
be tried in Maine, IL would produce revo.
| luiion ia this country which would shake
The capitol at Washington TO iis iouudA.
lion stones. ] am not willing 10 go
to such extremes simply because there
has been some lawlessuess in TIE
country I was surprised at the argument
advanced by the senator (rerrel) In sup
port offs cons,ituiionalitr. He saye II
tuis bill is unconstitutional, then her
measures passed heretofore by US are O..
II We admit his proposition TO be true, that
fact does not help this bill. He say 8 that
n this be unconstitutional then the whole
Revised Statutes, which were passed in one
bill were 70. In reply. I refer him to sec.
ton 43, article 3 Of the constitution, which
ia sufficient answer TO such frivolous argu-
ments. The fact that he consulted, as be
ssys, two distinguished lawyers who agreed
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