Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-16
rno narbed Fence Mounted and Rough'
" Ridden in the Senate.
, ou,e,us 10 the Cu,,er or a Term In
the State Pcnltn'iary'
Interesting Speeches Pro ana o0h-
Senator Johnsons sensi-
BILE Speech.
r,o Chambers school Bill In Commit
i"' tcc~Local and Gener'
al Notes.
sDeclnl TO the Gazette.

'u,, i ,Il The members, and roughly
,'iaian iii ene o'cl eek The fence,cut-
,ars were severely handled, ana 'h"se
Win fence other peoples anu the pun
~, MI isnds als /, received Jagged thrusts
CO.. their greed and wrong DONG. ane
hill under discussion meo, '';Ie,,iI,, 80
any person who shall w,l,ui,s aa
wantonly cut, injule ordes,roy " ig,ue
or mart OF fence incloslng ia"u wv.
In this state, not his own, si'a,i oe
deemed guilty of IN oiielse, a,lu oPpn
conviction shall he punished ny
confinement in the penitenliary Tor
,orn, MT less than tw0nOr more til,th
fve ye,rsr A motion to amend ny
mrovidinp for the trial of fence-cuuer'
anv cn,nty designated by the DIS
,r;rt fudge within his own or any att
;aini1y district brought several sena-
,or. to their feet, and the whole bony
soamnd 10 regard the bill and amend
,no,,, us the signal for battle. a num-
her nj clever speeches were MADE pr"
and con. taking the whole range OF the
subject. md nearly every senator was
on bia feet at some stage OF the discus
sion. ,,.a;.,,
said there were siIeVa,, ,,'.5
that must pe y, ", ',,''
moved before these proposed III WIS
could be emf reed. Where 80 man!
men were engaged IN lence-cut'ing,
there was unquestionabiy II cause ior
IT, He would ehirk no responsibility
but met these important issues lalrly
aud do justice by all. He thought
man charged with a crime had the
riuht TO be tried IN his own county
and be tried by the people of his vi.
cinity. 1t had been said that barbed
wire fences around grave
wards had been cut. a set
of fellows who would put
such fence around graveyard ought
not to complain OF lis removal. III
ought TO be cut The first wrong
should b, remedied. The people had
n right To water their stock at the
water courses, aud Craze them on pub.
lie lands, and WHEN roads are unltw-
fully fenced the people have q right to
remove the distractions. lie would
pass laws to obvia'e any and all eN.
ctse for fence cutting, and then pun
ish the fence-cuttrr severely. Mr..
Randolph spoke Yehemently, earnest
lv aud with yren, force.
Senator Terrell wanted the bill ie-
committed that IL might be carefully
guarded and made part of II COM
plete system on the fence.cutting ques-
ton. No civilization can repose on
penalties. England has been trying
the policy for three hundred years
with Ireland, II is a failure. Then
we should proceed cautiously. Civili-
cation is on trial. ~ shall do nv bust
to stop this evil by peap'erol u,oihods,
but this kind of legislation is net Ike
ly to bring about the results aimed AZ
"A revolution Is In progress. we should
eXamihs The causes that gave II birih.
and remedy the wrongs, II any, at the
bottom oi thn EVIL Let us
send this blll back TO the committee
and study the situation. we should
know the extent oil the trouble, wheth
er 1t be as bad or worse than repre-
sented. GIVE usa remedy Tor the orig
inal wrongs. Let somebody bring IN
some good measure that viii meet the
emergency, and let this bin 70 back
and measure he formulated that shall
he full, complete and equal to the
emerpency.T The senator smoke bur n
few minutes, hut fully sustained his
high reputation for logic, good sense
and cloquence.
Senator Jones wanted immediate ac-
ton and prompt punishment.
Senator W. .. Davis agreed in the
main Win senator lerreli, out he saw
a,spirit In the senate against removing
'he grievances Oh THESE who were de-
stroysng fences. Fences had been
placed across public highways in his
county, aud they had been cut There
was cause Tor he evil or il would never
nave disturbed The peace of the state
Inc question Ia he dealt with is of the
gravest. and we ought to manifest
more conservatism and calnIer coun-
eels In our deliberations, but above all
we should remove all lust cause befor.
enleting severe penalties.
'Nhator Gibbs said there were grtpv.
ance', and senators Seem to have read
only accounts of f-nce.cuttinp. closing
their eSs TO the other side. The bill
should y back for more mature con-
slueratl"l
Senatorpatton followed on the same
STRAIN, ihueslng the Views of Senator
Senator JoLnsou. fRutob,ooN mai.
ringing atle sperch on the 'am,
r,,e. o S.,,, must be wrong aud
nn'eh' sa,n n, or senators would not
~. Up ma,e "a admit that the county
Isl, ~ u',rup. ua The present tribunal,
Nh nv w shnot execute the laws.
l WOULD S, npa ,ay 20 Of my people
49,, ,ns 49," ,,',. pau ~ some sen ,tors
IliS apn .ne'rc'nstiluenls, wouldn',
live aulong then. There must be
Gnno o s w'" reason 81, forall this business.
1oou men. all Amit, are engaged i'm
engage in sseh musn, ,.,en woulu not
property II Tier, were not grievances
iaipelling THEM. Lei us mi H.. ~