The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-24

NJ ffAss W. Fhloh lhe gas not shilNtdf
sny ihfff could bH revolution
before n could be- huiufr1d The
law Itself would by lis mani
feat lnluHiirs invite Ne hfpfun aud pfU'
duon aud encourage lnHltHsuuHi and Cnino.
a galn, 4 W objected he the minority fepud
that this act would virtually iehce the
lands NJ lnnd speOul iufs aud railroads aud
thus dounle aud treble their value, vlllt
~ the same lime II proposes Ia compel tia
people a. sacrifice thrlr Ca'tlA and buy
| them, This w virtually admitted 10 be true
| by tho fiieuds ui the Dill, but they UNDER
take to.ooysr hl1 iniquuy by the song ol
| the demag1puo about protection ul school
lands aud the "ohildfnn'b gTAHa' ANA nee
gTaha must 90" I Is too well known "a
need repetition, that ] aud those who
signed with mr thr minority report, pave
always been considered cXtremitia no Ia
vuTers of free schools and hr. Chairman,
we have never yet, like tAu senator from
| Travis, been foic,l 10 Justify our advocacy
OF Tres school measures by shat sentiment
which Is 70 common IN liH actions ana DIS
speeches, consistency b. the philosophy oi
fools.n II hc viii device q measure for .ho
protection ui the school lands of Texas de-
nuded OF the iuiquitcs 81 tAih bill, lassure
| him that We Shu sigued the minority te'
port Will support 10 Win sincerity which
would astonish him,
10 the 3l3 600 farmers, "niu for" SO el0.
quently yesterday, 1 wish to say; They
are compelled 20 fence their corn, COTTON,
gardens, orchards ana even the flowers
around their front doors before they can
protect them against tfeSpass. by what
higher right does the grass OF the western
plains claim go sacred q prOtectohp an'
| swer IL Is not the school lands, but those
owned by railroads and spectators which
demand IL and are about to receive II.
There Is no necessity of law now TO COM
pei the purchase and lease OF lands. AS
stated before. every stockman ls using his
best endeGvors TO prove it, In Tom Green
county alone the first opportunity given
for them D acquire school lands, only last
week, there were 220 applications for sale
and lease, in the aggregate OIL ,OOO Rcres
They are buy ing and leasing as fast as they
can ge. them, and in less than TWO years
not an acre of school land will remain un-
leased or unsold, Then why bull" the
price OF railroads and speculatofs' lands2
100000 acres in the hands of the capital
syndicate for building the new
capitol? can see no neoes-
sity for such class legislation, trampling
upon the rights OF one class IN order TO build
up another. The senator from Travis
sends forth to the country the assertion that
the farmer pays taxes TO support the cattle
man, thus making the apparent effort 20
array the one class against the other. |
connot see the necessity for any such
fling az tho cattle man. He aud the
farmer are not enemies-citizsns OF a COM
mon country, they have common inter
est, they are neIghbors and friends and
their children are educated III the same
schools, then why arouse or encourage any
animosity or Jealousy between them Its
a known fact, and say it TO the stockmen,
lid ~ 20 1e hA
try are with the farmer and you have no
war TO make upon him; in such contest
the victorious cry would be 1.-The stockman
must CO." feel that no reason exists why
both interests, which are of great value 10
Texas, should not be fostered and encour-
aged, that all may contribute what they
can TO build up the material wealth and
prosperity OF this great state in her unity
and her strength.
| come now to the last clause of the min.
ority report. 1t is said that this is the
only bill attempting TO cover the whole
ground. We admit it. We say that an
omnihus bill is not practicable or consli-
tutional--that there are measures before
this senate now which in shorl, clear aud
unguestionable provisions will cure the
evils mDlained OF. We have already
passed bill making it a felony to cut, injure
or destroy q fence, whether q lawful fence
~,
assurance that justice will be melted out to
the law-breaker. This law will drive from
the c0untenance and support of fence
cutters every man spoken of before ss
"qussi good men," i. e., every man who is
q citizen OF Texas with name and fam
ly, and any priIe in elther-every man
who cannot afford TO vote himself a feon.
When this is done: none only those VINO
can afford to make Themselves outlaws will
have to be dealt with, and the strength
ene5 arm of the Coustabulary to bring them
to Justice and impartial courts TO try
them will in the future, as 1t has in the
past, make short work of this element.
There is also measure which will give the
owner of IL pasture, whose fence Is unlaw-
fHlly destroy ed, all the benefits of an abso.
lutte herd.lsw for a period of six mouths
all inducements TO the small s'ockman
(about whom go much has been sadly to en-
gage or encourage fence-cutting. There
are measures LOOKING to his punishment,
but not as Q felony, of persons enclosing
lands or water not their own, or roads con.
trary to law and fields which prevent lnjus
tice or oppression on the part OF the pas
ture men towards his weaker neighbor.
These laws judiciously framed and consid-
cred with that calmness which the gravity
OF the question demands will meet all the
wishes and demands of the law.sbiding
people of the state.
AS l said before, believe in the enforce.
ment of the laws, and in the protection OF
every species OF property, whether it be-
long to the rich or the poor, but | am not
so panic-strickcp as to rush madly into the
on. if it would not prove subversive of the
true principles of eur government and the
enemies of our institutions. The country
is yet safe in the hands of temperate coun.
sellors, who have not lost faith in the courts
or the people on account of q few isolated
cases of weakness, and in few months
when the cloud has passed away, and those
who have, in the excitement OF the mo-
m ent, lost their reckoning, will return to
the calm consideration of this hour and this
measure, it will be to recognize in it all the
evils which we have pointed out. Should this
bill become law it will be a blot upon the
statute books. which you may ingeniousy
attempt TO cover by long, high
preambles and free school sophis-
tries, but never successfully. A standing
army could not enforce it. and all the
of new courts, with military
for sberiffs, which are provided in it in
order to thrust it. upon the people OF Texas,
will be ofno avail. have no political axe
20 grind in my action upon this question.
would not detract from the political
standing of one, or increase the popularity |
IF another. by any act OF mine. wish |
,uly to meet the question calmly and
'quarely, without political circumlocution
" evasion, and by measures just to all,
certain in their principles and plain in their
erms. TO stop the lawlessness In the land,
nd though they have not been so extern
lively advertised as this. there are
measures before us which will accomplish
he purpose.
Young men middle aged men and all men
Who suffer from early indiscretions will find
Aliens Brain Food the most powerful invig-
rant ever introduced: once restored by it.