Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-22

every time ! real IL, NJ stIVhs ~
at the siege of Vicksbnrg, when the oig
cannon were turned ionse.
am afraid that so many troops anu
so much constabulary is rovidtu ioi
that ii will require the manufacture W
more coluuels, and God Knows tney
now exceed the limit placed IN th's
bill on cattle. But the cOnstaouiary
and the military force To suppress.
these reasonable practices uon
worry me half IL much ~ the next
section of the bill providing for ten
grass commissioners with the salaries
of district judges and expenses pald
These ten grass commissioners may
90 to seed early aud produce twenty
more grass commissioners, ana thell
salaries aud expenses accounts nighl
I choke the life out of the school lunu.
Iii provided that each one OF TINS
New Issue" shall have a jurisdiction
! cO-extensive with the stale aud smart
/ be entitled TO military escort. tacn
| one shall be rowing satrst. Right
| here | have vision, and | see these
learned grass commissioners travelling
around promise ously. In one side OF
their saddle bag they have the re-
vised statutes, together with Senator
Terrell's oil bound in sheep; in the
other side they have n chunk of dried
/ beef which they charge in their ex-
pense account at the rate OF - gay
against the state, and If they have had
any experience
AS DRUMMERs
they may run ii up to $40. During the
summer, fall and winter these ten
grave commissioners will sit around
Austin aud draw the salaries of judges
aud discuss the situation, and the gov
ernor will have the constabulary and
military camped IN some convenient
pl.,.e awaiting orders
The colonels and majors will be in
Austin, wearing good clothes and
drinking good whisky III they can get
~ and winning the smiles OF the filr
White all this is going on my constit-
uents will be picking cotton barefOoted
10 paw for this Oriental splendur
and mignifcence In the spring these
commissioners, in order To perform the
duties required by the act, will have a
grand "rounG-upn to see If anybody
el-e's cattle has eat up more of the
chlldren's grass than they have. In
the spring is the only tirue they can
roundup" These men, with their
cohorts will have one grand
roundup" extending from the Gulf
to the "Warlupen mountains. Unless
cowmen have chance to come over
the spirit of their dreams and lose their
cunning, when the roundup is over
the commissions of grass viii report
the cattle industry on the decline
II I, a. 10.
seen before he military roundup be-
gan, tnere wont be enough to manure
a small.slz-d turnip patch. The sena-
tor himself says says the cattlemcn
are smart, Tut seem to have forgotten
ii when drawing he bill. When they
report the people will find that the
''chlldren's grass is all right; when
their salaries are all paid and expenses
account all allowed, the comptroller
will report
THE SCHOOL MONEY ALL GONE.
think it all wrong to do as this
bill does, require mau to be learned
il the law aud at the same time good
'bullwhacker;' perhaps it is the re-
quiremeut of these special talents
that has led the senator TO place the
salaries so high and provide such
retiuue.
Mr.. President, when the blanks in
this bill are filed it Will be found that !
the annual expense exceeds the annual |
iuc me from rents of school land, aud |
the cOwmen will have the money and |
The people will have the grass aud the |
men will have the bag to hold. |
What ASSURANCE VIII we have that |
these men will correctly count these |
cattle? We have provided only the
iuiy sworn CO mmissiOners to do the
Wllen--Lhere ate IL, 900 men |
eng ged in the burniugs, and no one
of them can keep his eye and his
brandiug-iroa on his own cattle.
knew deacon in the church, once who
lost his religion trying to count IA
brood OF seven pigs, because one ran
around 80 he couldn't count him, Vet
we expect ten men to count all thu,
cattle and horses in Texas. 1t won't do
T. trust their pOOrly-paid staff officers
This bill requires all the cattle to be
counted, ana if nothing else will nut n
stop To this fence-cutting, then let us
be economical and have a board con. |
slsting uf the governor aud all the |
heads of departments and the clerks.
who shall b. krown as the gazing |
board, and let them perfOrm these a. |
4x-ollirio duties. We have pursued
this policy in the sale OF lands and |
other Important matters.
THE PASSAGE OF THIS BILL
would have one good effect. IL would
lake the gubernatorial bee out of every
BODY eise's bonnet, tor his excrllency
YOU'D have majority of the Demo
'ratlc volers or Texas in his service,
ma no one else need apply.
There Is another objection TO this
'iii-the penalty is not sufll .ientN
ligh L represent people who always
want the worth of thrii mouy. If w..
nave TO pay so high TO eaten these COW
men ana fence-cutter-, we want boud Z
'heh we do get him, while this hill
my provide. for fine aud inprisou.
nent. AS between this bill and a
,ure unadull Grated herd law, give me
ne latter. 1t may raise more hell. bur
vail cost less money.
IN bill has for several weeks been
Proclaimed as the only solution of the
'teat gu. stlon at stake, aud for hi,
eason have to vote against IL.
now my friend, the senator from
,rayis, will be sorely disappointed Al
ne result, If it is defeated, but n.
mould console bimsel with REJECTING
low many other good men will be
aore sadly disappointed at not getting {
iiices under 1t. l feel that am max
hg sacrifice on the altar of duty, for
iready have received letters from :.
oxen or more strong constituents Ask
~ my influence with the governor Z
~ Some oil the Positions create by the i.
~. III Is easier to hold Off % than !,
ny taxes. From the day TINS bill wa,
tinted and laid upon the desks. / Z.