The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-31
A Logical aud sonnd Arsumsni.

la discussing the Terrell bill In the Texa
senate last Saturday, Senator Shannon, o
Parker, said;
Alter the aiii rmaDiys Of the prcposI,iO,
to adopt the majority report lIoni tue com
mltlee on stock aud s'uck-Taisiug hsd hsut
so ably presrDtad hy the senator IRON
travis, amt r. piled ~ hy the usanswersbl'
aud exhaustive aTgumrns OF tho sHnstoIl
from Bsxar and Cooke, he ielL there wa
but little lett 10 b. said on either side, II
was bi, purpose. after listening 10 the dis
cusson up TO that time, Mt 10 cay any
thing In the debate. Hs ielt like the cast
Was sbout covered, and tina, shat he could
say would not DO likely TO Influence In the
slightest the result OF ths contest, nor Wa,
he OF the opinion now that he would b.
able 10 Influence the course that senators
might take IN tbs matter, and but from
the fact that efforts had been made by SEN
ators on the other side. notably by the sen,
ator from Montague, Z, place those OF the
senate who differed with the majority al
70 the best mode OF suppressing tho law
lessness which 10 now rampant IN
she land IN false light before
the senate and the country, he would most
likely have had nothing 20 say. Mr.. Chair
man, senators on both sides OF this question
have entertained the senate with their
views % TO the cause which has produced,
or the causes which have contributed
largely toward bringing about the present
condition OF lAwlessness. /, TOO, have my
idea on the subject, but whether AN right
or wroag in my conjecturss Is to the course
10 not perhaps OF vesY great importance.
or one TACT there Is no question, that Is
there is at this time an unusual condition
OF AFFAIR.", there Is great deal OF deviltry
going on; lAwl-ssness stalks abroad un.
blushing and unrestraiLeu; thousands OF
dollars worth OF properly is Dcing destroy
ed and millions In values are being affect
ed; society 10 TO some extent, endangered
and men are talking in bated breath Of the
gloomy prospects OF the immediate future
Of our state. While society Is laboring under
the effects OF this panic, for II IL u panic,
We, the selected lawmakers Of tho state,
arc called together in extraordinary SEES
sion, and this couatry expects
Of us, and IL has q right TO expect Of us,
that We address ourselves to the subject OF
|correcting the evil in an intelligent. pstri'
otto and conservative way. II We ara sensi
bic We will .ot engage In this discussion 10
IN unfriendly spirit, attributing selfish aud
pupatriottc motives TO those who diier
With us ss to the proper remedy, and II VIC
re patriots and honest men We will not at
smpt to take advantage OF the panic which
- seized upon the public mind to advance
r selfish ends, or promote the interest OF
v particular class.
lie, for one, wanted to stop the mischief,
effsctually, and he was willing and pre-
ed to do whatever. in his judgment,
I'D be surest to accomplish thar end.
objected to the bill under consideration
was opposed to the taoption Of Che
brity report thereon. because IA offered
medy in his judgment for the evil
plainsd OF. 1t was true IL proposed .
commission, q s'anding army, O. 1and
listening bsyonet-. IL "a true u
sed to make the iiatiOn OF ita
ioT s-ieiony. Tt a.s true IL pro
Premediss ex'rsoro hGTv and uulpne,
out for all that it Offered "a" i.mtay t.rihu
evil and no projection or relirt to those o
their fellow. citizens whose property wa, be
ing 80 wantonly DESTROYED Senators NAV
be startled at that assectol, but he would
endcavor to demonstrate before he closad
that what he said was unIepihbly true, and
Notwithstanding the iic5 that H. was c!a med
| by tho supporters Of he majority report
that the opposition offer, notning as sub
stitute as means OF stopping lawlessness
Ia. ssse Ned, without the fssr If success al
= CoptfadictioI! that ihs Wa the only meas
ure that had received any consideration at
the hands OF the senate that offered ahsO.
lutely 10 remedy or any effort a. remedy.
II was bill "to regulate the grazing. OF
stock. and t, prescr.Ds and pr ,vihe for en-.
fsrcing PENALTIES for its vioiation," aud 1t
was claimed by its friends that 1t wss q
panacea for thu ex sting evil, and they
charged that nothing was offered ~ sub
st;tuIa for it He had this 30 answer there
had been food Of bills Introduced into
the two branches vi the legislature dealing
with the subject.
In references to the question OF the sepa-
tor rom Montague as TO the position OF
those OF them WHO opposed the maj brit
report on the ruoj-ct of foreigners, he had
this TO say: He had never sought to dis.
guise his ideas on the subject. He said IL
had been the common law throughout the
length and breadth OF the continent from
the days of the frs settlement down to the
present, that unenC o,ed lands were, las lar
as the grass thereon WAS concerned, COM
mons. Il had been the uninterrupted ruie
In Texas enCe is earliest settlement, and
he knew no good reason Tor It's ab jitiou
He thought tns owner alons had Tue right
to Withdraw bis land ron the cOmmuns
and It he SAW fit 10 let his lands gu nn-
fenced he did not bsis,e the legislature
was called upon tn fence it for him. He
believed he Lad rghttJ fence his lands ~
small tracts or Ia large oass, II by doing so
he did not infringe to :pr great an extent
upon the Fright of Sry," whiGn is common
to all, the right of iegress sAd egress TO ana
from his property, aud 3 reasonably direct
passage through the cnnnry, aud when
any citizen saw proper 50 70 incloss HI =
Hands he believed " to be- the duty OF The
lsrty, spd be would go .s far rs Necessary TO
kyiys that or Jtection Bat uatii the owner
bt land SEES d, To wiindr~w il from TN
commissioners by some act OF his, do not
mink the legislature ia called upon 10 do 1t
Mr. him. Farmers with growing crops
were required to process them pi,n lawful
fences; why 10 1t the owner VI grass should
have more pro ection by tue stfoag arm at
the law than the owner ot growing corn or
growing cotton or growing whea? II Is
claimed that "fres grass Ia tn cause Of ali
the preseng trouble; wharever the cause,
the remedy is no in the bill rs reported BY
the majority. The question is upon tie
adoption OF the majority report. IL that re.
port is adopted it carries with 1t the amend
ments proposed TO the bill by the commit
tee that 1.poted it. Oae OF tue @mend-
ments is Lbasth bill is not - 60 into Effect
until one ye.t after its passage, and yet the
friends of tn4 majority claimed that the
passage of the bill WAS The only remedy tor
fepce.cuttipS, Was fence cutting TO go IN
checked uhJtithis bill should 60 into Of
fectf AtEhArate the buslness had been
pushed forI I'll last four monthe, ii 1t 10 TO
be coutinuAdv Relve months longer, he did
not think tn, |, would b. auv fences worth
legislsting Abvlt, ant this ia why he said
at The GU sd Hat this bill offered no rem
edy, The ftiev,s of tn bill saw Of the op
position tn At tty neither propose nor want
any renedH; \hat thew are Tree range"
men, and "eo nSnun,sts" ard "teuc' Gut
ters. ., and @ u item all sorts of hord names
He did not Xhin. the charges were su sport.
ed by the falt 8 the case The s-nate had
already xith1reaark,b'e plonimiry voted
the crime OF 6en'e-cutting felony punish
- with imlpr toumenC from Two TO FIVE
in the kemt mary. 1t has vo'sd
= to al tC gthen the arm Of he exec
- Increase Of the military forca.
la bat II n tors Of thp la