Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-10
wisdom of the Greenbackers' conven-
ton for this selection of its candidate
for the vice.presidency
arurn on the Light

ton Post Celebrates nearly q column
editorial In reply to the following par
agraph in THE GAZETTE:
The News says, .the law was openly and
con,emp tuously violated The Post says
Mr.. walsh was not responsible for this open
md contemptuors violation. In the words
of the immortal Flanagan, what is land
there for, but TO prevent vio-
lation of law and especially "open and con-
temptuous violation" OF law. An ounce OF
Ia better than pound ofcu II
would have been better TO prevent the frauds
than TO .'ferret OUT these same frauds after
they were committed
THE GAZETTE is engaged "in waglng
no fierce and relentless warfare upon
Mr.. Walsh" or upon any other politi-
cal aspirant. But as the startling
fact exists, according to the Galveston
News, that "unmitigated frauds' We're
pereetrated in the sale and purchase
of about 100000 acres of school
lands,n sin open and contemptuous
violation of law" and further, that all
these frauds were committed since the
present incumbent OF the land office |
assumed control and management of |
the landed interests Of the state, THE
GAZETTE heartily unites with the Post
in its splendid caption, and also says
turn on the light" Will the Post
turn on the light or tell the people of
Texas that the commissioner of the
land office did not knoW that the
princely heritage Of the school child
rem of the state was being ''gobbled
up" in the names of minors, married
women and fictitious or "mythical'
persous-as the News terms then-in
evasion and violation of law?
Will the Post turn on the light"
and tell US that the commissioner of
the land office did not know that the
names of "uncles, aunts and cousins"
were being freely used by land sharks
aud spectators to secure more land
than the seven sections allowed by
law Turn on the light and tell a
waiting people whether or not the
commissioner OF the general land Office
did not know that hundreds and thou
sands of files were made by parties rep
resenting themselves as agents, and
that those agents had no legally exc
cuted powers of attorney from their re-
puted principals, in open, fragrant and
contemptuous violation of that part OF
the law for the sale of the school lands
which says: "All applications for the
purchase of said lands shalt be made il
the real name of the person intending
to be the actual purchaser thereof"
Section of the acts of 1879 says:
That so soon as the application abov
named 1.-THE application to file on school land
has been received by the surveyor, the appli
| cant shall execute his obligation or promis
. sorry note for the balance of the appraise
value of the land he desires to purchas,
=, agreeing and STIMULATING to pay to the GOV
ernor of the state of Texas and his successc
in office, on the first day of January of eac
a year. one-tenth of the amount of his obligi
l. ton or promissory note, etc.
a Section of said law states as 70
20 lows:
/. That the note or obligation executed
- the purchaser snail be forwarded to the con
3 missioner OF the lana ONCE, ana ne sha
e. nave the same registered IN we'll ooni
a DOOR hep, TOT lhas purpose setting iorth u
lie Of tho oh,,sa,Ion or ,,o,a ,ne ,ran, 80 80
Sc for which 1t is given and the county in viii
IS it issi'uated; and shall then indorse t
ne same registered with the date oil such r.
re- the SANS to ,he ,reasnrer of tho s,a,e w
ID. shall carefully file the game In his ONCE
In the nroceed;n .s Of tha reou,or g,
sion of the E;gbtaantb Ieo;s,atn,o n,
cn Walsh 10 renorted 40 bavin, testi6
pri- "a follows before the house iryestio
tc., ing committee.
In Isuppose there are five or six tbousa
In notes due not yet filed; that is, there has b,
I'M iahd soid enough In advance OF the notes
pay sa,,snat ,, ,h - r mo. =, 'nas nuhper.
10 been forwarded in purchases prior to The
.ho day ofJanuary, 1888.
, =, Gov. Lubbock, state treasur
when questioned upon the same 81
!, - ject by the house investigating &C
- mittee, stated as follows:
,at wehaye paid but little attention to no
ha INV ..m :, ,a any nave ueeh sent, INN
and sioner has sent note to my oiiice.