The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-05

he should not build fenos oi
bis own land because he could net make
satisfactory arrangements With other par
ties. who might DO even miners, three
years OLD, ana under penalties that would
bsukfupi any man, lie hoped the house
would agree with the committee on ths, II
| no other matter. A o. herding cattle on
the school and university iands, there was,
| II he mls'ook not. already a statute fequir-
ing parties enclosing them 10 pay s20 per
section. II 20, this bill IL not a radical de.
| psriura from legislation on that subject.
lie didn't want to concur ia part of the
senate amendments, fhe time Tor lsgisa-
ton, however, was short ami tho bill as u
compfOmise was as fair solution OF
the question Ms practicable, aud he
hoped the house would adopt the report,
Foster, OF Limestone, argued that 4
would be better 10 have no legislation at all
than to accept this bill. We had n bili for
proper insross aud egress 10 enclosed lands,
We are now seeking TO indica'e what pro.
tectioI there shall he ak.inst fencing IN
lands hereafter without the owners con.
sent. III the house passed bill making
ience cutting felony and no adequate pen-
atty for 1nlswlul enclosures, he desired to
saw that iance.cutting had only begun In
Texas. lie wanted the house TO ssy Ia no
ambiguous terms that We put the seal OF
our condemnation upon these men aud say
TO them, you must turn these lands 'ut
and not enclose them again He was
speaking Of the senate bill, as the house
bill was not before Ms now. Tne bill, no
argued, was calculated 10 legaliye what We
were aiming 20 prohibit.
Thompson, of BeNar, argued that The
house oil would compel men fenced ont to
pay two or three lines the value OF land
for the accommodation of man with
small tract. Too report ot thn conference
committee was what lac conceived 70 be
right.
Jones agreed with Foster, of Limestone,
that the bill leraUzed what wss in
tendod 10 be prevented. He aid not see hy
what authority be should lose control ui
his | 0O0 acres of land because It ii sur
rounded by the land Of man with l00U0
owning acres on a deposit oi ten cents pes
acre. When n lease expired the lattor
would lease sgain before he could proceed
In the courts 20 get possession OF the land
which had bees enclosed without his con. ]
sent.
Scott said he wanted to 20 on record
why he refused TO concur in the report OF
the committee. First, 1t was In one sense
class legislation; second, IL involved herd
law. and third, It proposes TO legalize the
unlawful enclosing OF the lands OF
another in tho public lands OF the
state. 1t was class legislation IN
that it protects the small settler on 20
iurist, why should he be poor stockmsn
he is subject to penalties within the law,
aud must suffer. IL was hard law in i'm |
posing n bne OF 800 for graz ng on public |
lands OF the state, as he showed by dta'
gram. OF iis effects upon differ |
ent parties owning alternate sec. |
would have to herd his stock or dlspSse of |
II because he could not pay his fac or rent I
County surveyors would have 20 run /,
out lines Tor men living suoj acl to penalties. 7
As 20 the third point, the bIll fixes the niic' .
at which any man can enclose the land" "i .
another or of tue state SlthOut their cor- .
sent. So help him God, he would rather .
20 home and say We had no irgiaiGtiou .
than submit 20 hat proposition.
Browning said Hs TO the provision that I
man may eycuse himself by dcposii1g 10 /
cents per acre and that OF paying hIt Ot Z
from 80 GEMS g. l - PEI acre, WY not make /.
him deposit the minimum figure OF the .
fine? AS 10 the herd Law, he conCurred in |
what had been said, and would rather 90 |
without ANYTHING 'h3u have such bill as
this, 30 detrimental to his district. On
such line he would say, "let the cattle
men and wire.cntters fight IL olt." He
didn't propose to iaterfsre, as the bill would
favor the wealthy to the prejudice OF the
smaller interests.
Swan argued that TO defeat this measure |
the subject a. this time, and this would be |
death 10 the Industrial interests OF Texas
sud to th, adm. 'stration, and death to
the deus s,IS ~ = in Texas. He was
not in iavAg ~ tie 81 in isolated propo-
sition, but ,re q,iestia' '.s, shall we take
Il as whole ss l." mp. Jveinent OF the
present system, or defeat. 1t was a COM
legislature could cure its de
fects.
Wurz bach said the object of this legisa-
lure was to remedy evils, but the bill, he
would legalize stealing. IL was
ike jumping from the frying pan into the
ire. This bill will be adding fuel to the
ire instead of settling the question.
Hill said that If the democratic party
,0ud not be sustained on the principles of
honesty and right It should so TO the devil,
aud IL the administrai ion fails with II let IL
umble; If 1t can not be sustained on the
of Justice, let It 20 down. There
was nothing in the senate bill by which
We c.uld tell whether II was tho
house bill or not. He would not stulhiy .
himself by voting for bill that lcgslizes
skiing the land OF another.
Pendleton SAID the question is not what
ya prefer, bat whether the Oiil IS pieiefaOie
o no legislation. The actual occupant, he
'ontended, was protected and the non
esident would get 10 cents for iand he was J
not using aud the school fund would be
benefited
Alter UPTON closed the discussion the
eport of the commit ee was rejected as
tated.
The school bill was rext considered. c
Labgtt offered an amendment e. ,
epting Galveston from the district '
chool tax. Numerous other counties were =
dded and exempted, and many others !
we're exempted from the provision to
lave county superntendenis.
The house then adj journed until 30
}. IN.
EVENING SESSION.
The speaker and quorum present. !