Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-27
STOCKMEN'S CONVENTION
, vo,eo From the Southwest on Matters
Of Public Interest.
Protest Against Opening first-Cisss
Roads Through Pastures
Resolutions on Enclosure oil Lahu anu
Fence Cutting.

special TO the Gazette. =, rho
San Antonio, January 81 n, ne
s,ockmen's cunqention held mere W
dsy was largely attended. represents
tiy,a h,.iny present from sixteen couu
los r. r Lane of Bexar was eiec'eu
,'r,,s,d..,,t / r. Lytle of Medina VICE
nresinent' ID. w. H,nkle of Bexar see
retary. John Dewes OF BeNar treasurer
and i,e Hall of La Sale marshal
Tbe fnllnviuC resolutions were
unanimously adopted;
R.soIyed. that it is the sense oil tnis
convention that the laws proposeu
now before both houses OF the star
LEGISLATURE in regard to puohc rosus
s,.s nnwise and detrimental TO Tue
nnblic jntere-t; that they. require III
ail eounti,s in the s.ats
,ba, ,ba commissioners court shah
law out first and 5, cnnd class roaos,
and that tn same shall be Tree oi ~
struction, thus depriving tne c1'l,
siopers court OF the dlscteiloh neie'o
fore exercised TO class the same ~
third-class, and permit gates across VIC
same. In the counties when We ep
resent, the passage ana eh'orceileu'
of such a law would work gIeaI
public inconvenience, ana Woun'
be calculated TO keep up The present
agitation and prejudice against
mani inclosing his own lana, III tnls,
that our people are pastoral IN tueir
pursuits and that our respect
i've counties are pastoral ~
character and used rs such,
ana that the opening up OF roa's
through our counties first cl 1873, Tree
of instructions, would cause the same
to be fenced ami constitute lanes
through and over our county, thus
deriving the travelling public OF
water. grass and shade in reaches from
tgenty TO seventy miles, thus
increasing and aggravating the
prejudice against the use and inclossnre
by a citizen of his own property. We
protest agains, the paessge OF
such Law, AS deny
ing the right of our people to local
self government in the state, but is
the assumption of the members of
our legislature that the people no
paw ftr the roads, who work their
roads, and who use the roads, do not
know their own wants or their own
interests.
We therefore respectfully protest
against the passage of such a law, un-
less there is prUviso or an exception
thereto, that in all pastoral counties
in this state the people may by ma
iority vote have the rightto determine
whether or MT all the roads through
slcu county may have on or across
them light gates, and we respect
fully request our members IN
both houses of the legislature
to support and vote for such a qualiti-
cation to the proposed law.
K solved tint it is the sense of this
convention tnat law should be pass
Ell making it unlawful in the future
for any person to inclose any lands not
! his own nor under his control, with
sufficient penalty thereto 10
enforce the same. Resolved
further, that as the pastures hereto
fore ronstruc ed, in which the lands oI
another have been inclosed, we invoke
at the hands of the legislature law
that wherein parties cannot agree,
the party having his land inclos-
ed may have the right tC
have the same arbitrated as to rental
value If such he claims, or the right o
common pasturage therein, If that i,
desired, or the person inclosing such
land can eXonerale himself from al
liability by fencing such land etf iron
his pasture and giving the owner there
to as many rs TOUR gates. will
right of mgr ss and egress through
and over his pasture.
Resolved. that we deem it the dut,
of legislature to pass a law at it
present called session, making the vii
full destruction, injury, cutting
breaking or tearing down of fence
around any inclosure felony
and that no law with less penalty
that in 70. ed for fl nj - VIII
correct the evil and preveAt the con
tinuance of this crime.
Resolved, that the willful setting
fire ~ grass, either within or without
Enclosures, for the purpose Of destroy
ing the grass or fences of any person:
within or around any pasture or in
closure, should be made 4 feon. Y
Resolved, that laws should be passed
requiring the sheriff of every count,
within this state To hunt down and ar
rest all persons who shall have com
United any otfense in his county, ana
go to the theater of actor
on Information without waiting 70
tue lDdgnIent of warrants in thei
hands, and making it an offense sub
Ject to heavy fine for any sheriff /,
refuse or neglect to do So
A resolution iadorsing the Terrell
bill and asking that the Legislature IT
consider its action and pass tn,
bill was tabled by decide,
vote. The ground Of opposition wa.
primarily that such action would no
be received with good grace by tn,
LEGISLATURE, and secondly, while tn,
passage of such mea ure would be
come u necessity within the next fiy,
years, it was too soon now, as the ef
feet would ne to crush out SIN al stock
owners, who are un prepared now TO
the new order of thugs
An organization to be known "a Tn ,
Texas Live Stock Association. wa
formed, the otje t being for pastu r.
owners TO act in unison us a co-opera
tive and protective body, tn protec
each other against frauds, injuries n,
'heits, To protect grass against injury O
every kinds, and to give each othe
Information whenever any fact Il
known TO any one particularly affect
ing the interest of any other membe r
me articles of the association were mn
merously signed by the most promi
nent stockmen Of the Southwest and
Southern Texas
W. A New Firm.
IN.