Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-21
THE CHlLDREN'S GRASS.
Munchcd and Masticated by Cattle on Il
Thousand Hills.
How n strict Herd Law Would organ
izc Hell In Texas.
stock,ncn aud Farmers Twin In
dnsirics OF the state.

lodging viii ward off the froe'grass Is
sue In the coming campaign me
specinl session precipitated IL upon the
country, and the herd-law men, IN
rage over the slaughter of their pet
measure, have challenged test ol
strength before the people. They viii
get 1t, and the result will not be calcu.
lated To harrow up their feelings But
the issue is upon us ana
no DOUBT is 10 RE DAMNED.
The man who hesitates will be
quietly pushed over into the waste
! basket, and those whose pedigrees OF
faith are clear put forward to claim the
leadership. There Is no use shying
around the matter because II has got
10 he settled sooner or later, and the
sooner the better. II is II question of
"strictly business which is bound To
overshadow all species of political SEN
timent
In the matter OF leaders each side
will be ably represented. Gov. Ire
land has placed himself unequivocally
on the free.grass platform. Time and
again lie has publicly pronounced
against the herd law, and not more
than two weeks ago he remarked to
mC:
The time will never come in this
country when man cannot turn his
cattle out upon the commons"
In his famous speech before the stock
men ut Austin he declared, Il have
not recommended n herd law, and do
not approve It," At many places and
In many ways the governor has
showed himself sound in the doctrine,
and may be reckOned Il mighty good
deacon in the free.grass congregation.
The brethren will Always be glad to
have him conduct the services.
Against our good governor we have
pitted
SENATOR a. W. TERRELL,
who believes that free grass il n relic
of barbaism and Is bound TO go.
The worthy senator has not succeeded
in getting IL to ego" very far yet but
then he has lots of hope and perseyer-
ancc, which IL is sad TO waste on such !
u futile scheme a great many peO-
pie have been conjecturing rs to what /
sort of political aspirations Mr.. Ter !
rell IA nursing within. | believe that, |
like Bloody Mary, if his heart was laid
bare 10 day, his ambition would |
be found written there, and II would
be n herd law. lie cherishes ii with !
all the fondness of paternity. and it is
sad that he il so attached to the idea
that ut the special session when some
D. the more conservative of his faction
suggested that 1t might be safe for some
one else to Introduce his BILL he would
not yield the honor, but took the in
creased danger in order TO father it
| have no doubt
hat he would rather have that bill
become II law to-day than he elected
governor; in fact in his great speech in
he senate he offered to make affidavit
hat lac would not accept the governor
hipif rendered him Ia order to soften
Town personal antagonism to the bill.
\ significant circumstance just here
vas the senator's statement To an In
erviewer atterward, that rs the legis-
lture Iailed to pass his bill he did not
eel bound by that pledge.
But whatever personal designs may
re entertained by the senator, II is
ertuin that his chief aim is herd law.
)f course II 1t SHOULD finally come, one
20 influential In bringing II about
would not be forgotten. la the mean
lime he Is going 10 pull oil his coat
ana NAbN ~ i'A Nll lAlbl III IL huIll1 III
I tight. lie has said 1t:
MARK my prediction: No man will
,vcr again be governor who do not
'tand upon this platform ,his bill.
Ihat means row, and the year
won't be over before ii Is witnessed.
a HERD LAw--wuAT Is n?
The first effort toward herd law
was so closely yelled that IL was hard
10 tell exactly what IL was. In fact
.he picture was II delusion and Il cheat.
The most prominent and obnoxious
feature WAS wrapped around with
5audy ribbon, and attention directed
away from II TO frilzes aud bangs.
Little ten cent Issues were
made the basis of its advocacy, uni
Is apostles attempted TO stir I'M
. good old-l0shioned love.fcast over
he chldren's grass. The bill provided
IN exemption of twenty-five cattle,
which the committee Increased TO one
That 1t WAS an illegitinate
feature 5f the bill, no one more fully
than Senator Terrell, who
not later than three weeks ago declared
mat III was II concession to policy and
vitality wrong in principle IL was
merely arlder to get the thing through,
ana Me intention WAS ultimately
% disown II Its practical
operation would have been impos-
ti6le. Just think Of IT. twenty-five
attic running at large, all risht; Wen
.y-slN, and In the 6enitentiary you 90.
Isach COW would require It's own par
lcular guardian in the calving season.
Nhd then how Is the ownership of cat.
10 TO be determined ? The very idea
; ltopian, and when Senator Terrell
nut II in his little bill, he chuckled in
ais sleeves, IN anticipation of the
way IN which the minnous
would bite. a Lord law means
men That every COW, every calf every
lorse, hog, sheep, goat, or living ami
mai OF amy sort shall be confined. {. Get
lie iuli realization of that and You
ave herd law in all it's surface
entures. Inc inner machinery Is an
'ther thing, and will be treated further
'n' This Is enough however, to
..Hftle every small farmer aud tenant
rom the deluslNe dream induced by
ne pleasing deception OF tho sew
Nofs harcohc, Il, unfortunately,
le may be INDUCING there.
which nine.tenths OF the farmers rely
or w
HALE THEIR LIVING
to be tied up In n stall, fed on corn
II dollar bushel and watered with
IN 5ncket. Even the pet bllly.goat
wv DO LETT 10 butt out his brains
'galhst q solitary tree. Nature will
% nee, but life, animation, breath.
~ wasted behind the bars
y an impregnable wire fence /