The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-12
MR.. LAMAR SPEAKS OUT.
ORDERING THE TRAILS OPENED.
Correspondence Between the Bovine
Blockaders and Secretary OF the
Interlor-The Dallas Convention
Denounced by the Former.
Mr. Lamar Makes himself understooa

ocuOuuCtu ny tno FORMER,
Mr. Lamar Makes Himself Under stood.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Secre-
tsry of the Interior has sent the fol
lowing telegram to w. A. Towers and
Thomas A. Lee, committee for the
Stock Association al Kansas City:
81 have carefully considered your
telegram OF the 10th instant. The ami
NAL industry law prohibits the driv-
ing from one State or Territory to an
other of any live stock by any
person, etc, knowing them to b o
afflicted with any cont aglSus,
infectious or communicable disease,
The owners whose cattle are forcibly
stopped in the Indian Territory dc
clare their cattle are not SO affected,
The people of Texas, Colorado, Mis-
souri, and other States have equal i'll
not greater right to drive their stock
not infected with the prohibited dis
eases through and over the trails OF
the Indian Territory and the neutral
strip as you have to occupy these lands
you lease from the Indian
tribes. An inspector has been sent TO
open and keep open trails for the
passage of cattle. If the people who
are occupying these lands with their
herds continue their f0rcible obstruc-
tions Of trails, measures will be taken
to remove them and their herds Mt
once.
The following instructions were also
telegraphed to Inspector Armstrong
at Cheyenn o and Arapahoe agency in
the Indian Territory:
"Owners of cattle driving heIds
northward through the Indian Terri
tory and the public land strip north ef
the Texas Panhandle, are complaining
thst their passage. on and over
established trails in the vicinity
OF Ft. Supply is obstructed
by parties herding cattle on these
lands. Go at once to the region of
disturbance and take active measures
to open and keep open for all cattle
having no infectious diseases, all es-
tablished trails that may be found
closed or obstructed in any way, eX-
cept by proper and competent author.
ity of the United States courts having
jurisdiction. Notify the obstruction.
lists that their stock will be removed
from the Territory at once il they con-
tinue obstruction to established trails.
Signed. l.. @. @. LAMAR.
There was similar obstruction of
cattle trails under Secretary Teller's
administration last year, and actions
similar to the instructions contained
in the above order was taken, and the
trails opened by Inspector Benedict,
who led number Of drovers over the
trails.
THIS is THE LETTER.
KANSAS CITY, July 1.-THE follow
ing, which will be published here to-
morrow, is the telegram to which Sec-
retary Lamar replied today, as men
toned in Washington press dis
patches:
Kansas Ciiy, Mo-, July 10 TO Hon. l. @.
c. Lamar, Secretary OF the Department
of the Interior, Washington, D. Z:
The letter of Representative Ssyers,
OF Texas, of July 2; also
kilograms OF Ssyers and Gov
ernor Ireland, of July 3,
concerning Texas trail distractions
contain many wrong and misleading
statements. The sketch showing trails
is decidedly wrong and the official
Cherokee map mailed you proves this.
The herds in question are not above
These cattle do import
Texas fever. The opposition to the
passage Of cattle is made soly from
fear OF fever. All charges to the con-
trary are false and can be clearly and
sati proven. The same have
been repeatedly stopped and turned
from passage across Texas by iDjunct-
ions within the State OF Texas by Texas
citizens. Large numbers of cattle not
infectious have passed without opposi-
tion. The trail agreements at the Dal-
las Convention were made solely on
the part OF Texas mon, who wore not
efiec ted. Others and those on the
border were decidedly opposed to 1t,
All efforts to establish trail for this
class OF cattle from the south TO the
north line of tho State of Texas were
bitterly opposed and defeated by
Texas men. The trails used heretofore
arc cut OIL at tho Kansas line by quar-
antine law. The land within these
trails In the Cherokee Nation,
comprising nearly 100000 acres,
is paid for by the lessee, By suffer-
ance Texas herds, both infected and
unlntected, wero allowed to use these
trails heretofore and ranchmen make
no objections now TO the passage OF
cattle on these trails; but when at
tempts are made to push out side
wise from these trails through pas
lures, opening new trails three TO four
miles wide through lands for which
rental Is paid, whore no trail ever ex-
lsted, spreading disease, decided OPP
position is met. That the oppo sers
are perfectly right cannot DO
disputed when all the facts
clearly, Hundreds of law-abiding
citizens, occupying all the country In
with valuable herds, COM
prising lifetime savings, deserve pro.
lection more than a few trailickers In
infectious cattle. The few Northern
Colorado spectators bought their
Iexas cattle expecting TO enter Colora-
do In direct violation of their own Stat)
laws but the Southern Colorado mon
are determined that tho law shall be
properly enforced and the passage of
this class OF oattlo through Bent and
vented. Clearly, then, their
getting through the Territory will
avail nothing. Occupants of the cOun-
try through which It is wanted to pass
the infectious cattle have suffered
AVooNo iiOil 1tNI w lOhI ny
Texas fever, from tho slight contacs
with the aforementioned trails, and
hence know full woll tho wholesale
destruction that would result from
permitting infectious cattle 10 PASS
over their ranches. Tho charge that
the opposers OF tha p.s.urc ~ l"n-N
cattle are doing II TO depre..a.s .oes
in order to buy cheaply is misropre-
Not nnn NJ thann
wishes TO purchase such cattle.
The driving OF these cattle from one
State or Territory TO another is a pal
pable violation of the animal industry
law. Tho occupants OF 1.-THE country
feel that the attempt by Texas TO force
infectious cattle upon them, involving
losses OF hundreds of thousands OF
dollars TO themselves and TO parties
throughout tho entire country, with
out remuneration, Is an injustice and
outrage, and demand that before the
government sanctions II or becomes a
party to 1t a full investigation to