Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-11
r,.v There FOr2 What Have
Mans lT,' and What Have They
Neglected to DOP
Val. IN the Lease Law, the
A, !. Was Supposed to Create,
Fails to Bear Pruit'
|.t,hs Board Have Dotted Gar,
O # Agents aud DOnned Legis-
lative Gowns'


boqrd disrloses want Of har-
oninion among it's members.
rox once told a story about a
no to make mule drink by
his tail, and said the boy af-
was not as pretty as he had
/ he had learned something,
swain and Lubbock, while the
I've mule was careering at Aus.
la to have learnt some
There is evidenced by their
assire to make what can be
IA Of the lease law, and a
isn OF the fact that the policy
Ind board in the past was q
allure, giving color TO the as
8pithe advocates of free grass
lease theory il impracticable
ing.
y e OF the comparative failure
The school lands at the ad-
price fixed by the board, when
own that stocBmen through
slate have met with serious re-
-rom the continued financial
lon and the heavy loss of cattle
& winter, and are now less able
Va tiye.cent lease than eight and
cents a year ago: in face of the
4 / q large ma 1rity of the repre-
4 Ees Of the people repudiai ed the
IN the board in advancing the
j 10 eight and twenty cents,
II Messrs. Walsh and Templeton
to adhere to these figures.
4 er the kick Of the Legislative
iered their beauty or not, it is
n that no impression was made
8heir Judgment.
ii Ireland, as usual, struggles in
4 cOmpromise. The lease law has
'epon The statute books now over
Mars. What has it amounted to?
Xbenefit has it been compared
'thst was claimed by its adv0.
n Has the law even had a fair
&Slsny believe that If its provis.
4 lad been fairly construed and
ID, even with its cumbrous ma
III, there would be little school
Il reproductive, and the reve-
burned would have met the
&stlOn Of the friends Of the lease
DO not propose discussing the
4 Of that system further than to
that the only merit in 1t Is the
NC II was supposed to create, aud
Is to be given up, or virtually
the arbitrary action of officials
pied simply 10 carry out the law
n e, then the sooner those deluo ed
n belief that the lease law would
furce Of relief TO the taxpayers
1 state awake TO q realization OF
NJ that this is a mistake, the bet
IA all concerned. 1t may be
&ht strange that the legislature
fpaee the lease law, after a heated
8slon before the people and al
h-the Legislature but shortly adj
d, yet fresher from the people
fllthe added light on the subject
mot see fit to limit the amount o.
q be leased to the applicant, but
Ne contrary, emphaticAily ex.
"a the intention TO lease the lane
would take and pay for it
lHofity Of the land board assum,
mat they know better. Tn,
OF the people mus
them through som,
msdium. AT present they will
% voice save their own. TIL,
q Texas have been patient il
natter, A large majority declares
tease law. Can 1t be doubted
hey meant a Law that woull
revenue FROM all the schoo
easeo st fair price, and as rap
re possible?
ognizing many objections t.
system, among which prom
#y stood the monopoly OF larg,
u corporations and individual
ealily Incident 10 lease system
Hagieed to chance the evils ant
LOT the school fund a handsom
ue, thereby relieving themselve
sasldefable burden of taxation
5 sue was Joined, the battl
asnu the lease law was adoptet
till, 1888. Agents (the Ian,
we're appointed to lease til
4 Ine land could have bee
IL Why has IL not been? Thes
= Instead Of follow ing the LAY
4 ~ poned, delayed, taken POI
" me land off the market an
Ased the price as TO driv
bidders. They have doffe
garment Of agents with whic
Nv clothed them and donned les
~ gowns. Their answer Is tbs
gTSlhmen do not know what the
s1ey would lease the watere
sno Then quit. They make TIL
Won against the repeated assuI
nom those citizens that they wi
sud pay for their entire ranges
wei as watered lands.
,lng once, without evidepc
n " their mind, the case is closed
10 not note the changes in ii
'c,, business that make this class {
q a'i.yhs equally, il not more, d.
,or protection for their rang,
u ~ water. They pay no attel
nv - we thought Of the several LEI
Wa va GA this very point since it
q 20 their own, What are the
ioi? The governor seems
III !, "a iAct he is in a state of min
ana on anarchy, over this su
NJ uu y, Is about 10 back clear Off Il
~ we have been waiting a lor
We pc treated to an exhibition
4 onuerfnl backbone announce
M ssculIar attribute when a ca
pfi, ~ MS present position. A II
I'M propped up on the right sic
IA question MIGHT tend IN resto