Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-16

VETOED.
The Long Looked.for Veto to the
Land Bill Of the Nineteenth
Legislature at Hand.
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Gov, Ireland Takes Vigorous Aotien on
the Most Momentous Question Of
His Administration.
The Bill Pronounced DEMONSTRATION
al-The Unlimited Lease
Clause Objected TIC.
Other Objectionable Features Reviewed
ia and Good Reasons Given for the
Governors Action.
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AUSTIN, TEX, April l6.---Gov. Ire
,and leaves Saturday for New Orleans
and to-day no telegraphed Lieut..
Gov. Gibbs 10 come down and ofiiciate
during his absence.
The long expected veto to the land
bill was issued to-day aud is q yolumi-
nous document. II sets out by stating
that the bill IL unconstitutional be.
cause the caption Ia wrong, as there IL
no connection between the school,
university aud asylum lands and the
public lands In tho organized counties,
the latter belonging 10 the state proper
and the proceeds going 10 general
revenue. In the one case the consti-
tuition provides for the sale and In
the other tho legislature. He objects
90 the uullmit "a lease and says.
1T viii not soon be forgotten what
the county experienced during the
last two years in turmoil, strife and IN
the sacrifice Of life, In some instances,
caused by permitting vast areas OF ter
ritory 10 fall under enc management.
By the provision Of this bill whole
counties may be owned and controlled
for term of years by one penoa or
by All aggregation of capital. Under
the former leases aud policy vast re-
glons have fallen into the Same hands,
and to-day the great body OF the people
OF this state are not only declared
the right OF FREQ traneit or passage
through nelghboring states and terri
tories, but those holding tenures under
this state In the Northwest are threat
ening the interior and South with vio-
lence should they attempt to pass or
drive stock through that country on
their way to distant markets.
ny no act Of mine will lever sane
ton the acquisition Of these vnst
bodies OF land by ono management. II
is not n correct public policy, nor Is 1t
just to the great mass OF our citllens."
Relative to litigations, he thinks
1t is impossible for the at.
torney general TO attend TO
the suits and thinks 1t would have
been better to have given the district
and county attorneys authority to do
80.
/ He further Objects to the bin because
the bill provides for a FORGETTING Of
land without any judicial proceeding,
and TO undertake 10 eject lessee with
out n hearing In the civil courts wonld
be In violation OF the bill OF rights.
He objects to the provision allowing
n purchaser TO lease certain number
OF sections over some other lessee.
He objects to the provision permit
ting the sale Of timbered lands as they
are not sufficiently described.
He objects to the preference OF
the right given parties now on
the ground TO lease or purchase,
and objects TO the selling OF
fractions OF sections In organized coun-
ties TO any except actual settlers. He
thinks these scraps should be carefully
guarded and saved for presumption.
He objects to the sale OF watered
lands, and says there Is no valid excuse
for placing them on the market at ~
per acre.
Says the governor: "Glve me con-
troll OF the watered lands and / will
be virtually owner OF all the surround
Ing country. n access cannot DO had
10 the streams tho lands will remain
free to those who control the water. II
requires no stretch OF tho imagina-
ton TO SEQ that 1t IL but u few years II
this bill should become a law until
the large capitalists would own the
watered lands aud command all the
balance. The present law Is unweildy
and awkward but under iis operation
the school, university and asyluna
will remain for the next two yeara
owners OF tho land aud subject TO the
disposition OF future legislatures,
provided the land board should not
dispose OF them. think il infinitely
safer and better, having q conscien-
tious regard for all the interests OF the
state, TO leave them In this condition
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