The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-25
THE LAND BOARD, AND OUR
PUBLIC AND SCHOOL LANDS
T.. a.

the thought that in the erratic phan
tRsm Of dream he fanoied himsel
living In the age Of chivalry snC
knights Errant, as well az orrint
knights, in the very atmosphere OF tht
orders of Malta, the Cross, st. John
etc, and in the midst of scenes tina
joyed tho souls of GODFREY, DE BoU
LoGNE and RICHARD CGUR DE LION
TANCRED and ROBERT the Brave, will
sword and shield, buckler, battlG-axt
and mace. But moro especially W.
seem to be in the identical tourna
ments with Ivanho5 aud tho Black
Knight. Romance and Utopis5 wcrt
thea also characteristics OF the pre-.
vailing feudslism by which Tho "ba
rons," lords Of their domain, wero thi
"p ocket" poBsessors of tho fofs anC
and villains and SORTS like so many
&c sttls," who held uuder them, and
whenithe plundering of people Of theil
properties, robbing them Of theil
lands, was grand sport indeed. 1t IL
significant that the "Dlsinheriled
Knight" should have gone back &c
those ages by associEtion of ideas to
select title indicative Of tho feudal.
istic policies that no is now doubtless
deeply interested In having TO prevail
H0 comes "unheralded" with his
classic armor on, but, alas, with his
vizor down; and, thus protected in
face from the worlds gaz9, but evil
IDENTITY quite In love with his own
pose, ho trump6t3 TO that world to g8zs
upon the VigOr Of his thrustg. He does
up mo business in hand IN true tour.
nameut style, and with AZ evident
earnestnoss AS ever Don QUIXoTT
charged upon windmill or water
crosses in the delirium OF iancied
fame, and with a defiant dignity that
reminds one OF that littlo big man Of
France, "LoUIs QUAToR2En wh), also
before his convened court, took hls
emeties in state, and vomlted majgs-
tically in presence Of applauding
crowds at his grand leveos.
lie fancies he scents something
"rotton" ia the land board lardar,
and with the avidity, but not tho acute
ness ofthOso foul flesh flies that detoct
decay with unerring instinct, no darts
on j. with ravonou3 delight. Like
ACHILLES, "silently audlong has ne
nursed his wrath" but now ike him
again, with the aid of ono AJAX TELE-
MON, and willy ULYSSES, no strides
out like the giant OF GATH, and while
proposing TO "smiLe tho shield of the
loiLiest only" chivalrOusly ploc4aima
that "if others care to br5NE lance
the lists are not clo3od.b Bat alas,
like that same Achilles, no goes to
battle with yUnerable heel, aud Ike
him, too, no must fall from tue stroke
OF tho arrow that comes from the
culver of facts. For "mark, how
plain a tal0 will put him
down. how slight q lance
will shivtr TO smlthoroaus his hollow
spear, how q DAVID pebble will pros.
tyato hia GoLIArHglory and Phulstiug
protentiousuess, Ho Gays;
hs5yatal members aro on tho land
board. | smite tho shield OF the lJft
| lest only, but II others caro- b. break q
| lance tho lists are not closed, But No
prating about the scored school fund,
cattle barOus, foreign snydicates aud
poor sotllors; no plJl,ul appeals about
refusal to Sit with the board wall avail
Clad in the armor oftruth, IN tho name
OF my country's iusDlted honor, point
to her violated laws and to her high
trusts betrayed, and dare tho guilty to
wager OF battle, Silently, pud too long
have | borne my wrath, hoping thai
some knightller one, who NOR,
woTthily could pOisB tho lance OF
WELD tho blade, would champion tn,
cause of right None came, aud before
| tho wrOuggd 80 uudoieudod aud the
OWL triumph, myself, uhherulued, viii
enter the lists. ! atralgn aud dc.
nounce the boards tntiro record on
the land question. The governor hs,
| been more OutgpOllon than buy 81
them, but their aCquiesOonOe IN hi
acts ON the board makes thom payti
ceps Crimlnie, Leasing public do
main, in u0ntradlstiction to lands h,
longing TO the scho u, asylum and uni
Versity funds, Is insulting TO tho In
tolligence of Texas, and whom CON
trdstod with the acts and uttoraucUs o
members of the board looms un iu
shape startling and gigau,ic. Ope'
and admitted violation of constitute
and laws, shameless Reputation q
OnO'A own record and ms 3rahlo par
dering 20 popular prejudice deepen I'M
atSins OF this most reckless usuTp
ton, and yet when applied 10 On
naked enOrmi Y OF the alt seem term
that are weak, cold and meaningless
Again, without the fear OF HENRI
GEORGE, uERnERr SPENCER, au
thoir ooadiutors, no says:
Gland and liberty arc inseparabl,
and Nga tho pruudest heritagu8 of IA
American people. No people, sOvo
eigus OF tho soil wore ever enslaya,
aud the his DRY Of slavery is tho hii
tory of Y laudlosa people. Show me
people who own their lands, aud W.
show you race oitreomon, Snow II
land whore alien and corporate owl
ership prevails, ana l Will show you
land of dependency, oppression an
want"
Wen, these are familiar sentence
we have hoard then before, aud fr,
quantly tho last. They are well sai
here. Lot us look at some fscts. II
: charges are:
q Fist-"on the 10th day of Angus
, 1885, the land board leased $50 600 acr,
of vacant public domain claimed
exist in Greer county" Claimed
4 Who claimod9 Certainly tho Ian
v board does not claim those acres to ,
8 "vacaut public domalnW A lit
r further ON wo will show who claim
I The lands leased IN this Greer count
x are not "publlc, unappropriatpd d
u main" On tho very contrary, by Il
. Act of 18th OF February, 1879, the lie 4
a lature sot apart ono-halt o. Gre
county for tho use of free school al
that goes With the mass o. scho
y lands. In that county there ara abo
4.