Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-10
LAND QUESTION.
,,,ss and the Anti-Lease
l.. Afraid to Tackle
subject Directly.
. N the Present Lease System
s;.,l Concession to the
Sentiment
.,mmittee Busy Grinding
bgl which will Probably
Reported To-Day.
social.

VEA ENVs
to appreciate the fact that
i, edingly difficult task be-
qrsppliug with the land
While bills on every other
subject have been pour-
9th houses, Legislators keep
M - IL it were a hot poker.
eemtd TO expect that the
men would push the fight
M and members who, pre-.
(. ,bsir tlecti 10, declared in
N the evils Of the pres.
law, have main.
unanimous and upbroken
lhls subject that must be
pslnful to their constit-
re YOU going to introduce a
lllenis q question which
M dozens of times TO the
embers. The lease men
d slightest desire to act on
I've. They have been hid
their breast-wOrks, waiting
ck on the present system
ther side, when they expect
.he cry, "iree-graesn aud
lediJ of having defeated a
which proposed 20 devote
hens grass" to special inter-
the s0-called free.grsss men
hsrp 20 walk into the trap.
: that anything they mig ht
CuId be slaughtered on nc.
oTiliD, and so they merely
INNS, built their camp.fires
b Tor the other fellows 10 be-
hy. Here follows the difficult
lIeh the lease men have pre-
themselves Having savagely
the motives and the enOs
who sought to repeal the
", they cannot now propose
fhsrgs without appearing in
!. IL Is n Fact which The
isls,ure is beginning to real
buy efficient remedy applied
ls " the present system is .
c0ocsssiOn To the agti-lease
/. II anything is done at all
Be IN the direction indicated
ppnnenls Of the lease months
for which they were bersted
be bullioanlres and greedy cat
Every step IL toward the
bent Of the lease. Legislators
ignore the interests OF settle
b they cannot evAde the fact
very features which tend to
b revenue from the leasing
l. the most Dangerous Obsta-
/ settlement of Tho West. In
nma the lease men, daring not
Iid, aud yet fearing 10 stasd
ally accepted the easiest
method out Of the Girficulty,
l1dtd 10 await ths report OF
committee The sub-cDm-
The house has besn entTqeJ-
iklug on tbs question ever
las appointed, aud has about
ID q bill which will probably
ID 10 mOFTuw. IL insugura Is
leievolution by starting cut
: a6olishmtnt OF the land
Il laDd matters are Teinyested
land commissioner, and
authorized TO employ a
d. force to discharge
is.ed duties. The sale Of
'lds ls continued under the
Provisions, with but slight
Actual settlers, II married,
Chase one section at 81 per
thirty years, time, al S per
fest IfsihPle the purchaser
purchase 100 scres. The
lease rate i liked at six cents
Watered and dry lands alike
90 strong disposition to max e
= cents, aud IL may yet
Tho-e who at present
le land, may lease their pres
snd others are limited To
lio1s. These are the main
y The bill, which il already
Y some a free grass measure,
mere are but three OF the so
egTsss men on the committee:
. OF Tarrant, Browning of
ana Scott " Kerr. After Il
me house The attempt will
be made to load
Win amendments, and the
10 one can fnresee. The DIM
" making a prediction sriees
lact that hardly one OF the
Knows where the changes
s.-mence or end, and yet they
the present defects of the
.s'aate the discussion Of Tenn.
IONS land bill will commence
aud The brilliant young
'slive from the Panhandle il
I ior q great effort,