The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-12


by inGendo that there ~ some criminal
completely between the Day Land and
Cattle company and the
land board. You think the
"Day Land and Cattle COM
pano must have obtain d inside infor-
nation. which was denied to Others"
Regarding all your charges, inuendos
and slur NJ the iard board for giving
inside Information u the Day Land
and Cattle company, / know nothing,
bn, IN order TO satisfy myself OF tho
truth of your charges, l addressed a
note to the company and received the
following reply:
Austin, Texas, sent. :, IsS5--Colonei John
NJ. hwisher, city:
DEAR SIn:-Replying 10 your favor
OF the 9th, asking mo how the Day
Land and Cattle company proceeded
In obtaining its losse OF public lands
in Greer county, Will state that et the
first meeting Of tho land board
eftor the GdjOurnment OF the
Nineteenth Legislature, we went
before said board and asked thom
il thoy would lease lands III Greer
county, stating AT tho time that unless
We could yet the watored lands we
would not take any, Three members
OF the board were decidedly in favor of
lo6aing tho lands, but we were in
formed that We would havo TO send in
au application in the regular WAY, viz:
through tho district surveyor. | will
hero add that Senator Temple Hous.
ton, Of Moboetie, and j, Il. Thornton,
Of tho Galveston Hows, and several
gontlemon were present, Our COM
pany, together with Messrs. Taylor
cnH aud pppnVhrgU
Kuykendall, OF Taylor, determined 10
make application, and be before the
land board vt its July meeting. &c.
cordingly, was instructed 90 go 10
Mobaelie and make tho application,
started, and got as far as Harold,
when | received telegram from
M9ssrs. Taylor and Stephens that they
did not wish TO lease, US they end
Humphrey and Kuykeudall were
closely connected. | wired tho COM
pany and was instructed TO return. l
WAS cont 10 MobaeCe tho following
month TO apply for said land and did
so. Tho lands were awarded to VS. by
tho board.
Replying further to your inquiry AS
to whether the Francklyu Lend and
Cattle company knew OF our intention
to lease, will say that / met Colonel
Is. Is. Groom at tho Piclwick Hotel, in
Fort Worth, and told him what our
company was going to do, and tried to
got him 10 join uB IN leasing lands in
Greer county, Texas.
l am respectfully yours,
Il. Nd. MADDOX.
Vice President Day Land and Cattle
Company.
Anyone else could or may hereafter
do tho same, M | presume tho land
board will not DO deferred by any
thing you may say. You say: "Tho
laads IN question Day lands) are very
tine; worth, for pasturago, Colonel
Swishor conclusively shows, at least
20 cents an mere" You are at fault
again.
NOT A WORD or TRUTH IN YOUR con-
CLUsIoNS.
Tie Day Land and Cattle company
have now at the town of Harold, and
ON tho road TO Greer county, barbud
steel wire, sufficient To fonco all their
land located and Leased In Greer
county. Now, tho fact that the Day
Lsnd and Cattle company was offered
81 per head TO winter cattle in their
pasture is no evidence that tho land
should have been leased ~ 20 cents.
You sey: "Perhaps If IL had been
generally known thst watered lRnda
would bo leased tho Francklyn Land
| and Cattle company, which Colonel
| Swisher abOminates, might have
made better bid and obtained it,"
Now Colonel Swisher abomin0tes no
ono. He does not, however, like
thieves, robbers and prevaricstors,
and wants as little to do with thom as
possible. You may say TO your
friends, the Frauoklyn Land and Cattle
company, who arc ut present occupy
ing block Of about so, 600 acres, owned
equally by myself and tho veterans,
and used by forco Of arms as their
general headquarters that II they will
pay us five Coutsan acre por annum for
tho time they have held it,thAt we will
lease IL u them. In the moan time
they can tRko adjoining lands In tho
north, south, oust or west from tho
state at SIX cents por acre, ali OF which
Colonel Groom knows IA worth twice
| ~ much rs tho lands owned or loas cd
by tho Day Land and Cattle company
understand that there il something
over 100000 acres OF land In Greer
county that can still no leased, all
equal II not superior To tho Day Land
aud Cattle company's land, give
the closing senteuco OF this most won
uorful editorial wonderful in that II
contained moro slanderous inuondos
than l have 0vor seou in any paper Of
twice the size:
"Colonel Sw'sher's communication
IL valuable In many respects; but TO bI
perfectly satisfactory, should have OK
planned tho community ofinterest be
tween tho Day Land and Cattle com
pany and himself and his faculty II
obtaining the valuable information
that tho board would wniy,
It's rules with respect 10 tho Gree
county lands" answer mono whit
ever. never eyon had Joint accOun
transaction with tho ilrin or any mem
Dor of tho firm. Last sprlng | an
pointed Maddox Bros. & Anderson
my agents TO lease my Greer count,
lands, Thoy leased about two third
OF II on tho 10Th of May last. / neye
, needed any information from tho Ian,
board, and never asked any.
You could havo obtained tho valua
; bio information from tho land boar,
Just IA easily as l could. l answe
again emphatically that no commu
nifty or Joint interest exists between
tho Day Land and Cattle company an,
myself. They own land in ono oar
OF tho country, and In other parts
10 20 80 miles apart. We are hOtl
anxious to mako our titles clear {
this extont, and no farther have W
q community OF interest.
JOHN NJ. SwIsuER,
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