The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-09-03
SCATIllNG REVIEW.
The CHEER COUNTY lNloUlrlts,
The Oatrage. rerpe,raied an Tesas and
our sohooI Lands, aud an Oid Vet
orsn.-rhe Frsnhlyn Land
Company-iaw SCI ut De.
nance by the iiarons


robuko 10 tho Franklyn Land COM
pany, ia tht.r conduct toward the
state aud to tho "Dislnhorited
knight" IL from the pen Of ono of the
very best citizens OF Texas, and ~ adj
dressed 10 the Nows, and Will appear
simultaneously with this;
AUSTIN, Aug. q, lss5.-In your is
sue of tho pa instant you publish n
communication over the signature OF
"Disnhsri;ed Knight" In your obi,
turigi comments you say: "rho land
board Is criticised a. some length In n
communication published elsewher
The author IL n State senator, and
understands thoroughly what no Is
driy ing AZ. He reviews inclsiyoly the
acts ~ the land board, and its author
lily under the law by which IL was
created. Our correspondent, by clta-
tiod aud argument from the record,
go ms TO Prov pretty cOnclusiyely
that Lhs land board has exceeded its
legal authotitY-in short, committed
usurpation. lie calls attention In par
ticular 10 tho leasing OF Greer county
public lands, when tue board WAS only
giyeu power by the Legislature TO
| lbft y tkhbbtI uhANWiFihg 'hN "F1
lgnds. lie takes pleasure In placing
tho Inconsistencies OF the boards act
ons in front OF each other and COM
par!rg them in the light of oveuts. He
IL not very tender in his references,
and the sort OF Mosaic record no makes
up for Governor Ireland will scarcely
furnish useful campaign document
for a candidate FOX the United States
Senate"
You make other remarks 10 show
that you fully endorse every word ut
tsren by the "Disinherited knight n
| aad continue your editorial as follows;
"Go yornor Ireland receives the Sc
verest handling from the member OF
| the legislative branch OF tho govern
rent who dlscourses largely In the
columns of the News this morning.
rhe same columns, however, are open
! to the governor or any other member
| OF tho board II no desires TO get back
at the 'Dsinberited Knight"
Now, Mr.. Editor, i am not the gov
ernor, nor am L member OF the land
board, but as my fellow veterans and
myself who followed the lead OF the
| iilusti.ouB Houston In achieving tho
| independence of Texas, including
Greer county, have suffered more Than
the governor or land board, l feel de-
slrOusS IL Cdh, w SeI pooh "e tho
"Disinherited Knight" and the
wealthy cattle company that employs
him, /, therefore, respectfully request
that you will transfer the space to me,
as / ieel perfectly satisfied from my
knowledge of the men, that neither
one of them will ever think OF using 1t.
Taking it for granted that you Will
Give me the space l will proceed and
ps as concise as possible. l will not
presume to criticise the beautiful and
poetic language of the "Disinherited
Knight" as portions of it seem to suit
my side of the question better than bis.
l will not undertake to go over his
criticisms of Governor Ireland's emo
sale record" but will rely on my CO.
pious extracts from your editorial
given at the commencement of this
paper for the charge brought against
the land board. His language
is about as sarcastic and full
ofridicule and venom as is often pub.
lished in the newspapers. And what
does it all amount to? Simply Co q
confirmation OF the fact that the "Dis-
inherited Knight" is not bosom
friend of Governor Ireland, and in all
probability will not vote for him for
United StateR senator. In all of his
beautiful baHerdash, he simply shows
that he differs with the land board in
it's construction of the different land
laws. He seeks to ridicule the gov
ernor by giving extracts OF his writ.
ings, made at different tunes, which
are diametrically opposite in senti-
ment. What do these amount to?
Simply that lawyers disagree, and
that times and events are changing;
and what may appear To bs right to-
day may be wrong Tomorrow. Per-
haps if the "Knight' WAS q member
Of The land board, acting under the
sanctity of the oath of
Office, he might view matters
from different standpoint, and agree
fully with the land board. John Ire
troiler; Il, II. Lubbock, treasurer; w.
G. Walsh, Cmmissioner-genera land
office; John d. Templeton, attorney
general, comprise the land board.
They have all been elected by over
whelming msjOrities tor their two
terms, and some of thcm for longer
periods.
For moral virtue and integrity they
are not exceeded in the State. They
are all qualified for the offices they
fill, and each one is ambitious of leav-
ing clean, clear record behind him.
feel perfectly satisfied that at least
nine-tenths of the people OF Texas are
fully convinced that the best interests
the "Galveston News" and the "Dis-
inherited knight" included. Who is
the ''Dlsinherited knight" and what
IS the cause ofhis attack on The land
board for
LEASING LANDS IN GREER COUNTY?
You will remember that in 1881 the
s ate authorized the issue Of l ,2S0 ecre
land certerficate to each or the sur
viving veterans and windows of veter-
ans who served as much as three
between the first of October,
1885, and 31st OF December, 1886. AS
the public lands had become very
scarce, the veterans were compelled
to sell their certificates at whatever
they could get, not exceeding half the
value, many of them realizing not ex-
ceeding $175 TO 5000. Under these cir
cumstances l conceived the idea of
getting as many of the veterans as
possible to join me in locating our GER |
tificates in Greer county, which was |
also claimed by the United States. l |
accordingly issued circular pro- |
posing to each veteran to pay all ex-
pensss of acquiring title for one-half |
The land. By making advances to the |
most INDECENT, succeeded in obtain:
lug aUOut lZUjUUO acToss Wull0 III 0I06r
county. making my locations, l made
Groom, of Kentucky, who was general
manager Of tho Franklyn Land and
Cattle company, of New York: He
treated me very kindly, giving me the
BEST he had to eat, and forcing me to
occupy his bed. He was engaged in re-
marking and branding
q large herd Of cattle, estimated at
$1,000, which he had recently
purchased OF lizard 81 Harrell. / gave
lin my pamphlet containing the
proofs had collected concerning the
TITLE OF TEXAS TO GREER COUNTY,
which he read carefully and expressed
he opinion that the United States did
lot have the shadow Of q claim. He
made not the slightest objection to my
coating his beautiful t'ranch," and
that after 1 obtained my