Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-09
EllIEFOB TALKS.
. ..,,.ceneraI Of Texas Vents
IN, Oh the Land In
closure Act
4. Lew Not Punished
,.ek of Money to Push
prosecutions
- Il. to the Governor Ignored
KQ,,H., toreigu corporations
ora.. commissioners

toreigu Corporations
n, orp.. commissioners
nee. s.-To-day THE
~ as.,nondent called at the Of
OHM INK n. Templeton, attorney
~ state. During the con-
" ,ob eusutd, Col. Templeton
nrSodly of the grass situation
s..,sl fencing of millions
scbool lands. Speaking
talked OF Enclosure act,
..tou said he entertained very
,lrws concerning that meas
i possibility of the enforce
'sg. as asserted by the grass
4,Sink 1t could possibly be en-
.nIled the attorney-general,
'ebair and looking tnought-
Ne window into the avenue,
n with the governmental ma
.csent At command, and, after
view Of the situation, the at
be utterly useless"
Z, place" said Col. Temple
Encouragement hasn't a dol
H sspnsal. Not q nickel provid-
X .,ste TO enable him to execute
srr act.n "Why," said be, 81
Y ,-ploy lawyers without money,
,opld have to have addi-
,.unsel. 1t is true the
,,,ton makes provision for pay
m,h fees out of the fines col
.mlt, iorcement, but no re-
hw1er would undertake the job
n ~ conditions, and it would be
Il ,ato ask him TO do so. had
er,spondence with a lawyer in
4 cren county on this sub
sho said he wouldn't have
N to do with it If
villthe state could afford to pay
n lpland, in his letter to the land
4 avs no attempt has been made to
q he inclosure act, except in one
4 b Gen. McCulloch."
4 q hat said Col. Templeton,
n ne grass commissioners went out
a 70 the governor and suggested
a Employ certain well-known law
i Experienced lawyer (Mr. Brown
4 ,Ao had held office in Northwest
4 bid been a cattleman himself, and
|nughIy conversant with their
4,,lhahits, and who lived in Wheel
Ill., thought he would be n good
\ radarnke the business and assist
rnisslcners. But the governor,
Isens satisfactory to himself, de-
kndO rs suggested"
{HIHiHg, the Encouragement said
seeH attempting the enforcement
aw and to carry on prosecutions
violation for sometime through
|Fnachlnery provided by the state
EHtRt but such prosecutions had,
b, been attended with dis
L results, and no case
teen successfully prosecuted.
|sIltye," remarked Col. Templeton,
Ge some cases now pending in
Green county, also in Archer, or at
we're pending, have also had
Jurisprudence with reference to
|Al Prosecution regarding the in
pact In Scurry county, but don't
! they have been actually
|ls.
|sn is one point, perhaps, you have
Thought about in this matter" said
|mpleton, giving his chair another
Stretching his feet on the office
Nd regarding the correspondent
/ qazEical gaze.
heaoly soi | am no lawyer" replied
all-driyer.
zen the yiolators of the law hap
Z be foreign corporations, out.
ae state, suit, | think, can be
y against them in the federal
though such procedures are un.
Nwilh the people of this state"
aSaAout getting the evidence?"
AVS a serious question:" replied
appleton. "The cowboys aud EN-.
'a these corporations are legally
Nliom heiug forced TO testify in
ass, Being concerned in the offense,
ahDot, by law, be made to criminatt
layes.r
.'aef Statement made by Col. TEN
was That in May last he got into q
,,Nnaence with a party in the North.
SlOugh whom he thought he could
~ evidence against some of the II.
i'seels. lie laid the correspond
l0fe Gov. Ireland. The governor
s would send out a military
. assist in the matter, and
'0ino.ey-general had elaborate sketch,
Illegal Enclosures, made from
.'aaa Of a citizen living in that
I I, he boundaries, etc, which he
n ne hands of the governor fol
" OF the detail. But the grass
!. 'aloners were subsequently APP
Y and as they filed the bill,
1Ole was heard Of it
U stlorney-general hauled down q
'yl' legal volume and read 10 the
~. IN defense Of his position
~ s.sfiy staggered his nearer, ant
pef took hi leave.