The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-29
AN EXTRA sxsnos
What Seems to be Public ssstim..,
in Dallas on the Question Of Calli,,
au Extra Session Of the Les,sI,,,,.

the meetings OF the land board az Ar.
tin On the sublsct Of an extra ,e.slo,
Of the Legislature, a Hrs.rn -
porter yss.efua' essaysd 70 sound r
some extent, p1oiic opinion ia tha r,tS
on the question. rs met and con
verssu win great many gentloasn,
ios9ins anu prominent citizens 10 tins
dineSehI ayoestlons OF life, men who
read aud Keep posted on ougra1t
events and who think-in fsct 49,,
sentative men OF all classes. Almos,
tne uniVersM expression was against
an extra session some lew gentle
men We're negative in the matter. but
not one favored 2 called session. The
genersi run on opinion was about $40
ioiows: IL wcnid seem thas some
Douy ~ s'rlHag Very diligently Ia
mako i.s9 grass, or fha usufrust OF the
schooi ramos, an Issue IN tho politics az
me otste, whsn taere Is no particular
necessity mat such shoulG rs the esse.
Directly sl1er the war--that Ia 10 ssv
aiter tne Democrats got in power An
the state, and olicies were forming
somebody ambitious Tor pahsical pre.
1erment began 70 give prominence In
tho idea Ct iree schools 6ad education
OF the masses by taxation as far as
necessary III aid Of the public scboo)
endowment Of ianGs handed aewn TO
the state from the Republic. The ides
look " became popular, and soon florIa
orations could be heard g. every cross
roads, snd q Tree edueSti0n 70. eysrv
stont-heafte6 boy aud blue. sye3.
IltiSn-ha'red little girl in the
land was the theme thst
lnsplsea sophom0rlcel young states-
mep, ana even the gray aud grizsled
ones took 1t up, and we have hoard
nothing else since. Governor Roberts,
when ho first took the gubernstoriei
chair, cssayed % stem the tida with a
policy antBSonistic 10 free schools, and
ne even carried his autagoniam to the
extent OF necessltating an extra seq
sion or the Sixteenth Legislature. The
irende or tho administration and OF
this policy were III thu minority, and,
un0er Tue leadership Of tho lsmented
sgd Col5msn, were having things very
nearly thtir own way il the House.
John ". McCoTb, OF Montgomery
county; George FlplRy. of Gaivestoyi.
and jugs Sam T. Ffost, of Navarro
COUNT, We're the leAlets of this msjoe-
1ty-'hat ie. the tree echool gsng
Governor Roberts had eaid in hiy
message, unless sn act appropriation
one-ioGtth CT tho I'D valore -
Tax Ter Tree schools WAC repealed he
could not approve the appropriation
Dill. The policy OF tho tree school men
then wss 10 pass the appropriation bill
and send IL to the governor for his &C.
tion before the bill for tho repeal re-.
ferrcd 10 was finally acted upon. IN a
appropriation bin passed the mouse and
Senate, ard it provided for tho pay
ment OF interest on the bonded iu-
deb mess Of tho Stats, and 10 ges in
the lihl ia Of the governor. /. was SET.
ufoay evening, and the following
Monday she interest wGs Cue on ehe
bonded debt, and Il the appropriation
bill IVES Aot signed before Then the
State would default, and tire rsap0nSi-
bility Of yepuGia.iOn would rest on the
floor. Vde figbs OF the school mon then
was to keep off vote on the school
bill unIl tho governor APP
proved or Disappeared the
appropriation bill. Filibustering had
to be resOrted 10. 10 this end John y.
MeCornb SOC tne floor ard began a
speech against time, He proposed to
speak until midnight, aud thea Only
yield the floor for adjournment t0 Mon
day morning, with The wight to 10 ON
with nis remarks. He began at Adam
and came slowly meandering down The
ages. Opening the fopulehrs of the
dead past, he turned over the orumb-
ling bopes and mOuldering ashes OF tina
buried centuries. He went through
the genesis OF man and was with the
children OF Israel in the wilderness.
He informed the House that
"The Assyiian came down like q wolf on
the fold,
His cohorts were cleaning with purple and
gold,
The i,eei ofhis spears wcro like the stars
10 the sea,
Wls'e,de dark waves roll nightly on deep
Ga iles."
AprIt inc time ne had crossed the
Attn with Columbus and discev.
ored AneIica, in 1892, the governors
s0n-.n-aw and clerk caMe into the
house end ealing Syd Coleman aside,
whispered something 10 him. My.
Coleman Immediately resumed
his seat and respectfully re.
quested permission Of the
gentleman from Montgomery TO inter-
rupt him, which was gracefully
granted. He then sskea IL The gentle.
man from Montgomery was assured
th5 governor had signed the sppr0pri.
alton hill would he Yield this floor FOR
voI6 on the school bill, and
was informed he would, He
thon R2id the governor had
signed tho bill and sent 1t to che secrs-
tary of state. Charlie Gibson, OF Ellis,
was sent 10 the seorstary OF otate'a
Office 20 see II the bin was Jhero signed
and approved IN full, and ho returned
reporting it was, tho INK not being
then dry. Mr. McCOmo toen yielded
the floor and the coveted vote. was had.
Governor Roberts changed his policy
entirely on the FREQ school question al
ter this, and out beloiod Herod. And
no IL has gone on until u year or TWO
ago an aspiring, quick-witted, bright,
able young stgsahnan conceived the
idea OF making cowmen who Srazad
the lands pay rent Tor th6m, and he
preojpltalod his iGea on Toe
Senate In the shape. OF II
bill, and thus i land board
was created, aud rent has bsen
exsoiod for school lands ever since.
Tho queaii0n arises, 20 The governor
Saws IN biA letter 10 the tsnG board OF
date the 2Tth inst, how does no or any
ono olge know the present INV iur tue
enforcement OF collections for rent OF
school lands y imperative when the
Encouragement hae not, In person or
by rcpreNvptstivc, attempted 10 put 1t
IN operation? A lew ybars ago, when
SAM lass aud hls trgln-rubbers wero
living almost daily sensations In this
and adjoining counties by train rot-
Ming. \ certain or uncertain Dallas
oditor was constantly preaching Ia his
naper: ITO an swiul hell with the
fswi why don't the governor put ,ho
military force Of tho State into tho
1a,d 70 oannre Sam Bass and his
fhisyos?n Theirs seem TO DO men In
Inc State now ursieg toe Game ihlng,
anu talking qniln ~ ENTHUSIASTICALLY
Try thelaw. II the civil authorities In
ths ooua,ies where the school lasds
hai,r Illegally grbz9d sfc situated Will
sot or cannot enforce the law, then iut
tho rAggors he sent shefo TO 90 ~,
what ris hs has the governor to order
snv mans icncs cpt, no matter l, u 70
an echool land without authority hes
fhe individual who owns irnc. OF lana
the right TO 10 and burn ne house o. :
snustscr he may lind on iiT Wou'dn't
" In guilty, III BIO did, of grsonf has
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