The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-25
WINKLER COUNTY.
THE BILL CREATING 1T FAVORED
its Friends Bouyant-Its Enemies Not
Residents of the Districts Embraced
Those Within Endorse the
Measure-I.ilkely to Pass.

AUSTIN, Jan. 24.-ICcrrespondence.l- III
The house bill OF Mr.. Tarleton, of Hill
county, to form Winkler county with
Hubbard City as county site, is one
that has created much interest II Is
now in the hands of the, committee on
counties and couuty p0an9arles' OF
Rel county, is the chairman. The |
friends of the bill are to be heard this |
afternoon, and it Is probable that it will
be reported favorably to the house
Monday, if not earlier.
1t provides that a small portion OF
territory shall be taken from Navarro,
Hill, McLennan and from Limestone
counties to form this new county. The
measure will not be permitted to go
through without some opposition, but
, its opponents, although personsr residing
in the counties affected by the
+ bill, are, nevertheless, residents of
Q the portions of those coRnties
$ not embraced within the boundaries of
4 the proposed new county, and the
friends OF the measure present strong
g showing and have gone before the legis-
lature with an array of facts and figures
l. that evidently secures for them re-
:, spectful hearing.
n Embraced in the county Of Navarro is
h l,045 square miles, exclusive Of that por-
= ton recently recovered from Ellis
l. county. Hill county l,0294 square
Ie miles; McLennan has l,0S3 square
d miles, and Limestone has 1914 square
n miles. Now, the petitioners who seek
al to create Winkler county only ask OF
10 Navarro county 1870 square miles; from
al Hill county, 20924 square miles; from
G. Limestone 22l square miles, and y
p square miles from McLennan county
le This will give the new county 1889
IN square miles, which will be under TIN
area of any of the old counties already
organized.
The question of infringement upon tn
n constitutional rights of the old countie
' being out Of the question, the legisla
II ture will, of course, look to the wlshe
9s- of the citizens living in the territor
en- sought to be cut OIL. In this the friend
H. of the measure will be strongly backe
II" by the people, as out Of nearly 2,OC
ire voters in the territory asked to be il
ere Guided, they have nearly hve-siXths {
~ the voting population endorsing theI
y and petitioning for the new count.
LAY The petitioners have guarded again'
lal any charge that may be brought tn;
jhe they have any but bona iide either
po- living in the territory referred
cry by presenting the certificate
ru- OF the county clerks of the respectiy
nix, counties as to the legal voters in The di
eN- ierent precincts. They also have Il
the atlidavits of the persons who circulate
SIX the petitions, stating that the slBne
tW are bona lide citizens, living within II
yer; tern tory sought to be cut of. ~
Yea friends of the bill say they have eXal
INK ined the records of the county clerk al
the know that their petitions are all sign
)oX, by bona fide citizens. They eXpe
ue- there will bs many good citizens of t
lex counties referred to who will regret
zen lose any part of their splendid territol
stu but they say also that some respect al
eye, regard should DO had for the weli9
emit and convenience of the petitioners,
tec- of whom would be benefited by havi
nelr their county seat nearer them.
Il 10 There is strong disposition amo
ar the members Of both houses to eousiC
lade this matter with favor, if it can
inns shown that the old counties will l
by suffer any infringement upon their CO
OK stitutional rights, and that the peO
rave within the limit of the proposed coul
ana are really DESTROYS Of the change.
none of the four counties have any
debtedness, there will no trouble ar
on this score. Ii the friends of the
ring show what they allege they will,
Lit probability is we will soon enroll
-, county OF Winkler among our alrei
"0'0 long list.