Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-29


Humphrey, Ingraham,
Jones, OF Pamela, King,
Latham, Lenux,
Lockett, Loving,
Turk, McGaughey,
Pendleton OF Bell, Pei dleion, Tarrant
Robinson, Bastrop, Robinson of Jack,
Stewart, Tankersley,
taylor, Thompson,
Upton, Upton,
Watson, Webb,
Mhaley, Williams,
Woods, Kaufmsn-45.
NAYS
Armistead, A lee,
Bergstrom, Blackshear,
Beard, Blount, Van zandt,
Blount OF San Au- Crane,
gustlne Christian,
Camp, Limestone, Combs of Hays,
Cook, Darroch,
Davis, Foster,
HALEY, Haynes,
Harm, Jones OF McLen-
mes of Gonzales, nan,
kimUrough, Linn,
McClanahsn, Mckinney, of Mi
Mckinney ofWalk- lam,
er, Moore of Travis,
Moore, Washington, Page,
Founder, Rainey,
Rsusdell, Simmons,
Steele, Underwood, I
White, Yesger-36 n
UNCLE BEN ON FREE GRASS.
The biz gest and best spe, Gu in the
house THU session was Uncle Ben Will
liams' scortching alta * ON the leasing
system yesterday. Az soon as it be-
came known that Uncle Ben was
la. A. l.lI 4 i
rapidly filed, giving MIN larger
audience than had assembled since the
female clerk bill crea ed such sem a.
tiou. The gray -headed old dsrkey WAS
in his best humor and talked Ia that
inimitsble IL amer so peculiar to nepro
eoduence. He il II tall, raw b med
man, Of striking appearance, and pos.
f. sses iull, melodiOus voice, every
inf elton OF which pierces The utter
most parts Of the chamber. He 8, arted
out by ga ing that he was going
to talk plainly and to the pint as
lie had heard no other man
talk on this question. He was, to "all
extents and purposes, free grass
man" He was for grass ss God made
1t and 'sot" 1t out free to every man,
unless the lawful owner fenced il In
| Describing the evils OF the leasing sys-
tenn, he said that IL the state leased
land to cattle man he had the right
to put wire fence, or any other
sort OF fence, around 1t; and,
having that right, the state
was bound to protect him In IL. Yet
II was bad policy, and would tend
tn array one class of men against an.
other. When a body of stockmen
leased up q whole section OF country
no farmer would go there. The stock.
men might be very hne gentlemen,
hut they employ the worst class of
men on Gods earth. THIS was
pr ven by the sons of Jacob, who were
wicked enough TO sell their own
bruiher, and their first instincts We're
to kill him
Said Uncle Ben: "If / had a big
pasture fenced up, which is sixty
miles around, and man could go
through 1t In one night, would YOU
blame him for using the nippers
What do you think the farmers Of
Virginia aud Maryland and old Ala.
oama viii do about 1t when they hear
that this lovely frontier that you talk
30 much about Is all fenc ID un
aud guarded with shot-guns? Hoa
many do you think would 20 there?
By the time you get the fun 4 out of
this tn ng the )ttom val be druy eyed
with sorrow and blood. II had
leased land and thrown fence around
II, / wouldn't like for man TO come
insideit, i would think he ought 10
go somewhere else where he could get
Just as good land.n
In closing Uncle Ben said that
the original bill was bad
enough, and the senate amendmen 8
~ould make II worse, The legislature
ought TO go slow in the mater, II We
are getting but 81 day The old negro
spoke with an intense earnestness, ris-
ing at times to fights of simple ora.
ory, which a practiced sp, aKer might
have envied. His anecdotes conyulsed
the house, making such tumultu, us
applause that IL was several miputea
before he could proceed
PRESENTED WITH A sIX-sHooTER.
Mr.. b >, Kimbrough, the au-tere
and lamb-lik- representative from ID Al
lac, was shocked vest erday at receivi q
per express with charges unpaid dol
lar-aud a.half slx-shooter from some
Of his numerous hoodlum constituen-
cy, accompanied With the invi att, n
70 wade in and dislInRui h himself
Inc thing was loaded and he
hired his landlsdy to take
II out in the back yard and shoo, Il
III, MIR, Kimbrough says he did not
know ne was treadipg on such a vol.
cano OF lswl.ss 1ess before, and he "a
now packing up his things ready 10
emiRrate TO the Basi, immediately
after adjournment, without stoDnIng
over TO see his old Dallas friends.
A CLEAR RECORD
Among the members who will eo