The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-07-16
MIR. LAMAR SPEAKS OUT
oRprRlNo THE TRAILS OPENED.
Correspondence nstWeen the ho'iho
nl0okAders aud secretary OF tue
Interior-iho Dallas con'thu'"
denounced by the Former
A., Lamar Make. Himself Understood

AIR Lamar Make Himself Understood
WAsHINGToS, July 1.-THE sscTe-
tary OF the Interior has sent tho TOT
lowing telegram TO ". 4. Towers and
Thomas A, Lee, committee for the
Stock Association al KausRs Cityi
al have carefully considered your
Telegram Of the 10th Instant Tao ami
maj Industry law prohibits tho driV-
ing from one State or Territory 20 an
other OF any live stock by any
person, etc., knowing them ~ be
afflicted with any epnlasi-Hs'
infectious or communicable dlsea's'
Tho owners whose cattle are iofclbiy
stoDpea in tho Indian Territory DO
clare their cattle ar8 not 80 affected
The people oi ToNH', Colorado, MIS-
souri, ana other S,EteS have equal II
not greater RICH, 10 drive ihelr st9ncE
NOT infected with tho IrOhibitd us
cases through and over tho trails OF
the Indian Territory and the neutral
strIp AZ you have 10 occupy those lands
without You lease from the Indian
tribes. An inspectu: has been sent %
open and keep open trails Tor tho
passage OF cattle. II tho people who
are occupying these lands with their
herds con- iuue their forciblo obstruc-
tions OF trails, measures viii be taken
TO remove them and their herds a.
once.
The f0lluNlug Instructions were also
telegraphsd 10 Inspector Armstrong
at Chsyeune aud ArapRhoo agency III
the Indian Territory:
"Owners az cattle driving herds
northwnrd through tho Indian Terri,
tory and the public land strip north ef
the Texas Panhandle, are complaining
that their passage on ana over
of M. supply is DISTRACTED
by parties herding cattle on these
lands. ca ut once 70 the region oil
disturbance and take active measures
'to zen ard keep open for ali cattle
having no infectious diseases, all os.
tabl!snod trails that may TO found
closed or obstruoted in any way, eS'
cept by proper aud competent author
ity OF the United States courts having
jurisdiction. Notify tho obstruction
lists that their stock will be removed
from the Territory at once /: they con-
tinue obstruction 10 established trails.
ISigned.l l.. @. q. LAMAR.
There was a similar obstruction OF
cattle trails under Secretary TelIer's
administration last year, and actions
similar 10 the instructions contained
In the above oroer was taken, and the
trails opened by Inspector Benedict,
who led number of drovers over the
trails.
THIS is THE LETTER
KANSAS CITY, July 1.-the follow
ing, which will be published here to-
morrow, Is the telegram to which Sec
rotary Lamar replied to-day, as men
toned in Washington press dis
patches:
Kansas CT y, Mo-, July 10 TO Hon. l.. @
c. Lamar, Secretary OF the Department
OF the Interior, Washington, D. I:
The letter of Representative Sayers,
Of Texaf, of July q; also
kilograms of Sayers and Gov,
ernor Ireland, of July .,
concerning Texas trail distractions
contain many wrong and misleading
statements. The sketch showing trails
is decidedly wrong and the official
Cherokee map mailed you proves this.
The herds in question are not above
suspicion. These cattle do import
Texas fever. The opposition to the
passage Of cattle Is made soly from
fear OF fever. All charges to the con-
trary arc false and can be clearly and
satisfactorily proven. The same have
been repeatedly stopped and turned
from passage across Texas by iDjunct-
ions within the state of Texas by Texas
citizens. Large numbers OF cattle not
infectious have assed without opposi-
tion. The rail agreements 81 the Dal-
las Convention were mado solely on
tho part OF Texas men, who were not
etIec ted. Others and those on the
border were decidedly opposed to H.
All efforts TO establish trail for this
class of cattle from the south 10 the
north line OF the state of Texas were
hEflltpn
Texas men. The trails used heretofore
are cut of ct the Kansas line by quar-
antine law. The land within these
trails in the Cherokee Nation,
COMPRISING nearly 100000 acres,
is paid for by the lessee, By suffer-
ance Texas herds, both infected and
uninfected, were allowed to use these
trails heretofore and ranchmen make
no objections now to the passage OF
cattle on these trails; but when at
tempts are made TO push out side
wise from these trails through pas
lures, opening new trails three to four
miles wide through lands for which
rental Is paid, whore no trail ever OK
listed, spreading disease, decided OPP
position is met. That tho oppo seTs
are perfectly right cannot be
disputed, when all the facts
OF tho case are known
citizens, occupying al the country in
question, with valuable herds, COM
prising lifetime savings, deserve pro-
lection more than few trailickers in
infectious cattle. the few Northern
Colorado spectators bought their
Texas cattle expecting to enter Colore-
do in dire CT violation Of their own State
laws, but the Southern Colorado men
are determined that tho law shall be
an n
this class OF cattle through Bent and
Los Auimss counties pre-
vented. Clearly, then, their
getting through, The Territory will
avail nothing. Occupants OF tho coun-
try through which ii is wanted to pass
the infectious cattle have suffered
enormous losses from year TO year by
Texas fever, from the slight contact
with the aforementioned trails, and
hence know full well the wholesale
destruction that would result from
permitting infectious cattle to pass
over their ranches. The charge that
the opposers of the passage OF these
cattle are doing 1t to depreciate prices
In order to buy cheaply is misrepre
sentation. Not one of them
wishes to purchase such cattle.
The driving of these cattle from one
State or Territory to another is q pal
pable violation OF the animal industry
law. Tho occupants OF 1.-THE country
feel that the attempt by Texas to force
infectious cattle upon them, involving
losses Of hundreds Of thousands OF
dollars to themselves and to parties
throughout the entire country, with
out remuneration, is an injustice and
outrage, and demand that before the
government sanctions 1t or becomes
rarty to it full investigation be
made in support of the facts herein
stated, The occupants ask
only for fair hearing.
The reasonableness OF this
demand is shown by the quarantine
laws of Kansas, Colorado, New, Mexi-
CO and Territories north, and also the