Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-07
The Governor Turns Loose a Thunder
Bolt on the Unsuspectlng
Land Board.
He Suggests the Propricty Of Reducing
the Price for Leased Landsto
Four Cents.
Spectacle tho eaactic.

MEETING or THE aAND HOARD,
1 AUSTIN, Tax, jan. G.--Thc state land
board met again az 10 o'clock this morn.
ing. Tho usual desultory promiscuous
talk was INDUCED Ia previous 10 getting
down to business. School lands were
leased al six cents In the following couu.
ties; Comal, one section; Copeho, one
half section; crockett, i've sections;
Kent, two sections; i.lano, two sections
I Menard, two sections; Mitchell, two see.
/ tions; Palo Pinto, Que section;
Preside. twenty-scven sections; Reeves
three sections; Uvalde, Que section
Two hundred and thirty-eight appllca.
tions for purchase at 81 an acre from al.
I legged actual settlers covering 200 sections
oil agricultural lands were accepted
/ These sales were chiefly In lIardtman
! Wilbarger aud Tom Green counties. The
board instructed Secretary Lawrence I,
! Issue a circular 20 timber dppredntors
/ on school lGndR That unless they promptly
settled up they win be proceeded against
4 by law.
Secretary Lawrence reported TO the
board that Goodnight, the Panhandle
cattle king, who had mado application
for lease OF over 10000 acres, and othel
! parties in the same boat as Good.
1 AhcshN fiNs' hNt paul w iiNA NEkth
| TO pay IGoodnignt had referred
the secretary TO Mir. Mcconnell, and Nc.
Connel, instead of paying, rcforred him
back to Goodnight. Walsh said he disap
proved Of this lease, go Goodnight had d
world of water open 10 him, Lubbock
said II had been clearly understood that
the water was not TO be fenced in Tn,
land was not leos' q TO him with that PRIV,
ilcge. The water privileges which Good
night made himself were 20 be kept oper
10 The public.
IRRLANp's BITTER.
AUSTIN, Tx, jan G.--Goy, Ireland TO-
day addressed the following letter 60 III,
state land board at It's meeting this
mornings
"ENKcurfvE OFFICE, AUSTIN, Jan. G,
! lSs6-ro Hon. Frank Lubbock, Chair
man State Land Board; SRI beg 10
suggest the propriety OF reducing the
price for leased lands To four cents. II
will bc remembered that one Of the main
reasons actuatng the hoard IN raising the
prices from four 10 eight cents was 10
innke the vslnalda grazing lands OF land
so situated with reference 10 water us TO
make them desirable and produce rev
enue, TO compensate Ina some degree for
the less valuable land that the board
would be compelled 10 lower the price Of
on account OF their inferiority. Whether
the time has now arrived for reducing
the price Is worthy OF consideration. /
think 1t has been demonstrated That tho
remainder OF the lands not rented
are desired AT six cents. also
beg 10 suggest that where responsible
parties lease and fail to pay IN the time
specified nothing is TO be gained by de-
cl6rng the contract Of the net OF leasing
void; that Is the offer TO lease and the nc
ceptance OF the offer amounts 60 bind
ing contract for six years at the prices
agreed upon and may be enforced, hence
nothing can be gained by an attempt 10
lease the land. The suggestions are
made from mature consideration OF this
subject and ! submit them TO be treated
aud given such consideration as you may
think proper
jOuN IRELAND, GOVERNOR
This brief letter from the governor fell
like bombshell on the board IL was
complete surprise. The board on read
ing II evidently were takcn TO much by
surprise TO venture consideration OF the
contents without sleeping ON the same,
and they Immediately adjourned 10 meet
again tomorrow. II Is known
that Goodnight, who has 100000
acres OF school lands under
fence, is willing to pay cents, and the
reason why he has not ''plankedp down
his lease money at 0 cents, demanded by
the board, is now apparent. Tho talk
around the state-house Is that not only
ex.Goy. Lubbock, the close friend OF the
governor and VIII generally sides with
him, but Comptroller Swain will also
support Gov. Ireland's suggestion and
vote accordingly at the meeting to.mor-
row when this important question comes
up in the board for a straight, square
vote. The question involves thousands
OF dollars 20 the school revenues annual. |
~. The governors proposition Is evil |
IDENTITY compromise with the Illegal |
icncers Of the children's lands.
DR.. II. l.. Maxwell OF Travis county |
has been appointed second assistant ply
slcian, vice DR.. johnson, resigned.
The Capital Syndicate railroad from |
Burnet 10 the granite quarries WAS CONE
pleted to-day.
Col. Swain said the question was
we could enforce the lease. At
Templeton said Goodnight
had thirty days TO comply, and that no
AuI haH