Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-28

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| ESXS ss1 hiss rot been settled
| NTgM <MSS3t e jet, and whether tn.
| Ss@f @N Ii interference Of tht
X5fAsSsssasss ifoeral government
| NH E3MT3HsY Will put quietul
| -Mzf 2(S#NNEEr upon. ihs mzttsr yet
{ ssN TJlLK$gf remains 10 be seen
A4NIlr%Nl ore ci the Fort Worth
NZ NJ stutkuen who has
~ jCst, e5urued from the
81 L"u'e rvfnrioa f1iEgs g Kan
SIS City reporl taas the Cher
ok9e Strip Live Seek Association
Is confident CT securing re;sase. A
meeting OF the association IVES hsld re-.
Gently st kSnsas City. Tie complications
which led up tc .ae meeting were aoou.
So foiloTs: The Cherokee Live S!ock
Association lease Of its 5,OOO,O0O odd
sores IN the 1ndisn Territory, known sc
the Cherokee Strip, expired in October
ana Oil was Introduced in the Cherokee
couoctl 10 release the land to the 1850
cis'1on at SIPS. 900 yekr, en- Increase CT
S25. Geo over the terms CT the old lease.
roe council passed the bill srd Ca.ef
1aves vetoed Il. Then g bill to lessee a.
500. COO and smother G. Sl75, 900 70 !h3
Cherokee live stock people were passed
and vetoed ny the chief. In the mean
time the Cherokee Live Stock Association
had Lad lively compstitor in Waco,
Tex, syndicate, which had raised
every bid they had made. When
:he c9u-cil pissed the bill TO Te-lsese the
strip to the Cnerekae Live Stock Assoc!a-
ton at Sis. 900, the Wsco syndicate ct
once expressed It's willingness II pay
SlS5 coo fo- Il Then cJEpsay known
IS the Southwestern Gc.z r. Associs-
sioal Nsica @aa practically ths Cherokee
L 'SS5S ock Association, Indicated 10
GEsaf M.Yes th2t Il woula psY 100000
es1r the privilege O. grazing is cattle on
the strip. o. the strength Of these Z ars
Chief Msyes vs:oed the BILL to Iesss tc,the
Cherokee Live S!oc6 Association ST
Sl75. eco, giving as hIs re&sons, tbs. more
;nonoy had been offered. The veto is
now IL the hands Of the committee on
puoic domain of the Cherokee senats.
The object Of ths meeting Of the Cher.
okae Live Stock Association, which WIS
held recently, was TO receive ASSURANCE
600 10 thu association should be passed
oy tbs council! 1t would be signed By the
caief. Maj Or Brewster, Cherokee, rep
fsssnting &c some Cx.ent the opposition
TO the chief, and Captsin J;ckson, the
corfd 9ntisl agent to Chief Mayes, were
present The castlemen II attendance IN
uded the members Of the Southwestern
drsZ ;rs' Association, wao, Il appeared,
we're all N am5ers OF ths Cherokee Esso
citation. After tslklng the matter ovar
NJ u Brewster wss called in and gave 4;
as ais opinion that lease for 5000, 900
would be s'gaed by Chief MaYeg. Then
Captsi1 Jackson was called in. He sxio
that Chef Msyes wss acting in the IN
ssrast Of his people; that he had run the
price OF The !eass up tom S125,000 to
$500, 900; sad thst, Tssl'z'ug that he had
q hostile council to contend
with, he nc doa5s would sigl lease t..
5000 0C0. This WAS Whist the m ,es.ng
wanted to hear, aud 1. wss Ct cnce &c,
ternined to have q bill passed for tia.
amount. 1he meeting teen broke up
with the assurance thss It could get Ii,
lease TO- 100000. and q determination
to pay that amount,
TIE situation among the Cherokee
was simply this: The COUNCIL end TIT
cbist sre of oppoaite political parties
The council favored the Cherokee
association and was willing 10 re
4ssse to it ct Sl25, 600. Chief MsYes
opposed the lease, and was strong enough
| In the council to prevent Il being passed
| oyer bis veto. The matter, therefore, was
8 deadlock, as C1iet Msyes had the Wscc
syndicate to back him IL his vatoes. Tae
| importance of the meeting lay il tie fac,
| Inst CaptEiu J fckso?, the chiefs repre-
sentative, informed it tia. the chief, real
z,Dg that the council did not want tC
lease to anybody but the Cherokee Asso
| citation, was wiling TO compromise or
$500, Oo0, aud would sign a bill leasing Il
| for that price.
The facts hrouga[ Cd: by tbs senate In
| vestigatiug committee In relation to tbs
| dressed beet monopoly, show that sons
restrictive 6ction should be taken to hold
Armour & Co TO q Legitimate business. a
| monopoly so FIR reaching 10 its ipjnriou;
effects upon local business IS this enc
should be Observed with eslous ce,e by
necpie in their rights 8extcice (Neo J
Express.
Among the CAtt.gLuel who returned
from the ST. Louis convention yesterday
| H6TS GOSeIN III L. l. " AgNEGHSs pref
dent CT the Internal Ringe Association;
George S. williamson and a. III Taylor
agents OF the Bureau OF Animal Industry
Tney are still II the city.
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G.. c. French, sgent for the james &
Campbell & Co., commission house Of
CHICAGO, has returned from San Antonio
where he has beer tsking in the great
fair, which he says hiss been q gratifying
SUCCESS from every point of view.
Farmers and ssSattlemen will notice
Baum & Gsrrst&on's card Of fi1e Jersey
stock now tspssas in Fort Worth; - & {
To TrndsscsCs ssfs
SIS 600 worthet good Fort Worth bust
ness or rsstAsnce property, vel! locsted,
brings goo3 rent. Address Geo. E. Wes-
toay5 04 Houston street, Fort Worth.
WILL, LEAVE TIE q. AR.