Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-04

lieves in justice and also thinks kindvo.
the poor, hard working men of Taro.
| and believes in equal rights TO an ~
poor and the rich, and also a paper VIII.
believes in all men having equal ri-bt,+,
| the settlement of our frontier or -,
western part of the great state of Tsvo.
we would like to make some inor-~-..
| and ask some questions as regards o.
| state laws and the state officials who a.
| clothed with the power to execute tbs~,
l. Did the supreme court in its sevs~,i
decisions made by it in regard to the DO
funct land board make anv s,ac,,I
cases, or in other words di5 :.
make pie of one and crust of ano-bs.'
and did the court say that only this cos,
was illegal and this case was not. or di5
| it say the entire acts of 1888 and sale #
all school lands hereunder was voIds ".
| take the position it did, and that the o.,
| tire sale made under what is termed -,
seven-section act was illegal, and .rs
sale nulIity, and that the Iegislgtrrs
| had no power to pass what is harmed m
as the healing act of 1889, under o,-
| present constitution, which has neve,
been altered or amended by the paoD1s
and it speaks it out in plain English tbat
the legislature shall have no power =,
grant relief to purchasers who purchased
under an illegal act or made illegal mn,
chases. Is that plain or does it need
some law student or worm of Chittv o.
Blackstone to explain more inteuigeutIv9
We think it does not, but is plain enorab
for all and should be understood hv q
wayfarin q man, though q fool. Now
| another question, does this healing ACT
of the Twenty first legislature, on rggs
106, heal all the sales made under the
acts of 1888 or is their a prOviso in II
and does that prOvisO mean what it say,
when it says in plain English, ''validara,
only the sale of school lands where par-
ties have made actual settlement only an
one section and then allows the purchaser
only to take up three dozen sections
when that sale allowed them seven sec
tiOns?' Our great modern Lycurgus and
liege lord, Col. r. II. Hall, has in his
stock of supreme land law wisdom seen
fit to place the construction on this heal
ing act that L. B. Harris, r. Cart
ledge, and probably one or two Others,
sons-in-law of L. b. Harris, together
with bakers dozen of son,
in their great love for the West and the
people of Texas, hustled out here after
the coast was perfectly clear of the red
man and took up all the most desirable
land in what is now Coke county that
was called school land, and by their
great honesty of purpose as well as
actions, got the land classified as dry
grazing land and the price fixed upon it
at 81 per acre, when it really is agricul-
tural land and that of the finest quality,
and has been so proved up by the verdict
of the best citizens of Coke county. Now
this baron ct al. still claims all these
lands. and in the language of the giant
of old cries, keep off of my ground, "
and with the assistance OF this brother
of little George Washington or cousin
of Saint Peter, Paul or J ohm is trying TO
hold this territory for this great man and
his legion of satellites, by saying that he
was not required to settle upon it or in
prove it in his purchase, and that William
Harris has a good title to this, and the
land Office so CONSTITUTES the law. Now
the facts in this purchase are simply this,
L. B Harris and his increase purchased
this land under the acts of 1888. When
it was required to make title good the
land had to be sold at public OutcTy, to
the highest bidder before the courthouse
door where the land was situated, ana
Mr.. TarveT, the county surveyor Of Tom
Green county says that L. 3 Harris pur-
chases were never sold TO the highest
bidder. They never were put up
at public cutlery. Now how is Mr.. Halls
letter going to be consistent that he
writes to the county clerk of Wheeler
county, III which he says if the land was
not properly sold as required that parties
will have to make proof Of settlement OF
make new files on their lands? How Is u
that all the poor men in Coke county VINO
were so unfortunate as to purchase lah1
under the acts OF 1888 finds their names
IN this list required to furnish proof, anu
that L. 3. Harris and his outfit ana ol'
other man who lives at his ease IN splel-
dor in the metropolis of San Angelo 20
not find their names in said iStt Nha1
is the sensible reason for it? Is there
bug under the chip, and Will NJ
Hall be kind enough to sho"
it up and let the people see
him or will the people have to SIT do"I
on the bug at the state convention anu
mash it so fat that all signs Oh ~
antecedents will be forever estoppel!
Mr.. Hall Is so friendly to the poor ilas
why is it that all the laws will admit VI
so much twisting and turning IN oTde. u
keep these big pasture men in power, O'.
will not admit of a twist when the pour
man calls?
Another thing and I am done: VIA.
is the Encouragement for? our colLt
officials addressed him III regard 10 'lS
land fraud and swindle going on OUT u7.'
and he referred the matter to headqua.
tiers, the land office, and wrote the u "a
ficers word that all information IN Tega,-
to land laws should be
dressed to the land oM'7'
who would answer the saI.'
Again they wrote him as regards the e'-
struction to be placed upon some col'L
tutionaI points and some late acts am
refused to answer. Is he not an oI',-
of the people. and is it not his duH
answer every citizen of tins state il -
gard to the various laws, and more
peciallY the county officials! .,.-
Now, in conclusion, we will sa! 70
the fraud and chicanery practicea me- -'..
would put to shame a Howe or IN w,
To think of the audacity of it, ana ~ IT,
a careful observation of it, all must -
that the germ goes to the land ONCE ~
there branches off. Hoping to sec
Hail s answer, we are respectfully
MANY ACTUAL SETTLES
The Grand Prerequisite Of VjJoT'