Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-31
BY WHAT AUTHORITY?
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT INTER
FERES IN STATE AFFAIRS.
Does Rusk's Quarantine Line Prevent the
Movement of Cattle from One Part
of Texas to Another?
AMARILLO. TEX. July n. 1891.

Editor Gazette.
though the people of the Panhandle in
common with your I -derS iii other parts
of the state feel considerable interest in
the Lien land law and the contest for The
GAZETTE scholarship. there is Il subject as
yet hardly mentioned in THE GAZETTE III
which they have L much greater interest,
to-wil. BY what authority or right do
United States marshglS prevent citizens Of
Texas from carrying their cattle from one
part of the s te to another part. Does the
establishment by MIR Rusk OF Il quarantine
authorize any one 10 stop cattle from cross
ing this line in travelling from OIL part the
state 10 another where there is no intention
10 carry them outside the state? No one
dsputes his authority to establish Il line
from below whiCh cattle shall not be driven
INTO another state. but does the establish
ment of this line authorize United States
marShals to Interfere with moving cattle III
TIL stated This - a question which should
be settled, and the people of the Panhandle
and those expecting to locate here look TO
The GAZETTE as the champion of the actual
settler for assistance in settling ii. If d
man moving from county beyond the quar-
antine line has no right to carry his cattle
across this line then the information should
be published so that no one may attempt it.
If he has his right then we ask THE GA
re rE to 1T him know his rights and assist
in Furnishing those who would deprive him
of them. Instances in which cattle have
been stopped at this line and their owners
prey ented from crossing them are nu r.
GUS In fact so far as the writer knows no
hester" has been allowed TO cross wiz
his cattle since the Cattlemens convention
at Childress Many instances could be
mentioned, if necessary, and the names of
the owners given.
If the actual settler is not to be allowed
to bring with him his little bunch of cattle,
hen the settlement of this part of the Pan
handle will Oe much retarded, because it is
the experience in the development of all
new countries that the settler cannot de-
pend for the first few years entirely upon
farming.
Il s unnecessary 70 abuse the cattlemen
II they rai ed the money at Childress to
pay the men who, in the guise of United
States marshals, are patrolling { e quaran-
tine lin from the Indian Territory to New
Mexico, they are acting in self-defense. It
Is the same old fight between the 'nester''
and the cattleman, and it is to be hoped
that The GAZETTE occupies the same posi-
ton which i did few lrs since. Tie
parties are the same, the cause is the same
VIII The GAZETTE help US, Without as
sistapce the settler is powerIeSs. for be-
hind this movement is an organized body
with unlimited resources. We ask THE
GAZETTE to investigate this subject and tell
is what are our rights. The lawyers of
Fort Worth were willing t give the opin-
ions on the alien land law; will they not be
equally as willing to give their opinion as
to the right OF United States officers to in
+erfere with the internal affairs of Texas2
Yours truly, A CONSTANT REApE-