The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-11-11
proposed is worse than the evil CON-

proposed is worse than the evil COM
planned of.
The method of the enforcement of the
present wire fence law is harsh, arbitrary
and of doubtful constituiionality. rec
ommeni its repeal, aud the enactment OF
law defining lawful fence, made of ali
wire and posts, to be enforced with rigid
penalties through the courts, and forbid
ding he Enclosure OF more than fifty acres
OF uncultivated lands to each adult. and
requiring all uncultivared lands now in-
closed 20 be put in cultivation or opened
for public use within reasonable time,
and the failure to do SO be made "a INSIDE
meanor TO be punished S above.
TOWN LOTS.
The MONOPOLY of town lots has grown TO
such M enormous ex enf, that legislation
to restrict il Is much needed. The records
Of The executive department show that
many OF our citizens have bought, at very
low prices, from fifty 20 100 lots, and it is
apparent that they hold them not for the
purpose OF occupancy, but for the purpose
of speculation. / advise the enactment of
law providing for the laying OIL OF towns
and the sale of lots along the line or the
K and A. V. railroad, and protecting eiti-
zens who have or may have had, improve
ments at these stations, prior TO the build
ing of this road, aud fixing 4 maximum
price on all lots. and requiring a certain
amount of valuable Improvements to be
made on them, within reasonable time
after purchase with reverson TO the nation
on failure to do so.
A great deal OF complaint and dssatis-
faction is caused throughout the country
on account of the inefficfency of the pres
ent law relating to the introduction of
foreign cattle and other stock, in collect
ing the revenue from this source, the man
ner of its enforcement and its failure 70
provide any adequate punishment for its
violation, and its seeming failure to pro-
vide any punishment for buying. by our
citizens, cattle introduced BY non cirze rs.
after the expiration OF the time allow ed
BY law, for their importation. This law
has been 50 frequently amended rs to
create confusion aud it is dif1iulL 10 deter
mine just how much of these acts are IN
force. l recommend the repeal of all these
acts, and the. enactment of plain and
simple law fixing the time of introduction,
providing for the speedy and certain col
lection OF the revenue, and punishment
through the courts for It's violation, with
out confiscation of, or arbitrary seizure OF
the stock introduced.
| recently sent to the president of the
United States list of over 5000 names of
intruders, taken from the census rolls of
1890, and requesting his personal examine
ton of the matter. | have been informed
by his secretary that the list was sent to
the department OF the interior. The con-
ditions attached to, and recommended in
the report of the senate committee. to
whom was referred tho agreement for the
sale of the lands lying west of the ninty
sixth meridian, are SO at variance with the
facts in the history of these intruders, and
so manifestly unjust to the Cherokee peo-
pie, that l do not Tor moment believe
that they will be acceeded to
on your part, II they are
made a condition to the sale of these lands
We have not been anxious to sell these
lands, and we have known that so far as
the money consideration was concerned,
we were not getting a 1.-THE of their value,
but as out tenants had been elected and We
were unjustly and uselessly deprived of
the revenue derived from the grazing
and harassed by the government of the
United states for their sale, ard efforts to
have the intruders removed having proved
fruitless, we finally agreed to the Sale,
with the hope that our country would be
freed from these pests and the juris-
dictiOn OF our courts over our citi-
zeus be more firmly settled
The money was the least OF these
If congress should decline
to accept and ratify the agreement for the
sale of these lands in its entirety. it will
be necessary to take steps to removes the
iutruders by national authority. We have
every effort to have the govern
ment Of the United States comply with its
treaty obligations without avail. That
there be no further excuse for delay. / nd
wise that you authorize the prlncipal chief
to issue proclamation warning these peo-
pie not TO put in crops the coming season,
aud to depart the country in peace with
their personal effects-and authorizing
him, in case of the refusal of. any OF them
so to do, to organize a force sufficient TO
eject them.