Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-07

car nav in full for the land and receive
narsnt Forfeitures under the apoNe
srfa are declared for non-payment %
interest for the first and second years,
hereby creating great confusion anu
expense ia re-abstracting these JANUS
every Few years. Abstracts are maus
and corrected By the land department
Of the state and are costly, ,.,.,,
In the report will DO found the folioW-
ing; ~ therefore recommend that pur
chasers Of school, university ana asy-
ium lands be exempted from interest,"
naytnents on the same for three years
next succeeding their purchase. re
neat these suggestions In order 10 sho"
that I have been the true friend OF the
settler on all occasions. There is nor
ON record an instance where the bona
ade settler was ever wrOnged by inc
land DEPARTMENT since my induction
into office. Many Instances can be
shown where parties had applied TO
nurchase when the law did not require
settlement under the strictest con-
,tructlon, and settlers We're found OF
the land or wished to go on It, and IN an
cases the settler was given preference
over former applicant. | repeat IL that
mention II made OF this fact 10 snow
that the settler aud home seeker has
always had a prior right to take choice
Of any and all lands that were for sale'
aud they had Just consideration at the
hands Of the department that / nave
the honor to preside over. notwlthstand-
ing the charge that l sold lands 20
spectators that should have been sold
to settlers.
Thn; Impeachment Trini.
That brings me to the point where
deem Il my duty ms the beneficiary
of your appreciated confidence to say
something OF the great trial had be-
fore the honorable senate Of the last
legislature / wish to mention right
here before It be forgotten that vast
ma iority OF those noble men are jurists
Of the purest character A few words
now on the lnuds sold IN Harris and
Liberty counties though ! am not re-
belling agiust the action Of the courts
go far gs they have been tried. This
land was oil classed as purely pas
tural, and II was not expected that
settlers would want them FOR agrlcul-
tural purposes since they had refused
10 buy for go long time.
For twenty years the opportunity hal
been offered them to buy. and all that
was bought had been forfeited, much OF
II as often as twice, and had been re-
sold. This Is matter OF record TO be
seen by any one. prior to 1874 this
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60 ~ cnst ma rnhodv wanted il
After 1874 they were placed Oh the mar
ket at $3.50 per acre, but to settlers
only, No sales were made The act
Of 1881 reduced the price to 81 per acre,
cn,,td h, T,;rct,ased n,,en by. "snec,,ln-
800, ,,J,tl,,t s"ttia,,,,,t heiEg re,,,irsJ
o5 -, 80, WV, 49,, 40, ti,esG
s.,-,,'-tj, i.a,,,,,,,.,se,,',, ,rl,s,. bs,,a
,'l,' w. ~ ,-,i.,t - -. -
~ Az H,t Nv, co IN. ,,,, 90 so,tiors a,d
NE ,I,,i,- - ~. ,',.'r 49,, Is,'ri,,,i 80
, ~ syS..' HnS Henv' ogen ~. ".
any time aimee they we've surveyed
He never bought them: We had abund-
ant precedent FOR selling these lands
as we dlu. As an evidence there We're
clgh y sections 'ol 2u0 acres on the mar
ket IN one county classed as above
lands ana contiguous also ana many
sections were sold 10 the same man on
me same day touching on every corner
without settlement. The state did not
lose a cent ny these sales Tor the land
was forfeited for non-payment Of inter
est and II all reverted to the state.
II was all sold at the price fixed by law
In all the cases above mentioned, both
ms to myself and predecessor. There
was Il rice growing interest being de
veloped In that low land country that
the office knew nothing of, and 1t is
TO be hoped that the people who have
gone on these lands lately Will be pros
porous and happy, but during the trial
1t was hown that no one lived in the
settlement, for no witnesses could be
found on any Of the lands in that sec
tion, except two young men who hal
camped one night on a section OF the
land In order To hold II as settlers
These settlers created much mirth In
the trial Their cheeks were rosy and
hands soft, not like the hardy yoeman
of the frontier sun-burnt and horny
handed.
star Chnmher Investigation,
,,,,.,. - a.. -,
,,,.'i w Va tle9S lHnus were una Wiuhy
ul,u'i lHlve un9 uelIls pasIuted without
,vi,' peimh p"iu 10 ule STATE NO SUITS
49, ,,,,,,,' " "' 10y NluluIloh OF the en-
J I ue'' none nave ever been or
ueryu YET strange Ihe whole pro-
tevu',sS Nsre suAhEe, me inVestiga-
M M Mas vi Slar Shomoer character.
w ~. uSuu as NOT even allowed TO
~, VA. lu' Witnesses VINO appeared To
,ga.iiS Nnu WvIt Drought from all sec
sNiiN ~ the a'Ite IN the case, and he
o go, ,g"tn h9thiuB hoout the case eN-
Il, ~ -. WI "ush lhe 1Hlly newspapers, and
= MaS - mystery now the reporters Oh
st,rI uielr information. All were oath
puu''u MHp came rom the locked room.
~ 5eSNs mus secret court held these
ioeAeu-uoor meetings. and / feel that
I've ~ 20 my FAMILY and TO my friends
tSn ao , ,JuIu pE me 10 the last moment Of
she ulN 10 explain to the world the
tNctS IN the case. 1 hnVA nothiDo a.,