The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-15
THE TEXAS nOMfSIfI


~ e VI insecurity wAhl y.
Of many hcmesteaders sftsr n
court, in tho Hogue casa ~
decision to the effect that 4.
main was not only exhaus,.s 4
matter OF fact creditor y y
school fund has increased ts.
week until in places ther. \
panic among the people who =.
and improved public lands No..
posed to have belonged in n. -,
the constitution, under ca.,.,.
dedicated to the use ana ~. wlt'
bona fide actual settler IN .l'
home spot. = 1elf>
II, as the supreme court !, :.
statement OF facts found. ~ y g
is short some 1900, 900 acrss az scaSl
question naturally arises ~ y ~
shortage begin at, and how n q
to be made? OF course such s ss
main as was believed to be - Ivy
the decision was rendered alat
less than 5000, 900 acres co,si
to help make the school fnrS y
what about the balance? ,yhc vaas
1t good! Who but the hcmssIsssa
he'd previously gene ahead anS ~,
the Public domain and compI,sa '' ":
requirements under which ~
were aoouirable. True. anh.a...sQuas
rendering Of the Hoguo deris,ss
presiding head OF the peneraI y
who. in his reports, boasts o. NJ, ~
the only and original jiscover..
alleged school fund shortape ~.
mously recommended that pstsns. ~ \
fore issued to settlers upon IN I'm
mair be validated. p''i /
But Of what practical yalna y.
recommendation to the holder, !, n
patents? Not the least bit Of Il, h
cast over their titles by the de,,,,.
the Hosue case, cleverly forced !, !
mandamus route to sustain the nj N
OF al. ambitious department chile, M
removed. That they will ultim,,..
validated can not be doubted. for !, !.
lature would dare refuse to perfo,n i
act CT simple justice. In the mss,.
however, .bc holders of the nats,.J
in bad fix. as for the time being - !
is worth much which must rely M,
-ure legislative action for upeour,]
confirmation. However, the rlrht y.
have teen taken to strs,ghten m,tn
n this conncction-steps which i.
have been taken in the land Office IN
of going to the courts for decislop y
could be obtained only on the law / !
case. after the facts had been aares
when after all the only question mi,
vas one of fact. Recognizing AN h
Twenty-sixth legislature provided "a
examination of the files of the rer,'l
land office before taking any action /, s|
premises, to ascertain how much raj \
there was in the alleged statement d h
On which tie Hogue case went Oh. mi
said examination will bring forth can n
be appropriated, as it has been das
not to give out any of the result, AL
until 1t is completed.
~
But enough is known already to ius|
The statement that the figures used b y
iogue case were little more than ID
work, although the land office shout ]
he time have been in a position to 81
lish just such a statement OF The al
ion of the different land funds, uti|
,e when the examination referred y i
ompleted. No attempt to give igaI
for the information o. u
curtis in deciding case involving Il
much as hirged on that of Hogue, iiSll
yer have been made without thcn7I
nd systematic digest of the recOra !
land to back 1t. But the damage n
een done and the best policy toHa|
ow Is one of Guietude until tho kx|
lave been overhauled.
In the meantime there is no oal;s|
or homesteaders to feel alarmed NJ
nay have TO dwell In Uncertainty % |
ew months longer, but in the end aniia|
ccurity of title is bound to be youtfHx|
lem. And, in this connection. i rs|
ot be forgotten that there is absoll's|
10 foundation for certain adyertissns'|
18th which Western papers have y
coded of late, wherein parties LOCALS
MS city offer to furnish informatlei u
o the character and location Of thssm
70 acres of public domain which y
W enty -sixth legislature is alleged 70 OK
to the public school iuna =
laced upon the market. No such w
IT was ever made. No act was ~
Meeting the public domain IN any -
er. Everything relating THERETO III
1T In statu quo pending the result "
referred to above as wv
cen provided for, and any declarsuN !,
10 contrary, to speak as charllaol 4
ossible under the Circumstances y =
aiding.
The recent sales OF timber made y y
of general land oln0s :.
hool lands in East Texas have w :
feet of. attracting attention 10 lne Z
II supply of the State and o. O'''s
nth suggestions for its preselsss
ne fact is no longer concealaos
ide from the timber held by Inc II
nd there is very little leA MOI : y,
'lled by syndicates which nav "a N
lying it in anticipation OF tine li,ns ~,
,es viii become more valuable ~
Id. The forests of other sla1ss "
az since been either destroyec FL
individual holders so that lns y. M M
hool fund is practically the onu ii.
iner of timber independent OF .Iv ~ ~
ties which have gradually acqul.vsse N n
ssion OF the forests OF the counr IN i
ey now practically dictate tne sua
II as the output of the manu-
oduct. Il
Jnder such circumstances y n
ange that suggestions lookine y ID.
,vention of the denudlng OF ,.,,ifsI
ed school lands should % Pm ~ ~