Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 154, Ed. 1, Saturday, June 7, 1884 Page: 4 of 8
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Alabama 17
Arktnsaa 1 i
California
Colorado
Coanecttcut
Delaware
riorlda
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
lxiulBlotm
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan 2
Missouri
Minnesota
Mlxdcslppl 1
NeuraMia
Ncmu1
New Hampshire
New Jerney
New York
North Carollon
Ohio
Uregoa
ruuuhlTavla
llhode IslandI
baulh Carolina
Tenne6 ee
TllIftK
Vermont
Vlrttnlu
Wet Virginia
AVIsconkln
Arizona
l > akota
ll u Columbia
Idaho
Moutinn
New Mexico
ltah
Wa h Territory
Wyoming
Total
CHICAGO CONVENTION
Continued trom Flr t mir
T nennd
the lnvlnolblolegc
Logan r Applause and ctlcs or time
T e of Pennsylvania In furthersec
e flemftwn oo great for
his native state
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niJiii convention would light the
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soldTers campfires from end to end of
circycolored of Korth Carolina
said that
tho nomination
in seconding
with IJlalne and Logan his state could
be carried for tho party by 50000 ma
Amotion was made to suspend the
rules and make tho nomination of
acclamation It was put to
Logan by
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vote and tho majority voted or
twothird vote wa nfW
but as a
the chair ordored th0 ro1 w1 ri
order to Bsccrtaln the number At request
said there
of a delegate who
quest
were others who wished to speak
for Gen Logan the motion to suspend
the rulea was withdrawn
THE NATIONMt ClMlMITTrK
The following Is the list of names
constituting the new national committee
the different delegations
tee as far as given by
egations Alabama Paul Strobach
ArkansasPowellClaytouiUouneclIcut
Samuel Fessendeu DelawarepanlelJ
I II
Lelghton GeorglaW H Pledger
Sols David T Littler Indiana John
C Now Iowa J S Clarkson Kansas
John G Mnitln Kentucky 1 Moore
Louisiana W P Kellogg Maine J
Manchester MarvlaudJames A Gary
Massachusetts W V Crapo Miohl
Kan John P Sanborn Missis
llppi John 11 Lynch Mis-
souri It T VauIIorn Nebraska
Church Howe NevadaThomas Wren
New Jersey Garnett A Hobart > ew
YorkJthu DLawson North Carolina
L W Humphrey Minnesota Conger
Oregon J T Appersou Pennsylvania
B K Jones Uliode Islaud H A
Jenckf South Carolina John B John-
son Texas C C Klukley Vermoufr
Geo W Hooker Virginia K S Blair
West Virginia John V Mason Wis-
consin Edward Sanderson Arizona
Clark Churchill Dakota Judge Ben-
nett Idaho S F Colllu Montana
James FMiller Utah Charles W Ben-
nett Washington territory W D
Miner Wyoming Joseph F Carr
DETAILS OF THU Tvonic
Chicago June 0 It was twenty
minutes past the hour or meeting
when the gavtl fell an 1 tho chnlrman
nnnouncert that the convention would
be opened by prayer by Rev Dr
Scudiierof tho Second Presbyterlau
church The following la ttho total
vole on
TItn KIIIST 1IALI0T
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The convention then at 1220 pro
ceeded to tho second ballot Its
etiauges from the llrst were is follows
Alabama
Arknuian
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
leorgla
llllnoU
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Ioulslaii1
Malno
Maryland
Ma aotiusetta
Michigan
Minnesota
Mtmtislnp
Mlsgourl
Nebraska
Nevadn
New Hampshire
Now Jersey
Now York
North Carolina
Ohio
Orpiion
Pennsylvania
Ithntte lUnd
HoutliCurollna
Teunesfce
IVxaa
Verinoa U
VlrglnU
We t Virginia
Wisconsin
Arizona
Dulioa
Di st Columbia
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Total
m
319
Ill
23
is
01 28 13 i
rS < 1 their voices being drowned in tumult
w niiii iilti n1iuKi and demands for call
oou yellnicheers
f roU > Roo elt of New York car
lied it way by excitement got up on his
awL WHVluif nUaruiH and appenred as
IfWMf my log something but not a
word wm U rd from him Finally at
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2T0 the taking of Vbttllot Wft
follows
begun and resulted na
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Alatmm
Ark ns
Onlfornln
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
KlorlJn
Oforglft
llllnoi h
Indlnna
Iowa
KatiMM >
Kentucky
lniilslnnn
Maine
Maryland
MMMtlitiaelti
MlchUnn
Mlxonrl
Minnesota
MiMlMlPFl
Nebraska
Nevada i
New Hampshire
New Jersey i
New York
North Carolina
onlo
Oregon
Pennsylvania
llhode Inland
South Carolliia
Tennessc
Texan
Vermont
Virginia
WIVInilnlii
Wlnconsln
Arizona
Dakota
lst Columbia
Idaho
Montaua
ew Mexico
Iltali
WnnlilnRton
Wyoming
Mlslsuhipl
Missouri
Nebraska
Noada
New Hampshire
New Jercey
New tork
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Fcnntylvnma
Uliode Island
Houth Carolina
T nnefseo
Tcini
Vermont
Virginia
Wet Virginia
Vlsconiln
Arizona
Dakota
Idaho
2 > 4
The result of the third ballot waa nn
ununced at 210 The gains made on the
Blaine vote and the understanding
that the Ijoguu voteiwould probably
be transferred to Blaine produced au
other storm of cheering and wild en
thusiasm for Blaine Bingham ol
Montana
New Mexico
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
DlsU Columbia
Total
Total 374
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llefore tho vote of Alabama waa
given there was another uproar In
which Dutcher Roosevelt and other
New York delegates took prominent
parts It arose upon tho technical
point that a motion to take a recess
had been made and had been decided
by the chair in the negative nlthough
dalls had been made for
c vote by states At last a Blaine
aelegnto appealed tojlils friends to have
the voto on tho recess taken by states
and at 230 the ballot by states begun
The result of tho vote on the motion
for a recess was ayes 331 noe3 450
The announcement was hailed
with applause as a Rlaine triumph
and It was a long time before order was
restored suluclently to have business
proceeded with An Ohio delegate
proposed to nominate Blaine by accla-
mation but Burrows of Michigan In-
sisted that tho taking of ballots should
go on llrst Finally at 315 the conven-
tion proceeded with the fourth ballot
which refilled as follows
Alabama
Arkansas
Ialliomla
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
i
Florida
SeorK a
Dllnol
Indiana
Inwa
Kansas
Kentucky
Lonlalaua
Maine
Maryland
MnnrachUEetU
Michigan
Minnesota
V 21 S
207 V Ill
Tho
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During the progress of the fourth
ballot a dispatch waa received from
President Arthur by Curtis of the
Inter Ocean saying If Blaine Is
nominated on this ballot ask to make
the nomination unanimous antl thank
my friends for me
The result was aunounced at 410 p
m Instantly and even before
the lost figures were pronounced
by Mr MoPhemon Itho vast
audience urose ami broke nut
into another mad demonstration
of enthusiasm Cheera resounded the
baud struck an inspiring air hats
hnndkerchlcfs and national lligs were
waved
LOnAN4 1KIiailAM
Tho following dispatch was received
a few minutes ago
WAHmjriTov DC JuneO
ToB M Cullom IlllooU delegation
The llepuhllcans ofiho statu must bo rolled
on to fltct tho preslden and having mi
stroogy show n a preference for Mr lllatue I
doam It my duty not lo stand In the way of
tho peoples choke and recommend my
friends to assist In his nomination
JtiO AIxxiak
AiunuiiS mils uii
The following dispatch from Presi-
dent Arthur was read by Mr McPher
Bon of lennsylvahla
WAsinrOTtW I Juno 01831
To tho Chatrmnn of tho Hopubllutn National
Convention
Tho president lffci sent the following dis-
patch to Mr lllalnc w j lMmiiii
VrUate Hecretary
ToJas Q llliilno Augusta Maine As tho
candidate of toe Kepuucun part you will
receive my earnest and cordial support
IHIgned Cni rKit A Aimtuit
This was received with loud npplutiBO
Tho convention adjourned until 8
oclock
Qen IiOgan has been telegraphed to
know if he would accept the vice
presidency but us yet has made no re-
ply
IittUtOSlECriON
Tho proceedings In the convention
today were accompa nled by scenes of
tumultuous excitement The Interest
in the balloting was little short of
contagion Outsido of the con-
vention hall wero fully 15000
people occupying every point
from which a view of tha sceno wus
possible It was a splendid appearing
uudlcsico and picturesque view of the
large body of ladles iu bright costumes
present preserving tho decorum to be
witnessed at an opera During tho
progress of the ordinary events of thu
day It would suddenly lash Into mad
excitement aud the great roar
and abandon of tho multitude
was of a naturo which
could not help but stir tho blood In
the veins of tho dullest clod These
scenes occurred whenever a full vote
was announced on or tho occasion of
omu stale breaking for Blaine
Outside tho convention was auother
great host of willing people
Ladle approve
Little Joker
of your smoklnsr
3fe
lgfC arg rgat ala il g r t ttv
as r
Constitutionality of tho
Ably Discussoil
and
Question
Ono Citizen Worth Moro to Texas
a Scctiou or Land
than
All Uninolosed Lantls Should bo Preo to
Actual Settlors and Thoir Hooks
Tho stale of Texas la nn empire In
Itself and tho laws governing It should
bo framed In a spirit of uoufiectlonal
impartiality To do this it requires
the wisdom of statesmanship and tho
lessons of long and varied experience
Laws hastily framed upon slncero
motives but mistaken ideas as to
their effect upon tho prosperity
of tho state ato pernicious In their re-
sults and greatly nttecl tho general
welfare of the masses Crude legisla-
tion hastily rushed through the law-
making assemblies of different states
has often Tell as a pall upon the people
for whom the laws were enacted and
wheu a commonwmUli has prosper-
ously sailed through many years of
advance and progress it Is unwlso to
change principles and policies that led
to Its development Especially should
tho legislature of Texas whose boun-
daries are Indeed almost boundless
consider well the legislation It thrusts
upon the people It represents
A state so largo aud 11 domain so
vast must necessarily havo conflicting
interests and contests will often ariao
as to tho rights aud liberties of the
people contests iu which the majority
will blindly train pi u tho prerogatives
of the luiuority 11s promulgated and
guaranteed by the constitution The
servants of tho people sworn to per
form a sacred trust In watching over
tho dostluy of the whole state nre
frequently led through a mistaken
sense of their duty Into
the enactment of laws which
are direct blows at the welfare of
those whose wants they know not
laws which bretthe not tho spirit 01
the constitution aud which bring dis-
order Into the social and political or-
ganizations of a commonwealth
Such wero the rellections forced
upon tho mind of a GAirrrn repre-
sentative In listening to tho words of
COI J I SMITH
who had been bought by the faberlte
and asked for nu expression of his
views upon the present mode of leasing
the public school lands oud the conse-
quent lesults of such a system upon
the prosperity of Texas
Col Smith was fuund sitting In tho
evening moonlight and entertaining a
venerable guest on the broid porch
that overlook the lovely yard that
surrounds his magnificent dwelling
Tenderly putting away his little son
who was sporting on his knees he
received the Interviewer
courteously
and when the guest had departed nnd
the boy decoyed luto tho hoube with
alluring promises tho colonel led the
way to his library to tulk of the
IKASr LAW AND IllHE GRASS
You ask mo how I regard the present
systom of leasing the public land
and Its probable ell ect upon the settle-
ment of Texas said Col Smith as he
reached for a copy of the laws passed
at tho last session of the legislature
lying upon tho table In front of him
I think the land board should not be
too strongly attacked for executing a
law thrust upon It by tho legislature
I have no censure to pass upon the
members of the land board they have
tried to enforce an unfortunate law
and I dont know that It was their
duty to Judgeof Us unconstitutionality
But the law Is radically wrong and
there are many Just ob-
jections to bo urged against It
First I believe It to bo unconstitu-
tional I do not think In the strict
sense of the constitution that these
lauds are subject to lease but to tho
contrary It is mandatory that the
public lands of the state
SUAII IIU OII
Section 4 article 7 of the consti
tution reads as follows
The lands herelu sot apart to thepuhllc free
school fund shall be sold under such regula-
tions nl such tlmos and ou such terms in may
bo prescribed by law Tho comi
truller shall lno t the proceeds of such sale
andofthOHoheietolore madeai may bo di-
rected by the board or education herein pro-
vided for In bonds of tho Uulted Hlaies tho
stalfl of lexni or counties In said slate or In
such other securities aLil under such restric
tion1 ai may be proicrlbed by law aud tho
stato shall ho responsible for all Investments
Section 2 article 7 of the same act
reads
All MndHlnndand other property hereto-
fore set apart and appropriated lor tho sup-
port of the public Kcnoott ull tho nliernaie
sections of laud reserved by tho state
out of grants hcrctolori made or that may
hereafter be made to railroads or other cor-
porations of uny nature whatever onehalf
of the nubile domain of this state and all
sums of money 1 tint nny tome to thu stao
from the salo of any portion ot tho same
shall constitute a perpetual school fund
Section 6 article 7 of tho constitu-
tion says
The prl nclpal ofall bonds and other funds
and tho principal arising from the salo of tne
Wnds hereinbefore sol apart to sitld school
fund shall hi the permanent school fund
and the Interest derivable tucrcfrom
and the taxes herelri authorized to be levied
shall bo the available school fund lilcli
shall bo applied annually to the suoport of
the public freo schools aud no law shall over
bo cnactod appropriating any
permanent or available sihool
pari of the
fund to any
other purpose whatever etc
In the llrst instance we see it is
mandatory according to tho constitu-
tion that the lands shrill be sold
secondly that the comptroller shall
Invest the money In certain bonds or
in such manner as may be prescribed
by law aud thirdly tho permanent
and available school funds are classl
lletl Iu the constitution nothing is
said of leasing the publio landB yet
they are leased and It is contended
that the leases are a species of sale
But even If this be true according to
tho law the funds arising from such
leases Should go to the pernmnout
AND NOT TO THK AVAIIA1IIU 8CII00I
1UNI
Under the constitution It would bo
lust as lawful for the comptroller to
Invest the permanent school funds lu
any banking or other enterprise pay
ing high interest as It was for the leg
islature to lease insteud of selling tho
public school lautU Under the con-
stitution section 42 urtlelu 0 which
requires that the legislature shall pass
such lawj as may be necessary to carry
luto effect the provisions of tho consti-
tution how can tho governor and leg
islature full to provide for tho salo of
tho publlu school lauds or why
should they defeat their salo by any
system of leasing them So much for
the constitutionality of the lease syb
tomBo
Bo you think rwlde from the un-
constitutionality of the lease system
that tho policy of leuslntr the public
school lands la beneficial
I do not If the constitution was
not mandatory and tho legislature
had full power to lease tho lands I
believe It wotiid be a bud policy be-
cause lu all clvllled countries ul up
I NEW TOllK omOK 59 WORTH BTnKBTl
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Inclosed lands have been public com-
mons from the foundation of the gov-
ernment That policy has attracted
Immigration rapluly It has been
an inducement to the farming
classes who havo procured small
homes and made a living with their
stock until they could get to farmlug
profitably Especially h s this beeu so
lu Texas I do not think tho lease
system will benefit the state iu the
least for It will keep away Immigration
and retard population The power
and Importance of a stato
CONSISlS IN ITS l01UIVTION
and not in Its lands
Under the lease system tho Und
falls luto the hands of teuauts who can
and will pack their traps drive oil
their herds and leave at a moments
warning they have no Interest lu the
soil and consequently they
are not valuable cltizem but wheu a
man has his home owned by himself
and surrounded by his family he la
tho
HIST TYPE or CITIZENSHIP
Ho will defend the country in time of
war and is llrst to form tho sherilfs
posso to enforce tho laws
Men going to tho frontier seeking
homes for their families are poor peo-
ple who expect to stay nnd Improve
the lands they occupy When parties
lease the lauds they do so not with
the Intention of improvement but to
herd cattle ou consequently under tho
lease system tho lantls nre not Im-
proved and the wealth of the state Is
not increased
Do you think as your argument
Indicates that the lease law Is a dis-
crimination against tho poor man lu
favor of the rich man
I do Under the lease system the
rich men can lease largo bodies of land
throw fences arouud them and convert
them Into vast pastures and even
though the right to sell the land to
actual settlers Is reserved yet the poor
man will not go Into these btrge
Inclosed tracta aud settle upon his
small section in opposition to those
who are able to control thou-
sands of ncres and who would use
every means to prevent Immigration
Into their pastures Tho necessary re-
sult of the lease system Is that it per-
mits the rich men to
CONTItor THE IEAfaKD IANDs
while the immigration of poor men is
turned iuto other channels and states
where tho public lnnds are free
As an illustration of this compare
Goliad mid Ellis counties Goliad was
organled In IS 10 and had more popu-
lation and wealth twentylive years
ago than Ellis Today the laud in
Goliad Is owned by largo stockmen
who have Inclosed It In large pastures
ranging from C000 to 50000 acres
Ellis was settled upami held by men
owning from 100 to 010 acres Koto
the Increase lu round numbers Ellis
is credited with 1 000000 taxable
values while Goliad has from JiOOO
000 to J4000000 The soil iu each
county is similar but In the one there
are larger pastures and iu the other we
llnd
INDUSriUOUS AND INTEMICirNT
FAU31EKS
Let mo extend the comparison further
and see the amount of school fund
which would be derived by a direct
tox which Is the legitimate way of
supporting tho publio schools Oue
lmlfofl percent wouldiu Ellis county
amount to 00000 This U am 1J unite
tax and In connection with tho pro
rata Interest from the permanent
school fund would educate every
child In the couuly nine months lu
the year Take Haskell or any tiuor
ganued county there are nine hun
dred sections of land lu It with six
hundred aud forty acres to each sec-
tion making a total of 570000 acres
Take each alternate section tho usual
amount of school laud and lease them
at ten cents per acre and they would
yield only i8000 Thus you see
Ellis county which grew up under
free grass rules has soen or eight
millions more of taxable wealth than
a county of exactly tho same size and
upon a small tux produces f 32000 more
school fund thun tho lease lands In tho
other would bring at ten cents per
acre And no one Is foolish enough to
supposo that a large part
of these lauds will be leased
A similar comparison could bo
in ado between Vlotorla und Befuglo
and Hill and Johnson This shows
thatTHE
THE LEASE SVfaTKM 18 WHONO
and as there aro about sixty unorgan
ized counties lu the state u largo por
tion of which are equal to Ellis In
fertility It shows that these unsettled
couutles should bo glvuu to tho public
with commonsfreo tograze cattluupou
iiutll a population as dcuseatid thriving
as that of Ellis oxlstH lu their borders
Why tie you think this lease law
was parsed
I believe it to bo tho result of crude
legislation and thluk the legislature
and governor should havo looked more
closely Into Its constitutionality and
efl eots upon tint seotlon of the statu
where tho lands aro situated I do
not wish to cast any rellectlon upon
either but this stato Is so largo that it
is a dlilloult thing o legislate ui
cepably lor It wlthonj careful study
and thorougi tovestlgatlon of all sub
JeoUoriegliltlon 1 believe that all
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T T WfT
Tn UZETTEy FORT WORTH TEXAS SATURDAY JUNE 7
PETER SMITH
His Views on tho Lenso Systom
lrco Grass
tho laws passed to dispose of tho pub-
lic lands have been founded In error
I believe that if Gov 1 relnnd and the
legislature had possessed the knowl-
edge of the wants of the country as
Senator Fleming nud ltepreseutatlvo
Browning did the lease law would
never havo been passed
First a man was allowed to take
seven sections and If he wanted nuy
more he had plenty of uncles and cous-
ins to gobblo up an unlimited amount
of valuable lands
Since you oppose tho lease system
so strenuously how do you think tho
public school lauds should be disposed
of und what plan would vou suggest
According to the constitution by
salo only I would
AUOIilSH THE LAND ltOAlll
and let tho heads of departments who
tiro required to manipulate tho lauds
attend to their owu departments
I would place nil school
and a ylum lands on the market ut
prlc s not to exceed 2 per acre to
be sold to actual settlers only lu tracts
not to exceed 010 acres ou twentv
yearstime nud 5 percent Interest I
nj W5v
TDHCTE
would require purchasers to reside
upon and occupy the lands tit
letst live years before they or their as-
signees could acquire title I would
make no distinction between watered
aud unwatered lands for no county
cm be settled where people aro not al-
lowed to take watered lauds which are
generally poorest but first taken
Thoio who call llrst should have
llrst choice select for themselves and
pay nil money into tho treasury ift
Austin Their applications should be
made through the county and district
surveyors where the lands are situ-
ated In tho past all schemes for value
ing and classifying lands havo
BEEN SHAJlElUIiLY ABUSED
The surveyors who classified them
only received 30 for each county
when the work could not have been
done properly for 1000 The result
wasthatthe most valuable lands were
put on the mnrket as grazing lands at
minimum prices iu such manner that
speculators bought and sold them at
large advances upon the government
price but if sold to actual occupants
who would select lands themselves
even though the state parted with the
best lands at nominal prices she would
receive as compensation a citizen in
each lustance who would be worth
more than nuy Bection of land in the
state I believe that under this sys-
tem In twenty years nn actual occu-
pant would be living upon every sec-
tion of the present publicschool lands
iu Texas
Do you beliove that tho country
lying iu tho northwestern part of the
state Is au agricultural one and that it
is equally as well adapted to farmlug
as to cattle raising
I believe all tho country from hero
to tho Iecos rl pr Is as good uu agri-
cultural country as Tarrunt comity
Wheu I came here In 1853 we hauled
our breadstuff s from Collin county
now Tarrant is a better agricultural
couuty than Colllu Poor farmers
will go to the frontier
IP THEY AltB KNCOUItACJEI
and can take their herds and Hocks to
subsist on while preparing their small
farms Tuey will go and make the
country strong with a populatiou that
produces wealth
In all those unorganized counties
no courthousis schools or residences
are found and It is tolly for other
thickly settled parts of tho state to ex-
pect to educate their children from the
rental of these counties which If left
to natural laws of populatiou in ten
years would become thickly settled
and under a legitimate prosess of tax-
ation ten fold more tchool funds could
bo raised than their leases would
amount to
Do you think tho lease system
would promote strife between the pas
ture men and fanners who must necce
sarllv be fenced lu the large pasturet
Yes Innumerable feuds would
spring up and the government would
be called upon to send military and
police Into these counties to keep order
aud the nectSsary expenses would be
more than the leases would amount to
Again If tho lease system Is abolished
with tho growth of the small cattle
men and farmers tho largo etookmen
would eventually cut up their pos
sessions and sell lands and stock to
small holders as they havo done In
counties which wero formerly devoted
only to grazing but which now have
become agricultural counties
Does agriculture drive off tho cattle
interest as It progresses
A drve9 ° tho J r < ° cattloraen
but It is an undisputed fact that those
counties which were formerly devoted
wholly to grazing but which have
since developed into agricultural oues
now havo more stock than when the
plow
nip not tuiin a runnovy
within their borders Then a few men
owned thousauds of cuttle now
thousands of men owu u fow cattle
each
1 0 111 v ° u answer Hie argument
that If tho school lauda aro left free
tho powerful cattle men will lino rldd
aud adopt measures to keep out tho
email farmer
f his urgumcut Is made because
few men havo abused tho privilege of
free grass My unswer Is that Texas is
today what sho is on account of the
freedom of her lands and free grass
upon nil uninolosed pastures and that
under that system Ellis county grew
nnd prospered whereas had It been
subject to lease laws and large Iticloa
tires its phenomenal growth would
uover havo occurred Tho people
who made the county great and
powerful would never havo come
thero to settle Inside of au Incoiure
Look at Goliad and then at Ellis and
tho futility of tho argument is appar-
ent
Is there anything elbo in connec-
tion with the lewo law which you
thluk unjust and which operates as a
bar to the settlement of tho country
Yes Section 1 chapter 33 of the
laws passed at the last special
session of tho legislature states
That If nuy parson or corporation shall
knowingly make or permit to remain stand
11K any fenc9ou or around tho land of ninth
er will out tho ritton consent or the owner
thrcnf duly acknowledged on a duly exe-
cuted lease of such land from tho proper nu
thoiltv ho shall bo deemed guilty
of misdemeanor etc
I deem this unwise and pernicious
legislation Pcoplo often find it
JIAltD TO TELI AVHEItE THK LINES
exist nnd half the persons
who have settled iu Texas
located on lauds not their own It is
frequently years before they can find
the owners or acquire title
The legislature should havo left it
to the owner and occupant to settle the
disputes I believe this law Is Invalid
for nothing was submlttedby the gov-
ernor to the legislature about Inclosing
lands of another but if it remains on
the statute books It will give rlso to
numberless cases of malicious prosecu-
tion which otherwise could be settled
by a few simple cases of trespass to try
titleThis
This law is in opposition to the
NAl UKAI LAWS OP POPULATION
People ought to be allowed to settle
anywhere and inclose as much land
as they are allowed to purchase They
dont hurt the Btate uud tho laws of
limitation encourage parties to occupy
lands where they can get them
Formerly an occupancy of ten years
cave a title to 110 acres and under the
Revised Statute It gives 100 acres If
mistakes are made people are threat-
ened with prosecution und judRes
lawyers and juries differ upon such
questions I think this statute should
be stricken from tho law as it Is a
hlndrauco upon the population
aud prosperity of the stato
It is folly now to adopt such laws
wo should return to free grass when
the new depaiturc ran only end In det-
riment to tho state
Do you attach any blame to Gov
Ireland In these matters
My only objection to him Is that he
approved tho laws creating the lease
system and muklug it an offense to in
close land of auother which I do not
believe ho would have doue had ho
bsen sufliciently informed on the sub-
ject
jectDo you think the Issue should be
made before the people on this ques-
tion Yea especially In the election of
representatives for the prosperity of
our state is threatened and men should
be elected whoknow tho wants of the
eountry and who have the courage to
stick to their convictions The matter
should be discussed iu tho HotiBton
convention I havo no sympathy
with any movement to try to right
our wrongs outsido of tho Democratic
party fur I believe but for that party we
would have no free government and
Instate uflUirs think we should cor-
rect wrongs Inside the party Those
who passed tho obnoxious law had but
llttlo appreciation of the facts and
were overzealous on account of the
school fund and were misled by tho
foolish cry or tho childrens grass
There ure in round numbers 35000000
acres of the publio school lauds Sup-
pose they were sold at 2 per acre they
would bring f00000000 This added
to tho present would make a very
handsome permanent school fund
Any deficiency olthe available school
fund should bo supplied by dlreot tax-
ation
VlSlt ltlSLL
A Pleasant Occasion When Terrcllrf
Youth llcauty nnd > YK Assemble
Bprclnl to llio Oiuetto
Tkumili June 0 List night the
air was open and pleasant The moon
shono with splendor with an occa-
sional transparent skirl of cloud Hit-
ting before Its face Just enough to vary
the monotony of Its pule light The
beautiful grove of wldespreadlng
postoaks jthnt surrounded Hen
netts schoolhouse creatod a splendid
bower Imparting a rural aspect to nil
the surroundings Tho noble flrebova
In full uniform were all on hand In
good time not to scale the walls or
somo burning block of massive build-
ings do battle against tho destroyer
but to scale the ramparts of tiupids
fortlflcatioua and captivate youngand
tender hearts Numerous tables were
spnad on different parts of the grpunds
nil laden with choicest edibles In pro
feK MM
M ARTINBRO WN Gd
xcluslvo AVbolosalo Dealers In
DEY GOODS NOTIONS
Furnishing Goods
BOOTS SHOES AND HAT
FORT WORTH TEXAS
Crfl
Ifcemo
Mrs C
folio im
ladies of
Texas
m
D Bron
anuonctimen
this city
Having determined
inv stock and business
middle or July I 11 se
Summer goods at reduc
as follows for Sill
Satin readymade dressr
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a
s
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And the sam pemnq
Iiato on my entire sfocl
fusion which were furri
tho kind ladies of Terrell
there are none more let
prosecution of any noble
There was abundance ol
and such like The old and
there with the elite la
vying with each other in t
tionof toy aud merriment
slou exhibiting thioughoa
appreciation of our young
have assumed tlie Belif
of protecting the city igili
to
destroyer At
of the supper
coaling
pitcher
layed on the eland taw
most popular young W >
Votes were sold at ten m
a splrlteil contest w J
least an hour There
The conteeWiU v
cast
Nellie Martin W
Rena Childress pm
Zula Tucker
Mi Mm
nett
receW
having
MlssW toltowj1
mwtwortW
the prize was
and exhibits only J
of true merit and beg
posed to cong taUto J
dleparagementhmw1
no
cohte0tuntseither by
notice Three cheerawt
the WPP P
prepared
three fcH
n uniform
fro Tofthe fe
most ehlyaprtS
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nauer In the buh > i r
jtotltontime Is J r
Q Graham w
yesterday morning n
Klvenhoiid Tnf1Bli
fndlctmentpreftrrtd
as HI
stead of three
terday
r
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CHICAGO JuM JJb
reaehetlltscllm
the couvw rtjf
almost sure to Powj
Maine man LfyM
Into the air °
inallv waved l ana K
When
of e lteSi
on
it was XtW
artillery 0fT tlifM S
again rfnaeM
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