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Mr Theodore Uerlne ha charc < fit Hie city
< ftlrculatlon and collecllnc Mts r > Theodora
Bering and Charlei Lottare tho authotlred col
lectorsOfall city blls botli advertlslnif nnd
Jeutucrlptlon and no money1 should be paid m
i anyorte other than those iureed unlen special
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l > shown All account of any sire should bo
paid by check In favor of The Houston Itlntliij
1 Company
SabKlberafalllncrto revive The Post regularly
wilt please notify the office promptly livery
papir Is expected to be delivered not later than
6ooclock a m
ffe Orders for Roods etc are clvcn by the man
SKementand none will be accepKd payment
of oflice accounts
HOinTOK ImillAY 1AV it IHIIS
MiTEN PAGES TODAY
lll ltllllIUAX VIIMIC lIIACTIMK
The disposition lo hedge on expondllurcs
evon In tho most UBoful nnd ImporaliVe di-
rections In order to cover up on fur ns pos
slblo their inability U raise tho iiecessnry
revenues Is apparent lit almost ovcry movo
the reptiblle anu are mnMnij How nt WaHh
luRton Thoy eeem to prefer to la chnrRod
with turnlshlnt a less efficient Koverniiient
than formerly rather than face n IiIk
deficit
The propoaod oula In the poit office do
pirtment lit sotno of tho larger cities by
which the extent of tin service Is tu bo re-
duced are very prnnurJy provoltliiR stroiiK
protcsW This action toward the largo cit-
ies or tho snlnller eltlca for that matter
would he doubly unjuat because tho post
offices In such
population centcia more
tharijpay their own way They contribute
the hulk of the puttul revenues mid In so
dolnu aro taxed to Mliuwl the postal aur
vlco In tho smaller towns and the rural
districts To curttill postal fnclllllca utiilor
any crcumstanco Is lo Injtuo bttelnesa
and It nhould bo tho pnrposo of u buslnws
adnilnlstrallon lo uitlargo rntliur than de-
crease tho public service in tho direction
Indicated
The republican party can not hope lo do
veivo the people by such short cula to a
treasury balance as this Tho public know
what they need and for the udmltilstration
to fall to weot tho publlo wnnln la to fall
of publlo approval
Air LMeKlnley and his liondi of depart
menta and tbo republican conRreoB must bo
held Jo tho mark of offlcrcut Kovcnminnt
arul tho pubflea necossllles There is no-
< < n < my in lopplns off useful eepvants or
Stti < 1 < jylnK ProP ° > eervleo or refUslnj to jncot
Msf p demnnda for Important public works ficnu
K kl My nst 0 practiced In proventlnu uu
neccBJary cxpendlttiriii op oxtrnvaunncc
Wo must havo as efficient service ns good
Royermuent as liberal provisions fop pro
juriss as wo havo over had uud the party
In power must nilao tho revenues to satlfify
thia demand Wo ahull refuse to regard
parsimony or Inaction oh economy Nor
can wo bu led to bollovo that tho tariff pol-
icy la n success unless It nlTonls u what
wo ouKht to have aud balauCcA vh v
j > ondlturea that havo not been cut down at
tho expense of tho pressing nocdB or proper
demands of tho public
It la Boltiu to bo necertsary fortlio people
and the prosa to keep a elouo wnt eU on tho
pa rty iu power to see that It dpoa not work
as blc n bunco trick In administration of
the countrys affair na It worked on tho
Votefwhcn It waa nsklui for power
ihio much ovihmiot
Soveml Stato ICRlslatures thla year and
notably Just now tboBo ot New York and
Massachusetts arc furnisbluR tho occasion
for a revival of the dlacutuion na to tho
desirability or necessity of annual itcaslons
of tljo dtato lawmaklni body Only a
Imlt dozen Stntea In the Union indtilsu in
the costly custom of anuual sessionx
Tbo effort Iim roppattdlv been made in
JtaMachusetti In recent years to ehiinnu
lb biennial sessious and the moro orosrea
lve papew in that commonwealth have M
iSttOedeXwHcnt arxunicnli in support arbl
eonal rather than auniwi nieetiii but
nmctioal aovemor lllaclc
omwsod to tho unuuai
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renowtd bis niKUUicnt of lust
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a wrilrfof pej rty contents andbUteriy fought
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e piini year It lia cohkraulornl ram
palun that iioni or aome Slato attunBlo
bkt rdfe wlh0 aUfnloi of the tourflry
ltnot afitato flkbt ttien a municipal acrara
blo fcr offlco U precipitated All tlicso
elbctloha and cftrnpilgns disturb bU lne H-
un ottto conditions and upoct tbo nternM
pchco and qulot or tho Nation id tbu tro
mondouscost of tho oubllc
Wo need In fact fewer elections and
less freduent legislative sessions We
should cliooso our representatives nnd offi-
cials pontlblv for longer terms and ronder
tbcm ineligible for reflection so that the
public Would nnt only select better men
by rcaxon of tho inability lo chatiffo tbom
ofttn or putilli thorn for lnaltrntlon or ln
efflcleney but woiild nlab secure moro tlmo
for luminous nud tile material dovclopmuiit
of tho country Some reform In tbo prem-
ises nxinis to bi > rUlred
THIS CRISIS nllUHY AITHOACIIKS
A completo victory fo Cuba would un-
doubtedly bo hailed in the United Statoa
with a satisfaction only aecond to tho en-
thusiasm which an Amcrlcali victory would
crcato were wo engaged In ft struggle with
Spain It Is gratifying therefore to leant
of Spains miserable plight financially and
tho srowinK conviction In Ihc Bparilsh army
In Cuba that tho Island can not bo recon
qitered
Think of a nation with n f200000OOo n
tcrcit burden and only an income from all
sources ot 1500000001 Either the inloieat
mtst bo left unpaid or tbo fjoveinmctit
mustrun exclusively on trust Hut lit
the latter caoe even the Inteiest default
ulono ould e < ual a Dlngley bill deficit
Thoro never win a mora ntrlklin lnslunco
on record of pride boIiir before a fall than
In this latter day history of Spain Tho
only excuso for such pride that wblcla
buvcs it fioni bclnjc Ineffably eontemptlblo
ts tho ureas iKUpraneo of tho Spanish
mimics Kvou now without tho credit tu
borrow a dollar with tho bulk of lis mil
itary strciiHlh helpless In Cuba and a
w > rlycqulppcd navy tho decrepit but
stiffnecked old kingdom would try conclu-
sions with u lusty youiiB Riant such ua tho
United Statos If wo gave tho least provoca-
tion Wo may dcsplae but wq must pity
to an extent this hidebound bourbonlimi
this cosily but Impotent pride
The Cuban intention is at lust reaching
the iieiiio stage both for tho United Stalca
mil for Spain It ecetus Impossible to re
deem Spanish prestige or ever again
atrengthen the HpanlMi hold In Cuba Kail
ttid Btann the Madrid government in iho
face and back of failure revolution Will
Iho rojnl family ho strong enough lo main
tain Itselr Hardly And It tho ex-
tremists guln tho tipper hand will tlmy
Hot force an lasuo with ths United Ktatia
To let Cuba rfo wilt lo humiliating o
Scauisli piide but lo contemplate Sucii tt
lora na a rcnult of American liitorfcrcnco
or assistance will be galling and armiHu
all the remaining fire In the Spanish na-
tion
Tim lime haa seemingly pnasml frtim tho
latent accrmnls when It wlI be necessary
for u to Intervene to secure Cuban Inde-
pendence but tt ban not pnased when the
danger of a conflict between Spain and tho
United Slntca is no longer to be antici-
pated Today wo stand ticvuer to war with
lho Dona that nt any time during the Cu
ban struggle nnd It behooves iw to bo
fully prepared to slrlko quickly vhuii the
lima conies It Is believed or nt Icnit
hoped that Iho gnvurnmonl it Washington
appreciates tho gravity of ho situation
run mask id tiiiiowv okic
TJio rcprescntatlvea of the monetary
commission who wero heard by tho bank-
ing nnd currency committee of the house
Wednesday did not hesltato to argue for
the straightout unqualified gold ataudard
and tho placing of tho paper Issues of
money or nutes exclusively In the hands
ot the National banks Tho monetary
commission goes further than thla nnd
wants oongrcsH to declaro that all out
stuiulliig obligations of tho government
shall bo paid la gold
Thla is simply throwing oft tho mask
and reallilng so far as expressed purpose
can roalUe tho worst fears ot the blmetal
HstB nnd Justifying tho warnings which the
demoernuy sought to Impress upon thu
country lu tho campaign of 1S3G
Mr McKlnloy may deClnro his desire for
bimetallism uutll be 1h out of breath nnd
his party may disclaim nny undue or self
iah prejudice ngnlnsl or hostility towards
silver but the Indorsement of the llage
bill or tbo monetary commissions reqom
meudatlons by tho administration or the
lower house will Irrevocably commit tho
republicans to tbo absolute single gold
standard n lUvorcd National baujc issuo
and grcis tnjustleo to the public by rcmbr
ing their obligations Uaubii heavy by n
mere nUukc ct tbo pen oblfcntous too
that Wero purchased ut a lower rate thatf
wcmliU otherwise havo boon tho case be
cause they wore not expressly payable in
soldi It wus distinctly stated when the
Olevelund Issues ot bonds were sold that u
largo premium would be paid nud lower
interest be required If the bonds were
made straightout gold bonds Congress
refuted to consent to snob an arrange-
ment but t la now proposed to pay them
In gold after wo have lost all the profit
and advantages or u original stipulation
to that effect I
If this Is not an attempted piece of gross
favoritism towards tho bondholder what
1 it In tho cojso ot tho rurllor issues
tho Injustice to tbo debtpaying publlo
would bo only tbo greater
Tho grceuUick ts based ou coin q tho
trcuBury that is to say it is a direct prom
leo of the government to pay the nolo iu
coin jit is now proposed to replace this
obligation whoh tear no Interest with
ii HjDllS tlwh > ftfed cither on an- <
other obligation which bear iutereat or
on b k J which may yield full ror
turnaor inay notl Tho ono la eg l
Underj too for all Jebt i oxcopU customs
du and latere oa public debt while
tho otjier ho bank notes are not
The wMeacDeme anot only a bold air
H 1 ° wk
fl even tbo remaining
laML s liu iWviair
JTmiStS K t fast
SifilB aSftai N tloMn eitpreM t > m
lho > ldor ot wit obligation a bonpa to THE TEXAS LAND QUESTION
which in nowlsd entitled and
they artf
Indeed discounted when they purchased
theco obligations but tt Is also nnd a
further scheme to turn over tbo question
of currency and the contraction or cxpnn
klon of the circulation at will to the Na-
tional banks Iri a word tho admlnlstrt
tlon la furthering tho brazen scheme of a
hanker to enhance the power nnd add to
tho privileges of his fellows nnd at the
public cxponsol
If there wero doubting ThomaRos ns to
this purposo of tho republican party In
1806 or confiding blmetiilllsts who were
allured Into tho McKlnloy camp by that
wlllo thowhp International agree-
ment they must now confess that they
were grossly deceived and that democracy
was rlRht when It charged that thcro was
n gigantic conspiracy on foot to put a
gold nnd banking trust in absolute con-
trol of tho flnnnces of tho Nation
The scnalo can be depended ort at this
tlmo to foil this purpose but Iho admin-
istration and tbo republican party aro com-
mitted beyond tho possibility of excuse cr
explnnntlnn lhelr scheme stnnds forth in
nil Its nakedncsB
Tho lernndo which created such hiivoc nt
Fort Smith Ark wns a terrible visitation
upon one or tfio prettiest and most prosper-
ous little rides In tbo Southwest It In not
usual that llieno destructive tornadoes aro en
counicrcd at this tlmo of the year This ex-
perience of Iort Smith coming so suddenly
and unexpectedly Is another striking demons
strntlim of tho truth that In the midst ot 1lf <
vn me In death thn dread summons comttig
like a thief In Iho nght < To add to the ter
rols of the cyclone dr tornado Is tho reflec-
tion thnt such vlsltora give no warning and
tan neither ha anticipated nor guarded
ri ilnia
Mr llnima continues to be n lending Issue
In politics
llourlon Is fnrtunnte In fcevlng a llttlo band
of public spirited rUlnriti who nro always
ready to respond to nny call to duly Tlnao
men Will get their rewnrJ in tho conscious-
ness of Only dnno It not In r moro substan-
tial way Honest devotion to tho publics In-
terest nccr lost n man anything worth
keeping
When Spanish generals tcgln to illrngroo
n Cubs then has ho star ot Independence
about ilsen
Circnt Ilrllnln In npposlnt Drills gold to
KusMiin and Onnnn Intrfpuc in China In
nlnu crHs out of ten the rci will win but
thn C7nr nnd the laiser nro loc strongly cm
trcnched to bo dislodged except by force this
time It In a inse where lead nnd linn rather
than nny other uietnl may ha ieillrfd
Oliln will bo doubly iiilotirttng as a polltl
cal baltlelleld hnrenfler there are no bridges
lift behind tho republican tuitions
Our gossipy < ild Hcmitn appears to be ready
to glvo tie all llial
occur in the tccrcl sea
sloiieesperiaiiy rt BclHh f lbrri > n
mm tiling on earth that n dUllngulkhed sen-
ator loves next in making n speech it Is to
see tho speech In the ncwisinpcrn
The success of llnnun indicates that pli
Ihenicy cnntlmieH lo cat Its while lireal Just
now but It is eating It up inljility fast
Then arc now about trw convicts In Ine
ToMin pinltentlnrlcu or lest than two to he
tliniitiind of populiitlou In thn Stnto Wo
mtl ht to do better tlinn this there nro moro
llinn two to lb Iluiiisaiid In this Btatn who
ought to b In the tenltontlury
The hope of tho Spanish royal family In
the ounl ot u revolution lu Spain will prob-
ably bo found In the fact that Weyler will bo-
n lender of the revolutionary forces
It npptnrs thnt Jr Hharles Page Iirynn
must be taken rain of In soitfn way and will
go in iitaill by penuhilon of tlie sennte
Ioruinnlely wo nrf not asking anything triiui
Hraxll un now but wn nusht at least tc bo
consldcrnto of her foelliie
Ot eoutsc Mr Ilnnni was htronaor Hum
t penkcr Mason when It came to a show
down limine In one of thoso shrewd business-
men who know where to look for a bargain
It appears from the press dispatches tlhal
Senator Davis painted tho Hawaiian schmie
In Riiiing and nttractlvo colors To add to
the fnvoiablo Impression nt his argument
rtrother Allen of Nebraska followed in opio
sltlou to tho treaty
It Is a good policy to keep tbo Buffalo
bnyou Iniproveinent before tbo public but
o must not foitet to Include tho comm
Blonel committees in tbe publlu
any unnecessary ilelny
without
Another Interesting eomt martini trlnl of
mi a
tllPr h
nmnh It begins to look as If wn could
Tur 1rV0 Ul ° mma < r nrlstocracy
busily
einplnyed lu defeiiBo ot Itself
Sector Chandler says m7 McKlnloy will
appoint
nuother roving bimetallic comnls
eon Ireldential favorites who
want to go
nbiond at government
expense aro more uu
nicrnus under tho present reglmo than ever
before
idivrs AJioiTr imsoplp
Itlnhop Leonanl Episcopal cr Novuda
fcsys hai lnituns never use pro nno Ian
ci ftl tll0J T K1Bllsl n >
with d francs In his pocket His lituruA
tamo was slow in coming and for inTli
Wll lam Lloyd Garrison
out of the car
ili1r olKUliK l > cbe a Aguea o Saxe
AWi entitled a Word to 1s
acl that wus once well knqwn and has
USSulf ° d lB ° a tUo Bwjwnn luS
Iter Jonjes Needhnm perhaps tho old
t pr0Mhr in tho Untied States was
Photographed at Mount Airy N O a
few d y ago Mr Necdhnui will be 100
years old at his noxt birthday May 18
IU never quit preachlpB
nKlv < lrlek Wc > frbaouscr ot St laul
U U
° Plbllbl exception ot iho
t m war
of
llussia
the owner oj more timber than
any wau on Uio globo It is cstlma od
ul wa hs Immediate oaaoelites hs
ds
000000000 feet of
Pino
wwtopln M
larnl Hertford who has Just beon
pftlelal life us a puKe was afterward lord
tho Vtln5 nml 6Ul > tor control cr ot
household of tho queen Mis sahiry
will bo about 90000 a year and ffiSwI
nce will amount to ns much more
Jame Whitcomb nllcy when snenklna
of hl nationality rccsibtly said Im
Irish from the word go ishow I in my
astes I show It In my tace and I show It
In my name Whoever heard Yt a man
who was not Irish doing business at tho
old tandunderUio name of lUIey
fc
Aiisttn Texas January 12 Senator Til
tett of Abilene who has given the Stnto
land question considerable ntudy and who
was qulto prominent In nil discussions
thereof during tho rcsslon of tho Twenty
fifth legislature has favored Tho Post cor-
respondent with tho following Interview
in which ho treats of land legislation at
length and clearly points out the many
mistakes which havo been made therein In
Texas v
There nro few questions of more vital
Importance to Texas nnd no question so
nenrly affecting tho material prosperity of
West Texas as the land question
Thcro nro few questions about which tho
nvcrage Texan knows less and no question
ho Is not morev Willing to investigate than
tho land question
If you will iiolc tho overage Texas lawyer
to explain to you the salient features ot the
laws under which the greater pnrt of our
public domain which has been nominally
sold has been disposed of ho will very
frankly tell you that It Is In a great mess
nnd ho can not toll you except In a very
Indefinite way what In tho attllttdo ot
either tho Stato or n purchaser from the
Stato when a salo ts made
After having given some considerable
time during tho past fourteen years to a
study of our land laws While living nltuosl
In > tho lieart of tho tcrrllory arfecled bv
these laws tho writer Confesses ho is often
confounded and makes no protensloiw to
knowing It nil There are however
some features of our laws which so outrage
every sound business principle us to arrest
the attention of tho most casual reader
The question of how best to dispose of our
lands Is after all a purely business one and
to properly solve tho question requires nu
extended knowledge ot law
Under our present policy It Is not only
P03Slble but probable that tho State of
Texas 100 years henco will be as exten-
sively In tho land business as it Is today
It Is generally conceded to be tho wise
polity for tho State to sell her lands and
quit thn business but to sell thorn only to
Ihoso who will hereafter bring her perma-
nent nnd continued prosperity
The last democratic platform declares
Tho democratic party will continue
its well established policy of disposing
of tho public school lands ot tho Stale
to thoso desiring homes ao ns to pro
mote ns far as practicable tha settle-
ment of tho country and Its speedy de-
velopment to this end and thai thu
chool fund may be moro speedily In-
creased from that source we favor such
legislation as will facilitate tho salo of
school lands rather than tho Indefinite
perpetuation of n lenso system
Texas democracy therefore Is pledged to
a policy of absolutely disponing or our pub
lie doninln
Iorhaps the most Beiiselepo ot all provls
Ion In our land laws from n business
standpoint Is tbo ono permitting n pur-
chaser to called lo buy the public domain
upon long tlmo forty yonra without re-
quiring him to pay nny more or the prin
cipal except tho onefortieth which ho is
required to pay at first until the expira-
tion of the forty yearn The State only re-
quires him lo pay annually the interest
and ho may pay tho olhor or not as he
choose
It Ib contended that the State has no
need for he money and therefore 11 is
Potior to get annually the Interest which
is available rather than to draw out of
circulation nnd store Into tho vaults of our
State treasury so much Idle nioney This
may bo true In a measure ami yet expc
rlcnco has already demonstrated thnt the
State of Texas can never finally dispose of
her lauds bo long a3 this provision is re
tained In our laws This will bo manifest
> a a busluofs proposition when carefully
considered In tho light ot what has al-
ready actually occurred Some years ago
tho legislature reduced tho price of our
public domain from per aero to 150 nnd
1 per acre What was tho result All
thoso who had In yonra previous purchased
at 2 per ache having paid only onofor
llcth down did wlml seir interest dictated
Viz they forfeited their lands by refusing
to
pay any more Interest and thon pur
chattd tinder tho now law at thu reduced
price Only thuao who had been so unfor
tunate as to havo paid ou their lands moro
than tho amount of tho reduction sulfered
In cousequence The theory upon which wo
havo proceeded iu giving forty yearn tlmo
8 that the poor man can pay as ho makes
the money nluug from tlmo to time dur
ing tho forty years us It may suit bis con
venience Hut in this way under tho ac
tual Workings of the lay the Stato seti a
premium upon n falluro to pay any of tho
principal by reducing the price of ib0
land nnd giving the man who has paid
nothing except tho onofortloth nu oppor
tunlty to subsequently gut his lands
cheaper than tho man who has paid too
much of the principal on his purchase to
make it profitable to forfeit and repur
chase While we may heartily favor a re
duction In tho prleo of the lands It Is
nevertheless a manifest Injuntlcf to n pur
chaser who yearB ago alongVwlth hlo
Irlli1 r l > n1 na ed Uoliing sections oj
like duality and location to pay out hli
HI1 0 > Rood faith and then have 1 la
neighbor forfeit his land and clthiir In 1 Is
own name or through nnother repurchaso
at onehalf the former mice The
sell hU land nt the cost prlco paid one by cut tbo
other and
make 100 per cent by the opore
D MJa 0I e law will
not par
cxcir fr lt01 1 repurchased
excepi At the original 1 uriee Time will not
ho consumed to
are mora
ways than one to do a thing if I rau nm unsold
repurchase
my son may buy as an orlrlna
purchaser and It suits nfe just Si
Now let ns suppcao that thirty yearn
hence wo conclude that nil tho hcsl lands
nrojaken and wq proceed to reduco tha
prldfto 25 cents per ncro tho actual value
of much of It What would be the result
H 0J 101 lllsJlr ° Wtts tlrcuteucd very motheis son Von oThi
hv th mob during the famous Onrrlson ter or his oV or his 9
cousin his aunt ild f
it it an tne
lands sold for fortv veaij miJ
0th e m ° r Uclrrv fl and PX
nurcban at the reduced figures and inln
another forty year UmnS li M4to
Again the State cf Texas will leaso such
of her lands as nre not In tmmcdlalu do
mand for the purpose of actual settle
mrnt at tho prjpea named J150 for agii
cultural and 1 per acre tor grazing lands
at 3 cents per acre and out In the extreme
west thesu leases aro mado ucrmanent for
a period of not to exceed ten years Tho
question naturally arises first will there
bo found one who is so Insane as to
out Into that portion pf Texas and become
an actual settler and purvhaso these lands
with honest
intention of pailng the hard
ctwh for them at 1 per acre wholi
leaso them for a fixed period of ten ho yeara ma
hy merely
our
1Q per cent Ten per cent of 1 Is 10 cents
So that to actually buy aid
pay or this
land niearw for hlra to bo out 10 cent iwr
aero annually whereas to lease mwu o
bo out 8 cents
per aero annually
more
than that To buy tho land means fo hava
Wlu which nre twice as much on
the dollar as our Wends In Central Texas
wL Llhow prwev Win
nyt wiureoa to ieas at 3
cents per acre
of at any other u means to pay no ta
on tho land except taxes on the le o
hold whlchli rcircly assessed 8ttppe o
tbo State of Texas should next reduce tho
brteo of this leased land to 23 centj per
fieic It could riot bo Hold for ton years to
come under tho law as It now stands IE
that leaao provision Is constitutional and
tho lands should chance to be leased It
Is eft tho market for tho tctm of the lease
Would a business man overloaded with
lands which he wanted to dispose of bo
guilty of adopting sticli a policy as that
> VtlI ho lease lands which ho Insists ore
worth t per acre to buy only for 3 cents
If he knows tho rental value ot his lands
Is only 3 cents per acre la he elmple
enough to suppose anybody > vlll pay him 1
per aero lo buy tho land and then to hao
to pay taxes on It besides If mien a per
son wero found would not tho county
court upon n proper application Betting up
these facta grant a writ Inqulrcndo do lu
natlco
Again why arc not tho lands In the
western part of tho State obovo rcforrcd
to in tmmcdlatc demand for the purposed
of actual settlement Tho answer ts
threefold Flist tho actual settler
who goes out In the extreme west and
northwest expecting to make a living un
four sections of land the maximum amount
he Is allowed to purchase from the Stato
will bo in great luck If he does not starvo
to death before he finds out the way back
home Tho Stale refuses to permit aim
tu buy tho quantity necessary to live upou
and ptosp er Second Tbo land Is hardly
worth 3 cents per aero rental value aim
bunco iu nctual value to buy and own is
about onefourth ot H per acre Its present
selling piice or 25 cents per acre Tho
land is cntrely too high and nono can pay
tho prlco and prosper Third A very
great deal of the land has never been U
not now and never will bo fit for actual
settlement To reqlllro ono to actually
settle on tbo tund is to prohibit its bale
And this leads us to the point of nug
gptlng tho remedies In the first place
after reducing the price to the selling valilo
of tho land when the Statu makes a aulo
of her landrt let la be In fact a sale and
IOt merely a fotyycar option to tbo sn
called purchaser for which he pays JIDSO
cr section with the tacit understanding
that If the land goes down tho State Is the
leser and It now In tact Is Hcqulre the
mirchascr to pay In cash a sufficient
amount to Insure hm paying tho balance
and thereafter pay annually a cortnlu part
of tbo prlnclreil not because the State
needs the money but because to make him
Interested In tho material development of
tho country ho must havo his money In It
nnd because unless thla is done hit will
rmftlt nnd repurchase when tbo State tor
tho purpose of selling her Inferior lands
uduccR Iho price Tho great troublo is ut
this point that tho nverngu legislator liv-
ing as ho is upon lands worth from 10
to 10 per acre concludes 180 or 1 per
arre Is little enough for the land Kor
some of tho public domain tho present
nrkci nro low enough but ror the lauds
outfurther west It is outrageously high
and the State will own It 1000 years bcuco
unlero they reduce tho piluu of It
Pour fcccllons of land In certain parts ot
Texas arc onllrely sufficient for nil the
neccesltlcs of an honest well to do actual
settler but further west let him buy twice
three or oven four times that quantity If
he wants to When ho has ascertained
that ho has got It to actually pay for and
then to pay taxes on It no one need fear
bo will gobble up the whole State He
wont And in thu extreme west not In
tending to tramplo upon the territory of
my trieml Senator Turncy entirely ro
inovo tbo nctual settlement provision
ana let anybody except a corporation own
whatever quantity ho will buy uud pay for
uud pay taxes on
Having reduced tho selling price of all
those landi to their reasonable selling
value do away with permanent leases of
long standing giving tho leisso however
tho privilege of prior purchase Tor a rca
sonablo time to the end that ho may either
buy hlmoclf If ho wants to or It he does
not ho can not stand In tho way of ono
who decs
Having Inaugurated thlj policy in iho
course of a very few years wo may makn
a still further rcductlou or tho lends then
remaining unsold no ns to swell the less
valuable lands without running not the
risk merely but the absolute certiinly of
having ngaln as wo havo onto already
had some 11000 forfeitures entailing a
world of unnecessary work and expense
upon the land commissioner and a tearful
amount upon the courts without one dol
lars worth or profit o the Stnto but at
tremendous expense to her aggregating
thousands of dollars
It was staled above that tho average
West Texan is paying twice a much tnxes
ncr 1 true valuation as tho Coatral and
lTast Texan How docs this occur
It has beenasked
why should a repro
ntntlve from West Texas object to tho
matters
herein complained of Is net tho
law requiring no part of the principal
to
bo paid
nflcr tho first payment tu Iho ml
rirr Does A ° yVrl I nc UI set
not permit us ot tho Wfst
to keep with us money which would other
wire bo drawn from us to He Idly n the
vaults of the Texas treasury is it not
bettor to permit us to lenso at 3 cents than
to mnko us buy nt 1
a Wf a e < 3Mt0 flnit naked
ntovn 1 l ° i T U la we P twceyoj
n
thteo times
the lix Central nnd Fast
ToxPS pays w fully
answer all the
other quojllors asked above
AVIthoiitgvlng In dotal tho condition
Of the scrt ai counties
composing tho part
of Texas commonly called West Texas
It can bo clearly shown that in a large
number of tho3o
counties
wo find from
onefourth to onehalf of tho lands un
sold Some
In fact a great portion of thoio
lands aro leased by the State
hut
let It be
never forgotten
that the counties
derive co revenues whatever frOra thu
lenso of thoso lands Tho lands which re
main unsold of
course produce no revenue
to the counties 16 which they Ho
reo 11 e
men nt
nou8h revenue to
I run It n
nomlca lv r ° in thU certni
a nomu
to raise by
an equalizing
proeeis the tux
u that this is fact ofwTSalU Mel1
And hero our misfortune nvcrtakei
for the State comes
along and
ovc w
tax upon the very I
values wo havo in
Uro bl rarlly fliedt
h 8n so as o rMso
tho n ni
necessary county revenun
wo pay into the State tSry twlco
ho
eqm wo should pay In Central Ttex S Jh
the 4U °
commissloncra court
There It U asked how low
can
wo
our values in order to raise by levylSg the
1Imltof tho law sufficient
revenue to
Helr colati Bovernmsnt And It U as
that to assess property at from
SO cents to 6BS3 cents onthotfollar Is
highonoufthi And tho Stnto levies nontax
at tho snrao valuations nnd honco onlyv
half tho tax Is paid to tho State this county
ought to havo paid Tho Central Texas
county pays taxes to tho Stnto Uponan
assessed valuationof WTeonts on the dollar
whllo tho West Texas county pays taxes to
tho Stato upon an assessed valuation of
200 cents on tho dollrtr
In such a case tho ono has paid futir
times tho Stato tax tho other has paid
upon tho Bfitno trtto nnd real value of thu
property West Texas Is a stdck farming
country nnd tho sooner our laws nro
framed recognizing this fact tho sdouer
will general prosperity smile upon
Ono
of tho mos t serious drawbacks to
material prosperity in West Texas Is
our
what we mtty term gambling In futures
Mora thnn three years ago land was pur
chased and n sufficient actual settlement
had to entitle thu owner to a patent or to
sell to another without further nctunl set-
tlement and horcntter all thla Is sold for
so much bonus tho purchaser never in-
tending to really pay it out at tile original
prlco sold by the State No man can suc-
cessfully contend that this condition Is a
healthy ono Tho strongest reason for n
change Is that so long as this policy Is
continued no lapse or tlmo will euro It
but continually augments tbo trouble nnd
tho Injury The Stnto might givo her lands
awuy or sell at a nominal figure und tlmo
would euro tbo Injury in great part A
business man will see at a glance that so
long ad this policy Is continued land values
will never bo fixed and a man owning
property In that section will never knoiv
what his property Is worth for the vatuo
of It will largely depend Upou what price
and upon what terms the State will throw
her lands upon the market
Again whore is tho business man who
would contend that nil tho lots In a city
regardless of locallon were of tho eamo
value and fix prices accordingly and reut
or lease rates accordingly ct Hie State
or Texas does this very thing Lands ro
wnlless nt location sell and lease tit one
ot two prices To remedy theso detects in
the law senate bill No 373 was diawn by
Senator Turney of Kl tnso and invsolf and
If uuy one Is sufficiently Interested In It
to desire n conv It may bo obtained iroin
the secretary of state as it wus epirtctl
favorably and ordered printed Its provi-
sions n n gencial wav are is follows
First three lines ure drawn In n soinowhat
zigzag course through the State their gen-
eral direction being north and south thus
dividing the Stato Into rour different pjrts
Tho lands lying cast of line one nro sold
nt 150 per acre except dry grazing land
which Is lo ho sold nt nnt less thm 1S5
per acre to actual settlers only Any ac
tualsettler may buv as much u sl sec
tions two of which may be agricultural
provided the Innds so bought are within
a radius or five miles of him Those lands
may bo leased subject lo salo at not less
than t > 5 cents per acre
The lands lying between llnca one nnd
two going soulb shall be void nt not less
thnn 1 per acre to nctunl settlers only
Any person who Is an actual settler may
purchase not to exceed olnht sectlois pro
vided they are within a radiiiR 0r sx mllc
of his residence These Innds may be leased
subject to sale ut not less than 1 cents ncr
All nbovo lands are sold on thirtyfix
years time Onetonth nf the purcliuse
prlco to be paid down nnd the other njne
tenlhs to be nnid In thirtysix annual In-
stallments d nor cent Interest A falluro
to pav any Installment of iirlncipil or In
terest for six months will Inxo facto work
a forfeiture and the lanJs whnll be again
put upon the market
All the lands lying between linen two
nnd three hall ho nold nt 76 cents per
acre to any cUlz > n 0r Texas In quantities
not to exceed twoiilyflvo sictlonn payable
onetenth down nnd he balance in ten nn
mwl Insttllmenty with like rnrfelluie
clause i uese lands mav be leased at V >
cents ncr acre subject to saie at auv time
All the lands west ot lino three shall be
sold nt nO centn net acre upon same terms
as the 7ocent loud and this land reav be
leased at 1 cents ncr lore suoioct in salo
to npy citizen of Texas If an actual reliliv
a t0 nr 0 75ucu
n bT 13r or the
This bill Is not radical enough In the
reduction In once but after consultation
with many influential members of tho
leglMatuie It was thought that Ibis rc
ducllon would be agreed to whllo to In-
sist upon a lower sum would jeopardise tho
passage nr any bill to reduce tho price In
a very few years the nrlca may be reduced
after all the lands really woiti be price
named nro sold Kvery two years ti icdue
tlon of 10 ncr cent could be had without
having any forfeitures of tho moro valua
ble lands sold in prior years since these
former purchasers win have ptild
on tho
principal too much to make it profitable
to fnrfolt und repurchase
It is plain that in the courso of a com
nartlvely short time Texas would Indeed
have her domain actually sold and sho
would bo out of the land business
8 aVl ° ly v llte become
fixed I and the
pioneers of West Texas who
by tneir fortitude endurance and persist
hoL V af u > ateJ landed interests in
owW S a K 0A Hat their property Is
now and will hereafter reasennlly lo
worth Then and then only will tlV Wcet
Texas
commissioners bVal
ourt a to fix i
value In keeping
our further
d 1 0 aljL0 o rls0 ufflr e
reeuuo to run tho
county
government
SnntlAl lnCH ° ly w S
pTles as cwfnil0 mwl for tbtir sup
SouSttS furXr s a Cre
SOME lOSTSCItllTS
V ern 3ralU ° rWnBCS
erd 3y n Korca ls
15cnts
a d a y
cwl IT ubout 100 ° 0 titled
person
0801 cut of
a population of 100000000
The ccst of
maintaining a cavalry soldier
Z he lMRh KaJjHon
annum
ma
Parchment used on tho best banjos is
ndo from wolfskin oaujos
nV010 rfllJlllUy an the
cuu
with nny other
part cf tho system
There aro in circulation
in
China at the
S ltx atr 1
100000 r tuum being about
cr2wn Vue1 < ° f E nBud ° ver > vears a
tcel appliances 18manncr
of edsy
fiftytwo tuo owmi ° ° W every
NewiXoritT JanUMiT
ougb dedicated thot 3
tScicnllstf Sunday xT
been laldiout
forthVl
mtfnicanu who pWoVS
plat6rs quinine ahM
helps whfer vthc aholligol
John C hcchnns ret
leadership of Tammanrl
Ilcly acknowledged aba m
former place as Icadcrti
sembly district Thin
to
ML1 1 mu5h enthusiasm
thouRh ho does not no 1
of Croker ud Van Wrck
John Y MeKanes ieim f
ccmo to an end Aprlibrj
has withstood tho strongs
a pardon This woui
McKnnos imprisonment
It would
havo restored hlT
and In
a measure vTon
vindication McKano thriL
bookon Kingscounty boluj
out r
The Wild West shoff il
petltor in tho shape of a j
It win comd to Conoy net
shape of a Hindoo village
tigers English soldlerili
glrU etc Tho nucleusotftf
tho East is now n wintir
and work on the bUIIdlnS
soon as tho frost gocs ou
Mny Irwin tho JoRy a cijfl
become nn Astor proywijj
monts and a long rent in
She already owns a big til
summed home an entire
Please In the St Lawrcnwj
added two moro brown stsi
her
to holdings both rit wlfi
snug sum to her tinnuiHitf
ago May who Is as thrifty
thorn invested in some W
property thnt looked proraMi
out ns well as her staceTSI
she doesnt havo to sklrmitha
nngol b
S > 5I
Tho Loxow Inquiry
only
payors after all The last
pollco board wus to reuS
Stephonson who was tirokerL
to prison on tho ehargojoh
bnskot of peaches nat
back snlnry whllo almost iff
tho Tammany board is thei
Captain Dovory who was om
est suffcrors by tho Lcxowli
Practically nil tho workdaw
form pollco board In the Mi
tho foreo Is undone nndroff
hurst Isnt saying a word flf
Paul M Potter theau
matin
sensation of the season
Matcmont In which he dect
wroto tho audacious playfor
women will forgive nnythlnjftr
the worst seen iu tho pleealki
dlnbollcnl to men ns It Is to i
that yon cant think whitw
consider too
tough ThUittM
on tho Iheuterrgoing wives We
of this glorious country JBsti
Mr Potter may find out that 1
of tho Nation are not to bona
women on Droadway f4ifi
According to ono auttiorib
who aro rolling in wcalttfito
society trust Tho ohjoct oftii
determined Just who dojisdji
compose tho fnslilonable settt
mixed sea ot humarty Therf
tuted arbiters ofmvolldomSirj
John Jacob Astor Ogdcn iHflkY
Slpnne
Sluyveeant Flsa70ri
Harry Payno vVhltnoy Teterl
itt Almerlo Paget StarrMIlL
nellus Vitndorblio Thermw
8ocInf
wceni he mav do tho
same tho r els tiaiia a
T in ed h ° DchnKer I < Inmls names listed by tho ate S-
and IylK belW ° Sn lln03 cno Ww and they arefpJSS
two
Fort
Inclusive against all i
that this Is a very painful
for tho hundredsi who > are iB
putting It mildly Society li > H
a dreadful i0J
stow
Mi
A mill 11 CoIIcko Pf
To tho Editor of Tho Posl j
Kyle Texas January 12 1
from several sources thatt uii jj
of gentlemen aro aspiringto I
tho lato lamented Governor
doubly interested In tboscWj
zen and it patron havlnetwr
I wrlto to mako n suggestlofci
thu board of directors shoullW
hurry in selecting a pre Idf t
no occasion for It and a mlH
thistlmo would bu almostiS
lnsllutioii wh ich would re4 l
overcome Therefore la vOt
tho whirlpool of Charybdiav
hand andthe lmpendlng y
tho other why not let theTJM
Professor Whitfield lakocMi
age the school until such thWNf
could po perfectly satlsned M
ness of some ono for theWjfcj
position Great or profou 4i
Is not absolutely cssentlaljT
bo no objection but ratherjlU
If
tho man possessed cgrrwfa
superior executive abillty srj
president
lientlenicn tho boarfAHL
of
slowly Oovernor Ross fW3
dent of tho AgriculturairSMJ
College will bo hardltaA
very
man who undortiakes it wlUWJ
gest Jcb ho ever had llcpp
F R
S
HiiMriretttM JuilreBS l
To tho Editor of Tho VosiXMi
Rockdale Toxas JnnuarfjH
Rossii
death of Hon ti S j
vacancy in tho rnadagemeBW
cultural and Mechanical coiWp
next Srtturdaiy Jnuuary lfc
duty of the board to PPjr
of tho said institution and
this school as one of the
tutions iu the State of T
Interest to eyory cltlzenjt
ono who docs not wish to
of education loworeil frontjj
naclo td which Hon h 8jr
It I desire lo offer a
nbovo board prior to tBlSsl
Whllo there nre numerouiT
vell qunlltied to fill IhltM
tlon thoro Is one wncvroj
peculiar fitness for the PPfJ
ono In whom I think oil TF
tho South will rejoice iqi
Ha la Hon John H PW
i i lS
Villltli Clnna ilf rf
poslon Globo Mi
An artlitio color kcl c
Santa Clous withln a wrt
a big fat turkey spreading
ore comer adorns thefirst
page holiday edition of fh <
Post Usutd last Sundsr
Packed full of features of
ana and tho world at t j j
T2
H l lenIH
Wovo been n utt diVj
The1 statesman smile
The countrys ri 2
And nct quie bieffJJJ
bieffJJJMi
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