The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-02-25


ON the motion IN hosonpio 10 strike
uul Dallas aud lnscrt Tyler bclnB Ia-
hled on lhc motion Of Senator flAlla-
gan, the question was divided, and lllc
question on which discussion wRs en-
lrrtnned was 10 strike OH Dallas,
SENATOR BRADSHAW
Hoped the motion would not prevail
Legislation should rise above personal
loling or personal convenience. Law
Ing IN the Dallas section OF country
personally, his Interest and convent
cucc ccllrlcd, hut II there Were no
other rensOw, lac would not nSk the
senate 10 vote lor Dallas on 80 selfish u
considerations. the government Is Ill
Vidcd into tie legislative, the cSecu-
tive ana the judiciary, but the greatest
OF these Is the judiciary, II Is 10 the
body polite, to civll government ana
suucly, what electricity Is To the ply
steal world. Government Ii intended
Tor the protection al he, liberty aud
property, and In establishing and To-
cuung the Judiciary, we ought 10 be
| rsptcMly acluutrd ~ doing the great
Rome, which was republic Tor eight
hundred years, the people used to vote
directly Ion the laws which were to
govern them Here We have cOnven-
| liunnl representation ANA one vote
mine, for lnstuncc-- rs the vote Of every
man, woman and child IN the district
represent, II they could speak ndi-
| ViduNlly ON II call Of ayes and nnys an
uverW helmng majority would declare
! for Dallas. me majority ought not to
! be diSOhligcd for tho convenience of
the mluOnly; the mountain should not
be compelled 10 go 10 the man, but the
man 70 the mountain. This Is III ac-
curdance with the theory Of the great
est good TO the greatest number and
! 10y lhIS test Dallas Is entitled to u
branch OF tine Supreme court by rea'
SON cl population.
Government Wa7 instituted 10 pro.
l,ot property rs well rs liberty, and
! Dallas has the vantage ground on this
side of the question. As faithful, fair
and honest representatives Of the pCO-
pie we cannot disregard facts and liz
uIes, and both in numbers ana dollars
and cents, Dallas has the advantage.
| VuNing the cump0Sscs and striking Il
clrclc hal way between the town OF
Dallas and the town Oi TYLER, and lhi,
area embraces ten counties to each Of
them Dallas includes the following
counties ~ her share of population and
territory. Dallas, Kaufman, ellis,
johnson, ruTnnt, Wise, Denton, Cot
lin, Hunt aud Rorliwall, Smith COM
prises thc following, Smith, hcnder-
son, Van Handt, Wood, Upshur, Rusli,
{aleS, Cherokee, Anderson and
Gregg. The most accessible counties
to Dallas are Navarro, Hin, Parker,
| Cook, GWysOn, f0nnin, Lamar, Red
River, Bowie, Hood, Palo Pinto and
Montague. The most accessible to
Smith are CasS, Marion, Harrison,
Pamela, Delta, Hopkins and Titus. The
vote in the Dallas district In the last
election was 1880, and in the Tyler
district 2IA6S. Hence, II the popular
voice were declared and majurtiCs
ruled, Dallas would bc declared as the
point to he selected and will prove,
that both rs regards wealth as we'll as
numbers, she Is entitled to ii. This Is
IN exact record with the greatest good
to the greatest number.
Now, will direct your attention to
| her qualifications and claims, in the
way Of property. 1t il calculated that
once in every twenty-seVCn years the
administration of property changes,
and "A certain amount OF il goes into the
Supreme court of the state. The Dali
las taxable property amounts, in round
numbers, to S2l ,10S i75; the valuation
of property in the Smith district
amounts to SlS,O7S,0il. This does not
| include taxes assessed Oh non-resi-
deuIs Of the Dallas district, in which is
comprised the eight league Chambers,
the four league LaNega, and the
eleven league Townsend grants and
Others in Ellis coInty, to say moth.
ing Of the lands of non residents
in Kaufman and Dallas, which
would swell up the property list to
double that of Tyler Il per ccntage of
which naturally finds its way into the
limits OF the country. L. it not UNJUST
to expect us to vindicate our titles to
land in n place so far removed as Tyler
aud which does not represent more
| than half the amount of wealth our
district does? Navarro will 20 to Dali
las, so will Hill and the other accessi-
ble counties mentioned, and this would
add SIG, 2U5,S75 to its wealth in proper
| ~ Take the counties mentioned us
accessible to Tyler and will add Shel-
hy and NaCogduches-which there is
no doubt would so to Galvestun-ano
| YOU can make total of accessible
wealth more than Sl4,lSl,50l So far
as dollars and cents are concerned |
think have shown that Dallas nearly
doubles that of Tyler. Dallas cannot
he surpassed either in the healthfulness
of her climate while in accessibility,
as before observed, she is vastly supe-
rior to Tyler. The counties next and
north will SO 10 Dallas; there is no
other place ior them, and though some
Of them are not organized, they emf
brace an area of territory that for fer
tility Of soil aud climate cannot be
surpassed in the state. This territory
is like young giant in slumber soon
To he awakened into life and its voice
ought 10 be heard in these halls. Dali
las is the point to " hich centers thirty
four counties, and Tyler, even counting
Angelina and Nacogdoches, is hut the
point for nineteen. The first makes
an area of l0,5S4000 square miles; the
latter 0,7SL0O0 square miles, the Dial
las territory being double that of Tyler
and soon to be doubled by the indus
tries of the country. in fertility of
soil, in climate, in mineral deposits,
she is destined as the source Of wealth
to the State and is place of which til
whole state can justly be proud. The
railroads to be constructed will 90
south of 1t and the counties lying west
and north as far as Red river will nat
urally gravitate there.
Dallas has in it 5000 square miles to
its county. The people are loyal to
their government, pay their quota OF
taxes cheeriully, have done nothing to
incur displeaSure, and 10y what process
0f.reasoning should you favor Tyler to
her exclusion? Dallas has ten ner