The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-19
Second Reply TO more AnOn.'
, the Editor of the Dallas Herald:

With your indulgence l will again
trouble your many readers with a
reply to "More Anon's" groan-
ings under the heavy cloud of ignor-
ance which seems to weigh him down
and causes him to cry out for informa-
ton in his communication of the 9th
instant by proposing many and divers
questions. While l have no hope of
penetrating his benighted and "confus-
ed" mind with the light of truth and
reason, and disperse the Egyptian
darkness" which so confuses him. yet
l do hope to keep his growlings and
Misrepresentation from misleading
any one from the truth and real cause
| of all of his complaints.
The first information he calls for,
whilh | shall attempt to notice is 4:
"Why did the fourteenth legislature
arraign seven or eight district Judges,
| the trials of whom cost $4,000 To $50 :
600, which would have paid for 4 con-
stitutiOnal convention 2? etc. Sir, the
reason is simply this, they were wholly
unfit ~ sit as judges over the lives and
| liberties of the people, and the demo-
cratic party, through It's standard bear
ers, and through its candidate for gov
| ernor, was pledged to the people OF
Texas to give them an honest, cOnlpe
tent and efficient judiciary. And these
seven or eight judges alluded to failed
to come under this standard, yea, fell
far below it, and should have been re-
moved in Justice to the bar and To the
good people of Texas. | voted. TO re-
move every rascal Of them, and stand
prepared to show by the evidence that
they ought to have been removed. As
to "More Anon'S" assertion that sd, 900
to $4,000 will pay the expense OF Il
constitutional convention, it is simply
absurd. In order to have the people
fully represented, there ought, at least,
t. be as many delegates to u constitu-
tional convention as there are men,
bers in the house of representatives.
Ninety mem bers at a per diem of six
dollars day would make $40 per day.
The necessary clerks and attaches
would make the per diem $500 per day.
Besides, there would be stationary and
printing, and the mileage of the dele
gates, and finally the printing of the
constitution in the English, Spanish
and German languages. 1t would in
deed be a wonder if the convention
would get through its work in twenty
days-better say thirty. l am and ,ods
in favor of u constitutional convention,
but far be it from me To attempt to
mislead the people in reference to its
cost. If you get constitution at the
hands of constitutional convention
for S60,O00, it is less than l honestly
believe.
Second: "Why did the fourteenth
legislature make an appropriation lar
ger than was made to run the state
government one year 10y the foul
twelfth in 1870, and almost as
much as was appropriated in lS60, to
run the government for two years|
The man who would ask this question
in sincerity certainly ought never 10
let the public know his real name, for
he exhibits more Ignorance concerning
governmental affairs and the history of
his state than ten year old boy ought
to. Besides, he who does not know
that an appropriation is not the crea-
ton of a debt, but that it is only the
acknowledgement of, and the provid-
ing for the payment of debt, which
was contracted or is to toe contracted
under aud by the authority of pre-
existing law, should never attempt to
enlighten others on public matters.
will give the reason why, Mr.. "Morg
Anon," and will state in the begY, |
ming that don't do it in the spirltpi
fault finding with other legislaVes, |
but that the people, as | have S'oVee
stated, may know the true case oi
your grumbling:
First-"The foul twelflh"tcreated
debts which it made no proyslons 10
pay; it failed to make apppprlatl0ils
for all of many debts it crefed, ahu III
many instances when il Iiade appro-
priations it made them too small TO
paw the debt created, yd, LETT to future
legislatures to make Ue deficiency APP
preparations. l wiD state right here
thai two-thirds of/the entire debt OF
the state to-day Gas created hy the
afoul twelfth Jrefer you to the den
cheney appropriations made, by the
tD4fseaath legislature to pay the deots
contracted by the foul twelfth"
amounting 10 over one million of dol
lars, and yet there remained s4OO,OJ0
due school teachers, that was contracted
by the ''fonl twelfth, which the thir-
teenth failed to provide for, and the
sSfourteenthn had to repudiate or pro-
vide for paying it. Besides, there were
thousands of dollars due printers al !
over the state, which was createsiS
the infamous printing law Of p
IsJar,,b. y aud no approe oeEin
isGNhe "fe'.h al pol