The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-02-28
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We mp, howoycG lo.dny, only glyo
place ~ tlo ioll0wlnW
ON The motion Nv .hoaonntc a. strike
but Dallas aud insert Iylcr being in.
blcd, ON the motion Of Senator l'lAnn.
gan, the question was divided, ana the
question on which discussion was Cn-
Icrtnlncd was to strike out Dallas.
SENATOR BRADSHAW
Hoped the motion would not prevail.
Legislation should rise above personal
telling or personal convenience. law
ing in the Dallas section Of country
his interest and convent
cncc centercd, but If there were no
other reasons, he would not ask the
senate to vote for Dallas on so selfish II
The government Is di-
vided into the legislative, the eXecu-
tive and the judiciary, but the greatest
OF these is tile judiciary. 1t is to the
body polite, to civil government and
society, what electricity is to the ply
steal world. Government is intended
for the protection of life, liberty aud
property, and in establishing and To-
eating the judiciary, we ought TO be
especially actuated in doing the grent-
est good to the greatest number. In
Rome, which was n republic for eight
hundred years, the people used to vote
directly for the laws which were to
govern them. Here we have conven-
tional representation and one vote
mine, for instance-is the vote of every
man, woman and child in the district
represent. If they could speak indi-
vidually on call of ayes and nays IN
overwhelming majority would declare
for Dallas. The majority ought not to
be disobliged for the convenience OF
the minority; the mountain should not
be compelled to go to the man, but the
man to the mountain. This is in ac-
cor,lance with the theory of the great
est good to the greatest number, and
hv this test Dallas is entitled to Il
branch of the Supreme court by rca'
sou of population.
Government was instituted to pro-
t,ct property as well rs liberty, an,
Dallas has the vantage ground on this
side of the question. AS faithful, fair
and honest representatives OF the peo'
pie we cannot disregard facts and fig
ures, and both in numbers and dollars
and cents, Dallas has the advantage.
Taxing the cOmpasses and striking Il
circle half way between the town OF
Dallas and the town of Tyler, and this
area embraces ten counties to each OF
them. Dallas includes the following
counties as her share of population and
territory: Dallas, Kaufman, Ellis,
johnson, Tarrant, Wise, Denton, Cot
lin, Hunt and Rockwell. Smith com.
pyiscs the following: Smith, Hender-
son, Van Xandt, Wood, ppshur, Rusk,
Rnines, Cherokee, Anderson and
Gregg. The most accessible counties
to Dallas are Navarro, Hill, Parker
Cook, Grayson, Fnnnin, Lamar, Red
River, Bowie, Hood, Palo Pinto and
Montague. The most accessible tc
Smith are Cass, Marion, Harrison
Pamela, Delta, Hopkins and Titus. The
vote in the Dallas district in the last
election was 81 ,920, and in the Tyler
district 27,9GS. Hence, if the popular
voice were declared and maioritics
ruled, Dallas would be declared as tho
point to be selected, and | will prove
that both as regards wealth rs well Us
numbers, she is entitled to it. This is
in exact accord with the greatest gooo
10 the greatest number.
Now, J will direct your attention tc
her qualifications and claims, in the
way of property. 1t is calculated that
once in every twenty-scven years the
administration of property changes,
and IL certain amount OF it goes into The
Supreme court Of the State. The Dal-
las taxable property amounts, in round
numbers, to S2l ,79S, 475 the valuation
of property in the Smith district
amounts to $l3,07S, OIL. This does moi
include taxes assessed on nOn-rcsi.
dents of the Dallas district, in which is
comprised the eight league Chambers
the four league LaVegN, and the
eleven league Townsend grants and
others in Ellis county, 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, II per centage OF
which naturally finds its way into the
limits Of the country. Is it not unjust
to expect us to vindicate our titles to
land in place so far removed as lyle,
and which does not represent more
than half the amount OF wealth OH
district does? Navarro will go to Dali
las, so will Hill and the other accesSi-
bic counties mentioned, and this would
add SIG, 2O5,S7 to its wealth in proper
ty. Take the counties mentioned as
accessible to Tyler and ! will add Shell
by and Nacogdoches-which there is
no doubt would go to Galvestun--aDo
you can make 4 total of accessible
wealth more than Sl4, 4S4 ,504. So far
as dollars and cents are concerned !
think have shown that Dallas nearly
doubles that of Tyler. Dallas cannot
be 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 go TO Dallas; there is nc
other place for them, and though some
Of them are not organized, they em-
brace an area of territory that for fer
tility of soil and climate cannot be-
surpassed in the State. This territory
is like young giant in slHmber soon
to be awakened into life and its voice
ought to be heard i'm these halls. bal
las is the point to which centers thirty
four counties, and Tyler, even counting
Angelina and Nucogdoches, is but the
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an area OF 10, $4,000 square miles; the
latter 10, 7S4, 600 square miles, the Dial.
las territory being double that of Tyler
and soon to be doubled by the indus
tries of the country. III fertility of
soil, in climate, in mineral deposits,
she is destined as the source of wealth
to the State and is place of which th;,
whole State can justly be proud. The
railroads to be constructed will go
south of it and the counties lying west
and north as far as Red river will nat
urally gravitate there.
Dallas las in it 5000 square miles TO
its county. The people are loyal TO
their government, pay their quota of
taxes cheerfully, have done nothing to
incur displeasure, and 10y what process
of reasoning should you favor Tyler to
her exclusion? Dallas has ten per
cent more of prairie land capable of
cultivation.
In her crops of wheat, rye, corn, and
her cereals generally, and in cotton,
her crops are ten per cent the superior
of the Tyler district. Look at her
accessibility; look TO her railroads. The
Pacific is coming through; there is the
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