The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-03-09

nNfHF ~ WV Nif'N fN ~" PVT wv w
slhlp Is not out 9pnt Hnd iur The uae
Of har credit NJ secured pyN ratio of
earnings, with Unconstitutional privilege
Of debating tho purchase ot her bonds
bl The company toA large amount Ia
the other, thcslato gives the company
un hnmepsp dpmaiu If baud, aud The
tages due Tor twenty-five wears, "
does not require much calculation lc
prove HAT seyen million sis hundred
and eighty thousand acrei Of land,
aud twenty-five years taxation u q
more liberal settlement Than the com
romlse bill offers, provided lands were
Immediately saleable or could he
promptly hypolhecaIed, Tho neceSsl'
les of the International, however nfe
such That the company cannot wait
and 10 give II lnud and exempt II rom
mXatlon, IN place NJ the mere use OF
the sluto'a credit, II mocklug ~ lls en-
lamily aud giving II u stone Instead OF
bead. The governor has failed TO
make out u ease then, no Tar ~ the
oonslilutlonully Of the matter coca
Tho people understand fully themcans
bywhlCh thecharterwasohlnIned, They
propose simply TO waah this p'eoe OF
dirty linen NJ homo mud TO secure nll-
way facilities aud quiet MI clpllns
against Iho state, prcpostorous M they
may be- TO protect the good name and
credit of tho state, whose word wa
pledged by an unworthy legislature
The refusal of the state to.pny or settle
with this camorous company has millT
tded against the crcdItof TeSw, aud
win continue 70 do 40 llnlll II II ar
ranged. Their little bill may be q
fraud or not hut the spectacle of u
company setting ON Texas doolsleps
every morning asking, inlpl0rlng and
threatening about "lhat little hill' Is
sonnduuus, and Texas viii do well TO
llX up the matter rs soon ~ possible
aud lot the lmpOrluuing company 90
about H. business. They have wcarled
the patience Of the Inmates Of the
house, aud the whole neighborhuod Is
tired of the din and recrimnntl0n
which have made thoVcry air hidoous.
the compromise bill is elective aud
prnctican the governors proposition
lmprNctIcablennd futile, Thelcglslaturc
nnd the governor seem to have fully
realized that they had the company in
tight place, quite ut their mercy
The Legislature lr0vea hard bargain,
bat the governor di es n harder one,
fom he fact that there Is no imme-
dlate succ0r Tin litothc company with
out which II goes TO the wall. II is
neither IN keeping with the honor or
dignity ofa great aud powerful state,
simply because IL has the power to use
1t by wrnging hard terms from any
individual CT company whom 1t may
happen to have ut n disadvantage. II
is not consistent with Texan ideas Of
fair play.
The most pcstiferous. and unfortu-
nate feature about this veto is its POI
litical effect. 1t will be used rs a cam
paign document 10 bring about u divis-
ion of the state. The people of west
Texas have common Interest in the
public domain which has been freely
parceci ont to build railways in other
parts of the state. They have stood by
and seen other sections getting rail-
ways built in this way and are yet
without railroad connection. They
have lost the immigration ofyears.
Property has deprecated and they
lave not been able TO keep up with
the rest of the state in progress, They
have not been treated justly, and this
veto Is now their especial grievance.
II has no place, however, In the politics
of the state, aud should not be used as
a handle to any party whip. 1t is sim
ply II question of public faith and state
credit, and really should have no more
hearing upon the question Of division
than the defeat of any other bill. 1t
must be treated and settled upon sim
ply the basis OF its merits II is not
a sufficient cause for even suggesting n
division of the state, which would not
settle the International muddle, nor
give west Texas railways ally sooner.
Besides il is n bad precede { 10 estab-
iish. The state would have 10 he d.
vided up into states about the size of
Rhode Island, II the cry of division is
to be raised every lime any particular
section does not get railway commune
cation as fast rs .twouid like to have
It.
There is yet time for the legislature
and the governor to settle upon some
plan OF adjustment that will he hon
oable to the state, beneficial to the
company and satisfactory to the people,
which viii not boopen 10 "constitd-
tional' objections. They have to settle
II among themselves, or else run the
gauntlet of allowing the state to be
sued, and witnessing, possibly, the
spectacle ofthe state beimgmuIcted by
II court for the whole six millions. Of
the two horns OF the dilemma; 1t is
better the difficulty should be arrapg-
telNt Austin Than, perhaps, in aUnit,d
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