The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-03

OF Professor COlller X Aclucmy WIS
highly creditable TO them and reflect
cd honor on their able and eloquent
President. Professor Collier, we
are free to say, has as clear an idea
of the true mode of training our
youth into manhood and wcman-
hood as any instructor in Texas
We are not in possession of details
and cannot give them, which we
greatly regret.
"sNAPPERS UP OF UNCONsIDEHED
TRIPLES"
The following excerpt is taken
from the Fort Worth Standard, in
reply to paragraph which recently
appeared in the columns of The
HERALD relative to the nominee OF
Tarrant county for the Constitu-
tional Convention:
Here we have plainly indicated
the course which The HERALD ad.
vocutes to chouse Tarrant out of II
representative. If it was the honest
wish of that paper to act in concert
with the other portions Of the dis
trict, why does it make the tlimsy
excuse that it will not carry out the
expressed views of Ellis and Tar
rant in the district convention, be-
cause we have nominated what
it pleases to term an incompe-
tent candidate? Has THE HERALD
assumed the dictatorial power OF
telling us who we must nominate ?
It would seem so, for the article in
directly advises the people OF Dal'
las to pay no attention to the nom
ination of Tarrant, but 90 on and
elect as many rs they want from
Dallas.
This is courtesy with vengeance.
Mr.. Wallace may be incompetent;
we do not know his qualifications
for we have never had the pleasure
of his acquaintance, nor do we even
know him. But this is not the
question the HERALD is called on to
decide. The question is, would the
HERALD under any circumstances
support candidate from Tarrant
nominated bya District Conven-
tion2 II has for months been op-
posed to II District Convention and
now it has an excuse (whether good
or not is not for us to say), that it
will have nothing to do with our
nominee. We are not advocating
any body's election, but the right
of Tarrant to have a representative
in the Constitutional Convention,
and the right of Tarrant to say
who that representative shall be,
and We will not under any circum-
stances confer that right on the DAL
LAS HERALD.
The position of The HERALD has
been so frequently and explicitly
stated on this question, that 1t seems
almost like an useless repetition to
reiterate. The HERALD opposed the
calling of District or County Con-
vention simply in order to prevent
the people being gorrymandered out
of their choice, and in order to poll
u full and complete vote, which
could only be done by free and
open race TO all. The HERALD, mol
Dallas county, has no wish or de-
sire to chouse Tarrant or Ellis
county out Of II representative.
The HERALD has never desired tha
either Tarrantor Ellis county should
be deprived of direct representation
in tho Constitutional convention
but, on tho contrary holds, and has
ever held, that each and every
county should be duly represented
provided competent and able mer
are selected for the position. Bu,
TIE HERALD does not go so far IL
its blind zeal tor party purposes AZ
to follow the dictates and bchest'
of every corner-grocory clique
or Convention" that desires to con
troi tho affairs of state, and wher
Tarrant presents a can didato who IL
acknowledged by all to be incompc
tent, Tue HERALD has no hesitation
in opposing his election, however
good Democrat he may be. TIL
HERALD has not assumed any dicta
torial power, and does not assum,
to arrogate to itself the authority Il
dictate to the people of Tarran
county who they shall nominate
but one thing is certain: THE Her
AID will not support any antedelu
vian and incompetent old fossi
like her present nominee. IIa'
Tarrant county presented a candi
date of acknowledged ability, ant
she has many citizens who enjo.
that reputation, The HERALD woui,
have lent him "a cheerful and earn
est support, while he would hav
secured the almost unanimous sup
port of the voters Of Dallas county
1t will be observed that the Stan
dard itself is not very much infatu
ated with Mr.. Wallace, and onl,
lacks the independence TO come ou
directly and say that he is incomp'
tent and unfit for the position bu
40, with "A sycophancy that is dc
spicable, it raises its feeble voice j
his support, simply because he wa
nominated by a convention.
The HERALD's chief objection t
a convention was that it would cul
tail the popular vote. 1t has feI
and urged the necessity of fu
vote being polled in North Texa
FOR the convention, and dcemin
that the best way to do this was I
have no nominating conventions,