The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-04-14
EXECUTIVE EFFICIENCY.

w, strategy, audaelly ana klhHfen uh'
booklsh qualities are In demand Mack
and Miles complained that Napoleon
was running the science Of war True,
he was, 30 far as their theory OF that
science was concerned, but he was ney'
erlholess winning victories for France,
while according TO rule, they were pill
Ing up defeat upon defeat for Austria
But tho Aulc council were satisfied be'
cause II was being done by the books
and according 10 all accepted preoe'
dentS Their satisfaction was akin 10
that Of the dying patient who oonSoled
himself With the reflection that his
death was by the orthodox school OF
allopathy, and that was far better than
10 recover by unorthodox means,
Just now north Texas Is throttled by
a band of thieves who care even less for
rule aud the books than Napoleon did
IT they were only once safely and no.
curely housed In Jail, our book'law and
precedents would soon cook their
goose, and rid society of their balelul
attentions, that II, If their friends out
side did not disregard rule and proce'
don't and tear down the prison and ro'
lease them by other than the gallowa
route, Law and precedent will never
catch the Bass party, unless some more
active but loss known principle of II IL
evolved and invoked, We have mn no
tive mounted police Of several years
experience, in just such service as
that needed here now II IL nearly
two months since tho band commenced
operations here. Why are not one or
two companies Of these troops on the
ground now oh they were raised cX'
clusively for frontier service, and can't
DO brought TO north Texas Simon
Suggs and negro boy were playing
cards once, Slmon's father bore down
upon the game and Simon cutched
the stakes, Notwithstanding tho boy
plead the rule OF the game, No such
c,so made aud provided" "To an avs
ful HI with the rule nj time like
this, said Simon II was hard on the
negro, but Simon saved the money by
il, So il would he with the game the
robbers are giving the mail service and
express companies, The presence of
the troops might not be exactly ruloaN
bic, but the company would save its
stake (money,) 1t wasn't exactly nc.
colding TO law Tor Conductor Alvord to
shoot at the robbers, and less according
to rule for the robbers TO shoot Alyord,
but il was very effective ~ the band
had one the less determined man to
contend with,
The discretionary powers Of the OK.
ecutive are to be used M much as the
mandatory, and they were conferred ex~
pressly to cover such exigencies as the
present troubles in our section. 1t
may cause small outlay of money to
drive the robbers from their Businesses
in the cross tmbers but every day they
remain will cost the state many thous
sands by lettering people from coming
here, This is the "spiggot and bung'
doctrine on broader field than COM
mon, and our blessed governor, while
he is hunting for law and precedent is
having his faithful legemen bled in
person as well rs purse. You see it
makes some difference as to the point
of observation The executive person
and purse are both safe under the shad
ow of the capital, but the liegeman is
exposed daily The ex ecutive can aft
ford to toy with formaity rule and
precedent while the liegeman can't.
And that contains the difference. ~
would be glad to help you, hat then the
statutes have not provided Send
Hall and Jones" says the legeman
and to an awful HI with the stat
utes.' That is strong homely Anglo
Saxon, but it expresses exactly the sen~
,iments Of the people We want quiet
md order, and if rule and precedent
won't serve the object, why then we
must try something else and not be
'ery particular about il either, only
hat it answers the purpose, which is
ther to kill the rogues, drive them out
# the state, or make the cross timbers
ntirely too hot to hold them. viii
lot his excellency forget, for moment
he rule and precedent he bows down
'oiore (Which is all goods in its place)
nd send us evidence that the state ex.
outive is strong enough to drive out
andfull Of even desperate robbers, and
estore quiet to the troubled express
IAN and the badgered mail agent?