The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-05-10
GOVERNOR HUBBARD ON CRIME,

hUVtHNUh huhpAhp uN ph'mt'
according TO the Dallas llrRAlp'
Iays the Philadelphia Iimes, flour
thousand murderersare running around
oose In Texas" This paper has never
made such an assertion but now that
our attention has been called TO II, u IL
believed that II there was any way Of OBJ
tanning reliable information ~ 10 the
number of murderers AT large IN the
state-those who have committed mnr
der elsewhere, besides the home sup
ply-the number would be In excess
Of four thousand And yet our present
executive thinks II u matter OF eon'
graduation that we have 10 little crime
In Texas Our contemporaries abroad may
rest assured, however that NJ tho present
time the worst form Of orime-murder
ia on the increase drought the state
We are greatly surprised that Governor
Hubbard should have made tho asHer-
ton above alluded TO, But perhaps he
did II without thought, Nslt was uttered
AT railway station on Monday last In
connection with a speech TO some fire.
men who called upon him, and we sup-
pose no wanted TO say something TO
please them The governors remarks
were made AZ tho depot Nv llcarne, aud
were reported as follows
"The governor responded in u speech
Of half an hour, oongratulaiing the peos
Pic OF this valley upon the growth and
prospect Of the country, Touching
upon his public services he said he had
done all lac could for the state, and
would not, in abiding TO what he had
accomplished, wish 20 deIrnot from
others who had occupied the same posi-
ton, IA TO lawlessness and crime, he
thought il II matter Of oougratulatlon
that we have 10 little in Texas, The
vast stream of immigration TO Texas
bears the rlllrall Of cities, and 10 in
crease our criminal population. lie
would in future, us in past, exhaust the
civil power and the military power NJ
his disposal, even the state treasury
within the limits of the law, TO suppress
crime,
As before intimated, we dc
not believe the governor really
contemplated what he would say until
he said il, therefore the assertion should
be taken cum grano sails,
The governors assertion that las to
lOwlessness and crime, il was II matter
of congratuhtion that we have 30 little
IN Texas" does not consist with this
report which comes from the state CAPT.
tai, from parties in position to know
"rho general remark here is that the
lnwless element was never more ram
pant in Texas than now, and yet in thC
Last twelve months Halls command
the frontier troops aud the peace officers
Of the counties have made more arrests
and Gagged more bad men than WAS even
done in the same time, and the courts
and juries, il the papers tell the truth
have convicted more desperate crimi
mails than ever before The pen itentia-
ry, il is reported too, is receiving n
great increase of conyicts. Some OK
plain that the result of the influx o.
tramps is just beginning to be felt
Something is the matter with Texas. II
the adjutant general had m army of II
thousand men he could hardly answer
the demands from different localities loi
squads and companies"
Governor Hubbard, of course, knows
better than almost any one else that TO
day there is fearful showing
Of crime Of nearly all kinds in
the state, and that thieves and MUIR
derers are at large and within our borN
ders.
Mr.. Hubbard is u candidate for re,
election to the gubernatorial chair and
to make his canvass more effective we
should imagine he would be more care
full in making assertions 30 hastily upon
a subject which almost every one in the
state is compelled to have some cogni
aance, owing to the unpleasant duty
which has been performed by the press
in chronicleing the accounts of crime SO
prevalent during the past few months.
We dislike to make this showing for
Texas, yet it is the truth. To
hope for remedy, and a speedy remedy
too, is the best that can be done under
the circumstances. The governor is not
in whole responsible for the state OF
affairs that now exist, yet he is exs
tremely lackidaisy in performing his
part. 1t is useless to speak in detail of
the fresh murders that are being cons
mitted almost daily in Texas, and of
the fact that the kind of punishment to
be effective has been rare within the
past year or two in dealing with the
criminals who have been brought to
trial. The facts are plainly understood
here in Texas, but persons abroad are
10th to understand why these things are
permitted.
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10 the Houston Age ut looks very
much like Bass and his gang have es,
capped. Both sheritfs' posses after him