The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-03-03
TINE GALVESTON NEWS AND THE TEXAS
AND PACIFIC,

sure branch either from VI faso, or
betw cen that point and tho Hoist me'
rldlan 10 the gulf aud yet II lends It,
self 10 every scheme possible N defeat
tho bill before congress, There Is buI
one theory upon which this apparent
suicidal policy of tho paper can be OK
planned, and TINT 10 the commanding
influence OF Mr. Huntingdon How
used or applied, II boots rs not to ~
quire, The News would defeat tho en-
doraement of the bonds by orraylnf
every Interested man IN other branches
Now, then, when. We consider That the
Wow Of the case, taken by the piper IN
ouestlon. has but few adhorenh IN the
narrow belt or coast strip represented
| by II, aud everywhere else IN the state
encounters u solid line Of dissent what
conclusion can tho people arrive NV
Simply that. the glamour OF llunllng'
lona gold, rises in power over the ms
leresla Of Texas, the interests OF the
aouth and indeed, the best Interests oil
tho entire country no far ms II ~ cons
cerned,
The almost unanimous support ofthc
state has been given 10 this road, and
more especially since the elimination OF
the dangerous and difficult question OF
branches from lis discussion, which was
10 happily accomplished last November
by the unilcationol the Texas delegation
in congress- and yet the Noos, unquoS'
tionably the leading paper of the state,
commercially considered, arrays ITSELF
with the serried hosts who battle against
the state, Happily for Texas, and hap
PLY for the unnumbered millions which
in the future will people hcrierlilc plains,
make glad her happy valleys, and pipe
TO their locks on her green mountain
ranges, this influence, like every other
il has attempted 10 use in politics and
schemes Of purely material signliN
icance, il will fail must fail,
because IL is arrOyod against the intclliN
gent apprehension of u united and cons
srquently strong people
The bill reported the other day by
the committee, Is so fair, Is such IN ey'
dent advance upon anything contcmN
plated in the Huntington scheme is in
and of itself such n perfect checkmate
upon the Union aud Central monopoly,
that we fail to SEQ how any paper in
tho land, much less in Texas,
can oven passively or by i'm
plication fail to approve IT, Vet,
this the Nars does cdilormlly and
by contributions, Every friend Of this
great paper, for great il really IL, must
regret its course ia amat.
ter like the Texas and Pacific bill before
affecting tremendously the
interests of our great state, it
is humiliating to the lust degree that
we do not come in solid phalcnxes from
our sunny dells and happy fields to its
assistance The one solitary sea port OF
Texas, 81 yet, and to be in the future,
the chief beneficiary of the coming
which the road is to
stands solitary and alone
against it, The circumstance
has bad outlook, and is poor bid for
the rich trade of this iabulously rich
region. Is it any wonder that under
these circumstances andsothers equally
Us suggestive, that our people begin to
turn their eyes toward New Orleans
81, Louis and even distant Chicago as
the probable roceptables of the trade
which belongs of right to Calves.
ton, and which she persistently
drives away by her uniricndliness, and
her interest in, and with, our bitteres,
enemies2 1t is time for the Nl'oS and
Galveston to pause and study Other
peoples interests little, rs q means o
Improving and assisting her own.
The state has been very patient ant
rorboarng for u long time, but her pm
thence is wearing thin, and of this W.
warn Galveston in q spirit more of sor'
row than anger. 1t is not too late I,
retrace. IL is not even the las
period OF grace hut that will
come bye and bye, if thcs,
things continue much longer. A frank
and speedy change of policy on her part
would serve Galveston and the stat,
which stands ready and waiting to poul
into her lap jewels as rich as were evel
mined in Golconda or sparkled upol
the peerless brow of Egypts gloriou,
queen.
Take the Texas and Pacific bill as re.
ported from the committee, and ifany.
thing fairer or better, or of better prom.
i've can be devised, then let us discard
II.