The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-01

Tothe Editor Of The Herald
wichita has been much amused over
your editorial Of Saturday morning,
about the Dallas and Wichita, With
yonr permision, ] will amusehim little
more on the same subject Wichita"
wys the article is fall Of meaning, that
/, reads very candid and just, but in res
olity it is Il crafty and foxy piece of
composition. "Ino the pure, all things
we pure. but to any old and willy poll.
tician and scheming Spectator even
that which reads candid and just to
others, is to him crafty, foxy and suspi-
cjous. Its an older hand than Calder's
in the aldomonic wool Whenever any
one seeks to obtain an advantage in the
Daasand Wichita business, they insist
that Dr. Calder is opposing them, and
that if they succeed that it will be a
victory gained over Calder Well what
if il would be2 If "Wichita" has so
poor an opinion of Mayor Cabell as to
suppose that he would, under any cirs
cumstanccs, prostitute his office to sat,
isfy his unsatished revenge upon DR.,
Calder, or to retain his office in the rails
road company, he does him, his family
and his native state gross and calumni>
Gus injustice
The citizens of Dallas have long since
formed their opinion about the merits
and dement's of DR.. Calder's manages
ment of the affairs of the road. No one
denies this fact, however, that but for
Calder there would be no Dallas and
Wichita railroad
The taxpayers and business men of
Dallas are not interested in the private
basiness or quarrels of the parties seeks
ing to control the next election of offs
cels, but they are deeply interested in
the construction of the road, and they
are determined that the last INSTALL
ment OF $4,000 of Dallas city bonds
shall not be gobbled by any one while
the end Of the track is stuck in the
mud Of Elm Fork.
"Wichita" quotes literally from MAIDS
anne Rumor, in his remarks about Dr.
Calder, he will therefore pardon me
for repeating some of the madame's
sayings; 1t is said that Calder would
not accept the presidency Of the com.
pany if it was offered to him. that he
expects to be appointed to the Office Of
United States Marshal for this district
that he is only acting rs the agent Of the
Kansas Rolling Mil company; that if
he votes their stock that he will neces>
sarily vote it for the ticket agreed on by
them; that if the nine gentlemen selects
ed ly them for directors, six, includ-
ing DR.. Reed, are members OF the press
ent board, that one Of the other three
is Colonel o. q. Welch, of Denton. Is
there much to fear from the Nachina.
tons of these "chums" ofCalder2 Pubs
lie opinion says DR.. Reed is the au-
thor of the Wichita article If so he
speaks authoratatiyely when he says
that "the story about an agreement be-
tween Mayor Cabell and DR., Reed Chat
the road should be built to Louisville
before the bonds We're delivered or dies
manded) is all myth; the facts
being tho very reverse. This state
ment raises a question OF verNcty be.
tween Dr.. Reed on one side and Mayor
Cabell, President CASTOR, Alderman
Crowdus, Ervay and others, who say
that it was so agreed wichita" states
Dr. Reeds position very clearly he
says DIR Reed knows his rights too
well too make such silly agreement.
Hewants to 60 to Louisville it he can,
but he will not compromise his rights,
growing out ola plain ordinance of the
City of Dallas, and eXpend in the Dallas
bud Wichita road twice the amount the
city bonds are worth in CASH That is
to say he has no intention of building
the road beyond the county line; and
expects to receive the fifty thousand
dollars when the track reaches that
point What has the city council and
the taxpayers of Dallastos say about that
VI (also) trust your city readers will
watch ihc developments that must soon
cone, concerning tue Dallas and WichiN
hmiload and lis cruciIiels."
DALLAS.