The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-04-06
the ELECTION TO-DAY.

Many of the most important Offices in
our city government are 10 be filed by
election to-day. The importance of this
event can hardly be over estimated, and
fully warrants the formal treatment we
propose to give it this morning. In
new and growing city like Dallas the
smallest office in the government be-
comes important The business inter
ests OF new place are sensitive to the
smallest official misconduct, and hence
1t becomes OF the last Importance that
the people guard yigileatly against the
placing OF men in the city government
in any capacity, where there may be the
least chance of trouble resulting there's
from. Ii is important that we have an
accomplished assessor and collector, be-
cause fair assessment and rigid col>
lection only will furnish the sinews of
municipal goyernment--money. Money
We need and must have, and upon the
sklll and Judgment of this officer de-
penfs largely the chances of getting it.
The secretary is also important because
he II is who keeps the records of the
city, and upon his faithfulness and IN
tellisence depends the accuracy of the
citys accounts The treasurer has but
q mere routine to pursue and but little
other than undoubted fidelity is re-
quired. The marshall, who is the-ehief
OF police. is one of the moe, important of
| the officers to be chosen Dallas is pecu-
liarly situated in this. She is the first
city OF Importance entered by the i'm.
migrants who come to Texas By either
tue eastern or northern routes. The
consequence is, We have larger pro-
portion of unsettled or floating people
than any other place. Among these are
/ found many bad people. and this cir
cnmstance requires of US the duty of
placing at the head of cur police adj
ministration an intelligent. brave and
watchtul man. He must be of unpur,
chassbie integrity. fearless in the dis
charge of duty, and well nigh omnipres,
emit Sleepiess vigilance is required, be-
cause these bad people operate day and
night, and upon the faithfulness of our
marshal depends the means to inter,
cept and thwsrt them
These are ell of them important posi-
tons, and care should be had that they
be filed by faithful men; but the mos,
| important positions in our city govern
ment. and which are least spoken of
are the sldermen OF the different wards.
The council is the legislature of the city
and upon the wisdom of its members
depends the character of the laws given
US Tor our governance. We have @
large city here, and new necessities are
| developing every day. Laws which
were fully adequate yesterday are un-
| equal to the task to-day. We mus,
have city legislature capable of meet.
ing every requirement of the times, and
every shade of difference developed by
the ever changing character of our
populaticc, l-s,ness necessities, and
most wonderful progress.
Ia the roll OF names offered this
morning all these qualities are to be
found. Let the good people of Dallas.
both rich and poor, black and white, fol-
once east aside prejudice, and unite SC
that we can choose the members with
a view to serving best all these high and
important interests. Whatever comes
DallaF must be sped upon her mission.
There must be no halt in that high
career which lays 80 invitingly and SC
plainly before her. We are no longer q
frontier village, nor yet mere railroad
terminus. We are the commercial, so.
cial and industrial emporium of as rich
a district of country as is to be found on
earths and our city legislation and gov.
eminent must be of like character
See to it, men of Dallas, that these
things have weight in the election to-
day.