The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-04

|. Storey, of Caldwell, and Hon. Sid. Cole
man, of Harrison, have been mentioned. All
of them have had large experience Ms legis-
lators and as presiding officers. Mr.. Coch-
ran, as q member Of the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth and as Speaker OF the House
Of the Sixteenth Legislature; Mr.. Storey
AS a member Of the House of the Fourteenth,
a Senator in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth
Legislatures, and President pro TEN. during
the session of the Sixteenth; and Mr.. Cole
man as a member of the Fifteenth and Six
tenth Legislatures, and frequently occupy
ing the chair temporarily during both ses-
sions.-For Comptroller several gentlemen
are prominent Hon. Ed. Chambers, of
Collin, prominent member of the Four
teenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Legislatures;
Captain William A. Pitts, of this city, and,
as i see from late HERALD, Nelson II.
Davis, esq, the present collector of taxes of
Harris county. Captain Pitt, as eryone
knows, is the present competent and genial
chief clerk in the Comptroller's Off Q, where
he has served for over five Years. Whatever
may BIO the claims and qualifications ofother
aspirants, all will acknowledge the ability,
integrity and urbanty of Cap
tain Billy Pitts. 1t is asserted
that he would scarcely loose vote among
his old comrades In the army. An old
Texan, though comparatively Young man,
who fought Indians on the frontier in the old
days, genial, warm hearted and generous
friend, II faithful, tried and competent officer
of tho State, and n gentleman ofthe strctest
integrity, the Office could fall on no worthier
shoulders. For Treasurer, no one MS yet
seems to nave ventured to come out against
our old friend, Governor Lubbock than
whom Texas has never yet had truer friend
or more faithiuI, Woodworking officer, in
whatever capacity he has served her.-For
Commissioner of the General Land Office
several gentlemen have been named, but not
prominently, as yet, AS candidates against the
present, able and upright incumbent, Cap
tain w. Z. Walsh, VINO has hosts of friends.
For Attorney General, Hon. Thomas
Ball, of Jack county, present Assistant At
torney-General, Hon. John ID. Templeton, of
Tarrant county, al present Secretary of
State Judge Wilson, of this city, formerly
of Rusk, and perhaps others. will be before
the convention. All three of the above
names have been freely canvassed for several
months, and the office would be well
filled il either were nominated and elected.
Surely with the above array the convention,
when it assemblies, will have ample material
out of which to form an invincible ticket
without resortng to any dark horse.--The
Supreme court, Court of Appeals and Court
of Commissioners, are still in session here,
and are working hard, as is evinced by the
number Of decisions rendered. | am told
that the Supreme court has materially les
sened its docket number of cases frsm it,
as well rs from the Court of Appeals, hav-
ing been transferred to the Commissioners
court and by them decided. All these
courts will adjourn the last of June for the
summer vacation, meeting again in October,
at Tyler,--The various departments of
government are working along smoothly and
money coming in faster than Treasurer Lub-
book can legally dispose of it, am credibly
informed. That there will be in the State
treasury to the credit of the general revenue
on the first of June about $750,000, with all
warrants and expenses of government paid
up to date, and exclusive of all special de-
posts, such Ms the available and perma-
nent school fund, university land sale fund.-
escheated estate fund, sundry county subsidy
account, etc. or, in other words the State
will have nearly, if not vuite three-Qt la rters
Of million of dollars on hand that she has
no present use for after paying all accrued
Indebtedness, including interest, besides the
whole of the deficiency warrants issued last
year, and the available school fund, one.
sixth of all nd valorem and occupation taxes
of 1879, and one. fourth of all collections on
assessments from all previous years, Quite
good showing, isn't it? And all the result
of the legislation of the Democracy since
1874, principally of the tax laws passed by
the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Legislatures,
which not only secured the rendition of u
great deal of land that had previously es-
capped taxes, but enforced tho payment of
taxes by sales. 1t is suggested by some
that were the bell-punch law amended so as
enforce all of its provisions land he insists
that it can be so amended) that law alone
would give the State all the revenue she
needs to carry on the government, without
the necessity of taxing lands or other prop
crty. Perhaps it would be well for the Sew
enteenth Legislature to amend the law and
continue it for another two years.
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