The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-10

this honorable employment into disrepute or
instructors and deprive our children of the
benson of education.
That any man who stands in the way Of
the education of the masses is an enemy to
future prosperity and is a block and bar to
that march OF progress so eminently desirable
by all men, and especially by the people Of
Texas.
That officers made by the Democracy are
the servants and agents Of the people, and
not their masters.
Tha. we desiIe the complete recognition Of
the just claims of northwest Texas in the
material development of her resources, in the
encouragement of immigration TO this section
and the fostering Of all her interests in u
manner commensurate with her dignity and
prominence as part of the great state of
Texas.
That the hardy frontiersmen are as much
entitled to the conyeniences and advantages
OF county corporate organization as the more
populous portions of the state, and any pol
icy which would tend to disintegrate or de.
molish such corporate existence is unjust
md oppressive.
That the veto power in the hands of the
executive should only be used in the clearest
cases; that crime ought to be punished and
suppressed and when the juries and courts of
the country have convicted men for the
shedding of human blood and other beinous
felonies, executive clemeucy ought but rarely
to be interposed, and the pardoning power
ought not to be..abused.
That public lands in this state should be
rendered accessible to the purchasable Ca
pscity of the poorer classes, and any system
of sale which discriminates in favor of the
wealthy is anti Democratic and subversive
to the true interests of our state gov
eminent.
1nat we demand the highest standard of
morals Mt the hands of the officers we make;
that righteousness exaleth nation, and sin
is reprcach to any people,"
That the Hon. 0. NJ. Roberts, during his
administration of the affairs of Texas, as our
chief magistrate, has pursued policy in
many respects detrimental to the best inter-
ests OF Texas, as manifested in his uncalled
for and impoltic resort to the veto power to
override the desires Of the people expressed
through majority of their representatives
in the Legislature, vetong the appropriation
for paying the interest on. the bonded
debt.
And for defraying the expenses of the pub
lie schools, that putting his "policy" against
the sovereign will of the people.
BY his manifest unfriendship to the public
free. school interest in the state.
BY his policy MS formulated in his message
in regard to the disposition of the public
lards of the state in not less than GAO acre
t cts and Mt nominal prices, thus discrimi-
na..ng against the poorand in favor of the rich
and specializing Glass.
by his policy in respect to the frontier
counties by retardipg and discoumging their
progress, settlement and organization, aud by
other acts ofless moment, clearly evincing n
lack of comprehensive statesmanship, ut this
time so desirable and necessary to the Do
velopment and progress OF our great state
and its resources.
Therefore, be it resolved that our delegates
to the Dallas convention are hereby instruct
ed to use their influence to secure the nomina-
ton OF some good and representative Demo-
crat, whose record and views are pronounced
and progressive and responsive to the resolu-
tons passed by this convention, and TO
oppose by all honorable means the re.nomi.
nation of o. NJ. Roberts first, last and all the
time, JAMES HURT,
j. p SKIDp,