The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-08
STATE PRESS REVIEW.

Dallas has been selected ms the place OF
holding the State Democratic convention;
why and how this has been done the Hous-
ton papers-one at least, the Age, has been
unable to see and it calls for the vote of the
committeeman on the subject. Dallas has
been sadly neglected as place for holding
conventions, and having by the chairman OF
the State executive committee been selected
it should OF right have the convention. 1t
is the first time that Dallas has been so hon.
ored.- BRENNAN Banner.
The exodus is the caption of an editorial
in the Dallas HERALD of Thursday morning,
the 9th of June, in which is a well consid-
cred and carefully prepared article on the
colored race. In this article it is claimed, as
every man who has been raised in the South
knows, that her the colore1 man has his
friends; that here if a negro is in distress that
he will be helped out of his emergency, and
that under the same and under no other
claim can he expect the same help and the
same assistance If the negro knows when
he is well off he will never desert his
Southern home Brenham Banner.
John j. Hand, manager of the Galveston
News testified under oath on Friday last that
the circulation of the daily News did not ex-
coed 5000 copies, and that 5000 of this num-
Der was confined to the city of Galveston. In
the proposition for printing the list of UNI
rendered lands, the Review gave an hundred
thousand dollar guarantee that their circula-
ton would be greater throughout the State,
and offered to perfect the publication tor
81 so per squire. Yet the firm of Darden
u Snee, saw proper to give the contract to
the News at one dollar and ninety cents per
square. What unusual influence was brougl
to bear upon them? = Austin Review.
The State of Texas, through her law.mak-
ers has fooled away nearly all of her i'm.
mense public domain of land to railroads and
corporations, but thanks to the intelligence
of the Sixteenth Legislature, she will very
soon have most of that back which her peo-
pie have paid for as homesteads. For the
last three days Sheriff Welsh and auctioneer
have been staining at the corner of Austin
door, selling lands to the State for taxes
Wonder how many of those whose lands are
being sold knows anything about it? The
solons of the immortal Sixteenth declared it
should not be made known in the public
prints People of Texas, arouse, or you will
soon be beggars and slaves - Jefferson
Jimplicute.
Strangers visiting the city remark on the
number of substantial buildings in course
of erection and the grand progressive spirit
of our citizens. Our handsome courthouse
comes in for share of admiration. To the
County Commissioners is due the credit of
its origin, and to the contractor praise for the
fine work. Next is the new Jail, being built
on Palo Pinto street, which, when completed,
will tower above the squatty buildings sur
rounding it, and be the observed of all OBJ
servers. Should the Commissioners conclude
to erect tower fronting the depot, as we
are inclined to believe they will when they
see the necessity for il, the jail, as seen from
North Weatherford and the public square,
will pr sent Il tine and imposing appearance.
This addition suggested will add materially
to the convenience US well as the looks of the
building. We want another building like
the court house -one of which the town and
county may be proud Weatberford Re-
view.
If We are to Judge from the tone of the
Dallas pr IS, the city on the Trinity, in cap
turing tire State convention, has also ac-
quired dilemma, something on the white
elephant order that the shoemaker of Bag
uAQ drew III inc lOllcTy. w uuI ThCkS bue
very soul of Dallas is the fact that she has
got hall of sufficient capacity to &C.
commodated the people at the convention.
We don't know that anybody is to blame for
this, for nobody ever supposed that Dallas
would be struck by lightniDg-that is we
should say get the State convention. But the
fact remains that one of the advantages" is
lacking. 1t is of no use to twit the Dallasite
by advising him to ''go hire ball." for the
hall isn't there to hire such advice would
be wanton cruelty. Dallas is in dilemma
she feels that the eyes Of the State are upon
her. and the HERALD, always her main stay,
is urging that something be done. We be-
lieve the HERALD will be equal to the emer-
gency. We certainly hope it will. It would
be sad should Dallas have to say to the con-
vention folks Gentlemen, we are house.
cleaning; it is wash-day and everything is in
confusi II. Could you defer your visit to
some future day !" We shall watch the eff
forts of the HERALD to make Dallas equal to
the emergency, with scarcely less interest
than we waited yesterday to hear what those
demnition stalwarts at Chicago did with the
unit rule. The HERALD is working man.
fully, and if any agency can devise plan to
feed, lodge and utilize the white elephant,
the HERALD is the factor that will solve the
hall problem at Dallss.-[Waco Telephone.