The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-26

chants, mechanics, etc. busy and happy
--llouston needs now but two thing
to make herselfn great city, These mr.
NOR wholesale merchants aud cheap flle
for manufacturers. She ought 10 have n
once two three dozen mon large whoesaI,
houses, II She had Theses her business would
BIO enormously increased. When u mer
chant goes of 10 buy goods, he likes 10 20 10
u large market and wide field 10 select
from lle "a apt TO avoid place whore
there arc but few large houses Large mor-
chants In Houston would "leater their
ncstsi' n large trade would Immediately llow
In upon thom, IL Is u good place Tor large
merchants 10 comoio, The cheap fuel qups-
ton Is rather perpleyirgi cobl Is worth 80 To
$40 per ton here, and Is II reasonable 10 talk
of u manufacturing city NJ such prices /.
Even ut 50 atom II would b. too high. /
believe the great Ignite beds of Robertson
and Limestone counties could be made
available by Houston, 1t could be dcli,m d
here ut 81 per ton, and two tons oft are,
think, fully equal to ono ton Of Indian Ter
ri.ory coal, II Is good fuel for sta
tlonary engines, aud IL some contrivanoe
should be used whereby the volitile matter
could be converted into flame, instead of
going oil In smoke II would b0 excellent.
These Ignite bods afford Houston now the
only showing for manufactures that | can
see. The enterprising men of the city ought
to investigate the subject, Should they do
so, have no doubt that they will pronounce
these Ignite beds very valuable.---Another
thing that attribute the HoustAn boom to
Is tho many public Improvement There
are some eight miles of excellent sidewalks,
m immense sewer, which converted n dis
gushing marsh into what is now one of tho
best portions Of the city, and nm immense
and beautiful city hall which ovorops
anything in the South in that line
and IL is now the most beautiful city in the
State, which pleases the eye of every stran-
gerwho visits ii. The stranger who sees il
once desires to cultivate closer acouain-
lance. OF course I'LL these improvements
involved the city in heavy debt but the Of
feet has been splendid, Have they not paid
for themselves many times in the results {?
II Is always thus where citios make judlcous
public Improvements. Some two weeks
hence u now city administration will be cho-
sen. The politi ians of the Democratic par
ty began as usual TO blow their little loot
horns with the view Of forcing politics. into
the election. These little fellows think they
are bound to drive politics into everything.
Of course their object is TO put as many Of
themselves ms possible into fat positions, and
otherwise cultivate their self.importance
They always rely upon the people being stu
pid enough to be driven by the party lash.
For several years past these
fellows have given Houston
governments which were models Of iacapa-
city and imbecility to such an extent that
they made the city laughing-stock through
out the country The good citizens this
time determined TO head these little toot-
horners off. They attended the ward con-
ventions in full force and dictated the nomi-
nations for Alderman, in every case slaugh-
tering the politicians They attended the
general city convention, and crowded the
nomination Of Colonel w. r. Baker for
Mayor. With this they left, and let the
toot-horners make out the rest of the ticket.
They made ono blunder. They ought to
have declared the convention net political
convention but general assemblage of the
citizens of Houston, acting for the benefit of
the city and not OF party. In two Of the
ward conventions this was done. OF the AL.
dermen nominated at least three are not in
sympathy with the Democratic party, and
one of them probably never voted remo-
cratic ticket in his life. Their candidate for
Mayor isan avowed independent and expects
to vote for an Independent Democrat for
Governor. The toot-hornerS Of course did
not like this, but they have to grin and bear
it. The Greenbackers, Republicans and lu
dependents are'so well satisfied that they will
generally support the nominees except for
City Collector and Marshal, and one Alder
man in the lst ward. They will defeat the
Democracy for these positions without n
doubt. It's to be hoped that this will be the
last time that the toot.horners will try to run
party politics into our city elections. Such
thing is an inexcusable folly-a wrong in
principle and an outrage in practice, and can
never result in anything but harm. 1t has
brought most serious injury to Houston.