The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-04
SOUND DOCTRINE.

SUNNI DOOl MIMI
The principal issues, we take il, before the
people in state politics, are those of free
schools, the disposition Of the public lands
and immigration, and interviewer with these
is the all important question Of taxation.
The Sunday law, bell-punch and occupation
taxes are but side issues. The state consttu-
ton demands that the Legislature shall "es-
tablish and make suitable provision for the
support and maintenance of an efficient sys-
tenn of public free schools" and it also enun-
ciates the principle IL st "a general diffusion
Of knowledge is essential to the preservation
of the liberties and rights Of the people"
While the latter clause quoted is declaratory
only, the former is mandate ry and both are
of binding force and effect, and just as oblg-
story in nature as any declaratory or
mandatory clause in the constitution.
II is not necessary in this article to indite any
panegyric upon the blessings of education
and the benefits that flow from acquired
knowledge. The constitution requires that
public free schools shall be provided for and
tho legislator that obeys not that requirement,
or the governor who throws hindrance in
the way of its obedience is not enly recreant
in his duty but, he is unfaithiul to the oath
he takes MS an official. 1t certainly should DO
the desire of every citizen of Texas to see
every little girl and boy within the limits of
the state have at their command the ad-
vantages of that education 60 necessary for
the development of mind and heart, SO neces-
sary to enable them to grow up to be good
and useful men and women. With our
magnificent land school fund, if it be prop
erly managed, there should be no need
OF Furthermore taxation for school
purposes. immigration is the next impor-
tant question. Under section Sc, article Is,
Of the constitution, the Legislature is prohib-
tied from appropristng money to support
an immigration bureau or for the purpose of
bringing immigrantsro the state. In this
particular the constitution Is weak and
faulty, and 1t should be amended so as to
allow the state to do something in its own
behalf in this respect. With an area of ter
ritory equal to five such states as New York,
and with population not exceeding $780,
600, If it be so great, it behooves the state to
do something to secure immigrants
to people her waste places and
bring her wild lands into cultivation. We
pay every year from $4,000 to 100000 to
protect the frontier and sparsely populated
counties from the inroads of Indians and out
laws. If these counties were populated they
could protect themselves and save to the
people the taxes required to furnish this
$4,000 to $780, for their protection. In
addition to this, they would be helping TO
pay taxes which would still further lesson
the burden the people now have to pay. The
statistics show that thousands and thousands
of people are landing in New York every
month from Europe, hunting homes in the
United States. From the irst...of JANUARY
last up to the first of this month, more i'm.
migrants had landed in the United States thar
was ever known in the history of the coun
try in the same length of time, and the
hegira from Europe has lust begun. The
bulk of these people are going to the western
and northwestern states, and simply becaus,
these states have made and are still making
strenuous efforts to got them. They do no
pay the way of these people, nor give then
homes; they simply advertise their adyan
tages and spread these advertisements bros,
A'rast over Europe. Texas should expend
least from $4,000 to $4,000 annually in ad
vertising her advantages, facilities, he
lands, climate, timber. church and schoo
facilities, in the various European language
Tor distribution among these peo
PIE, and thus help herself. W
believe that. under strict construction q
.ae constitution the legislature is no. prc
n'O'sed nom appropriating money to adye,
Use The state. We must get population