The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-10

his way to Galveston, two months ago he
encountered Governor Hubbard, who is ab-
sorbed in railway building. Throckmorton
preached 10 Hancock so effectively that he and
Hubbard went into the state convention re-
solved to cast the vote Of Texas tor the
soldier and statesman, who, as every
body now believes, will be Hayes
successor. Throckmorton and Hubbard and
their agents visited every delegation at Gin
cinnati and made up list of Hancock's adj
herents. These, from all the states, held
meetings and defined plans of action. Hub
bard made two most ielicitous speeches, one
to conciliate Tammsny, the other seconding
Hancock's nomination. This was muster
piece of popular oratory and won for the
Texan national fame Ii was before the ex-
hilarating effect of this intellectual cham
payne, uncorked by Hubbard, had died away,
that Hancock's nomination was achieved.
There was never such rejoicing; sane, sober
old men were beside themselves and almost
frantic with delight, Each representative
man of each delegation sezing the banner Of
his state hurried with it to the platform,
Judge Hosdley, of Ohio, dignifed, gray
haired old gentleman, held Ohio's flag
high above his head. 1t was swaying from
side TO side. North Carolina's standard.
bearer was electrified when the mighty organ
and eight thousand voices resounded beneath
the ulted ROOT of the mighty structure.
Heis long.legged and full Of ardent patriotism.
Memories Of Sugar in the Gourd" and
Terpsichorean delights of Tar river were ex-
cited, and he went with double shuttle,
backing and filing, up to Judge Hoadley.
"GiVe us yer hand and turn yer psrdner,
old fellow and Judge Hoardleys dignity
grew pale with horror as Tar river went
pirsuetting down the aisle, believing like the
bull of Bashaw. The madness OF the "bulls
and bears" in the New York gold'room was
outrivalled when ten thousand party
leaders in Cincinnati discovered
that they had done the coun-
try's will rather than psrtys in max
ing General Hancock president Of the United
States.
SCHOOLS AND RAILWAYS.
Ignorance has been induced by selfish,
narrow. Drained politicians to entertain I'M
reasoning prejudices against railway owners.
Each individual is confessedly most anxious
to have the iron highway penetrate his farm.
He would have his estate bisected rather than
avoided, ard yet when the railway spoils a
few acres adding thousands to the value of
the whole estate, the individual howls and
roars and rushes frantically into court and
tears his hair and swears falsely that he is
damaged, when he is enriched A jury Of
country pumpkins is sworn, and on their hon
est oaths, do say that the hdeous corpora
tOn has oppressed and robbed the farmer,
and the company is pundered by prejudice
and perjury. The road is finished and the
men who have toilsd long years to gather
wealth have invested il in the railway.
In sparsely populated states they must
charge more than in those older and densely
inhabited. Railways cost little more in one
than another country, and because frontier
population pay more for their use than older
communities, they deem themselves robbed
and wronged and again do the demsgogues
cry out against "soulless corporations"
Those "souless" men have done more to
civilize, enrich and beautify the desert and
infinitely more in bull ing churches and
school-houses than all The oranges ever or
ganized or parties ever consolidated, that Off
ces and spoils may be monopolized by the
leaders. The greatest benetactors Texas h IS
known, are not its politicians, They are not
men who have made otllce-seeking trade.
They are not the good fellows who tell capi-
tai stories and haiter caprices and ponder to
the prejudices of the multitude
But they have served God and coun.
try most who have promoted
public intelligence and augmented public
and private wealth by perfecting the railway
system of the commonwealth. A school
system is only possible where population is
dense and railways have become pedagogues
forcing men to read and think. They have
brought most ignorant multitudes in hourly
contact with the worlds migratory popula-
tons and electrical intelligence sprang from
attrition. People will learn TO read and think
wherever a locomotive tells in lou1est ac-
cents of the progress of our race. Shantes
and adobe huts disappear; pretty cottages are
substituted, gardens are filled with blossom
ing beauty, books and newspapers become a
necessity. None are so stupid that they will
remain incapable of holding intelligent inter.
course with multitudes from all lands intro
duced by railways These are the first
schoolmasters of frontier populations, and
when these have done their perfect work
and population is dense enough to make
schools possible, the vast domain Of Texas, to
the extent that thieves and idiots have not
aliened 1t, will establish and maintain forever
perfect school universities. Texas needs only
be patient; individuals are not the states -
men die. The state is immortal and its re.
sources must be dispensed or boarded with
reference to its own eternal youth. They
who live to-day have no right to extinguish
the indestructible property of the desthless
state. L. j. d.
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