The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-14

| reckoning up TIE came principle holusi the
will receive the prizs, either the
entire or main university, according Us
non-division or division shall prevail"
Woquote fully VIA. our contemporary ssys,
even al the risk of beipg pro'iE, rather than
its position should be misunderstood. We
think we understand what ii Is that bsiogs
tho Post. 1t does not recognize the fact that
the frsI thing Of all to determine is Whether
or not tho medical department has BY vote
been separated from the uniYersiiy proper
and secondly, that the vote of every cilize
Gas! must DO counted, no matter how it wss
cast Let us FIST suppose that The
people have voted 10 separate the medical
department from the university proper.
This point settled, It will be in order TO count
the vote, for the location Of the medical Do
psr.menr and of tho university proper,
Thoge for the location ui tho university
proper must DO first considered, because Aus.
ito, Weco and Tyler, and perhaps otter
points, have received votes for the unworthy
enlhu, but as the people have decided
thut tho uoiyet'iB shall DO divided, these
votes Csn only DO couuted fcr The
univerety proper. The vote Of cscn place
fer the university proper being ctnyassed
and footed up, lhea tho vote for the medical
branch is considered. Two cities in the stale
were candidates for the medical branch
alone, and it might aeom III lrIs blush shat
only tho votes cast for these two lacea
would DO considered in this canvass; } u. not
60, we take it. The votes cast for every
plaee for the university entire having been
counted for that place for the uuiyersity
proper, should DO counted fes it fof the
medical department clso, This may seem
like counting mans vote twice, but II must
be remembered that hs has voted twice, or
on two questions, whether no casts his vote
separately or jointly--in1eed, many voters
cast three votes in this election, for division
of tho medical department from tho
university proper, and for the place
Of his choice for the university
proper, and for tho place of his choice
for The medical department in case division
carried. We ssJ THE vote should be counted
for the place receiviag it for the medical de-
parluent, for the reason that the law says
any citizen might vote for any locality he
poaIss, whether ii was formal candidate
or not, snd this being SO, thon for the further
RECON that If no place received one.third OF
all the votes cast such place might be sec
ond, and therefore have showing in q
second election. Lot 10 illustrate. Sup
pose Galveston receives for the medical
department 10000 votes, Houston 25,0O0,
Austin for the university entire $4,000,
Waco for the university entire II 900, Tyler
for the university entire 5000 and other
points voted for for the university entire
5000 votes. If these votes csst tor the
different points for the university entire ore
not counted we see Galveston securing
| tho medical department on q vote Of 30. 900
when $4,000 votes have been
cast against IL, which would be contrary TO
that proviao of tho act which says that no
place can be selected unless IL receives one
third of oil tho votes cast, and 10000 would
no, be ono-third OF $4,000 votes. 1t osnno!
reasonably be supposed that any man who
voted for She location of the university,
entire, nj Austin, orTyler, or Waco, wanted
Galveston or Houston to have the
medical branch, and this being SO, why
virtually give his vote to one or the other OF
ihC!o places by not coyntipg his vote5 But
tt0ro IL another phase TO this question. Supr
pose division is defeated. The first result is
that tho votes cast for Galveston and Houston
go for nsughl; !hst ia, they are simply in the
minority. Whs. 10 the next RESULT We can
better define our view of this case by illus
tralion than otherwise. Suppose Aus
tin receives $4,000 voics for tho uni
veEsity entire, and 10000 votes for
tho university proper, We tsko 1t that this
vote should be added together. making q
total of $4,000 votes, which we will assume
isg third of all tho votes cMt. This ough,
TO elect Austin, in our opinion. But why
add these votes together? the Post asks.
Eecause So. 900 different votes, a third Of all
tue votes cast, and more than have expressed
preference for any other point, desire
tho university proper at Austin, and II tho
people decide by vote that there shall
DO no division, then the university proper
includes the medical department. Ii may
soom that we sro giving this question fuller
DISCUSSION than ii merits, but as there are
talks of ipjuuclions and mandsmusss, and
lawsuits 10 grow out Of the count of the vote
on tho university, we think il no. inappro-
pirate 10 give our construction OF the law
and in the absence of presidents and court
decisions, our Interpretation, If it bear the
test of reason, 10 as coed rs any one elSe's.
IT
SrRNGrIxLD, Ohio, refuses 10 admit
cJlorea children into the same public schools
with white children. II is all right, you