The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-27
STATE PRESS REVIEW

Wea!herford Herald; The surest way Of
keeping the standards of our Journalism
high, and of raining them, is for that portion
of the public which knows the value and
necessity OF a dlguiGed and able press, to
without its support altogether from news
papers which cater TO d0prsved tasIes and
are reckless Of the truth, and TO give it 10
newspapers which can sstely DO taken into
the family, and sre not only decent but
just.
Tyler Courier The probabilities are that
there will be n squHbbie over the count OF
the vote to locate the unworthy. Tyler is
ahead on the single count while Austin is
ahead on the double count. No candidate,
on the single count, has one~third of all the
votes cast, If the votes cast for Austin for
both departments, aHd which are lost as to the
medical Department. are counted tor the
literary department, Austin viii have the
necessary one4thtrd, snd will be declared
elected. Otherwise il would seem that =
new election would have to DO ordered, with
Austin and Tyler IS the candidates.
Waco Telephone: The public need not be
surprised If President Arthur concludes to
reconsider his opinion respecting the exs
pediency of On extra session Of congress, to
the extent, at east, of conyeniGg the senate
early in October When the sad rites con-
nected with the final sepulture of the late
president are completed, and the coustrJ
turns from the grave 20 sgqin consider aud
take up the practical duties of everyday
life, it is not improbable that public sentl-
ment will formulate itself into Rn earnest
and general request thsV Mr.. Arthur
shall take the necessary steps TO
guard against possible absolute hiatus in
the presidential Office This can only DO
done by calling the senate together Snd hsva
ing it elect n president pro tenn. The presis
dents expression, in his inaugural, that re-
pose will be- welcomed bv the country now,
Ia not without force, but there is no guarGn-
tee of Eepose as long as human life ID 20 I'M
certain The contingency Of the presidens
tisl Office being vacated before the meeting
OF congress, which is thing naturally suE-
gested by recent events, is one unfortunately
not provided for by the constitution or the
laws of congress. The fifth clause of article
2, section l. gives congress authority to legH
islste for such contingency, but this
authority has not boon adequately exercised.
BRENNAN Banner: Governor Roberts has
at last offered q reward of three hundred
dollars each for the Arres. of the
highwaymen who have recently been pro
fessionsllY engaged in robbing stages. The
reason no arrests have been made is, says
the San Antonio Express, because there was
no recompense offered Cor people to join in
the hunt for these robbers. One man in
community il no more interested in the cap
ture of such Offenders than another thus
Illustrating the adsge, what is eYerybody'i
business IL nobody's business. The sher-
ills Of Texas, as body ore poorly paid, yet
the greed for official position will prevent
there ever being "fsmine" so far rs officers
are Concerned Tho law makes no prOvis-
ion for paying The expenses of q sheriff
while 10 the pursuit., Of n lawbreaker. The
consequence is that u sheriff rarely goes be-.
You'd the limits Of his county 20 catch an
offender, unless there be reward
Offered. Under these circumstances mi
nor criminals are reasonably safe when
they z I beyond the limits of the counties
in which their crimes are committed. II Is
hardly reasonable 20 suppose that sheriff
is able to incur the risk and expense of fol-
lowing a rOOber or murderer several hun
dred miles, knowing that no is to GET no
pay for his time, and may, 10 case he should
be unsuccessful in capturing his man, have
to lose the money paid for travelling expon-
ses. The law in regard 10 the pursuit and
capture Of criminals is evidently defective
in this particular.
Longviaw Democrat: Chester A. Arthur
Il now president of tho United States. In a
few days, when he calls about him his con-
stitutional advisors, we can foreshsdow his
course, and, if it be possible that he can be
so lost 10 a sense of what his position re-
Quiras as 70 call Oonkling. Grant, and the
other leaders of the "0ld Guard" to his cab
met, then will the suspicious now entertained
by many minds, that there were instigators
if not actual accessories of Guiteau's crime,
be RELOCATED from the shadows of
surmise TO the cearness of certainty.
Except Guitoau, TO no one man ia
she death of Garfield 10 be attributed moro
than to Uonking. TIE poor miserable
tool will meet deserved death. either at the
hands Of the msddened populace, or more
disagyeoibly at those of the public hang
man. But what punishment can each Oonk-
ling and his swarm of other stalwsris, that
will DO an adequate punishment for
the grave crime they have melted
Now that Arthur is no longer the presid-
Ing officer of the senate, Il becomes necessary
for that body to cleo. president pro
tompore; and rs the democrats have the
power, thay will elect one of their own party
TO this poaition--for it msy be that the sue.
cessor of Arthur in the chair of the senate
will be his successor also in the presidential
Office. Then why should the democrats
surrender one iots Of their advantage to the
bitter politicians who came 10 power the
voters never gave them, by the act Of one of
their Rssassins'