The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-09

offices. They have no hope, indeed, of car
ryifg, unaided, state election, aud Is true
spoisuen, endowed with good msthems.i.
cal acumen, they have their objections
| 10 divided victory. which must ailot the
Hons share Of the state I'll, es TO their allies.
Aud here is what the Houston Post SAYS
on the same subjsct:
The democrs. IN Virginia have selected
the Hon. John w. Dsniel as their candidate
Tor governor. Thi, was Il high compliment,
As be was opposed by such men rs Mr..
Goods aud General FItzhugh Lee. Mr..
Dsniel is mao of tirst-class tai
ent as speaker and writer. II he
is elected he will have to prove his execu
tive and administrative a. ility Under such
a vigorous aud magnetic lesder, the read
justers will have TO make m alliance with
the republicans or thsy are bound to be de,
ated. Should combins ion be formed
the issue may be doubtful. The democratic
convention of Mississip 1Sl ia trouble
over the nomination of tbrir governor Stone
and BArksdsle arc of nearly Ial strength,
the former supported by Lima, and the lat
ter by Chalmers. Judgry ~ the nsmes,
we would say that Stone ! - liberal can
didate and Bsrksdsls the conservative or
bourbon. 1t 10 very probsble that the feel
ing may produce dead -lock, and the result
will be the nomination of Festberstone, CAL
houn or most likely any entirely new man.
1t is a great injury to the democratic party,
as q party, that this Lamar Chalmers feua
exists; but from an independent standpoint
va see that it has tendency to benefit the
state at large BY letting daylight in through
the broken ranks of machine organic ,tion,
and BY encouraging the holding and ex-
pressing free opinion, uncontrolled by no
man or party, and amenable only to the
people.
The location of the state university is
growing to be a matter Of warm controversy,
The people of north Texas don't enthupe
much on it, indeed, take but small interest
and it is impossible to say which place is
with them the fsvorite. The San Antonio
Express thus discourses on the question o.
separating the medical department. from the
other sections;
,Waco's ambition is OF the soaring kind.
1t wants an undivided university and wants
IL at w CO. The WscOnians msintain that
there is no constitutional authority for 10,
eating the medical branch st point distant
from he main university, and a strong argu-
ment lie made to sustain this position. Sec
ton 10 of article of the constitution, pre-
vides that "the Legislature shall, as soon as
practicable, establish, organize and provide
for the maintenance, support and direction
of university of the fret class, TO be located
by vote of the people of this state, and
styled the University of Texas for the
promotion of literature and the arts and
chsnicsl department" ction Is makes
"the agricultural and mechanical College al
ready established by the legislature, in
Brszos county, branch of the university OF
rexss," and provides for the establishment
of "a branch university for the instruction ct
the co ,red youth of the state" 1t certainly
is tskia remarkable view of the question
to claim that, ifthe university can be disinte-
grated TO the extent of detachirg the medical
department, the whole institution cannot be
divided up and psrceled out among the diff
ferent sections of the state, the medical de.
partmant here. the law department there,
the mining and engineering depart
ment in one place, the department
d voted to the higher branches Of science in
another, and go on. The law certainly pro-
vides for the erection and maintenance of
"a university" there is nothing authorizing
the establishing of branch" OF the uni
versity other taan for the education of the
colored youth. If the trainers of the con.
stitution intended that separate establish
ments under one general direction should be
"a university" why did they not provide
that the A & M. college should be part
Of the university" instead Of "branch?'
We are much inclined to the belief that to
separate any apartment from the main
university would be without authority of the
law. However, if the people vote to sep-
arate the medical department, the act will be
very apt to stand 1t will be in accordance
with the will of the people, and that is
(supposed to beg the highest source Of
power.