The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-30
TURNING ANOTHER LEAF

spect of its experiences and success within
the last two or three years. The life of a
paper, like the life of man, is full of ups
and downs ordinarily, and its merit is gene
rally measured by the public as the man is,
by the test of success. Many questions Of
grave interest to this section, and, indeed,
the entire State, have arisen since the pres
ent management took charge of the HER
AID, and no little caution and foresight
were required to handle them in that man
ner best calculated to do good, and at
the same time comport with correct prlnci-
pile and influence public thought. But 1t Is,
we trust, pardonable boast that we have
striven to place our journal, under all such
circumstances, upon the plane of progress
iyeness and dignified independence, While
we have guarded carefully the interests oil
our own city and looked after the welfare
of all Texas. Indeed, the ideas OF journal
ism and the intelligence of the masses have
so changed, and happily, too, within the few
years just past, that no paper could
hope to achieve any permanent success
by adopting contrary course. 1t is
fact patent to those who have watched the
growth Of the HERALD for the past two or
three years that constant improvements
have been made in its general appearance
and continued addition made i'll the mat
ter of telegraphic, general State and local
news Indeed it has been our aim and O
determination never lost sight of to make
this paper newspaper in every sense Of
the word, not party paper, not personal
concern, not denominational advocate,
not city advertising sheet or apologist OF
state journal, but metropolitan news
paper where all the controlling and latest
facts, of either State, national OF
general interest might be seen
by the reading public In treat
ing of local or general matters we have
been actuated by desire simply to arrive
at the truth, regardless of consequences
and stripped of all prejudice injustice, nal.
ice or discrimination toward any man OF
party or section. The sensation OF the houi
might have been created by personal attack
or a species of journalistic piquancy, which
produced the momentary laugh, but we ap
peal to our patrons as to the persistence
with which we have avoided such course
and adhered to the original intention o.
publishing and building up a
genuine, dispassionate and indie
pendent newspaper, simply alive to what
ever was ressive, and dumb on all sub.
jects that were merely individual and spite.
full. We have been by our geographical
position called upon necessarily to notice
either in advocacy or condemnation, many
questions touching the growth and expan
sion, and the material and social develop
ment of a new country, and as we look
back over the stand assumed in these col
umns under the varying subjects treated
we will be pardoned the seeming vanity o
the conclusion that our position has been
in nearly every instance, endorsed finally
by the people to whom our suggestion!
were offered. 1t may be interesting to tn,
patrons of the HERALD, those who have
given us good cheer and generous
support in the past, to review witt
us briefly some of the questions o
popular interest that have been advocated
by us in nearly every instance before they
became matters of general notice. LIST. Ii
the very van of the movement, and seconc
only to one paper in the State, the HERALI
became the champion of pure Independent
journalism in this State, and now what Il
the RESULT Simply that nearly every in
fuential paper in Texas is following the ex
ample and adopting the policy of running
a newspaper rather than an organ. Peopl,
who properly support papers now-a-day'
do so for tho news, not for fidelity t
any sccts or party's views, and tn,
example and suggestions of tn,
HERALD and others of its class hay,
too clearly demonstrated this fact to admi
dispute. I'd. Against the Greenbacll crazt
that was so enticing to the popular mine
at one period, the paper promptly ard per
emptorily set its face in combat exhibiting
and illustrating from day to day the lasci
mating ana beguiling sophisms that threat
oned to win from honest faith and tru,
principal, thousands of well-meaning 'Fpeo
pie who for the moment failed to detect tn,
lurking financial error that hat
ruined so many others, even tn,
most practical, in times past
Sd. Months ago, before the matter began t,
attract the general attention of the pres
and public, we commenced agitating in on
columns the question of q revision of tn
tariff, and stood almost alone with tn
Louisville Courier-Journal, Since then i
has become national question of para
mount interest and discussion and the fac
becomes matter of testimony to the cor
rcctness of our horoscope of the politica
future and the advanced character of GU
positions. ith. But while thus devoting
portion of our time and space TO matters @
interest, we feel more gratificd by far n
the result of advice given and suggestion
made MS TO questions of q more local char
actcr. We have been the unqualified advo
cate of the building of railroads in thi
State and particularly touching this city,an,
point with pride to the successful construc
ton of such roads rs the Dallas Trunk, tho
Dallas & Wichita, the Chicago, Texas 4
Mexican Central, all enterprises of which
we were among the first and most per
sistcnt promoters, so far as reaching ant
influencing the public was concerned, ont