The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-03-17
STATE PRESS REVIEW

non.ommital on the liquor prohibiuon
amendment to the constitution, though
evinces slight leaning against it. ltsfys'
The sentiment against whisky has about
crystalized. The legislature has been literally
beseiged with petitions asking for prohibi
ton. 1t would create great tutter all over
the state if the amendment should be sub
mitted to the people, and we believe II VIII
BIO submitted Whisky is great evil, but
the next question after the adoption OF the
amendment would be to enforce the law
against the evil. 1t is asserted that there ID
more drunkenness in prohiba.ory states than
any where else.
The Jefferson Democrat defends its own
position in opposing 8 prohibitory law and
at the same time bits those papers fsvoring
That yet advertise drinking saloons, side
wipe. The Democrat says
The Longview New Era characterizes
these paper that are opposed to prohibito
nv liquor law, as giving aid and comfort to
the whisky business, and remarks "that they
must be expecting lsrge revenues in tho wey
of advertising, in the future, for whisky
dealers" And Immediately afterwards re-
marks st ia true we have advertised Tor
those engaged in the business and may do SO
again, but that has nothing to do with our
views on the business, neither are we pos,
sessed of bitterness against the gentlemen ID
the business, but it is against the law that
tolerates the business that we would hurl a
thunderbolt"
Business, business, business! In other
words, as long as there is a dollar to be made
by holding out aliurernent5 to men, young
Ia ~, d-sa,;hi,nr IN alanant
the destinations of drinking saloon, the
columns of the pious editor of tho New Era
are open to them. 1t strikes a plain man
that such gross Inconsistency has great
deal to do with The EDITORS position, and
leaves him open to reprosch. His abstrac
views on the business, according to his theory,
are one thing, and his making himself uss-
full to the saloons for money, isquite another
thing.
As everything about Mr. Jay Gould is in-
vested with an interest for Texas readers just
now, we take the following from the Waco
Telephone:
jay Gould is popularity supposed to be
buying something every day or SO, in the
shape Of railroad. telegraph on steamship
property. He is also an extensive doaler IN
stocks and bonds, and .tskes 10 lovingly to
mining interests as to other speculations. he
establishes iron works, builds elevators and
operates barge lines Eie lei it bs known AZ
Galveston the other day that he might proba-
bly, build a railroad TO q city at the
mouth Of tha Brszos IL Galveston
fails interpretation of bis plans. II is not
surprising then, that the public sometimes
wonders why Jay Gould doesn't buy news
paper--one of tho metropolitan dailies In
New York. 1t was perhaps q sequence OF
this trsin Of though. that started rumor 10
New York state the otlor day that Jay
Gould had bought the New York Herald, the
leading newspaper, by all odds, Of America.
The rumor gained extensive circulation, aud
streightway the Herald WAS deluged with in
ouiries to know if il too had gone the way
of railroads, telegraph Systems, etc., and isl-
len into the clutches Of the great ab5orher.
" selected enc interogstory and gave thereto
the following reply, which suficed for all:
at is true that Jay Gould has dought the
Herald. He purchased il yesterday. lie
paid three cents for il.
The Telephone is behind she timen il i does
not know that Mr.. Gould Owls newspaper
In fact he owns two, both metropolitan dsilies
The New York Tribune and the New York
World, and to show you what his politics
are, one 10 pertisan republican and the
other partisan democratic paper.
We clip the following from the Houston
Post:
Yesterday we smoked cigar handed u
by DIR. John A. Dnwney, made Of Cuba to-
bacco grown by Mr.. FL. Webb of Columbus,
and found II very good. Tho flavor was
decided and toe ash was while an tenacious.
Itlsclsed strength, but va vera inforned that
this was caused by the leaf having been
pucked before arriving at full maturity, and
that any and all grades OF strength can be
made Of the same tobacco by skillful msnip-
ulation. The seed had been procured from
tho Yves. Irdice, ord THE was the rcsult ~
the first experiment upon IT, Mr.. Webb
proposes to embark In the business and 20
devote his whole energies 10 tho effort Of
raising quality Of tobacco that shall com
pare fsvorsbly with the foreign article.
While we do not believe tobscco can ever
be made paying crop anywhere IN Texas,
unlets II be 10 the eastern timborod portion
Of the state, vet we commend experimenting
in lie culture. 1, takes heavy dues 10 mature
and give richnoss 70 tobacco, and
these we do not have IN TEXAS, especially
west Of the Brtzos river.
The San Antonio Express Is opposed 70
too much regulation of railroads, Especially
By legislators who never saw rod until
hey went 10 Austin to take their sests. Il
ssys;
The railrosdors have E.ui memorial 70
ihe Legislature showing hat lbs railroads 10
ira siaie have basa u1sbie % pay ditidt1ts
{, heir es0ckhoi5en, tho object being 70
: 1ect action on toe nov failrcsi bili, which
fros freight ard psssenger tariff snd virtually
takes The control OF The roads cut OF tiie
hands u the owners And places Il IN De
hands Of three commissioners appointed ~
he sia,e A. o ss.=sss,sr -bs reV1r faw
rnilrosd until be visited Ne capital % oaio
upon he dischsrgs q lie es..as g. . lsE
maker often preiends 10 know rnDrs ab0ut
railroad business and mEnaganeat than |
lhoss who worked themselves up from Hpss-
Duts" or brakcmsn - leading positions
through ye.ra Of rsrrica, The memorial pre-
sented viii doubtless have tss weight thsn
he nsmorialists snnGpsie. The rnilrcsds
In this state Desd tg1laiion. bal they /
. bould not Be Requested INTO Bankruptcy OF |
ouf Of The contrei OF th0se who have their /
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