The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-05-05
GENERAL PRESS REVIEW.

The Chicago Times thinks there is such q
thing as running something's in the ground,
and that too much rigidness as to Sunday in
cities is one of them. 1t saya:
The great moral reform instituted by tho
fresh mayor of Cincinnati is bearing the
fruits predicted for it. Play goers are no
longer enabled to enjoy their sinful smuse.
ment on Sunday, grieving the souls OF holy
men who, having no taste for the spsngles
and vanities of the stage, would like to force
all their neighbors to be as righteous IS them
selves. The new arrangement compels the
people to choose between the churches
and the Saloons and they seem to choose the
saloons by large msjority. "Twice as mnch
beer was sold as usual" report Gays of
the first days experience Of the theatrical
deadlock" Perhaps this general
substitution of mug and chopin for sock and
buskin may be vast improvement in Sun
day obaervances; but there are people who,
not V ewing it either reasonable or just that
IL tons of morality should be crammed
do 80 throats of the whole community,
wi, r-nsin of the opinion that the mayor
and bis hackers, and the legislators who
made the law which the mayor is enforcing,
are lot of impertinent, meddlesome dom
keys; that, instead of being guided BY holy
ZEAL these reformers are simply compound
ing for sins they are inclined to, by damniDg
those they have no mind to-" and that they
are really provoking worse Dissertation Of the
day they consider holy than that which their
violent but irrational zeal attacks.
The canine editor of the New York Even
pg Mail evolves the following from his
brain. His suggestions relative to measures
of safety against worthless ours are timely
at this season of the year, and our authorities
might take them into consideration with
profit:
The dog show to open in the American
institute building tomorrow will destrv.'
and receive much Alteration, but that is
the feature Of the Jog season which we
break of hydrophobis in Orange cou
neglected in our state, and in other states n
well. New Jersey, for instance, has no ls~
to prevent dangerous dogs from roaming the
sire ats of her Villages, and several horrible
deaths from bydrophobia last winter were
the result. Here in the metropolis, he dog
cstchers will soon be at work destr ling un-
licensed ours, and their services H. We much
reduced the danger from dogs in our city
We have, too, some excellent municipal
laws for the protection of the people from
the canine brute. But they were not suffi-
Gent to prevent several persons from being
bitten by mad dogs a few weeks ago. The
legislature ought ~ pass a law compelling
every dog to wear collar when off his mas
ter's premises e~d not led by chain,
throughout the nole year. A premium
should be paid i.r every dog caught or
killed while violating such law. 1t is
better for all the dogs TO die than for one
person 20 suffer death from hydrophobis.
The advent of the warm season gives ur-
gency 10 the demand FOX legislation 10 pro-
tect the people, from dogs.
The st. Louis Globe-D Democrat continues
to gnaw file and to publish halluoinia,ions.
Its latest effusion of ETHEREAL nonsense ever
vesced from the seethng cauldron Of its
ideality is the following, something about
the states of the union into one
whole, each one Independent and perfectly
free yet obedient TO a head centre. 10 other
words, II is still hsrping on Grsntism and q
dish water monarchy. II says:
The fight that the republican party Is
going 10 make hereafter is not one of imam
cial theories, as Mr.. Schurz seems 10 imply;
nor even the tariff reform, rs Mr.. Garfield
suggested, when Mr.. Schurz's financial issue
had oozed out. II lies far beyond that The
mission Of the republican party of the
United States lie 10 80 crystalize the present
and probably accruiDg members of this
union into one body that each member and
each seperste fiber Of each member shall be
perfectly free and independent, and yet
voluntarily obey tns Denests Of the
head center. 1t will be the business Of
the republican party 10 show that this
csn he done by holding uF the exsmple Of
the Uuiied States; ard for the very reason
that the task plsced before il Is 40 eioless
one, the life Of the republican party will be
endless Some years ago General Grant, on
q public occasion, msds the remark thst this
country would show 10 the world that . con-
federation Of all the nations Of al ihe world
wss by no means = Teunysonisn vsgAry; and
that be even expected time 10 cOme when
all the peoples Of TIE earth would again
speak one-of course the EDglish-lAugusge.
Ii the laiier part OF bis speech, however,
@ neral Grant hsd been anticipated BY
Jacob Grimm. who also tenAciOusly held
that the English language must sooner or
later become the vorld-lsnguage Our re-
publican party. however, will do lie best 70