The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-11

contest eliminated from the politics OF the
state, and what it SAYS is very sensible;
We most earnestly hope that the election
OF senator will not cause hepeople Of Texa,
TO lay aside state issues. II would be great.
ly TO the interest of Texas If We can have
one election tor,members of the Legislature
that will ignore all nationel politics. There
is not the least danger Of electinga republi-
can legislature, but the great danger is in
eeCting men solely on the ground that they
are for particular man for United States
senator, and on the popularity ofCOke Rob
erts or Reagan very incompetent men arr
successful, and To whom We are compelled
TO entrust the interests Of our state
We most heartily endorse the following
suggestions by the Waco Examiner, and
with some of the surplus money the state
has on hand, the legislature ought to make
provision for the construction of such an
institution. The Examiner says:
If there is any one thing more than
another that Texas needs, it is a reform
school for youthful criminals. There are
states in the union whose public debt is
mountain high compared with that of the
Lone Star state, and yet these common
wealths have institutions of the character
mentioned in successful operation, and the
ends thereby accomplished are of meal
Culable benefit To society Periodically,
Governor Roberts, and very wisely too, has
released from the walls of the state peniten-
tiary numbers of youthful felons, and
turned them loose upon society
The Dcnison Herald-News says:
The people of the United States are re-
spending literally 10 the Mrs. Garfield
fund The late president felt that he could
leave his loved wife and little ones in the
hands of the people, and nobly has that
trust been accepted So long as Mrs. Gar
field shall live, SO long will the American
nation see that she lives in comfort.
We think that enough has been done for
Mrs. Garfield now. Her husband left her
$4,000 insurance on his life, and two good
houses, and the people have given her more
thans3O 000, 900, and congress will pay her the
salary her husband would have earned had
he lived, and a pension besides The Mich
igan sufferers need all the charity of the
country now.
The sherman Courier-Chroniclc saws:
The republicans raise a great howl over
the possibility and probability of the demo.
Gratis putting theirman into the presidency
ofth senate, They brand ali such Al
tempts as unfair and wrong Then they
stir the hearts of their party with the cry.
"On tOWhlp the dcmOCratS-this isno time
for party chickering's No doubt they will
work hard enough, but the party chickering's
WI! continue, and the democrats will elect
their man.
As the senate convened in extra session
yesterday, we will probably know to-day
who has been elected president of the sen.
ate, The Austin Statesman says;
As the time draws nigh for the organizing
OF the senate much excitement among the
stalwarts is manifested. They areall frantic
with grief and she'd Cupiuus showers of
tears at the bare idea that the democrats
beng in the majority may select one of
their number president pro tcmporc. In
TACT their grief is SO intense that they wildly
insist that the law ought to be ignored and
set aside in order that the wicked demo-
Gratis shall not select president of the SEN
ate The stawartS may rest assured. if the
majority of the senate be democrats a demo,
cratic president will preside over its Ge'ib,-
ratlons and no amount of howling and pa
thetic tears will change the result.
The Mason News Item saws:
Travellers tell us that Mason is far ahead
y
tin as farming country. Cotton is pan
ming out well, However hard the winter
may be, our farmers. hayG.raised more than
sufficient breadstuls, bacon, etc. for the
support of themselves and families until
next season, anU plenty of feed Tor their
stock; and many too, in addition to these
products, will realize considerable sums for
their cotton.
And this is going to be the case all over
Texas. All crops are better than was at
first believed and reported, the cotton crop
turning out in excess of expectations every
where.
Every good citizen can express hearty
amen to the following sentiments from the
Clcburne Chronicle:
President Arthurhas our very best wishes
Tor the very greatest success in his admins
tratlon of the affairs of the government.
With his politics we have no sympathy, but
II he shall by wise and consistent course
cause the country to prosper, peace to con
tlnue and honesty to dwell in all the high
places, we shall be willing to accord to him
the need of praise and to say "well done"
to all his efforts in such directions. During
the sorrowful days which have followed
since the .assassinS deviish work, he has
hVAIit lLlustll WIN llluNl nleckUOSS ana
and now that he has in his own
hands the carrying on of term of office so
auspiciously inauguratcd but for time. so
cruelty interrupted, we honestly trust
that he shall make his noblcst manhood To
appear and to be seen Of all the nations.
The Pilot Point Post very truthfully and
sensibly remarks:
The black republican party are having a
hard time to make the negro stick to a good
thing, in other words to make him useful
in sphere to which he is in no wise suited.
That party has charged itself with the
work Of jsmming the negro into society,
more rs punishment to their former own.
ers than any knowledge Of his fitness
Tor the same. But lo what do we see, the
hankcring of the Ethiopian fathers after the
chicken roost, has broke out on their special
test case-Licutenant Flipper, now on trial
Tor cmbcEzlement while the hacked ears of
Whitaker Especial case number q are fresh
in the minds of all. Its failure is a, con.
spicuous as the undertaking was novel 10
those who had learned Sambo's weak points.