The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-10-13

| he LEFT the Flfth Avenue nOt0l NJ inluluEnt
and, II was supposed, went to Arthur''
house. He appears to have turned over
| the censorship to General Grant for the
| time being:
1t was very proper that Mr. Conkling
| should be secluded. Self respect and n due
| regard for public opinion made this Il neces'
| sity on his part, but Senator Conkling's in
fluence will yet be felt in the economy OF
| the affairs and in the destiny of this coun-
| try.
The BRENNAN Sentinel, in the following,
states fact, which is indeed most lamen-
| table fact. Too frequently are the worst
| crimes known to the calendar condoned on
the plea of insanity. If man be really in
sane, and therefore irresponsible, he should
| have the benefit of the law in such cases to
save himself from neutrality-suspicious.
| but he should be confined in mad-house.
The Sentinel says:
| The doctrine of moral insanity makes
steady progress; it has.penetrated the minds
| of the self-styled insanes themselves; and
whatever else their mental capacity OBJ
scures, it often seems not to prevent them
| from being brought to their senses by ar
rest and custody, nor from approaching
clearly the legal argument involved i'll the
| theory that moral insanity gives immunity
| from criminal responsibility.
The Sherman Courier-Chronicle suggests
| that:
The republican party must stand its own
accidents They are alone responsible Tor
the events that have given control of the
| senate to the democrats, unless they choose
l ~; off, Drnyilpnpp
| case they should allow Providence to work
| ont the problem in His own way to legiti-
mate results.
1t isn't good idea to ascribs too much to
| Providence, for Providence has vast deal
to attend to without being credited with
the short comings of mankind, especially
those Of the republican faith.
The Beaumont Enterprise remarks:
| Kate Chase bids fair to be counted the
most important parsonage in the Union.
She runs Conkling, Conkling runs the presi-
dent and the president runs the govern
ment.
There is neither wit, reason of rhyme in
| such paragraph as the above. Mrs. Kate
Chase Sprague, referred to, we presume by
| the Enterprise, has had her name banded
through the papers enough, we should
think, to satisfy even the most scandalously
inclined. She is lady and ex-senator
Conkling is a gentleman, and it is but SLAM
der to couple their names together, as
| they have been by so many papers through
out the country, of the Police Gazette type.
The San Antonio Express, mingling good
sense and badinage, gets Off an excellent
paragraph in the following:
The legislature provided that the revenue
of the sinking fund should be invested in
state and United States securities, and the
state government, in carrying out these in
structions, are compelled to pay large pre-
MUM on the bonds purchased There is
no option in the matter for the officers hay
| ing It in charge, but still they have been nc,
cused of extravaganza in their financial
management We now expect to hear OF
| proposition to have the Texas legislature
pass a law preventing bondholders from
charging premium on their bonds. what
have the regulators" been doing that they
| should have overlooked this point. When
| the poor state wants to buy its bonds, what
| right have the blasted. bloated rascals OF
| bondholders to raise the price above par,
and demand more than the pound OF flesh!
That's what we want to know.
The Mineoa Hawkeye has the following
| to say of the recent appointec TO the 'gener'
al ticket agency of the Texas & Pacific rail-
road. and the compliment paid Mr.. McCul-
Tough we most heartily approve and en-
dorse:
| Mr.. b. w. Mccullough, formerly general
| freight agent of the International IL Great
Northern railroad, hes been promoted to
the position of general ticket agent of the
L ffntna nj T. non,
| Northern railroads. His present Office j:
| Marshall. Mr.. Mccullough has many warn
friends both in and outside railroad circles
who will be glad to learn of his promotion
The Denison Herald-Ncws says:
The proposition to make David Davi:
president of the senate is likely to brinl
about grave complications. Al lie shoulo
he given that seat a new chair would have
TO be provided to take the place of thu
historical one so long in use.
The two caucusses meet to-day, and tn,
probabilities are that Judge Davis will bt
left severely alone, and either democrat
or a republican elected president of thu
senate.
The Waco Telephone says:
A special telegram from Austin saws that
| IL is considered certain by Governor Rob
ertS intimate lTlcIluS III lndl CITY tnul liz
| will not be a candidate for third term, but
may run for The senate.
There is no need for the press Of tho
state 70 be taking unto itself any extr;
trouble over the governor or his future in
tentions lie knows what hc is doing anC
the people are pretty apt to stand by him i
he wants a third term.
The Fort Worth Stock Journal says:
/ The Journal has maintained that Yves
Texas is unfit for farming purposes. and il
proof thereof offered the general average
production Of the section named, and thu
bitter experience of men by the score Wit
have tried farming. We have asscrtc'
naught in this discussion for which we di'
not offer proof
II is the yeriest nonsense to say tina
Western Texas Is unfit for farming and
the stock Journal doesn't know this, tbel
it ought TO have leather medal for stupid
ity.
We agree mos; heartily with the Wac
Examiner in the sentiment expressed in tn
following paragraph:
The Houston Post is authority for tn