The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-01-27

THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS ADDRESS.
We do not publish this morning the lieu
tenant governors address, but as our editor
iel correspondence from Austin discusses
briefly the governors inaugural, We Will
submit brief resume Of the lieutenant-gov-
ernor's address. AS literary effort, while II
in no wise SURPRISES the rugged good sense
of the governors address, and can hardly DC
said to be as replote with evidences ofthought'
vet il is, perhaps, more finished in style, with
the periods moro elegantly rounded. The
acknowledgement does not seem To
be as progressive and as comprehens-
i've in his views and his policy fol-
the general welfare Of the state as
the governor. Hc favors immigration
he wants to see millions Of hardy, industrious
people coming into our midst 20 till our
soil, increase the wealth Of the state and
build up manufactures, the hum Of whose
spindles viii even mingle with tho roar oil
the gulf in one grand diopason of prosperity
but he wants them attracted to Us alone by
private enterprise and az private expense
He don't want the state to do anything to-
ward securing It, but wants it to share in
the feas. when the apples are ripe. He
thinks the presen. educational system Of the
state all that is necessary, and evidently "a
vors only the three "R's"-"resding,' =
"'riling" and 'rithmetic," for he does
not want the children taught in the public
schools beyond tho amount of learning 70
enable him or her TO read, write and to trans'
act the ordinary business affairs Of life"
That we may not misrepressnt him on this
point, we quote his words, az follows
aWhen q child can read and write and cal
culate correctly upon an open account OF
promissory note with partial payments, he
should be educated no further 81 the expense
of the common school fund. Any effort
beyond this should be regarded as an unwsr.
rantol expenditure Of tho fund. Tho field
above and beyond this belongs 70
energy and private enterprise" In
other words The orphan boys and
girls, wiihou. any means, aad the
children Of parents in limited circum-
stances, are - be privileged 10 profit by the
general school fund only to the limited ex-
tent Of reading and writing and oiphering q
little in irtsrest, which privilege they must
divide with the children Of people able "a
educate them ct private schools. Ifthere Il
to be free school system at all, why not ii
it extend to tboss limits which viii give an
education full and thorough in the English
branches at lesssi II We are 10 have simply
q pauper system Of public education, Why
not confne lie bsnests entirely 10 the indi-
gent cbildreni We presume however,
that the lieutenant governor coEfnsg
this view g 70 pubic school benefits snly
10 the present as II were, only 10 that time
when the landed school fund Of the state
shall become fully developed and made TO
Weld q re7enus commsnsuraie ~iiE The
xnnss Of Che s.sie, which hugmerisd By an
,-uual appropriations VII give 70 the public
rhool q prinooly sum annually for their sup
port We are glad 70 n0is thst be fAVors
both normal schools and a state university,
but Il does lock 70 Us that the public schools
offbs ln1d ought 70 Be prspzrsiery insiitu-
tons Of lssrnitg Fl The normal schools and
The sisis university.