The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-06


To that sterling and most ably conducted
journal, the Longview Democrat, we return
thanks for the following: MANY papers
of the state are contending, with more or
less acrimony, for their respective opinions
of the three leading papers of the state. . -
There Is no paper in the state the equal of
the Dallas HERALD, in the force, culture,
or keen foresight OF its editorial writer, and
by many of its friends it is esteemed the
equal at least of the Post, as a newspaper.
Certainly the Post, and in many things the
HERALD beats the Galveston News in gath
ering and disseminating news A promi-
nent citizen of Dallas stated here Friday
last, that, ola dozen state news items of
special interest, mentioned in the course of
conversation, as appearing in the Post and
HERALD, not one had he seen in the News,
which he read regularly. But in any event
Texas has abundant reason to be proud of
her daily press; when we think of the
enormous expense of telegraphing over the
long distances which intervene between the
points within the state, and between this
state and the news-gathering centres north
and east, that they get so much telegraphic
news is alike remarkable and. creditable
to their enterprise and liberality."
And thus says the Waco Examiner. We
believe we have at last perfected mail and
delivery matters so that the Examiner may
have the opportunity of reading daily at
least six two-column more or less) leaders
each week. 1t says:
eve like to read the Dallas HERALD de
spite its twocolumn leaders, but il doesn't
come to Waco, lately, more than once or
twice week We 'merely mention this to
let the HERALD know that route agents,
somewhere, are not doing the fair thing
by it,"
The following from that first-class paper,
the San Antonio Express surely now we are
not a crank, is hardly so complimentary.
But that makes no difference with us, for the
Express is newspaper that Texans in
their homes appreciate, and that they are
proud to show, when abroad, and to chal-
lenge comparison with other journals pub
lished in other states cities of the same size.
But thusly the Express handles us:
Every morning the editor of the Dallas
HERALD sticks q bowie knife in each boot
and seven pistols in bis belt, and with n
shotgun in one hand and q sword-cane in
the other, marches down to meet the incom-
ing train expecting to find platoon of paid
| assassins OF the protectonists' association
| step out of the ca in search of the man who
proclaims, as does the editor of the HERALD,
that every necessity of life, in America, is
taxed . to 100 per cent, by the "vilc sys-
TEN of protection The editor of the
HERALD is not afraid of the protectionists
or their paid aSsassins, though we are in
| clined to the belief, after reading one of his
editorials on the tariff, that he is, or ought
to be, II little uneasy when the keeper of the
'crank asylum" is around"
But the Texas Siftingsis a little less cquivo.
cal, and by a flank movement makes di-
rect attack. But if silence will bring us
325 new subscribers daily, then, to use its
own brevity of this week, "we'll battle in
silence henceforth," and silence, you know
but here is abont what the Siftings says
"The DALLAS HERALD had one of its pom
derous editorials last week in reply to the
Houson Ages criticism. But the editorial
page of that issue was so blurred il was il
legible. The consequence was the HERALD
that day obtained 325 new subscribers"