The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-10
STATE PRESS REVIEW.

-aNAS s""s AVAas VIII Cut on tuh1 OCchslOn
The interposition of constitutional obiec
lions TO the states making an appropriation
for the representation of Texas at tho pro-
posed worlds fair, shows that the constitu-
ton OF Texas is frightfully economical in
strument-in some directions. The COVER
nors recommendation thst charter bC
granted, Incorporating a committee for the
OBJECT contemplated, may be the next best
Thing In order. The supplementary remark
by the governor, however, that "this is the
course pursued by the government Of the
United States in promoting the objects Of
this exhibition" is not wholly accurate.
1t doe seem like q stupsndous piece OF
foolishness that Texas is to be debarrei by
constitutional inhibition from advertising
her various resources and advantages at this
great fair, where millions of people from
every section of the union will be in attend
ance. But the behests of the constitution
must be obeyed to the very letter. The i'm
migration society, of which Mr.. Lang is the
head, will no doubt avail itself Of this CD.
portunity to show off Texas in her best
light.
The orange Tribune gravely announces:
The second Tuesday in May is the time
fixed upon by the Bohemian club for the
State Press association to meet in conven
ton. Good enough. II is also said that the
sherii's state convention will be held at the
same time and pace.
Does the Tribune mean to intimate any
thing by coupling the press gang and the
sheritfs of the state in the same paragraph
The Journal, semireligious daily paper
OF Galveston, and by the by an able, in
teresting, wde-awake newspaper it is, too,
says:
We acknowledge the courtesy of Hon. j.
I. Jones, United State senator, for copy of
very valuable work-The Culture of the
Sugar Beet. We are tolerably we'll posted
as to the culture of the whisky-best. the
hotel-beat, the hightoned- beat, but acllnowl.
edge our limited stock of information as to
the culture of the sugar beet. The work is
issued from the agricultural department, and
comes under head of"pub. dos" 1t is pro.
tusely Illustrated and contains variety of
information, statistical and otherwise, on the
subject. '
BEAUTIFULLY expressed and cannot be
beet, Us the fellow said when he pulled up
the radisb.
The Jefferson Democrat may have some
old fashioned notions now rather behind the
age, but it is sound on great many things
and it feels that it ought to speak right out
in meeting what thinks. Referring to the
expenditure from May 9th, 1879, to January
Ord, 1881, of $ll, $3.50 appropriated by the
legislature TO pay counsel for tho state the
Democrat says:
When we remember the fact that the state
has an attorney-genersl, an assistant attor.
ney-general and a lawyer who represents the
state assisting the latter Ia place which was
long filled by W. b. Durham, esq., whose
duty under the law is TO represent the state
In all matters ut the capital in which the
state may DO apsrty; and when we remem-
per That there is county or district attorney
IN every county in the state whose duty il
the same, in each county or district, this
expenditure seems extraordinary to us and
wholly unnecessary. We noticed only the
other day that bill to provide artificial limbs
for wounded and MANNED confederate SOL
diers was rejected by committee of the
present legislature which would have cost
the state perhaps less than this amount ex.
pended TO reward set of legal iayorites,
Economy is good thing, but the leg
islsture should practice it in the right d.
rection.
1t does seem singular that with two at
torney'generals and host of district attor-
neys, the state should be but to TIL. expense.
The Galveston Journal of Commerce sug-
!, gusts tho following plan for depressing crime
in Texas:
If the sheriHs of all the counties in Texas
will take immediate steps 10 gather up and
train packs of blood-hounds, for the purpose
OF trailing thieves, burglars, robbers, MUIR
derers, and the criminal classes generally, it
will not be long era Texas will be as free
from these scoundrels as the straight and
narrow path" that leads tU heaven already
is Let county officials provide them and
try it?
Does not the Journal of Commerce know
that if this was done, that even two or three
sheriifi were to do this thing, that the Globe
Democrats, IDter-0cesns at ed omne of that
class of frothy-mouthed newspapers, whose
chief stock Ia trade is abuse of the southern
people, would go into spasms They would
charge that il wa, done to put the negroes
back into slavery, or 10 kill them off with
dogs on trumped up charges. We cannot
endorse this suggestion, for we'do not believe
there is any need Ter such course
The Graham Leader, referring to Lieuten-
ant-governor Storey's inaugural dlreis, is
disposed TO be satirical. II 9ays:
If the children are to DO dismissed from
school when they can road, write and cipher.
we do not see the necessity of giving u thor
ough education to select few at the nor
NAL schools. We have been under the i'm.
preston that the normal schools were de-
signed 10 educate those who we're TO teach in
the free schools. We $50 our mistake, and
suppose that the normal schools, like BRYAN
agricultural college, will turn out only law
yers and doctors.
The Brenham Banner wants the strong
arm of the Law worked agOinst train wreck
ers, and it wants that arm made SO strong
that it will crash and grind thom into powder
when caught, We rather think the Banner
Is right about it. We can conceive of noth-
Ing moe cody, d evilish and diabolical than
for men to do that which is calculated to