The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-15
STATE PRESS REVIEW.


The Houston Post has begun already to
discuss he location of tho state university,
and especially that feature of the question
concerning the medical branch of the uni.
versity. There Is time enough for The con-
alteration Of this question, for there is such
thing as running good horse 10 death be-
fore the tug of the contest Is reached. The
Post says:
The legislature closed in such a burly-
burly that some OF It's enactments we're i'm
perfectly reports d. and are yet generally
misunderstood. For Instance, we have dis
covered that many imsgine that the amend
nent TO the university bill, leaving TO the
people the decision of tho separation and
location Of the medical department, was
Lost. This IA not the case.
When the. main question is
voted on rs to the location of the university
proper, the people will have tho privilege
also of expressing their will rs 10 the locs
ton Of the medical department. The point
In word, will b: Shall the university DO
kept ~ an entire whole at Austin or else
where, or shall the medical school bo separ-
ately established! To argue upon this
question in the abstract, as to sntecedent
propriely, fitness, ETC., would drive ono to
the conclusion that no separation should be
allowed. 1t would diminish the unity and
greatness Of ,he university, which should be
preserved. II possible, by every legitimate
means. But II Is replied that the success OF
tho medical department will depend upon
certain conditions. These conditions are,
location In commercial city, u cosmopol
itan population, furnishing various types Of
diseases, large hospitals, stIording the
opportunity Of clinical institution, and tho
only legitimate means of obtaining subjects
for dissection.
We don't know whether tho Waco Tolo
phone is opposed to woman suffrage or not,
but on this subject it says:
The New York Times has been hunting
up the legislation this year, In various states
Of the union, looking to womsn suffrage II
finds that the measures have been acted on
In various forms by tho legislatures Of a,
leashhalf dezen states, and with uniform
III success. In Connecticut 1t has Of
late years been Gus omary for the
house TO pass u woman suffrage bill and fJr
the senate to defeat II. This year tho order
was reversed, and II bill giving women II
right to vote on school matters and to be
elected members of school boards WAS pre-
sentod first in the senate. That body passed il
hastily, then reconsidered II In sort of panic,
and finally concurIed with tho house in
adjourning action to tho next session. The
reasons assigned were that there was no pro-
vision for registration; that tho measure
was not confined to tsIpaying women, and
that II 1t became q. law, II would have made
possible combination between men and
women Of tho "lower orders" strong enough
to have absolutely controlled The public
schools, ut least in cities. In Indiana, a
woman suffrage bill was killed, first by the
upper and then by tho lower house. The
Maine senate accepted an adverse report on
q proposed constitutional amendment au-
thorizing woman suffrage, and tho Maine
house killed bill comforting on women the
right of suffrage In scht oil matters. In the
Missouri legislature bill WAS introduced
providing that II, at the next general cleo.
ton, majority of all tho women in the
state, over twenty-one years of ago, ex-
pressed by ballot, desire for tho right of
suffrage, then u constitutional amendment
granting the franchise should DO submitted
to tho legal-that lie, wo suppose, to the
male voters.
The Austin Statesman has tho following tc
say;
DR.. Pelantro 0rnelas, Mexican consul at
San Antonio, was commissioned by hi,
government TO investigate tho subject OF
smuggling along tho Texas and Mexican
frontier. He found that great deal o.
smuggling existed, and that tho consequenl
loss OF reuenue TO sthe Mexican government
has been fully ST 900 900 yearly. This is du,
TO the fact that duties arc not collected or
the frontier, which is in the Y ma L,bre
Goods were imported from tue United Sta e.
and Europe to the mefcsnlile establishments
Of this distric. FREQ of duty, but when he,
were conveyed into the interior, duties mus
be paid on ,hem. This, of course, enabled
persons TO smuggle in goods much NOR,
easily than II the duties were collected at the
frontier. AS soon as railroads run into the
country this old system will DO impossible
and Dr. Ornelas will recommend change
He will recommend the reduction of duties
their collection at the frontier and tho locs
cation OF eight military posts from Piedrsi
Negras to Mier, about two hundred and If,
miles, prevent smuggling.
The Waco Examiner is cynical rs regards
the politics Of the country and thinks tn,
tendency of the people TO pay moro stten
ton to national than state politics is caleu
lated TO send the country - the eternal bow
vows. 1t says:
Much has boon written aud said rcsp CT
ing states rights, rs advocated by the demo
cratic party, snd centrslism, rs promulgated
by tho republican party. In tnis couutr,
there has been always disposition, on tn,
part of the people, 10 attach too much i'm
pottance TO ational politics aud not enough
10 state affairs. The country becomes al
ablsze with excitement over the election o
adoorkeeper for congress, u matter which
canno. possibly affect one citizen In
million. IT'S safe to say that there has beer
@much or more written, respecting the NJ
tempt 10 elect Riddebarger TO the office Of
sergeant'at'arms of tho senate, a
WAS ever said respecting the passae,
Of any important state law Direct,
affecting the interest Vt the Whole people O
That state. What the people Of state need
Is, tho development, Improvement and pro,
gress OF every industry which will tend I,
promote tho happiness and prosperity Of III,
people OF That slate and II Is the duty Of
every c'llE,n 10 look well 70 the selection OF
such slate legislators Ms will insure tho pas.
sage OF Wholesome and oil lent laws; such n.
VIII promote and encourage schools, manu-
factories and othsr syst m, Of internal i'm
provements. Tho states sra the foundation
stones up>n which III natural supersuu c,ur,
Is bult. and II the foundation is we'll laid we
need have but little fear M 10 the