The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-31
STATE PRESS REVIEW.

AIfthe ocean was not in constant motion il
would soon become stagnant mass of w>ter
breeding pestience and death, and il there
Wa, not difference of opinion in all public
questions and measures !; would be difficult
thing indeed TO arrive at and to establish
truth. On the question Of the adoption Of
,heproposed amendments to the constitution
there are, of course, diversi y of views, but
jtseems to US that if no better reasons can
be given against them than the following,
from the Henderson Times, that they will be
unanimously adopted. We trustto see them
carry, because the best interests of the state
demand that they should. The Times says ::
Come bravely up 10 the polls on the 9th Of
September and vote against the amendments.
The very best men IN our country are per-
iectly willing to 60 10 he Legislature and
Eerye their country for sixty days at five
dollars per diem, and if there is On extension
of time beyond sixty days, they are willing
10 work for two dollars per diem. We have
never heard any one refuse 10 60 on account
of the small pay, when he had chance.
Our prese supreme snd appellate judiciary
system, in our humble Judgment, will no. be
benefited by the proposed change. We
have entirely too msny Offices already. The
constant increase of offices, ii kept up, will
enslsve the people.
The following from the Waco Telephone
has the right sound to it. The law in re-
publican America knows not one thief from
another. The Telephone remarks
The friends OF Captain Howgate are fears
full that if he'll confined in jail his health
will become impaired. This should have
been taken into consideration before he
made himself amendsble to the criminal
law by disgrscing his shoulder straps and
becoming q thief. He was healthy enough
10 make an able-bodied steal of $4,000
from the government and there is no reason
why he should betreated sny more leniently
than q man who steals a horse or breaks into
bank.
There is but one serious objection to Post
master General James proposed reduction
Of letter postage from three to two cents per
half ounce. This will very largely increase
the amount of spring poetry sent by mail to
the newspapers, but as the general public
will be benefited by the reduction we pre-
sumo the papers can stand tho poetry. The
Houston Post dissenting on the subject says;
The rumor that the postmaster general ex-
poets to reduce the rate Of postage on half
ounce letters from three to two cents must
meet with general satisfaction. Too much
inn ha oiuan n TIM nDliny IF
cheapening mail facilities where 1t eau be
accomplished, as Postmaster General james
says il now can, without correspondipgly in-
crease in taxation. Too little consideration
is attached to the postoflice in its province OF
binding the whole country in a chain of SYM
psthies than which nothing is better cslcula-
ted 70 strengthen and perpotuste the union.
To the fullest accomplishment of this object,
we would sooner see the postoiiice tax en-
revenue than one Of its sources But there ia
no reason to believe that the promised re-
duction will necessitate larger appropris'
ton TO conduct the postal service of the
country any more than did Mr.. Row.
land Hills penny postGee in England
which, according 10 the evidence Of the Sec
rotary of the posloalce, instead Of entsiing
a deficiency gave 40 annual surplus Of in
come over expenditure of about E600, 000
That a like result would FOLLOW reduction
of the present postal rates ia this country,
where the poor are better educated and prize
more highly the vslue of intercourse by mail
than the same class in Great Britain and
ireland, admits of degree Of probability
approaching absolute certainty, II is not TO
presumed, however, that Postmaster Gen
eral james rests his conviction for the sue
cess of the proposed reduction in postage
rates on any other grouHd than that of a
mere economic management Of the services
by reforming its abuses. And certainly this
justifes the hope. No department OF gov
eminent, not even excepting the Indian
bureau, has presented more transparent cor
ruption nor imposed so degrading drag
upon the wheels of improvement.
Our Fort Worth neiGhbor. the Advance
puts the matter in quiet and conservative
ligh! and never intimates once that Fort
Worth is o candidate, 1t says;
Our state exchanges are still, with un-
absted zeal. harping on the state university.
1t will DO q source, doubtless, Of CoDgraiulas
ton to the people of Texas when this grave
question ia decided. Il has been prolific
subject, and hss drawn forth a continuous
flow Of argument, eloquence, and crimina-
ton and tecriminsion. 1t is M important
matter, and VIC hope ii will BIO acted upon
wisely and for tho beat