The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-30
THE MAYORALTY.
Captain vears speech Last Night.

Last night OF Noung's sohool-house in
the fourth ward Captain W. G. Veal, oandi.
date for mayor, delivered his second speech
in the campaign.
He spoke about an hour 10 an exceed
mgly attentive and appreoiative audience
ofquite large crowd of voters.
1t is not the object OF our reporter to give
Captain Y eal's speech in extenso, but he
will try and present the salient points of
the the address, so that the public may
fully understand the speakers position in
the pending canvass.
Captain Veal began his remarks by
stating that he had invited all the other
candidates for mayor TO be present and he
would divide time with them, but as none
OF them were present then he asked if any
one or more of them came he hoped some
gentleman i'll the crowd would invite them
10 the stand at once. None were present,
however.
He said he had no apology to offer for be-
coming candidate SO late in the canvass.
However, it was but Just to very many
friends to state that, for six weeks, he had
been earnestly solicited by great many OF
the best citizens OF the city, Of all classes
but he had persistently declined, because
he had business interests that intertered
until hnally he was so pressed he yielded,
and today he was candidate before them
aud would diligently work until the day o.
| the election.
He was not before them for any mere
eloquent display, Or to indulge in any
mirth, but to assure his hearers, in al
earnestness, that the present mayors was
the most important election Dallas had ever
i a nd In ,,iu ,la.. l.. r.
| this assurance.
He briefly referred to the village of Dalla:
In 1872. at the advent of its first railroad
and compared it with the growing, thriving
enterprlslng young city she is to-day. He
adVerted TO the magnificent coun
try surrounding Dallas with il.
capacity for diversified crops of cotton,
| wheat and other small grain, corn and
fruits, while Missouri, Illinois and other
| great agricultural states could not produce
the teecy staple, the king OF commerce
and south of us could produce cotton, but
not grain,
This gave Dallas an immense advantage
and with the number of railroads, second
TO but one city (Houston) in number, south
OF st. Louis and Kansas, and in two wears
would have more than Houston.
She had grown since 1872 from only / .2OC
people within two miles of her court
house to u population Of from IS 900 to 80
600 within the same distance. But the con
tnued, growth and prosperity depended
upon the management of her municipal af
fairs IN the greatest measure.
The bonded debt of the city to-day /,
$3.50, 100 and nearly all of it at 10 per cent
interest. The water-works bonds are at
per cent, q few others at 6per cent, and
lew others at per cent. In July, 1873
Sl2,oO0 III bonds were issued at 10 per cent
maturing in July Of this year. in Septem.
Der, 1873, $1,000 s per cent. bonds which
mature IN 1893; in 1874, S27 800 in bond,
were issued at $ per cent, due in 1901, anC
in 1870, SIS 900 in bonds were issued at II
per cent due in 1895. There are other bond.
out but he had been uRable so far to get the
amount when due and at what per cent
lie had inquired of the mayor Incumbent
| whether these bonds were redeemable at
the option of the city or of the holder -and
had been informed that all ofthem we're ai
the option of the holders.
His remedy for relieving the people from
this onerous burthen was TO fund the
bonded indebtedness. He said that money
was so abundant In the east and north tina,
capitalists were eager to place money in
good securities at per cent, and,in many
instances as low as p per cent. He knew
| W. 'hShy NViuio tiiuL WtTt ulltu MlIn
idle money. He had been in the east and
the north making speeches in the interes,
OF bringing capital and immigrants to
Texas, and while he said IL in no spirit OF
egotism, he earnestly believed he had done
more to bring immigrants to and money
Tor Investment in Texas than any fifty men
| IN Dallas. But he was always confronted
with the odious homestead law of our state
lie then went on to criticize vigorously
our homestead law, and TO show wherein K
was hurtful TO the poor man. who could
never raise dollar on his homestead, and
beneficial to dishonest men only, who put
their thousands in homesteads and refused
to pay their just debts.
The city, to cottinue to prosper, must
have improved streets, good sidewalks, sew
erage, and above all efficient sanitary proyis-
ions, and more, far more than all, good free
schools. without these she could not hope
TO 60 forward as her advantages Justify.
with an interest debt of $4,000 per an
nun to meet, u sinking fund to provide and
taxes Tor the city's current expenses, the
burthen OF taxation was already too heavy
To bear, and the incoming administration
OF the city had financial problem to meet
| face to face, and TO solve that made the
boldest men pause.
lie did not profess TO be u iinancier, but
he knew he was better ilnancier than a
great many other people. Ii was only here
and there you met man who was II iinan-
cier. The man who could live on fifteen
cents day was not financier, but an
economist, and economy and finance were
two different things.
| II he was mayor, whenever he met a iinap.
cial stumbling. or an emergency, h.
would seek the counsel of men who were
innnclers, aud Dallas had them.
On the question of free schools
q vast deal OF the ci,y's future prosperity
hinged. We have in the city limits, within
the scholastic age, l,lS3 whites and $40 col
ored, between the ages of S and IA, which
was shame, as the ages ought TO be from
TO u years, but that was the legislatures
fault. There are school-houses for the
white children In every ward In the city
except the second ward aud not one for the
colored children.
The attendance Of white children at these
Tree school, while that of the colored, was
much larger per cent. Of the whole.
There Is now in the city treasury 81 Al d.
81, 5000 to be collected on SOS taxes and
| SlB,0liS with which to build school.
| houses. Were he mayor he should favor
the building of two for the colored children,
rs their proportion, and one in the second
| ward Tor the whites. We must build
up our free schools. where evory child
| can he educated, without price and
without money from the ages of O TO q.
lie didn't shy tho ages could be increased
ny yet, bnt the city must work up to ir as
rapidly as u consistently and reasonably
can. He had been asked since his ca ndida cy
whether he would favor this thing or