The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-11-22

m.l gho watches tue seltihpni-
I..t,... .uystefioul operations OF an "fo''
.... lnry ever sailed to oc unforeseen |
r,.. ..., OF the BODY ud,ud"'ly H'"
OLD. .a.F. Tue sreu burden o, iHau''-
l.-... .ug.,, the awful solemnity OF ihe
.r...... aree in VIII Oh grove yard tore
...rI assumed suus " impress upon
.r...5... Hursa prnpsr idef Hnd clhc'p'
..... DIR mighty though temporary
u.a...f. all conapi;e to crei'e III Tue
a.. q tho legal spy upon his neiEhoofs
Lii ....L.e belief that Tor the time oe'ne
Da ts the most powerful man IN th' oo"'
-.r.tlr As the guardian ol the com
utn..r.a morals, no Roman censor III the
pa.u..st avs of the Catos ever felt hal'
.sa.H.u .elf.im Irtance OF au ordlhafy
grand laror. AS geNor" INN, All
bodies o. the KIND are ALTA u"
uaa being either better or woIse man
DINERS prscediug il, and we can see nothihg
r.ntGtlly peculiar in the history or Coz
due. therefor of the Dallas grand Jury
be-, has ust been discharged, II theie
waaany I'll ference between. 1t and It's pre- :
der s.urs, he difference was altogether IN
favor y IN o predecessors.
Ager Il srason oflebor such as is common
tantf.-s q { the character and description
u.L.rg5us I'd sra.ion, a season OF linguistic
r.a. agor this last Jury adjourned, as II
Elttgss thought, in perfect blaze OF
-W-g. H ARrIN LUTHER, whose 4OOth an.
r.7e.sary was celebrated the other day,
.gt-lg. IN .-tentn the reformer that each
and every memoer of this grand
Jurv Was, in the opinion oil said
e.a4 3u1 every mem Der. asa moraiist and
Ehraal wgiler JONATHAN Ed YARDS was all
iwsJeou. pigmy to the men who fixed up
t1a. sp-aa.. ed report which We publish this
morning
Tlg report, so-called, descends from the
dignity Of an account OF labors performed
and proceeds to discuss the abstract qaes-
son OF Gaming, Incorporating in this
learned d,squisition an attack upon the
Da.4s AsRALD. 1t is doubtless if the
HrrsID gill survive. Directly in the range
OF sven IN intellectual blunderbuss as that
re1sft so-called, we are doubtless crushed
W .guu5 knowing it. Men are often un-
C1ugc.ous ofthe presence of the fatal wound
iir some lime to come, and papers may be
40 exception to The rule. AS yet, however,
We ara still supplying our patrons with the
latest and best news, and Offering unpar-
81 eed adyantageg to our advertisers.
This heavy document charges us with
caanpiouing the cause of lawlessness and
CRIME aud making abortive attempts to
corrupt public sentiment. We should get
angry II We thought the jury making that
charge lellectually capable OF apprecia.-
Jug distinctions. We have never champion
ed gaming For years past the men who
have been placed in Office by citizens OF
Dallas and Dallas county, have permitted
gambling be carried on openly in Dallas,
only exciting monthly fines. Former
grand ,uries have done the same thing.
IRE wee has merely been kept within
Celt8in limits, has been prevented from
Spreading over the city and has paid
handsome revenue. IL was thought and
found that this method OF managing The
~ was the best the lesser evil i'll fact.
When mis- asst virtuous and wisdom-will-
ds.wJl us body met it determined to put
STOP 20 The old methods The HERALD
treH dec ared that the iormer practice OF
mInagns The dens wa, the Dess; that to
Gloss he dens would scatter the vice all
through the city; that as IL was and had
been for wears 1t yielded revenue ana
.eiped bushes and was therefore lesser
cyl. than 10 attempt to suppress it all to-
sst.er that 1t was no worse than drunken
ness horse. racing and other immoral prac-
tees sad Il one vice was to receive atten-
Co.,. llstJw the same attention upon all.
f.. .-Grl fore the HERALD in such positions
Eas eaam pioning" crime, all the county
gro ,lly oGicials, former grand iuries and
laf.l esses of the best citizens who toler.
atel 4s open practice Tor years from exactly
iHet. 1Ipllnt we took, have been Cham.
rirr.eu crime" We maintained that pri-
.ats .al yidual vices could not be rtgi'
.tira ly law. flour critics we're of differ
ru' entail calibre, we should stop Tor mo
me. 10 cali attention to the fact that there
WAS. vide distinction between private
.... .au au individual crime, bus IL 10 ~
r..a a-y - elaborate. Suffice it TO say
tla. lc Dallas grand jury, when it went
r.t 1sits way to attack the Dallas HERALD
ana fcrused it OF attempting TO champion
l..us nd corrupt public sentiment, was
..r.t au unqualihedly gross and I'M
t..ti ~ lander. We have never In sir
-e .a.Huoe in this paper even intimated
.lat ssn ding was right or respectable CT
r-.r.r 1l sxcusable from any moral stand.
pouf and have been seeking TO set pubic
s.ul. .li On q high and liberal ana prscti.
.bIpsae rather than "corrup: it," The
elr.t afy closed its official iabors with
lrfe arl uncalled for SANDER upon the
fLrt which, perhsps, more deeply in.
..f %. public IN this report is the sug-
r..l.-H lhas "vigilarce committee" and
aa. ri aid spies be pat upon the trscts
o. &c ci "a 20 keeD bin from SHINING
naes i..t rrumuniiy want q vigilance CON-
.. s-sla mids.? Do the citizens wan
% have ilsir every footstep logged by
sr.ts' Are tie days OF the Inquisition and
sraf Cham ser 10 be seen again in repnbli-
car ArClics7 shsme upon q body Of citi-
r.r1 ulo would Chsr such an
| ns1lt TO their fellow feemeBi
C-rtsialy that poor body did not
know What IL vas saying when Il recon.
nsnds1 q return 10 the methods Of the
DARK Ages and The black pages 10 the bis
tory .fthe Catholic church. But - the
las can be enforced % easily. WY leave
the rnschinsry % the courts and res0rt 10 .
bsod Of dirty spies AMI vigilance commit
tessf The Recommendation is q confession
Of nj thst the HEEtIb. IN common vita