The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-10
MOUND CITY MATTERS
Events Agitating the Railway Circles
Of the city.
Political Pointers and Pr0gnOStlca'
items Tow Line.
sin Hanging on TO the NJ, stery.

ST. Louis, June 5, lss3.-Ispecial Cores
pondence, l-Recenty the Southwestern
railway system has been applied TO. TO sub
scribe sum OF money to aid in the pay
ment OF the expenses of the coming Con
iederate reunion at Mckinney, Texas, to
occur about the slh Of August next. The
management Of the railway system have
declined to make any subscription. ON the
ground that applications of similar char
acter have been made, and are constantly
being made, by all kinds OF associations,
religious, civic, military and social, and n
donation could not be made to one without
making n donation to all, and a universal
distribution OF money 10 all who apply, the
management think, would not he proper
iuliillment OF the trust coniided 10 their
care by the stockholders OF the system
"fobably something will be done Ia the
way of added facilities for transpOftatio n
which will answer quite AS well as II dona-
ton in cash. And just here II may be re-
marked that II ~ by no means clear to the
mind of the dispassionate observer why a
rallrosd corporation should be called upon
/
this kind ut all. II has no soul or SYM
pathies, and AS a matter OF cold business, il
won't ray. Still, the railroads of the coun-
| try are always called on to assist, in various
ways, every public enterprise or move
rucbt, and the amount given away, in the
shape Oi free transportation, salaries To
supcrnumaries, and the actual donations in
cash, every year, would ast0uud any one
not acquainted with the iacts IL is safe to
say that the aggregate OF this kind of bene-
| lit rendered the public en- masse or indi-
yidually, by the southwestern system, dur
ing the last twelve months, If accounted for
| In money, would amount to more than "A
million OF dollars. | heard Colonel H. NJ
| iioxie, the third vico-prcsldent, make II
statement of that kind some time since
Suil, there are people On this nlanet who
are opposed b. railroads But human ma
ture IL inscrutable, aud not Away wise.
The social, political and religious peaks
in II great community like this, are always
In u state of volcanic eruption, blazing
| forth some Intellectual fires from uniathom-
able depths. and obscurIng the mental
visions with vapors Satanic, and scattering
here and there much dust aud SCOT. The
body polite il much disrupted, Just now
| by the municipal rebellion in progress In
| the law making department of the govern
| ment. The mayor and the city council
cannot agree AZ TO what set OF politicians
shall fill the various offices OF the city gov.
eminent and pocket the fat salaries per
tanning thereto. The mayor has the mp
pointing power, but the council must con
firm the nominations OF his honor. The
council IL composed of thirteen members,
and seven OF these. one more than
II majority, comiorted aud as.
sisted by that political archangel
Joseph u. Mccullough, of the Globe.Demo.
crat, have combined to reject any names
sent into them by the mayor, who do not
belong to their sat. Ialr pulling has now
being going on for some weeks. the public
welfare is lost sight of entirely, II great
deal of bitter feeling has been aroused on
both sides, and n brutal determination to
carry ON war Of determination, aud to
make pabulum acherontis OF one another,
has been developed. In the meantime the
poor taxpayers sit helplessly by, and sigh,
while the combat is raging between the
mayor and the council, but, doubtless.
com ,orting themselves ike lago with the
reelection that
Now. whether he Kill Cassie, or Cassie him,
or. each do Kill the Other either way makes my
gain"
The worst feature of the business is that
the public business Is neglected, and the
interests Of the city are lett to take care OF
themselves. Now for tear that the execu.
tive department would get some advantage
by the weekly sessions OF that body, the
city council has sawed oil the limb, be.
tween itself aud the tree, and lot itself
down. A concurrent resolution to nd.
iourne to October 18th, was passed by the
city council On June 9TH. which resolution
was ooncurred in by the house of delegates,
with the understanding that II public bust
ness should demand, u motion 10 recon
slider should he made and carried, and the
adjournment Tor the summer vacation post
puued A week ago it became apparent
that large amount of municipal legis-
lation ought to be disposed of
before the adjournment took place. The
| contumacious seven Of the council voted
down the motion to reconsider, and by that
act placed the whole matter out of the
power of the body to review The mayor
will have to resort to II called session to dis
pose Of some important matters affecting
tho public veal. Among the important
measures pending NJ the time of adjourn
ment was an ordinance authorizing the
Union Depot Railroad company to main
tain and operate its tracks upon certain
streets an ordinance approprlating money
10 construct n foundation III Forrest park
on which to place monument 10 General
Frank L. Blair an ordinance authorizing
the construction OF the Elevated Railroad
a Rapid Transit company over certain
streets aud thoroughiares an ordinance
authorizing the lac,ede Avenue Passenger
hallway company to operate its roads an
ordinance authorizing the Central Connect
ing Halfway company to construct ant
operate its road an net authorizing the
Forrest Park Cable Railway company TO
maintain its lines the general appropria.
ton bill, and other important measures. IT
will DO seen that municipal legislation runs
la Ia rutIrnaIa hnr wall n.
whore. The pending measures involve the
expenditure OF many millions Of dollars,
and equal almost to the amount of capital
invested in railroads III the balance OF the
state. What the result of the present mud
die will be cannot be forolold, but it
ausurs nothing good for the people
The inhabitants OF Dallas may look forward
to the development ottheir own city with the
reasonable certainty that it will some day
be just az large, Just rs wicked, ard Just AS
soltsh rs St Louis is to-day. and that its
stupidity, mulishness, ana general worth
lessness, AS those which governs this city.
May tho day be far distant.
The disappearance Of Mr.. Chester II.
kruni, u prominent attorney, and for many
years u respected and honored citizen OF st.
Louis, is still matter of conjecture and
mystery. lie was in the midst OF lucra.
tive legal practice and his relations with his
family and with the public we're OF the
pleasantest character. He has absented
himself nearly n month now, and no one
seems to know anything ofhis whereabouts
His relatives profess to DO rs ignorant OF
them as the public at large. II is conceded |
that his financial affairs were much invol
we'd, and 1t is said, and is no doubt true, |
that he spent many hours Mt the gaming |
table. where much ofhis money is suppos-
cd to have been s0uandered. A number OF |
hduciary trusts were coniided TO his care, |
and he appears to have been rccreant to |
these TO AN extent yet unknown, 1t is
greatly TO the credit OF the character OF
Ju ige krum, and speaks we'll for human |
nature, that his friends still have faith in |
his rectltudc, aud are striving hard TO put |
~ favorable construction on his affairs rs
circumstances will permit. The amount