Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-21
STATE PRESS THOUGHTS.

The Greenville Banner thinks the
toy pistol s only the forerunner OF the six
shooter.
The Houston Age thinks the legis-
lature will do well to make provision for
those Texas veterans who are really INDECENT.
The Galveston Print thinks there
nre signs plainly showing determined effort
10 pass a proliibltory liquor bin at this SEES
sion of thelcgislaturc.
The San Antonio Express thinks the
bin offered by Senator Traylor, providing
that no jury trial shall be had In civil suits
unless the jury fees shall be first deposited Is
go manifestly just that 1t should he passed
without opposition.
The Dallas Ucrd{d thinks ii IL use
less 10 stock rivers aud ponds with fish, or
attempt TO increase or preserve game, with
out stringent aud comprehensive laws look
Ing to such end aud tho steady and vigorous
enforcement of the same.
The Terrell Times thinks the estray-
Ing of animals Is of direct profit to the person
making such publication, and he should not
b allowed double and treble the rcmunera-
lion which the law governing estrays evil
IDENTIFY intends he should have
The Caldwell RcgiStor thinks If the
legislature listens TO MI the appeals rom the
pcdugogues of the land the substance OF the
people wiz be FILTERED away on normal
schools. universities, etc while the great mass
,,fil Ia NH ,yi1l tn
The Brenham Banner thinks about
one.fourth of tho time of the average legisia-
ture Is consumed in the introduction of bllS
and resolutions. Fewer bills and more work
! should bc tho motto; the sixty days allotted
| to the regular term win soon expire and not
one-hnlfof the business viii have been dis.
posed OF
Tho Georgetown Record thinks the
superintendent of the public schools ut Gal
weston Is getting rather hlgh.toned lie OBJ
Jects 90 being called professor" for the rca
son ia I the tile has hecn SO degraded, by It's
application to every dancing mnster and
travelling mountcbank, that 1t now has moro
of degradation than honor attached to It,
The Austin statesman thinks the
decision of a New York judge TINT dividends
cannot he declared on waiercd stock should
be followed by another that tho people may
recover all excessive charges collected from
thonl, In order that these dividends might be
declared. such law should he In force in all
the states, and ltshould operate against Nil
corporate bodies,
I The Bonham Airocdtc thinks the
ttons u he an active, working body, givinl
promise of practical usefulness to the state
there are twer blatant rhctorieians than ar,
com mon IN such bodies, and conimendabl,
disposition Is mani cstcd 30 dispose OF tn,
public business with as little delay as is con
sistent with duo and proper dolbcralion.
The Forney Press thinks that wher
an oditorailows every paragraph hewlites I,
bear The impress of his own personality, o
allows his own feeling 10 intrudo itseiT upor
his reAdcrs when writing upon u subject II
witch they may hc differently Interested, h,
forgets the objects FOR which u nowspanel
should labor namely, the dissemination o
news and the reelection OF the Views OF IN,
people whom Il claims to represent.
The Houston Post thinks the hill ian
troduced lately In the state senate propnsin,
90 amend tho ooustiution 10y the creation o
q superintendent oi public schools Is an hon
est eat Tor thA heart OF the subject. m,
SUPPLEMENTARY OF the state schools is tn,
epitome of the reform system. II * tn,
Hamlet OF the Hamlet, Tomorrow the leg
islature might adopt the syieips of Missouri
or ohio that have been working such sub
slantial wonders but II the ohlce OF superin
tenaent be ler out the beautiful system
would only be a beautinl corpse
The Bclton Jo,andl thinks rs ther,
Is large and respectable class OF our fellow
citizens whoarc prohibitioni.ts. and who be
lisve that they can place prohibition CLAUS,
In the constitution VI allowed an expression
at the bNllot-hoN, 1t Is nolhiDg but sight that
their wishes be aceedod 20, Il is not demo
cratic 20 prescribe what your neighhor shall
cat and what lac shall drink, aud while ",
sympa,hiEe with the good men who are IN
this prohibition movement In their EFFORTS 1,
rescue men nom the curse OF drink, We can
not agree With them Ia their methods. Wa
are 40, only opposed 10 All sun,ptuary laws
but we are opposed 20 putting alaw on the
statute books that Is eerlata 20 be dead lot.
I ter.