The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-22
THE EXCuRsIONisTs.'

DR.. John L Ennis was In the city ye, ter.
day He passed burriedly through here
several days ago. He rushed los OF eX-
curpionists, cBpitelB,s mlllionalfos,
blosted bond.ho!ders and o:heEs,
right through this good CITY OF
see our city, to witness the surprising
growth Of our suburbs. TO admire our beau
tiful bois dare payements. And all this In
lace OF the fact that Dallas had
ai1ed the great Missouri Pacific
railway corporation, had contributed
several hundred thousand dollars 10 the
Texas & Pacific railroad and the old Dallas
& Wichita railroad. ell OF which are now
own, d and operated by the Gould Syudi.
n 10 Was ho doing the bidding rs n
hencbmsu of Hayes. Hoxie and relmage?
Or was he quietly snesking party through
to buy at big prices wild western lands at
exorbi,ant figures, which he and some of
his friends Esd purchased perhaps Only
lately NJ about csnts per acre? True, DC
did stop little, while, But this was tne
general land offics OF his giant corporation,
ior Dallas is tho city where these big things
have local habitatlon and name, and he
had to procure some sort OF information,
Rut WHY did he not spend weekf lt
would have taken the fxcursionis!s that
long TO see ell Dsilas. Can Il bs possible
he inteuaed to snub Dallas? WHAT nave
we done that We should DO snuooeu
Trains stop at "the small villages" to the
west of us. and let "more passengers than
gat off at nnv other station south OF the
north pole,n get off at the great cross
roads, Is this honest and lair competl..
ton The question naturally. forces itself
on us, why 10 this thus? Verify, verify,
there is some manipulation machinery
that has been set egoing. And then, just
think oft, ell the Dallas HERALDs we're
bought up on the, route 80 that the great
and gorgeous glories of dear, delightful Dali
las could not be shown up, while there were
plenty OF Fort Worth Gezettes seeking
sale on the trains. All, those reports about
beef-packing failures, about infamous
gambling saoons, about excessive tsxa,
lions, about an unsafe but hurTah Town., eii
had been accredited TO Dallas, and The
HrRAJps we're bought up, so that it could
not be shown that the bustling Fort
wap meant, and not Dallas. On,
DR., Ennis, DR.. EDnir, III. JOHN
Ennis, DR.. John e. Eanis, how could you?
How could you do suoh naughty thingsf
Way did you go snnb us; ua, VINO nave
been built 80 such splendid proportions Dy
your lines?" And all to hurry on 70 Mid,
land? What is Midland that you should
give suoh a preference so her? Happy,
hapny Midland; wretched, weiliDg, weep
ing Dallas II is to be "hoped Tho article
will reach your eyes" and bring You TO O.
vivid sansa of the unparalleled enormity o.
your Ubiquitous offsDse. OF q paruailty OF
which even Nero would have blushed. to
have been guilty, and which the, historian
would have wept to record while be en-
treated that his tears might blot out the
dark and ugly lines, These Dalasites dis.
like to say these things, but the village on
the west has presumed to shoot at you and
Dallas must join, in the fun. The next ex
time you come along with party OF ex-
cursionists, be sure to stop over day or
two. put up at the hotel and let "Mumm"
be the word, and We'll forgive you.