The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-04
STATE PRESS.
Public Oplnion as Reflected by State
Journals.
Matters OF Local aud General Interest
10 All.
Selected Extracts on many Subjects
A fRKE.f N Ali.


backed by the Standard oil company. Fen
dleton by the rural districts, aud the colors
OF Thurman looming up NJ. ~ they might
make ID interesiing on the home streloh,-
Fort Worth 6azatte,
Hosngs To wKLLn1Hs,
Thu Mirror receives the announcement OF
the distinction shown Mr. Wellborn by
Speaker Carlisle with peculiar pride. We
have al WAYS been proud ~ Ohn Wellborn
Ar our representative Va congress, hnu " al
fords us unalloyed pleasure 10 nots his con-
tinued and rapid strides 10 distinction. The
Mirror proudly looks forward 10 the day
when Mr.. Wellbom's reputation as a
statesman will be bounded only hv the wa
tsrs That surround our common country.
Al the beginning oi 1854, we say thrice
three cheers Tor Din Nclborn.-l WaHa'
hachie Mirror,
- OLD FASHIONED HoSE,rr
Honesty of tue pure, genuine, o,d'faeh'
Toned Kind. especially Official honesty. 10
20 rare that when case does occur II
should be recorded. Mo- that 10 Will be- re-
coiyed as "A rshuke 10 present officials, out
asa remembrance that such thing ala
once rxis'. The latest case tu point ~ re-
corded OF John y lfwln, governor OF Idaho
Territory, He returned to the treasurer
OF th, United States draft oi 500, sent
him rs his salary Ter tho quarter ending
October 3Oth and be declined also tn re-
ceive the salary due him Tor the quarter
ending December LIST. IL states that he
hes heln unable 10 attend 20 the duties OF
the office since July 3lst, nd does not con
slider he can cOnscientiuusly accept pay
IMGr,hall Herald.
STRONG MEASURES URGED.
la Texas there are ~ grand OPP rtunl
ties and as urgent duties ~ the nEton VIII
know. An extra session OF the legislature
il at hand, ana the state government mas
itselt called upon to deal with condition
nj nd n al La
Communism aud wanton disregard OF
property rights have reared their baleiul
fronts here In Texas aud the result is a
wave OF disorder and vandalism that even
year ago would have been deemed inpoas' :
Bile % exist here. Those IN authority, u
they would do their duty by society, mus
look the evil squarely ia the face, pull on
the gloves Of velvet, and deal with al the
Issues with hand OF iron. No other pol
lev will sufiic- to avert evea more deplt
rable state OF affairs than Is now the case
--fWsco Day.
PANIC PREVENTED.
The failures last year outuumbared those
oil the great panic year OF 1878, but sum tne
country ~ large was comparatively pros
psrous The aggregate liabilities were
larger last year than the year before, but
the losses were more generally distributed
and fell to greater exient upon those VINO
could maintain themselves under them
In tight times one failure for hall million
or million may bring an hundred sthel
. failures in it's train, but in better times the
result 10 otherwise, and the comparatiyely
prosperous times of last year, aud the dis
tribution OF the losses. prevented VIVA
otherwise might have caused panic
Ban Antonio Express.
THE BANKRUPTCY QUESTION.
The Chamber OF Commerce OF New \ ori
city will endeavor to secure from congress
the enactment of general bankruptcy law
Ono of the proposed features is that fraud
ulept bankrupts bs punished; not onl'
those who deiraud their creditors BY th'
usual means, but also those who fail ate
specializing outside their own particular
business. 1t IL proposed to treat 1t as oh
tanning money under false protenses whsr
IMAM or firm gets money or goods OF
Che credit OF their legitimate busi
ness and uses the funds 10 speculats
While tn restrain the wild speculation
which wrecks 90 many men Is desirable Il
would give rise to endless confusion to at
tsmpt ANYTHING like this It weuld be i'm
possible Tor courts to decide equitably whs
10 and what IL not proper use OF th'
funds. If firm considers that IL ha
enough money lying idle to invest in otht
business, they know their business bette
than a Judge can possibly. 1t would b
very difficult to discriminate between leg
Innate and illegtimate speculation.-lCls
burne Telegram.
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
The tariff question is one which has IN
viewed the consideration OF many OF Tn
best thinkers OF this country. And whle
may appear strange the deep thinkers ar
not at all pecuniariiy interested, or at bes
but very little. One VI the best aud sim
plest illustrations of the working OF tn
present tariff is this: The sugar interest
In Louisiana are such rs to require pro
tsctive tariff; duty Of about two ana
half OIL three cents is levied and collected o.
sugar; sugar isan article OF univerasl oon
sumption in the United States; sugar can
can only be raised below the frost lihe tn
plant being a tropica one. yet the consum
ers OF sugar in Maine Minnesota aud WIS
cCusil are put under contribution 10 t
the sugar planters OF Louisiana ana IeSa
up by paying from two and "a hali 10 thre
cents pound more than me sugar is &c
tuallv worth. Mexico, Cuba, Centrh
America and the Sandwich Islands are 81
sugar pr oducing countries, and those oouu
tries labor is comparatively cheap; Inc ia
boring man who makes thirty or tort
cents day thinks that he does well, u
climate is much milder than ours an
clothing and food are much cheaper. 10
this reason the laborer fares equally az we
rs hs does in the mora rigorous climate O
the United States, and IL is evident that tn
labor of the tropios does not come In cen
petition with our own. The laborer III WVl
thy of his hire, no matter whether ne Worh
under the tropical sun or In the regions
northern Russis. For this ressoh tne peo
pie of one section Of the country or NOR
properly speaking the world, should u.
have a contribution levied upon them
support others. Every tub sh, uld stsh
upon its own bottom Il BRENNAN Bal
ner.
GRESHAM AND THE LOTTERIES.
Postmaster General Gresham 10 q goo
nrnaa>usnr Soma tina hnck he had Degu
= war upon the lottery companies, au
since then has carried on q determine
CAMPAIGN against them. Opinions are q
verse rs to the constitutional right OF u
case. OF course, General Gresham has u
perfect right to carry such caser INTO cou
and TO secure an authoritative eett!sment .
law. But IL is charged that the partial q
feats he has encountered have emoittere
him, and that he shows a disposition
stretch the pre- ogatives OF his once TOO u
in arbitrary defer minatioDs against ma
matter of the lottery companies. Notoni
so, but the wrath OF the post master-gener
has been stirred against such newspapers
have had the hardwood 10 publish adve
tisements from these sources. since u
arm OF the reforming chief 10 too short
reach publishers who carry on their ou'
nets under a constitutional guarantee, AZ
who are by no means wiling 10 suoui
-either their ideas or morality or business
the dictation OF even 80 high funciionsi
as the posimester-general, in order 10 ca
nv on. his views M. Gresham, II ~ saiu.
preparing a NIL to be introduced into COZ
rress to exclude newspapers puolishii
lottery advertisements iro m the pound "a,
Should this bill become law, Mr. Gresns
will have won another otep in his anti-lo
terry war. But the measure ID nS,
smacks Of undue interference Win privn
business upon a point not deciara,iNe
settled as to its national and state relation
The proposition will certainly not prove
popular one, and the pestmaster.gener
must not count on the support oil journs
that desir- TO ronduct their business