The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-22
THAT "ENECUTiyn wfAN RACK.
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THAT "ENECuriSh wfAN RACK.
HOSE" AnsuRpirf.
The rhpidity wlta VII Oh bad news dice,
the pfonenetl Of human nature - believe
".hs NogseF side" uFs familiar proverbs,
and d efpso ally illustrated by tho trans
mlniou soms tao weeks $50 over the wires,
ola l.pls Dcaa .tem ifom Dallas that some
party Sho a imel 90 De representing a
Bdu.h syndicate pgFpQslns 10 iayest IA
reEal lands, aud who retained 10 his home
a'l0E ihg bruy deep disguised with ih'
kalslaesl of olr people, Wohaye already
PAID olr Respects twice within tho past
week 81 that Individual. Bat now comes
l..,5G dated l5ih ilur. nom Kansas ul,y al-
d.c,.fI % ,ao governor of Texas In these
W1fdl.
"sig; The e1c.cs,i dipping appeared 10
rueWapfplg o, tlisC.ty. l. the state Of
tlIsr .l lae coLd.d1u represented therein
1 boo Ireland, well. Yours. &c. SO
The ..em bad blon wired fflm Galveston
90 q Dl.gl special 20 The Aows, aiAliagt that
.lo said individual was prgaent az the
close % the cxisA session OF the ltglslNure,
and had no i.ith ia tho immediate iuiure
security property 10 Texas, and that In
his opinion with sloh weak back
bone "a the executive chair, Tex
aa iB a worse country than
Ireland, 90 On. ., protection 20 property is
concerned" The letter Is wr.iton - the
governor oy hardware merchant Ia Kan
cas- City. 10 may be thei valuable lesson
may be learned by reckless leglsli.cTs end
otheEJ Ia swing any prominence TO such
edly f.uG az tho poisoning a. al TIC
streams and waters OF Texas, AMI ths cruz "a
opinions OF ha,ty i7reignots who, perh1'2,
arc influenced b. the Willy ta.o OF ths pol
{ clan, car,le.s OF the states rspuie pre-
vldcd hIs own selfish oads be advanced or
his onylous feelings be gra.iGed,
II has been shown tina. tho Legislature
iesf,es,ly ieced The evil referred 20, and
provided against its recurrence by adequate
penalties.
AS Tor the weak backbone in the eKecu-
tive chair" it Is about lime ell such ehame.
fully uuIu st espersions should cease. Let
us see. An owl Of serious nature and ex-
tent existed. II WAS u most peculiar, un-
heard Of, and never TO have been anticipated
one, that of extensive fence-cut.irg. Now.
FIRST, there WAS consequently no psnel,y
for It's punishment, beyond that imposed
for q misiemeanor. Secondly, the onsrlnS
of reward for tbs conviction OF the trags-
gretsor was an absurdiiy, for tho simpls
reason lhG. II the sum o!tey $500 had been
offered conspiracy could readily
and safeiy have been en-
tered into bstweon thu fence
cutter and The ilfJrmer, So that One Of
$40 might hayo been paid and the two
have d.y ided up tho remaining 500. The
larger tho SUM offered no greater !ie In
dusement 10 such conspiracy, and hence Tor
an increase Of fence cutting. Thirdly, TO
order out the handlul Of militia would have
been equally iafc.csl, Tor the trouble
spread over countless c3ultcs, and s.
would have proceeded on tho IDLE assuup-
ton That tho tepredsioro wore a net Ok
blind end stupid men. Bssidos there was
no. a dollar OF appropriation - pay for q /
single mile OF transportation or other uece-- /
sry ezponsos. Foatthly, the call /
OF tae legislature was indis- |
penabis to provide remedy. And |
thus very iAcs was conceded by the govern
ors opponents themselves Us well as all |
tho other Legislators Sho, recognizing that
same necessity, diligently sought the cove
ted glory Of being the special Alexander !
The Great who should cut the oompli- |
,a..d Gordisn knot Bpd thus conquer a |
ard perhaps national ronown. |
Filthy, the more the sub sct was examined
he more complex and intricate Il mani |
osted itst { to tho view, for oil manner OF
and inseparable questions were
pound up in It. And 80 the assembled
wisdom OF senate and mousse worked at
he knotty problem, day and nigh.
Until at last they solved II. And how7 BY
The adoption OF the very policy that that
weak backbone in the executive chair
aad mapped out, ss the result Of hia own
clear coaitations, based upon his knowledge
Of the laws, his experience with the people
whose interests he WEE sworn impsrlielly
10 guard, and his own strong brain.
"Deiraoion loves o shining mark" end
" hen tho evil days come, which the pe'ple
themselves had never dreamed OF, the giddy
ere but tao readily induced by the
willy efforts Of Jealousy, envy, or msllgn-
sroy. to point ,hsir ahafts against THRnTs-
rocLEs the Brave, or write the words OF
punishment upon the shells against ARI7-
TIDES tho Just. Put time sets al things
even, and the seemingly successful machi-
nations Of to-day will stsrtle CATALIHE on
The morrow with The retribuiive verdict
,hct the great popular heart refuses to ee
deceived, and will in tho recoil doubly re-
ward an awaiting reserve of bravery and
integrity that comes from the courage of
convictions and understood duties being |
discharged.
IT seems to be "a open question yet |
whether Mr.. CULBRRsoH will stand sgain |
Tor another congressional term. II he dofs, |
We assame that he will 20 back 10 Wash.
u .ton, IS we know Of bat enc possible op-
,onont, and that is gentleman Who q
vsrn lr'enl an admirer OF "OID DAVE" l