The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-12
STATE PRESS.

WIN PohieS VI tuo west WOulu DO the
same thing the people OF this section
would nave more faith in their profess
slons OF love for tho actual settler
lGoliad Guard.
Neither Coke nor Maxey can bo
spared from the United States senate.
Their strong and influential inuiyidu-
atty, which renders them so useful to
their state xnd the UNION in that body
would bo dwarfod and neutralized II
used in the manufacture OF presidents
cabinet and dove-tailed with weaker
material to reinforce it. Anyhow, n
hange from the senate to the cabinet is
no promotion now a-days, but rather a
degradation Cisco Telegraph.
The Hillsboro Mirror hopes to see a
law enacted by the next legislature re-
curing the publication of all sheritfs'
sales, trustees sales, guardian notices
administrators notices, and, in fact, all
notices that ara issued for information
me present mode Of sticking a written
notice in three conspicuous o. places in
the county Is nonsense, and in many in
stances IS the means OF defrauding wild
ows and orphans and good citizens ont
OF their property. 1hsre are in all coun-
ties few who watch the walls or doors
OF courthouse for "bargains.r- rKauf.
man Sun.
The Texas senate, to convene in jan
nary, Is a solid body OF Democrats.
There will not be an independent, mug
wump or peoples party man in the
body. In the house there will be two
hepubllcans, Williams, of Waller
county, and Moore, of Washington; and
SIX independents, Thompson, OF Bexar;
White, OF Wharton; Cochran, of Austin;
Gioos, OF Fayette; Mcneil, of Neuces,
and Dorrach, of Gillespie. Out of n leg
islatiye body of 40 the Republicans
make showing OF 2, tho mugwumps.
or independents, showing OF 6.-rSan
| Antonio Times.
The urgent recommendation by the
Dallas HERALD touching the establish
inent OF state reformatory in which to
punish minors for common felony finds
response In the charitable ht art, A re-
tormatory might make mon of hum
drens.ol young men under age, which
the penitentiary totally wrecks. There
are said to be now over 200 Young mon.
minors, in the penitontiary. Build the
! reiormatory where reasonable work, a
| few moral lessons and y close applica-
ton OF the peach tree switch will do or
them what their daddy and nanny
was never kind enough to do, to make
men OF them.-i Lewisville Headlight.
While MIR. Blaine is denouncing the
southern people in such outrageous
| terms OF Intolerance TO negroes, he would
CONFER favor ON the whole colored race
| 10y pointing them out one instance " here
a negro has ever been elected TO an ilice
In the north. Such a thing is not OIL roe
ord. Yet no denOpnces tho southern
people Tor Intolerance TO negroes, when
IN the souththe negroes are often elected
| senators, congressman, lioutenant-gov-
ernors, legislators and county and pre-
clnct officers. The time Is not tar dis
lant when tho negroes will realize who
nave boon their truest friends, whore
| they have received political Lonors, and
10 whom they must look for suacor and
aid in need. Then Mr.. Blaine will see
them all voting solidly the Democratic
| ticket Kaufman sun,
Tue Dallas HERALD is In favor of
amendment to our attachment laws
| mere Is evidently something ma
/ terially wrong about them as they now
stand. We would favor their repeal
| altogether. The HERALD makes she re-.
tail dealer the man to be protected
while tho population of taxes IL made
| up mostly Of farmers and laboring mon.
ana To them should the protection b,
gwen, especially when the same law
VIII protect tho retail dealer equally ms
much. such law would force busi-
| ness TO Is cash basis, thus atlordiny
! protection TO all alike. True, poor men
occasionally neOd assistance ana credit
! but no one IS in danger of starving To
/ death In Texas, and when thew reap n
crop its proceeds belongs to them and
not 80 some merchant. rhen no can
tahe ms cash and buy more goods, aud
! the merchant is in no danger OF loosinp
| money. The present credit systoin 4,
! the most damnablo thing In vogue I'm
| Texas. IL will have 10 be done away
with before our state can become IA truly
successful agricultural state, Ennis
! Recorder.
A new law making Il . mlsdemeanor
! To have land fenced not owned, IL hpy-
! ing u good effect throughout the cattle
| districts of north aud west Texas. Sow.
eral Of the large pasture men have bean
compelled to roll up their wire and turn
their stock loose. Spectators who once
enclosing large tracts of land,
owning only few sections, and
| selling tho whole TO foreign capi
talists are thwartod la their
money making enterprise, aud those
| who now own largo pastures, withou,
| Tile TO the land are compelled to sac-i.
! lice their wire and turn out their grass.
The day Is not far distant when large
| pasture men cannot afford to hold thor
land exclusively for grazing purposes
but they will reduce them in size by
selling of small tracts to farmers, and
thereby settle up the country. and en-
nance the value of their remaining pos.
sessions. The value of land depend !
upon tho PROCESS of the plow and hoe
! Northwest.