The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-17

him to work. II that may not be done,
there are many other plans suggested, and
the legislature would DO ns,ihabl. Ia
trying Any one OF them, Anything
IL better than nothing at this junoture,
IL would be crying disgrace, and besides q
dangerous admission OF incompetenoy a.
adjourn without essaying one solid blow Ia
the cause of Law aud order, Were the leg
stature to do that, there is not rogue, n
robner or a villain oiany degree anywhere
in the stats who would not take u new lease
on his LIE OF crime, aud give the state cause
10 Tepent her weakness. Texas has suffered
already dfeadfnlly aud what II has gone
through would not he drop In the bucket
compared with the future, wefoil conceded
that the fenee-cntteFs we're sirsng enough
aOt only 10 defy her authority, but really
strong enough oorder her legislature nome
without executing the task they were 81
pecially called 90 Austin To Performer a.
least without making one manly effort 10
meet tho views of the governor aud the PEG
pie Waco Examiner.
TAMrERiSd WITH NAILS.
ia lge Pardee'a decision That the post
illce department has no right TO Withhold
uail matter from the New Orleans bank
that Is understood 70 be doing I'm 'iness Tor
che lottery company, has elitl ed n good
deal ~ c0mment adverse TO his decision.
LAYING aside the moral question involved
iu tho lottery business, this interference
with the delivery of malt matter'becomes q
matter Tor the most serious consideration.
Tho right claimed f1r p1stmasters 20 exam.
inc aud search mail matter 10 a dangerlls
one, capable of iadrhnite expansion, aud
might readily become an instrument ol
tyranny. Encouraged ly this innovation
proposition has d "a made - ex
clude from the mails advertisement
/ VI "uoxi0gs and dangerous medicines.
| food aud compounds" Such law would
authorize officers of he y stotiice depart
ment 10 sit Ia judgment on the value II
/ such articles, aud TO decide which were
noxious and dangerous aud which who g.
! some aud usCiul-A most arbitrary power
/ even when honestly exercised, and liAblo "a
gross H buse by corrupt men bribed 10 ex
clude from the mails advertisements of ans
popular compound. IL is properly said
/ that the attempt 10 destroy the lottery BUS
/ mess and prevent frauds by placing strio-
lures upon the delivery OF mail matter h
one TO accomplish by iudifeolion something
I that IL is not in the power OF the federal
government to do by direct action. Com
| stess cannot pass valid law against
the drawing Of lotteries in Louisiana,
or the carrying on OF fraudulent busl.
ness schemes IN any state, yet an attempt
| Is made through congressional enactment
| 10 accomplish these objects by refusing the
use Of tho mails 10 people engaged in such
schemes. Sympathy with the object sought
has prevented protest against an infringe
ment Of the privacy OF the mails by people
who would resent IL under anv outher cir
cumstances, and who are capable OF com
pretending how easily the practice might
be extended TO work injury to the public,
That judicial decision has been rendered
therefore. checking the further extension OF
the practice, 10 not o matter for regret, even
though 1t does facilitate operations which
the moral sense of the people reyolis
against Austin Statesman.