The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-02-21
THuRspAY, FEBRUARY ~, 1854.
, AMELLss RuAIoRs ABOUT TEXAS

THURsDAy. FEBRUARY 81. 1884.
AMELLss RuMoEs ABOUT TEXAS.
The New York Evening Telegram which
Is The tender TO the Herald has ueyes
eylnced any Il will towards Texas, but on
the contrary has frequently had Kind wosda
for the Lone Star State, has suffered ia
imagination to run away with ita good
Judgment when & puts forth tho following
editorial, viz: Capitalists nom other parts
OF this country ard from abroad who arc
medila,ing large Investments In Texas
land and cattle aud other enterprises will
be Interested In one days news rom that
otherwise inviting region. The iliush
Ter of AApREw JOHNSON ia q quar-
raj abou. his wife. with two charges
of eurshot, by W.. PERKINS, at Cedar
Bayou, miga. DO overlooked. because such
things sometimes occur In more civilized
oom munitles-only, as rule in this iati'
tudc, IL is tho original wrongdocr who Is
shot instead Of doing the shooting. The
robbing Of two stages at ono time on this
way from Whilesboro TO Gainesville, by
only tareeroGd ogents, speaks vel for the
science oil stage Ioobing and the discipline
and capacity OF stsge robbers in Texas.
Tho aeizlre Of the Office and COM
posing Ioom OF the principal reEspapeg
in the capital of Tex's by sub
scriber who was offended q, its structures
because Le previously, with similar
brandIshing Of pistols, had taken posseI-
sion Of and "cleaned cut" @ banquet
OF the cattlenen's convention, Indicates the
| high degree of development to which the
sense o! perso1a! rights has attained in
Texas. VT. perhaps, the attention Of the
cla.ses 5eiered to Will be chiefly eliimei
by the threat to poison ell the waters in
Texa if the legislature shall do anything
to mairtln Tho integrity Of the fences
which owpers ohoote TO erect ON their
lands. This threat, anonymously made to
a N ember Of. the l. gi.lst.ve session cspec!-
ally convened to consider the fence que5.
tion, taken in connection with the mystic
rious dea,h of large numbers OF cattle in
certain parts OF tao state, is certainly cal
culsted to mako prudent men wait for the
civilization of Texas to cryssallze q
little before sending any moro money in
chat direction"
It will be remembered that Texas has q
| bop ulaiion OF over 1900, 900 souls, and that
| II IL more than six times the size OF New
' Y ork ITSELF And yet We daily note in the
ne wspapers OF much smaller and less
populous states, not merely occasional, but
| ffequent occurrences, just such as that COM
. planned of in the case Of PERKINS,
| who shot man in a quarrel about
. his vile. The robbing OF the
mails finds its duplicate continuously
| In 60 many OF the older states; only, when
the thieves plunder there they must fre'
| uu emily 60 in by the wholesale, and in
! deli berste, systematic, well-planned man
uer. Ard those robberies, besides. are
doue by parties who have moved in broad
| clio. and duped by the long-Torn CLOAK
/ of seeming integrity to the community
i that trusted them. In the case OF BEN
tn oMpsoN in Austin alluded to We have no
apologies To make. Let Austin do that il
abe can. he for the poisoning c.
all the waters in Texas. wo are surprised
at The Telegram even abiding to tho idle
threat made in an anonymous communion
tion to O member Of the legislature. 1t was
20 week and silly thing todo, ike XEHxEs
lsshing tho waves, or the angry Liliputian
shooting at the sun, that we question ifone-
tenth OF the people of this state ever heard
Of the circumstance, while those who did
never thought OF it a moment after 1t was
referred to by the member in the lower
house. Besides, the Telegram does not
stats the case correctly. The threat was
not held out "in the event the
All stature should do anything to main
tain the integrity of the fences which own
| ara should erect on their own lands" but
sin the event the legislature should not do
ANYTHING to prevent parties from fencing in
lands not their own" The evil complained
|Acf was perhaps growing to be about as seri'
ous az the threat was ridiculous. Yet that
layisatlre did remove the evil. Or, even
had it been as Sta ed by the Telegram, still.
despite The threat, the members acted In
fta teeth and the waters OF
TEXAS ran to-day as pure end indebted
4. when the buffalo roamed the ranges
undisturbed by the pollut'ng preaencs OF
these curious characters known as trampa
mo " left their country for their conn ~ q
GOOD - and settled. In section where the
eheriff's writ from their former homes could
not find them.
The evil that these publications do US
when sent out to tho world by reckless
or selfishly interested and instructed
correspondent from other states Of
Tan in their immigration interests.
IL pointedly portrayed in ht-
81 published In this Issue written
e an esteemed cit'z IN of Dallas by friend.
81 Texas, Me-. THOMAS J. HURLEY, from
Canada. 1t is about time these shameless
reports against the fair fame OF this Law
aiding state should csase, whittier they
/ "a anete from Sensational reporters living
among us or transient correspondents. A
\ person who IS redeeming an unfortunate
nat by CONVERSATIONS reformation Is watch
"a with keener eye by critical G mnu
. n;tvthan one who happens not to have
.hsen cursed with an ugly reputation.
81 their faults are noted, come by rate
IA sst In note book to fling into Their
I 1setb." Just 60 with states. Texas to-day
e 'rser from c.ine than the large majority
a her sisters, and yet If single case of
vlrong occur. IL is. presto, "sped through
IA world ike guilty ttIng upon guilty
81 ,nior p while in another state the mat
~ eoes unnoticad by. Let us hope Tor bet
|1ar :re..msat at the handa Of justice.