The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-22
STATE PRESS.

Free-grass, ny advocated by the For
Worth Gazette and the cutllcmcn, II
worth nothing except to tho man wh'
wants to invest all he has In cattle ant
subsist them ON public pasturage.-
Mesquiter.
A sample of what Elmo precinct can
do in the way of oats was exhibited II
our Office Monday, by Mr.. II. q. Caddel
The heads being twenty-five inches long
by actual measurement, and well illco
out Terrell Star.
Men who are opposed to the bullying
stockmcn grazing their cattle free o
cl arge on the school-children's land
should vote for no man for the lcgisla'
ture who il not outspoken in opposition
to such land piracy Palestine Advo
cate.
Barnett Glib, Is the only politician in
the State with manliness enough to an
nounce u clear, ringing platform IN the
| face of the two-thirds rule, aud II foi
nothing else, he should he elected Lieu
tenant-;ovornor To encourage the equiv
ocators to speak out like men, Terrell
| Star.
| The Chicago Times offers this pleasing
intelligence: ut is gratifying to ohicago
To observe that no complaints have been
heard from any of tho visitors tn the re-
cent Republican convention teaching
| the quality of the whisky. Tho Demo
Gratis may come here with no gloomy
forebodings on that score"
A free-grass man of the purest Ga
zette type, WAS disseminated yesterday
when party So whom he had bargained
three sections of land In stephens
county, some time ago, refused to take
IL, saying, "Oh, ii won't he long until All
the grass will bo free, and ! wont need
to buy any land."- Fort Worth Demo
crat.
The Dallas HERALD is abundantly
satisfied with the representation TO the
Chicago convention, although no single
delegate owns Dallas N place of resi-.
dcnce. Now, here is the self-abnegation
which spells something. Had tho Fort
been placed in such predicament, inc
Gazette would have been bowling still
yit."- Austin Statesman.
Terrell has better health record than
any city of her population in Texas.
Mr.. George w. Sage, our under
taker, furnishes the information
that only eighteen adults have ny,
past year, ending April lst., and six of
these were acknowledgements Star.
If it DO true-and there is every reason
To believe it-that Wash Jones has set
his pegs to run for Congress from this
district, his democratic opponent VIII
have n hard fight to make. Wash Jones
is "a badly ovcrratcd man as 10 aDlllty,
but he Knows how to win the plain,
simple folk, and when he mounts his
mule, throws his saddle-bags across,
and begins his tour of the district 1t Will
make many friends and votes among the
honest, unsophisticated country. people.
We would advise his democratic oppo-
nent not to put on much style when he
canvasses the district, but take Il lesson
! from "Old WASH" and use his methods.
II San Antonio Times.
| In response to the query put in re-
cent issue of the Times, in regard to
compulsory education, we have noticed
that the sulphur Springs Gazette sis OPP
posed To compulsory education nj the
present time" And the Dallas HERALD
remarks: 1--WE believe that an editor
should he compelled to accqnaint him
self with the subject he undertakes to
handle. a little compulsory education
of this sort would do no HARM" While
the Bryan Pilot adds that he be-
lieves in compulsion of II certain KIND
Good schools should he free to every
body, and every citizen should be left
free 10 get an education. No compul'
sion IL needed to make people 20 tc
school. An old-lashioned hickory spron'
in the hand of an old-iashioned country
school-teachcr is the kind of compulsioi
most needed. Scholars learn more OF
devilment than anything else in many
schools.-ITerrell Times.