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

Whether thr same element That made
the cog.thieioi former days Is ~ ,rk now
as ienco cutters or not, tue lsct on ne
reputniion of the state abroad is fully ss
had. IA the first instance the ttRte troops
prntec ed personal property, IN the second
lilac, they will be required 60 pfOiec' own
as of lard Ia their righis. The effect OF
the fret outbreak ot lnwle'suess, e., cat
tlc.styAliuy, WAS to force he Owners ol chttlH
,u buy uni stale lands, which were then
worth from 20 cents TO 81 per acre
and inclore them. This rciosing OF
uasiuron not only put an tGac'usl stop
TO cattle stealing, but inspired confidence
in the cattle bnsiness which caused landr
and cattle throughout the STATE 10 more
than doubN IN value in very lew years.
Tnat fence cutting must stoc, a..
all other acts OF iawlessness, no honest M al
can doubt; aud II in passing laws To pie.
vent f-nce-cutting tha Legislature should
pass SOME la~ requiring all stock owners to
pay an ANIMAL rental equal to five per cent.
of the value of all school or state lands On
all lands u.,d by them, with or without the
states consent oeing first had, We think toe
state will b. amply repaid Tor calling an
extra session OF the legislature San An
WHERE ARE THoss rAPKB'
In response to Senator Van Wyck's reso-
luton ealing for papers pneciirg Inc for
fsitsd lsud grant OF the Texas Paclnc rail
WAY company, several important doou.
ments, 1t Is ga Il, were not forthcoming,
Tbey could not be found. They were fled
Ga the office of the secretary Of the Interior.
Since these papers can only be cen by con-
sent OF the secretary OF the interior, curl
Gus question comes up IN the seuste, and
M roller must rice and explain. Con-
gresham psyson's written brief o' sixty
| nnpp. on the subject OF THIS and grant IL
said 10 have disappeared. Who stole ne
papsrs' Why were tbey stolen? Newell'
famous Tom Scott diary was on flle vi
these papers IN tn department. Has ~ 3
too, disapf esreo?-tFori Worth Gazette
GOVERNOR IBrLAND's P0sIri0E.
Governor ireland hAh tSen censufod by
a portion Of he Texas pGtss for his cours'
In the l.Ioe cutting business. ltdoes seen
10 us that he has done and Is doug ali IL
power TO check his species Of lawle O.
ness, ghi.s some ofthCse who ceDeure hin
can 10y no claim tsr even denuncin, on
the crime. Lot every good citizen interts
| himself in aust aiming the governor, and al
| other officers, in the rigid enforcement
the Laws, and not only fence cutting, b."
OF her species u crime will he greatly ue
creased. The efforts of the governor In thi'
emergency can put meet the hearty sppto
baton Of every lsw-abidirg citizen.-l Nc
Kinney Enquirer.
THE BLAIR BILL.
Duripg the asst session OF congress Sena
tor Blair introduced bill providing for thu
distribution Of $l50O0,000 annually from
the National FUNDS to the different state
I'm amounts proportional to their illiteracy
to b. mspsged BY "a comm sion in coDjunc
ton with The school auth critics OF the states
This bill was laid over and will come up io
sion. With the passage q
eucb bill, n new era in the development o
the south would be realized II 1t he de
feated. tho south will continue to he bur
dened BY a dangerous anomaly.-l Houston
Post.
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
II is, ofcourse, OF the highest importance
to the people that their povei nment should
he economically administered, but one O
the hrst and most important steps in tbi
direction is in the revision of the democrat
iEiDg tariff system. The most pronigatt
and corrupt adm nistration OF publ &c nj
fairs cannot plumber the people OF II 1.-THE q
what thew nre annually despoiled through
the process OF incidental taxation in tn
nsmo OF "protection 10 American indus
try.u An amount of $50 00U, 900, more oi
less, was taken from the tres sury IN the
last bill ior rivers aud harbois, aud severa
milliousmere we're stolen IN tue star.fou {
conspiracy from first TO lSst.-l Austin
Statesman.
THE FREE SCHOOLS.
The supcrn endents and teachers oil the
CITY free schools OF Texas are holding COT.
veiition NJ Austin. This convention will
probably formulate bill for the manage
ment Of the free schools OF the state anc
have IL piosented at the extra session OF the
Legislature. -lBrenhan Banner.
CIVIL SERVICE.
When Mr.. Assistant Postmaster Genera
Hatton said with a sneer that civil service
reform 10 humbug," he did not know hov
soon the Senate OF the United States would
prove the truth Of his assertion. Its late
act 10 tuning ont Chaplain Bullock to put
, . stsnnch Repub icsn in his place show
that Mr.. Hatton had whitfield the que uor
do gn 10 a fipe point.-[Austin Statesman.