Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-10
TEXAS TOPICS.
oph,iop- and Comment. ~ the State rre.'

Opinions aud Comments of the state Press
TIN sAzErrE says II Is not going 10 bring
OUT Peter smith for governor. Perhaps " ~
succunbcd 10 the swain bopm.- Breckenridge
TcNiap.
TnE GAzE1TE has no gubcruatorial
boom al present. When II becomes hme
10 bring ont candidate the boom OF Tn
GAzErrE's boom will be- heard in no I'M
certain tones.
No paper nTcNas would dare TO uhderlukc q
similar WORT to thai which the Pail Mall ~"
lctte Of London II nov engaged In. w matter
how great The moral stencil, no matteri3 whai
extent innocence aud youth are being vmiim .
ICED To- crafty the lust of wealthy hut dcprhfcl
MINISTERS In human form, no matter u u coulu
lac established by the most overwhelming
and unimpeachallc evidence that human
brutcs were carrying ON % regular -ystcmiIcd
means of deilOuring the young aud pure OF me
community, the paper exposing the inipuluts
by The laH, aud IT, editor subject ia line Ihp
imprisonment, without being allowed me priv
lego oi proving the correctness OF his nllcsa
ilOn-. such II the freedom Of the press ~
IcNas.-- vernon Guard.
The public generally are not aware
of The reasons why the many re-
quests that reach an editors ,-dqSk
20 expose this alleged fraud or
that combination 90 defraud The tax
payers, or to "turn over" some one
accused of prostitutlng his public posi-
tion for private purposes, quietly find
their way Ia the wastc-baskci There
are few papers in thls State wealthy
enough 10 indulge in the luxury Of IL
bel suit. Remove the gag, aud the press
win do it, duiy.
Wanted a lighting editor whoWil stand bc
Tween " aud damngc when we tell The tnith
ab2nt the wrongs Of the postonlcc and cher cher
public inattcrs nr whatever else Tic rublc
Should know Wichita Herald.
The Herald might turn iscye Abilcnc-
ward. The material is there, bun whether
II can be secured or not, i another thing.
The editor Of the Advance was an officer In
the federal army during the war of the rebel.
lion aud Is u Republican without even faint of
Democracy, and ~ such we would rejoice to see
the general government gather the Confederate
dead into national cemeteries that forever shall
be the property of the nation and cared for at
the public expense M Drawer men ever
fought or died, and, however much Nc think
they erred they were sincere and devoted To
what they deemed the best Interests ~ the
south. Let their virtues only he remembered.
b. Bocrnc Advance.
The era of good feeling and harmony i
certainly al hand when federal Bcpub-
lean can be found who will make such an
admission ~ Is contained in the above.
TnE GAzETTE would suggest, however,
that the cluims of the living manned and
disabled COnfcdcratcs are paramount To
those of the dead. Let them first BE- pro-
vdcd with home and shelter. Those
who are now resting beneath the daisies
viii hear The call 10 the last grand muster
as quickly where they now lie as
though the most costly shaft lowered
above thch honorcd sleeping places.
Whether 1t be good policy to lease ihc so. OOO
acres to one person or syndicate, lisa matter
demanding thought and business srnsc And
the same H. true as to whether sin cents per
acre he the proper figure. blt by all means let
us lease II ont. Dallas Herald.
Yes, by all means lease 1t out. II will
only withdraw $50, 900 acres of land from
actual settlement for the term OF years for
which 1t is leased, and prove an cfcctual
bar 10 immigration.
The NcN s,wnl give one years subscription to
the person bringing and leaving " at this OF
lice The largest watermelon, four months 10 the
second best, aud publish the unlur~ and weight
when the contest Is over Throckmortou
News
How much for the Jahmaca ringer and
soothing syrup?