The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-03
lite rock for the building. If the State
eventually gets a firat.class. durable

lite rock for the building. If the State
eventually gets a first-clsss, durable
granite house it will owe the success
OF the achievement more to the gov.
ernor and the treasurer than TO any
other of her State officers. When our
capitol building shall have been COM
plotted Governor Ireland and Treasurer
Lubbock may both be private citizens,
vet their. services 10 the people and the
State will DO none tho less valuable,
and should be none the less remem-
bered then than now Fairfield Re-
corder.
THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AND
RULES.
The keynote of President Glove.
lands administration seems TO be the
strict observance and enforcement of
the civil service law. In referring to
this subject before tho Herald has sug-
gested the true work Of civil service
reform should begin with q reorgani-
cation OF the civil service commission.
On the same point the Cincinnati En-
quirer says that "the Hon. Il. l.,
Ihom ~ o''ght 70 be examined under
the rules OF tho commission. IL might
be well to even broaden and
strengthen the rules in his case. There
is doubt as to his ability TO answer
thG questions or 10 stand orect Us
moral example" To this the Priiadel-
phia Record ADDS: "Tbe tulAus of
civil service reform ought not to hest
tate to take good advice because it
comes from doubtful source. 1t is a
matter of continuing surprise that tho
civil service commission IL not recoa.
structed in the interest OF civil scr
vice. There can be no doubt that the
President is thoroughly in earnest in
his intention TO carry out the law,
but he cannot ploW with tho heitors
selected by President Arthur. Neither
can tho President operate successfully
to the honor OF his own adminIstra-
ton, in the interest OF the country, or
for the integrity Of the Democratic
party, under tho civil service rules
made by President Arthur. The civil
seryicelaw would beinactiy6 and With
out effect were 1t not for the rulOs
adopted by which the provisions of the
law shall DO enforced, and commits.
sion appointed to carry out the law nc
cording TO those rules. The present
commission was appointed by Re
publican administration and Is com
po5ed OF two Republicans and ono
Democrat. the rulos under which
that commission ia operating were
mado by President Arthur and his
Cabinet, with very little, ii any, aid
from the commissioners. /. il in &C
cord with the political dtu0ss Of things |
TO conclude that, gs Republicans, they |
framed these rules in The interest of |
their party. The commissioners, be- |
ing two Republicans TO one Democrat, |
would naturally coincide with tho Re- |
publican President and Cabinet, and |
would give play TO their party prede- |
Marshall Herald.
THE LIBEL LAW.
Speaker Foster, in his newspaper,the |
Groesbeeck NeW Era, reviews thOlibel |
law of tho state with reference espe-
cially to the recent decision in the |
Wron case, under which the Galveston |
News was condemned to pay, and &c
tuElly did pay 100000. This sum of |
money was theIpenalty imposed by tho
courts for the publication of evidence
developed before q Legislative commits
tee. Tnere is no analogy between this
case and the ono supposed" by
Speaker Foster, in which "Smith tolls
Brown, and Brown tells the editOr,n
who publishes tho charge that Jones is
2 horse'thieI. II the records of Log
slatiye committee cannot be publish
I'D Without fear of libel suit and
damages, what in the name of COM
mon sense can legitimately go into the
newspapers? That is tho question.
Tho good or bad character OF MIR.
Jones has nothing to do with 1.-THE
people care nothing for Jones, and the
)diior cares less. But whom the Leg
stature OF q State undertakes quasi
judicial investigation, there il or
should be an interest on the part Of all
the people, and the only access they
can nave to the record Is through the
columns Of newspapers. OtherwiseS
tho most startling Developments of
or iObbsry can be pigeon.
holed ut Austin aud known only to the
mon who conducted tho in.
vestigation,-[ Waco Day.
THE LIBEL LAW.
Since tho Galveston News had To paw
10000 dsmages TO ono Wron for pub
fishing testimony taken before legis-
.ative committee, the press and people
are beginning TO form an idea of the
we have In the wav OF q
.ihol law Breckenridge Texan.
The only pity IL that the GALVESTON
News has escaped solong. The people
only hope that the News' Int expert
5noe may haYe tendency To toach 70
some of the principles OF Justice. Had
the News received its just deserts in
this particular many years ago, Mr..
Wren, one of tho most respected citi-
zens Of Austin, would have had no &C.
casion to institute suit against it for
defamation Of character, The people
Will lot the law stand as it is, for they
we'll know it Is for thoir protection
brentwood Democrat.
FROM DENTON TO SEYMOUR,
The engines Of tho Dallas q North.
western railway from Denton to Mon
taguo would never DO out OF sight OF
the smoke Of tho engines |
on the Missouri raciuc or
the Fort Worth L. Denver City. Why |
not exercise somo common sense ftnd |
run the road square across the cOun-
try from Denton via Decatur to Soy
mouf? On this route, as soon as tho |
Denver ia crossed, tho road would |
dive into the rich, unoccupled fields |