The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-19
STATE PRESS.


North are abusing JEFF Davis. The
people of the South need tonic.
-[Gatesvile Advance.
THAT'S THE WAY THEY DO 1T.
Dallas Is waking up; she hiss secured
the location of the hesdQaai tsrs of the
Missouri Pacific railway, and is max
ing other Improvements. A magnifl-
cent union depot will soon be built.
Dallas is evidently destine d to become
the metropolis Of North Texas. The
business men and capitalists of Dallas
and Fort Worth always take hold of
matters, psrtaining to the public well
1sre ana push them to 3 successful is
sue Brennan Banner.
PROHIBITION.
We beg leave honestly to differ with
the Galveston News when it saws that
the habit of indulgence In strong drink
is superln0uced by depraved practices,
which render sumulanis necessary to
support physical exhaustion. De-
paved practices and intemperhnce go
hand in hand, 'lis true, but both are
the result Of following evil t0ndeuoios
until they become passion. There Is
no doubt that excessive use of stimu-
lants fires the blood and leads TO the
commission Of crimes that would not
have occurred IN It's ABSENCE [Texar-
kama States,
NOT WOUND FOE OUTLAWRY.
But with us She Palestine postofise
is 8 different matter. We not only
have no objection to Judge Rssgan's
ssn-ip-law, Mr.. Ferguson, but we de
cidedly prefer hiIn TO the other man or
any number Of other men He was
raised IN Houston, Is 2 son Of our ca.
teemed iellOw-citiZeu, Judge FerRu.
son, and brother OF James T. Fergu-
son, ESQ. He is in eveIy way qualified
TO make the peop.e of Palestine good
and acceptable postmaster, aud we
shall be glad 10 geo him fiji tho posi-
ton indefinitely. That no is q con-
gressman's son.in-lhw may not be- a
recommend auon. But It ought not to
DO grounds ~ outlawry.-[ Houston
Age.
PROHIBITION.
Prohibition or anti.pruhibitiOn Is
not The test Of Democracy. A man
may DO a good Democrat on either
side. There are thousands of good
Democrats who believe that the natu-
raj right 10 carry arms when and
where a man pleases to do so, SHOULD
not DO taken away by legal enactment.
Then there arc as many who believe
the contrary. But is this reasonable
ground tor boiling the ranks OF the
party? The argument Is Just the same
IN regard 10 the question of prohibi-
ton. The DemocraJ who denounces
his prohibition brother Is Just as much
a fanatic as tho prohibitionist who
threaJensprescription to the Democrat
OF convlVlat habits Austin Minute.
THE OLD ALCALDE.
The old slc8lde is swinging around
the circle on . still hunt TO see If the
people OF Texas want him for governor
again. IL there is anything odder in
Texas than the old alcglde We are not
aware of it. He IL not nore than a
generation behind the times. He made
tho capitol contract and no NAV want
to get whaCk at the Syndicate; and
he also gyarted the laud MONOPOLY
business in the West, and nsy have
some ambition TO help along his bull
ion2ire FREQ grasHerg 20 the continued
free use OF the school land, as he *
known 20 bo in favor of "wiping ont
the present school law, Then lie nay
want 10 DO "vindioatedn ss law Oeds.
gogue of the universally. Butthere are
surmiSs8 without end, We desist,-
LClgburue Chronicle.
OUR EsrEEMLD CONTEMPORARY.
The Glen Rose BloT-GUu OF iast
week iuu.usttr fg'l tho Graphic is an
adept IN Tho aIs Of "mud-slinglng."
The BlOW.GUn, ~ Is usual with ono
pinned to the wall, by tho way Of de-
tense makes 40 assertion as TrOund-
loss az 70 is Coutamptibla. ynJ col
umns OF The BioW-Gun arc so badly
martG every week with "mud-alinE-
ing" aud uupTUiessional ihrustq thgt
1t would sogn thuy its doludod and
visionary imagination is Incapable of
any othor class OF illusions. Hau tho
Graphic OF two weeks ago contained
any "muJ-sliuging"-which Wo en-.
phatlcaliy dauy-Ihe ucce1EiJy Of
STOPPING TO engage an adversary with
bio own wcapglS would have neon a.
sufficient excuse for the deviation
nom ats usually honorable course 49,
iGranbury Graphic.
\ NATURAL WANT.
Tho Navas1Ja Tablet sevs 10 ha8
been suggested by some OF the bust
ness men Of thpt city that the bridge
across the BRACES DO moved further
down, in the uOighbOrhOod OF tho old
ferry crossing, and thOre erected az
FREQ bridge. NayRsota wants all the
trade che can get from Washington
county and tho Tablet il doing iJg
full duty as q local paper TO get it.
BronhAm wants all tho trade sho can
get, aud the Banner has done and il
doing IS mu'h AZ its modosty will
permit, to bring trade horo. ~ tho
Banners efforts were supplemented
by roads over which loaded wagons
could pass, and also . steam trAmway
from Row Ulm, Austin county, 10
Hearne, in Robertson county, the cot
ton receipts OF this city would be
triplod.- BrenhAm Banner.
POLITICAL HoNoRs,
Hon, Roger q. Mills is & probable
candidate Tor United States senator,
and while some OF the many Candi-
dates mentioned arc his equal, none
are his superior. Minis seems TO be- u
faVOrite OF the Galveston News, which
paper refers 70 him oditOrially: "Mr.
Mills Is somewhat nOn.COmmiLtal re-
garding tho senatorship, He SAYS ho
would not run away from it, nor
would he protest II the people forced
IL ON him, At any rate nr. Mills mas
mado faithful, painstaking and able
representative, aud rs doubtless on the
way OF prOmotion.n With Mills as
senator and Reagan as governor, two
OF our most prominent mon win have
behtunglY rounded Oft their publlc
life. BY the way, We have heard some.
thing OF mau by theuamo OF Maxey
being candidate for senatorial hon.
orsi in caaO his friends desire 10.
= Wichita Herald,
THE M0orED QUESTION.
The heated discussion OF the prOhi-
billion question seems TO have strained
the reason of some OF tho Navarro
county democrats. They are either
carried TO fanaticism by eNcitement,or
are oue-idca men who have not tho
mental qualification voter should
possess. Tho prohibition question Is a
side issue. A mans political belief
can have no possible connection with
his views regarding tho prohibition
question, and whom man threatens TO
bolt his party because he fails or re-
fuses 20 make this side issue part Of
its political platform, no In effect de-
olares no would sacrifice what no be.
iev0s TO be the beBt interests OF tho
country by turning IL over 90 the con
troll OF men whose honesty or policy
he diatrusts- subordinate ov0ry politi.
cal good OF the country 10 keep his
neighbours lips from the oonviylal