The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-08
STATE PRESS.
THE RoApLAw.

Ing piesohtIohu law Is a very dis
criminstive, weak, unjust pieea of lsy.
islation end should be- repaalsd ana
worked by sdvalorem tsx eounlaJ
with a small poll tax.-lLewisyiils
Headlight. ''-'
CONVICT LABOR.
When convict labor is introauc.s
more generally thrcuehout The connN
try it will so cheaper the cost of livino,
that every one should easily becoma
rich. Yet that time will NOT srr,va
until the honest laborer is wined an
the face OF the earth, and only the con-
victs and their owners are lett,-rJsok.
son Advertiser.
DOLLAR OF OUR pADDIEs.
The silver question will be one of
the most impol tant issues coming be-
fore the next Congress. The monied
interests OF the North and East ara
opposed TO The further coming of ali.
ver, Wnlle the south ana West, who
nave the good OF the farmer and the
ispoIing ciSss ~ hasft, want the "dol.
lar OF our dsddies" 70 holu it's nroper
place III THIS country as a circulating
me0ium.-lsuiph1r Springs Entere
prise.
HOW 1T WILL OPERATE,
III in the course OF human evnnts II
should bs decided that JefJer scmjan
Democracy and prohibition ara an
tagonistic, then We sre a Democrat
What ass proven to be the wiseSt
principles OF government ever formu.
lated by man cannot be- surren6ered
TO give place to u doubtful expedjent
AIMED 10 correct social and morsl
evli OF limited extent. When wa cav.
not DO q Democrat and prohibitiouist
xette.
THE OLD HERALD THE FAVoRITE,
Tho Galveston News issued the
llrst copy OF its "News" at Da,lss lsst
Thursday,and our much valued friend.
Hon. w. w. Leake, one of the Y2Ost
distinguished lawyers of that CITY. bsr
our thanks for the first copy. 1'he
News" is.a good papsr--a rsttling
gosd paper, but its contemporary, TIN
HERALD, stands on the TOP ronnd Of
journalism, and will "be tharU whsn
the News folds its tent and hias SWAY
to- the gulf. 1t will be o cold day
when any paper suppiants THE DAT
Las NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Indepen.
dent. ''9N'
TICKET AGENTS.
The attempt on the uart of Pool Com
missioner Waldo 10 break up the svs-
tenn OF commissions to ticket agents of
foreign Lines, if Lot abandoned. must
work irreparable injury 10 Texas, M
meolum is more powerful in its infln-
ence upon net.do OF immigration than
these agencies, and to provoke their
retsiialon now is certainly ill-adyised
and injudicious. The roads will not be
tnhe a sao' PIT must suffer equally with
tne State. Mr.. Waldo should consult
inc interests OF bsth, and take ono step
pack ward ere the leaven of injury bs-
gins 10 work. Fort Worth GazeSte.
GROWING TOWN.
hampases ls growing town, IL be-
ce,ohiIhs more and more known
tnrougleuS the Southwest as the sar-
aseOSs OF FOXES, and she needs bet
.er paper than mas been given her PEG.
pig; IN isct sha demands a better pa
pelisnu .hat 10 Ju.t what the Dispatch
1entlon anu desir9 to give tho citizens
OF Larnpasas and SURROUNDING COUNTRY
AVe, n5Wsy ana progressive Demo.
cratic newspaper, sne THAT viii aupnlv
their W@its, and we 3sk the aid ana
corporation ct I'll to help us carry cut
TINS otJsea- la nlpssas Eagle.
AN OUTRAGE.
Inc pr9Sept ROAD law Of Texas la I'm
ontrage. Uader ia p0viaions evsly-
inoGY pss"eeU ih6 Agss OF Is end 10 il
haolo 70 Ne Whrnsd out to work tho
roai ihe man Gbo has y great deal
OF property sod whom good rosds
peneu5 lha most, IN, psrchapce, over
80 years old ana cOBs no wsri. The
pesrdiess youth who has reached IS |
anu WttNout property, is cCmpsilad to |
WotN % else 00u as tue road ovsrsesr.
Ihla + al wrong. The only Kind of
q tex ihat ~ fair for all in an adyslo-
renl lax. ALI per capita taxes and 90.
cupation taxes, aa well as our present
System of working the roads are
Brown County Banner.
FICTITIOUS DOLLARS.
Inc government pays so cents for q
piece of silver, stamps it q dollar, and
issues 1t from the treasury for dollar,
and people think the country has
made 20 cents by tho operation. That
might be BE- if the S0-cent dollar did
not como back again and force itself
on The government in place of q gold
dollar. When that happens. thea Sill
That has been MADE in the frat opera.
hon is lost IN Tho second, The sllYsr
collars como back upon the govern
ment in payment OF customs duties |
and taxes, and the only way it can get
rld OF the money is to force il on the |
people again. But II either the gov
eminent or tho individual holder of |
silver steps beyond the jurisdiction ~. |
the United Statos, tho fictitious dollar !
i5translormed into 50 c9pts' worth of
SILVER. Aud thus, what ~ made with |
9 sI hand IL lost with the other.- Fort
Worth GsGstie,
PROHIBITION.
There is no particular difference in
prohibition apd high license--proyided
the license is high enough. Senator
COKE and others who favor high II
cense should give The public their
ideas as 10 how high it should be. ri
they would DO willing 60 make the Ii
Cense high enough 20 amount to abso-
lutte prohibition, instead Of partial pro-
hibitIon, as under the present license
system, there is no d0ubt but thar the
prehibilionists would be- willing to
Join them. License that ia high
enough to operate as prohibition upon
poor men, combining the traffic 70 the
rich, IL undemocratic. A license that
VIII not discriminate In favor OF the
,icn ana against the poor ia what pre-
hibitiOnists want, aud such q license
would necessarily DO high enough to
absolutely prohibit the sale of liquor
In the State,-l Breckenridge Texian.
THE SILVER QUESTION.
A bi which issues unlimited certiii-
Gates upon silver bullion and thon au-
thorizes md even requires tho secre.
ttary OF iho treasury to coin silver dol.
lars 70 supply any demand which may
arise, cannot very well be called o
compromise measure. The only fea-
lure CT the bill worthy OF consideration
Is That proposing tho issue of certii-
catos which shall DO y limited legal ten.
Der FOR silver bullion deposited. That's
avery important subject to DO consid-
ored IN connection with the repeal of
tne present silver coinage law. Neither
the present law nor tho Warner props-
Mtion are desirable. Neither should
% tolerated If Congress- could be made
70 see tho dangers attending the frat
and tho W cortaiutics attached to the
second and repeat the existing law.