The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-18

Year we have been paving from,
q 10 per cent. ner month more inter.
est than otber towns east nf us. The
solution OF thisi We would fsa In tbs
Tact thRt the demand exceeded the sun
ply; Tor no one who knows ANYTHING
sbout this matter, can attribute the
high rate OF interest to the lack of Sc
curity, for 1t has been ample SIS Is eyi.
dent from the fact that the bankers
and individuals lending money haye
not lost any thiug thereby. But this
state Of things cannot long continue.
for nature sbhors a vacuum and oaui.
tai will soon rush in to supply the de-
mand. Heretofore we have been cut
OIL and isolated from the world at
large, and one OF the greatest sdvan-
tsgss and helps Of the railroad will he
10 make known our wants by bringing
Us IL contact with men who are able
t. supply them, and capital will come
pouring in To supply the demand
Brentwood Democrat.
ON THE SILL HUNT.
IL appears from the press dispatchas
this week that ex- Governor Roberts
out on the still hunt for = third term
In the guoernstorial chair. Tous this
appears ridiculous. Governor Roberta
is simply an ossified fossil. We sim
pose the old man is in Ills dotage, and
IN travelling over tho State irving To
wo1E upa nomination he is liks tho
child crying for themoon. The child
could get tho moon for q playthinp
ahout as easily as Roberts could again
get to be governor Of Texas. The old
gentleman was doubtless honest; but
his effort 10 stiile tho free schools of
the State when he was governor show
how very far he is behind tho age. Ii
the ex-governor can retain his profeg-
sorship OF the law department of the
university, it will be better tor him 10
be satisfied with this. We can con-
ceiye of no other public position i'm
which he will beso entirely harmless.
Fl Dodd City Spectator.
1T CAN'T BE DID.
Prohibition will not prohibit at leaak
that sort of prohibition concentrated
by our local option policy. state
prohibition comes nearer to 1t. Ne
lonal prohibition would not &C.
complish 1t entirely, but it
would place many very serious diff
oulties In the way OF whisky dealers
and consumers. There IL bat one wav
to accomplish the overflow OF John
Bsrleycorn,a aud that 10 TO forbid under
the direct penalties the lnanufsctnye
OF liquor. Even then little hsndo
stills would 10 run In every hsme
where the desire for aDohol existad
Let local option prevail here, it will
not and cannot prevent the bringing of
whisky into the city. so long as there
Is Is drop hers men will set it.-[Waco
Examiner.
hEChONINd WITHOUT ITS HOST,
But the News Is "reckoninR without
its host" in its war on Reagan, for he
Is too percepubly the man OF The pao.
pie for the News TO injuro. While he
mas IN no way announced his candI-
daey for governor, the News convert
attacks on him will do much towards
placing him in the field, not of his own
Voltion, but by the act of the peonle
VINO, while they admire the News as a
large, flne paper, have some time ago
learned that the man whom it singles
out TO attack and overthrow is vary
safe man for them 70 support aud place
IN the position for which the News
would have him defeated II Fairfield
Recorder.
THE PROPER PLACE.
The Dallas u Northwestern direc.
tors arc on a Rtill hunt, and before we
near anything the extension of the old
Dallas IL Wichita will be an assured
fact, with Bowie rs the objective point
to reach. That's right, Bowie is the city
TO build to- Bowie Cross Timbers.
PREDICTION.
Tho Dallas.Galveston News has iS-
sued an announcement to the general
public that 1t will commence buslnesR
In Dallas in October. In few months
the press Of the. State will issue the Dali
los News' obituary. Marx the pre-
iiciion.-l Bowie Cross Timbers.