The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-26
A DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER

a communication from one of tho old
est and best known writer's in the
State, signed "Democrat,' which
breathes fear that pure Democracy is
not sufficiently looked after by the
leading members of the State press.
The HERALD does not wear collar,
nor is ii willing to admit that any So
called Democratic meeting in county,
State or National affairs shall 80
hamper II that it cannot express an in
dependent opinion of its own. But it
processes to be n Democratic newspa-
per and has always maintained Demo-
cratic doctrine and fought for true
Democratic principles. II is not an
organ, but fearless and independent
Democratic paper.
In fact, within tho past few weeks,
TIE HERALD has been 80 outspoken
In old-lashioned Democracy and haga
strBnuously insisted that Democrats
should fiji tho many offices within
the gift Of the administration, in pref
oreuce to mugwumps and milk.and-
wator Republicans, that some nom
oora of tho State press have uukindly
intimatod thai possibly some personal
plquo was mt tho bottom of our criti.
cisms. On the othor hand, THE HER
AID has attempted to discuss without
prejudice and from the standpoint Of
National Democracy, tho effect Of the
presidential policy and civil service
reform, and has even maintained that,
al things else being equal, the men
who were entitled to Office were the
honest, active workers of tho party.
Democracy, puro and active, has boon
to us the first passport to office, and
We have frankly criticized the admin.
istration for refusing TO recognize such
principle of action.
On July 10 we said: 1.-THE HERALD
Is of that number who feel that the
people last November meant for the
Democracy to take full CONTROL As
far back as July . we said: "THH
AAHNAhh 'Nh'VANH hhtb party WOIh
ought to DO rewarded as an encour-
mont to future organization and effort,
and 1t should be known, ceteris pari.
bus, that party zeal and past services
would DO first and certainly rewarded.
II is tho only way to arouse party en-
thusiasm and individual effort" And
often have wo so spoken, in tho line of
Democratic thought, in justice to vet
Gran Democratic workers.
Our correspondent has evidently
missed several Issues OF THE HERALD
or he would have seen these emphatic
declarations OF this journal. The civil
service examinations do not reach the
trouble. A man who is to do public SER
vice may DO perfectly competent and
yet unable to answer the common
school queries OF the civil service COM
mlssioners. The entire system Is
falsely founded, and 1t is from this
fact rs much as anything else that we
do not approve of tho civil service
statute as IL stands. Democrats for the
Offices under Democratic administra-
tlon Is the policy OF THE HERALD, and
no Democrat can accuse us of hay
ing neglected to uphold Democracy
and vigorously combat tho civil SER
vice, mugwump idea. We can only
commend to our Intelligent cores
pondent our columns and utterances
for months past.
Tho "short comings, the inconsis-
tencios, the peculiar and undomocratlc
Positions Of the News, We refer to the
people. We are neither critic nor
apologist In tho premises. II Il isn't
a Democratic paper the people of
Texas, It's patrons, ought to discover II
aud act accordingly. As tor TuE Dali
LAS HERALD, wo are always in the
ran guard of Democracy, pure and un-
dohled, and IL contemporaries desert
the partY's principles or got left in tho
general procession 1t il no concern or
funeral OF ours. Texas is Democratic
aud THE HERALD voices Texas De-
mooracy. If othor publications fail to
do 80, the people must settle the mat.
ter according TO their views and feel
ings.