Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-26
TEXAS TOPICS.
Comments and Opinions OF the State
Press.

Judge Lynch j. the only competent Judge,
where proof IL positive, 20 rs acnd gnlliy 81
rape or attempt NJ rape haairop Advertiser
The Advertiser Il one of the oldest and
best wccklics In the state but while swift
and condign punishment should follow
such crimes as It alludcS to, TIM t1Er1E
regrets TO see il approve OF Lynch law
under any circumstances.
M signs and movements justify the concu
sion TINT Dallas Is the Coming Grc1i inland
tlty'' OF the Southwest. ~ nlsro Round I p.
Yes, she Is "coming," and always win
be, but she will never catch up with the
Future Great.
\ grand mistake was evidently made in not
stone, and an other sorts OF building material
such things are within their own line ot buri
ness. N the capitol board had been composed
OF editors no such troubles would have sprung
np A. we have had. Editors make q a point 10
agree about eycrything--cspecially IN 1iali
matters like iht-. Mckinney Democrat.
The Democrat has struck it right for
once The building would have bccu
completed long ago If the editors had
only had charge Of IL.
The assessment rolls Of Galveston show .
falling of In taxable Nalucs Ot Sl,li0lpJ. u II
bas fallen OF that much since last yrnr what
VIII itbr by next YEAR, Nowondcr the Galveston
News wants To move away aud get 10 Dallas
7 iIIDbhan News.
That's whatcvcr's the matter Mr..
News
II IL faid Galveston Ncw- drummer are do
ing Nodh Texas, and expect ln foot ~ 1000"
Subscribers for the Dallas edition. The News
l. 10 be- put into Fort Worth, sherman, Waco,
Clcburnc aud other leading towns, In It's own
I snpfiul hpfpFp bronx fuHt. The nullus
pie are Iubilant over the advent of the old Lady
/ by the sea, who nov proposes 10 tight the North
Texas papers On their own ground, If short
range II h proposed to drive 'TuL t.t/LrrE
out nf Fort Worth. The old lady proposes to
weed Wide row, and We shall watch her antics
with interest West Texan,
1 Did The West TcNaue ever hear the story
of the boy who bit of more thnn lac could
chew, and thc consequent result:
THE success OF q military COMPANY fires up
the whole country. aud makes every voting man
want to grab Il gun and drill until ne ininis
but the success Of n thousand farmers don't np
pear to stimulate the desire to pcl held uf pillow
1 handles to any alarming extent. T. tia Sign of
/ total dcpnyty, which makes people prefer 10
( do something thai l. no account 7 llcr Dem
ocrnt and Reporter
Yes; but farmers don't turn out any
$1,000 prizes by a couple hours exercise
with II plow. quite difference in the
returns, You perceive
suppose q paper In Texas should make m
exposure of corruption aud vice In high plicc~,
~ the Pail Mall Gazette has done In lnnduu;
Why, under the present libel law of Texas The
editors Office would soon he closed by iudg
mcutr Tor libel, when, In fact, the trulh hHl
been told. This internal libel law OF 1rNas T. "a
moCkerr to the freedom of the press, which
was guaranteed to II over an hundred years ago.
I Away with the infringement, and let the press
ycntilatc cvll aud official corruption. ANY law
Of hp IA
jeOpardiIe public freedom. Il Piiisburg Gazette.
The press oi the state is beginning to
wake up to the necessity OF the removal
Of the gag which The present libel law i'm
poses upon it, and undoubtedly the next
legislature will bc made 10 see it, cnoImi-
ties and compelled TO afford some relief
old Knlo stone. u negro living near I.adoniH
counts ninety eight children and grand chil
dren now living. aud the aged parent get.
around like man of forty YEAR,. q Exchange
That old darky has certainly fuhllet
the Scriptural injunction to "go mcrcaS,
, aud multiply" He would have beer
priceless ''bcfo' the wah -"
The purchase by Ia, Gould Of the Usage Min
ing company lands NJ Mc\llster places IA,
control Of all the coal tminc- tributary 10 TcNu
la the haud- Of the Missouri raciiC and thI
buulu rAnuWdlt. lnt price Ol lfffilpiN Goa
In Drnisou is now ~ high Hs PENNSYLVANIA Goa
IN Galveston. Deni.On News Herald
The monopoly OF these coal fields y,
Jay Could leaves all the Territory depend
cnt upon them for its supply entirely Il
,, his mercy The simple existence of thi
/ state Of affairs should be incentive cnoug
= to cause The immediate openiugund work
ing OF other wcll-known deposits,