Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-30
TEXAS TOPICS.
opinion. and Comments 81 The s,ntr Press.

Opinions and Comments Of the state Press.
This disregard Of the claims of the soldier"
when army service recIn- the rule for elevation
to oilcc, seems rather hnmillaitng, particularly
when thousands uf these same soldiers are the
mental superior. OF numbers OF those who ut 3.
tain place and position on their "wah records"
possibly II will be bright day for the south
when the brigadier- and priyntc- alike shall
have Joined the silent blvounc OF the dead.
Then something besides "wah' will be the
stepping stone t. place fcNarkana states.
II l. u sad reflection that day by day
the ranks Of both the brigadicrs and pri-
Yates are ihinned by the solemn sum
mons to join the "bivouac Of the dead"
Yet the war has passed and with 1t the
issues which brought IL on. Another
generation and other issues are upon the
stage. Ilumillating as II may seem, the
''wah horses" must be rclegatcd to the
rear and their places supplied by the
young and active opponents of progress.
Scntimcntality must give way to bust
ness.
The management OF the Democrat are and
have all the time been, In favor of prohibition,
aud have voted for u upon every occasion where
II has been an Issue resting solely upon Its own
merits As an element of any political organ
ilation or party we are heartily opposed TO II.
isfl " Dt nftHtnltu 10 tue people. MnftntT Oi
county or state, exclusively upon its own mcr
IT., and II success ever comes to the cause. aud
we believe Il will, It must he In this way-IMi
lam County Democrat.
l A. Il local issue, presented "sOlcly upon
/ its own merits" there can be no possible
objection to its being presented to and
/ voted upon by each individual precinct,
or the state ut large, as Il whole; but
when the attempt Is made to vote II whole
county against Il single precinct, the dis
/ tinctlvc feature of local option is oblit-
Grated and the rights of the minority alb
rogatcd.
| san Antonio Is said to have consumed 77,779
gallons of beer during the past month, most Of
which was of home manufacture. Good water
must lie scarce out there Wills Index.
Returns have not yet been received from
Dallas, but ii San Antonio got away with
that amount with the pure water facilities
she has it's appalling to think of the con-
sumption at Dallas, where the papers com
plain that all the water they have to drink
is sewage from Fort worth.
ont Of seventy seven teachers who were pre-
sent III the simmer normal school at Waco ON
the 10Th, only nineteen could give the dCHnl.
! tiun of Gcometry.- Hamilton times.
Dollars to doughnuts, however, that
every one of them could tell to the frac-
ton how much mileage they were entitled
to without the aid of triangulatlon
station
Uncle Daniel still speaks the word of truth
aud sobcrncss.-l Houston Post.
At last accounts "l'nclC Daniel" was
speaking in three different languages at
oncc-Amhcuiscr Budwiser and not-a DIN
bit-wScr Is the inference to be made
that his ''Stand-off" has closed out?
As q matter OF fact, the business men of san
. Antonio are more liberal aud general advcr
tlscrs In the country tributary to the city, thar
those of any other of the large cities of the
state. \ fact that the columns of the city ant
country press VIII prove san Antonio Light
THE GAzErrE will pit the bushes,
men OF Fort Worth against any city il
the state, and yet 1t regrets to say thai
there are some here, aS well as elsewhere
whom the cloqucnce of Il Sam Jones coulC
not convince of the error of their ways
The indian Territory lease men will soon h,
gathering their herds for an exodus from y,
Mans Land to somebody's land. should they
, ncHu w lHt uHttllun Oh ItNdN " VIII Dt III OTuc
to stop them at the border and have them quar-
antlncd and properly dsinfcctcd before en-
tcrng the state. Tit for tat Is fair play al
round When they thought they had the gam
In their own hands they played their cards fo
all they were worth They can't complain
when The deal Is against them Deniso
Herald News,
Last nights kilograms indicated tina
= these cattlcmen would soon he ncgotiat
ing for Texas lands. But few days az,
1t required the power of the general GOV
eminent TO open the trail for Texas cat
: tie through the Territory. The cry o
these men was, "TcXas cattle are in
fectcd, and must not pass through on
! herds" 1t would be but simple juStic
: to close Texas pastures to them as the
closed the trail to our cattlcmcn. lie
them 80 where they please, but clos
= Texas to their stock