The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-11
STATE PRESS.
THE PUBLIC LANDS

eofeu y a1c ouAAatoA grass Wlknou
returning q sin glocent into the schoo
fuud. II the school lands had beer
sold at reasonable prizes and the pro
eseds invested in county bonds, tn,
income by this time would b5 full,
sufficient to defrsy sll the expenses Ia
cidsnt to furnishing every child in III,
State with the best education obtain.
able. There would % then no necessity
Of raising q single cent by direct taxa,
tion for school purposes in the differ
emit counties, And this desirabls con,
summation would have been onIy ons
OF the aecruing benefits. Anothe,
equally great would have been tbai
the lands, when sold, would have been
settled on and improyad
and would have turned jntc
the State treasury by increas,
ed taxation sp amount Of money m a,
would soou have filled the public cot
fers at Austin TO rspletion, and enabled
the State 10 spend money for much
needed objects, the neglect OF which il
now iDjurlng us every day. A tract OF
land large enough for $ medium-Sizsd
farm, il sold for say $500, wonlS
in one or two years time have
been improved, cultivated and
built upon SO az to become
worth Sl,5vO, upon which even o small
taxation would, in the aggregate.
amount to q considerable sum. Ten'
twenty or even thirty thousand suc6
h0mestesds would now exist, make
their owners good living and contrj~
butte to the expenses OF government If
Q different policy had been pursned
with cur school lands. Under tine
present system only g few ysgrant
herds Of cattle, owned mostly BY non
residents, roam over this domain, and
only small portion OF them ever
found their way Gu the assessors rcll-
book Ell Peso Times.
MR. REAGAN's PATRIOTISM,
The State Of Texas is hardly aware
Of the extent of the debt she owes to
the sagacity and far.sighted states.
manship of the HoH. John Fl. Reagan,
We do not know MIR. Reagan person
ally, but every citizen OF the United
States, OF any Intelligence, is familiar
with his national reputation. A letter
Of Mr. Rsagan's, In 1857, shows with
what readiness he TOOK hold OF ths
suggestion 10 induce Tie Federal gov.
ernment TO remove the Texas Indlsns
on to the reserve in the western part
OF the Chickasaw country. THIS re-.
moyal was effected two years after the
date OF that letter, and must have been
largely attributable to tho efforts Of
Mr.. Reagan. Thie, as an isolated case,
would be worthy OF remembrance, but
would not have called out this tribute
to him but for the fact that so many
incidental services OF MIR. Reagan
crop out now and then, in the papers
OF tho State, chat The Statesman takes
pleasure in reminding its resders of
Mr.. Rssgan's active patriotism in
their behait.-[ Austin Statesman.
LET ALL PULL TOGETHER.
Why these petty jsalousies about the
point on tho gulf where Texas will 90
tapped by deep wafer outlet? l. ID
matter of vital Importance to the State
at large, and as every sensible person
recognizes this tact, the matter should
be referred to - committee Sc
lected vita Wow 90 their &C.
quainianee with the Importance of
the suhjecs aud an unbiased desire 10
promote the interests OF tho whole
State sDd not subserylent 10 local in
forests. There is not point along the
whole coast, however much IL desires
deep water, but would recognize the
great good accruing from deep water
at any point. 1t would seem natural
that point near the middle of the
gulf coaet would DO tho best ut pres-
emit; and after one outlet had been
thus obtained and tho good results
seen, other outlets could, BIO made.
This present peLty plan Of pulling
against each othor, the olBauiug of 10.
cal interests, will DO mote TO cast q
wet blanket on The whole enterprise
than tho most hostile opposition. -
Austin Statesman.
DIsCOURTEsY TO THE PRESS.
Tho Dallas Democrat is shabby lit.
tie paper, but it brsya like q Mexican
burro. lsturns its head towards the
gulf sad "ye-aws" as fOllows:-[ Gal.
weston News.
The discourtesy and supsrcillola.
ness Of tbs estate Press" of tho Gal
vegton News towards the other news
papers OF tho State hre in bad taste.
There 10 neither wit nor humor in
styling newspaper "shabby little
paper" but there Is deal Of discour-
tesy in the remark. IL is still more
discourteou3 10 say 3 paper "brays
like q Mexican burro." The neEapa-
pers OF Texas SHOULD show tho proper
resentment OF ine discourGasy and gu
perciliousnesB of the Galveston News
IN Its estate Press" column.--ISsn All
tonic Times.
FORT woRTn's BOAST.
The Fort Worth Glze:te glories over
the Efforts of the Dallas papers TO
reach Fort Worth, "the great dia-
tribuHng CENTER" IL strikes us littlo
different. From tho many times tho
dallas papers announce y tryin
'through to Colorado Clty,' wo had
thought that all this "spaclsln OK.
pense was 20 reach the great motropo.
us OF the West. But IL is G. glorious
tmng that every one does not thiuS
ailke.-lColorado Graphic.
PATRIcrANs We. PLEBIANs.
IL tho Post were runnine this gov
eminent it would have enough silver
coined to pay oil oil tho Unitod States
ponds, Gnd force the hondholdors TO
take II, too. MoN0y that la gGod
enough for common psople oughs to
pc good enough Tor rich boudh0lders,
50 Houston Post.
SILVER COINAGE.
The proposition 60 suspend tho coin
age OF silver dollnrB pending udjuuyn-
nent OK ldss congress viii utcussarty
MEuro w0miDenly saioTo the ro&J
nouse' For Information on tho subject
ocudd9f's Investment Agency, Chica-
50, has just completed q CANVASS OF tbo
next Congress, relative 10 tho subj Ct,
anu hnds that the silver man will hola
ene next Congress- Pilot Point Post.
OBSCENE LIrERATURE.
Tho Tribune may be branded as
ianatlcsl In its opposition to songa-
uonal literature, but ws caro- not W hat
may DO said, II we can only induce tho
people 10 refrain from patronlsing