The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-21
STATE PRESS
cHRAp MoNEY.

CHEAP MONEY,
ne DALLAS HERALD continues 70 |
labor IN behalf OF cheaper money TOR
the people, THE HERALp's coufss ia
the right one to secure development Of
tne States Industries, r LCleburne Tel |
egrGm.
PROHIBITION.
Prohibition seems to be the leading
SUBJECT OF tie hour. All parts of the
state seem TO be taking 1t up, and
there is Row 80 doubt Of It's beng
leading question in the next political
Campaign aud our politicians NAV as
wei makeup their MINDS on The cub
lect, pro and con, and they will surely
nave lsto meet. Georgetown Record.
CIIRAP MONEY,
The fight The DALLAS Herald is
making in North Texas for cheAper
money is noble and lust enc, and
should meet with hearty endorse
ment irom every one who is interested
1nlthe development and prosperity of
the country. But we want TO wbisuer
IN the ear Of THE HERALD that our
MONIES tesd lay stands bstwoon Texas
anc cheap mouey.-lGalvoston Tn-
PLUCKY PAPER.
Inc Galveston News aud HERALD
doubt; the Gazette and other srresd-
eagle sheet9 have fallen; but the fnrm-
1dablo, live little Quill bites of what it
can chew and goSs hight ahead, in the
full assurance OF faith. nothing
doubling. The pluck it has makes M,
In q measure, for gh9 capital il really
needs Abilene Gull.
THE LEASE LAW.
"Publlc policy demauqs that the
public domain snail DO reserved for
the occupancy OF actual settlers ,"sayS
the presidents proclamation. Then i'll
this is the case IN the southwestern
territories, ~ must be the case in
Texas. This gives tho infamous lease
law blue eye, and tho lease law or.
gans had as well own own up Paris
Free Tongue,
GOT IT'S FOOT INTO 1T.
Tho land hoard makes the issue
square with the Galveston News, by
Offering guarantee against prosecu-
tien for libel if it will out with what il
processes to know Of alleged crooked
ness by the board, or any member OF
the same. The News has acted with
rash indiscretiOu in It vague charges,
which eyery body knows cannot be-
sustained, and has got its foot in doep.
= Laredo Times.
ApERTINENT QUESTION.
The News planes the State land
board for delay in enforcing the land
enclosure act, and figures out how
much the Stale has lost in the last IS
months by such delay. Is it not
Btrange that the News mover thought
OF calling attention TO this great evil
until the board got ready TO stop it?
Why did the News wait lSmonths, un-
til the State had lost million and
quarter in money rents before spring.
ing this wonderful discovery Hous-
ton Post.
OUR PUBLIC LANDS.
In Texas the public lands belong to
the State. In other states and terri
tories the public lands belong to the
United SLsCC5 government, Glove.
lands proclamation against tho cattle
kings who havA Illegally fenced the
public land3 does not apply to Texas,
but If Governor Ireland would issue 4
similar proclamation and enforce 1t in
Texas, 1t would cause the bulli0naires
TO release their unlawful grip on hun
dreds of Thousands OF aces in this
State GTeenvi,ie Banner.
MILLS NOT 4 uEMoGoGUE.
Whether Mills ia right or wrong in
his positiOn Uu Toe prohibition queS-
ton or nOt, no Mirror sees no evil
y
that he va 20 give up hiy
sea- Ia Cong. 5d yet one Of the
counties ~ Alt district recently went
for pIohibiLIu. %, over !, 90 ms iOrity!
Tboro iE, further, % lr0uE prob EDITION
sentiment in III It3 other counties!
Where is go'. d'w8Gpkery in tiis2
II Mills is tIylHgtu 30 % demngOgUo Ia
this matter ha has certainly taken
hold OF taa wrong horn Or the Cll9mmR.
- WGXahGc.io Mirror.
PROHIBITION,
The attemp- OF Hon. II, Q, Mills 70
fasten tho prohibition question on the
Democratic parts Is not ia the interest
of the partY. Neither rs 1t Democratic
doctrine, Good democratic doctrine
is government by tho people and Tor
.hC .eople, ard tls will Of Tho people
expressed ~ tl9 hallOt-boN, nnd the
majority To- rue. Tue slEvery Of tNo
minority is ueW j 'Gtriue, ana by no
sort Of pleaUIog DaUugr atir. TgXap
with hor big Democratic majority can
atAHd any u,u,un5 Of such bourbon
sallies, but - Is suOan that Texas is
rapidly outgroWing such dogmatism.
--lAustin Minute.
ANOTHER ISLANDER,
The following sweeping assertion ap-
pears in tho Galveston News of Sstur-
day;
rhreeiourths Of the papers Of the
State owe their present immunity
from libel suits 10 the fact that they
are not supposed TO be able 10 pay
thousands OF dOllar5 10 those who are
actuated by motives OF cupipi,y
AT least "three fOurtnsn OF tho
newspapers In The state will montally,
if they do not in cold type, pronounce
this q slander, and severe reelection
on their business Standing, II nothing
more.-lSan Antonio Timog.
QUARANTINE AT III PAsO.
According to Governor lreland's
proclamation of August 18th, passen-
gers on the trains coming east from
the Rio Grande will be- required TO
show passports from the officers Of El
PaSo and Laredo, that they have not
within period Of 20 days been In
Vera Cruz or any other place In Mex
leo infected with yellow iover. Any
person violating this proclamation
will upon conviction thereof be sub.
ject 10 line and imprisonment. All
citizens VI % border are requested TO
assist the utiiaers in carrying out these
rules, and a promptly give iniormA-
ton oft'',r Infringement, Who is the
quarantine Ulcer at I'll PAao?-I El
Paso Tin
lEAAN IlONEHh MON lMENI.
Since t.e cath OF General Grant
there h. bH much said and writton
about muugu ants commemorative OF
great i,uu I'D great events. This
brings WIal thai in 1859 tho nucleus
ola fund iur rearing q suitable monu-
Inentou ,va $ n Jaciuto battle ground
in memu rod the heroes who foil In
the ogu.r 900 naxas independence some
$500 Wt raised and remained with
Colonel sIGuk Lubbock. That money
has douhNgss earned interest mean
while, s1.ult to-day represent some
thing Ike 5000 or more. Doubtless
more cuula oe raised 10 add TO the
nest.egg, which wo presume IA still In
the cusiuly of Colonel Lubbock, and
an impressive monument could be
raised 90 prep6tuate the fame of our
bravest pioneers. sherman Journal.
OPPOSED TO PROHIBITION.