The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-17
| THe so,slNneRirEp KNIGHT
DISCONTINUED,

communication from the" Dis
Inherited Knight" who re-enters the |
lis.. a. bis spongs-holder announces,
with naughty crest and glitterlng ar |
NOR, terrific sarcasm and shining
English. He comes again, like DON
QrISoTE, to hurl his broken lance
against an srmor that remained all
uDirs ured from the first contest. He
made adrssdful fau x.pas in the onset,
bud now socks the cover Of retreat uu-
der q parting shot, and the obscurity
OF smoke. At the drst he was q lucSy
knight and bore name that was 10
tency itself, that had no mortal flesh
about the heel that any arrow could
penetrate. With this advantage he
started out, flashing quickly to the
empy rean Of politics to miugle
with the consultations, but
alas! then, like q brilliant rocket,
to 20 out and fall exhausted.
] 'ke the swan that Is se'd , sing its
own death-sorg as II floats down tue
stream of long oblivion, he chants,
In bisoper'ug words, his own requiem,
however .unintentionally, and uncOn.
sciously to himself. Hes- the senator:
"When high and sworn oslicerJ, in
quest OF political spoils, G! use beyond
he boundaries fixed by the laws and
&C astitution nd pass into the bleak
realms of dsurpation, they but WOO
the fate of SIR john FRANKLIN, and
their voyage should be as vain, thei'
doom as drear" II, simultaneously,
rs sworn o.lioial in the SENATE of
Texas, and he paid attorney for the
Erauck.yn Land aud Cattle company,
which CoLovEL SwisHER denouncss
"the create 1t OF grass they es In tho
United States" he not cruising be.
You'd Tie laws, 10 pass in,o the bleak
realms of usurpation only ID woo me
iato of that other FRANKLIN, L /, not
representative, We fail - understand
what cou'd be analogous cases.
, Iirst, the "Lnight" Dmplains that
his "attorneysbips and clientele arc
all foreign 20 tie issue in view OF The
charges he prelers." This may DO so
| rom his ethical standpoint, but we
have heal d that gentlemen CT h's pro
fession are not allowed I 0 sit ur on tue
bench In iude nent CT Gaze involy rug
kinship, fees, or other ,lteress, direct
'tr collateral, patent or assumed. IT
the bar is thus honorably particular In
Its recUsations, /! won d seem that a
noble senator would scarcely permit
himself to J compromised by such
adverse interests, as the best welfare
OF the State and its reverse as sought
FOR 10y a cormorant corporation he
also represents. AID this becomes
psiniully glarlng whom, only little
while before, the gentleman was the
District attorney who prosecuted sGit
against that Francklyn Land and Cattle
company because of their refusal to
pay ia, es to the State, and won it be-
cause of hejustice of the States claim
Not SO were we taught by MIR. JEY-
PERSON, Mr.. MARSHALL, MIR. PoLK,
Mr.. IDAMs, Mr.. PIERCE, and other
"high officials" who declined to
continue in the ownership of co..
tain lands, stocks, etc., when
their high official" station
seemed to conflict with 1t, and put
them away. And so with commercial,
as we'll as professional life. Mr..
BLAINE Is an instance OF The opposite
style Of character, that dc Oh not so d IS
emil arrass himself. TO our mind the
Latter Is clear, rrd we loave 1t to the
Knights conscience, and wi LII his con.
stltuents. The HERALD did not use
1t as an argument, but merely submit
ted it at the close OF the argument, as
an anomalous aud unenviable posi-
Ion.
Secord-But tho "Knight" scents
something susp cious in'the deep mys
tory that strouds the lease OF wslerec
lands in Greer county, for over 1t 4
cloud shall gov darker and heavier
unit! It's prisoned lightn'ngs and
sleeping thundors shall burst, and
then an explanation will be withheld
on on pain OF lamp Now just here
''tne Dlsinherlted Knight SHOULD
speak, or forever hold his peace"
He has thus lot fly an arroW
in tho dark, At whom o.
what aimed, we have not tn,
fainte5t conception. But If he will
show us any crookodness of any com
plexion, by governor, attorney. gonec
81, comptroller, treasurer, or Ian,
commissioner, AS members of tn
laud Lord, we will join In ono IL Il,
acclaim with him to drag the ieloi
from | ,sition. But until he does this
no inuendO nor insinuation eau hay
weight with tho people.
Third Tho "Kptght" insists tina
this selling or leasing of Greer
county lands will cause Te.:asfo los
the property, by thus preiudicing II,
81 hte's claim" This Is about as re-
iresbing as the complaint OF the vol
against the lamb fer modifying tn
stream. Here is u State doing all /,
It's power to secure the property TO
our people, and there |
citizen, a State senator
doing oil in his power to prevent own
eiship aud obstruct possession, com
planning In that wise! IL was
thoughtless act Of grossest iuconsist
ency. A senator, ss attorney for tn
Franckiyn Land and Cattle company
resisting for them tho payment o
taxes to the state, on the ground INA
1t is not our property! Aud tho lead
Ing spirit Of this same company, no
long siuoe, express; the "oplniol
that the United States did not hay
the shadow of a claim 10 Gree
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