The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-20
STATE STONE SENTIMENT
WHAT TO USE IN THE CAPITOL,
The Press OF Texas of One Opinion; and
that for Native Material Ireland
IndOrsed- The Indiana idea
Severely Criticized
INJURING TEXAS.

INJURING TEXAS,
The old capitol board is responsible
for!injuring Texas and giving Indiana
100000 tad" not the new board
Ranger Chief,
TEXAS FBLL OF OLD FodIEs.
We have heard no good argument
advanced why our State capitol
should not be built of Indiana stone.
Texas is full of old fogies.-[ Montague
County Northwest.
HIRE A REGIMENT.
Texas ought to repudiate the con-
tract with the Chicago syndicate to
build the State capitol and hire regi-
ment of dirty negroes 60 kick its re-
representatives. out of the State Gil
mer Mirror.
TEXAS HAs SOME PRIDE LEFT.
The people OF Texas have some
pride LETT yet, and they agree with
Governor ireland that the inexhausti-
bic stone quarries of this State fur
nish an abundance of suitable mate
rial, whether limestone or granite,
for the construction Of the new cap
itol.-L Granbury Graphic.
FINR "RETIRINao PROPERTIES.
Indiana limestone possesses, no
doubt, many fine properties, but Its
"retiring" properties Will stand ont
> bold relief when Messrs. Swain,
appleton and Walsh retire to private
lilo, 1t will bear upon them at the
ratio OF 4.00O tons moro or less to the
square iuoh.-[AlexGndsr Free Lance.
NO UsR EXPLAINING.
Swain, TempLeton and Walsh, see-
ing iheir vots on Indiana stone for
our S s.e csritol had killed them po-
litically, now try 10 explain TO The
people why they voted IL in a Ave
column article in the Fort Worth Ga
zoste. There ia no use In trying to
explain, gentlemen; to say the least OF
10, il is gross breach OF trust TO the
people of Texas. - Whitney Messen-
ger.
TOO BAD, TOO BAD.
The Houston Post Of he 9Th instant
contains an extensive account of an in
tervi9w with Comptroller Swain on
the State capitol contract, in which II
is plainly shown that Mir. Swain has
cut OF his political head With stone
enough in Texas to build a Chinese
wall all around her, and OF quality
second to none, it does look like either
ignorance or rottenness that calls for
Indiana stoue.-[ Hico Reporter.
PLENTY STONE IN TEXAS.
All the gush over tho use of Indiana
stone in the State capitol because it is
not Texas produce is all nonsense.
Texas buys nearly everything it uses
from other States even bacon and
csbbage-and sends its cotton, wool
and wheat abroad to be prepared for
home consumption.-lWa Waco Day. And
no one will deny that II is bad policy
to do it. Raise what you eat at home,
and build your house of homo materi-
al, you have it-plenty of it, and why
notH-l Pittsburg Gazette.
LET'S USE TEXAS STONE.
AS will be seen in another column,
the Abilene correspondent of the Gal
weston News Is highly indignant be-
cause Comptroller Swain says that
there is no limestone in Texas fit to
build the State capitol, and is in favor
Of sending to Indiana for the same.
We are OF the same frame OF mind.
Wonder what Commissioners Elliott,
who told the multitudes at the New
Orleans Exposition on Texas day
about the resources of tho State in
haltAldlNg WV NOulu roy
when he hears this? Yes, let's uso
our own Texas limestone, and thus
show to the outside world that wo are
TRULY the Banner State,- New Boston
Herald.
VILE AND WICKED ISLANDER,
The man who takes the position that
there 10 no material in Texas fit to
enter into the proposed new capitol
building 10 certainly Ignorant upon
the subject, very obstinate, or else is
laying himself liable 10 this suspicion
that he is an interested party. II tho
above Is not true, aud he knows all the
facts respecting the resources OF
Texas, he is n hypocrlte, or else
has q heart as cold "a the temper
aturo OF the north pole. He IL
man who has no love for Texas. He
is a traitor TO his State, aud, like
Herod, prefers to patronize foreigners,
and hates his own people. He Is an
assassin TO the fair name of the Lone
Star State, and is worse than dyna
natter. Ho has no patriotism in his
soul. 1t is notorious fact that Texas
has within hor borders as good build
ing stone Us can DO found in the world,
and to talk about sending TO Indiana
for it Is TO spread abroad vile and
wicked SANDER. Denton County
alone can supply enough Limestone to
build city as large as New York,
and this stose will endure until Ga
briel blows his trumpst.-LDenton
Monitor.
SOME sEvBRB CENsURRs.
Walsh, Templeton and Swain are
trying 70 explain up their action In the
adoption OF Indiana stone for Texas
capital building. If this Indiana
stone is of such an excellent quality,
why did Indiana send to another
State for granite for her capital build
ing? These gentlemen may go on ex-
planning until their locks are gray,
of Texas. They have offered no
reasons for their actions that will
he accepted by Intelligent Texans
as being good ones. Our State author
tiles are not authorized to advertise
the products OF Indiana. II Y Ias
had no building stoue suitable for n
capitol building, there would be somo
reason in accepting Indiana stone, but
such Is not the case. There are but
few States in tho Union, If any, thst
have as fine building stone as Texas,
and at the Worlds Far the specimens
OF Burnett granite (Only 10
miles from Austin and I'M
exhaustible) was pronounced as
good as could DO found on the CONT
nent. The fl msy excuse that the con.
tract would be abandoned Il Indiana
stone was not adopted is entirely too
thin and transparent, The governor
ia mis- reasons for opposing the Indiana
stone says that the State has nothing
TO lose by such an abandonment, that
the ontractors have no title TO any
part of the lands aud that they have a
bond up for carrying out tho contract
In good faith. There is a very large
sized bug under the chip that has
not been uncovered yot that
will In the course of time
come to light. We were prepared to
hear OF the action Of the board ON this
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