The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-17
STATE PRESS.
THE GRASS QUESTION.


made their reports to tina land beard,
Ills said steps are to bs taken At once
to compel free srazsrs 10 pay Tor tAe
land they have 40 long sssn using
free. Il is found that not only hsva
there b1llionslres bsen using tbs grsss
without paying for it, but have fraud
ulently. under the SEXUAL settler act.
taken no hundreds Of sections without
ever locating on them or erecting spy
improvements % provided by law,
Thin ~ done Tor speculative purposes,
and when man comes along who &C
tuslly wants 20 locate, ths bogus titles
ara SQld 10 him az a handsome proft
over first cost. The land board is re-
ported 10 be In favor OF sending rsng.
ers 70 enforce tho lease Law and az
closure acts. This it should 40 az once.
--[Clehurns Chronicle.
HOW DoXs IIK STAND?
General Ross is one who bsli,yss
that the local ogtion lava OF this State
Interfere with enc of those insliensble
rights Of the indivlGual-.hs right 70
eat and drinkwhas he plesses. Msxis
Ledger.
II General Ross believes that, thsn
he is inespsbls of uuoeratsndipe a
plain statute sn6 ought NOT
TO bscome governor of rexss.
Nowhere Goes the local
option Law mention the subject OF
eating and drinking, lis intended 10
prohibit inc sale OF whisky, aud that a
all. But then man nssds To be Sawed
from his friends" now and then, aud
we take pleasure, thsrefore, in statiug
that in our opinion General Ross doay
not believe tho local option law intar-
ierss with any MANS right to "ast aud
drink what he Observation-Disclosures
New Era.
AnsYAL coon rELLow,
Judge j. II. Davis, OF the Mt. Yer
non Herald, has gone TO Washington
either to offer his personal congrstula.
tions to the president on the recent
Democratic victories, or to negotlsts
arrangements for tho capitalization of
the Mt. Vernon postmaster. II thsrs
IL a man In Texas who wsuld have th,
auoSQltY To slap che president on the
shoulder, ctucliis hi IA under ths chin
snd call hinl p bully old boy, it,s tbs
judge. His fiss break will be 20 toll
the president that ba 30 ex-ooanty
judge OF FrsnkIin county, do fncto
president of the Texas Press associa-
ton aud saitsr of the rat. Vernon
Herald, but for him ia feel psrfsctly
easy In his presence,--(G reenv,lls
Herald.
THR sTEIKR.
The strike was extended to evary
enterprise in the city, including rail
roadr. AS the trains can o in the stsik-
ers would kill the eng Not a
move could no nasde; all business war
made stsgaast, aud eli bscause the
Knights OF Labor had grievance nj
the Mallory Steamship aompany. II
tho knights Of Labor Is aueh 8 nov, or
ful organization as TO block commsycs,
thus threatening the safety of the
country, without cause, ct their own
sweet will, their power should h.
throttlea. Ifepch course Is persisted
In by them civil war, with all its
ghestly hotrors, will hs the result.
Sensible legislation in this direction ia
badly Ia deDsnd.-l Cameron Herald.
aUBERNAToRIAr.
The way la which the Paris Dsily
Balance Wheel ridlcules SWANS prs.
tensions for tho governorship woald
drive man with hide as thick es
sole leather out of the raos.-ISan An
tonic Times.
That is bsd Balance Wheel and liza
ridioule, perhaps, disturbs Mr.. Swain
and iDjarea hia chances about as q fly
on the horn OF Texas steer, TIE
articles reterred 10 have escaped as,
but we ST cerely hops that the new
enterprise of the Balance Wheel Is not
based for SUCCESS on the kind OF abuse
indicated. II you want to elaat man
to afbcS tho surost way "a do it is for
newspaper to abuse him--T Aus,in
Statesman.
MORE ESPECIAL TEAINs.o
While tho Dsllss News and HERALD
have bean brsgSing shout running q
spacial train from Dallas 10 Fort
Worth to carry their pspera, we have
been too mojeat to even lot tha public
know that two regular tr,ins loay We
kaufman every Thursday morning
goi.s north Snd west. ana every
Thursday evening g0iug south and
east 10 carry the San 10 eur aubscrib-
erH. Eut ve are tso uusslhsh TO object
to Uncle SAN utilizing tlsse trains fol
the transmission OF United States
msil. Our modesty will DO our rulr
ii we ssrvlve an early d0sth from en-
largement OF the henl II Kaufman
Sun.
OUR LAND QUESTION.
For she earliost settlers of new
country 90 get possession Of tho living
water is a rule 90 old as the human
family, but Tor tho frst slime it i,
broken in Texas. 50 II is manifest
that the present land policy 10 neither
in the cattle interest nor that Of the
settlor, but forces market for The
railroad lands and nothing moro. W.
call on tas people to study Rud exam.
inc these matters - themselves
fisherman Democrat.
A GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
Some weeks ago when the Statesman
suggested tho eavisability of an up
proprialios for geological purposes
the chronic grumDler characterized !
90 ohOthui stiN ufOA u uSplNtcN ttGt'
ury. This busbesr is like short
sighted policy to thSt 30 often eeon IL
men who ctunot sec dollar over
two Bits Austin Statesman.
FORT woRTH's GAIN.
one would think to rssd the Dslls
papers that thc porpetuity of the Dal
las municipality as well SIS th;ir owl
existenes depends upon their g0ltinl
TO Fort Worth before sunrise IL ordc
TO catch the north, south and west
bound trains. Aud Fort Worth smils
over this sort OF FREQ Advertising
Midland Plains.
THR FINAL ANALYSIS.
When company wants the Lesls
laturo TO charter a Railroad, would
not be we'll 10 first submlt the charte
to the Knights Of Labor aud set thei
approval2 1.-THE Knights can stop tn
planters from shipping cotton to Gal
weston, can't they stop the planter
from raising cotton?- IGrahar