The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-30
CAPITAL CITY CULLINGS.
THE FISH COMMISSION MUST GO
Those Coy and Captivating Clerks-The
Question of School Text Books
Tankersley's Bank Bill-The
Capitol Stone Problem.
THE FISH COMMISSION.

THE FISH COMMISSION,
AUSTIN, Jan. Especial There /
seems to be considerable opposition |
to the fish commissioner both in
the house and the senate, but whether
it will crystalize into an effective hos
tility or not it is hard to say. There are
no complaints made against the excel
lent gentleman (Capt. Lubbock who
fills the position of fish commissioner,
but it is against the policy Of the states
is claimed that the outlay
necessary for the maintenance
of the fish department is not justified
by any results therefrom. 1t does not
seem TO be a paying institution. The
opponents to the institution clamor for
The exhibition of carp, or the man
who ever saw Texas-raised carp. One
gentleman was heard to say Che, is not a
legislator, however, that he had raised
carp in his private iish-pond, and had
eaten them, or tried to,
and found the flesh coarse
and tasteless, and he argued
ifthe fish can be successfully raised in
the state they are not WORTH the time,
trouble and expense.
NOT DISPOSED TO CHANGE THE EXIST-
ING LAWS.
The bulk Of the members seem dis
posed to make as few changes in exist
ing law as possible. Nearly every act
is working smoothly and satisfactorily
and the necessity for changes is not
apparent. The school law is an expert
ment and must necessarily undergo
changes for a time to come, un-
til a perfect system for the
management of free schools is OBJ
tanned.
The road law, too, must change
from time to time as the state grows
older, population denser and the neces-
sites greater.
WOMEN CLERKS.
The bill for the employment OF women
as clerks in the different state depart
ments has happily passed the senate
and it is to be hoped will go through
the house. The eXigencies OF the times
makes it necessary for thousands o
women to earn their owl
livings and there is neither
reason, humanity or justice in rellegat
ing them to the wash tub, the sewinI
machine and the school room eXclu
sively. There are hundreds of iemal
clerks in the departments at Washing
ton and they invariably do eXcellen
work and give full satisfaction. In th
north nearly all the avenues Of indus
try are open to women, and if they wer
not equal to the demands Of the situs
tons they ill, they would nc
be retained. Since an i'm
perious fiat has changed the face 0
affairs in the south, our slave labo
having been taken from us, and father
being unable to raise their daughters /
atlluence and surround them with a
that taste and luxury commanded. 8
they were in the past, we must look oil
for them in the way of giYin
them practical educations and
Il ,
self-sustenance. We must progress
in all things, and there is nothing
which we can make more sensible al
Just advancement than in aiding IL
women OF the land. Let this bill becou
law by all means, that the mothers al
daughters, and sisters and wives III
sweethearts of the land may rise up an
call the nineteenth Legislature blesse
THE ISSUE OF BONDS.
1t seems to be an imperative nece
sity for the state to issue 100000
bonds, on which to raise the funds +
paying outstanding Indebtedness.
not this fearful commentatory on t
"pay as you gop administration of
few years ago? "Pay as you go" W
the demagogical slogan that ran
through the state and overwhelm
statesmen with its potency. The peor
went wild with joy at the policy til
piled UP millions in the state treaSul
and that paid it out. for stf
bonds, at the rate Of 10
50'per cent. premium, and made den
gods OF the commonest sort of clay. l
cause of this folly, the state now has
issue other bonds. 1t is great pi
selfcocking, stem-winding, cross-roa
politicians cannot be squelched. The
never was any sense in paying 81
or $l,50 for ST., yet
stem winders and seli-coC
ers would have it so, and the mas
made the welkin hideous with tn
howlings of rejoicing. Another beau
full feature of the case is that while
great cash balance was being da
added to, the departments Of the st
were neglected and were being allow
TO rnn down Mt the heels. The Robe
administration wrung money cea
lessly from the people simply to
Cumulate it in the state treasury, Q
the policy of that Administered
in selling the states lands at so cents
acre, when it was worth 81, So and
per acre, helped to swell the VOLUME
the cash balance. When Gov. Ireli
went into the gubernatorial chair
found 1000 muatics confined in cOu
jails because there were no provisl
made for their care
the asylum, and he ioI
various other interests of the state go
to the dogs, but the people still had
pay heavy taxes to he spent for DO
not due, and that were held at high
ures. He has remedied the evils
found, and he is getting the state int
healthy condition in all its branches
the issuance of these bonds the |
seems to be to make them bear
cent, If sold at home,
per cent. if sold abroad. This is W
for there is great necessity for 81
x,fb ~ 10 inuagi fhn
school funds of the counties, and
can better afford to pay per cent. "
the money Is kept at homo and eli
lated at home and helps h
institutions, than per c
when the money goes
the hands of outside parties to
boarded up or spent elsewhere thar
Texas. The sale of the public land
so cents an acre has saddled upon
state great land monopolies in
shape of corporations and syndici
the iniuuities of which the state Is
graphing with IN the efforts of this
islature, To restrict them, 0brogato /
and make them amenablo to the Law
EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS.
The house committee on educati
affairs has reported for passage a hi
establish uniform series of SO
books for the public free schools of
state, IL provides the state boar
education, with the superintendent
instruction, shall rs soon as poss
after the act becomes
law, contract with some publ
or publishers for textbooks on a
metic, photography, including die
ary, geography (suriace), reading,
ing, copy books and United States
tory by three different authors for
said contract rot to extend oy
greater period of time than four y
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