The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-27
CHEAP JOHNEs ERPg Ng.
Observation-Disclosures
Dom, Salt in North rexas-Caus,ls Crit.
icism ON especial Train Humsnr-
geries"-A "Faisehood Label
10 Gull the Publio'-Un-
business Like, Etc.

Ni,h much flourish OF irumpets and
double leads the Dallas Morning News
announces that "the FIRST special News
train leaves Dallas for Colorado, con-
Meeting at Fort Worth, ete.n Tho Ga.
xests does not expect profit to itself
from any denial of legitimate enter
prise evinced by any other newspaper.
or OF any superiority to itself shown In
any otner newspaper, and therefore The
Gazette would not deny the claim of
any otner paper to such enterprise or
such superiority.
but Wills the Gazette would dony no
truthful claim to enterprise in any
Man on II any newspaper, it is tho
MISSION OF this paper TO expose frauds
anu pDgus claimants of every chs rac.
tnat Will run from Dallas to Colorado
1.-THE News special traip,v Win ths
same Cheap john display the Gpzstte
could as justly have claimed the train
from Fort Worth to Colorado TO ba n
special Gazette train prior to the ey-
fenslon OF the terminus of the RIM
from Fort Worth to Dallas.
II the News demands tribute of the
DALLAS people for what it does, incl
dentally, tor Dallas while working in
its own Interest, 1t is q matter of local
concern to Dallas people and the News
Inc &aZette would not detract from
suoh enterprise. But for the News to
cal that regular daily Colorado train a
especial News train"is o Cheap John
imitation, a bogus article, that hasn't
got tbs name stamped on the bottle,
Inc Gazette does not share the en-
thusiasm of Mr.. Treevant and the
other partial friends of the Dallas pa
per as to the benefit to accrue to Dallas
from putting on another "sectiopn
70 the south-bound Missouri Pacific
Detween Dallas and Fort
Worth! Tho south bound train
on the Missouri Pscitic now runs via
Dallas and gives that place tho connec-
ton with Fort Worth which seems TO
be the one opiect in life with all Dallas
people; and this alleged Especial News
tram leaves Dallas and arrives at
fort worm on exactly tho schedule
ume OF that Missouri Pacific south
bound train. Indeed, the Colorado &C
commodation train which the Dallss
paper is now parading as & rspsciai
News traiu," formerly ran TO Dallas
aud was stopped ct Fort Worth WHEN
tue Missouri Pacific schedule was
changed SO as TO include Dali
les in its run, and the peo-
pie OF the weBt and the people of Dali
las are under no obligations TO any one
Tor anything more than they have been
receiving alt the time. The south-
bound Missouri Pacific via Dallas now
connects at Fort Worth (tho grand
railrogd center) with oil trains leay-
ing this city early every morning. and
"ths first section o. Nos. 1853 and 1874,
adds nothing to the convenience of
Dusinegs ofany man In Dallas not now
furnished by Nos. 1853 and l5l. All the
interviews with Dallas business men
testifying TO the advantage to accrue
TO Dallas because "suothor sec-
ton" hgs been added to a
train already running daily from Dial.
las TO q connection with the grand dis
tribufing poiuf, is no DOUBT intended
for home consumption and to induce
va 1uil patronage to tho paper that
proposes 10 do so much for the cityn-
so much, indeed, that the people of
Dallas have now and will hayo what
they have had in the past; no more,
perhaps less, if tho Missouri Pacific
people should leave out Dallas from the
schedule Of the through train when
they lind that the "iirst sectionn Ia
amply sufficient
IL the News pays no very hard cash
for tho extension Of the road from Fort
Worth to Dallas, then the News ought
not to say 1t does. If the News does
pay money to reach Fort Worth, no
greater tribute could be yielded TO this
city, the grand railroad centre of
North Texas. the place ct which "more
people get OIL aud on the trains in "a
hours than ut Dallas, Galveston, Il Gus.
ton, Austin and San Antonio com
bined," and the Gazette can stand 1t IL
the News can.
Only: 1t is simply q faisehood, in
tended to gull the public. 10 call regu.
lar daily train "a special News train,U
and the railroad company will prob
ably be as prompt rs the Gszette 10
deny the right OF any newspaper 10
label regular trains Especial" trains,
If such gush Is admissible, then overy
passenger train on the Gould system
Is ga special Gazette train"
The Gazette bows 10 enterprise but
not to montebaDkism. Deor6pitade In
man or newspaper can never be cured
by oharlatanry.-tFort Worth Ca
Zette.