The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-11
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Galveston News to discern anything
but wrong or mischief, or ''somelhing
worse" in all that is dono by the gov
ornor OF this State. One day 1t berates
him soundly for not leasing ont the
public domain, and ON the next 1t
eriticises him for having done so. II
will come TO have the character Of u
public scold so impressed upon al It's
criticisms that these will be left with
out any force, whatever, with tho gen.
oral public and the press, and bs re-
garded rs the moro rinsiags OF a
bottle OF which even tho first froth
was OF but very questionable flavor,
80 that any diatribe against our
officials viii DO wholly poworless
even to generate the faintest suspi-
cions. II this were matter exclu-
sively concerning Itself We should
have nothing to urge, but, to say moth
Ing of the care $50 ought to have for
tho good repute OF our highest ofll-
Gals, tho fair fame of the press OF tho
State Is involved, and hence of its con.
Germ.
It's issue of the 9th contains an odi-
torisl captioned, "Makoshifts of q
Prodigal ADMINISTRATION" and re-
vamps tho threadbare subject 80 thor
oughly discus sed and exposed In its
weakness long ago and before tho last
State canvass. It says: "rhe money
spending itch broke out on tho gov
ornor, and between him and tho Leg
isiature the fine estate left To them IL
moving jauntily on tho road to bank
ruptcy." This closing assertion Ia in
duced by the proceeding statement:
"Durlng the portion of tho fiscal
year TO its close, August 81, 1888, from
tho beginning of the IRELAND admin
istratiop, January, 1888, there was n
deficiency OF $l55,00 In revenue; dur
Ing tho fiscal year beginning Septem-
Dor !, 1883, there was "a further dei-
cioncy of 5000, GOO, and an increased de-
iiclency OF S36S, 900 IL announced for the
year ending August 81. 1856"
That tho State hos permitted the
people to retain their money, aad that
1t has made and will make every turn
In order to relieve these citizens OF
taxation, Is truo. That 1t should seek
to exact money from a distressed
population, while II caa by any honest
means do without il, is commendable
In tho highest degree. Tho indebted.
ness heirloomed TO tho IRELAND ad-
ministration Is known to have alb.
sorbed every dollar that had been lefG
la the treasury. Aud, therefore, to
crltIcise this administration Tor their
necessary extlnguishmont is alb
surd. Louis XIV, OF France, roigned
gloriously and lived gorgeously, and
people admired his magniiicenoe; but
alas, ut his demise those people sud
denly awoke to tho fact that they
had TO pay dearly for it oil, and . de-
pleted treasury WAS surprisingly and
quickly the consequence.
IL is equally true that tho present
administration has borrowed of dead
funds in the treasury, some 100000 TO
put into operation, an institution that
even the News itself pressed Tor, tho
lunatic Asylum at Terrell, a home that
our suffering humanity 80 needed, and
for whose walls many moro denizens
ofthis State ought to-day TO be adjudg-
ed as fit inh .bitants. That Aum was
not borrowed OF Wall Street, but from
the institution to which it belonged
In our State, aud hence no
interest is put into tho pockets
OF others than our own people.
Suppose we had S2O,00O,0O0 special
funda to tho credit of tho school,
university, and asylum departments,
1t would have to be put out under the
law at interest. And the News would
rasp tho governor for lsches, II he did
not so invest II speedily. Now, would
1t not DO n singularly appropriate
thing 10 loan II right here at homo
and TO ourselves, II there be demand
for 1t? For thus tho interest would
go TO support our institutions, and tho
money so used taking tho place Of
any TO DO raised by taxation. VIII
tho News gainsay tho justice and
equity OF thisY But the News
would like 10 have tho governor TO tax
the people aud pile upa useless heap
In thu traasufv ynuliat