The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-08-20
MORALITY IN TEXAS.

IHe moral ana mental Status or Texas
of 50 much OF It, at least, as Dallas
represents-has been established in a
small speech which the mayor Of Dallas
has made for publication. 1t should be
first explained THAT THE stabe has a penal
law prohibiting pruze-fghts and a civil
law permitting the licensing of refined
physical culture exhibitions" or some
thing equally as amusing. The highest
legal ta6ent In the state" has expressed
the opinion THAT the c.vll law will govern
in the meeting which two distinguished
gentlemen, Messrs. CoGbett and Ntzsim-
mons, are amang.ng to have at Dallas;
and as dhe governor and uhe attorney
g,4erdi co not seem to be overzealous
in eonsruing the relation of the Con
hAodns laws" uhe meeolng w.A very Likely
occur. All Unese cacums lances nave c.in-
bind to Inspire dhe mayor Of Dallas ~
the following utterance:
'"pne great pnysicai culture exA-biuo
DeUween LUrDedt and bf.zsInanOns va.
come of as scheduled on OcIvber q a
DaLds. Ii is a sur thing, Dan
STUART, president OF the Florida Athletic
Cub, IS good business MAN, and is 40,
taking any chances. We expect to nave
9n enormous crOWd from The best people
Of the country In October, and that is the
main reason the business men of tn
state, and particularly of Dallas, are sup
PORTING Mr.. Stuart"
Outside of Texas uhe general conc ptio
OF the term 'ithe best people of the coun-
try" includes ministers of religion,
worthy members of religious societies.
men and women teachers OF the young
Gems who believe In 1.-The enforcem MT OF
the laws. public officers willing to OBJ
serve the oabhswthlch Iuhey have taken to
enforce the DAVIS, men and women OF
culture who lead society and moral re-
forms and consnuute themselves exenl-
plars OF conduck, and considerable
slpr.nk.ing OF umJl1sLtiei persons in 4l.
walks OF ulre wtlo are opposed 10 UI,
cultivation of any such atavistlc ten
dency i'm Ithe race as is effecued by
buDl-fIh4ng, prize-dgthting, bml-baiting,
torture ot crlmlnass, inrantic.de, duel
and AL sVmllar lndulgences which tend
to our rJlrogreaslon Ito those savage
days in our evolurron when we lived la
caves, used club in killing animals
for meat and regarded human flesh as
dle rareJt OF uab.e deLdcacles.
AS sudh p.a,sons here enumerated wln
not go 10 Dullas on lJhe 2lSt of October,
but on the contrary can regard THAT day
and 1.-THE place and event with which It is
associated only with horror and repulsson,
they cannot be regarded by the people
of Dallas us belonging Ito ahe ''best pso-
PIE of she country; and us 1t is only
best people OF uhe country whose In
cursion Daaias seems des.rous OF court
ing, Vt should be Understood that all here
enumerat.d are not wanted ahere on the
seems THAT, accortNng to THE standard
OF morality which Dallas has erected, |
such persons would be regarded as null
sanos and u hlndrance Ito pnogress, and
they are therefore wanted to keep away
forever, The national quarantine regu-
lations are at present ahmed against such
evils only as hhldera, smallpox. yellow
fever, leprosy and few others. No pro-
vision existing for pupting Dallas under
quarantine lest ehe snhuences upon which
Its gredtness are founded should prove
Infectious, and old Mother Earth, In her
inscrutable Wisdom. having given no sign
as YET that she Intends TO take any
chances with the inaegrrty of her Inter |
nal economy by operating and swallowing |
poace (which the educated stomach OF
the human race rtflses to accept, we |
can oney hope That the fondest dreams
OF Dallas win be realized in the perma-
nent staying there OF all 'Nhe best peo-
pie Of the country" who propose to |
enjoy the charms Of the Raee on the
9lst OF October.
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