Year: 1874

poned until the next session; and that
subsequently he learned thatthe editor
of the Courier, who was at that time q
member, In order to defeat the passage
of the bill, had secreted the same In his
desk, and kept II there until the session
adjourned. A legislator who could re-
sort to such method rs this to defeat
II measure ougnt to be well posted in
the art of Towering up tracks"


We come next TO something that
more Immediately concerns ourselves.
The Courier says:


After u month of reticence on the
part of the Dallas HERALD on the SUBJ
ject of this canvass, with that sterling
old democrat, John Henry Brown, be-
hind the throne, throwing broadsides
into the ranks of the monopolists, all
at once he is dismissed from duty on
that paper, Mr., Simmons, the printer
of this Texas and Pacific road at Shreve-
port, becomes half owner, and the next
we see Is column and half leader
in that paper in support Of Governor
Throckmorton. A few days after this
they receive the Courier at that Office,
which shows Throckmorton M in such
an unenviable light that they vince,
because they cannot defend his record,
but attempt to heap odium upon the
fair name of Judge Hare by intimating
they might say something very damag-
ing to him, We're they so disposed, and
cowardly intimate that there are some
very damaging disclosures that mightbe
made to the dctriment of Hare in the 2G
Texas reports. We heard of this bug
bear--it was quietly whispered in our
ear months before this canvass opened,
and if it had been half as horrid
as 1t was described to us, we, in
stead of supporting him for congress,
would have felt it criminal to recog-
nize him on the streets. But as it has
been our habit since we have been a
journalist, to investigate the character
of prominent men, we concluded to
examine this case in the 26 Texas
Austin VS.. Talk, and, to our surprise,
found it to be the most complete vindi-
bly, be made against an unwarranted
allegation.


The Courier can say nothing in COM
mendation of Major J ohm Henry Brown
that will not find warmly responsive
echo in our heart and i'm the hearts of
the proprietors of THE HERALD. Major
Brown is not alone a STERLING old
demos6at," he is a sterling old Texan,
sterling man, one of "the noblest
Romans of them ALL" With reputa-
ton co-existensive with the limits of
Texas, indeed of the whole south, a
reputation as gallant soldier, an un-
swerving patriot, an accomplished and
powerful writer, and a thorough and
accurate historian, 1t was with no lit
tie hesitation that we consented to
succeed him in the editorial chair of
THE HERALD, and by our imperfec-
tions make still more marked the eX-
cellencies of his style. The readers
ofTHE HERALD, We are aware, have
already missed the skilful hand of
Major Brown in the handling of many
subjects of interest that have been
treated of in its columns, and we are
painfully conscious of the fact that they
will look in vain in THE HERALD
for that full and accurate information
concerning everything relating to
Texas and its interests that has, under
the management of Major Brown, made
it the recognized standard authority
in the state. 1t gives us pleasure, how
eve-, to state that Major Brown will
frequently employ his leisure hours in
corresponding for THE HERALD, and
that in this way its readers will not be
altogether deprived of the vast stores
of knowledge which his busy and
eventful life has enabled him to gather
up.


What Major Brown thinks of the
statement of the Courier, in regard to
Governor Throclkmorton's democracy,
appears in the following extract from
a communication in The HERALD of
Thursday last, which we are violating
no confidence in saying was from the
pen of that noble old democrat:


i see by your paper that the Sherman
Courier asserts that Governor Throck-
morton was never democrat until
1869, five years ago.


While committed to another in the
approaching nomination. for reasons
with which the public have 70 COLI
cern, should be recreant to the COM
monest sense of honor to remain ST.
lent at such an outrage on truth.


The statement of the Courier, that
Major John Henry Brown was "dis-
missed from duty" on THE HERALD,
is gross and malicious libel upon both
Major Brown and the proprietors Of
this paper. 1t is well known to the
people of Dallas, and could have been
known to the editor of the Courier If
he had felt any interest in reference to
the truthfulness of his statements, that
Major Brown accepted the position of
temporary editor of The HERALD, last
fall, as a kind accommodation to the
proprietors of the paper; that he was

closely occupied by other duties; that
the burden was very heavy one upon
him, and that he had for long time
been anxious to be relieved by some
other arrangement being made.


The statement that Mr.. Simmons
was in any sense "the printer of the
Texas.and Pacific road at Shreveport"
other than that he did whatever work
it gave him, and made the road pay
for it just as he did his other customs
ers, is as destitute of truth as the state
ment previously disposed of. Going
through the whole HERALD establish
ment, the Courier next says that we
have INDUCED in "cowardly intima-
tionsp against Judge Hare. Our only
reply TO this Is that it is deliberately
false. Respect for the propriety due to
the readers OF THE HERALD alone pre-
vents us from characterlzing it more
harshly.