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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05


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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

AUsrIS, TEXAS. alagss 1913
To the Members Of the State Democratic Executive
Committee Of Tezas.
GEETLEMEN-A act passed at the present session
OF the Legislature. and approved by the Executive
provides that The first Tuesday IN December, 1873
there shall be elected Governor Lieutenant ooss
enor Treasurer Comptroller Of Public Accounts. su
perintendenf Of Public Instruction Commissioner Of
the General Land Oaice thirty Senators and ninety
members Of the House Of Rcprescntativcs as wen us
certain local officers
Between now aad the time axcl for The ee,iera elee.
tion, it viii beueccssary and proper that State Con-
vcnton be hold FOR the purpose Of nominating eand-
dates for The several State ofic to be elected
In order tercfor5 that all Toiions o. the State be
full and fairly represcuted, respect iy rex esf shat
yu each signify your opnonas 10 he time a well ~
your preference FOR the place nj which said onrenfion
be held Communications addressed 10 me- 10 the care
Of Hon. George Goldthwaiie Houston. TEXAS. VIII
reach me
further suggest that you do not delay proper aticn
ton to your district county aud precEct organization
and that You urge upon the voters the great Importance
OF our primary meeting there it istat every one
has opportunity OF being heard and II exercising
his influence in guarding against the appointment ol
delegates favorable to particular ndividnal inter
ests and without regard of the general welfare
G. III WINKIElf.
Chairman Democratic Executive Committee
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05


Tie discussion 0[ tie lniernstionaI cone
promise Vas conhnued il the senate on
yesterday. After tie suggestions made bf
senator sayess IN his speecl, Of yesterday,
in which he took the strongest grounds
against the ofIer Of any comprolniss, ana in
which be advanced the idea that the COM
promise, as proposed, might entail double
debt npon the State, IN case the bonds were
declared constitutional, an amendment was
offered, that such comproniiso. Il accepted,
BE taken IN settlement Of all claims. The
position of the Senators remained. the same,
and after the speeches Of Senators Pickett
and Shelley, taking both most deter
mined opposition to the offer Of eompfom-
isc, voting commenced upon the bin, which
was finally passed by the.following vote.
Yeas-Baker, cole, Ford, Finley. Foun-
tain, Franks, Gaines, Hall, King Pyle,
Rawson, Randle, Ruby, saylor, Tendick,
Tracy and N-ord-- III.
Nays -.iy1nger, Ball Dillard, Dohoney.
Evans, Henry. Latimer, ssyers, shelley.
Swift and AIr President-11.
IN the House, identically the same bin
was taken up during the morning session,
and without discussion, objected to at once
by two-thirasvote The Impressions that
this disposes OF the question in the Thir-
teenth Legislsture.
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fMnSEIcATED. J
HePudfation.

It Is u Well cstaDlIsleQruc oi laws uni
yersally recognize in ~ CIVIL ized countries.
that no State of gssernneslt can. le sued in
any court without the con ent Of tie State
Or government to be sued Nor can State
be compelled by the judgmeat order Or
decree Of court to perform is coatraete
or pay its legal liabilities Therefore, all
Stale obligations whether legal or equita-
Bile, are peculiarly debts OF honor, and
whether a STATE performs is obligations or
not, must depend soloy upon tie sense Of
honor Of the Legislature liquidation IS 4
public avovai of the dislionor 0f those cx-
eroising the powes.o 81 government end that
the people thereof are destitute oi moral
honesty. But few States have had the bar
dihood TO repu3iate its insf on LEGAL lmbili-
ties. and none have recovered from such a
fatal step. The honor Of state IS ike
female innoceneo, which, B1cn1ost, can never
be recovered flicre IS something 50 ai)-
hoTrent about tle very idea OF rcpudi-
alton, that tho InaA who would attempt
self tlc hissos Of ah iadir1f7t and oat-
ragged people IT is not true that the
whole, or even a majority OF any communi-
and the mao who thinks so nisjEdgcs man
kind Whether State pays its debts Or
performs its obligations, depends entirely
upon the Wilfof the Legislature, and when
the present Legislature first convened, each
individual member was open in his denun-
ciations of anything looking towards pres
ent or future population rhis ayowal on
the part OF the Legislature found a hearty
response in the bosom Of the whole people,
irrespective of party orpolitical creed. Tex
as Is q youngand undeveloped afo unfedgcd
giant. She has scarcely entered upon . Cd
reer Of future prosperity which is to 1e me
pafallelcd in the history 0f commonwealth
She has millions of undeYelopcd agricul-
tural and mineral wealth within 3pr hord-
ers, anu sa fnrnish homes FOR the entire
present population of the United States.
Within the next century She Will ie more
powerful than The empirt 81 Prussia, thccons
gucrof Of Great Bntain's ancicnt rival.
Her past history S uniarni he'd by any act
Of disboHor. and she cannoi nowhcsittc
when her integrity is - stake.
The preseat Legislature lak under pccu.
fa1ly embarrassing circnusiancrs oecom-
plishell all the people dcinanaed q them at
tic Inst election. They iiH however have
q difficult problem to solve. buf i IS
believed that lley are equal ta the iask
The last Legislature rrcatcd 1e State
debt in charteringflie international baiiroad
Company. This debt fnlf ~ million.
Of dollars Itisalloeed Tint rs charter
was procured ly fraud. a1d uit IS noq
pending to determine that fscf The nar
who tells son ttat yt nlF er1n hope iol
relief from tliis sait. r nsi lcaliag 4 lot
credulous anfisa misguided people Ihg
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

We IRE glad to see tia fhe New York
Tribune has not gone back from its position
taken in the last Presidential election
against the corrupt administration Of Grant
In truth. it seems advancing, step i,y step,
to storm al the strongholds Of the common
enemy. No Democratic paper IL the Union
exhibits more zeal or more ability 10 de-
nouncing every act Of usurpAton, and ex-
posing every wrong and Outrage. Ifitwere
not for It's tarif opinions. ana IS continued
advoeacy Of tie doctrine Of protection, it
might be considered a FIRST nie Democratic
papcr It IS being edited with distin-
guished ability by Whitlrs Reid and
other able assistants, md Il must be ad-
mit.ed that tae Weekly Tribune, aside
from politics, IS really one Of thc best
newspapers ID tine country
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

The true status Of the international com
promise bin. now before the Legislature, is
as follows; House Bill No. 71s, passad the
House, was taken up IN the Senate, referred
TO a COMMITTEES which reported an amend
mens, that was passed as substitute to
House Bill No. 7l2. The House Bin il,
lhen beyond doubt, ready to be returned
and acted upon in the House. The late
action Of the House in taking up the
Senate bin was clearly out Of order, and
not at an incompliaace with parliamentary
usage. The duty Of The House in the pre-
sent case is. beyond doubt, to take up
the bin from the Senate and amend or re-
iect It.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05


1t appears, from some OF our exchanges
that the Hon. Alex II. Stevens, lately
Elected to Congress from the Augusta Dis
trict, Georgia, has a better opinion.of Pres
ident Grant than the people who elected
him, and the Augusta Constitutiouaiist
complains that the ex President of the
Confederate States, so-calied, is trying to
'.crm down their throats his own peculiar
admiration for the giftea Grant. We arc
not much astonished at any thing BIr. Ste
vens may say or 10. Heis undoubtedly a
man Of genius, but very eccentric and un-
reliable as a politician, and always was
We should not be much surprised if he
finally landed in the Grant party and got a
foreign mission, ike his friend On, of South
Carolina. Both these men, and Governor
Brown, Of Georgia, were, during the late
'unpieasantness, 50 extremely Southern,
that they could have no patience with the
milder opinions of Jefferson Davis. Men
are 50 apt to 60 from one extreme to
another Brown and Orr went to the Radi-
Gals Immediately after the war ended, and
VIC think it not unlikely that Stephens may
soon follow. Admiration for Grant! 80
Lordyn
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4 COO Da1,. VOL.

Yesterday the House put through the fol-
lowing important bills which go to the
Governor for approval The General APP
Precipitation Rill-the Finance Bin, which
authorizes the Governor or his agent to sell
$500. 600 State bonds-ihe Tax Bill the
bin appropriating sloo. 600 to pay the school
teachers. t also liked upon next Wcdnes-
day for adjournment, vhiehwiIls doubtless.
De eoneured in By the senate. NC call
this good days work. and are willing 70
say Wen dones good and faithful ser
wants We have ever had confidence that
the present Legislature waald. eeioTe it ad-
jouEuedr 10 everything in its power 70 Set
matters rigist and ppt TIE State and its pco-
PIE in Tire best condition that circumstances
pefniited If now itcou1d eject a rcason-
nbic coaiprOHds5 With the international
Railroad and settle that disturbing question,
we should feel IKE throwing up our hat and
shouting ail honor and glory to the Texas
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

The resignation Of Theirs aud the ap-
poiptmcnt Of Marshall 1Ic1Iahon as Presi-
dent ol the French government IS indica-
tive, we think, that the Republic IS nearly
ended. We entertain no doubt that both
France and spain win 60 back to monarchiai
FERNS Of government. We are getting along
50 poorly in fl,is country thar it Is not rluca
encouragement for the people Of Europe to
try and govern themselves. II Grant gets
third term, which he is evidcntly desiring.
Is St unlikely that it win l'o followed by
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

's 81 Is that Captain Jaek is
- sns.es ses fine uniform Of General
sen''. he snsl the aIodos paf should
We commence D new one
but we orc . great people
40 telling how many wars We
carry on 81 tie same time Anyhow,
e glsa ihaE Mckenzie Whipped the
Siel apoos Nollipg but tllpsbing 1loes
ac arase auy GOOD That IS tie quickest
sny IS ciyifze him
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

Our yesterday dispatches iold q another
great fire Of Boston It IS strangc tlisi with
ali the modern appliances Tor The preventing
and stoppine lires Fiat the terfle eou-
ilagrations q Boston and Cls ago should
harc occurred. Our northern lfethera see. =
70 be having their full sllese ~ atiiiss ion
since the war Wctrust tlie cllast sements
pf Providence may be sor their ID and
Al their hemts With more kindly fcei'pes
l0rtlc misfortune 0f otiioN
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

There e negro postmaster IN kamberg,
South Carolina, Who can neither read nor
ll,e This IS held 10 be an advantage. as
30 nnQt lnd out ihe contents Of letters
Should BE- break ihcm open, as more ac-
c4npiishea ofHeials sometimes 90 Whcn
re people csrle, they are permitted to look
offr the pile ana emil out for ihemHelYes
tfiie oe "a lhe striking hlustratiOns 81
Ire ieps ''s'.t reform.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

pAin Robert aI Jos oselyn VIII from
ih asls lssume position upoa tie edito-
fisI lal 81 the Statesman. ia introducing
bir our cc-la5oter We feel That the on
aoun pent Ione s sufficient. without the
ns.ial eru.ou recommendations and prom
e His 1apuiation as al able Journalist
alfcad widely known
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a correspondent 81 the san Antonio Ter
Old from San Felipe gives some particulars
Of Gens Mckenzie raid, derived from tie
General himself There were treniy-two
warriors killed and t9o sQnegs accidentally.
seyerat OF the redskins Bege burned o
death IN their wigwan Il Is said the
most Of the kiclsapoo warriors were away.
psobabiy dcpredatin9 81 this side ol lbe
Rio Gnnde We eee tise roasting d ffe
IDdians bus So fesaenbcT saqt one 81 ile
wagoners Of our ll5end Warner fee asfc
tied othe wagon sccl apd slo7 ha7ie
to death 1t IS fis fof iai
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q hcpubiieap paper. 10 less respectable
t6p l1 NeN York Tribune admits that
tle C8olie tside IS rs sbfatal and horrible
as was efe7 TIC African slave trade. Within
tie last tgelye years over So 600 haze been
thipDedto PERI.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

During tic session Of the Legislature, from
tho great length Of the proceedings, which
We are compelled to publish, it is impossi-
Bile for US to give much variety to the col
umns of the Statesman; but as soon as we
ore freed from this pressure, VIC intend to
make ous paper a first-rate family one, and
the most readable and interesting in the
State. It win contain politics, literature
and news, in due proportion, and the taste
of all shall be gratilied, If possible.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

INC statesman, as the lloneled organ q
the Democracy, viii at All times endeayoi
to do fun justice to al Democrats, however
varied may be their sentiments and opinions,
at the same time it viii frankly aud eouT.
teously express its own. If it feared oi
failed to do this. it would not be fit for the
position it occupies and would not deserve
the public patronage.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

The act of August 0, 1870, appropriated
to the international Railroad Company
bonds to the amount Of SO 000 per mile,
and provided node FOR paving the pfii..i-
pal and interest. The Senate bin no,f lin
its the number Of said bonds which sllall
be issued under tip former appropriation
bin, and while it provides different mode
Of paving tie interest, ii is only as to Che
mode This IS really the form Of the bill
which has left the Senate to 90 hack is the
Homo
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

The carpct bagger from Vermont, al
luded 10 in yesterdsy's evening journal,
came of age in Ninehesser Va, over forty
years ago, before the write. in the Journal
vas born, and has been n citizen Of the
South ever since.
Mr.. cardwell, u native of Georgia, and
educated in Virginia, needs no defence
against such attacks. Compliments would
have been better received had they not
been mixed with the undeseryed censure OF
others.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

The Two Eagles published ai Laredo,
son the Rio Grandes IS for Throclmogton fof
Goyenef and Colonel Ford for Lieutenant
Governor thus representing. as il says
Eastern ana Western Texas It reports n
dians ten mics north Of the city rather
ing horse stock and soaring the people gen
eraliv
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

The Texas New Era. published at Long
view, puts up the Hon. 0. NJ. Roberts as
its candidate for Governor. This gentle
man has filed many important positions in
the State Of Texas, among them the Presi-
dency of the Secession Convention, as stated
hg the New Era.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

The News Beacon a Beaumont, claims
70 have tlle llfest circulation af any paper
in Southeast Texas. ffse nun before 1s
looks we'll, and contains tie able defense of
the Hon ~ S. Herndon fof his vote on tie
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

tc ieari, bs the san Antonio Herald, II
-fhe arrival in that city of The prisoners
lately caplured by Colonel McKenlc. They
consist q fifteen s4uawA tseniy-.lifce ehii-
dnn. and one Nlclan chief and warrior.
Back castalito. We suppose tic grown
men isho pcrc not sised. Ian suay. CAS-
tah,9 MAS rccospizea l,v rcrsi eiEssneoi
San Anto1il, and Is 81 oil p'Icnder He
repre- his acc Is eiellif. but s. Thought
t. 81 Sopascr. The party IS deserted -
lo5kins mise5ahie, aal bcne hAif eia,i
Il ~. annenacl 2' snr.aef AIS.
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1ae Sc. Mafsinsyiiie prisoners. peEbme,
sle> and Paul Decloaci. Jules Gray, Gus
lsaumeeil. Zach Council Essil.e Fouiaet,
oounae Alfred pcsbier and Eugene
faaifnid nov being tried before the
tnited states Commissioner ~ New Or
leaa fof violating the ciyil Figlt bill
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

Attention is called to the announcement
Of Col. c NJ NinlSler. Chairman Of the
State Democratic Executive Committee. ar.
pointing Col. ,. NJ Short member Of
the committee.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

AUSTIN, TExAs, May 90. 1915
Hon. D. N. Short, of Shelby county, has
been appointed menaer OF tho State
Democratic Executive Committee, for the
Second Senatorial District vice Col Peyton
f. Edwards. resigned
G. d. WISKLER
Chairman Democratic Executive Com
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senator Bah paid hielI ard ae
time deserved comphncni 6 the irih
people upon slie discussion 81 ilie immi-
vIatioA bili in flic ssnaseon So cfslag IL
trathlGlly said That laey ere thrifty slf
3 deserving people tiiai ti.ey q once te
game identified Wita ille couHi eiii
zns 81 ii DE irae sense u Tie term
ready - conform i5 the ieu it ~ ~
fcad it5n war a1d proud q fHtIf r e
.sfil5rueIfift
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

Under an net of Congress, the different
missions TO Central america have been con
sohdated-one performing the former duty
Of iive-which is, Of itself, very well, and a
saving of much expense; but, as an encour-
agement to deserters from the Democratic
party, our friend, Colonel George William
son, q Shreveport, :. Louisiana, has been
the new Minister, It is only
necessary to join the Radical party for al.
old rebel to be considered truly loil, and
to be promoted 70 high position. Witness
the dead Orr, Of South Carolina. Who
na,f2
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-05

Our thanks are due Francis A. Walker,
Esqa superintendent Of the Census for q
compendium Of the ninth census of the
United States "A very useful book Of refer
ence foran editor
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We hope the Journal viii carefully cxan-
inc this table Of illiteracy We refer
again to that paragon Of State, that
claims to be in advance Of the world in
progressive civilization, and ask, is not
Texas IN advance of Massachusetts,, consid-
ering all the circumstances Nearly
ninety eight thousand over ten years.of age
that cannot writei ne are aware it may
be retorted that the ratio Of the illiterate is
greater in Texas than many Of the States
enumerated, but We deny that this is the
Just and correct mode Of determining the
relative success Of school system If ter
ritory be considered, and certainly this con-
stitutes one of the great barriers Of educa-
ton, public or private. then Texas IS IN adj
vance Of all other States Who does not
know that it Is easier to educate one thou
sand children living on a mile square Of
territory, than one-fourth that number liy-
ing on forty miles square, aud vet this is
about the relative territorial condition OF
Texas, in contrast with any Of the other
States above enumerated.
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according to the census Of 1870:

we ask the JOURNAL TO look at TINS table
Of school attendance and answer if Texas
Is not, under all the circumstances, in adj
vance Of any other State above named.
There, for instance, is Massachusetts, with
Boston, the hub Of the world, that has
been q State nearly two hundred years and
for seventy years has had compulsory
sc!iooi law, dense population and not
much more territory than one county in
Texas, with over eighty-four thousand
children, that never attend school, and
Texas, with an empire Of territory, thinly
populated, with one hundred ten thousand.
We also give for the benefit Of the journal
some statistic ON illitcacy
White inhabitants in each State over the
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-12-07

owed my rescue to the unexpected visit Of
the chief engineer of the line, who had come
down to see with his own eyes the manner
in which the bridge behaved in heavy
fsrthest accessible point of the platform.
What comforting glass of brandy and
water that was of which partook by the
warmth of the engine furnace, and how ex-
hilerating the run homeward on the swift
shrieking engine
| was at Dolbadarn in time for dinner,
after all As aat down to the cheerful
meal with friends who were discussing the
light ordinary topics of the day. looked
about me, wondering if l were really here
in actual corporeal presence, or if my life
had ended in that last rush of water, and
were only dreaming, for in that sleep Of
death what dreams may come