The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-05-14
FRoNTTER FRoTRCTroN.

That blatant Aattersf, of men in power,
who presides over the State GIgbsttS disgusts
people by his lunseemly lAudationS Uf 6is-
ttaguisAed men 2 to such degree that he
drew from the Houston Age the following:
EIssWen wager that theaeditof Of che Stdte
Gazette is acquainted with and meets with
greater number rof distinguished men and
distinguished mems friends than any othei,
man in the United States. The Colonel
lives in an atmosphere of distinction, and
the friends and acquaintancesl of diHtinc-
tion." " -raf-y-,gs asef, rs-,,rod r.
This man in his disinterested zeal for the
distinguished, members of the Legislature
takes us ta-task because -xs- stated what is
\ known 70 b, Q fact, that the appropriation
to frontier defense was Sto0s small and heads
his gratuitous article with Islander Re
fdted. u We viii give him the benefit of a
few extracts justto show the malice Of the
MANI s9IEm ls.1 II 1rH VaL sfif lesi
sgFhe conductors Of that delectable press
profess to speak by authority on the frontier
question, but this is byno means the case.
In their reckless assailment Of the frontier
representatives In both branches Of the
Legislature, they show that SO far from be-
ing the friends of frontier protection, they
areits deadliest enemiesni54rt1 p "
We suppose that the Gazsttc man was so
much afraid that the STATEsMAN might be
considered as the mouthpiece of the distiR
bguisle9 that he made haste to dIsatuse the
public by stating that this paper did not
u nl =.
states his case as follows:l ff ~ r.3.
1T was on motion of Senator Erath, a
noble frontiersman of forty-twO years stand
| ing, that the $500, 900 was Incorporated IN
the bill And Senator Westfall, than whom
there is none more familiar with the wants of
the frontier, and Ball and Trolinger, and Al
llson-in tall the frontier Senator's
pressed themselves as perfectly satisfied.
And we have yet to hear one word of COM
plant from frontier members Of the House
atthe amount appropriated forthis purpose
We'll, suppose the mobile trontiefSulan of
fOrty-two years standing rdidPopOte $780,
600, that does not change the fact.q Per
.haps the Gazette man was q little shy Of
Stephens and Sadler, 'who were On thS com
mittee nppointedto investigat6 the Lunatic
Asylum frauds, aWhOrin their TsPort make
use ofithe following language :bta i-ai s.ii
II eff the aboard ofrmanGgers were not d.
rectly interested in these Outrageous chsFgea
they must have been as imbecile. As the af-
fiicted inmates of the asylum"
Now, if he-wiu- only -aslE-thsir opinions,
he will find out that there were asgpOd
many who preferred $AOO, 600 to $500, 900
and are not considered either IS enemies oi
the froptiersi in fact are the immediate rep
resentatiyes of that section, But PeFhaps
the members of the House were, in ths
opinion of the Gqsette, too 1plebsian TO con
suit, while the Senate was just suited 10 hi
taste. This attempt ef the, Gassts tO PsE
vert the objects of the sTATEslaAH, sgf
try to get up a little favor, is 50 spparen
that it will only create disgust. We hsyI
other opinions Of cotempoEaEies in TelstioI
to the Gazette on hand, and will give then
to the public occasion may demand. Blu
then as the committee on the LURetie Asy
lam say that eff the board Of manager
we're not directly interested in these ont
rageous charges they must have been Is i'm
beclle as the afflicted inmates Of the asy
lum, we suppose any shortcomings Of the
Gazette must be attributed to that cause.
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