The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-10-22

Editors DsmOcratc Sfaes,naa- II II. t..e
erence % the STATESMAN III The 's.t,s,ih -.
slant, an article with the above heafihT wit.
ten BY some new conner here IL conla eof
have been written by any one who had hesn
here more than twenty DAYS. fer ho sars ssT7
is s4imoFsd that the auihoriIlos of 49,
county are about % build public prison IS
the Capitol grounds, etc ANY one who hns
been here over twenty days knows that Il a
moFe than mere rumoT, that the court house
and Jail are 70 be built az the head of Cor.
gress Avenue The tax for the purposo 81
erecting them was levied four or i've months
ago, and the plan and specifcations submitted
20 the county court months ago. Henct. /
say Aif. s'Senexe must be of recent impoFaa-
tion here. and Is evidently lawyer. FISHING
for fee from the citizens adjacent to tho
ground where the conrt house and jail are b
be butt in getting up an injunction EnIf
against the county authorities restraining tc
erection Of them at that point
The writer of the article OF the seventh
misrepr resepts, or rather, sappresses OF kecls
back any tr1e representation OF the 1Il.
Il Is % be builtlhacx on BFazos street, colsId-
removed from the Avenue. The fhor-
IT B o. jailers residence Il a front on R1nz0s
street, whichis tobe'A very comely stTt inre,
and viii be an ornament TO the city, snd the
Jail is to be built back Of that with foo walls
enclosing it, which will relieve The gent 'cman,
10 q very great extent. Of the s'Onsoo nlinessn
Of jail - thai poink The gentlemen would
know ef Be hsd heen here long enodeh) thar
the court house Is to be q magnificent fecsure
fronting on the Avenue, TO cost not ess than
cious 6lifdi 3 tlifeg iorls,s farfl,i s'sSsIT,r-
adorn any city. And II the gentleman can
advance q single good reason Why tie court
house and jail should not be built At he place
designaied, and donated b. the Legislature 10
the county Tor that purpose, be has certainly
failed TO do Il IN the article referred To-
Mr. Senex says, "that a Jail Is greatly need
Cd, ail admit, but what, save 3 groveline mind,
ever conceived that that jail should ht the
sentinel to guard the entrance to the Capitol Of
Texas. II they win only serve the part q q
good sentinel, one win not hear Of another
legislator being murdered and robbed on or
near the Capiiolsteps while the Legislature i
Il Is 4 little strange that tbs Legislature, with
al their wisdom, should have granted the
county the privilege Of erecting the court
house and jail at that point, were they % be
such miserable and hideous things calculated
to "disgrace" the State OF Texas. There viii
notbe a more orderly place IN the city Of Aus
tin to outsiders than win be the court house.
jail and jailors residence. Everything Is 70 Be
protected by high rock walls, and the outside
world would never know that il was ever IN
tended for ''prison for criminals unless
toldleo. fsFs1s tfs Le1E tt
The gentleman speaks Of 'the shocking
profanity and ohscenity, which In loud and
bOister0us tones pr0caed from our county pris.
on. Now, Iwouldnot like 70 say that Senex.
had ever reveled Al the pleasurogof calabooso
| life But there y one thing very evident 70
my mind, and that ie that be describes city
ealab0ose, where drunken men are placed
lOyeF night So that they may be s0bored Of
enough 10 appear before the mayor the next
morning, rather than court house and jail,
such as win be erected at the plact Ia ques
ti0n.ss dsiv b9legal gasd oFd d3H
II do not know whether 'sSenexp s . mem
Der Of the Methodist Church OF NOT, butt he
i Is, Il VIII venture that he win never be dis
/ tgrbed IN his slumhers during services, by any
/ loud and boisternps la1guage emanating or
/ proceeding from the jan or iailor's house, and
4 as long as there are decent people enough in
the county to elect decont sheriff we will
/ have q decent iailor--one whose family viii
not molest divine worship at the Methodist or
any other church. SiIEx
II T.