The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-05
Texas Politics.


The Navasota Tdl7et hays alive one John
S. Mills, white man, said TO he candi-
date for the constitutional convention on the
negro ticket.
1t Is the Waco Reporter, the Comanche
Chicf will observe. that says: "John Ire
land is the name of the man defeated at
the LulIng convention"
If the Burnet Bulletin be not at fault, Col.
SAMSON will be an admirable representative
of the highest intelligence of Texas in the
constitutional convention.
The negroes about Bastrop voted solldly
against the convention, or, had agreed to
do so. Such, we presume, were instruc-
tions issued to them everywhere. @
Col. John s. Ford writes an admirable
article, as IA matter of rhetorical taste, in
the Brownsville Democrat. 1t is especially
devoted to the eXcoriation of Judge W. II.
Russell. -r.-.. .--s......
Charles I. Booth, candidate for the dis
trict attorneys place at Bastrop, is said to
have been ballot-box stuffer during the
Davis reign of terror and of MameIuke
cavalry.
The Messenger man is full of good sense
and of cultured taste, and he commends, in
almost extravagant phrases, the speech
made at Cameron Ivy Col. f. Sterling G. Ro-
bertson, of Bell county.
Cook, of the Southeastern Htder, is off
making speeches, and its no injustice to the
''boys" to say that his absence is plainly
told by the paper, and they need not have
opened their mouths to eject apologies.
The politicians about Corsicana are still
plotting, and some ''little corporal" will
yet make his appearance and astonish man
kind in Corsicana, if not in Corsica, by the
splendor of his genius. Is Zadek the COM
ing man: lie is said to be the fussiest of
them all.
The Granbury Tidette and Weatherford
Times and Hill Comfy Record repudiate the
action of the Weatherford convention, and
then there comes the Mexia Ledger with all
the traces of Ireland's harness kicked off
entirely.
The Jin1pPG'te says that Ferris is the man
Coke put upon the Bench to destroy the
International road, and now that this dirty
job was done, Ferris is to go to Austin
and prevent Coke's election from office and
a new deal.
The card giving contradiction to the
statements that Governor Coke owned lands
in Cherokee county, where the eastern pen
itentiary is to be located, is signed by Il.
H. Quinn, ]. E. billiard, Bonner & Bonner,
A. jackson, r. b. Reagan, John A. Boyd,
IS. B. Barron.
The STATEsMAN's readers would die of
hamilton if the paper went driveling along
th h. Il
with the whole newspaper press of Texas.
If we could think precisely like John Ire
land, and all his whippers-in, we wouldn't.
The Bastrop AdUertiser doesn't seem to be
especially well pleased that the teachers of
Texas are to hold a convention here while
the constitutional convention is in session.
These pedagogues are sharp fellows, and
love the children of Texas more than them
selves.
Heavy rains have fallen at Brownsville,
and the excited candidates and people were
cooled down properly before the election.
But things are fearfully hot when the Sen
tineL would have the blessed people believe
that Col. Ford is Radical because he is a
candidate on his own account.
Col Leader published Governor Coke's
owned land in Rusk county in his, Lead
er's, paper, and accepted the Governors
statements as final. Mr.. Leader says he
was misled by common talk at Henderson,
and never doubted what he heard till the
Governors statements were published. And
this is all, and the end of it.
The Stephenville Empire, after denounc.
ing bitterly the proposition to repeal the
law exempting property from execution.
naively SAYS ''we who are single men speak
only for those who are more fortunate than
ourselves. There is no exemption of prop.
erty for us, and we ask none. We speak
only for those who are building homes and
working for the development of Texas and
the increase of her population" -r
Parson Bates is still speaking in Collin,
SAYS the Denton Reoie,o. The same speak
ing was gong on in this intermlnable way a
week ago, and Mr.. Bates will keep or
speaking till the election is over. lie i:
sstiltine" against Beecher's lawyers who
went it a week each. Brother Bates doesn't
abate under three weeks. They'll want q
branch of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum in
Collin.
The Rockdale Messenger is fresh and vi
vacious and the more lively, since it j:
death to Mr.. Cox, who was a candidate fol-
a seat III the constitutional convention. II
seems that Mr.. Cox made speech at Da.
villa, in reply to Gen. Robertson, and Mr..
Cox eloauently said: "Well, you've heard
Gen. Robertson, and here's my circular, and
can't make speech Then Mr.. Cox
stepped down and out, and the Messenger
thinks it absurd; and cuffs Mr.. Cox out OF
the ring.
An exchange says that San Antonio wishes
to be the capital of a separated State, and
another that Western Texas wants to secede.
Both are mistaken A few fellows over
there want to be Governor and judges and
United States Senators; but we have more
of them to support than we can afford co
hire. The TRUTHS Western Texas and San
Antonio are both against secession, and it,
only the representative of these place-seek-
ers who would secede.
That pious paper, the Commercial, of Dali
las, says Bimberger cheese factory was re
Gently established, and the next day Governor
Coke was telegraphed by the War Depart
ment: Nv Observation-Disclosures so.r The Cover
nor's answer is supposed to tell of the death
of demagogism in Texas, and since IT IS
agreed that q man NAV be for or against hard
crat, even so he may be for or against par
tisanship in the State Constitution. and still
be a Democrat.
We never exactly believed it hll We read
about it in the Corpus Christi Gazttte. but
w. II. Russell did beat Jere Galvan at a
regular game of ''0ld draw" Russell dre's
1854 and Jere 1910 mileage from Browns-
vile, where they both live on opposite sides
Of the same street. The Gassgte makes Al
awful fuss about it. But il signifies moth
ing. Russell was sea-siek, and Jere wasn't,
when coming over, and it seemed twice As
far TO one as the other, and the two men
we're equally honest, no doubt, in estlmat-
ing distance. Champagne Is death 70 sea-
sickness, and sredoesn't like sea-sickness,
and Russell invested In mileage instead OF
Champagne. -------s.
JUDGE oTKRo. OF Las Cauees. has been
sheaTing l40. 900 sheep and, this little job