The Portland daily press., 1877-06-07
THE TEXAS COLONY.
President Stanton sill Hopeful.

In view OF the fact that it has Ibeen'generaily
circulated that the Texas colony started by Mr..
Stanton was fraud and that.he never would
take colony to Texas, reporter of this pa
per thought that he would call upon Mr.. STAN
ton and see how he spoke of the scheme. Ac-
cordlngly the scribe called at the headquarters
and found Mr.. Stanton talking over his affairs
with the colonists. He said that the report
made in this paper that the.back of the colony
was broken was entirely untrue, but on the
contrary things were looking unusually we'll.
He admitted that Messrs Severns and Law
renee had gone to Boston to negotiate with
railroad land agents, but said that it would not
amount to anything. He said that none of his
men who are worth having had left him or in
tend to do so. He denies the story that there
has been $500 paid into the treasury. He says
the sum is less than 5000. When he returned
from Texas the officers said that they had not
had any money and he gave them all little
and paid several small bills. Mr.. Hyer re-
ceved $15 and Mr.. Merry about S. Mr.. STAN
ton denounced the story in the Advertiser last
evening in no uncertain terms. He was sure
that no such interview was ever had with Mr..
natl scheme is lie from beginning to end. In
order that parties may know just what Mr.. STAN
ton promises to do, we give the following ex-
tracts from the constitution and bylaws which
have recently been adopted:
The object of this society is to better the
condition of working classes, by putting them
in possession of eighty acres of land and a
comfortable house.
The property bought by this society is located
in the state OF Texas under good and whole
some laws for the poor man.
The membership of this society is not to ex-
coed one thousand, leach being entitled to eighty
dimensions twenty-four by thirty feet, studded
and clapboarded, with box cornish finish, paint
ed outside with two coats OF white paint, two
rooms finished in lower part.
= In the centre of said land there shall be one
hundred thousand city lots laid out of twenty
five by one hundred feet, all money accruing
from city lots to be used for the benefit of said
society; all city lots remaining unsold after
each members house is built on his eighty
acres shall be sold at auction and the money
appropriated to the benefit of the society.
This society, by vote of the members pres
emit shall have the power to exclude any per-
son from becoming member who, in their
opinion, would be detrimental to its interests
All members are required to have not less
than ten acres of land under state of cultiva-
ton before acquiring the right to sell or con-
vey said land.
All members of this society shall be required
to pay the sum of fifty cents per week for
twelve weeks. When members of this society
are in arrears on dues for two weeks it shall be
the duty of the Secretary to notify said mem
bers; ifiat the expiration of two weeks the said
dues remain unpaid, said member or members
may be removed by vote of the society.
The board of directors shall have the power
to aff1x the salaries of officers and employees of
the society.
Rules of order-Cushing's Manual shall be
the authority of this society in all matters re-
lating to order nd proceedings not provided in
the foregoing.
judging from the result of the meeting last
evening all is not as as Mr.. Stanton would have
the public believe by his statement made above.
The directors met the first of the evening and
decided that Mr.. Stanton could not carry out
his plans and thatit was best for him to re-
sign the Presidency. This intimation of their
want of faith in him was not received in the
best of spirits by him, and he became very in
dignant and called meeting of the colony.
lie then plead his cause in an excited manner
and called on all of those who would support
him to take a certain side of the house. The
room was crowded by colo nists and outsiders,
and it was impossible to tell what the sense of
the meeting was, but Mr. Stanton was equal to
the emergency and declared it a verdict for
him over the directors, and at the close Of the
meeting he called at this Office and so stated it.
The meeting was more like mob than an as
sembage governed by the rules of Cushing.
A NEW COLONY TO BE FORMED.
Mr. Severns and Mr.. Lawrence returned from
Boston yesterday, accompanied by Mr.. Hanson
of the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio
railroad. Mr.. Hanson is authorized to and does
offer to take colony to Texas and settle them
upon good land. A room will be engaged this
morning and an organization effected later in
the day with responsible man at the head 1t
is proposed to push the thing through. and all
those who really want to go to Texas will be
given an opportunity to do so at once. The
new colony really looks like business, Mr..
Stanton to the contrary notwithstanding.