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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29
A MISREPRESENTATION.


1t is astonishing, suggests the KNOX
vile Tribune, what misspprehension has
obtained as to the action of the joint
resolution of Mr.. Bsysrd, as regards
its effect upon the legal tender. It wss
t, be expected, as matter of course.
that the advocates of the issuance of an
unlimited amount OF practically ire
deemable notes, bearing the stamp of
the United States Government, would
oppose any measure looking to the re-
turn to gold and silver basis; but
that Democrats, claiming to adhere to
the traditions OF their party, and bat
Ting for the success of what has al
ways been claimed as the cardinal
principle underlying and supporting
all Others, sarpssses usual comprehen-
sion. There are some who have been
inhaled by motives of temporary expe-
diency, and there are Others who hon.
estly labor under the impression that
the adoption of the Bayard resolution
viii lead to oppressive contraction.
The legal tender assumption is Of no
value a. long As government credit il
good, and when il is bad the only
ofics Of the legal tender quality Is to
force thing that is not worth par to
Be taken for debts IN private trans.c-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

The Springfield (Mass.) }; Republican
handles the third term business in the
following vigorous style:
1t is deep, underlying principle
which makes opposition to Grant no
more personal matter than Webster's
answer to Haynes speech was matter
personal to Hayne. A greet constitu-
tionsl question lies across the track of
the republic. L. ought to be cleared
up. Public men whose il fluepce does
not rest Cn office, should speak out
upon it. There are still some such
left not tied down by the hopes and
fears of patronage, nor gagged by the
machine. They know the peril. They
understand exactly what third term
means. They realize the shock which
must come TO the constitutional fabric,
which has broadened ''slowly down
from precedent to precedent" if the
practice and habit of the republic be
overturned at this poIut.
1t is question on which mere law
yers and precIsionists cannot advise,
but where the people themselves
should take counsel of caution, rather
than of needless risk, and should speak
their sentiments. 1t is question like
that which brought Mr.. EVarts to the
independent platform, when General
De Trobrisnd organized the Louisiana
Rouse with q file of United States SOL
die only vastly more important, be-
cause the departure from constItu-
tionsl practice Is to be more deliberate,
more permanent aud sweeping in eff.
feet. 1t is question in which every
man can see the danger and the peril.
1t interests Democrats as we'll as Re-
publIcans, aud every man whose opin.
ion carries weight with the people
should be urged to express it.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

SENATOR JONES, of Florida, it is
said, is not accustomed to talk at ran
dom. In the Senate he is noted for
bis conservatism and independence. It
WAS his vote that prevented the pas
sage of Senator Coke's resolution last
session to discharge the Finance Com
mittee from the further consideration
of the silver bill, and although he
does not say so, it is nevertheless q
fact, says the St. Louis Republican, that
he voted against the Coke resolution
simply because he had more faith in
Senator Bayard's judgment than he
had in the impulsiYe action of his
prosecutors, Notwithstanding the peo-
pie of Florida were understc Oh to be
in favor of the silver bill. In defining
the duties of Senators and Congress-
men and giving his conception OF true
craftsmanship, Mr.. Jones has placed
himself in opposition to that class of
his colleagues who, while admitting
the constitutionality and wisdom of
the Bsyard resolution, make the "peo-
ple's will" an excuse for non-sction OF
opposition. He hss lately expressed
himself in this wise:
l do think so, and / expect to be
greatly informed myself by it. sm q
double-srsndard hard money advocate,
and believe firmly in the principle OF
Mr.. Bayard's resolution. ! admit,
however, that have some little doubt
about the suddenness of the propcs.-
ton, bet as have not investigated the
subject thoroughly have not decided
what ! shall do. II I were forced,
however, to decide at once should
probably vote for the proposition, be-
cause ! am confident that Mr.. Bayard
has not taken this step without the
fullest examination Of the whole ques-
tlon, and % great is my confidence IN
his ability and integrity that II forced
10 act at once would cheerfuliy be
guided by his judgment. ! shall listen
sttentiveiy to the debate and especial
IL 70 Mr. Bayard. BE viii undoubted-
ly make an exhaustive speech, and Il
is not unlikely that be alone viii be
able 70 turn the current Of public opin-
ion decidedly N favor Of His resolution.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29
a HUMILI.rINe POSITION.

Senator Coke wac delivered in toe
Senate CT Thursdsy. L was painful
operation, aud when he people of Texss
reflect upon the POSITION he has taken,
they must certainly feel mortified. The
telegram, representing what he said on
the B4ysrd resolution, wss received,
alter the regular press di'paiches had
been made up aud Transmitted, with
the request from the reporter that i, 0,
added to the Ssnase proceed ogs. This
is the manner in which press reports
pertaining to minor positions in Con-
gress usually fad their way into the
morning papers. A senator or Q repre-
sentative sends his sgent to the press
reporter, late a. night, to see II anything
has been said about his great speech.
The agent inds that it has not attract
ed any attention, and q summary
of the speech is written and pre-
sented. probably in regular business
style as an advertisement is presented,
and presently the machine ticks away
and the report winds up with instruc-
tions to ''add this to Senate report
Thus great men have themselves aired
in spite Of the appreciation of press
reporters. Bat we were ref citing ul-
on Senator Coke's grand delivery, and
when We think of his position, endcrs-
ing this legal tender feature
of paper money, we are sorry
indeed that he pretends to
represent Texas democracy. Senator
Coke now occupies the same line of
action maintained by Justices Strong
and Bradley, who were placed upon the
Supreme bench to carry out Repub-
l;can scheme of dishonesty that was
condemned by every Democrat in the
United States. The c C.mden and Am
boy railroad scheme, by which depre-
ciated paper money was to be subsii-
tuted for gold obligations, was, in
truth, the plan upon which these men
secured promotion to the bench. Cor
ruPtion placed them there, and since
then they bsve losued themselves to
even greater corruption in the s to Z
proposition, by which II iyes was un-
righteously made President of the
United States. How much did Mr..
Robson AMI the Grant administration,
which put these Jastices Oh the bench
at critical moment, have to do. with
persusding Mr.. Strong and Mr.. Bradley,
in February, 1877, that these Justices
ought not "to go back" on those who
elevated them to the bench, but ought
to count in the Hayes electors by hook
or by creokq Senator Coke may Ell ~
being yoked with them, bu. the STATES
MAN Is satisfied it represents the true
democratic sentiment of Texas when it
regrets that some other man besldes
Coke does not occupy Texas seat in
the United States Senate.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

THE Boston Herald says: 'It we are
to take the statements of Southern
newspapers as authentic, those who are
imprisoned in that part of Cur country
meet with very queer treatment. A
Galveston journal complains that, in
consequence of the dilspldated condi-
ton of the iails throughout Texas, the
State is annually called upon to pay out
more money in catching escaped crimi-
nails than it would cost to put these in
stitutions in thorough repair. In South
Carolina q complaint has been made
against the Greenwood and Augusta
Railway Company, which contracted to
take Q number Of convicts as laborers,
but which, at the end of few months,
reported that rather more than half of
them were dead. In justice to the
railroad company, it should be said
that Its directors claim that these men
were wen treated and were not oyer
worked; and that the excessive mortal
ity was due to the action OF the prison
authorities in sending out e. laborers
men who were physically incapable OF
doing hard work, and who should
have been in the hospital rather than on
railr0ad elnbankments."
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

Others in appearance, beng exceeding.
~ soft and limpid; so much so that
looks like little pool of LIQUID cir. L
such thing may be. A few feet frora
this chalibeate we'll Is another which e
called ''the Vermifuge." It tastes
rather nasty, and do not doubt thai
it deserves its name. They say that
children sick with worms are efIectuAl.
ly cured by 1t.
Then there Is another well OF poo,.
which, If what Is said Of it be true, .s
il not the most remarkable, Jet GER
tainly destined to be the most renowned
of all. They call it s'youth and
beauty" It deposits q peculiar sort of
sediment on its bottom. which, as thcy
say, has the remarkable property cf
bssutifying the skin and removinH
freckles. Let 3 lady haying splotchss
or freckles on her hands or face apply
little JUNCTION OF this, two nights in sue
cession, and they say she VIII wake up
the second morning as beautiful as
nymph just risen from Der bath. an
told that this deposit Is so much in de-
mand that it is not always easy to keep
supply Of it during the watering scs.
son. The ladies go to the pool aud
gobble it up and store it away in then
trunks to make presents to their friends
who have freckles. What truth there
may be in all this, of course do moi
know, but it Is curious that have not
seen single freckled lady in ell this
country, and the piny woods girls are
often thunder on freckles.
Another one of these wells, as per.
haps all of them, stimulates the kid
neys to great degree. Il is singular
that these waters have never been prop.
erly analyzed; but that is the way We
do things in Texas. We have no use
for the chemist and the man OF science.
We consider them useless fools, and
would not give one tobacco eQuiFtinf
COW boy for all of them.
The site here Is really a glorious one
for a watering place; great piairic 10
the south filled with fragrance and wild
flowers, and great forest in every
other direction, penetrated with lebs-
rinthine walks; oaks, magnolias, MR.
ties, hollies, beeches, and naples aud
gums, and vines without end. How
easy would it be to light ell this exten-
sive ground into blaze Of glory St
night, by utilizing the gas that pours
in torrents out of the earth.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

tions. This is an assumption on the
part of government dangerous, not
only to the prosperity of the country,
but direct thrust, as Democrat SO
regarded it iu the beginning, ct the
liberties of q people. The legal ten
der act, as has been often held, was
passed simply as war measure, and
was justifisble upon no other grouud.
That it impaired the validity OF con-
tracts, Is undeniabie, and therefore it
is unconstitutional. Every man who
makes q gresnbsck Contract to-day,
makes 1t As par, as upon 8 specie bs-
sis; and the ultimate effect of the
adoption OF the Bayard resolution
would only be the return to a specie
basis. If the greenbsck dollar ia worth
100 standard cents, no one will refuse o
receive it as q dollar; and if worth
only fifty or seventy-five cents, no man
should be required to receive 1t as a
dollar. Mr.. Bsyard proposes to make
gold and silver the only legal tender,
but it by no means follows that his
object is to retire national bank notes
or greenbacks, aud we're the resolution
adopted there would not be q with
drswl from circulation of either
denomination of paper currency.
The greeDbsck dollar would not be
deprived of it's value, nor would it be
forced out of circulation, for it would
still be convertible into gold or silver.
Commercial communities need, and the
necessities and conYeniences of the peo-
pie demand necessary supply of
specie, or of paper that is convertible
upon demand into specie. It is not the
stamp OF the government that imparts
to gold and silver their value, bat the
intrinsic value which they possess over
and above the value or validity impart
ed to them by affixing the government
stamp. Mr.. BAyard's resolution robs
the greenback of none of its represen-
tativo value, but leaves it, as from it's
face 1t purports to be, the representa-
tive of so many dollars. While it hss
gold and silver or their equivalents
back of it it will continue to circulate
for all purposes of trade.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

TIE World, commenting upon the
course of Senators Beck and VOORHEES,,
and not referring to our Senator Coke,
declares that il the Democratic parry
of to-day has not principle and virility
enough to fight for the constitution,
what excuse can there be for its con-
tinued existence. Il asks, under what
canon of honesty or honor can a sena-
tor refuse, upon his oath of Office, to
vots for the repeal of law which he
believes to be no law, because he be-
ieves it to be unconstitutional
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

FARMERS should be careful about
their seed corn. Unless the season is
most propitious this Northern corn will
not make q profitable crop. A dry
season will cause crops grown from
this seed to be almost an entire fail
ure. By all means they should plant
from corn raised in Texas last year, if
they have to ship it even from a dis
fanna
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

Mr.. BICKNELL's JOINT resolution re-
garding proposed new plan of ascer-
tanning and declaring the vote for
President and Vice President has been
favorably regarded by House COM
mittee. 1t provides that the electoral
votes and fractions thereof of each
person voted for as President in any
state shall be ascertained by multiply
ing his entire popular vote therein by
the number of the states electoral
votes and dividing the product of the
sum of all votes given in the State for
President. The quotient shall be the
number of electoral votes and fraction
thereof to be assigned to such person,
using for such fraction three decimals
only. The foregoing provisions shall
be applicable to the election of Vice
President, but no person ineligible to
the Office OF President shall be eligible
as Vice President. In case of con-
test in any State as to the election OF
President or Vice President, the same
may be passed upon by its highest ju-
dicial tribunal, in ccordsnce with it's
laws. The decision thereof shall be
by it certified and transmitted sealed
to the seat of government of the
United States, directed to the Presi-
dent of the Senate. The electoral
votes shall be counted by the
two houses as certified, unless
rejected by both houses; but il
there be certificate OF decision by the
highest judicial tribunal of any state
upon contested election therein, the
electoral votes of such state shall be
counted in accordance with such de-
cision, unless the came be ovcrruled by
both houses. II there be no such GER
tificate of decision, the contested votes
from any state shall not be counted un-
less both houses concur therein. If
there be more than one certificate OF
electoral votes from any state and no
such judicial decision, or if there be
more than one such decision from any
state, In either case that certificate OF
electoral votes or that decision which
shall be held by both houses to be made
by the rightful authority shall be con.
elusive, and votes shall be counted &C.
cordingly, unless rejected by both
houses.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

The collector Of customs states tha.
from New Orleans during 1879 one mill
lion eight hundred thousand gallons Of
cotton seed oil were shippsa to Italy.
and six hundred thousand gallons to
France. How much Of this seed oil
has been returned to the United States
after being labeled ''pure olive oil, y OF
inclosed in sardine boxes for the pre-
seryation Of that delicate fish, has not
transpired. Certain il ih however,
these olive oil and sArdins producing
countries receive comparatively nearly
all the cotton sesd oil exported.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

WIDOW Hlcks-Lord, 1t is said, has
Charles O'Jonnor on her string, and
that she Is going to get away with the
old gentleman and his property.
O'Connor says the Republic is about to
collapse, and if 80, it comes, just as
his collapse must soon come, from
being too much governed.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

SENATOR MORGAN, of Aiabsms. who
opposes the Bayard resolution, claims
for the greenbsck that 1t is something
more than promise to pay Q certain
number Of dollars; that Il is actually
90 many dollars, and instead Of reading
the United States promises TO pay 90
many dollars. il should read, this is 9
dollar" The Mobile Register pro-
fesses great sdmiration for Senator
Morgan, and ssys that under ordinary
circumstances it would like to follow
his guidance, but that Il can no more
say Of promise to pay . dollar that It
ID actually = dollar than IL could say Of
the picture Of horse that it Is actually
. horse.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

BUSINESS on the Houston anj Texas
Central railway is reported hesyier
than ever known In the history of the
road. The road Is taxed to its utmost
capacity to furnish the rolling stock
necessary to transport the freight ac-
cumulsting along the line. 1t does
look as though, with all this business
and the failure of crops in Texes,
Texas railways should have materially
reduced tariffs.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29
ToucnrNe the poin. made. d

ToUcHne the point made, that 1t is
no credit to Senator Coke that his
financial views coincide with those oI
Kearney, the Telephone says: 'sIn the
estimation Of fair minded, intelligen,
people, the Senator is only strength
ened thereby" which is quite broad
intimation that the Senator really ha:
left Democratic lines and goes ''dick-
enng" among the mobocEAts. But
there ere only . very few people in
Texas not already united in the opin-
ion that Coke 10 a nrst class dema-
gozne.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

THE Examiner thinks the splendid
condition of the State Treasury will
do more to consolidate and unite the
Democracy of Texas than all the fierce
dsnunciations and vituperations of
Roberts enemies have done to disunite
it. The party, it is satisfied, will
come up as q unit to the polls this fall
under the magic adage, ''pay as you
o0 ~
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

THE Examiner does not exactly agree
with Col. Lang as t1 the Agricultural
sod Mechanical College. 1. says:
We agree with w. w. Lang as to
the outrsge, but differ with him ss t.
the remedy. The main funds of that
college are trust funds, derived from
the United States for specific purpose
The constitution OF Texas, in further-
ance of the ohj@ct for which those trust
funds were gwen, has set apart thai
college for the same spt cific purpose.
It is not q question OF law, but OF the
execution of organic law, and the REM
edy is not in the legislature, but in tie
courts. II the farmers and mechanics
Of the state had the enterprise and
pluck which they should have, the
miss ppropristion and the misdirection
of TINS Institution could have been
long ago avoided. The whole history
of the institution is legal wrong, and
for every wrong law furnished sn sde-
quste remedy.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

THE Avalanche says there is bill
before Congress granting right of way
for railway through the Indian Ter
ritory from Fort Smith to the Kansas
state line, and the road will be built
as soon as the right of way is granted.
No money or subsidies are asked for,
nor are the people of Memphis asked
to take stock in the enterprise.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

THE qaymsster of one of the gas COM
psnies of Chicago was stopped upon the
streets the other day in the broad open
daylight and $4,000 were taken from
him by three men who jumped into a
wagon and escaped. The Chicago
Times tried to hide q notice of it away
In q five line notice.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

WITHIN the month Lamson, Smith
and Davis have successlvely been elect
ed governor of Maine, and yet these
disciples of Blsine, the arch revolu.
tionist, are not satisfied. He has left
Washington for the scene of disorder.
and now he wants a new bloody shirt
from Maine to shake in the face of the
TTnion
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

The STATESMAN is pleased to note
that the prospects of the Oklahoma
bill are not assuring. 1t will probably
be brought before the House, but with
an adverse report from the Committee
on Territories.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

II Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Enquirer is to be be-
lieved, Mr.. Thurman said the other
day to an ex-member of the Ohio leg
islature ''thst he was candidate for
the presidential nomination, and in a
sense that did not imply only COM
plimentarY Vote
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

JUSTICE GEORGE CLARK figures prom
inently in the remarding of the Roths
childs case to the lower court for a new
trial. He wrote the opinion, and. OF
course, did the thinking, and decided
points presented to the other two JUS
tices. Now Rothschilds stands fail
showing for altogether escaping jus.
tIce. The cold-blooded murder oil
Bessie Moore occurred three or foar
years ago, and with a new trial it will
he impnssible to sennra Hnnas of ths
witnesses. and others cannot state
points as positively as they did soon
after the murder.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

THE Boston Transcript thinks the
subsistence of the Grant feeling in
Penusylyanis is due to the movements
of DON Cameron in his effort to stock
the PennsylvsnIa convention.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

MR. McSEAR now concludes that the
crystalline substance obtained by him
from carbon, after being thoroughly
tested, turns out to be some other sub
stance than carbon.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

Ex-CoNGREssMAN WILSON of Iowa
appeared before the House Committee
on Commerce in opposition to Mr.. Res
gan's Interstate bill. He represents
the Chicago and Northwestern railway.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

The advance 10 the price of print
ing paper has caused several St. Louis
papers to increase their subscription
price.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

SMITH, who claims. by the grace of
the Fusionist Legislature, to be Gov
ernor of Maine, was the greenbsck
candidate for Governor last Septeml ;.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

THE total debt of the city of PhIla-
delpkia on the frat of January, 1880,
was $72, 1854. 595, sn increase during
the psst year of 1929 494.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-29

A WASHINGTON COUNTY correspOn-
dent of the Age thinks 1t would take
Governor Roberts only three years
longer to pay all the State debt.