The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-22
THE STATE PRESS.

always inuTes TO the advantage o! the
common enemy."
TIE telegram would have US rciurn
20 the Davis style of conducting free
schools-making jobs and rot paying
teachers. The Thirteenth and Four
,eenth Legislatures provided money TO
pay claims of school teachers employed
under Davis amounting to over mil
lion dollars. To-day every school
teacher is paid every dollar contracted
for. Hence such comments as follows
hurts only the person who states what
is not true:
AS long as the public school system
of Texas is IN the condition it is, with
its unpaid teachers, with its dilapidated
unfurnished houses, and the grest lack
of any sort of house in vast number
OF instances, and IN the memory Of thar
threat last summer to default on the
July interest, the cash balance in the
treasury isn't going to do the Old AL
calde bit of good. What good does
money in the treasury do, when our
schools are voiceless and the youth Of
Texas growing up to careers of crime
instead of virtue aud usefulness, IS
they might do had they the inesImabie
advantage of free instruction. That's
the way we look at the thing.
And it is very crooked way in
which to look at it. Had the "Old
Alcalde" not vetoed the appropriation
bill, then we would have been drifting
along as under Coke and Hubbard
making bonded indebtedness, instead
of paying it off. Il is pity that Bar
tow does not take his disappointment
about not being made Secretary OF
Stale more like reasonable man.
The Examiner evidently regards Sen
ator Bayard as great reformer. 1t
says: "Bsyard found the Democratic
house and yard all Uttered up with
debris, shsVlngs and inf unable mate
rials, and dropped halt smoked cigar
in q pile of the dFyest shzv1ngs, and
now the Democratic house is Sire"
Tbs DerisoD Herald considers it fool
ish to answer such questions as are pro-
pounded by papers in Central Texas
"whether Blyard Can carry Texas" 1t
saws:
Isn't Texas Democratic, and does
not Democracy support lis pominees
1t matters little who is nominated by
the national Democracy, go far as Tex
as and the South are concerned. H
will get every electoral vote, and the
man who doubts il knows but lit tie oi
politics.
While mir. Quick was employed upon
the STATESMAN this paper took no no.
tice of the attacks upon it in conse-
quence OF this association. The ab-
sence of reporter, in coDst quence of d
drunken spree, and the kindly offer oi
Mr.. Quick to temporarily fill the place
until provided for, started him in
the service of the paper. He supplied
the place we'll and gave for years the
best local reports the STATESMAN has
ever had. HIS duties were confined
alone to this service, and he never
wrote political expressions for the
paper. He was faithful and more than
true to his employment, giving not
only two or three columns of original
matter and news each day, but in bis
local rounds always more than paying
" rsseaoneev evvItfea'i,eqHs,.ea-.+hs
in oil things, and could be trusted un-
der any circumstances. No doubt he
would have remained on the paper
longer, but his health declined, and q
change became necessary, and the
STATESMAN is glad it has benefited
him. He is now doing good and
faithful service for the Christian Id
gOcate, and yet he does not belong to
the Methodist Church, nor to any 9TH
er Christian association. The follow
ing generous expression of the Tele-
DftOuO IL Jul IOI
ring to this matter. II says;
Some of our State exchanges, when
crltlcislng the personel and politics oil
of the Austin STATESMAN, should re-
member that Mr.. Quick, erewhIle on
the local staff of the STATESMAN, is not
connected with that paper now, mol
has he been for several months. He is
travelling agent and correspondent toI
the GALVESTON Christian AdD0cdte. Mr..
Quick, however, has never denied be-
ing Republican in politics, although
it does not appear that he controlled
the utterances of the STATESMAN, in
politics at least, any more than he does
the politics of the Christian AdcOcat,
now.
The Telephone discusses the decline
of the grange. 1t calls attention to
the fact that a few years ago these an
nusl meetings caused great commotior
in political and industrial circles, and
then it discusses the institution as fol-
lows:
Then the grange was in the heydaJ
of its Ylgor and zeal. 1t was not only
creating lively commotion IN. manu-
featuring and monopolied circles,
whether commercial or otherwise, bu,
it was teaching the farmer that he had
some other interests to consider than
the simple raising and selling of pro-
duce. Il was also msnifesting an in-
terest in politics, and was regarded
by many as a not unImportant factor in
the solution of political questions. Ii
fact, the grange was vigorous, even
aggressive, and its utterances and
movements were watched with interest.
All this bas changed. The order has
accomplished its mission, and if not
actually lethargic, 1t is at least quiet
and non-ageressive. 1t has no doubt
achieved practical benefits for its men,
6eTs. It has dignifei and elevated
agriculture as an avocatlon, and now
that it has been cured OF the disposI-
ton that one time seemed dominant
that of interfering In politics-it is
not improbable that its future will be
more quiet than ever, but still present
ing practical advantages TO certain ele-
ments of society that will always Sc
cure for the order the adhesion of
good men and command for il the re-
spect and good will of society at large.
The Wsxahachie Enterprise gives
Senator Coke's remarkable political
views to the public, snd says of him :
Senator Coke is man OF vigorous
mind, of great courage, Of consider
able experience in public affairs. How
such man could deliberately publish