The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-02-26
THE STATE PRESS.

THE STATE PRESS.
The NJ ueola Flag says: with ell
the abuse that mas been heaped upor
him. the old alcslde is going to be q
hard nut ID the young Democracy
the progressive Depocracy,' or the
independents to oracS next fall"
The Cleburne Chronicle Is unjust,
probably, when it says: "Dallas
wants the next Governor, and by hold
ing 9 first COZ vention at Galveston,
ID alas thinks TO secuEe the second one
for herself. The chairman Of the
executive committee lives st Dallas,
aud he sspires to q place on the state
ticket. But will he ge: h?'
The Mount V rnon Herald says
1--WE Opposed Governor Rob'rts ID
the last election and would not vlte
for him, ard ne found much to cr,ti-
else III the beginning OF his admins
trstion, but mis- financial policy has
been such that we are now convlnced
that the shortest rvute to financial
pr sporty for Texas Is tn keep him in
the gubernatorial chair. The pay as
you-gO policy OF G Ivernor Roberts is.
having such an ibfilence on the D m
ocrats In this county that they ale be-
coming voclferous in their demands to
try him another term"
The Y Gloria AdoOcdte says: "Coke
had better make another hundred
days proclamation, in order to more
fully evidence he financial ability.
s meptop'e in Texas were blind enough
to believe his first one regarding mo
ley for Texas to have been failure
Again the AdcOcate says in reply to
the TeLeg.-dm's assertion that "Coke's
triumphs belong to Texas" so re Of
CHke's trumphs WAS the eutrae eous
international railroad compromise,
whereby the state lost 81, 000, 900 In
exempted taxes and $40, 900, 900 worth
of her richest and best lands. Truly
this is one triumph which ought to be-
long to Texas, for her people paid
dearly enough for it, and then his gold
bond bill which did not bring money
ip..the one hundred DAYS! Wasn't that
worth something too9"
The Mount Pleasant Patron has very
kind words for Governor Roberts. 1t
aays: "H2 has been censured, abused
aud vilifed as no other Governor of
Texas ever was, but he has pursued the
even tenor of his way, carrying out
necessary reforms against all oppose
ton. He has shown more real
craftsmanship in his administra-
ton than was natural to expect, his
whole time for several years past hav-
ing been devoted to the judiciary of
the state. The policy of the Governor
in the main has been correct and the
one most advantageous to the whole
people-cne that has been carried out
thus far under many difficulties; but
henoeforti. we Qpine that designing
demagogues who have thrown every
obstacle in the way to make his
administration odlous will let up; be-
cause they are compelled to know and
feel that the majority of the people
heartily endorse it, more especially
those of his own party, and others of
prominence that failed to support him
last election--men who got off on
G:eenbsck legs, some of whom haYe
recently acknowledged the errors of
their way"
The Dallas Times, reviewing the
question of economy for the people of
Texas, asserts that the only way to save
what we make and to grow rich Is to
build factories. Il says: "The pres
ent cotton crop of Texas, now being
and which has been marketed since the
first of last September, amounts to
$44, 600, 600 IN round numbers. This
is based upon total crop of 900, 600
bales, and is $12, 900, 600 more than
the crop of 1878 cold for, the difference
arising in the $15 per bale the crop of
1879 is selling for over that of 1878.
OF course, round numbers can only be
used in this connection, but the above
figures are not far wrong, if materially
80 at all. Every dollar of this forty
four millions has been or will be
brought across our border. How much
of it can or will we retain9 If only
one-half, it would in few years make
Texas Independently rich. It would
make money 30 plentiful that every
citizen deserving it could have an
abundance of it. We will not retain
ten per cent. of 1t, however. As usu-
al, the great bulk will be sent back
north to purchase the thousand house.
hold and farm articles used in our daily
routine of life. We make nothing in
the whole line of these. implements,
from an ax-helve and biscuit-board to
reaper and gin, from pair of socks
to an overcost. The carpets we tread,
the bedsteads we sleep upon, the lamp
and clock, the spoon and pitcher, the
cookstove and even kitchen table, this
pencil with which We write and the
knife we sharpen it with, the paper,
ink, press, type-everything we use
represents so much money gone back
that came here to pay for cotton we
have raised"
The Galveston Neaos thinks the
STATESMAN is engaged in the "whlp-
ping in" process. The Ne,cs naturally
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