The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-05-26
IExAs PRESS VIEWS.

combs EreniRg Light to praise the
Houston Post, we begin to lose faith
in human nature. Ii is an attempt
to injure the Post in a clandestine
manner.
The sense of .propriety and good
taste of the Bryan Pilot leads it to
remark: "We think many of the
sheriffs of Texas exhibited extreme
| ly bad taste in wearing six-shooters
on the occasion of their state con-
vention at Houston. Even the fact
that the press gang of the state were
there en- mGSSe at the same time, did
not furnish Justification for such
wholesale display of deadly weap-
ons. We are glad to know that the
sheriff of BraZos county left his six
shooter at home"
The Dallas Times, the professed
organ of the red-headed Democracy
of the state, gives its definition of
an independent" "a bushwhack-
ing Independent was made after the
Lord had finished work OH the bal
ance of creation. There were pieces
| of snake, possum, hyena and Niger
left, and God swept the remnants to-
gether. dampened the mass with the
tetid liquor of the pole-cat, made
the devil do the moulding with pair
of tOngs, and set the thing out in
the sun to dry. The result was an
independent
The railroads of Texas under
stand, to use an expression of the
day, how to "get in their work"
This good word for the roads comes
from the Mexia Ledger: "Some of
our Texas contemporaries are never
happy unless they are complaining at
our railways for some alleged wrong
or other. Will they now give these
roads credit for their great liberali-
ty towards the press in transport
ing the editors to and from the
meeting at Houston? The railways
OF Texas are the most liberal towards
public men and public enterprises of
any we Know"
The Brennan Banner endorses
the suggestion made by theHillsboro
Mirror, which is good one, ofsend-
ing a number of the Texas papers
abroad: "The Hillsboro Mirror sug-
gests that Captain Lang and the
Southwestern immigration Compa-
ny, subscribe for and send abroad q
number of the representative papers
of Texas. The idea abroad is, that
Texas is n wild uncivilized country.
Her newspapers are fully as good as
those of any other state and their
circulation would undoubtedly do
much to show that the people are not
only intelligent but wide awake"
COrsicana is an enterprising
city, and its exceeding prosperity is
the subject of general remark by
the state press. The Observer Inder
feels good over the situation, and
says: "Many of our contemporaries
i'll neighboring towns are squirting
the deniZens of their respective
localities to greater enterprise-cen-
surfing their want of liberality and
public spirit-complaining of the
times, etc. We find no cause for
such accusations against the wide
awake, progressive citizens of Cor
IL uCCuS tllC ScINlCcS
of a good reporter to record the new
blocks in progress of construction,
to keep track of the improvements
being made. The times are unusual
ly lively for this season of the year,
and there are no grounds for COM
plant in any quarter" ...
The Castroyille quill takes a very
sensible view of the situation. 1t
says: "Let the politicians fight to
the bitter death at Washington let
the star route and other swindles
bring desOlatlon to heretofore proud
and honorable names let the whole
country scramble for offices, carry
on the war of party hate-Texas is
all right. We are building railroads
and working we are letting politics
severely alone, and we know no
political fighting and wrangling and
| Ostracism when it comes to working
with common purpose for our
common good" aH .'i .'1" ......
The Houston Age, which is so adj
dicted to the habit of poking fun at
Galveston, says: at is said that for
summer resorts this season the ten
dency will be to go, to quiet, retired
places Galveston beach will prOba-
bly, be popular"
And the Dallas Times, too, Joins
the Age in its fun at the expense of
the city of natural advantages" as
witness: "Great numbers of dead
| fish line the shore of Galveston har-
bor Their death is attributed to
starvation. They endeavor to cross
the bar, are stranded and perish
from hunger" .....t D.. .
The Waco Examiner illustrates
its city in the following advice to
Eli Perkins eli Perkins does not
seem to draw well at Galveston. AS
Eli is coming here, to assure his sue
cess, we make the following sugges-
tions: He should either associate
himself with few attractive blondes
or get himself up in tights and
breech-clout, and go it alone. The
advice is well meant, and if Eli will
only follow it, we will gamble on
his weak jokes exciting the risibles
of the most melancholy man in
town."
The Cleburne Chronicle gives the
Galveston Ne,os a lesson in gram
mar: A" Politics are certainly a very
risky business is the way the Gal
weston Ne,oS begins an editorial on
Political Uncertainties The ChrOn-
icle is a backwoods paper and has
no city style, but sunburn us if we
ever deal out to our intelligent read
ers and patrons such grammar as
politics are But we say this in
great meekness, and if the NeicS is
right, we will endeavor to learn of
it-as we always have heretofore"
Referringto the report that the
Bonham Netos had been sold to
another party, its editor says: ''The
facts are that the Bonham NeacS is |
not for sale. Money enough would
buy it, of course; but the writer |
hereof, Providence permitting, ex-
poets and intends Ito. live and die
editor of the Bonham Net0S. The
lot wherein TO lay his mortal re-
mains is already selected and pur-
chased in Willow Wild Cemetery /;
but, until that lot is occupied, we
have no idea there will be any change
in the editorship or proprietOrship |
of the Neacs,Y .-j tf,.1.I ,Dr4 ls.aanl
THE Canton Chronicle does not |
agree with those who have been de-
nOuncinD the drummers tax. and |