The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-24
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

Blaine.
THE experience of the nations
banks will not be very encouragin
to bull-dozing as applied to legisli
ton.
THE "outs" have spent their las
dollar at Washington, and they ar
now looking up free passes for tn
home stretch.
THE legislature of North Carol
ma is magnanimous enough to alloy
the people to vote on the questio
of prohibition.
THE new Iowa Senator being a.
Ohio man by birth, there is a ney
life given to the Ohio movement o.
Washington. LII.
THERE was a death from lepros,
in New Orleans n few days age
There arc several cases of the dis
ease in Lafourche Parish. .,i
The advancement of James to tn
postmaster-generalshipl left a plac,
for his son-in law, Pierson, who i
now the New York postmaster.
COMMISSIONERS LEDUC will no
resgin, since it is not expected o.
him. His place does not make hin
one of the Presidents personal adj
visors.
SENATOR LAMAR objects to the
course of Ben Hill towards Malone
Ho says, too, that Malone did ex-
actly right in resenting the attack
of Hill.
NICoLAI ALEXANDRovITCH be-
comes Alexander I'LL, and "Emper-
or and Autocrat of all the Russias,
Gar of Poland, Grand Duke of Fin
land" ETC., etc. ..y
JAY GOULD says that the COM
panies now building railways in New
Mexico, 10 connect with the Amer
can system at Ell Paso, arc not hos
tile to his system. r..
CATTLE thieves are reported as
stealing whole herds of cattle in
Arizona. The government troops
look upon these outrages with the
most perfect Indifference.
THE Guadalupe Times, comment
ing upon the course of the legisla-
ture on the.railroad bill, places Sena-
tor Burgess and Representatives
Story and Stringfellow con the side
of the people,"
WHEN Bob Lincoln was notified OF
his elevation to a shelf ON Garfield's
Cabinet he went right. along look
ing through his law books and he
didn't see how he could afford to
quit his practice.
THE Capitol matter has no start
ling developments. 1t is waiting
now for that appropriation which
the House will certainly give, that
the law in force may be put into
successful operation.
Two thousand visitors have been
at Abeline attending the sale of
town lots. This shows what life she
prosecution of railways into the far
west is doing for the growth and
development of Texas.
WINDOW must have successor in
the United States Senate, and it is
thought Gen. Andrew Jackson Ed
gerton may be appointed. He has
been in politics for twenty years
and has been Democrat, Granger
and Republican.
A ROTARY pillow has been success
fully operated at Waco, where it
was invented. A movement is on
foot to organize company and be-
gin the manufacture of those plows
on large scale. 1t is claimed they
will entirely supercede the sliding
pillow.
BRADY has made the position of
Second Assistant Gene-
raj, the most coveted place in the
gift of the Government. At last ac-
counts there were about fifty appli-
cants on hand, and every train was
bringing into Washington additions
to this number.
GEN. PALMER, president of the
Denver & Rio Grande Railway, will
be looking over Texas, in few days.
Palmer and Sullivan have purchased
the Corpus Christi railway, which
was owned by the great cattle King.
of Corpus Christi. He received ST.
10000 for the road. are
A STORM against excessive and
discriminating railroad tariffs is
in many parts of Ken
lucky, and it will require an unusual
amount of lobbying and free passes
and "sich" to smooth the troubled
current into which the coming leg
islature will be thrown. lgf
The little state of Delaware is
going to establish a railroad COM
mission. 1t is proposed to regulate
railways, but it is not proposed TO |
make q sweeping regulation of
Tariffs as was proposed here. Be.
sides regulating the condition and !
conduct of railways it is proposed |
simply to enforce a rule against dis.
in tariffs.
Mr.. GARFIELD takes up the views |
Of policy entertained by Mr.. Hayes
with regard to the matter of canal
10 the Pacific Ocaen. He believes il
necessary to our dignity and our in
terests to control directly such n
canal; and it is understood that Sec
rotary Window shares these views,
ryhich win be those of the new adj
500,
In is understood that no further
is necessary on the Capt.
tol question. Tho bill passed at the
last session of the legislature is all
that is required and under it the
Capitol viii be built. Authority is
asked alone for the use of few