The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-07-14
TEXAS PRESS VIEWS.

indications are that Austin will Sc
cure the location of the state uni
versity.
The Houston Age thinks sixty
days is long enough Tor legislative
session. The Age sides with the
Pamela WdtchmGa in opposing the
extension.
The Corsicana Independent settles
the question ofthe candidacy of Hon.
Marion Martin for governor by say
ing: Senator Martin is man of too
much sense to seek an office that
does not seek him"
Says the Bonham Ne,cs: "When
Reagan and others were making the
fight against the star route swindles
last year, the Maxey organs villified
him increasingly and constantly as
serted that his sole object was to
lessen the mail facilities of Texas
and other frontier states"
The Brennan Banner, in abiding
to the reasons advanced by the
STATESMAN in favor of the amend
ments to the state constitution,
shortly to be voted on, concludes
an article by suggesting: "Oppo-
nents to the amendments should
bear in mind, that poor pay COM
mands but poor services"
The Dallas Herald publishes a
lengthy editorial on capital punish
ment, and concludes by saying: ais
not life punishment more in accord
with the intelligence and the hui
mainly and justice of the age, and,
after all, more severe upon the
criminal himself, than the death
upon the gibbet, than death in any
other manner. -
The Dallas Times generously
points out away in which country
papers can gain notoriety. thus: "It
a country paper desires TO get puff
let it say something about the Gal
weston Ne,cS, in its late libel suit.
The Ne,oS will copy it in its ''state
press column" and compliment the
country newspaper on its typo
graphical makeup"
The Galveston Ne,os very peril
nently asks: ''Does the Peabody
school fund belong to the trustees
or the people of the state? There
seems to be some confusion about its
ownership, outside of the executive
NfH h. -
it does not belong to the people, or
their children, the philanthropist
made a mistake in the legal instru-
ment of his noble bequest."
Says the Dallas Times "The San
Antonio Times (Upson) and the
Lamar Banner (Maxey) are still dis
cussing the star route swindles.
Both papers (Upson and MaxeY) are
severe on Reagan. We are glad of
this thing. 1t will stir up that gen.
tleman, and it is a notorious fact
that he has seldom been stirred but
what he has made it interesting for
the stirrers."
The teachers convention which
met at Corsicana June %, disap-
proved of the action of the state
board of education, sending abroad
for teachers to conduct the normal
schools. One of the teachers, says
an exchange, wanted to know
whether the institution was a
Texas school, aided by the Peabody
fund, or a Peabody school, aided by
Texas"
Quite a muss was kicked up in
Dallas over the enforcement of the
Sunday law, but the Times finds
something good in it after all. 1t
says: "The Sunday law has one re-
deeming feature. 1t has a tendency
to make saloon men, and great
many others, stay at home and cul-
tivate the acquaintance of their fam
lilies. The Times has heard of a lady
who is credited with saying that last
Sunday was the first day i'll six years
that her husband has remained at
home all day."
The Tyler Courier crows over
Dallas. The Courier says: "Tyler
is the home of the present governor.
| the home of the assistant attorney
general, the home of one of the
supreme judges, the home of an eX-
| United States senator, two eX-con-
| gressmen, an ex-governor and eX-
| lieutenant governor, two eX-district
Judges, the present district judge,
and four eX-state senators. A branch
of the supreme court, the court of
| appeals and the federal court are
located in Tyler. Where is Dallas
anyhow" ..., .....a.f,. ..
The Cuero Star thinks quite an
improvement has taken place in the
country press of late years. 1t says:
occasionally politician is heard
of who still holds to the idea of con-
trolling newspaper, no matter
how insignificant, in which to adj
vance his own political interests.
Time has heen when papers of this
character were abundant, but of
late the country press has fallen into
the hands of practical printers and
these look upon professional politi-
clans and chronic office-seekers in
the light Ofvagrants."
The Nacogdoches Neaos, ON the
state university question, says:
"Austin, we believe, has decidedly
the advantage in the race, that
being, beyond all question, the most
| appropriate place within the entire
state for the establishment of the
state university. The fact that Aus
tin is the permanent seat of govern
ment, and that forty acres of land
have been set aside and dedicated
for that purpose, is a sufficient argu-
ment that this establishment should
| be located there, besides the many
other material advantages she pos
| sesses."
The Mexia Ledger, upon the ques-
ton of free schools, says: "There is
a large class of demagogqes, indo-
lent white persons and negroes, who
would gloat over an opportunity TO
| despoil the industrious, economical
and prudent, and use their substance
for the benefit of the classes alluded
to. 1t is to these classes and the
misguided philanthropists that we
| are indebted for all this bowling
about educating the masses at the
public expense. The demagogues-
the mostunprinoipled OF their party
lead in the crusade, and under the
pretense OF philanthropy, openly adj