The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04
TEXAS PRESS VIEWS.
The Dallas Gazette thinks Austin

The Dallas Gazette thinks Austin
ought to have the university.
The Colorado Citizen is surprised
at the amount of piety and thanks
giving Gov. Roberts has developed
amongst newspaper men.
The Bryan Pilot reports State
Senator Henderson as saying the
governor could not have made bet
ter selection for acknowledgement
than he did.
The Meridian Blade says: "Miss
Patsy Pry, the talented and spicy
correspondent of the Houston Post,
Is understood to be Miss Bessie Nc
Cllntock, a teacher in one of the
Houston schools.
The Meridian Blade continues TO
harp on Hon. Olin Welborn, and
contends that he has done nothing
OF good in congress. The Decatur
Tribune advises the Blade to attend
to matters in its own district.
The Groesbeeck Neac Era remarks ::
The Houston Post, Teas Sitfings,
Denison Herald-Neaos and others,
papers that never let an opportunity
slip to abuse papers for using patent
outsldes, are now publishing cuts
and descriptions of prominent men,
furnished to order by a northern
firm"
The Groesbeeck NeU Era saws
that upon the university question
the prominent politicians of the
state are perfectly dumb, for the
first time in their history, when an
election was approaching. They
side of from this university ques-
ton like they would from rattle
snake"
The Mexia Ledger asks this ques-
ton: off the recovery of President
Garfield should be attributed to a
special providence of God, would it
not follow, that his death would be
attributable to the same cause.
should that occur? Let our ranting
thanksgivers answer this very plain
question"
The BRENNAN Banner propounds
the following knotty conundrum:
"Will some man or woman who is
blessed with vast amount of
knowledge vouchsafe to inform the
newspapers why it is that sanitary
ordinances are not, or cannot be.
enforced in one town or city out of
ten in Texas and out of Texas? The
question is a hard one; nearly every
exchange that comes to this Office
has some sort of complaint to make
about sanitary matters.
Says the Dallas Times: "The
governor is said to be taking the |
criticisms of the newspapers on his
conduct very coolly.
He is reported to have declared |
that he wanted and intended to
quit public life at the end of his |
present term, but if the papers con-
tinued to try to show he was ALWAYS
he would show them that he |
was very often right, by downing
them again, as he did once before, |
when he ran for governor"
The Bolton Journal remarks ::
There are lots of good men-men
Of the world, of the church and of |
The priesthood-who think it impos-
'ible to compel soberness. They firm
y believe that moral suasion, or
something akin to it, is the only fac
or that has the requisite strength to
grapple successfully with the liquor
evil. But none of these men will
offer bitter complaint if the legisla-
,ure submits to the voters Of the
'tate a prohibition amendment to
he constitution, and many of them
will be found aiding the movement
wen while questioning it's utility"
Says the Corsicana Independent:
we have been, and always expect
o be, bitter opponent to Governor
toberts' policy system'-on the back
If which he has ridden into office
vice, and is now earnestly engaged
n preparing for third ride. So far,
lis acts have been acts of policy.
which to orr minds, is synonymous
With dishonesty, but no sane man,
Who will stop and think for single
moment on this refusal of Governor
Roberts to comply with the request
If Governor Foster, but what will
;ome to the conclusion that this ac-
ION of the governor is not an act of
policy, but one of moral HONESTY.