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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31
THE -TENAS PRESS ON RAILWAY
LEGISLATION.

-BOnham Ne'rS: The most mani
fest and imperative duties of the
Seventeenth Legislature were TO
pass the prohibition joint resolution
and the bill regulating railroads.
Ii will do neither.
-Clarkesville Times: The railroads
should be checked in their cXorbi-
tant charges and unjust discrimina-
tons. vet the law regulating such
tariff should not be carried to the
extent. of repressing railroad enter
prise, nor of being nninstly oppres-
sive.
-Bonham Ne,cS; Above all things
else Texas needs legislators whom
the lobby cannot control. Wehope
to live to see the day when repre-
sentative who has BETRAYED the in
terest ofhis constituents will be held
personally responsible therefor TO
an extent that will render il not al
together safe for him to return 10
them. Some men have richly earned
coat of tar and feathers on the
railroad bill.
Dallas Times: The railroads
themselves are pursuing short.
sighted policy in defeating righteous
legislation. When the people have
exhausted their constitutional en-
deayors in vain: when they find
themselves entaneled i'm a network
of power and influence, none the
less lawless because woven and
worked in the forms OF law, violence
and revolution will resolve their
difficulties for them.
The race-trouble over the schools
at Fairhavcn. New Jersey, has grown
more intense and resulted i'm the
closing of all the schools in that vii
Iage. The trouble is of some weeks
growth: the negroes who are numcr-
| Gus in the neighborhO0d Rnaeayored
| To force their children into the white
schools. The result was the destruc-
linn by fire. evidently ipcendiary, OF
| the school for cOlored children.
The negroes renewed their demand.
and to end the difficulty, the schools
/ III white children have also been
clvsed. and The youth eff FsirhayeD
| all z" without any education what
r,er. on account OF difference OF
"pia on al the cciored line.
Brazos .Pdoi; "In spite of the
petition signed by some of our citi-
zens who We think ought to have
withheld their signatures, and OF the
worthy delegation that went up to
Austin ON free tickets a few days
ago to lobby in the interest of the
railroads, we do not hesitate to say
that the sentiment of the people of
Bfaz0s county is emphaticaIly ia
favor Of the adoption of law by
! the legislature 70 interpose an effec-
tiial remedy against the evils of the
present management Of the rail-
roads. No one wants 10 cripple the
roads Ia existence or 10 interpo Sc
Obstacles to the building of Others.
\ They are a great help 70 the country
l N many ways, aud Should receive
81 proper enconfsgemeht.' loqos 1se
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31
JUSTICE AND HER OFFICERs-A SUB
JECT FOR AN AUSTIN PULPIT.

An observing pastor in distant
city, lately said to congregation,
composed Of working men: H.is
While God abhOrs a false balance
in weighing commodities he takes
cognizance of all our other acts.
AS each government has a standard
of weights and measures heaven has
its standard by which all acts are
to be tried. mist Samuel, 2: g.. we
read that ''by the Lord actions are
weighed When Job was wrong
fully accused by his miserable COM
forters" he cried ont let me be
weighed in an even balance. On
the walls of Belshazzar's palace God
wrote in letters of fire '.Thou art
weighed in the balance and art
found wanting" AS a man and n
ruler, he detrauded his people by
not giving them the full weight of
character and justice which his po-
sltion demanded. Hence he was
cast as..ideas too light for the place
he occupied. .assl. -lu5li.
He then referred to the statue of
Justice, with blindfOlded eyes hold
ing an even balance in her hand and
Il sword by her eide, rs an ornament
and symbol, often an unmeaning
symbol, over our courts of justice.
Our Lord summed up all reciprocal
duties i'll the golden rule when he
said, "All things whatsoever We
would that men should do to you do
We even so to them" God made
men 10 live i'll communities, Com
muDities must be governed BY es
tablished laws. Laws must be exc
cuted by officers appointed for that
purpose. God has ordained execu-
tive officers for their work. They
are responsible 10 God as well n
men for the faithful performance ot
their work, lrnCc they lake a solemn
oath before God 10 do their work
faithfully. asi in his sight. IL is a la
mentable fact that too often men
who are sworn Ia execute the law
become its worst viOlatofs under
the form Of law.
He referred TO some poor. honest
drayman who had been temperate,
industrious and honest who had
saved money enough To buy mule
and cart and took ont n license and
put il in Il conspicuous place, where
anyone could see it; he is arrested
and fined, and bread taken ont of
his wife and children's months, and
clothes off their backs for this awful
crime of moi knowing just where
the law required him 10 carry his
license, '.'-
He then read the laws-of the city
in reference to gambling There are,
he said, q number of these gambling
places in the city, where men in high
life, as well as low life. go. But the
police can't find them. There are
grog shops all over our city.
Scarcely any of them have taken out
their state license, Officers can not
see them. Liquor is sold TO minors.
and boys are made drunkards.
Everybody can see tlIeni but tltt.
law officers whose sworn duly il il
to see them. lie read the law, for
bidding under penalty, the selling
of liquor on Sunday! Sworn Off
GERS. he said, are all around them,
and can not sec them. Oh no, they
can not come down TO such small
things as that. They must be at the
lofty work of hunting around some
poor drayman's cart, not to see
whether he has laid his license or
not, but to see if he has nailed his
license card in the right spot.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31

delicate oriental metal work and un-
cut precious stones. Greater than
all these was the imperial crown it.
self, matches in beauty, shining re-
splendent in jewelled lustre. Then
followed the body ofthe deceased
Gar in Il sumptuous gilt coffin,
borne by the Grand Dukes Constan-
tine, Nicholas, Vladimir, Paul, Ser
gius and the Duke of Edinburgh.
1t was reyerently placed exactly
beneath the centre of the dome of
the eatafalque. The Emperor and
his brother removed The lid from
the bier and the upper part of tho
body of the dead Gar, attained in
the uniform of the Preobrajinsk
Gnard regiment, was exposed TO
view. .'.t.t.. IA. p.
EMPEROR ALEXANDER III.
Placed himself with the empress
and imperial children ut the head of
the coffin. The priests aud choris-
tiers intOned the dirges of the Rus
sian funeral service. while a metro
politan handed each person present
a lighted taper and the deacons as
perged the church with holy water
and the scene was one of great
splendOr At the lectern stood n
blacked-rObed priest reading the
words of gospel in the sonorous
Russian liturgy. AT the four cor
ners at the erals; mocatafalques stood
as mOny aides-de-eamp gentionless
on the steps of the dais were the
guard of military cadets. In the
midst of all this splendor lay the
murdered sovereign with CHASTITY up-
turned face and folded hands. The
lower part of the body was com
plctely hidden under a Heap Of fresh
flowers, deposited by.ioving hands.
when the service was concluded,
Alexander ILL.,, kneeling on one
knee, kissed the hand OF his dead
father. The empress followed his
example. Then, bowling slightly TO
persons in the immediate vicinity.
the imperial couple left the cathe-
dral. The duchess of Edinburg, and
grand duchess present were success
sively conducted TO the coffin to pay
the last tribute of love and rever-
ence to the murdered sovereign.
Then followed all the imperial royal
mOurners, foreign princess and men,
bers of the corps diplomatique.
They gaZed awhile at the features
which, although altered, were yet
easily recognizable. then STOPPING
they kissed with reverence the hand
that had signed the liberation of for
ty million serfs. a 'a ~ a.alH
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
A REIGN or TERROR.
Tbs Alarming Increase Of HsaIt DISEASE and The
symptoms which PTsssts n.
AsssnS g dSssF Il: ana
The EeAdaftl Properties Of Ssdsnls-dS-indIs. -
and Bow 70 PIBDeIly Uyo n
Facts OF Importance for All REGARDING e
New Discovery.

The mortality statistics OF this country
show that great proportion OF deaths
arise from Heart Disease. But aside from
the fatality which attends IL. the incon-
venience and suffering which even the
first stages bring maxi IL necessary to
take prompt measures for relief. IN
doubtedly the greatest remedy of mod
ern times for curing diseases OF the Heart
Is Observation-Disclosures" which Is accom-
plIshing such wonderful results and at
tracing so much attention. This great
remedy possesses ingredients specially
designed for all the numerous troubles OF
the Heart. The combination is the re-
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it can be safely asserted that when taken
in time IL will cure In every case. Do you
ever have Nightmare, oppressed feeling
in the side or breast, Irregular Action,
Throbbing, Jumping, Fluttering, Mo
mentary Stopping, Slow Circulation of
the Bloodg These are all symptoms OF
Heart Disease. Those who are suffering
and have never tried IL, should do so at
once; those who have ever tried 1t Go not
need TO be urged to do so again. If your
Druggist has not got IL, send enc dollar
and fffty-cents to our address and II will
be mailed to you. Sole agents in Amor
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For sale in Austin by j. W. Graham.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31

WHILE the president is contem-
plating whether it is best to make
another public exhibition of kissing
the female members of his fam
lily in public. or attack the
institution -of marriage rs insti-
tuted by brigham Young,
the Mormons are going right
along marrying more wives than
ever before. They are spreading
into Arizona and New Mexico.
There is quite Number of them in
the latter territory, several of them
members Of the legislature, and 1t Is
proposed tn establish a Mormon
newspaper Therefore we are likely
to have the Mormon question soon
in New Mexico and Arizona, n well
as i'm Utah. 90 .lf F.-f.t,Efs r...
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31

What Judge Black does not know
about railroads is being shown by
Mr.. Albert Fink on the facts side of
the question and by Mr.. George Tick
nor Curtis in the April number of
the North AmeTicdn Rerieao on the
legal side. Mr.. Fink, in commune
cation under date of the sixteenth
instant, to New York paper, con-
firms the fact that Judge Black, i'll
calculating his enormous aggregate
of alleged eXtortion and plumber,
entirelymistoOk gross production of
crops for proportion of grain freight
borne east by rail In other words,
he put the average east bound tom
mage Of the trunk lines in 1881 at
the enormous amount of 226, 100000
tons, whereas the actual figures were
only II 100000 tons, including grain.
live stock and all other freight
When one muliiplies the actual re-
suits by twenty, il is easy to prove
as great an amount OF extOrtion as
may be necessary To make q case.
But, as Mr. Fink roolly re-
marks ..the advance OF five
cents referred TO in Judge
Blacks letter Of November 10th,
1880, applied only TO n portion of
thisbtonnage, not exceeding $780,
600 tons of grain and provisions, on
which an advance of five cents per
100 pounds during the four winter
months was made, is equal to 3d.
$4,000 instead of 1925, 000,O only
about. One-hundredth part of Judge
Blacks estimate" Mr.. Fink goes
through the rest of Judge Blacks
figures in the same way, showing
how superior expert knowledge is
to guess work in all such test cases.
Mr.. Curtis, on the other hand, chal-
lenges Judge Blacks information in
respect to the law of the ownership
Of railroad property. He shows
that the law of contractsis perfectly
we'll defined and absolutely. re-
spected by the Constitution
and he shows, moreover, that
Judge Black mistakes both the scope
and meaning OF Chief-Justice
Waits's decision in the five railroad
cases known ss the sGranger cases.
Mr.. Curtis insists that in these de-
CisiOHo tHc court CIedIlN lHdut uls-
tinctions which Judge Black Mt
tempts to ignore, and that the rela-
tions of the public with railroads as
to "ussr and the duties which attend
it, in no wise impair the private
rights of property which inhere to
railroads under their charters, con-
sidered as contracts between them
and the state Mr.. Curtis thinks
that further judicial consideration
of the subject is imperatively called
for, but that, in the meantime at is
impossible 10 extract from these
doctrines, in ajudicial sense, all that
has been claimed by the advocates
for legislative interference with the
contracts of railroad corporations"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31
A STARTLING
DISCOVERY

Dchstrn's Antimolhiac ng 1hnat Remedy IL
a pnTey vegetable discovery, and l. being used
with such maSksd sotiSTtIeioa that In "a, 90 ties
timoniai- were received from Diphlheria Dis
tricts alone. II never falls when taken In time
CrOnp relieved instantly. Sore Throat cured
In from 20 !. honrs Snch diseases rs Br0n-
chitis, QalDzy, Asthma, Catarrh, Hoarscness,
Tickling Ia the Throat, Hacking Cough or Bad
Cold, VIII yield 10 It's virtue Immediately. The
only misIictno known 10 cure n cold IN The
head. Public speakers and singers who feel n need
OF clear throat and strong voice, should moi
fail TO use e..
Any one using this remedy and falling 10 be
Satisfied with the result shoAld write us al once,
stating case.
This remedy, BY being 0rsiercd directly nom
the manufacturer, Will DO forwarded BY mail "a
any address ON receipt ofprice, ut n less cost by
25 per cent. than though We were 10 Introduce Il
to the reople by the druggists. A IS cent box
small size, will be forwarded for % cents, OF
81 box, large size, for 80 ccnts.
Any persons using this remedy for any ofthC
above diseases, being satisfied with the result
by sending us a testimonial to that effect shal
receive box of medicine worth 81, FREE OF
CHARGE.
All correspondence checrfully answered, and
all orders promptly filed State paper In whict
you saw advertisement. Address
j G. DENSTEN Il CO.,
Woodbury., Gloucester Co., n. j.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31
NoTICE OF ACCOUNT.

The Slate Of Texas TO al persons interested
in The administTation Of the estate 81 d LAME
As..ss.,.1 ,he esfefe Of James Ralston. deceased,
bss sIed his final account IN tbs county court Of
Travis county, which viii be scted on At the
-, t.rm of safd court. commencing on the
,sird Monday in Nay, 1881, at the court house
teereof. IN Ihe city Of Austin, ~ which time all
persous interested IN said estate may appear
and make objections thereto.
Wftne-s, Frank Brown, clerk Of said
.or ~ courf, and the seal thereof attached,
a(L.uIfc fhis 11thLday Of Marh, 1881. .1gl no.,
nar16 1tew2Od FRANK BROWN, Clerk.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31

Lucy STONE is after Garfield:
eloquent for the right of 100000
colored men. Dumb for the rights
of 100000 women. God forgive
himr' But did he not kiss his
mother?
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31
NOTICE

J. hereby given that the Regular Animal Meeting
Of the Directors and OF the Stockholders Of the
HOUSTON & TEXA3 CENTRAL RAILWAY
COMPANY will be held at the Company s
office, IN the city Of III uston, on Monday, May
ID, 1881, at which time, among other things, win
proposition 10 change Section 5, of Article ., OF
the by Laws Of the Company so that II shall
read as fOilowr VIZ:
Section 3. The Board Of Directors shall hold
monthly neeeiDgs at the Office Of the Company
on the fret Monday In each month.
A. y. RICHARDSON, Secretary.
HousToN. Mar, Il ~. 1sS. marA wtOmays
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31

AS an evidence of what the mn
provement of the Mississippi river
is doing for western trade, 1t may
be stated that the movement of corn
at New Orleans. for lSS0,vA l2.Oi6,-
63l bushels. against 4,96tA7l bush
els in 1876: the movement of wheat
was 5.065, 40 bushels in 1880, against
J, 253. 7so for the previous year: and
of all cereals, is.472.532 bushels.
against il.762.56l IN 1879. The total
annual receipts OF all kinds of pro-
ducc and merchandise by river at
New Orleans amounted Ia l,700.OOO
tons, with shipments of s00.W0 tons.
exclusive of ice. lumber. etc. 1853
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31


The L0Rd and Rdjiwdy .JOUrH0i
contains the following notice Of u
most worthy state officer:
Mr.. Bowman is native of Louis
lana. born in 1874, was prepared for
college at Collegiate Institute, Baton
Rouge. Louisiana, and entered the
Southern University in Alabama, in
1860. During the late civil war he
served in the third Mississippi cav
airy with distinct, n. and was pro-
NOTED from the ranks. lie com
pleted his course of study alter the
war in ISee Imperial, France. In
1871 he came to Texas, residing in
Bell county. Whilst there in 1874.
and occupied as principal OF high
school, he was appointed Chic
Clerk State Departmen This po-
sition he occupied until his recent
appointment by Gov. Roberts as
Secretary of State. Mr.. Bowman's
devotion to duty, uniform courtesy
and decided ability, secured hts adj
yancement from the position of
clerk to principal Tine Governor
could not have selected better
man for the position"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31
Nor A noLLAr ~ III.

- a.
II Is said eight hundred men arc
at work on the sunset" cxtension
This looks very much IKE some-
body i getting purely in earnest on
building a purely Southern Pacific
railway. for il l. lnOwa that this
road is moving towards u junction
with IiuntingtoR's CONFERENCE.-The.
But this is not The only connection
To he made with this roah The
Texas 4 Pacific il rsf,idlyl
moving over the rsyt space
between Fort Worth and
FL Paso. aud when il is
finished Texas will have two lines
to the Pacific ocean The compile
ton ofthe Atchison, Topeka X Santa
Fe railway TO junction with the
Southern Pacific gives an impetus
to all this work. Ii is seen. too, that
this old line across the con incnt--
the Centr"l and the Union Pacific
i operated with great expense dur
lug many months of the year II has
had Il monopoly without being ablr,
because of the severity Of seasons,
to do that which the pnblic de-
mands of il. From the end Of
the y. T.. 4 :. r. there will
be two lines built. one To the
City of Mexico. aud The other
to Guaymas on the Pacific
coast. The road into Mexico win
connect with another. coming from
Mazatlan to the City of Mexico; 50
that. in reality. by means Of these
connections at FL PasO, Texas is to
secure. shortly, the advantages of
three Pacific railways. Add To
these the narrow gauge system, that
will soon push its lines across tie
continent. and the other cOnucc-
tions at Laredo, by which Mexican
trade is Ia be created. and Texas
will have advantages in trans
portation. uncqualed by any
other state in the Union
Really it would have been unwise
Tor the legislature to so legislate as
to affect the early advantages TO ac-
crue to Texas, through the expcn-
diture in railway construction OF
vast sums of money. of which not
one OF its citizens puts in dollar.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31

WM. ii. VANDERBILT is going
right along putting over $2,OOO,OOO
into a residence in New York city,
while Texas is laboring slowly but
surely, we hope, in the direction of
building 81 SOC, 900 capitol.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31

THE cotton factories of Aiken
eountysSSouth Carolina, run ~ ,4s0
spindles, 1925 looms, have 1880
operatives and consume l7,S4S bales
ofcotton annually; and this is what
has produced prosperity and riches
amid sand hills.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31

The Connecticut legislature has
Incorporated the International Con-
struction Company, which proposes
TO build the International railroad
into Mexico. It's capital stock is 81
100000, which may be increased TO
YlO.OOO.OOO.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31
sHREwDNEss AND ABILITY.

Hop Bitters, so freely advertised In all
the papers, secular and eligious, are hay
ing Il large sale, and are supplanting all
otser medicines. There II mo denying the
virtues of the hop plant. and the propr1e-
tors Of these Bifters have shown great
sfirewdnes and ability in compromising .
|3fttera whose virtuesare 20 palpnDis 70
leTeryone's Observation-Disclosures
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The Ministers and the New Kansas Anti
80 Liquor Law. ~ i'H-

d .. ID. 3D. F"
The new prohibition law OF Kan
sas is meeting with the strongest OPP
position from q quarter whence
trouble was probably least expected.
The law absolutely forbids, the use
of wine in the sacrament. Furnishing
the minister who so administers the
sacrament, with two Years impris-
onment in the penitentiary and shut
ting up the church itself as a public
nuisance, according to the interpre-
tation of the Rev. DR.. Beatty. rector
of the Episcopal Church at Law
renee. Last Sunday that clergyman
administered the sacrament as usual,
regardless of the, consequences
having previously announced to the
congregation his determination SO to
do. Hesaid: ""We are willing to rem
der unto Cesar The things which
are Cesar'S, hut we, viii still give
to God the things that are His.
] say. as did Peter, 'Judgeye yheth-
er We should obey men rather than
God Of one thing you must be as-
sured-We shall never recognize tor
moment the attempts, of human
Legislation TO destroy The great
sacrament of The Christian church,
1t is probable that the Rev. Or.
Beatiy's action will be uni ated BY
other clergymen, aud the. result IS
hard 10 pr dict. Il yiii b argusd
ihgi the state canpot permit The
prohibition law to be ,okenly Tioiat-
ed by clergymen without arouslag a
STORM of opposition FROM these to
whom its enforcement, is a pecunia-
~ loss; and, on the other hand, that
to consign the Rev, DR.. Beatty to
prison and close his church as anui7
sance would place sharp weapons in
the hands of those who want to see
the new law hewn down. root and
branch Ea,b sti saola 1sfgi7
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31

THE Cincinnati Gazette says that
business with the South is enor-
mOusly large; that railroads and
river combined are not equal to il ;
that railways are blocked. This
speaks well for the prosperity of the
Sonth
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31

TEXAs and her capabilities, is the
subject of an address delivered by
Col. Lang, before the Farmers Club
of the American institute. at New
York, March 8, 1881. Col. Lang
gives a glorious description OF the
immense capabilities of the state.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-03-31

BEcAusE of IN health Mr.. Glad
stone may be forced TO resign his
place in the English cabinet. In
such event he win be succeeded by
Joseph Chamberlain, most pro-
nounced Radical. q He would be-
vome the leader of the Liberal party
ia the House Of Commons. dispIae-
lag the Marquis Of Harrington. He
Is bitterly opposed TO the weakness
and sbnses OF kings, and has sliown
a leaning towards Republication
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HUGH ]. JEwETr succeeds Gen
Grant as president of the Worlds
Fair. Jewett is a railroad msgnate
and has money TO back his presi-
dency, while Grant expected Ill.
thing to back him with any amour
of money for his personal u>
Hence there was no spontmeou
movement among New Workers "a
inangurate the scheme. -