The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-11
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lnluks lcAds tnc pOOE hlAh paho-
dise."
The Galveston savings and loan
company has declared a dividend of
$2l per share.
A discharged federal soldier fell
from the railroad bridge at Dallas,
and was killed.
The cost of the buildings for
which permits were issued las =
month in Dallas foot up $4,000.
says the Times.
In Waco the doctors have faith in
advertising and they show their
faith by their acts. One Waco paper
has the professional cards of no less
than thirteen doctors.
The Democrat says it is the "pluck
of Fort Worth which has made IL the
metropolis of north Texas" Won
der what it was that made Dallas
also the metropolis of that section of
the state9
The Tyler Courier thinks the loca-
ton of the university for the colored
people at Waco, does not make IL
desirable for the university for the
whites. The two universities should
not be in the same city.
The Fort Worth Democrat says
Caddo Peak, one of the candidates
for the state university, is located
near Fort Worth. A wicked Dallas
paper suggests that this annouce-
ment will cost the Peak hundreds of
votes.
A temperance paper wishes all the
whisky was in hades, 10 which the
Tyler Courier replies: "The editor
of that paper ought to he shot. No
man has right TO create an induce
ment that will start millions Of peo-
pie on the downward road"
Philosophy from Uncle Daniel, OF
the Age: "The editor of the Castro
vile quill says the Houston Post has
charged him with defending and
upholding the currept practice of
public officer, and he wants the Post
to prove the charge. Now IL occurs
to us, that if anybody would mako
that sort Of charge against us, we
would rather he would not tprove it,"
Says the Houston Age: "The
Austin STATESMAN says that shoot
ing Garfield has not changed his
political record, and the STATESMAN
is correct. But from the gushing
talk of some of our democratic ex-
changes it might have been inferred
that Guiteau's bullet had converted
the president into a white-winged
angel of purity and goodness"
The.Guadalupe Times says: "We
did not advocate Seguin for the uni
versity because we thought il alb
surd, but since reading a circular
from the "Hall of Waco medical So
ciety" and one from Thorp's Springs
in the interest of their respective
cities, we feel like eXciaimIng in the
language of Lord Give before the
committee of parliament, "By-
Mr.. Chairman, at the day, L stand
4 astonished at my own moderation"
The Decatur Tribune, whose edi-
tor is assistant clerk of the house of
| representatives, asks question, as
follows; "The papers in Texas
friendly to Maxey are pitching into
Reagan. The question now arises
will the friends of Maxey stand up
to their alleged trade made during
the senatorial race last winter that
if Reagan's friends would vote for
/ Maxey, Maxey's friends IN turn
/ would vote for Reagan in the 18th
Legislature to succeed Coke"
The Dallas Times perpetrates this
piece of good humor at the expense
of Galveston and Houston; Tt
must be embarrassing to those cities
which want the medical branch of
the university to be forced to set
out their advantages over other
aspiring towns. Galveston, for in
stance, blushingly asserts that it has
crippled and dying paupers always
on hand, or, that it has the fattest
graveyard of any other point IN th<
state. 1t takes such talk as this to
make the people appreciate how fine
is the advantages she is able to offer
the rising young saw-bones."
The BRENNAN Banner thus records
the result of q prosecution under the
Sunday law; "The county attorney
looked first at the jury, then at the
law, then at the court, and then he
rubbed his head, after which he an
nounced that he would dismiss the
case. Mr.. Ebell, who had brought
into court Saratoga trunk contain
ing the largest, the grandest and the
most beautiful ostrich plume west of
the Father of Waters, took it out,
put in his hat, and, forming himself
into a grand triumphal procession of
one, marched home. Thus endeth
the second chapter of the Sunday
law.n
The Clarksville Standard strongly
endorses the act of Governor Rob-
erts in refusing to fix q day of
thanksgiving and prayer. 1t says !;
"While we are very glad that Presi-
dent Garfield is likely to recover,
and hope that the utmost extent of
the law will be meted out TO his as
sailant, we think that Governor
Roberts did exactly right in declin-
ing to follow in this line of mon
archial precedents. If any citizens
desire to PROSTATE themselves upon
this or any other occasion, nobody
has a right to object, but Governor
Roberts was not placed at Austin
to do any man worship or suggest
tany."
Seys the Mckinney Enquirer
~We ,NdmIre Roberts because he il
not a noI,, " man because he is strict
Iv n const;, 'utional man; because
he has firmness - do right, let tho
people say what th, W may because
he is guided by princip. anu nn hn 10; q =,
popular sentiment; becauA. no 40 ~
patriot of the Jef1ersonian tyl. - -
he is petltioned to resign by tho.
howling demagogues, three-fourths
OF the honest, toiling people of this
country will petition for him TO stav
where he is. That man in this age
OF corruption who aciU do right, has
a rugged road to travel. Narrow is
the road in which honest people
travel, and few governors there be
who find it,"
The San Antonio ErpTess knocks
the chip off GalYeston's cap, and
says: "The Galveston .JouynGI saws
the population of that city is 1000
greater than the census gives n
Why not say 10000 or 10000 greater?
It would be as readily believed. No
Galveston man dare take his hand
off his pocket book and place il ON
his heart and say the population is
as great as the census gave It O year
agO-22,258. When the Journal at
tempts to prove its reckless assertion
by saying we don't live ON chile
con-cd,7ae and ffyoIes down this way.
and don't you forget itv' we feel