The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-06-16
TEXAS PRESS VIEWS.

pointing its gun at Austin. Hear it :
"rhey have had bad luck with their
public buildings ut Austin. The
new court house has seventeen leaks.
and little wind last week. lifted all
the tin from the market. If they
will send TO Houston and get Ed
Duhemel to furnish the plans and
supervise their building, and Martin
Curten put ON their tin works, they
will have something that will last"
The Brennan Banner generally
carries level head. II says: obi
verslty of industry would prove an
efficient means of overcoming what
is called the transportation monopo-
ly. The less distance manufactures
and products of the farm are carried,
the better 1t is for all parties A
great portion of carrying is waste
of forces. To bring the inanufaet-
urer and the cultivator of the soil as
near together as possible, for the
benefit of each, is the true principle"
The following are some ofthe rea-
sons given by the Gonzales Lnqui,er
for preferring that the state univer-
sity should be located at Austin.
eve want to see all the public build
ings of the state put at Austin, and
we wish to see these public edifices
fine ones, and if division is talked of,
an appeal to the pocket, if not to the
patriotism, of the average voter will
suffice to preserve onr grand CON-
monwealth intact. Let us tie our
state together with q chain of dollars
as well as one of state pride. The
ears of many man are acutely open
to the faintest clink ofthe dollar that
are deaf to the bugle calls of patriot
ISM"
The Mexia Ledger thinks the Bap-
lists are satisfied, and says: 1--WE
notice the new version or transla-
ton of the scripture does not meet
with any comment at the hands of
the Baptists. We suppose their
own recent revised version suits
them and hence their silence" o.
The remark made by Col. Mills,
that he never expected to be ''before
the people of Houston for re-elec-
ton to congress" has excited con-
siderable comment from the press.
The Houston Age says: "m his
speech at the cotton exchange Fri
day evening. Colonel Mills said he
did hotthink it likely that he would
be again chosen to congress from n
district embracing Houston, and he
was no doubt correct. Under the
apportioqment to be made by the
next legislature, it is by no means
probable that Harris county and
Navarro county, situated 200 miles
apart, with large and populous coun-
ties surrounding and Intervening,
will be both in the same congress
sional district. Colonel Mills has
made q good representative. His
congressional record is uneXcep-
tionably good, and he is personally
very popular. There is very little
doubt OF his being kept in congress
from whatever district he resides in,
as long as he likes to be n member.
1t is thought that, in the district of
which Harris county shall be made
part, Colonel j. w. johnson will
be the candidate of a combination
of the Republicans and Indepen-
dents. He has the means to make a
vigorous canvass, and has been sue
csssful in his political contests. It
is thought that Captain j. e.
Hutchinson will be the Democratic
nominee"
The Star Vindicator sees bright
future for Texas. 1t says: "When
Texas gets to manufacturing her
wool into cloth, and her cotton into
cloth and thread, then she will be
the wealthiest state in the Union.
And this she will he certain to do as
soon as our railroad system is COM
pleted, which will be, Just as quick
now as money and energy can ac-
complish it. Northern capitalists
will then be induced to invest their
money among us; and machinery of
various kinds will be the principal
attraction, as this brings safer and
heavier returns than anything else."
THE Dallas Times, in answer to a
red-hot article in a neighboring
journal, says: 'TThe editor of the
Bolton Journal wakes warm over
the comments Of the press on Max
ey's connection with the star route
swindle. The JotirNdI INDUCES in
severe language, and calls upon those
papers which think the senator
should make an explanation, to come
forward with their charges. We
have none to make against the sena-
tors honesty. We might prosecute
him for mental neaI>sightedness if
we had the space, but not having it,
we refer the journal to Beck's
Blackburn's and Maxey's speeches
when the extra appropriation asked
for by Brady, was being discussed"
The Waco Examiner, in discussing
prohibition, says: "We believe the
movement portends more than is
generally ibelieved-first, because 1t
is in the hands of earnest and en-
thusiastic men, who believe that it
is not only political, but a moral
duty which demands action; and
second, for the reason that similar
movements have been recently made
in many of the states. and close OBJ
/ servers of motives which govern
masses of people know that they are
generally what may be called cpl
demic. 1t will be made great
moral question, Uvershadowing all
| minor political issues, and the zeal
of the classes who will take the lead
promises lively fight and possibly
success, unless there is correspond
ling rally on the other side. That
the present license system brings a
revenue to the treasury OF the state
is about all the good that can be
said of it; but whether prohibitory
laws can suppress the liquor traffic
absolutely or to such an extent as
will remove the curse which il
brings upon families and communi-
ties, is not yet clearly demonstrated
The fact of too much rain in North
Texas is thus illustrated by the
Sherman Courier Chronicle "The
Northern papers are teeming with
puffs of hundreds of watering
places. We don't think there is q
country the sun shines upon that
can beat North Texas for watering
places just now. III having rain Ii
hours out of "a constitutes watering
places, we've got 'em. But then we
are not included in the land the sur
shines upon to any great extent
/, at present"
| The Galveston Neics, in comment
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