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

The Telephone thinks it generally
understood that Throckmorton and
WelbOrn are each to have district
under the new apportionment.
An anti-prohibition paper throws
this solid chunk of wisdom into the
prohibition camp: "AlcohOl will
trouble no man if he will not fool
with it,"
Waxahachie Mirror: "The lSif-
fngS man at Austin is making war
on the governor. His excellency
has never been popular with the Re-
publicans, and the lSiftiaGS man
happens to belong to that party"
Tyler Courier: "The saloon men
of Georgetown having adopted the
cash system, Nat @. Henderson
spends his Sundays in Austin, where
whisky is free for the newspaper
man who will abuse the governor
The retirement of so many Texas
postmasters makes fun for the para
grapheIs. The Dallas Times SAYS
"At this season of the year the post
master is affable. He don't know
but what he will at any moment be
compelled to walk out into a cold
world and meet the frowns of those
who asked him, while an officer, to
please be in hurry about distribut-
ing the mails"
Says the Telephone: "The Gal
weston Journal wonders what the
Palmer-Sullivan people will do with
that tender of $6S,OOO Cor so much
thereof as may be colected0 made
them by the committee of eleven
They might frame it and hang it up
in their general Office as memento
of the twenty-one days they lost
waiting on Galveston. Twenty-one
days are as valuable these times as
the same number of months few
years ago." ..
The Houston Posts political sug-
| gestions are not received well by the
papers. The Meridian Blade says:
"The Houston Post thinks that by
coalition off the progressive Democ-
racy, the Greenbackers and the. Re-
publicans, the bourbon Democracy
could be beaten in Texas. Yes, that
combination would form hralthy
mess in the politics of tl.' tate,
wouldn't it2 1t would be Z pro-
gressive kind of Democrat. ,Adeed,
that would harmonic witt The Re-
publican element. AS matter of
fact, there is no such distinction as
progressive Democracy. All true
Democracy is progressive"
The San Antonio EUening Light
Bourbon" Republican, says:
"rhe appointment of Col. j. G. De-
Gress as postmaster at Austin, is a
gratifying piece of news to every
genuine Republican in the state.
Col. DeGress has won a reputation
as first-class officer il every posi-
ton he has undertaken. AS state
superintendent of public education,
his administration was able and eff
cient; as mayor of the city of Aus
tin he restored that bankrupt place
to par basis, and so faithfully and
ably conducted the city affairs that
the people would have retained him
as long as he would consent to hold
the office. As postmaster he will
make the office a credit TO the gov
eminent. He belongs to the old
guard, and they can be trusted"
The WeatherfOrd Herald is
straightout, and utters some sound
truths in the following: "The Dial
las Herald usually contains we'll
written editorials, but when it I'M
dertakes-as it recently did-to de-
fend independent journals and at
tack those claiming loyalty to party,
it fails to carry conviction by force
ofreason, and falls into an error
common to all men who have no
we'll defined principles--that ofabus-
ing those who espouse cause from
conviction and are consistent
in their friendship. The Dallas Her.
aid has miscOnceived the mission of
a great newspaper when it contends
that its field of usefulness is enlarged
by reason of its non-allegiance to
party. It's the independent papers,
so-called, that are ever open to the
corrupting influences of bribery. 1t
is the nOR-conmitted journal that is
always ready to be approached by
designing men and paid to champion
causes that are unjust. No thinking
man will have much confidence in a
paper that openly claims to have no
settled principles"
The Jasper Neaosboy is most de-
cidedly in favor of Austin for the
location of the state university. 1t
says no city can "set forth better or
more forcible reasons for the loca-
ton of the university in its midst"
and therefore it is actuated by estate
PRIDE" believing that this feeling
largely. predominates through
out the State. Says the NIB:
''We are most decidedly in favor of
the present unity of the state. of
the erection of grand capitol
building that will be an honor to
the founders of this grand republic,
and the pride and boast of every
true Texan, and of the founding and
maintaining of an institution of
learning, at which all of Texas sons,
who feel disposed to do SO can have
a place to acquire finished educa-
ton in any branch of science or lit
erature, without going beyond the
points of the Lone Star. And we
believe the establishment of those
two enterprises at Austin, will be a
sure bond of cement that will hold
all the different parts and interests
of our great Lone Star Republic
firmly together. We trust the people
all over the state will so look at the
matter, divest themselvesof too much
local pride, and roll up an almost
unanimous vote next September, in
favor of Austin for the state uni
versity.
Feather-Weights.
What is vinegar without a mother +?
1t is orphan very poor.
Men are geese, women are ducks,