The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04
TEXAS PRESS OPINIONS.
DID IT THEMSELVES.

DID IT THEMSELVES.
The Dallas Times thinks the rail-
road men themselves were the
originators of the three cent bill.
JACKsoNIAN BACKBONE.
BRENNAN Banner: The Dallas
Times, the contrariest paper in the
state, advances the idea that Gov
ernor Roberts made a fine display
of JaCksonian backbone in signing
the three-cent railroad bill, and
that it will have the effect of making
him more unanimously popular
with the masses than he was before.
IT WOULD BE AWFUL.
Dallas Times: Somebody stole
the Bible of the senate-that holy
book, which has been kissed by
Webster, Benton and other great
statesmen of the past. Nothing can
exceed the enormity of this crime,
unless somebody were to steal, from
the legislative desk of or state, the
patent colored- maps sold to our
lawmakers by the Houston Post.
WOULD BE HARD TO FIND.
Honey Grove Independent: If
one member of the legislature can
be found who went to Austin I'M
prepared to present some sort of
bill to regulate railroads, he should
be publicly censured by that body,
and then made the target of all the
newspapers Of the state. But from
present indication such man would
be hard to find.
DOES NOT LIKE 1T.
Corpus Christie Free Press: The
railroad bill which passed both
houses of the legislature last week,
will prove a damper to railroad
enterprises in southwest Texas
should it become a law. Let the
roads alone. They want to be en-
couraged in this sparsely settled
country, not hindered. They have
been a great civillzer and protector,
aud beat staging all to pieces.
AN EXCHANGE OF FAvoRs.
Bonham Nelcs: The Orange T16-
u1ee says we of north Texas may
have the door-keeper and sergeant
alarms, both, in the next legislature
Thank you Bro. Harris, we always
knew you were kind hearted and
liberal, and we will accept your
offer. And when the meeting of
the next legislature takes place, we
will apply tor the position and ask
OF you kind word to assist us.
NOTICE TO GALVESTON.
Brazoria Independent: In the
matter of congressional apportion-
ment Galveston may think that she
has got the matter to suit herself,
but we can assure her that we will
certainly demand of the next con-
gressional aspirant recognition of
other ports before he will be accord
ed the suffrage of the people. The
coast off to the west of the island
will demand something, and will
certainly get it.
A TEXAS FASHION.
Bandera Bugle: The report by
LII. Graham, NJ. D., superintendent
of the state lunatic asylum, is clear
statement of the work done in the
institution. 1t makes a remarkable
statement regarding the unwhole-
some sanitation of the asylum i'll re-
gard to ventilation, sewerage, and
water, prime necessities of all such
institutions, and ought to have been
the first consideration before the
building was erected. But il is
Texas fashion to put the wagon be-
fore the team.
WORTHLESS WITHOUT RAILROADS.
Brennan Banner: An Impression
prevails among some of the men,
hers of the legislature that the state
has been very liberal TO the rail-
roads, and that in consequence
thereof the railroads should be legis-
lated upon and restricted. By tar
the larger portion of the land in the
state would not have been worth an
average price of ten cents an acre
without railroads. Railroads have
made Texas what she is to-day, and
upon them depends her future de-
velopment.
A PUBLIC NEED.
Bolton Journal: Is there a pri-
vate insane asylum in the state of
Texas? Members of the Texas
Press Association will. perhaps, sup
pose that we took advantage of
their absence in California to ask
the question, but it is no such thing.
We are convinced that all institu-
ton of the kind would be well pat
ronized, provided it was run in first
class style, and made subject to Of
fetal inspection.
A WORD FOR THE RAILROADS.
Houston Age: The Tyler Courier
gets some very odd notions into its
head. 1t insists that, because the
state gave TO railroad companies
lands on condition that they would
build railroads in the state, that the
state owns the roads, and may law
fully do what it likes with them.
Upon the same principle it might
be insisted, because the United
States gave to certain persons 160
acres of land each, upon condition
that they would settle upon and i'm
prove the lands, that the improve
ments when made belong to the
government, and that it may do as
it pleases with them. The position
is hardly tenable.