The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-03


While all night long DER moon-lit turf
The wind brings in from fur
The moaning Of the batiled surf
Athwart the harbOr bar.
The Egyptian troubles will prob
ably involve all Europe in a general
row.
WE CAN conceive of nothing more
pathetic than the love-feasts of the
Radicals and Greenbackers.
THE internal revenue department
has in six years collected $74S,S3l.-
OIL without any loss by defalcation.
Expenses of collection were So, 0S7,-
800. rst
The Massachusetts, Republicans
will hold their state convention Sep
tember 20, and the Democrats will
wait to see what they will do before
holding their own convention.
THE lost census report, which led
to the recommendation of another
congressman for Nebraska, has been
found. The mischief was caused by
several clumsy alterations of figures.
THE only tin-plate mills in the
country have recently gone out of
the business, although protected
heavily by the baron's tariff. The
owners find it more profitable to
mako aheet-iron
A BALTnIoREAN thinks the only
way to save the south from ruin aud
the north from the threat OF injury,
in time TO come, from the monstrous
alliance of ambitious greed with
barbarous ignorance, is TO recall the
Democratic party to power,
THE young Japanese who were
sent to this country to be educated
have formulated and are urging
plan of elective government. Their
drst step is to secure the election of
county officers by popular vote, and
aextthe provincial governorships.
THE New York Half-breeds freely
talk of revolving against the ticket
which will be put out by the next
Republican convention, which they
believe will be controlled by the
stalwarts. In that case there will
be several independent Republican
candidates.
SENATOR VANCE, of North Caro-
lima. is of the opinion that if the tax
on playing cards is removed through
the instrumentality OF Senator Sher-
man u photograph of the latter
should be published on the "Joker"
in every pack. Senator Vance is
trump aud no mistake.
The Egyptians and Arabs make
war with the same savage ierocity
which characterized their ancestors
1000 years ago. The broad glare of
the nineteenth century civilization
seems not to have penetrated the
Egyptian darkness which still hangs
oyer the land of Sesostris.
SOMETHING over 1000 bills have
been introduced in the house this
session aud over $500 in the senate.
besides 500 resolutions. AS about
1000 copies of each bill aud joint res
olution have been printed, the job OF
government printing amounts to
100000 impressions-nine.ten ths
Of which is absolute trash.
THE present session of congress is
approaching IN length that OF the
-first session of the forty.fonrth con-
gress, which lasted until after the
middle of August, 1876. Had this
summer been us hot as that OF 1881,
Washington would be deserted by
congressman and senators to-day
These great men can not stand the
heat there.
Mr.. JAY HUBBELL and his assist
ants can not deceive anybody with
the voluntary distribution state
ment. 1t is said that Hubbell and
his colaborers in Matchmaking laugh
at the "voluntary" idea, and out of
print declare that they have legal
right to force the federal employees
10 pay the political assessments. NO
intelligent person is deceived by
Hubbell's statements. The federal
employees know that they must pay
or be placed on the black list and
look for early removal. There is
nothing q voluntary" about the bust
ness.
ANOTHER gang of pension atfida-
Wit forgers has been discovered in
Philadelphia, and If the authorities
look around through the states they
will doubtless discover many more
swindlers who have been in the same
business for years. Mr.. Beck's propo-
sition to have the names of all pen-
sioners and pension applicants pub.
licly posted would prevent large
amount of pension stealing. but
Senator Logan aud other alleged
Hsoldiers' friends are opposed 10
taking any steps TO protect genuine
pensioners and the federal treasury.
These alleged soldiers friends are
very averse to putting stop to any
frauds in the pension business.