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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26
That Tidal wave.


The Democratic avalanche in Ohio
seems to increase in size as fuller re-
ports are received. The latest re-
liable accounts at hand put the
Democratic majority on the state
ticket at over 10000, with fourteen
members of congress out of twenty
one. Viewed in the most favorable
light this is a terribly disastrous re-
suit for the Republicans, and it's
future effects cannot but be damag-
ing 10 that party. 1t is true that not
a single national issue was involved
in the contest, that local and personal
questions were paramount, and that
the Democratic party of the state
was nearly as badly demoralized and
divided over these questions as were
the Republicans. The fact remains,
however, that substantial Demo-
cratic victory has been secured, and
that the bulk of the offices in the
state will be in the hands of the
members of that party for the next
two years. These things will con-
solidate the party, insure oaganiza-
tion, and provide the sinews of war,
as well as inspire confidence, and it
will not do for Republicans to un-
derrate their effect on the contest
two years hence. Besides, so sweep
ing a victory in Ohio cannot fail to
have its influence on the elections
yet to be held in the other states
this fall. A close vote there would
have meant little or nothing; but
such large Democratic gains IN a
Republican stronghold will be very
apt to be regarded by the floating
vote IN other states as a valuable
pointer for 1884, and it will most
likely govern itself accordingly. 1t
Is quite safe to assume, therefore,
that the tidal wave which has swept
Ohio will not stop with the borders
OF that state.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26
PERSONAL.

Great preparations are being M ade
in Germany for celebrating the sill
yer wedding of the crown prince
and princess on January 20 next.
Lady Florence Dixie has issued an
appeal for assistance in raising a
fund for the relief of destitute small
farmers and cottiers of the western
coast of Ireland.
Miss Burke, the sister of the late
British under secretary for Ireland,
does not recover her health. The
effects of the shock which the news
of the assassination gave haye never
left her, and at present her health is
declared to be very feeble. She is
living at Ilfacombe, in DevonshIre,
with brother who is an artist. The
family estate has been inherited bv
Col Burke, but he does not yet live
upon it.
Strenuous, but fruitless efforts
we're made to induce John w.
Mackay, the bonanza man, to buy
Kensington House as an appropriate
place from which to launch Mrs.
Mackay and her daughter on the sea
of English society-a voyage which
has been for some time in contem-
plation. 1t is reported in London
that Mrs. Mackay's daughter, though
formally announced to be without a
dowry, is engaged to and will soon
marry an attache of the British en-
bassy at Paris.
A New York letter to the Phila-
delphia Record says: "Mr. Wander
bilt never was a popular man, but
now he is actually hated. The care
less way he manages his road and
his contempt for human life has
aroused more than Indignation. But
the fun is not all on Mr.. Vanderbilt's
side. He is more frightened to-day
than any one of the patrons of his
road, and with good reason, for he
has had stroke of paralysis. The
fact has been kept very quiet, but il
remains just the same"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26

THROUGH elections already held,
this fall, the Republicans have lost
six votes in congress, while the
Democrats have gained eight. In
the house, now, there are from
Maine three Republicans and two
Greenbackers, from Ohio five Dem.
ocrats and fifteen Republicans, from
Oregon one Republican, and from
Vermont three Republicans. From
these states in the next house,
which will be organized on the
4th of March, 1888, there will be i:
Name, four Republicans; Ohio, thir-
teen Democrats aud eight Republi-
cans; Oregon, one Republican; Yer
mont, two Republicans; West Vir.
ginis, three Democrats and one Re-
publican.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26

THE E1preSS dislikes to be COM
PEELED to rear up like a tarantula
and "show fight" every day in the
week, but the Austin STATESMAN
and other papers of its stamp must
cease preverication or there will be
war. The Express is not afraid of
any assaults that may bc made upon
any position it assumes, but it does
object to other papers setting up a
position of it that suits their pur-
poses, Just to have an easy task in
bowling it down.-S0n antonio Er-
press.
Alter reading the above para
graph we relent; we even feel sad,
and wish that the Express and the
STATESMAN were closer together,
that we might condole with it in its
sorely distressing position. If it
will come over 10 the fair there will
be communion.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26

If it be really true that in the
twelfth and eighteenth Ohio districts
the Democratic candidates have
been defeated by insignificant ma
jorities, the representation in con-
gress will still stand thirteen Dem
ocrats to eight Republicans, net
gain of eight over the representa-.
tion as it now stands. In the elev-
enth district the majority for the
Republican, it is said, is not over
twenty-five or thirty, while in the
eighteenth it is a bare scratch. A
rejection of few illegal votes, many
of which were cast, may change the
result Both of these districts were
heretofore strongly Republican.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26
Hon. s. s Coy tb;nks tho Demo

Hon. S. s. Cox thinks the Demo-
Gratis may have majority of twenty
or thirty in. the next house. He
says: "We shall gain three or four
in Indiana, two or three in Illinois,
two in New Jersey, half a dozen in
New York, half dozen in Pennsy1-
vanis, one or two in Connecticut,
perhaps two in Wisconsin, one in
Minnesota, three in Missouri, and
possibly one in Iowa. The Ohio re-
suit and the Republican divisions
hereabouts may give us all the CAL
ifornia delegation but one. Page
may be returned. We may lose one
in Tennessee, two in Kentucky, one
or two in Mississippi, and two in
North Carolina, and hold our own
In Texas, Georgia and South Car
olina.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26

The feeling between England and
Ireland is nowhere more strongly
apparent than in the army, the
greatest difficulty being experience d
to preserve discipline in many
cases. At Chatham a couple of
weeks ago a military riot occurred
which for time assumed a very Sc
rious aspect. The Royal Irish and
a portion of the Warwickshire regi-
ments being quartered close TO each
other fell to fighting. Several hum
dred men were engaged, and though
most of them were unarmed they
m de vigorous use of such chance
weapons as came to hand. The off,
GERS of both regiments made reso-
lutte efforts to quell the disturbance,
but without success. In fact the
officers were hustled unceremon-
iOusly into the mess room, where
they soon fell into a disagreement
among themselves. The riot con-
tinued until a detachment of another
regiment was brought up under
arms and dispersed the combatants.
The wounded were 8 mt to the hos
pital and the worst of the beliger-
ents were locked up in the guard
house.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26

ABOUT the end of this month q
great political battle will be fought
in Prussia. Elections are to be held
tor the lantag and chamber of depu-
ties. All parties are vigorously at
work. Bismarck is fdgety, for he
recognizes the possibility of popu-
lar verdict against his unyielding,
imperial policy. The latest advices
from Berlin indicate that his fears
are well founded. The star of Lib
eralism is in the ascendant. In the
last lantag the liberals had 145 MEM
bers. A gain of seventy-five will
give them majority. At first blush
it would seem rather improbable
that such change could be effect
ed; but 1t is said they
expect even greater gain.
The conditions are extraordinarily
favorable for hem this year. For
several years the Liberals have been
divided into three groups - Pro-
gressionists, Old National Liberals
and Secessionists-and factional dis
sensions have been a source of weak
ness. Now they are united and pre-
sent an unbroken front against the
conservative or ministerial party.
Happily, they find the enemy's camp
divided. Not only are the conserva-
tives and clericals Unable longer to
cooperate cordially, but the con-
servative groups cannot unite, and
several districts are running oppo-
Htion candidates. So the signs
point to q hard winter for Prince
Bismarck.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26
personal.

Arab had tent in Tel-el-Kebir
which was lined with crimson da-
mask silk, and another one he owned
was embroidered in silk, with for
get-me-nots, pomegranates and other
fruits.
The New York Times discusses
the question, what should be done
with Frank James, in rather sar-
castle vein, intimating that the pro-
priety of a full pardon would be
largely gauged by the willingness of
the bandit TO give bonds not to take
TO the lecture stage.
Princess Dolgorouki, the widow
OF the late czar, who is now staying
at Biarritz, has been for some time
negotiating with the heirs of Prince
Frederick of the Netherlands for the
schloss and estate of Muskan, which
is one of the finest country seats in
North Germany. The price de-
manded is f180,OOO.
III. L. kimball, it is reported, has
accepted a contract for $4,000 a
year from MIR. George M. Pullman,
of palace car notoriety, to build him
near Chicago, just such city as At
lanta, the name of such city to be
Pullman. This is bringing contract
ing down to fine point. 1t is quite
a common thing for a man to con-
tract to build railroad, but to con-
tract to build a city, and "just such
city as Atlanta" is altogether a
novel sort of undertaking.
Fhe latest bit of English legal sem
satiOnal news is that Sergeant Bal
lantine has been asked to go out to
Egypt to defend Arab Pasha. As
the learned sergeant is now in bis
eighty-eighth year, he would GER
tainly exhibit great enterprise if he
went to the land of the Sphinx to
plead on behalf OF the Egyptian
leader. 1t will be remembered that
some years ago this distinguished
English barrister went out to India
to defend the Guicowar of Baroda,
and received on that occasion an
enormous fee for his services, a large
portion OF which he dropped at Mo-
naco on his way home.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26
Address or Low Tariff Wool
Growers

AUSTIN, TEXAS, Oct. IA, 1882.
To the Wool Growers OF the Tenth Congress
sional District Of Texas:
"Osns and let ~ reason togsthsr."
Since certain gentlemen styling them
selves committee have issued an address
to wool growers, and other persons have
published letters and articles In newspa-
pers, all urging the wool growers In this
district TO vote against hon. John liam
cock, the Democratic candidate for con-
gress, we deem 1t proper that some Of US
wool growers, who have not departed
from the Democratic faith, should openly
take stand for principle and right.
against the corruptfng and insidious pol
icy pursued By these parties In their va
rious efforts TO elect Republican TO con-
gress.
Judge for us as to whom we shall
support for congress, ana to con-
denim Hon. John Hancock, and to say
that bis tariff sentiments are adverse 20
our interests.
Would it not have been well ior thee
to state hfs position on the tari1, ~ sne
then leave II FOR us to judge. wbel1ef -
was for us or against us .,edre |
Reference Is made also 70 |efion.
made By the Wool Growers' e<--s m the |
ssnot 70 support any man for
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26

The Express says that Judge q b.
1. Boone, of San ADtonio. will take the
stump in the west against Hancock
and in favor of E. j. Davis. Is this
Judge Bob Boone? We are soaked
through with ignorance on this
point. Will his hackers give some
of his strong points so we may form
some idea of the heft of the blow
that awaits Democracy? Was this
man n delegate tor Bexar county in
the Galveston convention Was he
u delegate from Bexar county to the
congressional convention that nomi-
mated Judge Hancock? Was he a
candidate tor the legislature before
the late Bexar county Democratic
convention, and was he defeated
for the nomination I? When
did the scales drop from
his eyes, and what brought about
the wonderful change Of heart that
causes him to repudiate his Democ-
racy and openly espouse the cause
of Radicalism as personated in E. j..
Davis2 How much of the Hubbell
fund goes west3 Is there a part of
the Republican wool growers being
placed 4? If it be as we have guess
ed, Barnum might be called upon to
tell what such rare specimens cost,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26

Is Judge B. L. Boone, of San An
tonic, the same Judge Boone who
held the office of county judge of
Richland county, South Carolina
under the notorious Radical Gov
ernor Chamberlain? ? If so, was he
elected or appointed as Radical of
the Chamberlain stripep Will his
sponsors please answer2
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26
The Population OF London.

The new census of London, show
ing the population to be 4,764, ,312
souls, has drawn out from Land, the
English journal, some striking con-
trasts. "There are" it says, in
London more than double the num-
ber of people in Denmark, including
Greenland nearly three times as
many as in Greece; more than
eighteen times the population of
Montenegro; some thousand more
than in Portugal, including the
Azores and Madeira nearly treble
the population of Servia more than
double that of Bulgaria; three
quarters of a million more than in
Holland; more than Sweden, or
Norway, or Switzerland" "And
yet" adds the same paper, "this
splendid capital, the most populous
and wealthy city the world has ever
seen, is practically without govern
ment."
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26
A nrominent New York oil

A prominent New York elec-
trician, in speaking of the use that
could be made of electricity as a de-
fensive measure in time of war, says
Suppose had in a fort a steam fire
engine, with hose that would throw
a stream of water quarter of an
inch in diameter three hundred feet
Now, if 1 had one end of Brush
machine grounded and the other end
connected with the water passing
through the hose, the very instant
the stream of water struck a line of
troops that were advancing to attack
the fort it would kill them. The
stream would then be really a fiex-
ible electric wire, and as it swept
along the line of men it would NOW
them down like grass. Ifa thousand
men were to march up in a solid
body they could all be killed in ten
seconds. 1t would be absolutely
impossible to take the fort. 1t could
be used with equally terrible effect
in naval warfare"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26

John IL. Starin, of Brooklyn, who
was elected a member of the last
congress. is said TO be very easily
embarrassed man. He is credited
with but one speech during the
session, which was called forth by a
proposition to sell the Brooklyn
navyyard property. AS a forcible
argument put in the fewest possible
words Mr.. Starin's speech is seldom
equaled. He said: "Mr. Speaker, l
am not familiar with all of your rules
here, aud do not know whether or
not am In order, but you have a
property here which you are going
to sell for 5000, 900, and l will al this
moment draw my check for it for
$500,000." The bill was killed.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26

ton, because Democratic nominees
become pledged to the doctrines of
their party, as set forth in plat
forms, the other opposes a Demo-
cratic nominee, simply because it is
undemocratic, caring nothing for
these grand principles for popular
protection, that come in between the
masses and the favored few. Our
zone idea" is the one great idea which
agitates the public mind of the
whole country, and upon which the
grandest political revolution will
take place in 1884. Already victo-
rious cry has been raised north of the
Ohio river, and in November it will
be heard in thunderous tones in the
tenth congressional district of
Texas; it will be echoed in the ten
other districts of the state, and afar
off it will re-echo along the grand
cham of northern lakes, falling in
sweet and mellow cadences beside
the st. Lawrence, and the Hud-
son, and the Susquehanna. The
popular cry for liberty from
class oppression will have met with
responses from Plymouth Rock to
the bluffs at Corpus Christi, from
Delaware bay to Sacramento and
the Express and Mr.. Upson will be
left to chew their discomfort with
the few Republican sheep men Of the
west, who care only for self, and the
election of Davis aud Ochiltree, be-
cause they would assist in perpetual
Ing plan of robbery in favor of the
rich manufacturer and in opposition
to all consumers. 1t is known that
wool growers receive the merest
mite of benefit from pro-
lection, aud hence it be-
gins to appear that these agencies,
operating in Texas against the cleo
tion of Democrats, must be nurtur-
ed and kept alive by funds sent
from elsewhere. Hubbell is putting
in his contribution, but may not
the eprotected manufacturers be using
these men who write addresses, as
well as lubricating agencies through
which they air themselves before
the publie2 Judge Hancock is the
agency of great popular demand,
made so by the Democracy of his
district. The STATESMAN is the self
assumed advocate of this zone idea,"
powerful enough to revolutionize
states and the entire Union.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26
THE LAST WOOL GROWERS
Address.

And now we have another wool
growers address, and. strange as it
may appear, it is not al all like that
one which emanated from San An
tonic when the Express was made to
"left Dress" and march off after a
few Republicans and aliens
IN movement against Judge
Hancock, and in favor of Mr..
Davis. This address, now issued, is
especially presented to the tender
consideration OF the Express. 1t will
please scan it with a critics eye, and
tell us what 1t thinks about honest
wool growers, who do not desire to
have fictitious prices for their pro-
ducts created by law, through tax
imposed upon unprotected classes
and upon all consumers. The ad-
dress which appeared in the Express
some time ago, and which, it is
claimed, receives the endorsement of
the entire wool producing interest,
was signed by few Republicans
and aliens, the first of whom,
being governed by the customs
of the Republican party, care
nothing for the comfort and
independence of the masses, while
the latter simply 1--we among US, tenn
porarily, that IN few years they may
depart forever, leaving no ties or in
terests behind them, taking their
gains in Texas to foreign lands for
foreign purposes. The address
which the STATESMAN pre-
sents is signed by men whose lives
and whose financial interests are not
alone with us, but who are identified
with Texas and this Union, bound to
both by ties that make them
part and parcel of their very
existence. They are Demo-
Gratis, too, and when this
is stated the masses will
understand that as they stand, so all
Democrats stand-unOpposed to
popular interests, unopposed to pop
ular freedom, but opposed to q
peonage that would make this entire
people the bare creatures of protect
ed monopolies. Here certainly is
decided difference between wool
growers. After all, the political con-
victions or affiliations of men rule
them. The men who have signed
the Express pronunciamento are de-
votees to Republican ideas and
practices, and hence they
have no influence outside
of their party, as shown
in this address, which we publish to-
day. Read it carefully. Itls a COM
plete endorsement of the position OF
Judge Hancock, and we venture the
prediction that five-sixths of the
wool growers of the tenth districl
think and feel as these do, and will
act as they will on election day.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26

AN important feature in the price
OF cotton is the effect OF cheap cotton
in extending production. The Lon
don Economist says that the best
customers for cotton goods are found
among the poorest nations, and that
high price for the raw material
checks production. Great Britain
exports fully nine-tenths OF the cot
ton goods which she manufactures,
and more than half of that total
finds its way to the east. A good
decline in the raw material would
trouble some of the manufacturers
who are well stocked up, but in the
end it would stimulate manufacture
ing very decidedly. The rule which
here applies to cotton is good as to
all other productions. An active
demand results in wealth to the pro-
ducers.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26

One of the 1906" Grant stalwarts
who indorsed Folger and fraud, was
so enraged at Mr.. Beecher's recent
denuDciation of the Saratoga con-
vention that he wrote to the Brook
lyn preacher as follows:
sDEAR Mr.. BEECHER-You mad.
an ass of yourself yesterday.
"AMos +. LARNED.v
Mr.. Beecher lost no time in reply
ing to this candid if uncourteons
epistle. He wrote:
"DEAR SIR-The Lord saved you
the trouble of making an ass of your
self by making you an ass at the be-
ginning-and his work stands sure.
@HENRY WARD BEEcHERv
The correspondence, it is said, ter
minated with MIR. Beecher's reply.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26

The commissioner of the land Of
fee, in his annual report, states that
the lands now embraced within the
limits OF the public domain amount
to O,OOO. 900 acres, including Alaska
He recommends that the pre-emp-
ton laws be abolished, as the home
stead laws cover all cases now aris-
inn
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26
"Home Rule'' I'm New York.

It is interesting to note the fervent
protests of many Republican organs
in the state of New York against the
recent interference by the federal
administration with the free choice
of Republicans as to state ticket.
Lustily do these organs declare that
the "home rule" principle has been
wontOnly violated /; that Republicans
are disfranchised. Surely these Or
gans must remember the time, not
many years back, when they ap-
plauded with savage terocity the eff
forts of Republican administrations
to destroy every trace OF home rule
in fifteen southern states (; the dis
tranchiseInent of thousands OF
southern Democrats, the effort to
place southern whites under the
heels of the negro and white adyeD-
turers. How emphatically did these
organs declare it a heaven-born doc
trine that the states were but the
slaves and creatures of the gen.
eral government To-day, when
a Republican administration, repre-
senting a faction of the Repub
l'CdH parry, uuucIIdkCb W play Iuc
same game in small way, in a
northern state, there is a wild cry
of indignation from the opposing
faction. The fact is Republicans are
bitterly opposed to the application
of many of these so-called "prin-
ciples" to themselves. So many OF
their "principles" were designed to
act on political opponents that their
present experience is avery grievous
and unexpected one. They are get
ting paid back in their own coin.
The boomerang hits them hard.
They admit that there is something
of very great value in "home rule"
They may, if the pressure continues,
realize something of the experience
of the southern people during the
ten years when "hOme rule" was de-
MED to them and the effort was made
to administer the state governments,
permanently and exclusively,
through agents, subject to the nod
and beck of. the central political
power at Washington.