The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-26
STATE RAILWAY LINES.

STATE RAILWAY LINES.
They Determine to Ignore Fast Freight
Agents Next Autumn.
The Chicago Inter Ocean is authority Tor
the statement that 1.-THE Texas lines are not
going to allow any of the fast freight agentSin
the state this year when the crops begin 10
move" 1t says also that the railways allowed
the agents to attend to consignments oneyear'
and that the arrangement was moi Satisfactory;
Consequently it has been done away with ana
each line will issue its own bills OF ladlng. II
is known that for some time the Houston
and Texas Central -one of the heaviest
cotton-carryine roads - has been issuing
its own bills Of lading. including even the
foreign.
Upon investigation it is learned that the
roads which have decided on this policy are
said to be the Houston & Texas Central, the
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe, the Missouri "a
cifc, the Iron Mountain, the Texas q racine,
the Texas & St. Louis. the International
Great Northern, the Galveston, Harrisburg
San Antonio, and the Galveston, Houston &
Henderson.
This decision is apt to interfere with the
arrangements of certain of the last freight
lines.
A circular has Just been issued in connec-
ton with this matter:
CAT the Recommendation of the Trunk Line
executive committee, the following resolution
is herewith submitted to the joint executive
committee:
"Resolved, That on and after September I,
1882, no soliciting agents for freight shall be
employed in Texas by any company repre-
sented in the Joint executive committee, or by
any fast freight line, and that existing agencies
shall be Withdrawn upon notice being gwen
by the commissioner that this resolution has
been adopted by the joint executive commit
tee"
OTHER RAILWAY ITEMS.
It's announced that the Tehauntepec rail-
road company has forfeited its charter and that
the Mexican government will 90 at once and
complete the road.
There remains only about 20 miles of track
to be built in order to connect the eastern and
western divisions of the Galveston. Harris
burg and San Antonio railway. It's expected
that by the first of October this gap will be
completed and the Southern Pacific will be an
accomplished fact. Then through trains will
be put on between New Orleans and San
Francisco.
Platform of the Texas Republicans.
The following is the platform and programme
adopted by the republican state convention;
Hon. j. G. Tracy, Chairman of RcpuhiIcth
State Convention of Texas:
SIR Your committee on platform and rrS"-
lutiuns beg leave to submit the following pre-
,tInblc and resolutions for the consideration OF
the convention.
A. SIEMERING, Chairman
uu, n ( ' T,,y oS
in convention assembled, recognize the fact
that our material and social welfare us citizens
is largely the result OF the pollclcS titt c!htro
our state government; therefore, ana IN 'h'
the interest of what we conceive 10 DE llbciil
and progressive government, we announce our
intention to support, at the approaching cltc-
ton for state officers, candidates VINO come DE-
fore the people for suffrage purely aS lndcpcll-
dents free from party nominations. or other
forms OF caucus dlctatlOn, ana VINO uo 10
reasonable extent agree to enforce ana support
the following policies i'll our state Government
a. We favor an amendment to the consti-
tuition directing the levy and collection OF
specific school tax, sufficient IN ITS mlhllh!ih'
amount, together with other moneys actrliiS
to the school fund, to maintain plbhc Tree
schools for ten calendar months II! the year III
all communities where there is sufficient Sch"-
laStic population to maintain schools
80. We favor IL free vote and falr count
and the enactment and enforcement OF such
laws as will insure this result Ill ITS hroadcSt
sense. We rcprobatc in the strongest terms
the breaking open of offices ana counting ON
of legally elected officers. as plTctlCcd by Dem
ocIits in some of the counties of Texas; ana
-. We favor revision of the jury laws I"
the end that jurors will be drawn iInntrthtlIN
from the body of the people liable to jury SER
vice.
~ That the republican party is aggressive
and progressive, and that we point wlth h.ich
pride to the five Thousand miles OF railroad IN
the state, the result of friendly ana wise lrglS-
latiOn during the republican administration.
-. We believe that the school and UNIVERSE
ty lands should be sold only to actual ana bona
tidc settlers at current market values and on
long time, with reasonable rate of interest,
and in parcels not exceeding 90 acres for farm
ing ana grazing lands and i'll larger bodies Tor
purely grazing lands
-. We believe that such cndOwmcntS rs have
been made to the state university should Il"
husbandcd and strictly applied to the pmintr-
nance of the same, but that no further ciliow-
IncntS should be made TO the univ crSity until
the state shall have perfected ii thorough sy>-
ten of public free schools.
-. We believe that humanity dictates and
our social wc-bcing demands that ample pro
visions should be made for the maintenance of
liInaticS in wcl-Or'lcrcd aSyllmS, to the end
that our civilization shall no longer be disgraccd
10y the Incarceration OF such uniortIiIlatcS IN
common tails with ttlunS
-. We believe that Il humane consideration
for the criminal! classes and the welfare of So
cicty demands that ample penitcntiury room
be provided To the different sections of the
state for the accommodation of all COnNICtS
within prison walls, to the end that the inin-
manitics, brllluiticS and CONGRATULATIONS that
result from tine outdoor lease system may re-.
main no longer IL blot upon our civilization.
We favor also that the state provide houses of
refuge or correction for Juvenile Offenders.
-. We believe that revenues should he dc
rived from an u,-ValOrcm tax on property and
other forms of money values ana that OpprtS
SiNc occupation taxes and head money or capi-
tatiOn taxes have no rightful place in rrpub-
iCan government.
40. We believe that the state ought to pro-
mote and foster Immigration by ali practice