The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
THE STATESMAN.
AUSTIN. TEXAS.
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
WEDNESDAY.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

WEDNESDAY.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Governor Ireland has written more
fully and pointedly in reply to Mr..
Uoxie on the subject of providing
separate cars fol colored people, with
view of bringing the management
of The Gould line to Il better under
staadiug of his position in the matter.
The governor, it is understood,
takes the position that the civil rights
decision really makes no change In
the relative rights of the white and
eo,ored people as affected by the queS-
ton of states rights. AS the execu-
tive of the state, it was equally ms
duty to look after the interests Of the
co6red people as well as those of the
white persons; and, inasmuch, as the
decision of the supreme court seemed
to reIegate the colored people more
strongly than before, to the consider
ation and care of the states, and the
people OF the South, he was now dis
posed to insist more strenuouSly upon
some provision for their better accom-
modation upon the railroads. He
considered separate cars absolutely
necessary to peace and good order;
first-class accommodations, were
equally entitled with the whites to
what they paid for, and it was only
by treating the negroes right that
proper accommodations could be had
for the parties. This was the only
way to treat both classes satisfactory.
Governor Ireland thinks the effect
OF the civil rights decision will be to
drive Il good many colored people to
the Democratic party. The writer,
too, in an interview with Rev. A.
Grant, ono of the most intelligent
and liberal-minded colored men in
this city, finds him of the same
opinion IN this matter as the gov
er Tor.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The charter Of the Henderson Mu-
tual Masonic association of Hender-
son, Rusk county, was filed yesterday
with the secretary of state.
COMPTROLLER DEPARTMENT.
The earnings of the Texas Mexican
railroad company, which extends
from Corpus Christi to Laredo, as re-
ported to the comptroller, for the
quarter ending September 30, 1888,
were 1886, 859.62.
The comptroller purchased for the
board of education $4,000 of Ander-
sen county 8 per cent railroad subsidy
bonds. The purchase is made on the
basis of per cent net for account of
tie school funds.
STATE ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT.
Capt. b itton, state engineer, re-
turned here yesterday from Laredo.
AS to his inspection of the Interna-
tional road, he finds the road well
enough supplied with freight and
passenger cars, but deficient in motive
power necessary to prevent delays in
transportation. To this he attributed
complaints on the subject of miscon-
nections. The tracks and bridges of
the company were in excellent condi-
tion, and the management generally
good.
In our department notes published
few days ago we stated that Greer
county had been laid down on the
new map sent the state engineer by
the secretary of war as being within
The Indian Territory. Upon re-eX-
animation we find that the map re-
1erred to WIS published in 1877, conse-
luently it cuts no figure in the Greer
county controversy. Per contra, in a
map of the United States compiled
1lnder the supervision of the Hon. N.
o.. Mcfarland, commissioner of the
general land Office in 1882, and now in
The office of insurance, statistics and
history, Greer county is laid down
separate and distinct from the Indian
TERRITORY, aud is laid down as on the
maps of Texas, with the exception Of
The name.
The reporter did not notice the date
of the map Co which he referred, nat
7,rally supposing it was the latest
publication, as it had just been re-
ieived from Washington.
LAND DEPARTMENT..
The state land board have had I'M
der further consideration the question
of disposing of the school, asylum
and university lands under their new
1y proposed plan. One trouble has
been that there was no limit to the
closing of bids. Commissioner Walsh
states that the board now requires
bids or applications to be registered
with the surveyor ten days before the
first Tuesday in each month. Capt
Walsh regards this as the only practi,
cable plan, having the advantage of
dispensing the examination and clas-
sification of the lands by the board, at
the expense of the school fund, and
shifting that work and expense upon
the purchaser, to get them accurately
classified. If the classification is not
correct, no sale is perfected. The new
plan further dispenses with at least
200 local agents which cost the state
at least $500 each, being thus a saving
10 the state of 100000. The saving
in classifying he estimates will be
100000 more. The sales already I'M
der way in Jones county will not be
interrupted, but will take place No
yember 6, as advertised. For the
present all watered sections will be
reserved from sale.
AS to the watered sections, Capt.
Walsh says: "These sections are SO
few, compared with the whole amount,
that would be willing to keep them
reserved and open for public use, for
water accommodations, for an indefi-
mite period"
As to some of his clerks indulging
in purchases of school lands, Capt.
Walsh said he believed they had the
right to, but never advised it. School
lands were not public lands. They had
been separated or segregated from the
public domain, and the title to them
Invested from the state and vested in
the school fund. Accordingly clerks
in his Office as purchasers of such
lands had no advantage from the fact
of their being in the office, but were at
u disadvantage as compared with res
idents of the counties where the lands
were located. The case was different
rs to public lands, but as to these his
clerks are by law specially prohibited
from filing on or locating them, be.
cause their position in the office wonld
give them an undue advantage. AS a
TACT in illustration he had just found
where the location of an entire league
OF land was invalid, but neither him
self nor any one in the land office
dared to use such information for their
own or any other persons benefit.
In regard to supposed illegal files
made in Austin with the Young land
district surveyor the state, in order to
recover, would hayeNto show that
there were no applicantsin thecounty
where the lands were, who were ag-
Rrieved by the sales, initiated at
Austin.
AS to the sale OF UUU sections to sew
eral parties by The surveyor of La
Sale county, before he reached his
Office with the commissioners APP
proyal of appraiSement it was found
that other parties were awaiting the
surveyors return to purchase, and the
whole transaction was reDutliated