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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

NEVER, in the history of the cattle
trade of the northwest, it is said, has
the future of that business looked
more promising than at present. The
results of this year win place that
section in the front rank of
the cattle-producing sections of
the west, unless unlooked-for re-
verses are met with. Great cat
tie corporations are filing up the
unsettled regions and rapidly monopo-
lining tho business. Parties in Edin-
burgh are negotiating for the pur-
chase of $1,000 head Of cattle from
the Swan Brothers. the consideration
offered s2.500.0o0. The Swans went
into the cattle business fifteen years
ago with less than $4,000 and are
now the wealthiest cattle men in
Wyoming territory. An English
company has also been organized in
the same territory with capital OF
s.. 10000.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

pledged himself not to sell, the "vic-
tim" as the publication terms him,
paying $50 as commission on the
bargain. 1t is further alleged that
this was only one of many similar
transactions in which the reverend
gentleman used his ministerial posi-
ton and influence to get the best of
bargains in Temperance Colonization
stock, it being stated that several
persons have realized at heavy cost
to themselves the disastrous results
OF their financial relation To this gen.
tleman.' The author OF the alleged
libel affirmS that the narrative has
been formally presented 10 the presi-
dent of this Methodist district, who
regretted that the circumstance Of the
complainant not being "A Methodist
prevented his allowing any action to
be taken in a church court.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AND
THINGS.

There has been a deduction of
$1,000 from the annual subsidy TO be
paid TO Capt. Eads on account of the
Mississippi jetties, because the water
is three inches less than the specified
twenty-six feet.
On n plantation in Laurens county.
South Carolina, some negroes killed
and ate a goose which had been bit
ten by mad dog. Five of the fami-
ly have died, and four others were in
commissions at the time of the last re-
port.
According to telegram from Raj
elgh "it is authoritatively announced
that Senator David Davis and Miss A.
Il. Burr will be married at the lady's
home, near Fayetteville, North Caro-
lima, immediately after congress ad-
journs."
Steps have been taken by Chicago
parties TO organize company TO bet
known as the Western Union Tele-
graph Company. 1t is claimed this
title can be used. as the concern now
bearing it is not Incorporated in Illi-
nois. There are prospects of litiga-
ton.
1t is a fact not generally known
that Alaska has one of the largest
rivers in the world. The Yukon is
navigalIle for 1900 miles, and so wide
along its lower course that one bank
can not be seen from the other. The
distance across its five mouths and
intervening deltas Is 20 miles. y
1t is reported that the proprietors of
theNew York World have concluded
negotiations for the sale of That Jour
nal to John Mclean, of the Cincinnati
Enquirer. The price Is said to be
1926, 200, and George Alfred Town
send, it is stated, will take editorial SUI
pervision.
A university feud between Konigs-
berg and Heidelberg was settled att
Berlin on the 10Th ult, by duels BE-
tween three delegates from each uni
versity. without seconds. Konings-
berg won, having drawn blood four
teen times. Delegates from all the
universities watched the proceedings.
The affair is reported without com
ment by the German papers.
Major Campbell Wallace, of At
lanta. recently celebrated his seventy
seventh birthday. The whole popu-
lation of the city and great numbers
Of East Tennesseeans diS,not forget
to do him honor. He has been rail-
way manager for forty years, and the
purity of his life, his simple mSffness.
and boundless generosity have made
his green old age delightful and most
honorable.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

such matters, says the financial out
look was never better. Some months
ago this bank was a large loaner
of money to the south and west
for the moving of crops. These
credits have all been re-
turned, and every day letters are re-
ceived asking if their surplus funds
can be invested at any rate of interest
on good security. The south is espec-
tally fortunate in its production of
cotton, sugar, tobacco. and corn, and
it is believed the southern states are
better off to-day than they have ever
been. Texas is particularly blessed.
The cotton crop amounts to one and
a half million bales, with grain for
home consumption and to spare, and
with countless herds of live stock of
all kinds.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

THE house was not in Il
hall-letting humor yesterday; at
least one of our ministers
found this out when he asked that
the hall of representatives be con-
verified into a temperance hail. This
might at first blush be construed to
mean that our worthy Legislators are
not d temperate set of men. but they
are The point is, that, being temper
ate, they are not called upon to create
a sensation in any incorporate man.
ner-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08
Riding Appropriation Bills.


A resolution has been introduced
in the senate by Mr.. Harrison, pro-
posing a joint rule of congress pro-
hibiting general legislation in appro-
priation bills. The adoption of such
a rule would deprive congress of a
power that is more often abused than
employed for the general good. Rid
ers are usually put upon approprla-
ton bills with the view of coercing
one party or the other to accept legis-
lation which it does not approve.
These riders generally consist of
measures which could not pass upon
their own merits. Some of the
fiercest partisan struggles in
congress have resulted from this
system of incorporating general
legislation into the necessary appro-
priation bills. The difficulty in the
way of removing this evil, however,
is in the fact, made apparent when
ever the subject has been brought up,
that it is always the minority which
is opposed to riders. 1t is the minori-
ty which suffers from the exercise of
power and then it rails against it; but
let that minority become the majority
power in congress. and its views upon
subject undergo an entire change. 1t
is a power that the majority, no mat
ter which party may constitute it,
seems never willing to relinquish.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08
A Toronto Clergyman Sues for Libel.

1t is not often that any of the city's
clergyme figure in the courts of jus
tice, and still less frequently in the
police court. The charge of criminal
libel brought by Rev. DR.. Hunter
against James Edwards and John w
Campbell, set down for Friday and
adjourned till to-day, therefore can
not failto attract attention. The de-
PENDANTS are charged with having
maliciously set forth certain state
ments in a weekly publication called
Pulpit Criticism, published on the
10Th instant, calculated to injure the
reputation of the said minister, which
statements it is alleged are untrue.
The article referred to, after some not
very fiattering illusions to the plain
tiff's personal appearance and connec-
ton with the revival" movement,
proceeds to detail a narrative of
alleged swindling transactions, in
which the reverend gentleman
and young man whose name
does not transpire were the principal
actors. The article alleges that the
Rev. DR.. Hunter called upon this man
and by certain representations n
duced him to purchase $500 of the
! above stock, notwithstanding he bad
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

THE Washington Republican adj
mits that the Republicans viii be
whipped in 1891 il the Democrats
carry New York and Indiana. or New
York, California and New Jersey and
the Republicans get no southern
votes. The organs advice is for the
Republican leaders TO make a ire
mendous effort to secure the electoral
votes of Virginia and North Carolina.
Chief Malone Is ready to do his part
towards such Il conSummation.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08
A Senator Caught ReheaI sing.

Washington Correspondence OF Cleveland
LEADER
l am reminded of the story of Sena-
tor HOar's great "impromptu" speech
on education and labor, which he de
livered in the senate several years
ago. the inside history of which has
never been published. 1t is an illus
tration of the way great men prepare
eXtempore speeches, which they get
of on the spur of the moment, to the
amaZement of the common mind.
Senator IIoar is a portly man, with a
round face, a high forehead and short
gray hair. He keeps himself closely
shaved, and COMFORTS himself with
the dignity that becomes the senator
who represents classic Boston. Some
time ago, his family leaving the city,
the senator shut up his house and
procured rooms on New York avenue
These rooms were separated from the
suite back of them by doors, above
which there was a transom. and
in this suite lived two jolly clerks
Of the treasury. For some time
after Senator Hoar took the
front room, the clerks did not know
who their neighhor was. But. inOrn-
ngafteT morning. they were awakened
by him stamping around, pounding
his table and declaiming with energy
going over the same sentence time
after time. On the third morning one
of them swore he'd find out who this
elocutionist was, and, moving a table
to the door, he was enabled, by stand.
Ing on his toes, to look through the
transom. There he saw the portly
senator, in night shirt and drawers
going through his rhetorical gym.
nastics before large mirror, prIctic.
ing every gesture and studying his
part more carefully than the players
in Hamlet. The other clerk was soon
by his side, and they took turns at
the transom. For two weeks" said
my informant. "Hoar practiced that
speech from one to two hours every
morning before he delivered it eX.
temporaneously in the senate"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08
Died.

At Cleburne, johnson county,
Texas, January q, 1883. of pneumonia
Hugh III. Haynie. Mr.. Haynie was
about fifty-three years of age. and had
resided in Austin for nearly forty
years. He was one of the most promi-
nent of all Austin's Oldest citizens
and was the father of seven children.
all of whom, with his widow. survive
him. He left large circle Of relatives
and friends throughout Texas, who
will mourn his loss. His remains
were inferred in the family cemetery
in this city, Monday morning.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

The STATESMAN has done. and is
doing, more for the cause of temper
ance by advocating possible restric-
lions upon spirits than any hundred
fanatics would in state canvass, advo-
eating that which it is known by eX-
perience is impossible, that which OK
perience proves does not stop the use
of Intoxicating drinks, and which, be-
sides, places law and the power of the
state where the one is degraded, the
other laughed at.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08


The railway foreclosures of last
year show to some degree the results
of the financial panic of 1873. The
number of roads foreclosed was six
teen. the number of miles involved
S67, and theamount of capital invested
So, i26,000. This is the lightes,
wreckage of property of this kind
since the panic In 1875 the foreeloS-
ures involved S217 ;S4S,Oo0 of capital;
in 1878. S4ll, 63l, 600, and in 1880. $685.
$4,000, while in the seven years from
1876 to 1882 inclusive. the foreclos-
nres involved s7s corporations. with a
total mileage of $1,000 miles and cap
ital of 81, l2s, 9S2,OO0, or nearly twenty
five per cent OF the total capital in
vested in the railway enterprises of
the United States.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

age, and the equipage rolled off TO an
other doorway. The puzzled neigh
bors could hardly believe the evidence
of their senses when they saw the at
torney generals family calling on the
star reuters wife. The indignant Mrs.
Dorsey telephoned for the lawyers and
presented the matter to counsel before
she could carry out any of her plans
of retort. The lawyers examined the
cards on both sides. held them to the
light and submitted them to chemical
tests without reaching "A clear conclu-
sion rs TO what mistake or intention
there could have been in the matter,
and there the puzzle stands.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08
CIinging to the Baby.


That violence of party spirit, which
ragged SO fearfully in the south but
two or three years ago, seems to have
died out, judging from several of the
senatorial elections in that section. In
Texas, Mr.. Coke, Democrat, wa
chosen to succeed himself by the
unanimous vote of the legislature, the
Republicans, Independents and Green
hackers joining with the Democrats
in voting for him. In Arkansas, Mr..
Garland was reelected with but three
dissenting votes. The Republican
members of the legislature all voted
for him, but three of the Greenback-
ers, in their devotion to the rag baby,
wasted their votes upon a man who
was not candidate. and thus pre-
vented actual unanimity.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08
The Texas FOrger.

New YORK STAR.
Stuart, alias Coleman, the Texas
forger who committed suicide at the
Desbrosses street ferry and died at
the New York hospital. early yester-
day morning, preferred death at his
own hand rather than the lyncher's
rope of the state where his crime was
committed. 1t is astonishing how
particular some people are as to the
manner in which they shall leave this
world. John Brougham. in his bur-
lesque of "Pocahontas," makes John
Smith say: "Life's a conundrum"
Whereupon Powhatan responds:
'Then lie down and give it up" Stu
art evidently did not want to give up
the conundrum at the end of rope.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

railroad law works so well. the commits
sioners made no constraining order
until many months after their ap-
pointment. II may he so in South
Carolina. But the public can rest
assured that. in this case. delays are
not dangerous. On the contrary, de-
lays are safe in the highest sense. be-
cause they mean that the comuais..
sioners. while they will not abate
iota of the just demands of the pub
are resolved to have solid ground
which to stand, and will not, in
sion or through ignorence, put
public in a position from which d
can be moved. or that would be IN
TO the success of the railroad corporal|
tons on which success, at last. 80
much of the prosperity and conven-
fence of the public depend.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

y RESOLUTION has been introduced
in the Connecticut house creating a
commission on convict labor" to be
composed of one senator, two repre-
sentatives and two other persons, to
inquire into the necessity of further
legislation in regard to convict labor,
authorizing them to meet and confer
with commissioners of other states,
and requiring report TO the next
general assembly. We present this
fact as a suggestion, ut time when
Texas is peculiarly in need Of much
investigation and much correction in
providing for and controlling con-
victs. In the first place. our GRIM
inal statutes give us too
many convicts, and then the
state makes the most absurd disposal
of them, and the governor and the
legislature both appear to be afraid
to touch the question. Sentimental
gush, too. about confping all our con-
victs within penitentiary walls
complicates our convict system.
a large proportion of con-
victs should be kept inside
of penitentiary walls. Many of them
are utterly unfit for inside service,
and the humanities of life are more
nearly secured to them on plantations
than inside high prison walls. We
hear a great deal about an i'm
possibility to compete with con-
Wet labor, when in Brazoria,
and Fort Bend, Wharton and Mata-
gorda counties there is not enough
labor to work more than one-fifth OF
their improved lands. If every con-
Wet in every penitentiary in the
United States were working the rich
alluvial lands of these counties,
there would still be enough left
to keep actively employed, in cotton
and sugar production, all the uncon-
victed labor now resident there. Alto
gether there is much chaos in the con-
vict system, and commission might
by great diligence and labor throw
light upon it that would be invaluable
] to the state.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

On Thursday, February /, OF con-
sumption, Thomas Henry Sander. aged
twenty-five years. Funeral to-day at
10 a. In, from the family residence,
corner of Brazos and Water streets.
Thomas Henry Sandel was son Of
Mr.. ID. 9. Sandel, Of this city. and was
well and favorably known. He was
a native Texan, having been born IN
Harris county. He was printer by
profession, and had been connected
with the printing business since his
boyhood. He died, after much and
patient suffering, OF that dread dis
ease, consumption, which he con-
tracted a few months ago from the
effects of measles. His relatives have
have the earnest sympathy Of a large
circle of friends in Austin.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

REV. FATHER RYAN, the we'll
known priest, poet and lecturer, has
been called to account by some Of the
Catholic periodicals for having spoken
of the decline in the moral and poll
tical power of the church, and he
answers that he did not assert the
spiritual decline, 'but that the mate
rial and political power of the Catho-
lie church has been declining for q
long time is evident to any one who
is not too blind to see facts or too dull
to realize them"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

THE Fort Worth Gazette has been
sleeping for these six weeks, and
knows not that the right of way for
conveying material for capitol con-
struction through the streets OF Aus
tin has been granted. The Gazette
may think, however, that Austin has
disgraced itself in not allowing 4 syn
dictate to dictate the most humiliating
terms to the city.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08
VIII Congress Do it,
rAmerican Reglster.J

The agricultural bureau estimates
the grain crop of the past year at
1-630.000,000 bushels of corn and 5l0.-
100000 bushels of wheat. Cheap
routes of transportation to the sea
would speadily double the volume of
of these crops, and lessen qy almost
half the cost of living. Then there
could be no pretext for .''protection."
and honest and just syste-ns Of taxa
ton might be adopted. VIII con-
gress make this Mississippi an arm 70
the sea2 The whole problem IS solved
in this simple inquiry
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

A new invention for building pur-
poses is called terra Gotta lumber.
1t is kind of brick so soft that it can
be sawed and worked with edge tools
as readily as wood, and nails can be
driven into it and will hold as well as
in wood. Its makers claim that it has
tenacity and resistance to strains
greater than oak lumber. 1t is made
from kind of clay found in alum
dance in New Jersey and elsewhere
is as cheap as brick, and has many
other advantages as a fire-proo1
building material.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

THERE is something unrepublican
about the whole theory and practice
of executive sessions. In the early
days of the republic the senate
thought that public legislative ses-
sions also would not be compatible
with its dignity, but it got over that
notion in short time. Commercial
-treaties-do not involve the srfety-ef
the government, nor do squabbles
over the confirmation of appoint
ments. The fact about it is that
these secret sessions are a farce. and
there should be an end 10 them.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

THE star reuters complain that
their trial expenses so far have cost
them over 100000. Well. they have
two or three million dollars of gov
eminent plumber still left to enable
them to run newspapers and pay
high-priced lawyers to bully the
courts. 1t is pretty cool in them,
anyhow, to whine about having to
dlsgorge some of the money they
stole from the government.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

THREE years ago Senator Window
hoped to be the Republican candidate
for the presidency, but Il man of much
smaller ealiber was selected. Next he
was found in the Garfield cabinet; and
then he became senator for an uneA-
lir term. His late defeat, theaefore.
on the line of the ups and downs of
cgentleman.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

\ COMMON sense solution of the
ii luor law is what the Ohio legis la
ire appears TO be after. a constitu-
-ional amendment repeating the no.
license clause. ana 4 general tax law
is believed 10 b. the b,sG method of
solving the problem. The legislature
Is sud to have little work before it.
and consequently there is ample time
to DIGEST the subject thoroughly.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

THE clergyman who seeks notoriety
in a way to lead communities to in
dulge in any degree of diSrespect
for church or church usages, should
seek some other profession, where
proprieties form a less conspicuous
part of needed credentials.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

Gov. IRELAND's refusal to offer a
reward for the arrest of Coleman, the
bank swindler arrested in New York,
on the ground that wealthy persons
were interested in the arrest, able to
pay a reward, is a new departure
Heretofore poor devils were the ones
who could not get rewards offered.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

a COURT in Maryland finds that a
bicycle has the same legal right to the
highway as buggy or any other We
hicle. and if injuries to persons result
from horses being frightened by a
bicyelist no damages can be recovered.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

THE principles and promises set
forth in the Galveston platform are
the pledges upon which Gov. Ireland
and other state officers and the Demo
cratic members of the legislature hold
place and power, and the people de-
mand that every promise be fulfilled.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

The ArkwrIght club of Boston,
representing manufacturing estab-
lishments which employ I00,000hands
and represent Sl00,OO0,O00 capital, has
sent 4 memorial to Washington, ask
ing for thepassage of tariff bill based
on the simplest forms and lowest
rates of duty upon raw materials, and
requesting that articles not produced
in this country be kept upon the free
LET
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08
Mrs. Brewster Calls on Mrs. Dorsey.
washington Correspondence Globe-Demo-

There was a sensation at 1903 X
street the other afternoon, when At
torney General Brewster's yellow
wheeled carriage, with its two men in
drab coats and cockaded hats, and the
two black horses in dark blue blankets
embroidered with the large coat of
arms in colors, drew up before the
residence of ex-senator Dorsey. The
footman dism0unted, took the cards
from Mrs. Brewster, who sat inside,
and ran UP the terrace steps. laying
the cards on the buffers silver tray
when informed that madame was not
receiving shat afternoon" This word
mas returned 70 the lady in the caiTi-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

OUR exports of cotton exceed those
of the previous crop year up to one
week ago by 10000 bales, though the
receipts at Atlantic ports are only
about half million bales greater.
The crop has been marketed so fast
that the stock on hand is 10000 bales
less than at this time in 1882. while
the worlds visible supply is some
what larger.