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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22
TO THE PRESS.

StN FRANCISCO, March 19-The
following circular has been issued
from headquarters of the Triennial
Conclave: ~
"The committee of the 'Triennial
Committee, Knight Templars, are de-
sirous of making such arrangements
for the accommodations of the press
as may afford them perfect facilities
in giving publicity to the proceedings
of the Triennial Conclave of Grand
Encampment of the United States, to
be held in this city in August next.
With this end in view, and feeling
well assured there will be large rep
resentation of the press present on
that occasion. and that no imposition
may be practiced upon the committee
in that regard, and in order to protect
the legitimate press. l would esteem
it favor if you will notify me who
will bear your credentials mt the con-
clave. Your early attention is earn
estly and respectfully requested.
Very respectfully,
IN. ID. BARUCK.
Journalist Triennial COnclaYe."
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

TO swindle the government You
could not prove man guilty IN steal
ing by proving he stole in a th'1sand
other cases. No matter If he hId sto-
len in a thousand cases, the preump |
ton was he was innocent il the
charge under trial. Ingersoll ,om-
mented upon the length of the t,ial,
that might run into years.
The court said the twelve candies
still burned.
Ingersoll-I am willing to go OF
with the eleven when one Juror dies,
and when the last man dies to take
his administration. Yes, ito Merrickl
| expect to survive. and the case may
drag along until the judge who shall
finally pass upon it will not remember
even the hame of your honor. Laugh
ter
In the course of the argument,
the court took occasion to en-
Tighten counsel with regard to
its position upon certain ques-
lions. Speaking of Brady, he said
that he may have been very kind
hearted man and allowed members of
congress to run over him, and get
these orders at their will; that would
have been weak and not criminal.
If he had been charged with receiv-
ing brides, the court would require
direct evidence of that charge, and
would not allow evidence of any
other offense to be accepted in proof
of that charge. 1t was only his mo.
tives and intentions that could make
his acts criminal. He was on trial to
show his purpose. Proof that Brady
had received bride in another case
would not be used against Dorsey OF
other defendants. The question was,
whether the court could receive evil
dence of payment to Brady, by other
contractors; whether his acts could
not, on their face, be shown TO be
criminal acts, by the light thrown
upon his motives in other transac.
tions. The court wished it TO he dis
tinctly understood these latter points
were only brought to the attention OF
counsel for their guidance; that the
court had not made up its mind on
the matter as yet.
Ingersoll said he might continue
his argument tomorrow. Adjourned
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22
UNHAPPY IRELAND.

The Nun of Kildare has written a
letter to the bishops of Newark and
Detroit, telling of the famine in Ire
land. The suffering is especially
severe in counties Donegal, Clare,
Mayo, Galway and Connemara. She
saws men, women and little children
are dying by inches. She tells that
the English government has sent no
less than four different inspectors
to look after the people; that one of
these drove through the district in
five hours, visiting one or two novels,
and admitting that in one of these
he found cat fighting for the sea-
weed, which was the only food the
children had. She says:
My Godl If such tale had been
told of a district in any other country
in the world, what a TRADE of righteous
Indignation would not the English
press and the English people have
poured forth! But presumably sea-
weed is good enough for the mere
Irish. Would to God that the mere
Irish had even enough of that to eat.
Inspector after inspector came down,
only to assure the people that they
would report the matter to her males
tvs government, but they take care
to assure the victims of English mis-
management that they must not hope
for any help. In Galway, where the
tenants are heavily rack-rented, the
notatn arOn IL IN aptira failura an1 tho
small farmers are starving. In Kin
cara many people are living in mlser-
able novels, which were unroofed by
the storm of last October. The entire
fishing population of that district are
without food, without fuel, without
good drinking water. Typhoid fever
is raging among them. They are, as
the dispensary doctor of the district
says, "the poorest wretches on the face
of Gods earth" The receipt of so
small sum as fifty cents is acknowl-
edged with profusiOn of gratitude
in "A Donegal paper.
Her tale, which is a length one
of horror, ought to make
the English people ashamed. Their
government is responsible in the
greatest measure for this oft-repeated
condition in Ireland. The Irish feel
that they have no homes, that they
are at the mercy of the mighty, to be
elected at any time from their novels
and driven from their little patches
of land, out of which they
vainly attempt to secure a liv-
ing. They have not the heart
to meet adversely as independent
free men have; they know not wheth-
er that which they sow may be reaped.
While human power degrades them,
providence seems to frown upon them.
Truly the condition of the Irish is
bad, and until there is amelioration
they must grow more wretched, more
depraved. A people to be prosperous
and contented must be free, not sub
jected to slavery through the power
of government.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

NOT satisfied with his effor is to con-
meet the Atlantic and the Pacific by a
canal across the Isthmus of Panama
and the digging of similar, though
smaller, canal to connect two bodies
of water in Asia, NJ. de Lesseps has
now seemingly entered in earnest
upon the work of flooding the Desert
of Sahara. He has gone to Africa on
this latter mission, and hopes to make
of this immense barren waste an inland
sea, which shall make it benefit to the
world rather than drawback. For
a young man the carrying out of these
numerous projects might seem nat
ural ambition, but NJ. de Lesseps is
now seventy-eight years old, and it
appears that even his restless energy
might want rest. But the French
man is irrepressible, and he may yet
live to see the execution of some of
these darling plans, just as he must
view with satisfaction the steaming
of vessels through his canal between
the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

IT Is rather an absurd proposition,
after rejecting the Chenoweth bill, to
attempt to amend the Gibson bill,
which was substituted for it, with
some of the main features of the
Chenoweth bill. This looks more like
an attempt to defeat railway legisla-
tion than to permit it. The Gibson bill
is reasonable measure for the rail-
ways, while it would protect the
people. lit be not adoptedit will be be-
cause the apparent advocates of judi
cious legislation are really in favor Of
no legislation.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

A WASHINGTON special calls at
tention to what is termed big job.
Without attracting much attention,
congress has undertake en- a Job which
will, if completed, cost more money
than the Improvement of the Missis-
sippi river. Beaten over and over
again in their attempts to engage the
general government in the work of
making geological survey and in
vestigation of all the states in the
Union, the advocates of this great
undertaking succeeded in taking a
step forward in the first session of the
last congress. They secured the in
sertion of a clause in the sundry civi.
bill appropriating large sum for the
geological survey of the public lands
and also to continue the preparation
of a geological map of the United
States. At the last session the
following paragraph was inserted in
the sundry civil bill: For the gee
logical survey and the CLASSIFICATION
of the public lands, and the examina-
ton of the geological structure of
mineral resources and products of the
national domain, and to continue the
preparation of a geological map of
the United States, including the pay
to temporary employees in the field, to
be expended under the direction of
the secretary of the interior, $40, 900.
1t is claimed that inasmuch as the
preparation of geological map of the
United States cannot be carried out
without a geological survey of the
various states, congress has thus au-
thorized such survey. 1t is under
stood that the interior department
will act in accordance with that in
terpration of the clause above cited.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22
THE ROCK UPON WHICH 1T MAY
STRIKE.


The law of 1881, if the penitentiary
leases be not ratified, and if resump-
ton be not provided for, as it should
be, will remain in force. 1t gives the
board discretionary power to contract,
to lease or to resume. 1t was under
this law that the old board proceeded
in hiring out one thousand cOnvicts
for five years at fifteen and sixteen
dollars per month. These would have
brought to the state a revenue of
about S1,OO0,OO0 in the five years.
The proposition for leasing the peni-
tentiaries and additional convicts
was made by the board in pub
locations, and, yet, when it
met leases were made of
every convict in the state, and
there was turned over to the
lessees this million dollar account.
Why did the board not resume as to
the penitentiaries and continue to
hire out thesurplus convicts I? Instead
of getting twenty thousand dollars
annually. for penitentiaries and con-
victs, the state could have hired out
1900 cOnvicts, keeping the rest at work
in penitentiary walls. The inside con
victs could have been held even at
expense TO the state, but with S1,750,-
600 in five years, derived from 1900
convictS outside the walls, there
could have been at least clean
million left. For fifteen years,
without increase in convicts, the
state, as the minority of the senate
committee showed. could make mil
lions of dollars. Laying aside ques-
tions of humanity, which appeal to
all the nObler impulses of man. laying
aside the fact that the world con-
demns human slavery, that great
state, prospectively the greatest of
the American Union, can not afford
in this enlightened day to remain a
trader in slaves, selling men not alone
for labor, but for the lash,
even for slaughter like hogs in
butcher pens, the eighteenth legisla-
ture cannot afford to waste the means
of the state, to give vast sums to the
pets of administrations, robbing the
state of millions of money, making
individuals lords of money bags as
well as of slaves. If the legislature
does this thing, then must the pride
of state be humbled; then must Il
people blush with shame at the fact
! that their chosen servants become the
tools of rings, the creatures of indi-
viduals. Let the legislature, no mat
ter how powerful the influences sur
rounding it may be, no matter
how tempting inducements, no
matter how appointments and
combinations may be made and won,
do this thing, and it becomes, through
the responsiveness of few men, and
with the aid of but two prominent
state officials, the executioners of De-
mocracy in Texas. Democracy has
long been trusted in this state, and
now when its chosen agents for pop
ular administration become\ either
dupes or knaves in the furtherance of
individual design, it may necessarily
expected that the people will hesitate
to trust those whom it endorses.
The penitentiary matter is the rock
upon which Democracy may be de-
stroyed, and the agencies which are
preparing it for so ignominious death
are known, and will receive public
eXecratiOn.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22
ANT1oUATED MACHINERY.

CHICAGO. March 10. = Exhibits fol
the national exposition of railroad ap.
planes, which opens here March "a
are being received in large numbers.
Secretary Talbot to-day received a
cablegram from London stating the
old engine, Rocket" built by Geo
Stephenson, and the first locomotive
ever run upon railroad, has been
secured 1t is now among the curl
osities at South Kensington museum.
The exposition will have four of the
Oldest engines in existence. The
other three include one from England
and one from Nova Scotia, built by
Stephenson and owned by the Baltf.
more and Ohio railroad.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22
A BOSTON BLAZE.

Boston, March ia fire occurred
this morning in the buildings Nos.
381 to 387 Washington street. 1t
originated in the basement of No. 381,
occupied by d. Pillsby & Co., matters,
whose loss on stock and fixtures
reaches $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Richardson & GortZ, dealers in shirts,
loss $1,000; fully insured. George H.
Richards, jr., jewellery, had a stock
valued at $4,000, most of which was
locked in a safe; his loss cannot be
estimated. The loss on the building
is $4,000: insured.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

THE Examiner says the governor
owes it to himself to deny that his
private secretary is utilized to write
letters berating the STATESMAN and
its editor and procuring publication
of such letters in other newspapers. -
The Examiner seems to think there
may be no ground for the charge
against the governors Office, but it
will bear in mind we named the man
and no one denies the charge.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

THE Cooper bill, providing for the
location of forfeited surveys, under
the fifty-cent act, by virtue of veteran
and Confederate certificates, will pass
the senate. Since it was settled that
1T should not interfere with the pro-
posed university appropriation, there
will be no trouble about It's becoming
law. There are lands enough for
both, and the measure is but just to
the veterans and Confederate Grip
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22
THE DOOMED FEMALE.

WATERBURY, Conn, March 10
Emline Meaker, who is to be hanged
on the Both inst, at Windsor, for the
murder of little Alice Meaker, has
written her husband and daughter to
come to visit her before she Is "mur-
dered for what she is entirely inno-
cent Of" and asking her body To be
buried at Barre. They refuse the re-
quest. Mrs. Meaker wrote TO her son
Almon, and officers: "They would re-
pent on their dying bed for her cruel
murder"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

THE Express deprecates personal
ism in newspapers. So does the
STATESMAN. but it has to thank the
Express for inserting i'll its columns
the very letter which has led to the
personalism referred to. The Ex-
press published the libelous matter
concerning the STATESMAN, prepared
by the governors confidential clerk.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

IT Is now late in the session, and
some senator should move a suspen-
sion of the rules so that the senate
may take up the house substitute, No.
"a, for the senate bill granting the
Texas heroes trifiing pensions. Ger
tainly some senator will see to it that
the bill is taken up and passed by the
senate, so that it may go back into
the house for concurrence in the SEN
ate amendments.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

SENATOR CAMERON, it is reported,
has stood a painful surgical operation
and it may be expected now that he
win recover his health, a good many
anxious aspirants have been hanging
around waiting to be benefited by
ifo and
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

CONTRACTS for buildings for the
coming cotton exposition at Louis
vile. Kentucky, have been awarded
The carpenter work viii cost 100000
The total cost of the building (Which
is to be 620 by $40 feet. covering thir-
teen acres). viii be about sl75.O00.. 1t
win be ready for exhibits during June
and July. The exhibition will open
on August 1, continuing 100 days.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

THE Caldwell Register cannot help
but be sober-sided regarding every
thing. The STATESMAN has perpetrat.
ed one or two little jokes on Mr.. Stag.
ner, and the Register accepts them as
solid matter of fact. The STATESMAN
regards Mr.Stagner as most estimablt
gentleman, and it would defend him
against any unjust imputation as
quickly as the Register.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

ANY fellow, who is particularly
anxious to get away with a rich
widow. is advised to go to Philadel-
phia and try his hand. Mrs. Thomas
A. Scott is worth ten millions; Mrs.
Bloomfield Ii. Moore between five
and ten mil, cns; Mrs. Anna w.
aild and Mrs. Matthew Baldwin.
each, two millions; Mrs. Fales' two
millions, and several others are mil
lionaireS.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22
THEY WILL HAVE THE ROAD.

ST. LOUIS, March 19.-Judge Dun
negan and two or three citizens of
Bolivar, Missouri, have been here
several days consulting with Capt.
Rogers, general manager of the st.
Louis and San Francisco railroad, re-
garding construction of the Laclede
and Fort Scott road, to which Polk
county has subscribed $4,000, provid-
ing cars are running to Bolivar by
June l. Capt. Rogers has assured the
gentlemen the road shall be COM
pleted by the specified time, and they
are apparently satisfied with the out
lOnlr
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22
TIE GAY AND FESTIVE PISTOL.

CHILLICoTHE, March 1y.-Wm.
Keys, a farmer living four miles from
Greenfield, stopped at the house of
one Taylor on his way home Satur-
day night, and accused Staunton Tay-
lor of stealing buggy robe. Taylor
called out his brother John, and the
two assaulted Keys, who drew a re-
volver, instantly killing Staunton and
mortally wounding John Taylor.
Keys started to this city to surrender
himself, and was met by the constable
and arrested. There have been only
four murders within the past five
years committed in that neighbor-
hood.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

IT is again reported that Samuel j.
Tilden is very i'll and is not expected
to recover. A few days ago, it is said,
he returned from "Greystone" to
Gramercy Park in such a precarious
condition that it was necessary to put
him to bed and have all noises stopped.
After a rest of several hours he was
carried back to his Yonker's house,
which, it is expected, he will never
leave again. He cannot attend to his
personal affairs, which are in the
hands of his trusted friend, Mr.. Green.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

HUNTINGTON concludes that it will
not do to build any more railways in
Texas until the status of railways are
fixed without detriment to them
Suppose we give him the Gibson bill
rs trial. 1t is just to the railways,
protective to the people, and it is be-
lieved that after enactment the rail
ways would become satisfied with its
operation.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

A BILL has been introduced in the
legislature of Wisconsin intended to
prevent malicious prosecutions in the
courts by making the complainant re-
sponsible for the costs OF suit when
it is proven that no good ground of
Rsion existed.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

A BILL placing the school land bus
mess in the hands of a board would
De the poorest measure that could
possibly be adopted by the Legislature
There is little toomuch detrimental
board work on the tapis just at this
time. and no more is wanted. A chief
should be in charge of the department,
or the business should be left under
the direction of our well-informed and
competent land commissioner.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

MAINE abolished capital punish
ment in 1874, but the friends of the
g'lllows have agitated every year for
the restoration of the old method, and
the legislature has just passed a bill
TO hang murderers. Iowa tried the
humane system for year or two, but
in 1878 went back to the galloWs.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22
THE TALLAHArcHIE OVERFLOW.

YAZoo CITY, MISS, March 19.-The
Greenwood News confirms the pre-
vious reported overflow of the ITALIA
hatchie country. Greenwood is sub
merged, the water being only twelve
inches below that CT 1882; but it is
rising slowly. From Greenwood to
Henly island the whole country is
inundated, and some of the largest
YaZoo river planters fear their inter-
ests will be severely damaged.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

THE Texas veteran reunion will be
held at Bolton, on the goth of April
next. The Santa Fe railway and the
Houston, East and West Texas mar
row guagG have made it known that
they will pass veterans free over
their lines. Other railways probably
will do likewise.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22
A NEW nEpAPrrRE

MILWAUKEE, March 1.-the &C.
ton of the Republican convention OF
this county, held this afternoon, is
looked upon as significant in political
circles. The candidate nominated for
municipal judge in the face of pro-
nounced opposition by the stalwarts,
served twice as a Democrat in city
offices. Considerable opposition was
shown in Republican ranks.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

ADvICEs received at Washington
from Ohio say that there. is a strong
movement organizing to nominate
John Sherman for governor, with a
view of making him presidential
candidate in the event of his election
as governor.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

THE war which is being waged in
thiSulay of civilization against con.
wing convicts into the slaves of in.
dividual pets of government, is de-
nominated by the New York Star a
fight for "decency and order and hui
manity," in the management of pris-
Ons in this country.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22
PENNSYLVANIA LEoIsL AZURE.

HARRISBURG, March 19.-In the
house tonight Brierer, of Westmore-
land, introduced the following:
Resolved, 1t is the sense of this
house that action be taken looking to
the proper disposition of the question
as to the right of Nicholas Lyman
Dukes, of Fayette county, to his title
to a seat in the house OF representa-
tives.
The resolution was referred with
out discussion to the judiciary COM
mittee with Instructions TO report
as soon possible.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

A Mr.. BAXTER of London-a gen.
tleman who has picked UP the fallen
mantle of the late DR.. Cumming -has
made the discovery that Prince Ma
poleoa is antichrist. Twenty years
ago he made like discovery in re-
gard to Napoleon III, and 1t is just
possible he has made another mistake
"a his interpretation Of the Apoc-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22
Roes cnALLENaEs nANLoN

ST. JOHN, March Wallace Ross
to-day issues challenge to Hanlon,
offering to row four or five mile
race for $1,000, winner TO receive all
money received from railways. etc.
Ross will give $500 for expenses, pro-
vided Hanlon will row at st. John, or
will take $500 and row at Toronto.
The race to take place on or after the
LIST of July.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-03-22

THE annual movement against rail-
way passes is developing itself in
many states. The point about it is,
there are always obscure members
who cannot bring themselves into
notice in the usual legislative ways
and therefore they resort to some
plan of sensational nature to bring
themselves to the front.