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

House met at 10 a. M; Speaker
Gibson and a quorum present.
Prayer by Chaplain Rev. DR.. Poin-
dexter.
Reading of the journal was dis
pensed with.
For various reasons, MessrS. Moore,
of Eastland, Coffman, Fisher and
Nash were excused attendance for
limited periods.
A message from the senate, an
nounced that the senate had passed
house bill No. Z, amending section IL
of the act to protect the wool-grow-
ing interests of the state, with amend
mentS.
Also, the joint resolution allowing
$500 for repairs and furnishing the
governors mansion; and that the SEN
ate refused to concur in house amend
ments for a subcommittee to visit
the state schools, asked for committee
of conference. and that Messrs. Gooch,
Fleming and Jones had been ap-
pointed as said committee OF the part
of the senate
The message was received. and
Speaker Gibson subsequently APP
pointed on the committee on the part
of the house, Messrs. Mckinney, Coch-
ran and Elliott.
Mr.. Elliott was added to the COM
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news 10 per cent on the first $1,000 and
. per cent on all amounts over $1,000.
Mr.. Buchanan moved the previous
question on the amendment. and en-
grossment of the bill. Ordered. Amend
ment adopted and the bill engrossed.
On motion of Mr.. Davis, the vote
by which the hill was engrossed was
recOnsidered.
Mr.. Peacock moved to amend the
bill as amended by inserting collected
by him in any one case. Adopted.
Mr.. Collin moved a reconsideration
of the vote by which Mr.. Traylor's
substitute was adopted.
Mr.. Davis moved a call OF the SEN
ate. Carried; and all senators not eX-
cused were announced present.
The vote to reconsider prevailed.
Mr.. Terrell: An amendment
70 Mr.. Traylor's incorporat-
ed amendment by striking
the words ''since the adoption of the
revised statutes" and inserting, pro
vided that 10 per cent shall be allowed
on all such sums heretofore collected
since the adoption Of the revised stat
utes."
Also. adding after the words
moneys collected" thereafter
Adopted, under operation Of pre-
viOus question.
Mr.. Chesley: Amendment, striking
out "or corporations"
Adopted; and bill engrossed by a
vote of l6 yeas to 10 nays. after o
lengthy debate.
On motion OF Mr. Matlock, Mr..
Gooch was added TO the committee on
public lands.
On motion of Mr.. Patton, the ser
geant alarms. Capt. Kyle, was further
excused from attendance upon the
senate, owing to illness IN his family.
On motion Of Nj Pfeuffer, house
bill appropriating 5000 for repairing
the governors mansion substituted
Tor senate bill and passed.
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE
announced the passage of house bill
No. 20, amending the road law; house
bill No, %, requiring the commission
ers courts of the several counties in
the state to provide for the payment
OF claims OF teachers of public free
schools, admitted Us valid claims;
and announcing that the house had
refused to concur IN senate amend
ment reducing the number of the
committee to visit the state schools to
two members from the house and one
from the senate.
\ message was received from the
governor laying before the senate q
communication from State Treasurer
Lubbock, requesting the appointment
of committee TO investigate the
books of his Office and count the money
iG the treasurer's vault. Referred.
On motion of Mr.. Gooch, the senate
refused to concur in the non-conCur-
renee of the house to senate amend
ment to house joint resolution It
gaIding the number from each house
to be appointed on the committee to
visit state schools, and requested a
committee OF conference on the reSo-
luton.
On motion OF Mr.. Matlock, the sen
ate adjourned to Friday.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

TIE protectionists in congress must
take the people to be arrant fools. In
support of the proposition that the
tax on cotton ties be increased, one
Mckinley stated that the cotton
growers pay four cents per pound for
cotton ties, and then sell them as cot
ton at eleven cents. The price
of cotton. it is known. is fixed
in the English market. and
in fixing the price tare of twenty
two pounds to the bale is deducted,
this being the average weight of bag
ging and ties. The price of cotton in
this country is not fixed rigidly by the
price in Liverpool. The cotton spin
ner. when he buys cotton, whether he
buy 1t directly from the grower, or
from the country merchant. or from
the brokers in cities, takes rs the
basis of his calculation the amount of
yards of cloth which agiven quantity
of cotton will produce. In determining
what price he can afford to pay, he
necessarily considers the fact that
every bale of cotton is wrapped in
bagging. and has upon it iron ties
which weigh. with the bagging, over
twenty pounds. Any cotton spinner
falling to do this would inevitably
place himself at a disadvantage. In
every business, in fixing the price to
be paid for an article, allowance is
made for the potential loss by reason
of the weight of the cases. barrels or
wrappings in which the article
purchased is contained. There is
said to be an expectation that
a tariff bill of some sort will pass
at the present session. The protec-
tionists approach the subject in a
and boisterous vein which
bodies i'll for reasonable and judicious
debate. The largest calibre of their
argument is apparent in the declara-
ton of Mr.. Mckinley. that comes
with bad grace from the cotton plant
ers, 10 claim that American manufao-
turers are robbers because they want
cotton ties to pay the same duty as
hoop.iron- In the first instance. the
robbery is in the enormous duty i'm
posed on hoop-iron. The wrong is
when it is sought TO put cot
ton ties on the same footing. The in
equality which vexes the soul of Mr.
can be removed neatly and
quickly by redueing the duty on hoop
iron to the level of the present duty
on cotton ties.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

A WOMAN who has been In the
Georgia penitentiary for eighteen
years on life sentence is to be re-
leased by Gov. Aleck Stephens. He
would pardon her if he knew what to
pardon, but the fact is that nobody
knows what she is in there for. There
is no record of her misdeeds on the
prison register. and the woman her
self does not know why she is impris-
Onad
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rms United States senate has passed

The United States senate has passed
a resolution appropriating $4,000
to continue the work of compiling
the returns of the census. Gen.
Walker. who has charge of the work,
estimates that it will take $4,000
TO complete it. The estimate con-
templates the reduction Of the vol
umes of reports uron special topics
from 1900 to 5000 pages. If the
amount asked for is appropriated,
Gen. Walker says he viii complete
the work during the current year.
Why not make the necessary appro-
priation and be done with itg
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER
GENERAL HATToS, in ais attempt to
use the postofiice department as q
subscription agency for his Washing
ton newspaper. appears to have Dor
rowed an idea from Germany, where
the postoffice has almost monopoly
of the newspaper trade and every
postmaster in the empire is ready to
receive subscriptions for domestic and
foreign journals.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08
TnE counsel Tor the star :

THE counsel for the star reuters
hasten to explain that Brady's sale of
his palatial house In Washington was
not because Of his desire to get his
property into portable shape. in view
of his probable conviction. but to
raise money to pay the expenses of
his trial. They neglect TO explain.
however, just how Brady was able to
buy a $4,000 house on on salary Of
$500 per annum as assistant post
master general. He stated at one
time that he made his money In the
telephone business. but this was
proved 70 be false. as an investigation
showed that he had never owned any
telephone stock.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

NAPOLEON said there are two
levers for moving men-interest and
fear. What is said of man may rea-
sonably be applicable to Legislators
1t might be the interest Of some to
follow the lobby. but fear of the peo-
pie often protects them from being
led into the SHAMELESS where so many
public men are caught TO die.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

DELEGATE-ELECT SINGIsER, of
Idaho. says Mormonism is making
inroads in his territory and in the
present legislature there are ten fol-
lowers of Joseph Smith. Mr.. Singiser
maintains that radical measures are
necessary, as PROSECUTING is carried on
openly. and converts are taught to
disrespect the laws of the country and
offer insult to the American flag.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

A PETITION has been presented to
the Kansas legislature. praying for
the passage of law to restrict immi-
grafton, the petitioners averring that
at the present rate of immigration
all our lands will be taken up to the
extent that our children's children
viii not be able to obtain farm in
Kansas" We have heretofore been
telling of the spread of lunacy, and
Kansas appears to be in just such a
line of progression.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

THE German government is en-
gagged in attempting to prevent young
men studying for the learned profess
sions. These are already overcrowded.
not, however, with learning, if they
be there as they are in this glorious
land of liberty.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

AFTER investigation. special vote
of thanks ought TO be extended TO
Treasurer Lubbock that the state
treasury is intact. None doubt that
il is, but the very clever treasurer
ought TO be gratiied.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

PORE LEO XIII has made his will
and consigned it TO the deacon of the
College of Apostolic Pro-Notaries. It
is said that the testament gives a
great part of his property for the fur
therance of education.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

CONGRESS again talks Of the postal
telegraph. Since Mr., Gould. the prin-
cipal owner of the Western Union.
pays no attention. II may be reasona-
BILE to guess that congress is not very
much in earnest about IL.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

BIsHoP KAHN, of the Catholic do
cese of Wheeling, has issued con-
demnatory letter against German
Catholic society known as the Knights
of st. John. and threatens excom-
munication unless they withdraw
from the organization before March |.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

THE law of RIPARIAN rights is plain
and long established. The COVER
nor's recommendation as to wa
ter courses can hardly be
made to harmonic with
lit; but common law RIPARIAN rights
have their origin in countries dissimi-
lar to Texas.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

A RESOLUTION has been introduced
in the Kansas legislature directing an
Investigation as to the control and
management of the stock yards at
Kansas City. Kansas. rehearsing vari-
GUS alleged abuses. Several members
assert that the stockyards are in
Missouri, and that therefore Kansas
had no jurisdiction OF the matter. all
OF which goes to show that the Kan
sas legislature. like other bodies of
its kinds. is not lacking in the par
ticular Of insufferable incompetents.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

AS THE governor stated in his gen.
eral message, law providing for a
-sanarate tax for schools cannot
be operated before the end of
three years. Consequently the legis-
lature will have to provide under the
law now in force for 1884 and 1885.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

Gov. IRELASD's determination 10
do all in his power to provide for the
insane is most commendable. To not
provide for them. however, IL in its
nature great public crime.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

The STATESMAN, in admitting into
its columns a personal explanation
from the two colored members of the
legislature, does SO with the hope that
between the persons involved there
will be no calling for gore. Pistols
and coffee would not be su fait in this
instance
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

IT is in order now for the state
treasurers of all the states to ask for
investigation. Treasurer Lubbock
wants the state to be informed that
Texas has not been Polked.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

THEY are getting thick as leaves In
Valambrosa, and thepublic eyeis bent
upon those wise legislators TO see who
may falter in honest convictions,
shared by the people.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

THE senate labored yesterday on
the fee bill, which is in the nature of
special relief for County Attorney Z
I. Moore. The senate viii pass the
hill
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

Who are getting as thick as leaves
In Valambrosa? Look at the lobbies
and view them.
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HE STATESMAN.
AUSTIN. TEXAS.

THE SanQFrancisco papers are
charging fraud against the city gov
eminent.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08
oonrlnrrEE REpoRrs
Mr.. Hin chairman Of indiciar,

Mr.. Hin, chairman of judiciary
committee No. 2, reported:
Unfavorably on house bill No. I45,
70 amend article SIP. code of criminal
procedure; house bill No. 80, to amend
title 1. revised statutes. by adding ar
ticles and 4. regarding adoption of
minors; and
. Pavorably on house hill No. l52. to
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tatlOn OF freight and passengers.
Mr.. Kendall: To amend article 319
chapter 4, of the code of criminal pro.
cedure, providing that express agents
may carry arms when on duty.
Mr.. Wyatt: To amend article 2400
chapter 3, title AZ, revised statutes, rel.
alive to constables' fees.
At the instance of Mr.. Cochran, Mr.
Henderson was allowed his per diem
for six days on account of having
been detained at home by sickness.
BY Mr.. Patterson: To amend article
1907, chapter 3, title IS, revised stat
uteS.
Mr.. Jackson: To amend article 1865
chapter l. title Is, revised statutes.
On motion of Mr.. Frymier, the sub
stitute for house bills 100 and 1876
providing for branch lunatic asylum
was mad9 the special order for IL a,
M Monday.
Mr.. Hurst, by leave, submitted
statement of account of Messrs.
Campbell. Dunn and Patton for ser
vices as minute men in 1855.
By Mr.. Durant: To limit time in
which murder cases shall be brought
to trial eighteen months from time of
arrest of accused.
Mr.. Cundiff: Memorial from county
commissioners Smith county and citi-
zens of Tyler protesting against
changing the term of the supreme
court from Tyler to Dallas.
The speaker had read a petition
from citizens of Stephens county, as
to the confinement of prisoners in the
walls of penitentiaries.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
were presented from various commit
tees, and on motion of Mr.. Labatt,
were sent up without being read.
Mr.. Thompson, of Bexar, reported
for the committee on privileges by
for all the bills before
them changing the election laws.
Being the author of the substitute.
he reported it for the committee.
Mr.. Hill, chairman of judiciary
committee No. 2, reported:
Favorably on house bill providing
that there shall be no appeal in CAPT.
tai felony cases unless the county or
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-08

CONSTITUTIONAL DOar0 OF equalization
in your county commissioners courts,
of your several counties, and cannot
create another board for similar du-
ties and with similar powers, without
first amending your constitution.
By reference, gentlemen. to article
1857 of our revised statutes, where
provision is made for the assessment
of the rolling stock of railroads in the
several counties where their principal
offices are established, you will find a
marginal reference to section s, arti-
Gle of our constitution, which clear
ly sustains the proposition of the gen.
tlemen who prepared such law, and
they were lawyers of eminence. and
fully understood the constitutional
rule to be as embraced in said article.
Again, sir. l oppose this measure
because l consider it dangerous in
novation upon the constitutional rule
that there shall be no class legislation
enacted by this house. Let the rail-
roads be compelled, in Justice to the
state and our citizens, to render their
property fully up to the standard of
values governing in the assessment of
other property and interests; but re-
quire them so to do by general laws.
by which all must be governed, and
not by special laws affecting alone
the value. of one peculiar species of
property in our state.
I'm this great state there are, be-
lieve, about III organized counties,
thereby requiring III county
judges and tax assessors and
684 county commissioners. Are
not these several officers elected by
the people, and does not that same
mighty power pass upon the question
as to who shall be your governor,
your comptroller, your commissioner
of the land office? If the people are
to be trusted in one instance, is it
not folly to say they cannot be given
the same power in another direction?
Is 1t not a irect reflection upon the
integrity and worth Of your county
judges, tax assessors and commission
ers. to say you viii not trust them
with the honest discharge of con-
stitutional duty? ] so deem, sir, and
believe the honest officials throughout
The daily gazette., 1883-01-06
THE OLD " GAZETTE"
What Paper Fifty-seven Years Old
Contained.

|. CMiddletown Transcript
John A. Reynolds, ESQ.,, recently left at
the Transcript office q well-preserved copy
Of the Delaarare Gazette Of July lS, 1886
The paper was then "printed and pub
lished" semi-weekly by Samuel Harker, at
No. 6 Market street, Wilmington. The
lssue before us contains n poem on the
Battle of Bunker Hill and a patriotic
Grafton By the "Milford Bard" column
of toasts drank on the Fourth of July at
Winchester, Va, Easton, Nd, HarrIs-
burg, Pa, and other points; a long edi-
torial on Jefferson and Adams and q col
umn or two of foreign news. In the
advertising columns there is q statement
Of the accounts of the Road Commissioners
Of st. Georges hundred for the year 1926,
by which we see that the amount of tax
laid for the support OF roads and bridges
in that year was $96S. II, the errors allowed,
SS4.06, and the amount paid out for labor,
ETC., S78e.23. The commissioners were
John Eddowes, John NJ. Woods and James
Houston. The only Middletown adver-
tisement In the paper is that Of David
Crawford, who announces that he will
"give constant employment TO two journey
men tailors." There Is a notice that the
directors OF the Farmers Bank of the
State OF Delaware, at Dover, had "declared
dividend of two and half per cent. for
tuc phbJ SlA IuOnLub. Inc beIecCSQ uuaLLef
In the colums of this old paper Is terribly
dry, and there is neither local news nor
market reports. One at this day imagines
1t was dull newspaper, but to the genera
ton for which 1t was printed 1t probably
was as welcome a visitor as the spark
ling and enterprising journals OF our
own time. Perhaps so years hence, WHEN
the Transcript is printing daily edition tf
100000 or more, and Middletown is lighted
by electricity and heated in winter by steam,
and has water works and fire engine, and
the town hall has been painted, somebody
will bring In to the future baldheaded
editor an old paper of 1888, and he will
look over 1t with a sort of critical air and
pronounce 1t dull and devoid OF the marks
Of enterprise. "Times change and people
change with them" The paper left us by
Mr.. Reynolds is not the oldest GAZETTE we
have seen lately, Mr.. J. E. Dickson of War
wick, having given us a copy Of that paper
OF the date Of August &c, 1918.
The daily gazette., 1883-01-06
OFFICERS ELECTED.


Nonpareil AIS ,clauou: President, Peter
McGrale; Vice President, Charles White
lock; Secretary, J. W. Hubert; Treasurer,
Hugo F. Bourbon.
German library Association P esident.
August Kuhlmaun; Vice Pre-. ide 1t, Raw
mond Beyerlein; Recording Seer, ca v, f. i.
Freye; Financial Secretary, c. Bacher;
Treasurer, William Alsentzer; Librarian, +.
V. Bourbon; Trustees, Daniel Mair, John
Feuschell and Casimer Alberger.
Laurel Council, same order, has also In. d.
stalled the following; W, p, Henry A.
Davis; V. p, Mary E. Davis; r. s., Charles
B. Woodward; F. s., Annie Davis, Trees.
urer, Cora w. Hyatt; Chaplain, Maggie /.
Hyatt; w, w. H. Hyatt; Jr. w, E. N.
Murphy; Sr. g., Sallie r. Rice; Jr. c.. Mary
Mcdonald; !. s., Mary Mcconnell: o. g.,
R. V. s. Beatty; Trustee, H. X. Davis.
Fame Hose Company President, Hugo
T. Bourbon; Vice President, Alfred NJ.
HoOpes; Secretary, Daniel G. Gibbs; Treas.
urer, James c. Aiken; Trustees, John IA.
Hubert, Jacob Kopp, Joseph Meyers;
Directors, Daniel G. Gibbs, George Kopp,
James J. Riley, George Briekie, Lewis
Peekey, William Mccormick; Committee ON
Accounts, Alfred Vandsver, A. NJ. Hoopes,
Jane i. Riley.
The following officers of Harmony Coun-
ell, United Friends of America have been
installed: w. p, Charles F. Sawyer; Y. p,
Miss Alice Cornell; Secretary, W. T. Davis
Treasurer, William Tudor; Senior Warden,
r. Heritage; Junior Warden, Lizzie Freeze;
Chaplain, L. A. Davis; Goddess of Liberty,
COnnar; Junior Guide, Mrs. Mary Hilbury;
Inside Sentinel, John s. Lewis; Outside
Sentinel, w. W;Sell; Trustee, J K SUI
The daily gazette., 1883-01-06
An About . Cow.

At o late hour last night Patrick
Dougherty reported at the City Hall that his
brother James had stolen his (the CON-
plainant's) COW and was driving it To
Chester. He was very angry and insisted
upon having warrant issued for his
brother. Sergeant Sova and officer Osborn
started out and shortly afterward found
James OH Fourth street between Madison
and Monroe. He was drunk and was trying
to disentangle the cows legs fWm q rope
dangling from her neck. He was taken to
the Hall and the COW to the pound. At the
hearing this morning Patrick, having gotten
over his anger, refused to prefer charge
against his brother. He was willing to pay
the costs and did not care so he got his cow
again. His Honor said the only way the
case could be settled was by the plaintiff
giving bond to the amount of 500 for the
appearance OF the defendant at court.
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refused admission as evidence, /. {. that the
suit was against the Baltimore and New
York Company and not the Philadelphia
and Baltimore Company. The two eorpo-
ratiOns were separate and distinct bodies.
Mr.. Gray spoke for over half an hour,
concluding with saying that the admission
Of the contract would be in violation Of the
defendants rights, In violation Of justice
aud in violation of the rules Of evidence.
He was followed bV Mr.. Bradford, who
was still speaking at IL o'clock.
The daily gazette., 1883-01-06
LOCAL LACON

The fair at Institute Hall by the Church
of the Sacred Heart is still being well at
tended.
new fire plug was placed on Market
street at Fifth last evening, the old one be-
ing removed
Yesterday afternoon a small boy was in
jured while coasting on Fourth street, being
run over by horse and wagon.
The residence of William Bowe, Eighth
and Adams, was robbed early yesterday
morning and some silverware taken.
Benjamin Kopf will open his new restau-
rant, at Eleventh and Church streets, to-
day. The place is handsomely fitted up.
1t is thought that q. NJ. Howell, the un-
fortunate Milford Gamer, will be able to
settle with his creditors at flfty cents on the
dollar and resume business.