The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-12
THE STATESMAN.

THE STATESMAN.
AUSTIN. TEXAS.
WHO will care for congress now?
UPLAND cotton will be full crop
THE patriots are becoming en-.
hused.
EVERYTHING whirls at Chicago this
morning.
THERE was fun at the convention
yesterday.
THERE are some graphic situations
in the local politics.
THE STATESMAN represents a fail
share of business this morning.
THEY had enthusiasm and gun
powder both at Chicago on Friday.
THE favorite in the congressional
race hasn't come to the. surfac
yet.
OF that the News could be In
duced to support either Jim Blaine o
John Ireland.
The Examiners eight page dali
is now a very creditable paper indeed
1t ought to flourish.
THE San Antonio Light isn't hi
under a bushel. Let it throw a IA
or so at "Little" Jimmy in his darl
ness.
IT will pay to note the course of tn
Examiner under its new management
1t promises 10 be very vigorou
paper.
BLAINE's nomination is satisfactor
to Butler. The latter will have some
thing to shoot at, and death loves
shining mark.
"JIMMY" NEwCoMB wins homo
from neither northern or souther
soldiers by his late ghoulish effort O
decoration day.
WHY hath our venerable and beloN
ed Uncle Danl cut THE STATEsMA
off from his exchange list? What
our sin, Uncle Danl?
THE condition of the leading Oh
cage journals is truly deplorabl
They are an unit against Logan, al
another for Blaine, and "ile"and watt
won't mix.
TIE final disposition OF the famor
Mercer Colony case, is grand con
pliment to the great ability and tru
devotion of the attorney, Col. A.
Peeler, Of this city.
IT is a foregone conclusion, the G;
zette and Herald will never live t.
gether in harmony as brothers shoul
live. If it isn't free grass, somethin
else will act as bone of contention.
THE witty sarcasm" of the E1
press resembles nothing so much {
the gambols of an elephant. 1t is
little awkward or so, but it is awfy
ly and particularly crushing at til
same time.
If any man knows of an imped
ment to the election of James {
Blaine as president, let him get upo
high mountain and tell it just ;
soon as he can get his mouth int
good working order.
The little Day joys along under til
lea of its leviathan neighbor, the E.
aminer, apparently proud, instead c
jealous of its huge size. There
peace in that journalistic camp. Ma
Ben Hassan's tribe increase.
A MAN is always crank to a ce
tain order of men who were not give
brains enough by the Almighty
understand him. It's so easy to ca
names, but it is very hard for blacl
guard to seem a gentleman.
NEWSPAPERS can now fill their p
ges with praises of the aspiring pi
triots, but they'll not be able to Fl
their pockets with the sheckels of sal
aspirants. The said aspirants are tc
honest and the papers too virtuous.
MARION MARTIN could probabl
give fair estimate of the fatal vigt
of News caress. Martin didn't llN
long enough, politically, after he e,
perienced it, to tell anyone political
how it felt. There wasn't time for a
ante norton statement.
THE question is chow dead" Is M
Tildenp The reply would probably
from the party, from Maine to Texa
mot too dead to lambaste the bold, bs
Blaine handsomely" if the democrat
could only be badgered up to that poir
Of wisdom which would insure b
nomination.
THE favorite old Houston & Tex;
Central railroad is again all rigl
from one end to the other, branch,
and all. All true old Texans are +
joiced to hear the good news, becau:
this is the pet road of the state. L
officers are old favorites, old Texan
and in full sympathy with the poop
of the state.
The Times Is panied because IL
STATESMAN, in defending itself frol
professional assault at the hands
that paper, happened to mention tt
age of the Times as being less tina
its own, and it goes to the extent
threatening us with its fangs in tt
future. After the Times has as man
notches on its stick calendar as til
STATESMAN has, it will then unde
stand what dreadfully bad policy