Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-05-15
'aTHERy Is now am aetiye race for

supremacy goingfon between Dali
las and Fort Worth; there can on
fybo one large city instbat terri
tory and sooner or later one of
them will have to take back seat;
which will it bcY
THERE is a wonderful lack of
harmony among the members of
the House on the tariff question
which has degencrated into per-
sonal hostility, and a dozen or
more of the leading members are
not on speaking terms.
THE examination of Gen. Swain
is now in progress before court
martial in Washington. Gen. Pope,
the presiding officer, says he pro-
poses to get at the bottom facts by
examining all the witnesses, with
out regard 10 the.rules ofevidence.
THERE was altogether too much
"monkeying" about the New Or
leans commissionership, says the
Fort Worth Gazette. Admitting
that there was too much monkey
ing, it may be asked what good
can be accomplished by more mon
keying.
The Fort Worth Democrat is
right in saying the negroes are al
most universally the aggressors
when race troubles occur, and they
always get the worst of it, every
time. The negroes frequently act
as though they were wholly lack
ing in both judgment and reason.
The Photographer on the Calves
ton News is skeptic; he wonders
if Talmage ever opened a jack pot
! with three aces? The enquiry was
brought about by Talmage, who
says there is no real enjoyment in
gambling. 1t would seem to de-
pend altogether on circumstances.
The Commonwealth, the new
paper just started at Corsicana,
says in its salutatary that the
world is cut of gear and desperate
" wicked. 1t is the missiye Ofthe
Commonwealth to get the world
set right. All that can be said is
that, it has undertaken large
task.
A DELEGATION is now en- route to
Washington for the purpose of
having the Eads proposition for
the improvement Of Galveston
harbor reopened. Ochlltree does
not see how the Eads bill is to be
pushed Oh the heels of the regular
river and harbor bill appropria-
ton.
! The cannons, four IN number,
belonging to the Travis Light ar
tillery and standing on govern
ment land at Austin, were spiked
with rat-tail files. The vandals
who did the spiklng are unknown.
1t will cost about 5000 to have the
| files drawn out.
| Col. CHAs. DEMoRsE, one of the
oldest editors in Texas, says that
no one paper, hor even a dozen
daily papers constitute the Demo-
cracy of Texas, or can dictate to
the public. But he forgets that
the daily paper can reach the pub
lie six times to the weekly papers
once.
The Marine bank is pronounced
to be insolvent and a receiver will
be appointed. Ward, the manager
of the firm of Grant 4 Ward, is I'M
der arrest and guarded by seven
detectives. Ward says he will
give up all his property and when
his affairs are settled he will be
left penniiess,
ocHILTREE proposes to move in
the House to have $4,000 appro-
prlated for Brazos Santiago and
$4,000 for the mouth of the Bra.
EOS river. His constituents, inter-
ested in the mouth of the Brazos
would like to have about a million
appropriated and Galveston left
out in the cold.
The Seguin Times comes to the
defense of the lawyers and says
that the newspapers have been
guilty of abusing them, and that a
majority of the papers do not
{ know, What they are writing about,
1t is more than likely that the ar
ticle was furnished the Times by
limb of the law.
GEN. JNo. A. McCLERNAND, Of
ILL.,. a distinguished federal general
was in Dallas the other day and
was interviewed by a Herald re-
porter. The general has faith in
the Democracy and regards thu
present outlook as hopeful. HI
thinks Tildcn is the man to nOmi
nate for the presidency.
The Galveston Print is now dead
sure enough. The material and
good will has been sold TO the pub
Usher of the Evening Record and
all suits growing out ofr6cent com.
plications have been dismissed.
The Record now has the field all to
itself, save and ex eept the Civilian
the oldest paper in Texas.
THERE is nothing like having
confidence. Crane says if he is
nominated there will be q thirt
class funeral in the district the day