Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-01-24

Vi bOA II "a YIN. VIZ
the Galveston News and says tina
he has done all that he could leg
ally do to stop the fence cuttini
troubles. The governor can no
exceed the authority given him b.
the constitution.
PABLO QuISrASA, mayor Of New
Laredo, Mexico, had a preliminar.
examination before the Mex Cal
judge at Monterey on a charge o
completely IN the train robbery OIL
the Mexican National railway. TIL
evidence was found sufficient t,
put him on trial.
The San Antonio Light says nj
officer in this country is abov,
!. criticism; that Gov. Ireland is no
!, above criticism and that the soon
er he finds it out the better it viii
be for him, and that he can
squelch or freeze out n newspaper
for opposing him.
SENATOR TERRELL stated explic
lilly in his great speech the othel
day that he was not candidat,
for governor and now the San An
tonic Light adds that it would no
take n six-horse team TO draw tn,
Honorable Senator out on the gu
bernatorial track.
WACO is the home of Jack Evan.
and the Day of that city says that
he is making his last desperate eff
fort for a federal judgship. The
general public, who is recognizing
his ability, will not view his ele.
walton to the bench with any
marked degree of satisfaction.
If Ben Thompson sought noto.
riety by late pleasantries at Aus
tin he has certainly got it. He
has been mentioned by every local
paper in Texas and has been pub.
lished by the associated press
throughout the country. Ben will
soon be as we'll known as Tom
Ochiltree. -.--
The Garfield Memorial church
at Washington was dedicated on
Sunday. 1t is designed to be the
principal place of worship for the
Christian church in the United
States, and the funds with which
it was built were contributed by
that denomination throughout the
country.
SENATOR COOPER will introduce
a bill setting aside 10000 acres of
the public land in Tom Green
county; the proceeds to be donated
to having Texas property repre-
scented at the Worlds exposition
in New Orleans. One of the sena-
tors regards this appropriation as
unconstitutional.
IT is stated that some of the Re.
publican senator's are trying their
best to have the Democrats now
employed in the senate offices fred
out, and their places filled by Re-
publicans. Malone Is at the head
of the movement and has a dear
son whom he desires to put in a
comfortable place.
A NUMBER of county papers are
after their county commissioners
for failing to post and publish, as
required by law, statement of the
financial condition of their coun-
ties. Grand juries are invited to
indict the commissioners where
they have failed or neglected to
do their duty. .
TINE will prove the fence-cut-
ting troubles that now agitate over
the state to have been but the won
der of an hour. In due time these
troubles will adjust themselves
with the aid. of legislation
and be forgotten. 1t may how
ever take year or two to settle
all these troubles:
The ex-speaker of the New Jer
sey house of representatives has
been fined $500 and one months
Imprisonment in the penitentiary
for bribery or attempted bribery.
He was served exactly right, and
every legislator who is hrihed or
who attempts to bride others
should be punished in the same
way. So '.
The Typographical appearance
of the Waco Examiner SINCE the
strike is far from what it should
be, but it says it is getting on its
legs slowly, and will soon be all
right again. Since it has modera-
ted its tone toward other papers it
is rGgainiHg friends and has the
best wishes of the press for its flu
ture success: --
IT is understood that the COVER
nor will send a message to the leg
islature suggesting the propriety
of making an appropriation to
equip the lunatic asylum at Ter
rell, which is to be completed BY
October LIST. If no appropriation
is made the asylum will have to
remain unoccupied until the next
meeting of the legislature.
Now that the Perrell bill has
been killed the legislature virtu-
ally gets back to the starting point
and will have TO formulate an en-:
tirely new bill. The News Aus
tin special says the great public is
expected to be satisfied with IN