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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17
beat broadly-based reasonahlr.rronnd-

beat broadly-based ,reasonably-grou
ed and periodically handled expe-
rience. If prejudice will outweigh
conviction. If fancy will take prece-
dence of fact. All these things and
more are to be determined. If cash
balance oftwo millions can be expend-
ed in two years in addition to the usual
income, and still no deficit be created,
especially as there is no marked in
crease in receipts and no decrease or
saving in expenditure. This is an
important campaign for Texas. 1t
justly swallows up all other interests,
and it should do so. Whatever the
national policy may be, we can still
get on If sound theories of state
government and policies prevail in
Texas.
Mr. lreland's record lays broadly
before the people. Earnest, intelli-
gent and capable men are busy ex-
amining it,-all of its past. and they
are squaring it by the results as
We see and know item in
tbs actual resent. We showed
clearly the oth' day what his settle.
mant of the International question
cost the state in round, unmistakable
figures. Has this showing been dis
puteh? Can it be answered? We
defy the thick and thins to attempt
it, and standing thus accepted as it
does, 1t is quite sufficient and ought
to defeat him at Houston beyond a
peradventure, and would do so but
for the over-confident dragooning ty.
ranny of a ruthless majority which
never intended to do justice to the op.
position. The people of Texas, when
they once fully awake to the force OF
this opposition to Ireland, understand
its logical worth and the bearing
of the theories it assails on thu
: well-Deing of the state,no only in tht
present but for all it's future existence
they will regret, tearfully and impo
tently regret, the blind unquestioning
nnreasoning fealty they have paid tn,
, clay idol of the hour.
We can afford to wait for this, tn
inevitable, and we do it in the full
confidence that it will grandly vindl
3 cate the course of the STATESMAN il
: all that it has done in this connection
We have no time to bother with tn
: weak DIRECTORS. We can only paus
t in the assault to answer real objec
7 lions, and so the Post must have pa
/ tiance
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17
A French Husband.

From the London Standard.
A Frenchman recently died who, 1t
is narrated, on his wedding day some
twenty years ago, took the original
perhaps it may be said rather i'm
prudent-resolution to keep a yearly
account of kisses exchanged with his
wife until their union became severed
by death of one or the other. He was
destined to be the first to go, but
when on his sick bed, foreseeing that
he would not recover, he begged a
friend to let the world know the re-
suit of his twenty years account-keep-
ing. During the first year of welded
life the kisses exchanged reached the
colossal figure of $500, or 100 a day
on an average; but in the following
twelve months there was notable
decrease, not more than 10000 being
inscribed on his register; while the
third year shows a still greater ia ling
off, the average number of kisses be-
ing about ten a day. And after thu
lapse of five years further reduction
is recorded, and the account-keeper's
task was sinplifed, for only two kiss
esIwere exchanged during each TWEEN
| ty-four hours-"one on rising, one or
retiring to rest"
Later on, during the last tel year:
of his married life, they only kissed
each other on leaving for, or returning
from, journey, and he had very littl,
trouble in making up his annual do
nestle statistics.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17
Let 1t Not Be Forgotten.

In the noise, hurry, clangor and dust
of the close of the Chicago convention
and the new phaze given by it to the
national campaign let us not for
get that we have "a state cam
paign on of vastly more i'm
portance to the state Immediately
than the national struggle itself. 1t
to be determined if incompetency is
to be continued. If the wastefulness
which has lost a cash balance of
upward 100000, is to be continued
simply because that incompetency has
been adroit enough to so lay its
wires and pull them too, that its re-
nomination is almost assured. 1t is
to be determined if the govern
or of Texas is really and only the
mere fgurehead official which
the Ireland administration claims him
to be when anything of doubtful pro-
priety but OF gra sponsibility is
to be done or II mpted. 1t is to
be determined if II :lessness is to be
omnipotent in a st,.'e over which the
courts of the commonwealth, the
national courts, The officials of the
state and the nation have sway, ana
still no earnest lefnite effort be
made to either ii. .,ehend or punish
the infractors of z. 1t is to be de-
termined IL narrss prejudice is to
supplant the broad :olerant and pro-
gressive policy u gave to the
schools of all; g :. ~ of Texas the
prov .fis which they
enjoy, thus rende- : them OF no ac-
count, practically ei,pVerting the in
.ent of the trainers of the law and the
whose Iiberality and far
iightedness provided the means in
Iuch lavish proportions. 1t is to be
if a recent lily grounded
ule, which provides that because a
nan has held the goyernoIship one
erm, therefor he is to have it two,
Without reference to his actions,
bility or fitness. 1t IS to be deter
mined If mere pretense viii forever
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17
Roohefort's Absent Mindedness

From Tinsley's Magazine.
Personally he was amiable. generous
to prodigality to his companions, and
absent-minded. He was one of those
whose brains are winging in the clouds
while their boots may be gathering
slush in the cutters. They say that
he was so forgetful that he went to
Brebant's one evening in response to
an invitation to dinner. On arriving
the name of his host had quite escaped
him. He explained his dilemma to
the landlord.
"There is but one way out of it, "
said the good-natured Brebant, we
must pass in review all the dinners in
the house; but as our visit might ap'
pear intrusive, put napkin over your
arm and come with me as my head
waiter"
The notion suited Rochefort down
to the ground, and they made an IN
spection of all the cabinets and all the
tables in the dining-room, but in vain
Rochefort did not find his Amphitry
on. Suddenly he slapped his forehead
and exclaimed, What an ass am
The appointment was for Saturday
last"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17
A FOrclble Contrast,

THERE never was stronger con.
trast made between the democracy
and the republican parties than the
one offered by the two Chicago conven-
tions-the republican in June, and the
democratic now in session in that city
Ever since the war until now the re-
publican party had its illustrious men
in. convention and in no figurehead
capacity either. They were well to
the front and in commanding posi-
lions. But last month they were rel
egated to the back seats and the fore.
front was captured by the bummers
The consequence is tuckstering
platform and ruflian ticket. This is
placing a powerful advantage in
the hands of the democracy if
the circumstance is only met by the
democratic convention with fair,
honest and manly platform and a
national ticket, composed of any of
the men prominently mentioned on
Wednesday. Such men as Bayard,
Cleveland, Thurman, Mcdonald and
Carlisle constitute the glory Of ma
ton as we'll as that of the party
They are national property, national
glory and a national pride. 1t is agal-
axy of stars of the first magnitude, of
purest ray serene, and when grouped,
as they are by the events at Chicago,
full in the eyes of the public they
serve to gid and brighten the hopes
of honest men in an early return
to the simple purity and strength
of the earlier and cleaner days
of the republic. This glorious pha-
lanx gathered about the nominee and
pledging their united and best effort
for his election and Inauguration, con-
stitutes competent assurance of
both. Notwithstanding the strenu-
Gus opposition to Cleveland from his
own state, yet he is wonderfully
strong man. Second-rate men do not
climb to where Cleveland has in New
York. 1t takes man indeed to get his
headIabove the surface in that aggrega-
ton of great and powerful men, and
it takes a greater to keep himself at |
the surface as Cleveland has done. |
He went into the gubernatorial chair
with popular majority of two hun
ired thousand. This means some
hing. It is significant of something.
What is it? The reply is clear, because
ne is not only leading man in point
If brain power, but he is illustrious
IS democrat, as a devotee to the
eading tenets of the democratic faith,
the tariff reform doctrines
leld by the democracy. Kelly may
lattle against him. The corrupt hosts
# Tammany may abuse and malign,
tut the bald fact remains that he is
me of the leaders in our democratic
srael.
Take Bayard, the chivalrous, the
loble, the pure, the able, the devoted
,ayard; here is all the hosts who
Traugled over Blaine and Logan is
ound such a man as the brave, true
leanly Bayard. Here is contrast
5hieh now since the passions of civil {
rar have worn themselves out and
re forgotten, ought to win strength
, any ticket with which he is con-
ected or to which he may give his
lpport. There are few such men as /
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17
Some Fat legal Foes

New YORK Letter to Troy Times.
Charles O'Connor received $50, 600 for
his services in the Jumel case, which
was very reasonable, since he secured
TO his clients an estate worth million
Evarts received $4,000 for defending
Beecher Beach, who represented Til
ton, did not receive more than So, ZOO,
and to raise this sum Theodore had to
mortgage his house and exhaust all
other resources. Ten years have
elapsed since this famous action took
place, and probably the world has
never seen a more exciting scandal
since the attempt of George ". to
divorce the queen. Scott Lord, who
conducted Cornelius j. Vanderbilt's
contest of his fathers will, received
$4,000, and William II. Vanderbilt
paid probably even more to his
legal combatants. In the James
B. Taylor will fight. the en-
tire estate, amounting to a
quarter million, was devoured by the
lawyers during long litigation,
| which was only discontinued when
the funds were exhausted. Railway
litigation pays liberal fees, and it is
said that David d. Field draws $10,-
600 year as counsel for the l. roads.
If any practitioner can get berth of
this kind he is sure of a fortune. In
the Parish will case the fees were
$4,000. The richest case, however,
on record in this country was the
protracted quarrel between two coal
companies. They had made an agree
ment of a very clear and explicit
character, and yet each interpreted it
different from the other. Notwith-
standing the carefulness with which
it was drawn there was clear room for
such misunderstanding, and each
appealed to the law.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17
Not the End of the Matter.

From The Public ledger, Ind.
The President cannot coDipIain. I'm.
der these circumstances, If the veto il
ascribed to petty political motives
which have been the chief obstacle
General Porter has had to meet dur.
ing the last twenty years. But this Is
not the end of the matter. In the
very nature of the case the agitation
must go on until General Porter is
restored to the army or has passed
away where neither honors nor polit-
lcai spites nor army jealousies can
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17
A Novelty in Literature

From the st. Louis Spectator
Two society girls. one a New Y ork.
er and the other Philade, phian. have
hit upon novel plan for making the
summer pass pleasantly and benelic-
tally for themselves. The New Yorker
IS to be at Long Branch and the Phil
ldelphian at Cape May, and they have
agreed to exchange cosby letters
daily. treating of persons and things
at both resorts; the letters to be pub.
lished in the autumn in book-form-
The great difficulty in the way of a
successful ful6lmert of their original
plan, it seems to me, is that unless
they are unusually bright women they
will not be able to keep up the strain
which the writing of daily letter
fit for publication would eatail upon
them
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

TEXAS BEEF.-The great reservoir
from which has been drawn the bulk
of the cattle which are now becoming
so abundant in all our western terri
tories is the state of Texas. In 1870
one-seventh of the horned cattle in
the United States was found within
its borders, and outnumbered the ag-
gregate of those of all the other states
and territories west of the Missouri,
California and the Paicfc coast in
cluded. This ratio was slightly
changed by the statistics of 1880, the
state representing somewhat less than
one eighth of the whole number,
while it still contained more than all
the others mentioned above From
the great bulk of the range cattle now
to found on the public lands east of
the Rocky Mountains-an industry
which has grown to huge proportions,
| yet dating back in these state and ter
rltories a few years only. AS an evil
| dence of this we note that In 1870 the
number given for Montana, Wyo-
ming and Colorado was a little less
than $4,000. Ten years later Wyo-
ming alone equalled this, while the
three together aggregated nearly $780,
600. We do not doubt that an accu-
rate census taken to-day would more
than double these figures.
To Texas, then, we must still look
for the supply from which to dra "
recruits to further develop the capa-
bilities of the northern ranges. Like
the tide of immigration which is
daily landing thousands of foreigners
on the shores of the New World, more
than equalling the relative birth in.
crease, so the annual cattle-drive from
Texas must yet be the base of sup.
plies for all the country north
George Pomeroy Reese, in Harper's
Magazine for July.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17
MIR. ConklInp,x c,n,,,,,,.


From a New York Letter to san Franc,sco
Chronicle. 'N H''iSi'N0
1t was very warm last night at 70
clock, and l took turn up Fifth
avenue to get the air and finish a
cigar before retiring. l met a friend
az the brunswick and we walked slow
~ uptown together. The stages had
stopped running and not a vehicle was
In sight. We walked along until we
got TO Thlrty-fourth street, when we
neard an uproar block further up.
On the corner above were three men.
one was taller than the others. There
was no installing the elegant figure
ana gray beard of Mr.. Roscoe Conk-
ing. nave seen many Jolly parti&
Out none more joyous than this. Some
one of the trio had evidently been
teillng funny story, for they were
all roaring with delight. l had never
heard ex-senator Conkling laugh be-
fore. HIS voice was audible nearly
Two blocks away. AS we pass ed the
group we heard Mr.. Conk ing say:
III reminds me of an experience OF
my own lsst'-
He Lad hand on a shoulder of
each OF the good fellows beside him,
VINO glggled with the good nature of
men whO>have Just heard one good
story and are sure of another. About
a block farther on we heard another
wild shout. and concluded that Mr.
Conkling had reached the point of tn,
story.
mo wonder Senator Conkling ii
glad to get out of politics" said m.
friend; "he is now one Of the mos
popular men in New York. He ha
just joined the Manhattan Club, tn
fifth club he belongs to in New York
and is making an easy twenty-tiv
thousand year at his profession
The stern, ambitious and thoughtful
Conkling of other days has given ava
to as bright and genial man as ca
be found in New York"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17
An Attenuated Excuse bx the presidan

An Attenuated Excuse by the President
From the New YORK Evening Post. Rep.
The distinction between giving
sanction to Legislation" which shall
set at naught these solemn and DELHI
crate conclusions. and setting at
naught one of the most solemn of
them all the determination of the
penalty-by the exercise of the par
doning power, seems little thin. Ie
the conclusions of the court-maItias
were sound General Porter was not
excessively punished. He was court
martialed for betraying an army on
the eve of battle. The only reason
for pardoning him was the findings OF
the advisory board that he never did
anything of this kind, and it is these
very findings that the president now
Sights.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

THE Houston journal wants to
know why Professors Brown and
Mallet of the university resigned so
promptly. The journal must remem-
Der a certain speech SO lately made by
the governor of the commonwealth,
as well as the general course and
policy of that official with regard to
this great enterprise, and it ought
not to forget either that the re-elec-
ton of the governor is also imminent
What indeed isthere in the university
future under such circumstances to
fasten and hold such men as the two
eminent scholars and educators we
have named.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

From New York Evening Post. Rep.
Blaine's formal letter of acr, epfance
Is not expected till after the democrat
1c convention, but it will make little
difference when it appears. Al candi-
date who can say that after giving
that Chicago platform careful study
he Is able to approve it unqualifiedly.
does not need to define his views any
further.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17
Faro's Daughter.

From the Ouray Col } Solid Muldoou
The wife of Joe Fo wleT. the, W ca Nv
stockman, who was waited Upon by
the New Mexico vigilantes and after
wards viewed by six Iaw.abidint
greasers at the request OF the coroner.
IS now dealing faro, in Fay's gin-rnin.
in this village. Mrs Fowler Inherited
a splendid fortune upon rhe tragic
death of her husband, and, we Judge
from the display of diamonds and
store clothes, that she still has suffi-
cient to prevent the tiger of want
bowling a requiem over the back
fence. GIMME marketable the
lack fO' fO' bits
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

From the New YORK sun.
There is little instrument called q
magnet, which can be purchased for
about fifteen cents at any store. Fol
little while it works nicely. 1t will
draw tack an inch in distance, and
hold it firmly. But in brief period,
owing to handling, and possibly ex-
posture, it loses its magnetic qualities
and is cast aside as worthless. Mag
netism is curious and uncertain
,lronertY
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

THE STATESMAN is no alarmlSt.
But in view of the presence of chol-
era at several of the largest CONNER
cial cities in Europe, and with which
we are daily in contact in the way OF
trade, would it not be well for our
people here in Austin, the municipal
government in accord with the med
zeal faculty, to attempt to hit upon
some plan to place the city in a good
sanitary condition and to keep it there
until all danger of visitation has
passed away. Even if there should
be no cholera on this side of the
Atlantic we would not suffer for the
extra exertion necessary to "clean uI
things" An excellent sanitary condi'
ton would serve to ameliorate al
diseases, and raise the standard OF
health generally. The excessive heat
now prevailing requires that extra
care be taken to observe sanitary
rules. The medical faculty should
call a series of meetings and discuss
literally and broadly all matters per
tanning to hyegene, the water supply
the diet problem, as well as the best
known remedies, plans of treatment
ETC., after the disease has been set up
We commend this reflection to our eff
fcient and progressive mayor in the
certainty of its being given the atten'
ton which its Importance entities
it to.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

The medical faculty could not do a
better thing than to CONNIE nee an ex-
tensive inquiry into the nature, cause
and history of cholera, and its best
known and most potent remedies.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

THE large numbers of Americans
now in Europe increase the danger OF
the Importation of cholera. The quar-
antine authorities would do well to
take note of this fact.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17
Bag, Tag and BobtaIl Bubble Up

Feom the Brooklyn Eagle.
Curtis, Schurz, White, Bowles,
Beecher ct id omne genus dumped into
the republican garbage box. and Elk
ms, Clayton, Joyce and Robson ele-
waited to the curule dignity, constitute
picture calculated to awaken painful
reflections
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17
No Doubt About 1t.

From the Baltimore Day. Dem.
Ii the democrats of New York unite
upon Cleveland, there is no question
bat that the democrats of the union
I'm unite upon Bayard, and with en-
t'ltlsiasm, too.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

THE less the administration organs
have to say on the subject of that non
est cash balance, the better it will be
for the governor.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

THE Waco Examiner sees strong
hopes of defeating Ireland for the
nomination. 1t should not be for
gotten, in this connection, that the
Examiner is published at the home of
Gen. L. S. Ross.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17
Perhaps Foraker Doesn't Know.

From the Boston Star
Judge Foraker assures Mr.. Blaine
that the German vote in Ohio is solid
for him. This, in the face of the open
opposition of several of the most inn
portant German newspapers in the
state. is. to say the least, refreshing.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

THE philosophy of centuries, and
the piety of modern ecclesiasticism
were condensed in the beautiful invo-
cation offered up by Rev. Mr.. Lari-
mer, at the opening of the convention
YESTERDAY. Read il and see.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

THE Dallas Times has commenced
again its regular irregularity. That
paper, its genial editor and its horrible
mailing clerk are all the most proyok-
ing lot in the business.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

THE Colorado Clipper sees the free
grass burning up under the high
temperature of 1889 Farenheit with
all the philosophy CT stole. 1t costs
nothing, and no one complains.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

One Who Cuts Out the Pound of Flesh.
From the Boston Transcript, Rep.
It is pitiful in the extreme to see
the executive branch of the general
government arraying itself against
one individual who has been for SO
many years toiling for the redress of
a mOnStrouS wrong.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

NOTHING a democratic voter of
Texas despises as thoroughly as he
does a suggestion of a tax raise to
meet a needless deficiency.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

WITH the mercury at 1OS Q one ca
be pretty comfortable only by laying
his flesh away, by knocking the mar
row out of his bones and having a
draught through them. There is no
other way, and Tom Hood himself
would tell you SO, were you to ask
him
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

Now for earnest hard work The
Clearly Cleveland, against the
besmirched Blaine. It will be a
walk over.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

LET our excellent mayor inaugurate
cleaning Up" campaign in Austin.
This is perhaps one of the cleanest
cities, naturally, on the continent,
owing to its splendid natural drain
age; but it would be all the better to
work a little art into it notwithstand-
ing.
THE fact is, the Houston Post can
now get on without a label, and the
taking of it down was a wise thing.
John Ireland is a democrat. No one
has ever disputed that fact, and the
Post is John Ireland, therefore, a label
is superfiuous.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

HUBBARD's prominence in the ma
tional councils causes many good
democrats to ask why he has been so
completely showed aside in his own
state. We think this prominence at
Chicago significant of coming trouble
at Houston.