The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-10
PHILKINs' PARAGRAPHS

AUSTIN, July e. CORE spondence.
d l have Systematically refused to notice
T the many local thrusts of the labor
t organ and insurrectionary sheet, pub
Y liShed here, directed at the Express
: in general and me in particular, be-
t cause thought the editor was unfor-
g tunately afflicted with a moral pro-
1 pensity for classifying men and meas
ures, and was an object of the pity
that intelligent and philanrhropic cit
liens should extend to those who
were not morally responsible for nat
ural eccentricities in the way of dis
tortlng truth and parading IN the
guise of falsehood whenever such an
one happens to use the truth at all.
But l am convinced, now, that this
propensity is not entitled to such pity,
because there is no doubt that the
stiles" of these thrusts are the result
of a studied effort to be
abusive, yindictive, unfair, harsh
and generally sour towards
every paper, and everybody
connected Herewith who does not use
his styles of glasses for examining all
questions.
The Capitol has been abusing THE |
EXPRESS like pickpocket, because |
VI Ill N1CWO, IL ttUuOCu LIE
PRESS and its Austin correspondent |
for daring to question the propriety,
not to say honest d5cency, OF boycott
ting. Yea, it even went so far as to
ego for THE EXPRESS, and for me.
because of failure to give undue
prominence to the cranky freak of
some parties to boycott the STATES
MAN.
L think few final remarks on the
personnel of the writer of these artl-
Giles, in the way of interrogatories,
may not be amiss. l shall do this, and
drop him forever. A good marks
man may show his skill by shooting
at dead duck, or even wooden one,
but TO take more than one shot at 5
such a mark, would show poor judg-
ment. i
l. The writer of the Capitol arti- t
cles rldicules Hon. A. w. Terrell for f
what he, the Capitol, terms his dema-
gogical philosophy. 1.-THE doctrine of
consistency is the philosophy of
fools.'
Query: Does the wriLer believe in L
the conslstency(D which never L
changes an opinion, no matter what v
new light map be obtainable? v
2. Does the writer ever stay in one |,
place long enough to allow people to 4
know what he believes or knows, if s.
y
3. Does his opinions change like the d
chameleon its cOlors, to suit every man C!
)r officer whom he NAV be favor 81
ng at given times? o.
4. Does he turn against man when
lie can no longer use him? Referred
o Mr.. E. w. Swindells.
5. Does he oppose fence-cutting sure 81
nOugh, or is he only trying to make in
he governor believe he is against the ce
ence-cutter? Referred to the people fl
# Bowie county. m
6. If he is not opposed to fence-cut- SI
ing, how much would he pay the re
Fort Worth Gazette to publish his M
peech delivered in Bowie county, f
fence-cutting, and which M
he Gazette would not publish as a A
'iece of news? If he is not ST
q favor of fence cutting Ell
When did he change his views, and !.
What caused the change?
z. Does he entertain a high opinion
f men who studiously attend to their W
wn business, as against those who ye
ever pretend to have any; or vice m
ersa? and if so, to what act or word So
f his can he point in proof of such OF
egree of excellence to which his ac- dc
are ignorant of his pos ty
eSsing. Sc
8. Would the writer really state ia
osition or fact truthfully about any Ju
ne against whom his envy, or rather Ill
lalevolent characteristics led him to a
islikep If he ever has a desire to do NJ
D, why did he attempt to make the Sc
ublic of Austin (his paper does not
o beyond to any extent) believe that as
~ friend, DR.. V. o. King, had attack IN
rticle signed "Hidalgo," when he 81
ould have learned, if he desired the In
cquaintance of truth, that "HidaIgo" on
yas hitting at me as hard as he was at Ola
IT. King, and l could not have been On
le writer. nc
l could ask questions about his Fix or ma
ght newspaper connections while in Jul
exaS, but will not do so. | have never pa
'ritten personally abusive article we
bout a man in my life, and will not as
y to do so at this late day. L am all
OF versed in the use of "mean," eli
dirty" foul and filthy" words, 10
lough | could have been, had 1 stu Tn
iously read the Capitol since it's We
)undation. AS to the uncaIled for Is
nd brazeu thrusts at my literary at'
-orks, and his charges of plagiarism, ms
hey only cause sensible people to gu
ugh and to assign all his attacks as OLE
IVY. This is the verdict OF PAL tial sh,
lends of mine. But even modesty sal
'ould permit me to remark that it is tl1
Orne out 10y the many flatterIng 81
offices from all the prominent papers To-
t Texas, except one, and from north MI
m, western and eastern papers and su
Magazines. These notices have been
and to my mind, more
IAN 1 deserve, but they are in great
ontrast to those from this self
;yled Austin critic, and would seem
!, be all the answer needed. But L tic
ill add one other: All his shafts of SUI
1 don't know what
re made pointless by the checks, and trs
loney orders L received for those Ju
anne literary piracies. This is all.
IKE PHILKINS. w