Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-04-10
EDITORIAL NOTES.

IT is stated that the people of
Collin county are opposed to the
two-thirds rule.
THE San Antonio Express
prods the Fort Worth Gazette on
its free grass proclivities.
The Daily Capitol regards
Marion Martins candidacy for the
governorship as huge farce.
The Texas delegation voted
solidly, on Monday, against the
bill to restore the duty on wool.
GEN. GRANT is quoted as saying
that the people of the north are
heartily tired of the bloody-shirt'
The Colorado Clipper has
doomed into a daily-a neat five
column paper. We wish it sue
cess.
THE Houston Post is now in IA
vor of the two-thlrds rule; awhile
ago it was in favor of the majority
rule.
SABIN is waiting in Washington
for his commission TO be issued.
He will then come home with 1t in
his pocket.
The special reporters for the
News finds booms for Marion
Martin for governor that are not
discovered by the press.
JUDGE NORTON, of Dallas, is in
Washington trying to get aperson-
al friend appointed revenue col
Iector in place of Umdenstock.
A SNOW storm set in at INDIAN
apolis on Sunday evening. The
snow was general throughout
northern Minnesota and Dakota.
THE next regular meeting of the
Texas State Medical Association
will be held at Belten on Tuesday,
April 22d and continue four days.
Col. BRAcKENRlDeE, of San An
tonic, has lately closed apurchase
of two million and half acres OF
land in the state of Tamaulipas,
Mexico.
THE Republicans of the Thir-
teenth district of Illinois met at
Petersburg on the sth inst. and
elected Logan delegation to the
national convention.
REPUBLICAN county conventions
will be held in all counties in the
state where there are enough Re-
publieaus to have an organization,
on Saturday, April 18th.
The comptroller has received
remittances from Hays and Palo
Pinto counties, paying the interest
on lands of the counties held by
the permanent school land.
The Fort Worth Gazette quotes
Granger Lang as saying to Lieut.
governor Martin. "Thc anti-law-
yer racket won't work." Granger
Lang tried the farmer racket.
The civil service commission
will hold three sessions in this
state this month, commencing at
Galveston on the 18th, Austin on
the 18th and Dallas on the 23d.
A RIOT has taken place at KID
thermometer against the employ
ment of female Iabor. kiddcr-
monitor is onI of the largest car
pet manufacturing cities in Great
Britain.
The Tyler Courier says of Ire
land: "He has made Texas good
governor, and we want a good
governor for two years more just
as much as we have wanted them
in the past.
MORGAN CAMMAcK has again es-
capped and is not precisely located.
The opinion is said to prevail in
detectives circles at Dallas that
he will come in of his own account
and surrender.
GOVERNOR IRELAND and the peni'
Tertiary board have inspected the
Huntsville penitentiary and gone
to visit the camps on the Brazos
sugar plantations, which will COM
plete their tour.
THE Brazoria Independent thinks
that the southern Republicans will
stick to Arthur because he is the
dispenser of patronage. Spoil
seekers will always stick to the
distributor OF spoils.
The Columbus Citizen says that
if there is any organized move
ment to defeat Governor Ireland il
is the work ofscheming politicians,
and the people will doubtless be
up to their little game.
IT is stated that ex-United States
attorney Gutheridge, of Jefferson,
has made afidavits charging col
lector -Undenstock and E. NJ. Kahn
with perjury, growing out of the
bribery case against Gutheridge.
GEN. GRANT thinks that Blaine,
Arthur and Logan will go before
the Chicago convention, with
strength in the order named. The
contest over the nomination is
likely to be a very warm one.
The Navasota Tablet will here,
after be printed all at home. This
is considerable step onward, and
one that should be fully apprecia'
ted by the people OF the city OF
Navasota and the citizens ofGrimcS
county,