The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-05

w ALSH Will NC COlnlulSolOucI aS Oil,
If we are to Judge from the hearty |
way the suggestion that he runs
again, Is being received.
THE counties are warming upto the |
work a little. They'll come in under |
the string not much behind the state
at the grand outcome.
THE irregularity of the mails re-
Gently has proven great hardship to
the business interests of interior
Texas. viii the clouds never roll by ?
THE Examiner rushes to the defense
of Senator Coke, and no one attacks
Hadn't the Examiner better wait I'M
til it Cor Coke is spurred before it
kicksp
Two drummers presumably with
nothing better to do, went to cow-hid-
ing each other in Fort Worth the
other day. tits a bad ameuseent and it
doesn't help business a bit.
WALSH has many warmly attached
friends all over Texas. He Is favora-
bly, known in every county in the
state, and the boys will pull for him
with all their enthusiasm.
WHAT has become of Mr.. Marion
Martin? The question is little old
fashioned we admit. But after all it
is entitled to reply. Who will, or
who can make itp
THERE is considerable feeling in
Bastrop county over the Miles-Taylor
murder case. The return of the
Miles boys to that county for trial has
stirred up things considerably.
The Times wants q wooden mill at
Laredo because Waco has one. If
they try that, they will but go out
after wooden mill and come back
doubtless, shorn of all their spare
cash.
IT is said by those who ought to
know that Wash. Jones has nearly
madeup his mind to give the democrats
whirl for congress. There would be
music hanging on all the bushes
then.
THE Chicago Current grows in
gracefulness as it grows in days. 1t is
now one of the most charming literary
papers on the globe. Its success is
truly phenomenal,and it is profoundly
and honestly earned.
A correspondent writes to know
"who in the hades is Bill Sterrett. -
Not to know Bill Sterrett and why he
cuts such a digger, as Joe Gargery
would say, in the papers of Texas,
is to argue yourself unknown.
ELLIOTT is a ladies' man. He is
blooming out in his new character,
and is just adroit enough to have all
the pretty ladies of Texas working
like beavers for the exposition.
TEXAS never stands back when it
comes to going on the record as to her
preferences for a candidate for presi-
dent. She has spoken out and very en-
phatically for Tilden. She is not "go-
ing back on" that expression either.
THE approach of the Houston con-
vention will be eagerly watched
There are many lofty ambitions
hanging on the result of that meeting
of the clans. Dark horses are already
staked out all over the neighbor-
hood.
1T will lie seen by letter published
elsewhere this morning, over the sig
nature of John Hancock, that he re-
fuses to make the race for congress
this fall. THE STATESMAN Will treat
the subject at greater length to-mor
row.
SENTER will not tackle the old
alcalde again, this season. Senter is
the only interviewer in the state who
can write 'em so the victim won't go
back on the job. at least, the old
alcalde viii think two or three thou
sand times ere he does thing half so
foolish as to deny the last effort of
the Gazette's talented Austin reporter.
THE Temple Times is quite severe
In its comments upon Mr.. Illings-
worth's statement to THE STATES
MAN regarding his late experience in
that thriving little prairie city. Mr.. L.
Is amply able to take care of himself
in this matter, and to him we refer
the Times.
Sundays Gazette was an excellent
paper, and Senter's fine italian hand
was traceable all over it. Both the
paper and its talented young Austin
were honored in it. |
May abundant success attend both |
barring their anti-two-thirds rule as
pirations. and other things.
MAJ. JOHN F. ELLIOTT, state CON-
missioner to the New Orleans expo
sition, was in town yesterday and
paid the STATESMAN a brief, but
pleasant, call. He is enthusiastic in
regard to the promise of fine exhibit
from Texas. Maj. E. is on his way
to New Orleans via San Antonio.
THE San Antonio Times doesn't per-
nit the STATESMAN to clip clipped
matter from the Philadelphia Times
wen though we retain the credits and
IL. The Times has hardly enough
,ray hairs in its pow to entitle it to
he censorship of the press in this
way. Neither the Times nor any other
'aper ever found paragraph loaded
nut in this paper which 1t could trace
o any other authorship. We say this
much, as the gravarnen of the Times
amark is unquestionably to produce
ONE such impression