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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
MUCH confidence is felt in Englal

MUCH confidence is felt in England
as to the ability of Chinese Gordon
to conciliate Ell Mahdi and put an
end to rebellion in the Soudan. Cor
don Won his reputation through the
suppression of the Tae Ping rebellion
in China, but the cause he now en-
cages in is very different. To Gordon
is due very much of the power of the
uprising in the Soudan. 1t was his
comparatively successful efforts for
the suppression OF the slave trade in
that country that converted Ell Mahdi
himself from slave dealer into re-
ligious prophet. The presence of Col.
Gordon in the country, therefore, is
not likely to diminish the irritation
which finds expression in revolt. Nor
is he equal to the task of putting
down a rebellion without the support
Of either people or government
of the name.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
Where is the AlcaIde!
Galveston Print.l

When Oran NJ. Roberts retired fir, m
the gubernatorial chair there was
comparatively little lawlessness i'm
Texas, and there was a large cash bal
ance in the treasury. To-day the
state is oveTrun by laWlessneSs ele-
ment that not only DESTROYS prolerty
in a most wanton manner but threat
ems human life and terroriZes the
communities it infests. Well behaved
law abiding citizens, engaged in the
quiet pursuits OF agriculture and
stock raising, are advised that unless
they comply with certain demands of
unknown correspondents and covert
aSsassins, they are in danger of
being made food for worms. They
are braZenly told that if thew
attempt to enclose their own
grounds which have been purchased
from the state in good faith, they will
incur the displeaSure of an organized
band OF assassins, and that this dis
pleasure may prove fatal. under this
unchecked reign of lawlessness, land
ed property in some sections of the
stateis depreciat.ng in value and citi-
ZenS are preparing to remove them
selves and their families to localities
which offer greater security to life
and property than the poor common
wealth OF Texas can vouchsafe. Mean
While the state administration acts as
II Its hands were tied and its energies
paralyZed. The law makers squa6ble
over free range and herd law and I'M
mindful of the real purpose for which
they were called together, spend their
time IN idle vaporings and pipe laying
for the gubernatorial succession
Days and weeks have slipped
away without anything having
been accomplished in the way Of
mendlng the evils with which the
state is inflicted, without accomplish.
ing anything beyond the fermentation
OF petty strife between individuals
ambitious OF power. Upon this issue
Gov. Ireland has attempted to builC
up a personal following and a persona
power, and naturally enough, the OF
position has solidified, and the effort t
legislate against lawlessness has sim
ply been productive of a family broil
in which the contending forces ar,
Ireland and anti-Ireland. There is NJ
let up in the lawlessneSs complained
Of meanwhile. The fire brand and tn,
nIpperS continue as active as before
and the reign Of terror is unchallenged
Is it any wonder then that the peopl,
should begin to compare this admins
tration with the preceding one, and in
qIIlre, "Where is the Old Alcalde?"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
Personal.

The Duke Of Argyll intends to write
a reply to Mr.. Henry Georges Pre-
gre and Poverty
Thomas Holloway, the English pill
maker, left an estate valued at $2o,-
100000, and it is all bequeathed to
charitable institutions.
IT. Barnum's will, which he has
just made, covers seven hundred
pages. 1t may be his purpose to eX-
hibit if, also, as the greatest on
EARTH"
Mr.. Thomas Sabin, of Belchertown,
Mass, celebrated his Tooth birthday
last week. lie never smoked or drank
liquor, and he voted the Democratic
ticket at the last electi IN.
Another alleged cousin Of the late
A. T. Stewart has just announced
himself at st. Adams, VT, and he pro-
poses to appeal to the courts for a share
of the millionaire's estate.
Senator Tabor is said to be distrib-
utiDg handbillS in which he claims to
he the laboring mans candidate for
the presidency. He has doubtless
gone back to his old, original regula-
ton red flannel.
The colossal statue Of John G. Cal
houn will be fifteen feet high, an;
when set up in the city of Charleston
will be, with its pedestal, forty-6ve
feet high. At the base of the granite
Te5ta will be seated life-size figures of
Truth, Justice and History.
Miss Aver, daughter of the late j.
G. Aver, for whom Prince Philippe
de Bourbon Is said to have broken his
heart, is about to marry Commander
Frederick Pearson, U. S. n. There
appears to BIZ at least one officer in
our navy who knows how to capture
prince.
Senator Allison, who is called
Lucky Allison" has had long legis-
lative career He served eight years
in the House, then was elected United
States senator and has just been re-
elected third time for term eXpir-
ing 1891. AT that time he will have
been twenty-siX years in Congress.
The Marquise de Hautefeullle is a
very brave woman. She created
sensation in Brussels the other day by
entering the lions cage with lion
tanner. The lady bore herself with
the utmost intrepidity and played
with the wild beasts as if they were
tame cats. She was greeted with ire
mendous applause, while the band
played the natio lal hymn. "La Bra
bancoune."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

THE STATESMAN was not back
ward in expressing objections to the
nomination and candidacy of Judge
Hoadley, and it based its objections on
the fact that the gentleman was not a
true Democrat, and that therefore he
could not be expected to administer
the office of governor of state accord
ing to the true Democratic faith. The
result of his election is h genuine pc
litical snarl in Ohio. Gov. Hoadley's
inaugural message can be taken as a
direct assault on the very foundation
of Democratic principles. His late
supporters are heartily sick of him.
But that is nothing unusual; it
seems to be the rule that governors
nRhall-fcrget pledges to principles and,
fore. duty to the people.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
Have to Appoint His Son.

That was pretty good thing Sam
johnson, a colored laborer at the cap
ital, got of on Senate enploye yes
terday. After the resolution allowing
each senator not a chairman of COM
mittee clerk had passed, Col. Morrow
informed Sam of the fact and asked
him if he would not make him (Mor-
row. his secretary. Sam studied a
moment. scratched his head, took in
the situation, and replied: "Well,
colonel; will have to study over that
little, but 1 spec 1 will have to ap-
point my son."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
LOWERING THE PRESIDENCY.

General Sherman reiterateS that I'M
der no circumstances would he be-
come president; that in the first place
he would not accept a nomination.
and then that he Would not take the
presidency if every electoral vote
were given him. He says he is look
ing forward to an old age spent in
peace and comfort; that he wants the
honors and troops of friends that be-
long to old age. free from care and re-
sponsibility. To an interviewer he
said that he thought it would be the
supremest kind of folly for him to be
tempted by the bauble of the presi-
dency to enter the White House and
have four years of strife, contention,
irritation and criticism to encounter.
To accept the presidency would ne
cessitate his retiring from the army,
and at the end of four years he would
be remanded to private life like Grant,
who was trying to earn living in
the precarious occupation Of broker
in Wall street. Some people might
envy President Arthur, but his in
cumbency of the White House YVES
as remote as possible from satisfac-
ton and comfort, and when he left it
he would be very apt to leave it
without credit or honor. What a
sad comment there is in the
declarations of the distinguished sol
dier. Gen. Sherman is beyond all
doubt great man; he proved that in
thanking Gen. Lees army, in his march
to the sea. He is too great to be presi-
dent. In this day, under the Repub-
lican regime great men are not made
presidents. The office is left
to either bad or mediocre
men. Grant, Hayes, Garfield
and Arthur make up the brilliant line
of Republican presidents; not one OF
them statesman; some of them not
grade above crossroads and ward
politicians. Besides, the presidency
like our governorship, is not rosy
bed upon which the incumbent rests
with delight. A low order of talent
weighted down with official duty
meets with failures and en-
counters care, sorrow, enemity
and disappointment. Great intellects
find other channels open to them
and the man who would live happily
and contented avoids them. Genera
Sherman is a philosopher. The pre-
sidency has been degraded, and he il
wise in refusing absolutely to be en-
trapped in the meshes of such politi
cal life as has been established at tn,
Whi.e House.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
Shoot the PresumptuOuS Fencer Too.
lei PaSO Lone StarI

The man who puts up fence with.
out legal right ought to be punished
just as severely as the man who cuts
down a legal fence. Human life is
held of only too little account in the
state, as it stands, without making its
tenure less secure. If this legislature
is prepared to authorize the killing of
every man who cuts a fence, it would
be only fair to justify the killing OF
every man who erects an illegal one,
and, of course, make the fencer-in and
the fenced-out sole judges in the
cause. What is the legislature about,
anVhOwp
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

ACCORDING to a report from the
treasury department, the bill passed
by the last Congress for the exclusion
of trashy tea by system of inspec-
ton has worked exceedingly well, but
the system needs to be extended. In
spectors have been established at
those ports of entry through which
tea has been used to come in, and, of
course, not at the others. As a con-
sequence, those other ports have been
sought by dealers who wish to con-
tinue the importation of such trash as
every European country takes care to
exclude. The treasury now proposes
that the inspectors shall have jurisdic.
tion over teas imported by ports in
which the business is not large enough
to justify the appointment of an In
spector.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
The New Orleans Exposition ApprO-
priatiOn.
Marshall Herald.

lu.l
The only opposition to any measure
for the purpose is on the ground that
the constitution does not provide for
an appropriation for any such purpose
This may be true, but then the consti-
tuition has nothing in it prohibiting
such an appropriation bling made in
the interest of the state Certainly, if
such an exhibition of the products of
the state can induce large immigration,
fill up their lands, and increase her
taxable values, thereby reducing taxes.
With such benefits accruing. the APP
preparation would be in the line of an
economical administration, and in
strict conformity to the constitution.
1t is hoped that these grounds of oppo-
sition to the appropriation will be
overcome in some satisfactory manner,
and that a liberal appropriation will
he made, and commissioners provided.
so that Texas may be represented as
her importance demands.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
q news from South Ams

E news from South America is
far from being satisfactory. The
government of Gen. Iglesias has not
succeeded in restoring tranquility to
Peru. The elements of disorder which
were set loose during the disastrous
war with Chilli are still powerful if
not dormant, throughout the country,
and every mail brings news of lawless
outrages committed by armed forces
upcn entire communities. In Bolivia,
the ally of Peru in the war and its as
-sociate in defeat. the financial system
seems to have broken down in the
effort to pay off the war indemnity
demanded by Chilli. The government
has demanded forced loans of the
lnerchants. and has thrown many into
lrison because of their refusal. OF
course such conditions must affect
the commercial relations of these
countries, and the influence will ex-
tend itself to this country, as well as
TO Europe.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

UNDER existing pension acts ct
Congress pension agencies have be-
come most Objectionable, and a move
is now on foot to abolish them. The
cost of agencies is about $350,0O0 a
year, while it Is estimated that it
would cost to distribute the pensions
from the treasury direct about SIS, 600.
Here is chance for large annual
saving. The sum of 1915, COZ does not
appear large in comparison with the
millions that are annually appro-
priated to meet the wants of the gov
eminent. but it is large enough to
command the attention of the appro-
ton committee.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

Ii: II to restrain the collection thereof,
because il was alleged that Greer coun-
ty VAS part of the Indian territory.
The court, upon hearing. dissolved the
and held that the assess
mcnt and collection of taxes in the
said territory OF the officials of Texas
was legal, thu again deciding in favor
of the jurisdiction and dominion Of
Texas over the tract Of country in con-
troyersy. But it is maintained by the
secretary OF the interior that the terri
tory IN controversy is a part of the In
dian territory, and much has been re-
cited by the department of the interior
in support Of the claim of the
United States, all of which
however, fails to convince, when the
array OF proof presented by Col.
Swisher is considered. The House
committee on territories has made a
report on the bill before the House,
in which reference is made to the
treaty OF 1919, between the United
States and Spain, and that of 1928,
between the United States and
Mexico. The pertinent points in
these treaties are as follows ::
"The boundary line between the two
countries west of the Mississippi shall
begin on the Gulf of Mexico at the
mouth of the river Sabine, in the sea,
continuing north along the western
bank Of that river to the thirty-second
degree Of latitude, thence by line due
north to the degree of latitude where
it strikes the Rio RoxO or Nachitoches
or Red River, then following the
course Of the Rio RoXO westward to
the degree of longitude 100 west from
! London and % from Washington, x
s. the whole being as laid down in
NIelish's map Of the Knitted States,
published at Philadelphia, improved to
the first of January, 1915" Texas was
admitted into the union upon this
boundary line (27th of December, 1845).
The said Melish map is now on file in
the state department, and upon it only
| Ou6 SJlGdIll lCllNi NtON IL do lGCNl INV
and that is shown to be a continuous
stream, without fork CT tributaries
until after it passes far beyond the said
meridian. AT the dates of the treaties but
one stream was known as Red River
Subsequent explorations nave discov,
cred the fact that there exist two
streams north and south forks of Rec
River, which flow together before
said degree of longitude is reached
and the point of controversy is, which
of these streams is the Red River con
; templated and intended by sale
treaties, las laid down on MeIish''
map" TIE STATESMAN has held fol
years, and it is settled by the ligh
thrown on the case by Col. Swisher
that the north fork of Red River is IT,,
line as laid down in Melish's map, ant
as shown in pamphlet, with map
J prepared by Col. S. The judicia
questions involved in the settlemen
of the line call for immediate an,
, decisive work. Texas asserts he
right and maintains it, and the reas
enable and just settlement is that tn
United States recognize the claim o
Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

IT is reported that the celebrated
"white lady has been seen again by
the sentinels before the Alte Schloss
in Berlin, and the German people are
looking for the early death of the en-
peror. The legend of this apparition
is one of the heir-looms of the Hohen-
zollern family, and while the Germans
are not at all snperstitious, few of
them are found who do not believe in
the truth of this royal ghost story. 1t
is possible, however, that the senti-
nels lad been taking few schooners
of beer, or that practical joke was
played on them by some of the ser
wants, or they may nave lied.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
1t Was an Emergency.

The only act passed by the legisla.
ture up to date. is the one which re-
cites: we are Ireland's men; we will
stand by him at all hazards; we en-
dorse him, we will carry him in our
hearts home to our constituents, and
they shall have no other; we are the
grand sanhedrim which will proclaim
our power in the land, until every
knee shall bow. and woe is the man
or paper who dares to say nay Passed
with the usual emergency clause.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
The New Orleans Appropriation.

1t was disgrace to Texas that she
was not represented at the Louisville
exposition and we should think that
the sentiment of the people, voiced by
the pres of the state at the time.
would be sufficient to assure our solons
that the people, whose servants the
legislators are, are anxious that they
should avoid the eyecrations of our
citizens by providing for creditable
representation of our resources and
Industries at the cotton exposition and
worlds fair to be held at New Orleans.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
THE Globe-Democrat contains

THE Globe-Democrat contains a
lengthy and most interesting resume
of the constitutional provisions and
legislative enactments for the build
ing of the new Texas state house. In
connection Herewith it is stated that
Mr.. Abner Taylor thinks he was
GLADLY treated" by the city corpora
ton, in refusing to grant the capitol
syndicate right-of-way along Congress
Avenue. There are two views Of this
question, one that may be
bad treatment to the syndicate,
another great deal worse treatment
to the public. THE STATESMAN thinks
it time to let this matter rest. The
right-of-way was granted along streets
that could be conveniently spared,
while the use of the main business
street Of the city was refused. The
right-of-way is settled question now,
and the city not being inclined to make
any fuss about it, and the capitol syn
dictate having accepted the way grant,
ed and built its railway along it the
matter is dead question, and it ought
to be treated as dead.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

MILITARY occupation and sup
preston of the right of habeas cor
pus, was an era in the history Of
Texas to be remembered as deplora-
BILE; but this black page shines beside
that one which will tell that few
thousand lawless citizens of Texas
overthrow the state government,
paralyzed it, ard established an era
of anarchy in the land for which
Lamar and Crockett and Bowie fell
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
THE Philadelphia Record SAYS:

John Sherman and the politicians of
his stripe in the Senate think it
strange that the people of Virginia,
South Carolina and other Southern
states do not submit patiently to the
political domination of the ignorant
negroes and their unscrupulous White
leaders. They propose, therefore, to
raise committee to inquire into this
-remarable phenomenon. Let them
begin their inquiry by ascertaining on
what ground a Republican Congress
deprived the negroes of suffrage in
Washington and withdrew from them
the control of the government of that
pitv
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

VICTORIA has nothing to do except
to draw her pay as Queen of England,
and ask provision for members of the
royal family. 1t is announced that
Gladst one and the cabinet have been
preparing her address to parliament.
The old lady is expected to do nothing
but play sovereign, while the masses of
Great Britain gay for the expense of
a gorgeous royal show.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
DOdging the Cause.

IA1tsII 1AII0OIIIU II5IIt.I
Making fence cutting felony will
not stop the lawless practice of cutting
fences. The Eighteenth legislature
seems to think merely declaring it a
felony will brighten fence cutters into
quiet and good order. The lunatics
in the asylum could beat such legisla-
ton all hollow, and not strain them
selves at all, and as the state is already
paying their expenses it might be well
to substitute them for the present leg
islature.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
Now Island from ITnder

IFOrI WORTH Gazette
Mr.. Hancock is entitled to his opin-
ion and others are justly entitled to
the memory of it. There is future
Mr.. Hancock has lent himself to the
enemies of the state administration,
and he cannot complain, If the friends
OF Gov. Ireland and the legislature
treasure up the memory of his insult,
and in the impending political CAM ass
teach him the meaning of lex talionis.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

Is it not that sinuous and ever pres
ent serpent of self-interest whose self
ish greed ever thrusts forward its
noisome presence to poison and crush
all that is noble and good in legisla-
ton, that has tempted these men to
perpetuate free grass in Texas?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
TIE PHILADELPHIA Record saws:

he ullduS1p11d hoCOIu says.
Society undertakes to protect itself
by abating nuisances. Are not con-
firmed drunkards nuisances They
destroy the peace of families; they
endanger the peace of the communi-
ty; they fritter away uselessly the
earnings of labor; to themselves and
to others they are constant menace.
Why should they be allowed a liberty
they abuse? We put lunatics who
are not responsible for their lunacY in
safe keeping; why should we not pro-
vide against Il form of lunacy which
is accompanied by legal responsible
ity? 1t would be quite as practical
BILE, as a matter of economy, to take
care OF drunkard before he gets to
be d pauper or criminal who has to
be shut up in poor house or a peni-
Tertiary as to take care of him after
ward; and what world of misery
might be thus prevented! Habitual
drunkenness should be made stauto-
ry crime, to be punished by confne-
ment and disposession of the control
of property during the time of its con-
tinuance. In Germany a record is
kept in every town Of the number of
confirmed inebriates. Physicians are
required to aid in making up the list.
The unfortunate persons then become
the charge of the state Some policy
of this sort-with proper sanitary and
humane restraints to facilitate recoy-
cry and prevent abuse-wiIl sooner CT
later be adopted in every civilized
country. 1t is the measure of temper
ance reform which promises certain
benefits.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

lao. g. LAMAR is said by his Mis-
sissippi friends, to be one of the poor
men in the United States Senate. u
late years most of his salary has gone
to pay old debts. obligations of ma
ture that only mlu of scrupulous IL
tegrity would - K of paying.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
The Louisville Courier-Journa1

The Louisville Courier-J ournal
says:
A curious objection to the Mexican
treaty was advanced in the senatorial
debate, namely: That Mexican tobac-
co, after being admitted free of duty,
would also be allowed to go upon the
American market without paying the
internal revenue tax. 1t appears that
some senators are not aware of the
fact that the passing of the customs
Gordon merely places foreign goods on
an equality of footing with American
goods in respect to internal taxes, and
that foreign tobaccos and liquors, af-
ter paying the custom dues, still have
to pay the internal revenue tax before
they can be distributed for consump-
ton. Certainly if Mexican tobacco
were admitted free it would not be
treated differently, for to remit the in
ternal tax would be equivalent TO
bounty to Mexican tobacco growers.