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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17
Impure Life.


Heretofore the daStardly crime of
seduction has been rare one in the
south, in Texas especially. Since the
war, however, we see with intense re-
greet frequent reports of these
sad occurrences. 1t is crime cGma-
ging to the manhood of the country
as no other is or possibly can be. 1t
is beastly, revolving and cowardly.
Indeed, it is a crime which ought to
be punished by death. Nothing short
of death can adequately atone to So
ciety for the wanton destruction of an
innocent trusting woman for the mo-
mentary qualification of the basest
passion which inhabitates the human
heart. The STATESMAN recently re-
ported the suicide of poor lady III
this city. Pity and compassion filled
every manly and womanly heart and
tears flowed from many eyes
when perusing the report of the
touching hopelessness of the
woe which caused a fair woman
to seek self-destruction and to have
her helpless babes to the cold clari-
ties of the world. Can any one ex-
plore the vast depths of a despair such
as this without growing sick and
shuddering at the utter depravity OF
a man who could cause SUCH an event
1t now transpires that poor Mrs
Taylor was seduced and the SUI
icide with all of its TAR
rible and touching lights alt
shades was due to the despar
arising from her sense Of the disgraS
which had overtaken her.
Surely, here is field for our nobl
women to work in. There is moi
promise of good in it than there Is /
a million temperance unions or prob
bition policies. Let the demand b
made that the hideous crime we hav
named be punished by death. and the
let every pure woman and every bray
man pledge himself to unremittin
effort to bring the guilty to the bar {
outraged justice. Let every woma
and every man constitute of then
selves a corps of guardians as well 6
! avengers. Let them exact of tn
officers of the law the utmost vigi
ance in the pursuit of criminals {
, this cha er, and Of the courts til
utmost rigor of prosecution. 1t is b
no means complimentary to the mai
hood of the land that such crimes al
possible, it Is even less so that the
are of such frequent occurrence and {
so tragic and distressful nature {
this last occurrence.
The good and the pure of Tex;
;. should never intermit or let up In an
, way until this dreadful crime is pr
vided with a fitting punishment {
until it is banished from among u
, Far better thousand Ben Thompson
! than one cold-blooded, cruel, ruthle'
Seducer,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17
The Campaign.

The national campaign will be a
long and heated one. 1t has in it at
present all the elements of amusement
and interest, both. 1t matters not if
Logan, Blaine or Arthur bears off the
honors from Chicago, so far
as the activity of operations during
the campaign is concerned. Logan is
a hard fighter in politics or in war.
He is an earnest, determined man, of
that intense type which acts itself
and forces action upon its foes. While
in a measure uncouth and illiterate.
his long experience in public life and
association with the best in the land,
has measurably atoned for the want
of early facilities and the resulting
polish. 1t is never child's play when
Logan is engaged. Added to this, he
will have the powerful influence and
active support of General Grant, one
of the most perfectly organized and
truest political combinations in this
nation 1t will cover either Blaine or
Arthur, or whoever else beats Logan,
all over in glory. If they bear away
the palm from the swart warrior of
the celebrated "march to the sea-"
they viii have to be active and alert
and this will make the ante conven.
ton struggle from this out very in
teresting. With either Blaine or Ar
thur in the lead, no matter who
is nominated by the democracy, the
work viii be earnest and heavy, out
to the end OF the race. There viii be
no element wanting in the struggle out
of which to construct absorbing and
over-mastering interest. 1t viii be
the first election since the war in
which the entire struggle did not turn
upon some principle, some sentiment
70 some memory coming down to us
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17
" Wash :" Jones.

|
wash" Jones has been under the
pump. and there was an artist at the
handle sure enough. He extracted
more from that living breathing indie
pendent republican patriot, than has
appeared in any interview yet had in
this country this season. 1t is COM
plete piece of the Interviewer handi-
work, and people will not be aston
ished when we say that the Gazette's
talented young representative at Aus
tin is the guilty party. wash"
talks from the shoulder, and exam
ines in caustic and incisive way
peculiar to him, all subjects Of public
interest. He places the blame of the
recent fence cutting troubles upon the
shoulders of Governor Ireland alone,
with possible trace of blame upon
the old alcaIde. This is to be taken
"cum grana sails" because it has not
been decade since Ireland beat the
redoubtable "Wash for governor of
Texas, and such an event isn't calcu-
lated to put man in the best humor
possible, or to sharpen his sense of
right or wrong, or his tolerance for
the official shortcomings of his sue
ceSsful competitor. He doesn't seem
to have the most exalted opinion
of the craftsmanship of the governor,
and this too, may come in part from
the bitterness engendered by a defeat
so recent. Mr.. Jones says, in effect,
that he would be candidate only if
Ireland is the nominee. Now
1T remains to be seen If
this dreadful alternative will be
sufficient to induce the democratic
convention to reject the Sage of
Seguin.
Indeed, the interview from begin
ming to ending is rich and racy read
ing. 1t is brimful of "Wash" Jones,
and he could never deny its anthem
lefty if he were to try until dooms-
day. In this respect it differs entirely
from the Martin interview in the
News short while back. Interviews
ing has been adopted into the family
of the sciences, and it is coming to the
front as no other of them are, is or
can hope to do-and this interview Of
"Wash' Jones is one of the best of the
kind which has yet appeared. His
arraignment of his excellency Is very
caustic, and it is made with all appar-
ent candor. In republican paper, or
in an independent paper, the governor
could well afford to overlook 1t. But |
coming as it does, in a professed and
leading democratic paper of the state,
he will be compelled to notice it, and
to answer 1t. 1t will do the governors
aspirations for denomination vast
deal of harm. 1t is probably intended
to do so. Just how the Gazette rea-
sons we do not see, nor is it our special
mission to unearth its motives. We
only know that the interview is the
most dangerous attack yet made on
his excellency since the present align
ment has been made. interviewing
has its uses and democratic papers
make them very effective in ante con-
vention struggles, without mourning
The broad charge of party unfaithful-
ness.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17
County Politics.

In the several counties of Texas
there is already considerable feeling
with regard to the coming election
But in vast majority there is a very
observable apathy which is not prom
Using. 1t indicates too plainly that
the local ring is potent, even to the
extent of shutting off discussion, and
to the extent, also, of destroying laud.
able ambition to serve the interests of
the people by men who will not do so
under ring domination. Municipal
and county financial policies are all
important. They make or unmake
the prosperity of the people, and they
cannot be looked after too closely.
They cannot be looked after closely
without more or less excitement, and
when there Is excitement the nominal
lions ares promptly made and early.
The absence of this excitement is in
dicative of a want of attention to pub
lie matters which is the exact reverse
of hopeful. The authorization of
bonds by the several counties for the
various purposes specified is a dan
gerous one, and the vast interests this
overmounting and immensely impor-
tant-not to say dangerous pr1vil-
eye should only be exercised by the
broadcast, coolest headed men in
the several counties of Texas. A
short while ago the counties of Texas
where practically out of debt, now
many of them have bonds out for
sums ranging all the way from
twenty-five thousand to one hun
dred thousand. This is going
very rapidly in the direction of debt
and disquiet, and of course the politi-
cal FOUNDERS and adventures who SO
often get into the lead in the counties,
are the very last into whose hands
interests of such magnitude ought to
be placed. The only way the evil can
be successfully guarded against is by
the people coming out promptly and
solidly for first-class repre-
sentation in all of the public serviceof
the counties. In our absorbing interest
in the state and national struggles
now pending we are too apt to forget
those nearer and more important home
affairs. We will be criminally !
if we do not at once inau-
gurate the very closest scrutiny into
all matters affecting the veal of the
counties. County politics should be i
attended to first, because they ap- [
proach more nearly the yitals of our
local life The county administration /
gets very much nearer to the
taxpayer than any other. They
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE news complains that when
McGary charged that former editor
of the Post he'd sunk $4,000 for the
proprietor in four months for that
was the extent of his term with that
paper, the Post did not turn and
charge similar solution of continuity
on the part of the Ages cash balance.
The Age, perhaps, remembers worse
lick even than this struck by the
News at the same former editor of
the Post when it gave circulation
to the SANDER that he was running a
republican paper in Colorado and
lighting Texas. Neither the Age or
Post have forgotten the contemplate
faIsehood which the News copied
and commented on in the extract. The
News knew all the time that the SLAM
der was a Islander, that it was fabri-
cation out of whole cloth. because
they were exchanging with this 'sfor-
mer editors paper, and nearly every
day quoting from it. and always COM
menting upon its contents. In the
way of professional meanness there is
absolutely no difference between the
Post and the News. Thepresent fight
is only the pot calling the kettle black
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE San Antonio Times generously
defends the democracy of the Ex-
press, or it would do soft it could find
enough of it above ground to base a
defense upon. If the world is ever
sunk, or any terrible ruin wrought on
this globe, the weight of the democ-
racy of the Express viii certainly not
he the causA-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE Huntsvi,l;anshad "A lite r. asst
ing of their own, probably in anticipa-
ton of future joys, and dear old Item
Geordie was in the blaze, too, to a
small extent. If such an event as this
is a blessing at all, as some allege, it is
thoroughly well concealed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

AND now the Post disputes the au-
thenticity of the News's interview
with Mr.. Marion Martin. 1t is in or
der for the latter to publish certifi-
Gates. The question of veracity be-
tween these two great papers is diff
cult one to determine. We can only
settle it by toss up.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE STATESMAN has now as fine a
o rps of compositors as any in the
state, and Wen put up something on
nights proof. These non-union boys
are ba-a-ad men, but they are typo
graphical artists all the same.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE lightning republican paper of
Texas is the San Antonio Light. 1t is
pure, bright flame which that lump
of luminosity exhibits. Wien "Old
Gift" strikes his bonanza over In Mex
ico the Tjpht will loom.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

GRE Greer county line is bothering
congress again. Why don't they set
tie the Mattef-sst once2 Why keep
open question which has for~sQ long
pressed for settlement?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

A BEvY of Austin's beautiful ladies
paid THE STATESMAN office brief,
all too brief visit, Tuesday. They
were delighted with the fittings and
facilities of the new office. They are
all subscribers, and judging from their
remarks appreciative readers. The
young lady subscribers to this paper
never lack beaux,-it is a fact. a soul
satisfying. double breasted fact.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE safe arrival of Col. Cammack
in Texas is gratifying circumstance
to his many anxious friends. Their
lively hope now is that he will con-
tinue to remain awhile with us.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

EX-SECRETARY HUNT is dead, and
the government still lives. He was a
good man, but leaves no unhllable
hole in the world by stepping off. as
f, he has done.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

A Gainesville town marshal while
not exactly an angel himself, yet has
perfect angels to deal with, even If he
does occasionally get his face slapped
by the angelic throng.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

SINCE Lang has been over among
the saur kraut patriots he has had a
wonderful misfortune to happen to
him. He has lost the English Ian
guage and speaks and writes now only
in German. The blessed graDgers viii
never again be able to understand a
word he says. Dreadful dreadful
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

ONE can always tell when the letter
from Austin fails to put in an appear
ance at the Gazette Office. The spar
kle of the paragraphs is wanting.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE talk in New York Is about
independent republicans, just for all
the world as if such a thing was
possible. They would deceive the
very elect.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

WHENEVER you corner the Express
in any way it becomes malevolent and
weakly personal. The Express In this
way is very contemplate.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

ROLLER skating has at last sue
cunbed to grass billiards at Kyle. A
waiting world breethes freer since the
announcement.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE Dallas Times is square. hard
Fighter. 1t isn't popular with the
doubtful, weak-backed sheets, now so
much in vogue.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE political pot is boiling in
Comanche, and the fact that we have
TBS information by special dispatch
aflds to its cost if not its value.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

BARNEY GIBBS and the Earl of
are hobnobbing together.
That's quite toney for the senator,
who is also possible lieuUen ant gov
ernnr
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

The Express is distressed because
Sno one has yet stepped up into the
dizzy place lately occupied by Ben
Thompson.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

WE are delighted that the Bastrop
scorching didn't catch our friend
Cain of the Advertiser.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

: WE suggest to the Examiner that it
isn't necessary for man to be far
mer before he can make good gov
ernOr
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

TERRA HAUTE is pretty roundly
democratic, and it is Hoozier democ-
racy at that.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE White Elephant would receive
/ a coolish reception in Austin, were it
to travel this way.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

Mr.. "Wash" Jones doesn't seem to
'-be afraid. He talks out in "meetin'
e.kery plainly.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

= THE STATEsMAN's hired young man
at the counting room desk, is a tired
young man when night comes, and it
would not be well to forget this fact.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

TRYING to run western newspaper
in an eastern groove is not working
out well for Pulitzer.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE Reese Erwin trial is attracting
much attention in this city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

GARRISON no doubt felt very CRATE
full that he was hung by a quiet and
orderly mob.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

The defenseless condition of our
sea coasts is receiving attention at the
hands of the senate. This is news of
very gratifying character. 1t is in
deed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE railroad spirit is again ram
pant in western Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE cattle are now on the trail.
Let all the earth keep quiet before
them.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE Post and the News are still
growing at each other. 1t takes that
storm good while to blow over.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

The norther is still on and 1t is too
bad. The daisies and daffodils are all
in tears, and the tears are in icicles.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE fight between the News and
the Post is now regular Kilkenny
cat squabble.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

MAYOR FULTON, of Galveston, Is
getting into active business.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE crop prospects are fine in
CoryeIl.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE Star Vindieator does THE
STATESMAN proud in its last issue.
1t is very sweet, indeed, on u.s."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

A GENERAL hopefulness is observ-
able among the people.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE Wyoming stock-growers' asso-
citation are opposed to the introduce
ton of Texas cattle into that terri
tory. The poor broadhorn will soon
have nc. where to rest his weary head
outside of the state, or where there is
single spear of grass remaining.
The Texas cow has suddenly grown to
be troublesome quantity in the sum
of the worlds operations. We can
only retaliate by refusing to let Wyo-
ming people come down here out of
the snow every winter, as they are In
the habit of doing.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

Col. CAMMACK Is safe at home
again.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

Mrs. DIR. LITTEN, of this city, is to
be congratulated upon having some
of the most magnificent roses ever
produced in America. We saw a
Marshal Mel, the other day, from her
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17
A Solemn Truth.

From the Colorado Daily Clipper.
The poet of THE STATESMAN has
come TO life again. ri
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

SNOW and curses in Kansas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

SUNSHINE and good humor in Texa:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17
Military Spirit.

Alter all CnaC IS Delng SAID ana
which has been said against the wick
edness and the barbarity Of war an
Sloodshed and tears which attend it
the nations most expert in that sci
ence have ever been the most effec-
tive in peace, have made grander
strides in civilization and in their ap-
proach to that degree of perfection
which is possible to human effort. II
is and ever has been a difficult thing,
to enslave a military people. Their
civilization no less than their powers
has ever protected them from the
tyrant. In the dim and distant past,
when the blessed gospel was strug-
Cling with the barbarians Of the age
it followed closely the wake of war.
Wherever Caesars conquering le-
gions marched, futtering alongside of
the red ensign of war was seen the
blessed banners of the gospel of peace,
The highest reward for the loftiest
achievements of war was ever con
ferred by the church. The church
has been the great civilizer, the con-
querer Of slavery, the subduer Of the
wilderness. These facts thus briefly
grouped serve to teach us the impor-
lance of keeping alive the military
spirit wherever that is possible. The
active mind will naturally work upon
the means by which this can best be
effected.
1t has never been the policy Of this
government to establish and maintain
large standing armies. 1t has been
the policy to foster and keep alive
this spirit, by encouraging the growth
of a military sentiment among the
people. Our admirable volunteer sys-
tenn is constructed to produce this
result. The habits of order, self
denial and fortitude, together with q
familiarity with the movements Of
large bodies of men, and with arms &c
to make up the value of volunteer
soldiery. These are taught In our vari-
GUS festivals and show occasions. One
of the most admirable of these is the
Interstate contests which are now
becoming so numerous. and which are
coming to be regarded as occasions of
vast Importance. The Houston prize
drill will do much to revive the spirit
again. The drill and preparation neo-
essary to make proper show there,
not less than the rivalry engendered
by the occasion itself, will be very
valuable to this spirit, and the objects
sought by the projectors.
The late disturbance at Cincinnati
teaches both the necessity and the
utility of maintaining body of citi-
zen soldiery. Let the occasion of the
prize-drill, at Houston, be utilized for
the purpose driving home the lesson
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

THE whisky element at Gatesville
dies hard.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-04-17

LENT is nearly over.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-27
SPORTING.
THE COLLEGE RACES.
Harvards Defeated by the Yale and
Columbia Crews.

NEW LONDON, Ct, June 26.
Yale defeated Harvard in the Varsity race
over the 1 mile straight away course on the
Thames, this afternoon, by three lengths in
20 minutee and 81 seconds the fastest time
on record. The course was in fine condition.
Harvard was the favorite in the betting before
the start. Yale rowed in fine form, pulling
80 strokes to the minute from the start. Both
crews spurted at times. and each alternately
had slight advantage in the early part of the
race. In the last half, Yale drew away and
won as above stated. Harvards time, 20
minutes, 46 seconds. Harvard's average
stroke was 35, and Yale 80. After the COM
pletion of the Varsity race. Harvard and Col.
umbia Freshmen rowed. Columbia started
with ~ stroke and kept the lead from the
start, crossing the line and won by lengths
Tonight Columbia and Yale have united in
ajollifcation in their victories over Harvard.
New HAVEN, Conn.,, June 25.
There was great rejoicing over the defeat
of Harvard by Yale today. College bells
ring, fire crackers and cannon fired, and the
streets were filed with jubilant students and
citizens, salute was fred and the victorious
crew given rousing reception on their arriv-
al tonight.