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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-14
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Nov. Is, 1882.
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AUCTION SALES.
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FOR SALE,

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WASHINGTON, D. c.. April IA, 1879.
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POLITICAL
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NOR RENT-ROOM 40 BY 80 FEET, WITH
L power Inquire at No. % West Georgia street.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
Against the Arc of Liberty.
ISan Antonio Light. ]

The resolution indors1ng Gov. Ire
land, which was introduced into the
legislature by Mr.. Newton and passed
by that body, was direct attempt to
muzzle the freedom of the press, and
richly deserves the unqualified con-
demnation of every newspaper in
Texas. The very language in which
the resolution is couched shows 1t
was a blow aimed at the freedom of
the press. Mr.. Jefferson, the founder
of the Democratic party, declared
that "error of opinion should be tol-
Grated, while reason was left free to
combat it, end that is the keynote
of genuine Democracy. 1t is unusual
and nprecedented in a legislature to
pass a resolution indorsing a gov
eTnor, and in this instance such a res
olution was dehors the proclamation
of Gov. Ireland and fatally irregular.
Why should the legislature spouse
the side of the governor and endeavor
to punish, prescribe and put down the
Galveston News for finding fault
with Governor Ireland? In the opin-
N of the Light the attack of the
News was unfounded, unjust and
illogical, and this paper plainly stated
as much fully two months ago; but
that opinion by no means blinds us to
an undisguised attempt to overawe,
silence and muzzle the freedom of
the press by resolution of the legis-
lature indorsing Gov. Ireland. This
very resolution is so worded as to
show plainly that it was loaded and
aimed at the freedom of the press,
and none but the creatures of the
machine" would have passed it. Re
flute the News by fact. and do not lay
unholy hands on the arc of liberty,
the freedom of the press.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
THERE ought to be some restriction

THERE ought to be some restriction
as to the presentation of bills in legis-
lative assemblies. There are hundreds
of bills introduced into legislatures
which receive no consideration. They
cost a good deal of money, however,
and take up valuable time of commit
tees. They block business because
they get in the way of more important
measures. They are often an at
tempt at special legislation, and bring
into play the lobby, consume time and
printers ink. Constitutional restric-
lions are opposed in Texas to such
bills, but nevertheless they find their
way before the Senate and House to the
decided injury of the people. This thing
of presenting bills has grown to be
great evil at Washington, where evils
thrive more luXuriantly than in
Texas. In the Thirty eighth Congress
1903 bills were introduced; in the Thir-
ty-ninth, 1858; in the Fortieth, 1928;
in the Forty-first, 5314; in the Forty
second, 5943; in the Forty-third,
6435; in the Forty-fourth, $3.50; in the
Forty-fifth, 1886; in the Forty-sixth,
10O67; and in the Forty-seyenth,
about 1900. In the Forty-sixth Con-
gress, of the 1O,O67 bills and resolutions
introduced only $50, or AZ per cent,
passed. There have already been in
troduced in the present Congress
many times more bills and resolutions
than can possibly be considered. We
have the same conditions here-more
bills by far than can be handled, all
being urged for consideration.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
Concentrated Attack of the "0r-
gans."
[Austin Special to Galveston News.


AUSTIN, Jan. 29.-The alliance be-
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat is the
subject of considerable conversation
tonight, and many crisp remarks are
INDUCED in. 1t is admitted on all
sides that the Ireland faction must be
in a terrible condition when it was
forced to link itself with the premier
bloody-shirt organ of the United
States.
The fact is freely commented on
that the letter of the Texas emissary
of the bloody-shirt organ was dated on
the day on which the attack on Peter
Smith, Judge Reagan, the Galveston
News and others was concocted and
planned, and that it contained much
of the matter that the organs had
agreed to work up, but were prevented
from doing SO by the premature eXplo-
sion of their mine by the News. All
this is not thoroughly understood here,
and it creates much amusement.
In connection with the Globe-Demo-
Gratis scratching of Ireland's back, it
is also observed that on the day on
which the alleged Endorsement of the
governor passed the House, its chief
ouPPol UOl' GolicI l,lSc, VI duo county,
was Greenbacker and one of Wash
Jones principal supporters during the
last gubernatorial campaign.
All the Republicans and Green
hackers present in the House at the
time also voted for the Endorsement,
and many of them gave it oratorical
support. This is suggestive when
hitched on the rumor sent from here
last night that Ireland was determ-
ined to bulldoze the Democratic con-
vention into re-nominating him, or,
failing to do so, was ready to lead an
independent movement and endeavor
to break up the Democratic party in
the state. This, it is charged, is the
reason why he is the friend of the
fence-cutter to-day and the friend of
the pasturemen tomorrow.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AND
THINGS.

Insurance publications state that
the LOSSES 10y fire in the United States
last year aggregate $l03,OOO,O00.
Six ladies have graduated with honor
from the London college of chemistry,
and propose setting up as druggists.
Tue Chicago Tribune says that
nearly one-half the beer shops of
Chicago are heavily mortgaged to the
brewers.
y recent census of horses in Russia
showed that there were 1868, 1893 in
the country, of which 1886, 051 were
lit for military service.
A petroleum well lately sunk in the
Baku district of Russia. promises to
surpaSs the most famous "gushers" of
this country. 1t is SAID to be yielding
from IO-O to 5000 barrels day.
The mania for locating great cities
continues. The last has been S, lected
by The managers of the Mississippi
Valley railroad. ard is Just above
Baton Rouge and near the Mississippi
line.
Another family out in Indiana has
been eating raw pork, and is down
with trichiaoSiS. 1t is not stated
whether French or German wines
have been tried us an antidote in this
case.
ut is interesting to note" says the
Chicago Courant, that nearly all the
art exhibitions which have recently
been held in so many American cities
have been, financially, most success
full"
The negotiations of Baker Pasha
with the tribal chiefs near Suakim
are reputed to have been successful.
and what the khedive now wants is
a Butcher Pasha to sail into FL
Mahdi.
| Diphtheria will now be the most
popular disease. 1t is claimed in Der
lin that alcohol destroys the fungoid
growth. and that the free use OF whis'
ky will counteract the effects of the
disease in its incipiency.
New Jersey heirs to the mythical
Jennens estate in Englar have had
another meeting to raise final $5OOt
for some London lawyer. 1t was de
clared positively that the estate would
yield 100000 for each one of the 1l0(
heirs, but subscriptions were extreme
ly small in spite of the talk.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
Seeking ImprOper Cover.
[San Antonio Express


Our Austin dispatch of Sunday men,
toned that several gentlemen had ex-
pressed disapproval of Hancock's re-
Elections upon Ireland because the
latter had in previous times befriended
the first named, but such grounds are
untenable except with the politician
or those who look upon official posi-
lions only as subjects of barter be-
tween men. An official must not ex-
pect immunity from criticism of his
official acts because he befriended
those who would criticise before he
was elected to office The governor of
state must stand on his merits as
such, and not seek cover under former
acts of friendship or favor to individ-
ualS. There is no connection between
Ireland's official acts and his acts to-
ward Hancock when the latter was a
candidate for office The citizen who
would screen an official from Just crit
icism because he, the official, had be-
friended him, would be unworthy of
the confidence of the people. He
would simply be injuring the inter
eStS of the people in the interest of
personal friend. Every citizen has a
perfect right to criticize any official
act of the governor, regardless of their
personal relations or obligations in
days gone by.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
JURISDICTION OVER
COUNTY.
r GREER

At last the Greer county business
begins to assume more definite shape.
and it may reasonably be expected
that a solution of long continued
dispute as to the jurisdiction of that
territory may soon be settled. The
state of Texas has for twenty-five
years been pronounced in its claim,
its legislatures having repeatedly leg
islated as to the affairs of Greer coun-
ty, but owing to the dispute no one has
felt like risking the location
of land certificates there, and
some years ago bill was passed
setting aside the lands Of Greer coun-
ty for the public free schools and for
the debts of Texas. Besides thus
setting the lands aside the county has
been attached to an organized county
for judicial purposes, and last year
Col. John NJ. Swisher, in the interest
of something less than a hundred
Texas veterans, located veteran GER
tificates upon these lands. In this con-
nection it may be stated, that Col.
Swisher's researches as to the claim of
Texas, and as to the boundary
line between Texas and the
Indian nation, begun between
three and four years ago, have done
away with all doubt as to the right of
Texas to the county. Before he
threw light upon the subject the
Texas delegation doubted the pro-
priety of pressing the claim of Texas.
Senator Maxey, in fact, discredited
such claim, and said there was no
reason in prosecuting it. But the
Swisher Investigations and the pub
Icity given to them by their early
publication in THE STATESMAN,
brought about a change in sentiment,
which has grown until there is really
no doubt as to the ju-
risdiction of Texas over Greer
county. Bills are now before both
houses of Congress providing for
federal commission, to act in con-
junction with Texas commission, to
view the ground and decide the mat
ter finally. A case in point may be
stated,s howing how Texas has main
tanned her jurisdiction. In August,
1881, one James S. Irwin was indicted
in the district court of Wheeler
county, Texas, to which county the
territory in dispute had by stat
ute had been attached for judicial pur-
poses, for the murder of one Brison,
committed in Greer county. The de-
PENDANT was brought to trial. A plea
to the Jurisdiction of the court was by
him entered upon the ground that
Greer county was not part of Texas
nor subject to It's jurisdiction. The
district court, Hon. Frank Willis, |
judge, overruled the plea, holding that |
Greer county was part of Texas and |
that her courts had cognizance of |
offences therein committed. Brison |
was convicted of murder in the first
degree, his punishment assessed by
the jury at imprisonment in the peni-
tentiary for life, was sentenced ac-
cordingly, and is now serving a life
term in the state penitentiary.
In still more recent case before the
same Judge it was sought by parties
owning property in Greer county to
resist the payment of taxes to the
of Texas, and by injunc-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
THE San Antonio Express says:

Representative Thompson, of Bexar,
must have electrified the legislature
the other day when he announced that
he was there to represent the rich
man as well as the poor man-all
classes alike. Judging by the speeches
made in that body, many of the mem
bers seem oblivious of the fact that
anybody but the landless cattle-owner
has any claim for recognition in that
body, and man who has by industry,
enterprise and economy amassed a
competency is not to be thought of
save to be legislated against. This
startling proposition of Mr.. Thomp-
son, that legislator is supposed to
represent all his constituents : rich
and poor, old and young, black and
Whites worthy of consideration.
Some may at first regard it in the
light of a preposterous theory, but
we are impressed with a belief that it
would work advantageously if put in
practice.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
Fence-Cutters' Rights.
Marshall Herald.

BY the manner in which the state
Senate disposed of and defeated the
Terrell bill, it is naturally and for
clbly concluded that, so far as that
branch of the legislature is concerned,
there is utter Indifference as to the
tence-cuttlDg queStion-Whether any,
thing IS done to suppress the lawless-
ness OF the nipper gang. or the unlaw-
full enclosure of lands by large stock
men. The Senate was given up to a
political contest between the support
erS OF the Terrell bill and the admin
lStratlon defenders. The followers of
John Ireland held the majority in the
Senate, and, therefore, the Terrell bill
was killed. Not because it advocated
the rights of the fence-cutters as
against the aggressions of land mon
opolIes and large stock owners, nor
because it favored the Entertainments
Of capital by land companies and big
pasture men upon the open and free
range that had been long enjoyed ty
the small stockmen. This political
tiasco settled the question of the fence
cutters rights, Qf the have any so
far as the. Senate is concerned.
The House of Representatives next
takes up the question. The big con
gressional-diStrict special committt e
of twenty, after taking in the whole
field of opinions, made a report to the
House, and such report! The COM
mittee deserves brass medal for
their work. The report is concilia-
tory, compromising and servile. 1t
even makes the acknowledgment that
fence-cutters have rights that must
be respected by the state; that GER
tain grievances exist which have led
to fence cutting, and that these griev-
ances must be removed before the
lawlessness Of the nipper gang can be
suppressed thus by the official re-
port of the committee recognizing
the rights of fence-cutters, and, TO
that extent, justifying their lawless
acts in the wilful and malicious de-
struction Of the property of others.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07

THERE is no difference between the
Democrats and the Republicans of
Pennsylvania on the tariff question in
the platform declarations of their state
conventions and in the votes of their
representatives in Congress. The
Pennsylvania Republicans are in
favor of letting the present tariff
alone, and so are the Democrats.
When the Pennsylvania Republican
politicians shout do not touch the
tariff, for fear of alarming the bust
ness interestsw the Democrats of the
state echo their cry. But there is a
well-defined difference between the
great body of the Democrats Of the
country and the great body of the Re
publicans, and this difference is sure to
find expression in the action of Con-
greSs and in the conventions of the
two parties. While the great majority
of the Democrats in Congress will
favor substantial tariff reform, the
Republican opposition can defeat
their policy only by the aid of small
of Democrats.