Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-06-26

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in detail had his hearticst sympathy
and met his unqualified approval.
The Houston Post of Wednesday
publishes an elaborate crop report
from 107 counties. The damage by
the heavy rains has been greatly
exaggerated. The reports indicate
that the grain crop will be the
largest ever made in Texas and the
prospects for the cotton crop are
very fattering. With light rains
during the early part of July and
immunity from the ravages of the
cotton worm the cotton yield this
year will not be less than fifteen
hundred thousand bales.
The following is the list of prom
inent newspapers opposing Blaine;
Times, Herald, Harper's Weekly,
Puck, and Evening Telegram, New
York; Union, Brooklyn ; Post-Ex,
press, Rochester; Herald, SYRIA.
cuse; Times, Flushing; Advertis,
er, Boston; Republican, Spring
field; Record, Times, Philadelphia;
Times, News, Chicago; News, New
Haven; and Evening Post, New
York. No candidate has ever en-.
tered a canvass with as much and
as bitter opposition in his own
party as Blame.
A DALLAS special to the News
figures on four candidates for gov
ernor next fall, viz: Judge McCor-
mick, the regular Republican nom
inee perhaps Ireland as the Dem
ocratic nominee; Wash Jones as
the Independent candidate, on a
platform similar to the Indiana
polls Greenback platform, and
Judge Fleming is to be the free
grass boilers candidate from the
Houston convention. With all this
pposition the Democratic nomi-
nee is certain of election, and if the
signs of the times are to be relied
upon his name Is Ireland.
The North American Review for
July contains an exhaustive article
on that immomorial institution of
trial by jury, which for centuries
has been regarded as one of the
most essential rights of the citizen,
and one of the most effective bar
ries against absolute power. The
Institution itself is on trial to-day
and is required to show cause why
it should not be reformed so as to
yield more satisfactory results.
Judge Robert c. PItman presents
his views on the important sub
ject. In addition it contains the
usual variety of instructive arti-
cles.
THE American Prohibition party
held a national convention at CHI
cago on the goth inst. and nomina-
ted ex-senator Pomeroy, of Kan
sas, for president aud A. ]. Conant,
of Connecticut for vice president.
The platform declares that the God
of christian scriptures is the mat
ter of civil government. 1t favors
the use of the Bible in Schools, as
serts that God requires and man
needs the Sabbath, demands strict
prohibition, and the withdrawal of
all charters to secret lodges; also,
favors women suffrage. The prohl-
bition party no doubt means well,
but it is just trifie too good for
thlsevery-day world.
The free-grass organs have
great deal to say about the cattle
or grazing interests of the state.
Let US compare the values of cat
tie and agricultural products
proper. According to the figures
furnished by Mr.. Nimmo, chief of
the bureau of statistics; the fol-
lowing are the figures for 1888:
Cotton s5s, 100000, grain and hay
$4s, o32, 26S, lumber and shingles
so, 226,413. The value OF cattle
including the drive is placed at
SIG, $780, $50, and wool s4,1OO,41
In round numbers the cotton, grain
and hay produced $4,000, 900 and
the..cattle..and sheep $4,000, 900, or
less than one-ffth. The great source
of the wealth of Texas is her agrl-
cultural products.
The Austin Capital was started
three months ago as a cooperative
paper with great blast of trump
cts. On Monday the stockholders
transferred the paper with its
good will and franchises to Messrs.
Jones, Flory& Co. The directors,
in a card, say: "The consideration
paid being consumed in the pay
ment of the working force and the
outside Indebtedness, not a dollar
is left for dividends among
the stockholders, and stock, may,
therefore, be considered as retir-
ed" The Capitol will hereafter
be published by Jones, Flory Il
Co. Col. Carey W. Styles, who is
a member of the firm, will have
the editorial management. The
BANNER wishes the new firm much
success.
The Corsicana Observer favors a
convention for the nomination of
county officers; 1t is in favor of the
principle and says it never yet
found Democrat who was oppos-
ed to conventions from principles.
II saws Navarro used to vote from