The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-19
attention to the place, and learned men

ttention to the place, and learned men
nd cultured women VIII make pill
trimages here after while, as they
10 to Oxford and Cambridge, to Held .
'lberg and Gottingen. Aside from 4
his, many of the students who will +
earn to love the alma mater and the ::
beautiful city which was their home
n boyhood's bright days, will come ,,
back after a while, and become perma-
nent, learned and useful citizens. =,
The population which is attracted to ,
university town differs very
vastly from that which seeks the
home OF the states prison, and the
difference is vastly in favor of the
university The permanent presence
of seven or eight hundred students is
business advantage of no mean con-
sideration. These young gentlemen
are mostly from the upper walks of
life, with expensive lasts and habits,
and the sum of their personal expen-
ditures is no mean one indeed. Ad- |
ded to this comes the visitors attracted |
here by reason of the location of the |
university. who are also of the same
class. The hotels, boarding houses
livery stables, dry goods, clothing,
hat and boot stores all are the direct
beneficiaries of the enterprise in its
financial phases.
With these facts grouped plainly be-
fore us would it not be well for the cit
liens of Austin to at all times
and under all circumstances, do
what they may to assist and encour-
age the institution. First, we should
endeavor in some way to secure a
larger appropriation for current eX-
pense, as well as of permanent endow-
ment. United effort in this way, will
accomplish much, and the upbuilding
) of such sentiment here among all
classes of people, ought to be one of
the first cares of the city. The city
of Austin ought to raise fund
either by taxation or contribution
sufficient to endow chair in the In
stitution, and she might purchase {
l number Of scholarships which NIGH
3 be used to advantage in winning fol
the city the the good opinion of al
:. lovers of advanced scholarship every
l where. Much can be accomplished il
this way also by cordial and consid
crate attention to both professors anC
students. It takes so little in thi
J way to win the enthusiastic devotion
. of the young, who are always gener
Gus and grateful. The graduates O
the university, it is safe to say, will
o as rule, prove ultimately to be mel
n of influence wherever they may live
20 They will probably be scattered owe
q the state and the United States. T
/ have large number of intelligen
N and influential men chanting tn
n praises of Austin in all parts of tn
10 country, would be great advantage
20 This can all be secured by tn
~ adoption of a liberal and considerat
u policy both toward the university i
w self as well as to its patrons.
- These hasty considerations al
70 thrown together as apropos to til
commencement season, and to sugge.
- a line of policy the adoption of whic
10 will prove wise indeed. We con
% mend these things to the citizenshi
U of fair Austin, and would urge thel
y with respectful earnestness on a
~ proper occasions.
so THE editor of the Ouray (Col.) Soil
ed Muldoon, Dave Day, was brave fet
st eral soldier, and has his frontispiet
fe beautifully ornamented with an in
ii. mense sabre slash-one of the fe
~ given and received during the lat
st "onpleasant" SPELLS very pronoun
IN ed in his endorsement of the Be
IL ford bill, providing for an apprc
re priation of S501,0C0 to build a HON
of for disabled eXconfederate soldiers. \
b. one who knows the inimitabIe Dave,
al who has ever read the Muldoon wi
in be astonished at this liberality of ser
o. timent. Dave is the only man in q
ay broad America who has made a cles
st million of dollars out of a week
he newspapers legitimate operations. Z
er is big hearted, big Drained, jolly goo
Ar fellow, who loveth all the world e,
to cept one John Atkins, who enginee
as an obscure rival paper at place
or the mountains called Denver. If a
ty the northern congressman were on
e. half as good as Dave is, it wouldn
Il. be long before all eX-confederatt
&C. would be enjoying pensions, and br
,p vets for meritorious" service.
K THE Express is a good, very GOO
ne democratic newspaper, at least that
90 the claim it sets up, but it fights Il
Us Fort Wort democratic platform Lii
III blazes. There is only one thing abou
10 the convention that the Express doe
N like, and that is the evident desire t
Dr. get rid of the two-thirds rule. Jus
Is let any body of men oppose any thin
ID distinctively democratic and the Ed
n press is with them. The EXPIRES
at growls audibly at the free trade teno
,e encies of the convention. Protectio
le is peculiarly a republican Pc
re icy, therefore the Express SUI
is tains it, and fights a demo
N cracic platform which only restate
h the theories and. principles of the den
"a ocratic party which it has held sine
it was first founded. By their fruit
= shall ye know them. BY the measure
it advocates and the policies it advan
ces the Express is easily recognize
. BILE as republican paper attempting
g to win democratic patronage witt
the mere name of democrat. Tn
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