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Present and Future Of Texas
Afterreferring in fitting terms to
the progress made by the state il
says that the present disturbances
on the surface must needs be
epehemoral. They will pass by
and be forgotten as perfectly as
the barn-burners war in New York
and DORIS rebellion IN Rhode Is
land.
THE population of London has
almost exactly doubled itself in
the course of forty-one years,
whereas the population of the rest
of England has taken fifty-seven
years to multiply in an equal de-
gree. AT the beginning of the
present century out of every nine
inhabitants of England and Wales
one only lived in London. Now
the proportion has risen to one out
of seven.
CONGRESSMAN MORRISON of Hi
nois, has completed a tariff bill
and has introduced it IN the
House. A reduction of20 per cent
is made on numerous articles,
while in few instances the reduc-
ton is greater or less than this
rate. There is certainly no reason
why the tariff should not be re-
duced as the revenue of the gov
eminent is much greater than is
required for all purposes.
A REGULAR fish bonanza has been
discovered in Birch Lake, Mich,
where, it is claimed as many as
IS large pickerel are taken in less
than twelve minutes with hook
and line, a hole being cut in the
ice for the purpose. Fish are be-
ing caught and carried away by
the ton. 1t may be we'll enough to
state that any one who doubts
fish story is lacking in confidence
in human nature.
THE Houston and Texas Cen
trail, Santa Fe, Sunset and Gould
railways employ a large force of
convicts and have been paying the
state s1.25 per day per convict.
The railroads on account of the
general depression of business ask
ed the penitentiary board to re-
duce the rate of wages to 81 per
day. The board conceded a re-
duction of s1.15 which it is thought
will prove satisfactory to the rail
roads.
The Mckinney Black Waxy ex-
presses surprise at the number of
advertisements for contracts for
building, and the very few for
building school houses and church
es. The Black Waxy overlooks
the patent fact that the jai! is the
most important factor in the Or
ganization of new counties and
that it is wanted much more than
either the church or the school
house. The two latter always
come In good time.
AN Austin special to the News
says that those well posted on the
real state of affairs isssert that the
proprietors of the Houston Post
are getting tired of diving into
their pockets for the means to run
the eanseEn and that in a short
time it will take a tumble and I'M
load. 1t is also said that the Post
in its present inflated condition is
losing about 5000 a week. The
feeling between the News and the
Post is far from fraternal.
IT seems that fatality of defeat
exists about presidential candi-
dates from New York. In 1872
Dewitt Clinton was defeated in !
1910 and 1S4S VanBuren was beat
en- in 1852 the same fate overlook
General Scott; in 1856 Fillmore
was badly beaten ; in 1864 McClel-
Ian was left; in 1868 Seymour was
defeated ; in 1872 Horace Greedy |
was badly beaten and in 1876 Til
den was elected but was swindled |
out of his seat by Republican trick
cry and unblushing rascality.
MAJOR OoH1LTREs and Judge Sa-
bin has completed a bill for the
Improvement of Galveston harbor
on the Eads plan. The bill is not
to be submitted until the deep wa
ter committee has sanctioned and
approved it, The Houston Post |
remarks that it is not averse to
seeing Galveston obtain every pos
sible advantage for the improve
ment of her darbor, but neverthe-
less it is unlikely that a bill draft
ed by the ranger will find favor in
the House. 1t thinks that if Mr..
Ochiltree had consulted with his
colleagues IN the House instead of
Judge Sabin, who it regards as a
lobbyist, thechances his bill would
have appeared more favorable. If
Mr.. Ochiltree presents good bill
the fact of its eminating from him
should not initiate against its
passage.
Tom OcHILTREE is fair game for
the wits of the northern press, but
it is seldom that he is given as
much serious consideration as is
accorded by the Chicago Times in
the appended editorial paragraph:
Mr.. Ochiltree, member of congress