Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-01-31
TEE Kentucky. legislators ar,

descending to personalities, and
the canvass for senatorship is no,
exactly the brethren-dwelling-to
gether-in-unity sort of thing it ha:
been represented. A, Louisville
member during a hot debate on q
point of order, said that "Carlisle
was good man to take a drink
with when anybody else paid for
it."
Hon. SIMON CAMERON, of Penn
sylvania, was in Galveston on Sun
day last, on visit of pleasure. He
WAS "tickled" by News reporter,
but was proof against his blandish'
ments and refused to be inter,
viewed, saying that he was not in
public life and had no opinion
whatever to express about parties
Mr.. Cameron has in his day been the
most willy politician in the country.
The Fort Worth Gazette asks:
why not put in every lease and
certificate ofsale ofpublic or school
lands reservation for such roads,
as the present or any future COM
missioner of roads may deem nee.
essary to lay out for the conven-
fence of the peopleH With proper
restrictions and regulations such a
provision would save a deal OF
trouble in the future and much
money TO the various counties.
Nh. BLAIR has introduced a bill
to allow newspapers and period.
calls to pass through the mails free
in the state in which they are pub.
lished. 1t would be n good thing
for publishers as well as the read
ing public and, inasmuch as the
government has more revenue
than it has any use for some of it
might be used in disseminating
the intelligence contained in the
newspapers and periodicals of the
day. .--.. IT,.
NEPoTIsN is the order of the day
with Republican senators. Sena.
tor Mcmillan is charged with ap.
pointing his son a clerk of his
committee. His son was at the
time and is now at college, yet his
name is borne on. the roll as q
clerk for the commerce committee
at $1,000 per aunum, or more than
sufficient to pay his college e1-
penses. Republican politicians are
famous for such political tricks as
the one mentioned. 20 .tf.
NICE muddle that, IN which the
News and Post are now engaged,
over what was the truth in regard
to the interview with Hon. John
Hancock. The News AYERS that
Hancock's plain, straightforward,
honest talk has stirred up hor-
nets nest in administration cir
cles, and the Post is engaged in a
futile effort to prevent the stirred
up and enraged hornets from
stinging, The middle is far from
creditable to either paper.
THE Wall street gamblers are
said to be very jubilant over the
belief that they have at last got
Jay Gould sin a hole" They claim
that he lost slO,OOO,OO0 in the late
furry in stocks, and that he is SO
overloaded that he must eventually
go under. George Francis Train q
couple of weeks ago predicted that
Gould's failure would could come
within ninety days, and If 1t should
turn out to be true, George Fran
els will be. hailed as the true
prophet. flr.z ...a-i
SAN ANTONIO Express: The
country may not, but ought to, re-
tjoice that each United States. sena-
tor is to have-a secretary employ
ed by the government, as the SEN
ators can now have more time to
devote to the public service, the
work of correspondence in their
own interest with the home papers
being devolved upon secretaries act
ing as Washington correspondents
for said papers. The practice has
worked well in one or two Texas
incidents in the past.
The Victoria Advocate publish
ed in one of the stoek-raising cen
tiers of the state says: "The Ter
rell herd law bill, which is q CON-
eoctiOn of bad craftsmanship and a
liberal dose of Austin land-agent
syrup, is a kind of medicine the
people of Texas will never be call.
ed on to take" Ifthis view ofthe
case be the correct one, are not
senator Terrell and his advisers to
blame for the introduction of an
impractical bill and the useless
consumption of valuable legisla-
tive time!
ACCORDING to the Galveston
News Austin special there will be
no scarcity of gubernatorial mate.
rial when the next Democratic
State convention meets in July,
Among the possible candidates the
following are named: Mr.. Culber'
son, Judge Reagan, John L. Hen.
ry, of Dallas, Pete Smith, of Fort
Worth, and S. B. Maxey. Hous,
ton, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin
and Galveston are all candidates
for the convention, but it is claim
ed that Galveston is in the lead.
! Houston AgeI The Austin
Statesman says Senator Terrell's