The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-10
TEXAS TIDINGS.

The Times is now the Oldest paper in
Dallas. If the News should take notion
to gobble it up, alas alas! the News would
then have the age on 'em all, and not be
six months old at that.-Examiner.
No danger. The News don't want to
swallow up the Times, for an enterprising
evening paper is a help to morning pa
per in more ways than one.
The last New Orleans exposition isn't
much more of success than the first.
Evidently New Orleans isn't place where
that sort of growth fourishes.-Exami-
ner.
We told you so.
The News hasn't spewed the Herald up
as yet. It may do so after while. It is
indigestible.
No, no; the News has spewed its last
spew.
The candidate for the comptrollership
seem to have warm friends all over the
state. The following are among the late
expressions:
1t is said that Mr.. John D. Mccall, chief
clerk in the comptroller's Office, has an
nounced himself candidate for comp
troller. The Fort Worth Mail says that he
has been an employe in various capacities
in the Office for fifteen years, and is thor
oughly conversant with the entire business
This is a good deal to come in on.-North
Texan.
Possessing every qualification requisite
to the good and faithful discharge of the
duties of comptroller. is "a good deal more
| to come in on" brother Boyd.-Bastrop
Advertiser
The boycotting of the Houston Age will
be worth thousands Of dollars to it before
this thing is through with, because a great
many will soon advertise in it who never
thought of doing so before. and its circu-
lation in Houston and throughout the in
terror of the state will be greatly increased
In the following paragraph the Fort
Worth Mail comedies with what has been
spoken by The STATESMAN or several &C
casions, and as these are sentiments which
should prevail generally throughout the
state, they are republished:
1T should be remembered that the
liberty OF the press does not mean abuse
nor vituperation by the press; that its
liberty is not q license to injuriously mis-
represent, to defame without cause, tc
blacken and destroy without let or hin
drance. It is true the people want the
news, but they do not want false news
it is true they want the warnings Of the
press, bnt they do not want false warn.
ings; they want the '.sentinels on the
watchtower" to speak out, but they want
them to speak the truth. In its desire fol
the news the press should not be so greedy
as to gulp down and serve out falsehoods
for the truth, nor with the truth: healthy
! public prefers to wait rather than be
served with an unpalatable mixture of the
true and false This preference on the
part of the people is an evidence of g
healthy public sentimental sentiment
that forces up the standard of journalism
It would certainly be unwise for the Law
to ignore this fact-unjust to the people
and certainly injurious to frst-class jour
nalism, which would have a poor chance
with icentious press.
Mr.. Evarts and Mr.. Hale agree that &
train worker should eat five square meals
a day.-Austin Statesman.
Now let Mr.. Evarts and Mr.. Hale In
duce the railway management to pay the
train men enough to get the five square
meals day and tbs boys will do theil
part. Most of them are compelled to gel
along on two and sometimes one as il
now stands.-Fort Worth Mail.
q This gives the editor of The STATEsMA,