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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
THE GEN. LAYTON CASE.

A good deal has been said about the
political disabilities of Gen. Lawton.
He was pardoned by President John
son plior to 1868 for having partici-
pated in the rebellion. Pardons of
that period have been passed upon by
the Supreme Court. Mr.. Garland, the
present Attorney General, had been
limited to practice in the United
States Supreme Court, In 1860. From
1861 to the fall of the Confederacy,
he was member of the Confederate
Congress. In July, 1865, he re-
ceived full pardon from Presi-
dent johnson. BY an act of Congress,
passed before the pardon was granted,
he was barred from appearing as a
counsellor in the Supreme Court.
That Court held the pardon para
mount to the act of Congress and that
it relieved the petitioners from all
penalties and disabilities. "The par
doning power vested in the PIesi-'
dent said the Court, sis unlimited
cases Of impeachment alone being ex-
e9pted. 1t extends to every offence
known to the law. 1t is not subject
to legislative control. Congress can
neither limit the effect OF the pardon
nor exclude from its exercise any class
Of offenders. A full pardon RENTS the
punishment and blots out of existence
tleguilt. 1t removes the penalties and
disabilities and restores the offender
to ali his civil rights. 1t makes him
as it Wera, new man and gives him
new credit and capacity" Then
the Fourteenth Amendment went III
to effect, after Gen. Lawton's pardon
was granted. 1t bars from Office every
person of a prescribed class who took
partin the war against the United
States. "But Congress may,
by vote of two thirds
OF each House, remove such disabili-
ty." The pardoning power of the
President may certainly be con-
t"olled by Constitutional amendment.
Political disabilities removed by Ex-
ecutive pardon may be reimposed by
such amendment. Was it the intention,
or is it the effect of the Fourteenth
Amendment, to apply to all persons
who had incurred disabilities, or only
to those whose disabilities had not
been removed? This is the question
in the LaWton case. 1t is question
that the Supreme Court has not de-
cided and one on which Constitution
al lawyers differ. Attorney-Gener
Garland has rendered his opinion in
the case, and he thinks that Andrew
Johnson's pardon removed all Gen.
Lawton's disabilities, and thus render
ed him eligible to office. He does not
believe the Fourteenth Amendment
is retroactive, and, if it were, he holds
it would lot effect a pardoned Of
fender.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
THE INTERNAL REVENUE RUsE.

There is great deal of thoughtless
clamor about the repeal of the tax on
distilled spirits, 1t is said there are
one hundred millions of gallons of
such spirits in the country, on which
the tax of ninety cents per gallon has
been paid, and fifty thousand gallons
of this is held by distlllers, dealers and
capitalists. A great deal of whisky
is held by bankers and brokers as col
lateral for money loaned to pay the
taxes. To repeal the tax there would
be gross injustice done to those
who have paid taxes and to those who
have debts dependent upon the sale of
the whisky. 1t woul1 be an act of
confiscation, exercised against a class
of people who have acted most justly
towards the Government, and in favor
of another class that has acted precise
ly the other way. A financial crisis
would be produced which would not
stop with the manufacturers, dealers
and capitalists holding tax-paid'
whisky, bet it would fxtend to
other business intere t.. This
is a consideration, which
alone must be decisive against repeal
of the whisky taxss, unless provis-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
THE VETO.

Yesterday Governor Ireland made
public his proclamation, vetoing the
land lease and sale law, passed at the
last session of the Legislature. It
bill, for such creation was not pos
sible with the Nineteenth Legislature
The bill had many gross defects, which
have been heretofore pointed out by
THE STATESMAN. 1t deserved the
veto, but when we read the virtuous
Indignation of the Governor, expressed
indirectly as to things the land board
of which he has been the ruling
spirit, has already imposed upon land
acquisition, the laugh is against the
power that vetoes, as well as against
the Legislature. The old law under
which the Land Board has its exist
ence, permitted the lease of land at
four cents an acre, and it's sale for two
dollars an acre, oni about the same
terms as the bill vetoed. 1t permits
person to acquire by purchase
as many as seven sections of
lands in grazing country, but this
the board cut down to one section to
an actual settler. The Governor
writes a great deal about the monopo-
list and the poor man, and labors eX-
cessiveIy to build up sentiment for
himself by opposing Un5 and
favoriDg the other in words
that are decidedly cheap;
and in his eagerness to manufacture
such sentiment, with his dull eyes
gazing two years into the future at
Senator MaXey's seat, he forgets his
acts upon the land board, and writes
lines that falsify himself. Referring
to the provisions of that bill, to allow
in the grazing regions the purchase,
if only one section, he says: "Confine
the head of family to one section of !
land in that country, when he depends |
upon his little stock for Z eat part |
of his living and rs j; likely to
starYc." Tn ft:.tis.-f Tia. G vernon, |
among whom he may esq, q ally count |
TEE STATEsM IN, must h permitted
to express de- gret 3 y i wrote
himself pan i. Sc isy rdS as
unrei lie al. tagonizes tie ork
he did in The board, not Only in this
matter, but in several other pc,:, S,
for no other purpose than
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
WAGON LOADS OF PETITIONS.

A special to the st. Louis Republi-
can speaks of the disfavor into which
petitions and recommendation has
fallen at Washington. 1t is said that
the recklessness and carelessness with
which petitions and recommendations
for appointments have been singed
are astonishing. The practice
is so vicious that it deserves to be ex-
posed and ridiculed by the appointing
authorities Of the several govern
ment departments. Even Senators
and members of Congress frequently
put their names to strong letters of
recommendation, when they know and
privately confess that the applicants
for Office are unfit to perform the du-
ties of the office for which they apply.
There is reason to believe that the
President and the Cabinet are looking
into this subject, and that they will
soon acquaint themselves thoroughly
with the conditions surrounding all
petitions. 1t is said that in
terested persons would be sur
prised to see the condition of these pc
titions, and to learn the estimation in
which they are held in the appoint
ment bureaus of the several depart
ments. One of the most wonderful
things on record is the number
of petitions on file, signed by Dem
ocrats for the retention of Republicans
in Office. Some of the Democrats are
distinguishing themselves by grum-
bling because removals are not made
more rapidly, and have frequently
been seen at the White House and
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LAND
PIRATES.

The Governor, in his veto, refers to
powerful corporations in the North
west, threatening with violence, the
drivers of cattle through that region.
Of course he thus, indirectly, makes
reference to the attitude Of the Greer
County cattle men, or, more properly
speaking, of the set of land pirates
who are using the States lands, set
aside for education, free of
cost. Only one corporation-the Day
Land and Cattle Company,of Austin
owns land in Greer County. This
company and individuals have &C.
quired title from the State to alb put
two hundred and fifty thousand acres
Of land in Greer County, and none of
these owners join in the movement
against the drivers of South
ern and interior Texas cattle
into and through the county. The
companies who issued the pronuncia-
mento, some time ago commented up
on,are made up purely of land pirates.
They own no land, lease none, and pay
taxes neither on land nor cattle. They
are using lands, set aside for educa-
ton, that ought to be bringing
to the school fund annually
at least 100000. Instead
of paying to the cause of education
and to the State for the use of lands,
in taxes on live stock considerably
over one hundred thousand dollars
annually, they are using lands without
cost and are paying no taxes on their
cattle. They are not alone land
pirates. but they are defraudipg
government, and defying not only
the state but insulting its good peo-
pie. What is being done in undue
land appropriation IN. Greer County
is being done all over the whole State
north of the Texas and Paci-
fic railway. Rich and presumpt-
Gus land pirates are appropriating
millions and millions of acres of the
school lands, paying nothing for them
and outraging public decency. This
is the sort of poor mans government
the State has. The Governor
must hide away the records
of his land board before he
can ever make people believe what he
says about being the special guardian
Of the poor mans interests. Cheap
words are not convincing. The peo-
pie want solid facts. When the land
pirates are subdued, and the poor man
is given a chance, then the governor
may properly come before the public
in such habiliments as he puts on in
his veto of the land bill. The veto
mask is too thin to hide the glazing
records OF past executive action.
There must be reformation, radical
revolution, to make him appear in
the light of converted and repentant
officer.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

ion is made by Congress to refund the
vast sums of money that have been
paid into the Treasury on spirits still
remaining on hand. But the Govern
ment, we think, has already adopted
the plan of refunding taxes already |
paid under such circumstances as ex- |
ist in connection with whisky. When, !
in 1888, the tobacco tax was reduced,
provision was made by Congress to
refund to manufacturers and dealers
the difference between what they had
paid into the Treasury on tobacco and
cigars remaining unconsumed, and
the reduced rates. Though the
amount refunded to tobacco dealers
under this act, was comparatively
small, the honesty and justice of such
provision cannot be disputed. But,
it is asked, if the Government refund
eighty or ninety millions of revenue,
under repeal of the whisky taxes,
whence is the money to Gomez The
money could not be produced from
customs, for that source can
not provide enough revenue to meet
the ordinary expenditures of Govern
ment and pay the interest on the
pnblic debt. Repeal of the revenues
from spirits would be necessarily &C
companied by repeal of the revenues
from tobacco as a less-popular source
of taxation, and this would cause a
loss to the Treasury of one hundred
and twenty-five millions year-not
to mention the large sum to be re-
funded for taxes already paid on the
unconsumed whisky and tobacco.
Certainly the revenue taxes can not
be repealed without involving
public finances to an extent
dangerous to the financial
condition of the country. With the
repeal of the internal taxes, the only
feasible way in which a sufficient
amount Of revenue could be obtained
for ordinary expenditures of govern
ment and redemption of the public
debt would be by a reduction of the
: tariff to revenue basis. Such re-
!, Elections should be met and answered
by Mr.. Randall and his followers. It
is public suicide to repeal the internal
} revenue taxes, but the protectionists
are ready to do anything to save the
protected barons. A moderate re-
duction of duties on manufact
ured imports, and abolition
of duties on much raw
material, would still leave public
finances in healthy condition. while
the masses would be vastly benefited.
Revenue reformers know that the
people do not ask for reduced taxes on
drink and smoke. Those who indulge
may help to sustain the Government
This principle is being engrafted
into the laws Of every state,
and 1t must be retained by the FEEDER
al Government. Mr.. Randall may go
on attempting to build up this protec-
ton power by abuse of the people, but
he will find that the barons are less
powerful than the people. Should he
be able to manipulate national con-
vention he would hardly be able to
dictate how the people should vote.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
Where the Fire is Out !!

"Haroun of Aleppo," said Sir Phillip Derya
''had mastered every secret in nature which
the Dobler magic seeks to fathOm. He dis
covered that the true art of healing Is to assist
Nature to throw off the diSease-tO summon,
as it were, the whole system TO eject the en-
envy that has fastened on part. His pro-
cesses all included the refrigeration of the
principle of lite."
In this the Eastern sage merely anticipated
the practice of the best physicians of to-day.
What life itself is nobody knew then nobody
knows now. But we have learned something
of the reasons why the mysterious tide rises
and falls. Provided the great organs of the
body are not irreparably destroyed, medical
science can always relieve and often save Yet
MOI equitable physician nov adheres to the
barbarous and stupid proc sses Of depletion,
such as bleeding. by which it was attempted 70
cure disease by reducing the patients ability
to resist if. Nowadays we do not tear down
the fort to help tie garriSon-we strengthen 1t.
In this intelligent and beneficient work, it is
conceded that e = HK FRS TONIC leads
all other medicines. AS an invlgorant 1t acts
immediately and powerfully upon the circula-
ton and the organs OF digestion. thus giving
Nature the assistance she calls for. 10 follows
that all ailments of The stom tcll, kidneys and
liver are at once relieved or cured.s No other
preparation embodies the same qaali+es or
produces similar res Its. 1t is delicious to use
and the best known antt-1ntoxicant. Price
sec and 81. HIsCox & Co., New York.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23
THE FUTURE FOR TEXAS CATTLE.

Inc Chicago Dr0Ver'S journal
makes the announcement. that Texas
is going into the cattle-raising bust
ness. She has been engaged in this
industry for very many years, as the
people of all the Northwest, now
quarantining against Texas cattle,
know to their very great satisfaction.
These people freely drew on Texas
for stock cattle until their ranges
were well supplied and beeves had
grown up in vast numbers
and then they discovered that
Texas cattle were dangerous
things to have driven among them.
The Texas breeders asked for trail,
and this was refused, and the north
western breeders will now find out
that Texas will soon undersell them
in all the beef markets of the world.
Heretofore Texas cattle have been
driven North to be fatten in farm
er's barn yards, on the rich
foods prepared there for animal nutri-
ment. ALI that is to be done now is
to prepare similar rich foods in
Texas, and send the fatted
beeyes directly from Texas
barn-yards and pens to the distant
markets. Heretofore, when the North
ern fattening pens were easy of access,
there appeared to be no necessity for
fattening beeves here, and they were
freely driven before maturity towards
the North, to be distributed there
among multitude of feeders. AS our
Chicago contemporary says, there was
no need of attempting to make
corn-fed beeves or hay-ted beeves in
Texas, because there was others
who were anxious to do this. So it
was the Texas breeders came to be in
a large sense dependent upon their
brethren in the more northern range
sections. To any one who ever gave
the matter any careful thought, says
the Drovers Journal, some such change
as has recently been brought about by
the quarantine laws against through"
Texas cattle was an inevitable result.
The more Northern sections were de-
veloping rapidly into not merely cat
tie growing, but cattle breeding re-
gions, and it was inevitable that soon
or late the pastures would become so
well filled that ranchmen could de-
pend largely, if not wholly, upon
their own breeding resources
Tho intermediate sections were
filing up with settlers, who, be-
ing Independent of the through cattle,
were not willing to have their farms
or approached by cattle that
were being driven to sections beyond.
For number of years the so-called
dead-line. or eastern boundary of the
section, through which trail cattle
could be driven, has been moving
westward, until this spring the trail
was threatened with being crowded
put altogether by the small and large
farmers. At all events, whatever the
causes or effects, the idea or the trail
was one that the development
Of country was bound to
end. The question now is
says the journal, what are the Texas
stock men going to do about this
great and unexpected revolution
Well, they are going to suit them
selves, as rapidly as possible, to cir
Just now there are more
sellers than buyers, and prices
are depressed. This condition
will be RENE led, after {. while, |
by Texas den nd for Texas fatten-
ng pens, the t aad three year old
steers will be driven from the Texas
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

to tickle the dear common people. And
now, since he has in this veto con-
demned the WORK OF the Land Board
will he see that the old law is strictly
adhered to in all respects. He must
do this or continue to be in contempt
of the construction, which he seems
to think legislators, if not executives,
should observe.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

A little girl on North Main street
had been given some verses to com:
NIT to me mory, by her Sunday-school
teacher last Sunday. She told her
mother about it on coming home, and
said they were the first three verses
of a chapter in st. John. Her little
brother, who was in the room, at once
exclaimed, with thump of his fist
on the table: "Papa, don't let her
learn them! That's the man who
beat Blainep The Squire smiled au-
dibly.- Johannesburg Repository.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

THE next war that will be announc-
cd Is the one to come off between the
telegraph companies. The Baltimore
and Ohio system is beginning to make
very serious inroads upon the vital
parts of the Western Union. A fight
fthis nature would be picnic for
the ger eral public.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

TO give the old as well as new address.
Now Is the time to subscribe for THE
DAILY AND WEEKLY STATESMAN. The Daily
being the only morning paper published at the
Capitol-will contain each day during the ses-
sion Of the legislature, full Proceedin IS Of that
body. This fact, added to our increased facili-
ties for giving the latest news from all parts of
the world will make our Daily equal to any
paper In the state.
The price OF our Weekly has been re-
duced tn one dollar per year, which makes
1t the cheapest weekly paper giving the
same amount of reading matter in the state.
During the coming session of the legislature,
Weekly will contain each week, in a con.
densed form. full proceedings of the legislature
We want responsible agents in every county
In the state, TO whom we make the following
LIBERAL offer:
To every person Who will send us q
club OF ten subscribe for our Weekly OF
We Cor OF Daily accompanied by the cash
will send the paper free one year. and will
30 present such person with fine ofiicia
poi Texas handsomely gotten up on rollers
nd showing In bold type the name of every
stOfice In the state.
n>ple copies sent free III application.
Add MISREPRESENTATION 1N1 w.,
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President and Manager
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

Miss FIELD, who has finished her
history of MorWonism. proposes to
write book on pfivate life in Wash
ington. Kate may write it, but agen-
cies will be found to keep it forever
analnd
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

DIR. AUSTIN FLINT, and many
other distinguished physicians, now
regard pneumonia as an infectious
civic malarious fever which will run
its course. DR.. Koch, the celebrated
microscopic, has lately discovered the
disease germ IF pneumonia, and he
believes that il is spread by germs
and is infectious. Whatever may be
the true theory of the cause of the
disease, the physician who succeeds
in keeping a pneumonia patient alive
in these days considers himself can
didate for congratulation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

GENERAL GRANT has undoubtedly
improved. Whether the improve
ment is to be permanent is quite
another matter. He said day before
yesterday he was going TO get well.
Time will show whether the General
or the doctors are right.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

A DECLARATION Of war on the part
of Mexico is probable, and in that
event 5000 troops at San Salvador's
request will march into Guatemala.
The Mexican army is treble the size of
the army of Salvador, which fact
ought to be sufficient to convince
that republic of the danger of inviting
Mexico to take a hand. Will the
United States refuse to take hand
while these games for increasing
power are being played. About the
best thing for the United States to do
would be to declare a protectorate
over Central America. Public inter-
est would warrant it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

AND now Schouvaloff, an old hand
at the bellows, takes a hand in the
Anglo-Russian controversy. Glad
stone will have TO look out, or he will
be "off," sure enough.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

A DREADFUL malady is prevailing
In Overton County, Tenn, which has
baffled the physicians of that section.
Thirty-odd deaths have occurred in the
past three weeks. The disease seems
to be a type of black tongue fever.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

GLADsToNE's timid, hesitatlDg pol
icy has had its effect. The Russians
are now clustering and, in their turn
demanding explanations and the re-
call of Gen. Lumsden.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

MARTIN FARQUHAR UPPER COM
plains that he never derived any pro
fit from the American editions OF
"Proverbial Philosophy" Plagiarism
does not take well in this country.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

IT SEEMS there was opposition from
more than one quarter to the land
bill, because it proposed to legislate
the Land Board out of existence.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

Two Ohio men and an Arkansian
got in yesterday. Ohio never gets
left when 1t comes to offices.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

Two deaths have resulted from the
recent roller-Skatlng contest in New
York, the last being that of little
newsboy who won the first prize.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

CoNsoLs took another rise yesterday
In London, showing the opinion of
the business men.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

1T NOW appears that the Russians
fully expected their attack on Penjdeh
would be instantly followed by war
with England; but Gladstone was too
timid.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

THERE is great unanimity of opin
ion as to the Land Board having
.usurped unconstitutional powers.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

Miss ELLEN CHASE says that there
will be three women to one man in
heaven. The reason of that is, the
preachers are so devoted to the
women.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

THE full and free sympathy ex-
tended from the South to Gen. Grant,
says the Philadelphia Record, shows
that the war is over.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

AND now it is limited that when the
Japs get a full view of Dick Hubbard,
and hear he is from Texas, they may
think him cannibal.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-23

THE Free Tongue is just running
over with Dave Culberson. 1t would
have him made Governor.