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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30
THE PRESIDENT AND THE NEGROES.

A few days ago there was confer
ence of the African Methodist Zion
Church in Washington, and dele
cation called on President Cleve.
land. They were cordially received
by the President, and Prof. Howard
Day delivered an address on behalf of
the delegates, in which he said that
they were not politicians or seekers of
official place, but men interested in
whatever concerns men, and especial
ly DESTROYS that in this country there
may be good government for even the
poorest and most depressed of its citi-
zens. He said that; as religious teach
ers, they realized the Importance of
their people seeking by well-ordered
lives to meet the expectations of their
friends, and, he added, that they are
striving in their church and school
work, to carry out this idea. He re-
ferred to the extent of the Meth
odiss Church and school work
| among the dolored people Of the
| United States, Canada, the
| West Indies and. Africa, and said:
"This extended working church comes
to-day to congratulate the President
upon this election. Some of our men
voted for him, but, voting for him or
against him, we recognize the fact
that he is the President, not of party
merely, but of the nation. For the
first time in many years we cheerfully
pay our respects to President who
is a Democrat. We believe him to be
a Democrat in the true sense OF
that term. We trust the President
We have asked and will ask our peo-
pie to trust him."
Continuing; Professor Day said
that the Democracy Of the President
was of that character (which ask:
nothing but what it comedies, anG
comedies nothing but what it de
mands," which is destructive to des
potism and the sole CONSERVATION Of
Liberty, labor and property-the law
of equal rights and equal obligations
"To such President" he said, "w,
pledge our support and earnest pray
ers that his life may be preserved an.
his heart strengthened to maintain Iii
earnest purposes"
Among other CnlngS EXPRESSED
In reply Mr.. Cleveland said: Il
the church and in the SUNDAY
school are taught religion, good NOR.
) ais, honesty a!.d proper regard TO
established authority, all of which ar
exceedingly necessary to good citizen
5 ship. You have seen fit to refer t.
$ the Democratic party, to which 1 be
s long. My conception Of Democratic
principles embraces equal rights ant
privileges to all who are citizens O
the United States, and l am 81 I'd t
7 know that ia the endeavor to enfoTc
such principle shall have your con
fidence and support. am pleSse
Q to greet you all and take you by III
: hand"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

Mr.. CLEVELAND is advised by
none of his best friends to call an ex-
ira session of Congress, because of the
failure of the last Congress to pass a
river and harb)r bill. a bankrupt act,
and to provide other alleged necessary
legislation. Unless an Anglo Rus
sian war should begin in earnest there
is no need for m extra session. Then
it might be T. essary to amend our
navigation l. IS in the il seIess Ct
commerce.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30
THE LAW OF LIBEL.

The features Of the Texas libel law,
as settled by the Supreme Court, in
the Galveston News case, cannot be
too well understood. The News, it
will be remembered by some means OBJ
tanned and published the secret pro
ceedings of committee appointed by
the Legislature to investigate the
land frauds, many years ago. The in
vestigation involved the private rep
utation of citizen of Aus
tin, who prosecuted the Gal
weston News for publishing the
proceedings, holding that his reputa-
ton was thereby needlessly damaged
Judgment was obtained against The
News for several thousand dollars in
the District Court, and it was affirmed
by the Supreme Court. The ground of
the decision was that the proceedings
of the committee were not privileged;
the Supreme Court holding it was in
the nature of a secret inquisiJion, and,
although authorized by legls-
lative body, was neither l2gisla-
tive nor judicial in its character.
1t was not legislative becau,e the
committee did not report to the Lee
gislature, and was lot directed OF ex-
pected to do so. There seems to De
some public misrepresentation as to
the real scope of the decision, as at :
fecting the newspapers of this State.
If we understand it, it does not affect
ordinary legislative committees, where
a public report is to follow investiga-
tion, nor bodies Of judiciary charac-
ter. That it does, to some extent,
limit the power of the press, is evil
dent. but we must remember the linn
itation marked out by our Supreme
Court, is in the direction Of the pre-
servation of private reputation from
undeserved tarnishment-reput
which should be he sacred in the
eyes of the law and OF journalism.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30
ACQUISITION OF THE PENJDEH

Gladstone denies that the English
Government is ready to give up
Penjdeh, and declares that statements
to that effect are untrue. In the ma
ture of the case Russia could not make
such demand of England, nor could
England grant or deny it. England
has no right to Penjdeh and hence no
right TO cede it or refuse its cession to
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

HON. JOHN f. MCKINNEY. of Ohio
has been convicted of having received
excessive fees for collecting pensions
1t was proven that he received $1S(
for obtaining pension of $1,700. He
was a member of the Forty second
Congress,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

THE director of the new McCor-
mick Observatory at the University
of Virginia is PROBES or Ormund
Stone, graduate of the Chicago Uni
versity, and formerly in charge of the
Dearborn Observatory. He was as
sistsnt in the Naval Observatory at
Washington from 1870 up to 1875,
when he was elected director of the
Cincinnati Observatory. He held
this position till 1882, when he was
called to his present post. In 1882 he
visited many obseryatories, and ex-
amined their plans before the erection
OF the new building was begun. His
assistant is Mr.. E. z. LeavenwoIth.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

BREWERS In Kansas and Iowa are
moving to test the constitutionality
of the prohibitory laws of those states.
Already there is practical notification
Of the lows in every large city or town
and the lawyers have thus far been
the only gamers. In Illinois, where a
high license law is in force, the
liquor traffic is becoming reduced in
quantity, while yielding a larger rev.
enue tn the State than ever before
Between the practically free-saloon
system of some Strtes and the sense.
less fanticism of Iowa and Kansas, the
high-license system stands as an ex-
emplar of a sound public policy On
the liquor question.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

THE appointment of w. Ii. Brinker
Of Missouri, to be AS sociate Justice of
the Supreme Court of New Mexico,
was a surprise to many. who had been
expecting that all territorial nom
nations would be from among
residents of the territories. But
the President discovered that in
some cases the resident law yers
pressed for appointment ere more or
less interested in mining and other
schemes IN the territories. aaa. in the
case of New NJ NC ,,',s- al f" f.,.i,d that
there wereiqulrre.iAk "a ;iion> HeacP,
as some of the most prnuin. at resi-
dents Of that T. + tory 4 = - favor
of Mr. :sfiut.Is ap .ilL..i-:,I. aid
inasii''lci. as his appeInt,n at y Is Zee
omended BIZ Judges of the Supr-.
Court of Missouri, and oth.r .:is-.-,
Judges, and was approved by the Mis-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

THE President is reported as saying
that he does not propose to remove
Mr.. Bruce, ex-senator, who has made
a good officer, nor to remove James
Hill, the colored Collector of Internal
Revenue in Mississippi.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

THE STATESMAN regrets that it
was led by a mis-statement to attri-
butte to Minister Phelps utterances
for which he was not responsible.
The papers have been pretty rough on
him, but it is wrong to hold him res
ponsible for expressions of the entire
Phelps family. When Mr.. Phelps gets
over to England and begins to dis
charge his duties. everybody will
think better of him. The English
people, we are satisfied, too, will be
Rppeased.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

THE dissatisfaction of the Com
mons with Gladstone Is evident. Why
do they not put him out before IT,
Nudity is recognized as the ruling
characteristic of the English Govern
ment?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

THE English Premier has been SUBJ
jected to rather discourteous treat
ment in the House of Commons. His
replies to questions as to the progress
of negotiations in the Asiatic difficult
ty have been greeted by laughter and
jeers. Gladstone evidently has not
the tact for high diplomacy.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

AS EVIDENCE of the remarkable
progressiveness of modern public
school systems, it has been decided in
Tennessee, that school director must
be able to read and write. In Texas
some of them still make their cross
marks as signatures.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

ONE of the most cruel freaks OF
fashion is the decoration of hats and
bonnets with the skins of birds. The
brightest and prettiest of the feather
ed tribe are in the greatest demand
These are usually harmless insectivor-
Gus birds, whose destruction is an eco
nomical mistake as well as needless
wantonness. It may often happen
that the poor bird which adorns a
fashionable bonnet is quito as useful a
creature. when alive, as the giddy
creature who wears it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

FRANCE must make the Khedive
put up on the Bosphore-Egyptien af-
fair, or the world will hereafter invite
her to shut up and submit to French
men being insulted and maltreated in
all parts of the world.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

THE approaching war is fraught
with great possibilities. One of them
is the Poles Selling the opportunity,
along with the Turcomans, to force
themselves from the Russian yoke.
The Turcomans already threaten to
make the attempt.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

THE probabilities are that there will
soon be grand march-over of the
negroes from Republican to Demo-
cratic RANKS, in the South, for it Is I'M
derstood that the policy of this ad-
ministration with regard to appoint
ments to places in the southern states
that are now held by colored Republi-
cans will be not to substitute white
men for colored men, but to replace
incompetent or dishonest eolofed Re-
publioans by colored Democrats who
are worthy and capable. In accord
ance, it is said. with this policy the
Postmaster-General has just appointed
ex-Representative Tom Hamilton, Of
Beaufort, Route Agent from Beaufort
to Jacksonboro, S. C. Hamilton was
the leader of small band Of coloreG
men Who supported the Hampton
Government in South Carolina In
1876.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

SENATOR MAXEY will be cand-
icate for reelection. II is thought
Mills will also he in the race; and
Wenborn will be there. Last, and
probably not least, Ireland, will canter
in with head and tail erect, bent on
coming in on the home stretch in the
lead
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

GEN. HAzEN's punishment was
light, except in the estimation of a
fine sensibility. In accordance with
the judgment of the court-martial. he
was reprimanded by the President and
restored to his duty.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

Mr.. COLEMAN, Commissioner of
Agriculture, in enumerating the
Texas counties, from which he de-
slres certain information regarding
cattle, mentions, among them, Greer
County. They all know it belongs to
Texas, and it was only in consequence
o. an act of omission in a bill, after
the war, that the question of jurisdic-
ton was ever raised.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

THE difficulty between the Khediye
and France is apparently increasing.
The French are determined on salts
faction for the suppression of their
paper at Cairo, while the Khedive, in
effect, declines to accede to the French
demand. In the meantime the Porte
backs the Khedive and attempts to
bully the French by announcing that
France has no business to interfere
in Egypt"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

THE County Court Is responsible
for many souls on the south side of
the river pursuing the downward
path to perdition. Salvation and the
toll bridge do not go hand in hand.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

MIGHT it not be well enough fol-
the Governor to come home by way OF
the A. s. M. College and see how tina
lone bull is getting along. 1t would
allow Acting Governor Gibbs time to
take q better swing at thiDgs.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

FRANCIS H. WIGFALL, of Mary
land, appointed Consul to Leeds, is
son of Louis T. Wigfall, who was one
of the Texas Senators at Washington
before the war
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

FRED DOUGLASS eulogizes Presi-
dent Cleveland. He ought to, since
the President retains him in a most
lucrative public place, as he does
Bruce and other Republican negroes.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

AS THE New York Tribune finds
fault with Mr.. Bayard, so do the PEG
pie find further proof of his pubic
worth and ability.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

The followers of Malone, strange
to say, remain N possession OF the
Federal offices in Virginia.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

Mr.. RANDALL has the govt. He
may now, therefore, have a forclble
reminder of how the tariff thumb
screw sends terror into wretched
cOnSumer'S carcass.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

SENATOR MAXEY is not going tc
be lured away from proposed re-
election by any offer of a gubernato-
rial nomination. His opponents can
not trade him off in this style.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

THE old Houston Post material sold
tor $500. Such was the end of a
newspaper, upon which nearly $780,
600 had been lost.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

The people of Dallas seem deter
mined on building railway from
their city to the coal fields of Wise
County.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

IT is during such times as these that
modest unprecations are heard about
the absence of a free bridge across the
Colorado.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

ANXIOUS Democrats regard the
President as a chestnut with the bur
On 1t.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

souri, Senators, after they were in
formed that he was favorahly regard
ed by the President, the latter con-
cluded to appoint him.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

EFFORTS are being made near
Oakland, California, to prove that
tea may be successfully raised on the
Pacific slope.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

TIE situation at Panama grows
more serious. The number of United
States marines has been increased by
the arrival of the Acapulco, and they
are in complete command of ap
proaches to the railway. Trains travel
over the Isthmus with guards of
United States marines, taking along
with them batteries mounted on
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

A CRISIS is evidently approaching
In the Russo Afghan business.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

THE stories of loss of life and prop
erty, from floods, are sickening.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

THIS cemetery business should be
settled without much delay.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

1T is estimated that Texans have
during the Exposition, spent $4,000
in New Orleans. Taking the various
contributions to the Exposition, and
the vast amount of money spent by
visitors, the show has been a bonanza
to New Orleans, to say nothing of the
Exposition management.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

TIE E ,Stern papers are trying to
fasten on Mr. BaJard the responsible
ty of Mr.. Phelpe' appointment as
Minister to England This is all stuff
Mr.. Cleveland selects and appoints
the ministers, and it has been told
how he was led to think of Mr.
Phelps as the proper man to send tc
England.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

WILL not somebody start beef
packery at Austin?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

THE Russian Bear is reaching out
its paw to sieZe Herat.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

TIE question of again opening the
New ORLEANS Exposition on Novem-
Der l, is being agitated. Notwith-
standing the expense that would be
entailed during the five months inter
vening between the closing and re-
opening of the buildings, in the way
of insurance, repairs and police, it is
claimed that the enterprise may be
made to pay. And yet the managers
assert it has not paid-not paid the
stock holders, probably.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

THE Colorado is an adept in getting
on benders.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

THE dynamite iends still enjoy life
in London.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

ENGLAND is going to building war
vessels.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

IT WILL take change IN the Sena-
orial representation of only five
States to give the Democrats control
of the next Senate. In two States
Virginia and Indiana-such change is
already assured, and the recent cleo
ton in Michigan makes a
change there almost as certain,
There remain but two more to effect
the desired consummation, and the
many recruits the Democratic party
has recently gained in the Northwest
ern States, and the fact that several
of those States were close before,
afford good ground for believing
that those two will not be
lacking. Then, with Pres
ident and both branches of Con-
gress in their possession, if the Demo-
Gratis do not abolish special legislation
and adopt measures for reliev ing the
people of unjust and unequal taxa
ton, for stopping all sorts of favors
to all kinds of monopolists, and to
make the Government, as it should
be, of, for and by the people, they not
only should, but will, be retired, and
the country be intrusted to other and
better hands.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

A PROMINENT United States Sena-
tor remarked i'll Washington, the other
day, that political influence amounts
to nothing with this administration,
and that applicants must have not
only good moral character, but be quail.
fled for the positions they seek
to obtain; that this was illustrated in
the case of Governor Jarvis, who was
Minister to Chilli, and in the appoint
ment of Governor Hubbard, of Texas,
who was sent abroad. The two names
had been before the President as
those qualified for Cabinet positions,
when he was selecting his Cabinet
and had an opportunity to learn fully
their standing and qualifications.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

THE people of San Angela want the
branch of the Santa Fe railway to 60
there. They ought to have 1t, and
then the line should be extended
westward, through Crockett County
and to Presidio, on the Rio Grande.
1t is only jump from there to the
rich silver fields of Chihuahua.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30
JOHN SHERMAN has announced that

JOHN SHERMAN has announced that
he will not accept the nomination as
Republican candidate for Senator of
Ohio. lie insists that re nomina-
ton is due Mr.. Foraker. who was de-
feated last time, and there seems to
be but little doubt that he will
be the candidate, Sherman
can be satisfied alone in one or two
places-he would stay in the Senate
or he would be President. 1t is said
he has strong hopes of receiving the
Presidential nomination in 1888, and
will bend his energies in that direc-
ton. He is not convinced that the
road to the White House is by way of
the Ohio capitol. Should he change his
mind, he will not be so unWise as to
run for Governor next time. The
Governors term is only two years
long, and he would be out OF Office be-
fore the Convention of 1887 was held,
and in retirement. Should he desire
to run for Governor, to help his presi-
Dental chances, his year would
be 1887. 4 brilliant campaign
and decisive victory then
might make him conspicuous year
later. He has tried his luck in
The, presidential lottery once, and
knows that the man who plays
for the prize stands very slim
chance at best. There are six years
of solid comfort in the Senate
anyhow, and John Sherman may
show himself to be sound philoso-
pher as well as a successful bank
operator with Treasury backing.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

ST. LOUIS is going to have crema-
tory.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30
THURSDAY, APRIL 80, 1885

FARMS have been fearfuliy washed,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

The finest Tonic for nervous people lis Hos
letters Stomach BitrerS, which insures perfec
p'gestion and assimilation, and the active per
Torrance of their functions by the liver an
bowels. As the system acquires tone througi.
he influence OF this benign medi inc, tie
nerves or ~ stronger and more tranquil heasl-
a pe.lilisrity Of the ~ysp cite gives way q
cheerfun.'ss- To establish h ain g. SHs:
foundat on. use the peerless i.v'geraigt
For sale by all druggists, aud dealers geo
orally.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30

RUSSIA continues to play for time.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-04-30
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