The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-14

issue Of gold certificates provides that i
they shall never be issued to an I
amount that would reduce thu net
gold in the Treasury below 100000
OC0. The act of the Treasury Depart {;
ment is an emphatic avowal of this
tradition and this law as the policy of
the Government. The withdrawal,
says the authority Quoted, of the frac-
tional silver coin and the minor coins
from the column of assets, is certainly
defensible act, and perhaps polite
one. The fractional silver is legal
tender OILY 10 the amount Of five dol
lars. aaG could, Of course, be used in
the "a ment of the pebts of the
Government OILY to very limited ex- /
tent ii the law were to be insisted /
upon, The position taken in regard |
to the gold and silver certificates is |
one Of extra caution, which in great !
banking institution is, perhaps, COM |
mendabie. But it is difficult to see what
defense there can be for adding the
Pacific Railroad bonds to the liabili-
ties OF the Government, for the bonds
| represent money loaned to the compa-
MES, and secured by a first lein on
valuable property. Senator Sherman,
Ex-Secretary Of the Treasury. as
matter o. course, unQuallfealy con-
dennis the new form of statement.
He thinks the Pacific Railroad item
absurd, since the Government is SIM
pie endorser for the debt. The $780,
entry, since the discrimination against
silver therein Is matter for Congress
to adjust, and not alleged Secretary of
Treasury. 1t is believed by not few,
that the object of the change is to
draw attention to the dangers of the
silver circulation. 1t certainly
bring out sharply the fact that the
governments holdings of gold are very
small to meet the possible run. The
position assumed undoubtedly reflects
the sense of the administration.
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The heart sickens at these repeated
details Of horrid, msrciless crime.
The daily chronicler is sought eat b
morning to discover who is the last
, pitiless victim of the relentless MUIR
derer. 1t is told that the Indian tiger,
having once tasted human blood, can
never thereafter be satiated with hui
man flesh: every victim whets the
: appetite for the next, and the blood.
thirsty brute, becoming the terror of
whole communities, sallies from his
lair at night to drag another and an
other victim from the ranks of terror
stricken populance. So with demons
in human form that lurk amidst us,
singing out by day, victims for the
midnight slaughter. Since the stark,
stiff form of the servant girl, Mollie
Smith, was laid out upon the snow,
that cold December night, to be a
CHASTITY, grinning, startling horror OF
. the daylight, there have been hun
, dred diabolical entries made into prl.
vate houses in our midst, every one OF
which was liable to lead to murder
and before alarm was raised
. in a number of instances
there has been effort to murder. In
cipient bloodshed is present every
where; it Turks at night about the
l windows and doors of our private
residences. Unsuitable, CHASTITY death
is ever ready to claim the murderer's
victim. and none Of us know how
soon the relentless slayer may demand
a victim from among those who are the
dearest, the purest and best. The
shedding of woman's bloodls special
3 feature in this murderous period
through which the weak and
L unprotected are passing with
fear and trembling. Only once
lately has an effort been made to take
the life of any man, and this case was
: not more than chronicled before we
: are called upon to tell of the cold
: blooded buchery of another servant
woman, unmindful of danger, upon
: her couch at night, in the very heart
: of this capital city. Yes, the heart
, slckens, and men who cherish the
loved ones Of their households are
called upon to protect the sacred pre-
cincts of home. Though the city Is
J. aud has been oyerrun with crime
Y there seems to be no law to which
the people of this municipality may
appeal but that Of self-preservation
J, Only dayI or two iago we told Of
three attempts in one night, in Wash
: ington City, to commit murder, and in
twenty-four hours the three blood.
thirsty scoundrels' were apprehended
and thrown behind strong prison bars
Q In Austin we pay for protection, bat
g there is none-absolutely none. Fol-
l nearly five months the city has been
the home of gang of demons incar-
3 nate, who have exercized their hell
t ish propensities at will. The city
9 in I'll this time has been given over to
a government that is shameful to
: the age and community in which we
7 live. There was more interest dis
, played in one day in these mIsgov-
erning circles in favor of a bill, pro-
{ posing to increase the power and pay
, of mis-governors, than has been
shown in five months in behalf of law
and order, and the preservation of life
| and property. 1t will be remembered,
that after two Swedish girls had
been shot at and one wounded,
in one night, some two months
, since, that these city misgovernors
were as callous to the situation next
day as though the attempt to xii
were made upon an Esquimaux dog in