The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-03
TEXAS TIDINGs.

Inc baSUfOp AuVerIISeE has SOOu "Olu
for The STATESMAN and makes sugges-
ton that will be acted upon, now that it
is put in the shape that has long been de-
sired. The Advertiser says:
The Austin STATESMAN has received its
new dress and new press and on Decem-
Der 1st will come out an eight page daily.
Bastropians can get the latest news six
hours earlier from the STATESMAN and that
journal should have large circulation
here, as, Independent of giving the latest
kilograms earlier, it is a most excellent
paper.
Well, the eight pages are here, and how
do you like them?
The Houston Age has been boycotted
by the labor organizations of Houston.
Uncle Daniel says that if he has said any
thing he is sorry for he hopes he may be
forgiven, and that he intends to fight it
out on that line if it takes century to
decide the contest.
In connection with this boycotting bust
ness. the Laredo times rises to remark
that
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in one would be felony, and override
law with immunity, the era of anarchy
will have been ushered in. The contest
decisive of the matter must come, and the
issue precipitated upon the Age is per-
haps as good ground to fight it out on in
the courts as any other. 1t is folly to say
that the Age has no remedy at law, for to
acknowledge as much would be to acknowl-
edge the dependence of society upon any
conspiracy whose numbers enable 1t to
defy the law"
It then calls upon the conservative ele-
ment of Houston to stand by the Age in
this contest in which the interests of soci-
ETY. are involved.
"a female pupil of the high school" calls
the Laredo Times attention to the fact
that in 'Willard's U. S. History" the word
contribution" is not spelled ''centribu-
ton" as was done in the Times of the
9th ult. This remark has been necessl-
tated by tPe following which appeared in
that sheet on that date.
The STATESMAN has a leader on the
s'Munroe Doctrine" and female pupil of
the hlgh school calls attention to the Or
biographical discrepancy between this and
the ssMonroe" of Wizards y. S. history.
Mistakes will occur, when the gas is
dim.
The Laredo Times says the Paris Bal
ance Wheel ass-pires to become the con-
science keeper of General Ross. 1t does
'pire so to man up tree
That grand old veteran of the Clarks-
vile Standard, Hon. Chas. DeMorse, in
speaking of the remark made by the Bal
ance Wheel, that he, DeMorse, could not
bear Col. SWAIN says that, on the contra
nv, he and Col. Swain are and always have
been the best of friends though occasion
ally differing slightly in politics, as all
politians do.
The Clarksville Standard makes these sig
infant Inquiries:
If the governor is not the legitimate
protector of the public property, who is :?
Or is it subject to plumber and destruction
until legislature takes cognlzance of the
despoilment? If an armed force were in
vading the state, would he wait for leg
islature to meet and make an appropria-
ton, and authorize the raising of volun-
teers to defend it?
The Fort Worth Mail is not only the
largest evening paper in northern Texas,
but it is edited with unusual ability. 1t
contains more original and editorial mat
ter than any other evening paper in the
state. Here is one of its latest:
The impossibility of securing reason
able board and lodging in Austin is an in
superable obstacle in the way of the mi
versity. Should the management secure
campus and erect dormitories for rea-
sonable rent, young men could club and
be enabled to receive its benefits. Poor
young men are unable to pay the present
rate of board; yet it is poor young men
who make the reputation of colleges. The
rich will attend to those whose reputation
is already made-the honor of having
graduated at them is the most they hope.
To reduce expenses the mess system is
rapidly coming into vogue among the stu
dents, by which they reduce expenses
nearly one-half.
Again the Mail says:
While the newspapers find parallel cases
versity at its beginning, they might search
further and find that established universe
ties, when they are not in sympathy with
the lower grade schools, invariably reach
low ebb of patronage. There must be
nurturing roots at the bottom before there
is golden fruit atop; the schools through
out the state must be enlisted as prepare
tories before the university receives its
complement of matriculates. The faculty
is all right, but they can turn out no work
without material to work upon.
If the STATESMAN is not mistaken, it has
expressed similar sentiments in times
past
The Jackson County Progress says:
Austin had contributed, up to the 10Th
inst, about $4,000 to the Galveston fire
sufferes. This is said to be pr cent
more than any other city in the st; Re has
contributed.
The reason of this was, Austin has a
man who can do 80 per cent. more get-up-
-get-ativeness than any other in the
state, and the initials of his name are
Ex-Governor Frank R lubbock now