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

ner." Everything has been open and
above board, even to the minUtest item of
expense; even to the employment of the
lowest official. 1t is about time these
vague charges and empty assertions
should stop. If there is anything wrong,
say what it is. and let the remedy be ap-
piled heroically. and at once. If there is
nothing wrong, let the university receive
the support it deserves.
AN old friend of the Sunday Journal,
Col. Joel Miller, who during several years
contributed very largely to the success of
this paper. has joined the newspaper fra
ternity of Texas. Property interests some
months ago caused him to remove. with
his family. to that state and we hardly ex-
pected to have the pleasure of SO soon en-
ioying his pleasantly and ably written ar
ticles again, but the AUSTIN DAILY STATES
MAN has been fortunate enough to secure
him as editor-in- chief, and the sheet rings
throughout with his sturdy strokes for the
democratic party and reform. Now that
the colonel is back again on a daily
paper, it is to be supposed that he is hap
pier, but this is none the less a loss to the
weekly family journals which will sadly
miss happy social hits and well-told sto-
ries. We congratulate both the colonel
and The Observation-Disclosures Sunday
Journal.
There are many of our old Baltimore,
Maryland, friends who seem to consider
us unhappy unless crowded daily and con-
stantly with work.
Perhaps no man has been compelled to
do more work, but these old friends can
be assured that the elasticity and en-
prise of middle age has commenced to
ware and keen shoots of the rheumatics
are warning us that we shall hereafter have
pleased to term 'his happy social hits and
well-told stories'' to their columns, we
have no time to answer all the letters ask
ing for continuance of these contribu-
tions and therefore avail of this means of
explaining the reason to all of the weekly
journals and periodicals with which our
association has been so pleasant.
The Introductory remarks to extracts
from Grass Commissioner Stephens
recommendations to the land board and
Judge ferrell's speech on the. same sub
ject several years previous, published in
The STATESMAN on Sunday, contained a
sentence calling attention to the SINH
larity of language and ideas of the two
gentlemen.
Of course it was not intended to charge
Mr.. Stephens with plagiarizing either the
languarge or ideas of Judge Terrell, but
merely to give the latter gentleman credit
for foresight in formulgating a policy
that Mr.. Stephens several years later, after
thorough examination of the whole
question on the ground, thought best tc
adopt.
Mr.. Stephens is a man of two much
ability to need suggestions from any
source.
At the time Judge Terrell's bill was
presented AID his speech made Mr.
Stephens was in California and after
his return formulating a bill, withot
a knowledge of Judge Terrell's, very SINH
lar to it and to which his attention was
called, to his surprise, when his bill was
read to his friends in the legislature to
whom he desired TO entrust it. Judge
Terrell's bill was passed and vetoed and
Mr. Stephens bill failed by only one vote
of obtaining a constitutional ma ority to
make it a law.
The predatory remarks in TEE STATES
NAN we're made to commend Judge Ter
rel for anticipating a policy that was
endorsed by the Judgment of Mr.. Ste
phens. after new light had been thrown OF
the whole subject.
MESSING system OF THE UNIVERSITY
The faculty of the university have JUS
published circular-No. 4-givipg The
result up to this time of the messing, OF
club system. inaugurated at the beginning
bered that this means of reducing the
price of board was recommended by the
faculty in their last annual report, and
circular-No. WAS issued some time il
July. giving an estimate of the probabl,
cost to each of ten students clubbing to
gether. Tt was conceded at the start b,
the advocates Of this step that it was al
experiment SO far as the University O
Texas was concerned, and many peopl,
thought as an experiment it was likely t.
end in failure. Suitable houses were fey
and rents were high; provisions wer
dear, and the cost of furnishing
rooms would absorb the difference
between this method of Twin,
and the usual method of depending OF
boarding houses. Besides, and this seem
the most serious objection, it was sal