Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-04-15
EDITORIAL NOTES.
THE presence of the military in
East st. Louis preserves complete

The Paris North Texan offers to
become the official organ of the
Farmers Alliance FREQ of charge.
Gov. THRoCKMoRToN will come
homo from Washington for about
two weeks for the benefit of his
health.
From the evidence taken before
the coroner's jury at East st. Louis
it appears that the deputies fired
on the mob first.
In the senate on Tuesday large
number of presidential postmas-
tors for Texas cities wero con-
firmcd.
The Fort Worth Gazette says 1t
has not seen in any paper any ar
gumcnt why Swain should not be
governor.
The State Democratic EXccu-
tive committee will determine the
place for holding the coming con-
vention by correspondence.
IT now seems more than likely
that congressional committee
will be appointed to investigate
the labor troubles IN the south
west.
The Earl of Salisbury suicidcd
while riding through Regent street,
London, by shooting himself with
revolvcr-make and calIber not
stated.
EFFORTS arc being made by the
friends of tho strikers in Texas to
prevent tho confirmation by the
Senate of United States marshals
Cabell and Reagan, on account of
their having done their duty in the
pending labor difficulties.
The San Antonio Light says that
those who imagine that Galveston
will be merely a way station on
tho Santa Fe are mistaken. 1t
thinks, and rightly, that by having
a trunk line connection Galveston
will be astly benefited.
THE Houston Ago says when
Terrell made his speech Thursday
night in Austin the Terrell boom
ers cried out, "Grand effort; Great
In rhetoric argument and fact"
But the speech does not really
merit high praise. 1t contains too
many plumbers, inconsistencies
and errors.
A WASHINGTON special to the
New York Post says, it is learned
from the nearest friends of SeGre-
tary Manning that he will not at
tempt to resume his duties at the
treasury department. When axle
to travel no will take . sea voyage
and will probably bo appointed
minister to Austria,
THE Knights of Labor demanded
of Mccormick, the reaper man of
Chicago, the reinstatement of 500
men discharged in the recent strike
and whose places were filled by
non-union men. The demand was
refused, the men having been Of
fered AN opportunity to return to
work. The boycott is to be tried:
THE Houston Age tells the Aus
tin Gail to go SLOW. The Call
says that . leading striker al Fort
Worth is q drunken worthless
tramp, whose earnings at honest la
Dor in three years would not pay
the cost of the whisky he drinks in
three weeks. The Ago got boy!
for speaking freely of some
of the champions of the laboring
men,
If Swain or Ross arc nominated
for Governor at the coming Demo-
cratic State convention the MAORI
ty rule will have to be adopted.
The two-thirds rule will likoly
cause a dead lock that can only be
broken by the introduction of a
dark horse. There are a number
of dark horses abroad in the state
and no one can readily name the
one who will win the race.
THE LaGrange Journal of last
week says that Mr.. W. NJ. Hunter,
4 travelling man, was IN its town ,
and reports that Col. D. c. Gid
dings is very favorably spoken of ;
by very many people as their pref
erence for govern>r. Col. Gid s
dings possesses all the requisites
to make good governor, and is
very frequently mentioned by the
press of the state in connection {
with that Office.
The Huntsville Item referring ,
10 the Democratic victory in the
city election says the better class {
Of our colOred people are begin {
nlng to open their eyes to their '
best interests, and align them
selves with their best friends, the 8
Democrats, as was shown by the I
large number of them voting the
straight Democratic ticket last S
tuesday. The Democrats it may {
be remarked, have always been
The best friends of tho colored peo- =
pie. giving them work and doing /
hem great many favors in va !
rious ways. c
D. c. Smith, tho newly elected
mayor of Houston, was sworn in .
Tuesday and has entered upon the =
of his official duties. o
Emile Duoart, q Frenchman, ]
ioing business as a mattress maker v