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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29
A QUESTIONABLE BENEFIT.

1t is always a sign for much self
increased by the advent of some one rich
in this worlds goods. 1t is argued that it
is so much more money brought into the
community to be expended and nearly all
take it as a personal matter, and that, by
some means, they will get some of the
money for nothing. They never ask
themselves how, or why, they will get it.
Now, it all depends upon the position
which this rich man takes in the commu-
nifty whether or not he is going to do it
good. If he comes worth millions, and
sits down with his money invested, draws
his interest, and pays only for what he
gets, it is questionable as to whether his
advent is advantageous or not. 1t is a
question whether or not such man,
close-tisted, except as regards his own
selfish pleasures, and enjoyments, is not a
positive injury to the place where he re-
sides, in a negative sense, it is true, but
does he not thus occupy the ground
which some more liberal minded man
would take? What community needs is
not very wealthy man, but one who is
public-s pirited, and liberal in his ideas.
A man who, whenever anything is to be
done which will benefit him, in common
4 "A, H., AI,f
with influence, and money. Such an one
will benefit any place where he lives, and
every cent he pays out he does not regard
it as so much money thrown away, but an
investment which, in the end, will bring a
return.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

LEGISLATURE. still, it is his duty to know
H. In the interests of other worthy
asnirants he is in duty bound to conceal
the results of his calculations from the
public, but it is none The less incumbent
on him to make them. 1t Is well 'kho"h
fact that to figure, and too hsh, are Two
things which cannot be done on any otner
dav so successfully as on Sunday. We
trust that hereafter Comptroller Swain
will limit his devotions to prayer
meetings, and Sunday School plcnlcs'
which generally occur, We believe, on
Saturdays.
1t is currently reported that several
large China trees have their habitatlon In
Com ptroller SWANS front yard. This Is
all wrong. China trees obstruct the view,
and the home of the state official should
be open to the inspection of every passer-
by, in order to preserve mis- reputation as
clean as that of Mrs. Caesar.
Several other indiscretiOns of grave
nature attach to the actions of Comptrol
Ter Swain, of which complete statement
NAV be given in the future unless he
mends his ways. We warn him that the
ewes of the public are upon HIM, and that
anything in violation of the customs and
traditions of the country will be promptly
reported. Being the personal organ of a
rival candidate for governor, the Exam
liner of course feels some delicacy in dis
cussing these matters, and therefore the
Gazette volunteers its assistance in expos
ing these breaches of official decorum.
The country must be reformed and purl-
fed. and only vigilant press can do 1t.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29
THEY STILL LIVE.

Congress, at least the lower house, seems
the strikers, both actual and imaginary.
Congressman from backwoods districts as
well as those who have arisen out of the
communistic slums of great cities, have
alike rushed forward and We'd with each
other in shedding crocodile, hyprocritical
tears over the communists who stopped
the wheels of commerce and starved four
states for six weeks Senators have had
moist eyes over the poor fellows who
threw trains from tracks and murdered
firemen and engineers in Texas. The
president of the United States him
self was so overcome with
solicitude for the knights that
he haetened to launch a column proclama-
ton to stop the contest between capital
and labor. Editors have worn out their
fabers on the side either of Jay Gould, or
Powderly, and Irons. Preachers and
bishops have hurled anathemas against
one side or the other. Politicians, not
statesmen, have been at their wits end to
decide with which party to array them
selves in order to secure votes.
The entire country is stirred up over
the difficulties between capital and labor;
but all seem to have forgotten that there
il another nolitical force besides these
two. 1t is the people themselves. They
still live, however much they have been
ignored in all the great tumult. Not
only so but they are still the masters of
this country, nor do they intend, that
either labor, or capital, as classes, shall
rule.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29
A PLAIN STATEMENT.

When Ross was first mentioned for gov
ernor this year there was great hurrah
sver the state by his supporters, who
thought that the salvation of the state
depended upon having a farmer for gov
ernor. That was what occurred on the first
blush, but before the first echo died away
the thinking element of The people began
to ask what all of the hullabaloo was
about. What had Gen. Ross done other
than act as gentleman and brave man to
entitle him to ask the votes of the peo-
pie? If these were the only qualifica-
tions necessary, there are thousands in the
state who could fill the office man
must have other qualifications, which Ross
may possess, but he has never had any
cause to show that he has them. On the
other haal, Col. Swain has shown that
he possesses the qualifications necessary
for governor of Texas, and, besides, has
had experience which will be valuable to
him as such. Furthermore, he, also like
Ross, is a gentleman. Personal preju-
dices aside, can anyone gainsay the fact
that the reasons why Swain should be
elected are unanswerable when compared
with those for tie election of Ross.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

time for us to throw off our sloth and
lethargy, and awake to the realization of
the fact that 'the gods help those who
help themselves" l call upon the men of
brains and means in our midst to try and
unite, not upon some one plan or some
one enterprise to beneft Austin, but upon
many plans and many enterprises for her
benefit and advancement, the first and
foremost of which should be the building
of a railroad from here to Bastrop, and
which should be followed Immediately by
extending the Austin & Northwestern from
Burnet through the counties of San Saba
or Llano, Mason, Menard, etc. B.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29
SENATOR PAYNE.

The action of the committee of the
Ohio legislature regarding the manner
of Senator Payne's election, which has now
also become matter of investigation for
the U. S. senate shows that the republican
party holds on to its old time methods of
INSCRIPTIONS trickery. The republicans
of the Buckeye legislature, when they
raised the question of pretended corrup-
ton in the election of Mr.. Payne knew, no
matter what charges they made and pre-
tended to have established against the
democratic senator from Ohio, that they
would be backed and endorsed by the re-
publican majority of the senate of the
United States, equally as INSCRIPTIONS and
ready for dirty work as their Ohio breth-
rem.
These Ohio political iackals, in their
cowardly hunt after Senator Payne, knew
very well at the outset, that, as party,
they had nothing to lose and all to gain.
They, therefore, went at it with all the
recklessness of Adventures in the political
domain, and calculating even the POSSIBLE
ity of Mr.. Payne's impeachment. So in
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29
COMMON CARRIERS RESPONSIBILITY

An interesting question as to the re-
sponsibility of corporations to the public
has arisen since the strike fever set in.
When corporation receives a franchise
from the people, it guarantees in return
to attend to the full measure of its duties,
whatever may be the cost. Thus, when a
strike occurs on railroad, if it is of a
short duration, either on account of the
return of the strikers or other arrange
ments being made the Inconvenience to
the public is overlooked, but when this
inconvenience grows in volume, the peo-
pie, sovereign in this as in all other mat
tiers pertaining TO their rights, can de-
mand Il service sufficient to satisfy their
necessities. The question, can they fulfill
their duty, is not for the public to deter
mine; they only require that it must be
done. When they grant the valuable
franchise the corporation assumes re-
sponsibility which it cannot neglect. No
matter if the stoppage occurs from no
laches of the corporation, their liability
is not altered in the least, although this
fact may lead to more or less leniency on
the part of the people. When a laborer
is hired he is expected to do his work,
and if he is sick or stops work he must be
either replaced by another or else return
to his work; the consideration for his duty
is the wages he receives.
A corporation has a somewhat similar,
though greater responsibility The con-
sideration it receives is the grant of
valuable franchise, and it must fulfill its
part of the obligation. Few persons I'M
derstand how stringent is the response
bility of common carriers. 1t dates far
back into the past centuries, when laws
were made especially relating to them in
connection with inn keepers.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

tent we're they on the senator's ruin, that
he was given no show before the commit
tee. He even offered them the inspection
of his private papers in rebuttal of the
charges against him. But the chairman
didn't ask for them, or give the senator a
chance to speak in his own behalf It is
evident they did not from the beginning
intend to do the honest thing. 1t is the
same old republican chicanery as of yore,
which should be sat down upon by the
country at large. But Senator Payne is
known to be man as long -headed and as
willy as any of his enemies. Doubtless
some of these Ohio political saints will
find out they are after the wrong man be-
fore they are through with it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29
ANOTHER UOGiCIDE.
HOW A THREAT MAY SOMETIMES
COST A LIFE.

About 13O p. m, of yesterday, Sheriff
Hornsby received information that muir
der had been committed on the farm o!
Milt Beard, seven miles distant from the
city, the farm being tract cut off from
the Ed. Rogers place. Repairing thither
he found that Bill Brown, colored man,
had been killed by another colored man,
named George Gaines. There was no eye
witness to the immediate fact and antece
dent circumstances of the killing, and all
deductions must be drawn from the state
ments of white man, who was at work in
a field near by, and those of Gaines made
subsequently. 1t appears from the state
ment of the white man that the deceased
was chopping out cotton in field near
where he was ploughing that colored
man supposed to be Gaines, and it is said
he himself does not deny it, came into
the field with a gun in his hand and walked
rapidly in the direction of the deceased.
There is gap in his statement at this
point, the two men being for short time
out of his view on account of rise in the
intervening ground During this short
interval two shots we're heard in the direc-
ton of Gaines ard the deceased. Arriv-
ing at point where the view was unob-
structed. he saw the deceased stretched
upon the ground. and Gaines had disap-
peared. 1t appears that Gaines imme-
diately reported that he had killed Brown
and stated that he was coming to the city
to give himself up. No motive has as yet
been assigned for the crime, other than
that Brown had, on the morning of the
homicide, told Gaines that he would kill
him and that he had "better fix himself, "
the reason for the threat being that Gaines
had taken his place, where he had previ-
ously been at work.
Sheriff Hornsby returned last night,
leaving an officer to look for Gaines. 1t
is thought, however, that he will be found
with friends in the city.
Justice Won Rosenberg went out to hold
the inquest and returned last night, but
went Immediately home and could not be
seen. The above facts we're obtained
from the iailor, who received them from
the party coming after the sheriff and the
sheriff himself, after his return.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

AT THIS time, when so many improve
ments are going up at Austin, it is not out
of the way to call the attention of the
city authorities and parties building, to
the fact that, often, distractions are left
in the streets over night without any light
to mark them. Private citizens, for their
own protection from suit, and the city
authorities ought to see to it that Ian
tern should be placed on every obstruc-
ton left in the streets during the night.
1t will cost dollar at most for lantern,
and it may save severe injury to the trav-
elers and to the one who leaves the OBJ
struction thousands of dollars.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29
SOUND SENSE.
LET AUSTIN BE Up AND MOVING
Communicated

To the Editor of The Statesman:
AUSTIN, April 81, 1SS6.-I wish to call
attention to matter which does not seem
to have attracted much attention in our
city, but which is very important to every
citizen of Austin, and especially so to
every merchant, and business man. At
the present moment company is organ
lied and equipped for the purpose of
building railroad from Taylor to Bias
trop, and 1 am reliably informed that
work in building said road will probably
begin within two weeks from this time
unless Austin should come forward, and
offer substantial inducements for the
building of railroad from here to Bas.
trop, instead of the one now in contem.
Flation. The matter rests solely with
Austin, and Bastrop, and it is believed
Bastrop would much prefer having a
direct line to Austin, in place of the
proposed road to Taylor, and that il
would be greatly to the advantage of
Austin to join hands with Bastrop in this
matter, there can be no room for doubt
A railroad from Taylor to Bastrop would
take from Austin a large part of the
business which she, as yet, controls, while
a railroad from here to Bastrop would
greatly increase our trade, and benefit ut
in many ways, even if the road should
never be built beyond Bastrop. But if
this line should be constructed. it would,
no doubt, ultimately be extended south to
Arkansas Pass, or some other point on our
southern coast, intersecting the Galveston,
Harrisburg & San Antonio railroad, and
also other lines which will be built in the
near future, thus, not only giving us a
direct trunk line to the coast, and inter
secting other important lines of railway,
but traversing a section of country which,
throughout its entire length is, unsur-
passed in fertility and productiveness by
any portion of the state.
Austin should be great and important
city, and this she can and will be if her
citizens will put their shoulders to the
wheel and make united effort to promote
every enterprise calculated to advance her
interests. The only reason why Austin
is not to-day fully abreast, or in advance
of any other city in the state, is found in
the fact that we have been greatly want
ing in enterprise and pluck. 1t is high
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29
What Locality is Exempt

From Malaria? In city and suburb, village
and hamlet, in the mining districts of the
West, the bottom lands of the South, in
regions teeming with the fruits of husbandry,
in trackless wastes inhabited by half naked
savages, it exists. But travellers, sojourners,
old settlers, all who are liable to it, can uprOot
from the system the diseases to which it gives
birth, or prevent them with HOstetter's Stom-
ach Bitters. Chllls and fevers, bilious remit
tent, dumb ague and ague cake, are each and
all overcome by this potent and searching
specific. 1t is not less eflicacOus for liver
complaint, dyspepsia and costiveness, all
ments not unfrequently complicated with
malarial attacks. rheumatism, kidney and
bladder troubles and Il want ofvital strength,
petite and sleep, always seriously impaired by
the nervous disturbance and >biliousness con-
sequent upon fever and ague, are invariably
restored by the Btters.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

THE tables have been turned in Dakota
territory, and the life of the saloon keep
er there is made miserable by the over
jealous disciples of John Peter st. John.
One of these unfortunate vendors of
tangle-foot came near swinging, because
he opened a saloon and refused to close it
in accordance with the demands of the
cold water advocates. 1t may possibly be
tina the mob was melted by some owners
of Jug taverns who had monopoly, not
liking interference with their legitimate
~ trade, enlisted the prohibitionists in
their behalf 1t is said there were some
viragos in the crowd as fierce and impla-
cable as the women who melted the men
during the French revolution.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

The AUSTIN STATESMAN is authority for
the statement that the clerks in the comp
troller's Office use the states stationery
for private purposes.-Ga Galveston Tribune.
The intention of the Tribune in the
above squib is to give the idea that
such a charge has been specifically made.
Such is not the case, the only ground for the
statement is an article in The STATESMAN
showing the falsity of a report, that Mr.
j. A. Murphy was circulating campaign
literature for Swain.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

MR.. F. A. SCOTT is in charge of the city sub
scripton department of THE STATESMAN, and all
complaints or notices of changes given to him, or
left at this Office will have prompt attention.
Subscribers who do not receive their paper regu-
lsrly, are requested to notify the office. Carrier
Roy are not allowed TO sell papers.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

If some of those north Texas esteemed
contemporaries do not let up on the
"shufile" business, they will soon have
on their hands "shuflle" of another kind,
which will affect their mortal coil"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

WOULD net kid" Barney like to have
about three minutes conversation with
the Delphic oracle at this juncture? II
would save whole heap of perturbation
as to which tree to bark up.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

IF the endorsements of the press
amounts to anything Terrell certainly
struck the key note in his speech. None
of them, for or against, can repress their
admiration for his ability and good sense.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29
COUNTY JUDGE.

MELLOW CITIZENS OF TRAVIS COUNTY:
IL ! hereby announce myself candidate for
county judge of this county, subject to the nonina
ton of the democratic county convention.
OsCEOLA ARCHER
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

The Examiner ought to spur Ross up a
little, so that Swain can show his PAGES.
As it looks now, the race is going to be
one.sided, and Swain will go under the
wire at slow pace, with Ross dis
.Anced
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29
ACTS, NOT WORDS.

The people of Austin are standing in
their own light by refusing to take active
measures to have the charter of the rail
road from Bastrop to Taylor changed
from Bastrop to Austin.
The men engaged in the work of put
ting this road through are not moved by
sentiment to prefer one place, to the ex-
clusion of another. Their object is to
make money by the project, and are more
willing to build it to Austin if the people
will offer sufficient inducement, provided
the people of Bastrop who put up the
bonus there, do not oppose the change of
charter. The person who is at the head
of this company went to the business men
of Austin twelve months ago, and offered
if they would raise a sufficient bonus, that
he would put the road through. They re-
fused, or failed to do so, and now they
have only themselves to blame if they are
cut off from this source of revenue. 1t
may not be too late now, and if the mon
led men of Austin will step to the front
and guarantee a sufficient bonus, the peo-
pie of Bastrop may consent to have it
changed, but these same citizens need not
expect to lay on their oars and have their
boat drift up the stream.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

The Waco Day now receives the after
noon dispatches, but claims that the Ex-
aminer's consent was not willingly, but
grudgingly, given.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29
\ essrs. John Devil, Joseph Rogers, Lem Woo
1Nl ward, and others;
SHERIFF,

ME undersigned desires to announce himself
as a candidate for the Office of sheriff of Travis
county, subject to the action of the democratic
convention. JAMES r. LEE.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

The Dallas Times begins to display
little hankering for Ross, 1t is hard on
the latter, considering the prominence the
Examiner has tried to give him, for the
Times to consider him a dark horse"
That is the way it looks.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

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or THE TINE PAID FOR
Subscribers will please observe the date on their
wrappers.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

THE DAILY STATESMAN can be obtained at the
following places:
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City.
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

Remit by draft on Austin, p. o. money order,
pot tai note, registered letter or express-sample
copies sent free on application.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

The oracle has spoken-W. j. Swain will
be the next governor of Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

THAT old and aggressive question as to
the right of the president to veto object
iOnable sections of the appropriation bill
is again being agitated. The house com
mittee on the judiciary has reported ad-
versely on the bill, and it is doubtful if it
will pass. They are afraid that Cleveland,
with his pruning knife, will lop Off some
provisions, which may cost the seats of
some of the present incumbents who hate
the idea of giving up their offices
at present. Those men who engage in
log-rolling, and engage in jobs will fight
the bill, not because they are afraid that
it Will give the president too much power,
but because it will interfere with some
pet scheme, which they have concocted,
to send them back to draw their $4,000
per annum and perquisites.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

WE ARE authorized to announce Robt. q,
w West, Esq, as a candidate for county attor.
ney, subject to the action of the next democratic
convention,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

+ HEREBY announce myself to the public az a
l. candidate for the Office of county Judge of Travis
county, subject to the action of the democratic
convention. W. d. WILLIAMS.
April Sd, 1886.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29

sY'~Population of Austin, according to census
taken In 1895, n 900.
The STATESMAN IL prepared with its now Camp
bell press to take contracts for printing weekly
papersat reasonable rates.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-29
COUNTY ATTORNEY.

4 the action of the democratic convention
WALKER f. MooRE.