The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-01-14

at an appointed hour. Those who come
in conflict with the duties Of the hour,
however influential or however well sup
ported they may be. have to give way and
take their turn. He rarely makes the
people who come TO his public receptions
wait a moment beyond the time set for
his coming down. On the other hand
he rarely delays moment beyond the
time he has assigned for this particular
work.
Fort Worth Mail
An exchange says "the farmers are all
agreed as to the necessity of new and
better road law" As matter of fact the
farmers, as a class, do not know what the
present road law is, and as a further mat
ter of fact townspeople and professions
know less about it. 1t was deemed the
| perfection of wisdom when it was discuss
ed, amended and passed by the extra SEES
sion of 1884. 1t was conceived, form ulat-
ed and adopted, every section and line in
it. in the interest of the country people
the farmers and the Mail undertakes to
say that, faithfully and inteligently en-
forced by county judges and commission
ers, it is the most complete law ever
framed by state Legislature. 1t is not
not enforced and the people don't want it
enforced, hence the general clamor for
some other kind of road law.
Waco Examiner.
Still the Austin murders are shrouded in
what seems an almost impenetrable mys
terry. Will the damnable deeds of blood
never be understood? 1t seems too bad
that this extraordinary series of crimes,
stretching as it does over whole year,
cannot be fathomed. There are now near
! ly four thousand dollars in rewards offered.
This ought to secure the very best detect
i've talent in America. The mystery is
inscrutible, seemingly, but we do not doubt
for moment that when unearthed it will
be found that the maniac theory is the
correct one. Upon any other it must al
ways be utterly inexplicable. 1t seems to
us that the very first thing to be done
would be to have the asylum closely watch
ed day and night, without permitting
either the officers or patients to know
anything of It, Then to let every person
of unsound mind, in and about the city,
be watched also. When the origin is dis
covered the great wonder will be why it
was not discovered before. Every police
officer and detective in the state should
bend his energies to the solving of the
bloody problem. 1t is a duty they owe
to society and to their reputation for eff
cheney.
Houston Age.
The Galveston News is strange paper.
tits mystery. 1t is journalistic problem
that no man can solve. Itprofesses to be
opposed to radicalism, yet it rarely has al
article of censurc of radicals or radica
measures. 1t processes to be democratic
: yet it rarely has an issue that does not
| abuse democratic leaders. 1t occasionally
! censures, and hardly ever praises oul
democratic president, Cleveland. 1t makes
, constant target of Samuel j. Randall, 6
democratic war horse who is always in thu
r front when democratic battles are to bt
' fought and democratic victories are to b,
, won. And its shafts, dipped apparently
D in the venom of spite, are thrown thicl
j and fast at the Honorable John Ireland
= democrat, good, just and
wise man, statesman of large, broad
clear and correct views, who the people o
d Texas have twice, by immense majarities
f chosen for their chief magistrate.
r X X Il x 4
s The News may be sincere and may hon
+ estly think it is friend and supporter O
II the democratic party, but if the party ha
l. many such friends and supporters,
W would soon lose it's supremacy, both stat
d and national and the reign of radicalisI
= would be re-established.
u Laredo Times.
Immigrants are fairly pouring int
Is Texas now and they are not of the Hoi
ris Baker variety, either.
Laredo Times.
3 Galveston wants direct communicable
b with the city of Mexico mighty bad BIT
e it would avail nothing without deep waite
o Get the water first and the road will com
Fort Worth Gazette
"a The winter is half gone and the fir
;. big snow of the season is reported in tn
Northwest. A very mild winter, broke
. only by occasional cold waves, is locke
"a for.
NJ Dallas Times.
e If the ship of Gen. Ross goes down, on
" friend Barlow will not even climb I'll
masts to escape the water He will seek
watery grave with the captain and IL
a crew
C San Angelo Standard.
a Under the present excited state of a
If fairs it is dangerous to wear red hose
r Austin now. A young man who was
4 rash, came very near spending his Ne
is Year in Jail.
IL Dallas Times
Il The roads have signiied their intentio
of stopping the pass courtesies. 1t
supposed they will resume it year hem
'e Just about the time the legislatu
K meets, next January.
y Galveston Tribune.
g, An eastern paper publishes an artic
"a on the science of walking. AS most I
=. the office-seekers have got home fro
j. Washington, not much interest is man
=, tested in the article.
Paris News.
And still no man has ever whisper
n that he would like TO have Colonel Lu
is books place as state treasurer. Colon
NJ Lubbock seems to have a life tenure
a the Office he now holds.
I'd S. A. Light
ct In 1885 the liabilities through busine
i'll failures were S124,O00,000 while in IS
tn they were $226,0O0,000, or about doubl
o. showing conclusively the rapid re-esta