The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-04-22
TEXAS NEWS,
FACTS AND OPINIONS CULLED
FROM STATE EXCHANGES.

FACTS AND OPINIONS CULLEl
FROM STATE EXCHANGES.
The incendiaries who fired the freig h
trains at East st. Louis, ought to be fer
rlted out and made to suffer the penalt,
OF their infamous crimes, if it takes hal.
a million dollars to do it. If they are
suffered to trample the law under foot
and successfully bid defiance to all au.
thority, they may apply the torch to
sleeping cities and towns.-Austin States.
man.
II oloodhounds were placed upon their
tracks, they might run into an. officers
car. Who knows.
Houston Post.
Mayor-elect Smith need not be at all
surprised should he find himself the sub.
Ject OF unfavorable comment because of
MS action yesterday. There was no occa-
sion for his unseemly and feverish haste
IN having himself sworn in as MAYOR. in
private room by justice of the peace.
yesterday morning, and less excuse for an
apparent rudeness III refusing to have the
oath administered to him by the retiring
mayor, In taking this action Mr.. Smith
not only set aside the old established and
nonored custom, but possibly violated the
pam letter of the law itself. There was
no purpose to wrong Mr.. Smith in anv
way, and all the excitement and incendiary
talk OF yesterday were sadly out of place.
ferhaps that gentleman himself. after y
llVCle Time to cool off, will regret the oc
currence as much SO as any other good
citizen. e'oo
Houston Age.
People sometimes complain that cases
are not tried speedily enough in the crini-
nal district court-that too manv confirm
ahces are granted. But they do not, per-
maps, consider that the law entities an ac-
cused to continuance if he will swear to
enough, and the lawyers know what is nee.
essary TO be sworn to. 1t is a Door law
yer ina cannot put enough in an affidavit
10 authorize continuance. and il is n
poor client that won't swear to whotevfr
his lawyer puts in an affidavit.
Kerrville Eye.
oan Antonio may be interested or disin-
terested III railroad in this section. Init
me tlme mas come-this western country
must nave railroad facilities. The neo.
pie here are alive to the benefits that will
Iccrue TO the country and themselves bv
Us ADVENT, and they are willing to do ali
thelr power to secure the same. Other
POINTS have their eyes on us-tbev are
ware OF the interest we take in this mat.
en- and will not fail to take ADVANTAGE
# it. ''I' "ii'"se
IAN Antonio Express
Jay Gould, says his son, has lost mora
nan millions from the strike-not in
honey but he has dropped three pounds
neSh, the whole gain of his ATLANTA
rulse. When it comes that high tbe '
holesale establishment of Refrigeration )
epots Is in demand. "Cheap meat" is ;
Ok populi. - l
In tackling the English statesman
andy Churchill shows his longing for o
5ht on any terms. He could bardIv =
I'VE selected stronger opponent. or 9
lie more calculated to make him fool a
at ne had been dragged tbrongb u
lrbed fence. Churchill is the Yam Il
preventative of old England. He has G
american wife and sublime gall, He
S lnterposed his boyish form betvaan
e near goal and the locomotiro oH d
'tltution to Ireland. His mangIed p
ans ms VIII be swept up and inventoried a
his friends. leu in
L ne people in this part of the corr4,r l.
ahNiously awaiting the arrival of stool ~
er9' NO sales of any consequence are m