Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-07-15


SUIT has been brought by United
States District Attorney Klcbcrg
against the capital syndicate tor
$1,000 for violation of the foreign
contract labor act. 1t is thought
to be test case
THE Dallas News says it is for
the best man for governor. 1t pro-
poses publishing the bulletins as
they come in no matter who is hurt.
As a newspaper it proposes to give
the news without fear or favor.
IT is useless for the organs to
refer TO Giddings as the dark horse
candidate for rovcrnor. Mr.. Gid
dings Is fairly and sQuarely before
the people as candidate. He
was brought out by men who are
not satisfied with Ross, Swain and
Martin.
IT was stated the other day that
tho Bastrop county convention had
instructed for Swain. 1t is now
stated by the Austin correspondent
of the News that the convention
instructed for Saycrs and no one
else. The organs do not give the
news correctly.
TIE Waxahachic Mirror is u
warm supporter of Col. Giddings
for the govcrnshIp. 1t has been
advocating his claims, or more
properly, suggesting his eminent
fitness for tho position for many
months. In this regard the Mir
ror shows most excellent judge
mont.
THE Houston Age is opposing
Terrell to the extent of its ability.
The BANNER docs not think that
Terrell is the man to represent
Texas in the United States Senate.
HIS appeals are all directed to
popular prejudice, and he would
make the masses believe that CAPT.
tai is the cause of oppression.
QUITE a number of precincts and
some county conventions were held
held on Saturday last. Various
gubernatorial candidates were in
dorscd. So far as Endorsements go
up TO the present Ross is in the
lead of Swain, but neither of them
now seem likely TO develop any
marked strength.
The vicinity of Kaukakee, ILL.,,
was on Monday last visited by a
wind and hail storm covering a
belt Of country from three TO four
miles wide and completely destroy
ing every species of vegetation.
All windows in the north side OF
buildings were destroyed and
barns were unroofcd.
Col. GLIDER, the Now York Her,
aid representative, will soon start
on an exploring expedition TO the
polar regions. lie has had cxpe-
riencc in those regions having been
there in search of the relics of the
Sir John Franklin expedition.
Col. Glider is confident that he
will be able TO reach the north
pole.
If the small number of county
conventions that have instructed
for governor be taken as guide
it must be painfully evident to the
machine politicians that the ma
chine itself is very much out Of re-
pair. Machine politics have seen
their best day in Texas. 1t was
agreed by the machine at the last
State convention that Ross should
have the nomination this year. 1t
begins to look very much as though
the machine had made rash
promise.
EIGHT jurors have been selected
for the trial of the Chicago anarch-
lists. About three weeks time has
been consumed. 1t is evident that
the jury system throughout the en-
tire country is in need OF radical re
formation. There ought TO be no
difficulty IN finding twelve unbias-
cd mon in Chicago who would de-
eide the charges against the an
archists fairly on the merits of the
case as presented by the evidence
and without prejudice from what
they have heard or read about the
case.
The Texas Bar Association is
now in session ut Dallas. James
W. Brown, of Dallas, in y letter TO
the Ncws.suggcsts that 1t would be
q good plan to devise some scheme
by which q person when arrested,
accused of some offcnsc, might be
tried whilo the witnesses are all
present and the facts fresh in their
memories. The state needs Il sum-
mary method of dealing with those
who violate her laws, and this
need can only be met by having a
court always open for the trial and
punishment of offenders. 1t is a
notable fact that u large majority
of the men charged with murder
manage by some means to get their
cases continued from term to term
of the court until ting principal
witnesses against them die or move
off and thus Justice is defrauded OF
her dues. 1t frequently happens
that the states most important
witnesses arp run OF. If the case
was tried at once there would be
no opportunity to tamper with
witnesses or to run them off. If