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DECENCY IN POLITICS..

Is it not about time that 4 halt
was called in the abuse OF men
who present their names to the
public for office? Is it not fair to
presume that n man who has the
presumption 10 present his name
TO the public for an office of honor
and trust, is not q reasonably good
citizen, and q man of good stand
ing IN the community IN which he
lives? 1t would seem to be unfair
to accuse every man who has the
audacIty to run tor an Office of be-
ing u horse-thief and .th murderer
IF his grandmother. The general
public is at last the judge OF can
dldate's fitness or unfitAess for of
fee. We live in free country,
and any and every man can run
for Office who has money enough
to pay for his announcement or
brass enough to stand a ncwspa-
per off. There is no law TO COM
pei one man to vote for another,
and the average voter is rarely al
fault in his judgment, or Father
the majority of the voters decide,
and in this country the majority
rules. Every man who runs for
an Office should of right run on his
own merits, and the bclittling OF
one man should not be undertaken
for the upbuildIng of another. The
friends of Swain and Ross, the
guberna torial candidates now most
prominentlybefore the people, have
resorteG to the most unfair means
in behal fot their respective friends.
Among; fair-minded people this has
but little, if any effect, and ii
should have mono. Ifthc advocates
of a candidate want TO do right,
they will run their man purely on
his merits, and not try to upraise
their man by throwing down his
opponent. The utmost fairness
should be shown in every political
race; such a course would have a
strong tendency 10 improve the
quality of candidates for public
Office, and might in the future i'm
prove our officers. As matters
now stand men of exemplary abll-
ity do not care to have their weak
ness exhibited to the public gaze.
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"A suod deal has been heard from
the uncles, grandtathcrs, cousins
and schoolmates of the lady Mr.
Cleveland is accredited with Sc
lec.ing for his bride, but ii:tIc,
except at secondhand from the
lady herself. An important quota
tion from u letter to a Buffalo lady
is at last made public. The re-
cipicnt is to be bridesmaid, and
to her the bride could write freely.
Che letter shows at once the kind,
warm heart of the writer, and that
the President is q lover of the
loving kind. Miss Folsom writes:
Il wish all you dear girls could
have such Il devoted sweetheart as
| have. x Grover Cieve-
land is the finest man IN the
world" This confirms the hopes of
an anxious nation that this is 4
love match, and that Miss Folsom
has tho appreciation of her lover
common to girls about to marry
their first choice.-UtIca Moring
Herald.
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GRAND JURIES.

1t is we'll known fact that the
BANNER has long been an earnest
advocate of the abolition OF the
grand jury system, believing its
workings to be detrimental to the
good of tho people, instead of
benefit, as it is claimed to be by Its
advocates. 1t is one-sided and
unfair in its Notwithstanding
only the evidence of tho prosecu-
cution-which is of itself sufficient
TO condemn the system. 1t breeds
trouble among neighbors; it is born
ofsplte and enmity, and is frequent
ly used by vicious mon as an instru-
ment with which to tarnish and
blacken the fair names of good
men, and should therefore be abol-
Ished. Upon this subject we fully
concur with the San Antonio Light
in the assertion that "there is no
institution in America so un-Amer-
lean as that of the grand jury. The
system is wrong IN conception, inI-
qultous in practice and damaging
if not damning in its results. 1t is
a chamber OF lnquisltion without
the presence of the suspect; a star
court, which pre-supposes the guilt
of an absent and unheard party;
the engine of malice, the tool of in
justice and the official defamer of
society. 1t opens the door to every
meanness ofwhIch the human mind
is capable, pays premiums upon
hate and revenge, makes the State
the responsible prosecutor in all
manner and matters of personal
spite, and shelters the devil of de-
famation behind the impenetrable
veil of q secret tribunal. 1t brands
men, innocent men; and untainted
with crime, brands them as sus-
poets and turns them over to the
wagging jaws of earths character
scavengers without a possibility
of being heard in their own behalf.
Its doors and ears are open to the
presence and voice of accusation
and elimination, but practically
closed to all else. 1t breeds mis-
chief, is the legal instrument of
personal enmlty, answers no good
purpose that might not otherwise
be achieved and should be forever
abolished as part of our system
Of criminal procedure"
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The Attorney-Gerersl Of Indiana Placed in
an Insane Asylum.

INDIANAPOLIS, May l2.-Thc COM
muElty WAS shocked to-day by the
information that the Hon. Frank
Hord, encouragement of the
State, had been declared insane.
The popularity OF his case is that
he seems to have been living a sort
of double life. While he has dis
charged all of his official duties
thoroughly and satisfactorily, and
his legal opinions have been re-
markably clea: and pointed, he
has often armed and disguised him.
self at night, hunting until late
hours for imaginary foes. Labor
ing under on hallucinatinn that q
certain doctor had insuItcd his
wife, he assaulted HIM on several
OCCASIONS, once narrowly escaping
tragic results.
The doctor and Judge Hord's
brother, the Hon. Oscar b. Hord
filed the necessary papers. and the
patient was taken to the insane
hospital. After he had carefully
read the finding of the commission
he declared that he would effect
his release ny habeas corpus pro-
ccedrngs, and revenge himself upon
all engaged in the courage" Gov.
Gray, who has had daily inter-
course with Judge Ilord, was sup
prised and shocked when told OF
the matter by reporter to-day.
Judge Hord's son William will
probably succeed him as attorney
general.
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JOKE on SENATOR YANeE.-Sena-
tors Kenna and Salisbury, upon
entering the Senate chamber a few
moments before noon Thursday,
spIed beautiful basket of flowers
upon Senator Vance's desk. They
removed it to the desk OF Senator
Beck, and when Mr. Vance entered
called lis attention TO the "floral
tribute" TO the Kentucky Senator.
"Oh, yes" remarked Mr.. Vance IN
jovial way, "Beck bought ii some
where, that's the way all these TEL
lows get flowers" Mr.. Kcnna
suggested that NJ. Vance look at
the card attached TO the basket.
When he discovered that the flow
e's were for himself he restored
them to his own desk, with re-
mark about there beiuh exceptions
to ali rules.
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ArrrR about ten dnHs, hard wo

AFTER about ten days hard work
q Jury in the Preller case was I'M.
paneled at st. Louis, and the trial
was to have been begun on Tues
day. Why there IS not more COM
mon sense displayed in the seieo-
ton of jurors is mystery. The
law contemplates giving every man
charged with crime a fair trial,
and it is unreasonable to suppose
that there is not in every commu-
nity twelve bcnest men who can
do Justice IN rendering verdict.
Such a ruling is a disgrace to the
honesty OF tho average man, for
the reason that it is direct impu-
tation that they have not tho hon
esty to render just verdict on the
evidence and tho law. Not only
the grand jury but the petit jury
system is in need of revision.
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TIE recent labor movement
would seem to have been ill-advis-
ed and to show a lack of judgment
upon the part of the leaders; the
condition of the average working
man is fully as good if not better
than it ever was wages are fairly
good and the prices of the neces'
saries of life are cheap. Why
working men should inangurate
strikes in a time Of a general de-
preston of business is strange and
unreasonable. There may be and
probably are cases in which the
wage worker is oppressed, but such
are the: exceptions not the rule
Every evil must necessarily work
out IFS own solution and the labor
question will eventually settle it
self.
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Herr Most Is not popular, even
in the TOmbs, and ms icliow board
ers in that Egyptian institution are
not inclined 10 admit him to social
equality. 1t is 4 time of discour-
Ggement and tribplatlQn tor IaWiaE
Johann; the wild ass brayeth and
no man regardeth him. ThcproPer
thing for this frowsy Anarch to do
in his present case Is to wr!to a
thrilling account of his capture
and Imprisonment: "a peep from
Under the Bed by u Professional
Anarchist. N. Y. Sun.
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Nine. Greeville Is said 10 be
much disappointed at making so
little money through her visit TO
This country. Really they come
so fast that we can't mako all visit
ing foreigners rich. Nine. Gree
willie has the assurance of Ameri-
cas- most distinguished considera-
uon if 1t will do her any gQcd.
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Initiated Blood.

About = year apd II half ago
had blopd poison. ! was treated
for the first three months by Il doe
tor in the regular profession. and
instead of getting well grew
worse all the time. The eruption.
the sore mouth and throat, and the
falling hair progressed right along.
A friend advised me to take S. S.
S., and 1 have blessed HIM ever
since. BY the time | had used the
third bottle the disease began to
disappear, and by ths time / bad
taken ten bottles of the Specific |
was perfectly well, and have not
since that time seen any sign of the
disease. a. W. bRoGIEg,
l34 Thompson street, New York.
February l, 1886,
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A COURTROOM TRAGEDY.

The above is tho caption of
state special IN tho Galveston
News. Briefly stated tho case is this:
The mayors court at Hearne was
in session for the trial of number
of colored women of easy virtue.
Hal Geigcr, a notorious and bad
negro, a lawyer, was in the court
room tor the ostenslble purpose of
defending the women; o. D. Can
non, lawyer of the city was en-
gagged IN the prosecution. Some
words OF not very complimentary
nature were INDUCED in and Can
non drew his pistol firing five
shots into Geiger, wounding him
MORALLY. Here We have q full
statement of the case and the ques-
ton may we'll be asked, What is
the meaning of the state laws of
Texas? Do they afford any pro-
lection to law-abiding citizens or
are they complete farce. So far
as Gciger and Cannon are con-
cerned they are but two lndrvid-
uals, negro and white man, they
have a local celebrity, and are but
two men out of upward of two or
three million citizens of the state.
This case presents two glarIng
wrongs. If the negro was the no.
torious and bad character that be
is represented to be, why IN the
name of common decency had he
not been convicted by the courts
of the state and put out of harms
way by combining him in the peni-
Tertiary or county jail. The next
question that presents ltselfis this.
What was Cannon doing in open
court with pistol upon his per-
son? is courtroom SUCH q dan
gerous place that o lawyer or q
private citizen must needs go into
it armed to the teeth with a deadly
revolver. Is it not getting to be
about time that public opinion de-
manded q better enforcement of
the law? If there is TO be no en-
forcemept Qf Jaw then every man
will have to arm himself and de-
pend upon his EXPERIENCES with a
gun, pistol or clRb for self-defense,
but snch a condition of affairs is
contrary to modern civilization
and the prevailing ideas of;hea age,
Let 1t once be thoroughly under
stood that the law is ample TO pro-
tect every man in his rights and to
pEn!sh those who infringe upon
them, and the necesslty for carry
ing pistols into courtrooms for
self protection against dangerous
characters will be thing of the
past, because Inc dangerous CHAR
acter will be IN place eff safety
for both himself and the general
public,
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THE alleged Japanese wedding
soon to take place at Houston and
so extensively advertised begins
to assume the shape OF humbug !;
we hope not. Thore is nothing
wrong about a wedding, but
japanese wedding in Texas, when
when the Japs might be married
at homo is o trifie supicious.
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CoULD not the existing labor
trouble be settled by paying for
all work by the hour, instead of by
the day as has for years been the
custom. Wherever possible let
piece work be substituted for q
days work. In many instances
this would hardly be practical, but
1t certainly would do much toward
q solution of tho problem.
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THE following from the st. Louis
Republican is worthy of careful
reading and consideration. The
cags 20 which it refers is well
known: "lf tee aiie,nft IL get O
Jury panel IN the Maxwell case al;
fords any trustworthy i,::':"n
there is a growing eppnsItion TO
capital punishment. But it is q
more trustworthy indication ofthe
opposition to doing duty as jurors,
The same class whose conscien.
tIous scruples makes it leave the
management of municipal politics
to the pot-house element does all
it can to escape taking any respon'
sibility in the execution OF justice.
1t leaves jury duty to the Iron
clads" as far as 1t can, and contents
itself width complaints that the
laws are not enforced"
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This is to notify the public that in this, the
final settlement Of all the affairs of the late
firm OF Pampell & Harrison, this day mutu-
ally made, that Il. X. Harrison, for due con-
sid ration, has transferred to +. j. Pgmpell
all his right. title and interest to any and all
notes, accounts and judgments still due the
late firm. ,'arties SO indebted are earnestly
requested TO settle, in accordance With the
above notice.
This, April p, 1886,
II. X. HARRISON.
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Thursday, May 90. 1886.

TEE Atlanta Constitution notes
the fact that the same conditions
which preceded the Georgia tor
nadoes of 1875 exist this
year. Early warm waves now, as
then, betoken what followed. Sew
eraI hundred lives were lost in
Georgia in that storm year.
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For once there is complete and
thorough unanimity on the part OF
the press of the United States. 1t
is agreed, IRON Name to California
that The anarchists must be sup
pressed. Let the good work pro-
cccd. New York World, Dem.
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Gulf, Colorado & Santa Tie /. R.
SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
GALVESTON. rExAs. March 20. 1886.

GALVESTON, Texas. March 20, 1886.
To the Stockholders of the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe Railway Company:
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to an
order of the Board of Directors of said Com
pany, that meeting of the Board of Dirce-
tors is called, to be held at the General Office
of the said Company at the City of Calves
ton, on Monday, the 18th day Of June, next,
1886, at u o'clock. NJ, to consider and sane
ton, If ii be their wish, the increase OF the
Capital Stock of said Company, so that the
same shall amount to ten millions of dollars
also the obtaining of an amendment to the
Charter of the Company, authorizing such
increase. WATERS S.DAYiS,
Secretary.
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SnMr mon s1rike ont and others

strike in. The Laclcde Gas com
pany. of St. Louis, had an eight
hour strike. The places OF the
eight hour men have been supplied
by other men who are willing 10
work ten hours day.
THE Farmers Alliance OF Erath
county has put a full ticket in the
field for county officers. STILL it Is
said there is no politics in the al
lance. The alliance itself is all
right if the farmers were not mis-
led by politicians and political
demagogues.
As \ general thing the strikes
are ccasing. and 1t is to be hoped
we will have 4 season of rest from
strikes for Il sufficient time to al
low the business of the country to
recover. The lack of ability TO
buy is the real cause of the de-
preston in trade; 1t is not over
production.
Tue admission OF Mrs. Carrie
Burnham KiIgore te the bar of the
sunPemc court of PENNSYLVANIA, is
triumph after long struggle in
that state for the recognition OF
tho principle that the woman who
wants TO practice law has n right
to whatever practice she can get.
There is no doubt about this what
ever. and there ought TO be no OPP
position to it. Nearly everywhere
it is practically conceded, and any
number of ladies have started out
10 be lawyers. But what becomes
of them?
LADIES IN San Francisco do not
consider themselves born to blush
unseen. 1t Is not enough tor them
to look out of the widows of their
houscs-thcy must needs sit out
side them altogether. To this end
a safety seat for ladies has been
constructed and it is at present IN
full vogue. The front OF u San
Francisco house fitted with the
new invention must present rather
a curious spectacle, but one, no
doubt, which the male population
of that city regard with apprecia-
tive interest.
THE Indian territory is the ward
of the nation with lower case an"
in nation. 1t now becomes ncceS-
sary for the government TO send 4
company of soldiers there 10 cXpcl
intruders from the Cherokee re-
servation. The boomers have
taken possession of what is known
as the Cherokee strip, erected
houses and made improvements.
They are to be driven off at the
point of the bayonet and the i'm
provements will be destroyed.
The government many years ago
set apart the Indian territory for
the benefit of the Indians and they
should be, and it seems will be,
protected IN their rights. The
white and black man are compelled
TO work for u living; but by lar
the larger portion of the Indians
do not do any work.
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The st. Louis Republican prints
a portrait of Horr Most, socialist
crank, and says 1t gives a very
good representation of his appear
ance before he is hanged. The
only conclusion to be arrived at is
the Republican thinks that Most
would be most useful If he were
hanged. he needs hanging.
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STATE Press, of the Galveston
News, referring 10 remark in the
Navasota Tablet, says the kids are
becoming impatient. Life will
have to be heightened and official
terms shortened before every man
who wants an Office can get one.
The great trouble is the scarcity
of Offices; there is not near enough
of them to 60 round.
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AT Pullman, ILL.,, a manufacture
ing city near Chicago, where the
Pullman palace car company have
their works, and where this COM
pany has built a model small city,
providing every convenience for
its employees, giving them model
houses to live IN, and putting up
school houses and churchas, the
men struck for eight hours work
and ten hours pay. After being
out since about the 1st of the
month they have nearly all return
ed to work at the old hours and
the old pay.
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GOV. SwIncford, who Is now IL,
Washington, Says ne u going back
to ALASKA whether he is confirmed
or not. He likes the country, and
believes that there is money in 1t
for a man vino develops It's re
sources.
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A POINTER.

The BRENNAN B4EEER reports a
splendid outlook for crops in
Washington county. 1t says;
Crop prospects throughout the
county are splendid, and as gen.
eral thing work is woll up.
We are indeed glad to note the
progress and prosperity OF our
neIghbors in Washington county.
Good crops In the Brazos Valley
in tho east end of that county
augprs well for Navasota. The
facilities fGr reaching our market
and the extraordinary inducements
offered by our merchants are well
known to the people OF that Sec
ton.
The above from the kavasota
Tablet our next door neighbor,
needs no comment at our hands.
If Navasota can get bushes that
should come to Brennan let her
have 1t. Go ahead Tablet and
boom your town /; the BANNER will
never object. Competition is the
life of trade and If Gavgsota can
beat Brennan she is welcome.
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To THE PUBLIC.

On the 10th day of April, 1886, W. G.
Wilkins made an assignment to the under
signed, and all parties indebted to the aid
W. &. Wilkins are hereby requested to
settle same with me at ones,
Respectfully,
louis D. VOSS, Assignee.
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In the United States Senate,
during recent debate, Senator
Vest, of Missouri, paid high
tribute to the merits of st. Jacobs
OIL Other prominent men have
also found 1t prompt in its euro q
rheumatism anh pcuralgla. Price
30 cents a bottle.
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The English newspapers ATTACH
too much importance 70 the Chica-
60 if,i3s. 4ht republic will show
the effete monarchIes how to deal
with alien rapscallions.-Atlapta
Constitution, Dem,
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The BANNER is in receipt of a
very lengthy communication
from the manager of the Erie
Telegraph and Telephone COM
pany, explaining their business
and complaining of grievances.
The BANNER is only interested in
the Erie Telegraph and Telephone
company to the extent of paying
rent on the instrument. A note ad-
dressed to the business manager OF
the paper viii elicit a reply, giving
advertising rates.
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IT begins to look look as though
Mr.. Powderly, the Master Work
man OF the Knights of Labor, has
joined the grand army of cranks.
BE wants to know what right the
proprietor of a mandatory had
to discharge several hundred
hands. This is seemingly weak
question. If the proprietor had
no right to discharge the men, he
could net have done so and re-
manned within the pale of the law.
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THE Austin Statesman says the
hotels in Galveston ought TO lay
in IN extra supply of Bibles be-
fore the convention. Does the
Statesman think that the mombers
of the State Demecr4tc conven-
ton, to be elected, are too
poor 10 buy Bibles or have
none at home? Such q slam at
the Democracy of Texas should
not be tolerated. There's Dan
MpGary, the grand sachem OF the
Texas Democracy, who has a Bible
over 100 years old. Bill SterrG5sstt,
of Dallas, has bushel of Bibles,
but he Is too modest to say any
thing about 'em. The woods are
full of Bibles, bat the boys don't
read them as much as they should.
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THE Swain papers say that Ross
is all right and his views may be
honest, but o majority of the voters
do not see through Ross sPocta.
cles and his defeat is sure.
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THB Texas Press Association is
in session at San Antonio; about
$50 delegates are present; the
members of the association are
guests of tho city; they visited
the missions aud breweries and on
Tuesday night were entertained
by the Y. M. C. A. ltthere is any
truth in the reports about the
wickedness of newspaper men the
Y, NJ. G. A. had plenty to do.
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In Pennsylvania the Froplbl-
tionists talk OF nominating Chas.
S. Wolfe for Governor.