Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-04-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

THE river and harbor appropria
ton bills will be passed without
: any material changes.
The Navasota Tablet is working
like beaver in the interest OF
Major Boone for congress.
The Temple Times wants Gen.
Ross TO come down n peg and run
for lieutenant governor. 1t is not
at all likely that Gen. Ross will
do so.
Mr.. PowDERLY appeared before
the special committee of the House
to inquire into tho labor troubles
in the southwest. He said nothing
new.
A WASHINGTON special to the
News says it is now regarded as
certain the United States marshslls
Reagan and Cabell will be con-
! firmcd.
MARTIN Irons, one of the boss
strikers, has fallen heir to consid-
cradle property. He might give
some OF it to the men whom he in
duccd to quit work.
GEN. Ross will open his canvass
for the governorship at Sulphur
Springs, Hopkins county, May Sth-
and will speak at Paris, May II.
Further appointments will be an
nouncod later.
The Philadelphia Evening TeIe-
graph thinks that Mr.. Powderly is
an honest. man, ..but.",that he has
turned TO a crank, and that he is
not lettering himself or his cause
by calling Gould bad names.
CAPT. S. c. CLuBB, until recently
PRECEDENT OF the ST. Louis Republi-
can company, has been declared
of unsound mind. HIS present con-
dition has been brought on by over
work he is reported TO work S.
900, 600.
The Mexia Ledger and Marlin
Ball both want Hon. l.. L.. Foster,
now speaker of the House, re-elcct-
ed TO the legislature. Mr.. Foster
is an able man, and barring his
views on the prohibition question,
is quite popular.
The st. Louis Bridge and Tunnel
company is an immense corpora
ton. The original cost OF the con-
struction of the bridge was nearly
$40, 1000, 900. At the present time
it requires 100000 per month to
pay tho interest on the capital In
vested.
THE Austin Evening Call is SEEM
lngly making a success ; it already
has u liberal advertising patronage.
Its typographical appearance is
neat, it is we'll edited and nowsy,
and also has a decided "hanker-
ing" for Terrell for United States
senator.
THIS day so years ago the battle
of San Jacinto was fought and won.
But few of the brave band who
participated In that sangulnary
battle are among the living OF TO-
day. The Texas Veterans hold
their reunion at Dallas to-day and
tho day will be generally ccIebrat-
ed throughout the state.
THE Western Union Telegraph
company has been boycotted by
the Pittsburgh assembly of the
Knights of Labor. The Chicago
assembly is talking of doing the
same thing. The boycott is to OK
tend to all merchants who use the
Western Union telegraph. 1t is
quite gigantic undertaking. 1t
WILL be cold day when the Wes-
tern Union telegraph company is
froze out by boycott.
Mr.. GARLAND, the attorney gen.
eral, was before the telephone in
vestlgation committee. He OK
planned his connection with the
scheme, which dated BACK 10 1853:
Mr.. Garland said he was a poor
man and chad never undertake;
to make any money except by law
and poker, and had always lost at
poker, and generally won at law"
He went into the Pan-clectric tele-
phone company because he thought
he thought he could make some
money.
BARNEY GIBBS has PIT his foot in
1t. He suffered himself to be IN
tervIeEed by the Dallas News, or
he induced tho News TO interview
him on the existing labor troubles.
Gibbs is politician and has po-
litical aspirations. His aim IN the
interview was TO keep on friendly
terms with tho capitalists and at
tho Same time to concIliate the
working men. The result was,
Gibbs said good deal, but failed
to express any opinion other than
that 1t was a shame that the United
States protected the property I'M
der Its charge and control. Had
the state governments in which
the southwestern system or Gould
roads are situated done as we'll as .
the government the strike would s
not have lasted Q week.
St. Louis Republican: Congress 5
man Zach Taylor of Tennessee has
introduced q bill requiring the |
national museums and galleries to
be kept open on Sunday. A sim I
lar measure recently passed one t