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

from Asia. The United otaaas las he
come, in consequences. a refuge for the Off
scourings of all nations
San Antonio Light
The crime by night in Austin, is grief
and modification to the whole state.
MAN. hitherto have not believed in per-
sonal devil, but it looks like he has bro
ken loose in the capital of Texas. Where
are the people, who are the salt of the
earth! The great Napoleon overestimated
the power of the sword. There are other
means and appliances than legal penalty
or Judge Lynch. IAN ounce of proven
ton is worth pound of cure"
Houston Age
The Gonzales Inquirer says Colonel
Terrell, by the charm of his eloquence,
persuaded the people OF Austin to bow to
the supremacy of the law, and not to
adopt rash measures with the horrid
fiends who steal into bed chambers at the
dead of night and ravish and murder wo
men. 1t requires no very powerful clio
quence to persuade people not to hang a
man before Yor catch him.
Fort Worth Mail.
John Sherman thinks civil service re-
form good enough for the democrats, but
entirely too thin for the republicans.
When elected president, pro tenn, of the
senate, he at once proceeded to turn out
all the democratic appontees of the dead
vice-president to make places for repub-
licans. Sherman plays the game of pol
itics by the only rule that can win the
Jacksonian rule--to the victors belong the
spoils.
Dallas Times.
Gov, Ireland insinuated several months
ago that he saw no necessity for a special
session of the legislature, and it will be
observed that in spite of the howls of the
hash houses at Austin and certain papers
in the state, that these has been no special
session. Ireland may be a cold-blooded,
hard-tempered, and most unworthy SER
want, but he has not been so embittered
against his people as to put another legis-
lature on them
Galveston Tribune.
There is war between two Chicago
ministers in regard to hell, one
claiming that modern theorists have
effectually knocked the bottom out
of that ancient winter resort, while the
other is certain that it still is and always
will be conducting very active business
at the old stand The latter is correct.
Nothing short of the good, oldfashiore ed
orthodox lake of eternal fire could mete
out justice to the perpetrators of the
Austin outrages and kindred crimes.
Laredo Times.
The conspiracy of Saint" Hampton
against the federal authorities, recently
unearthed in Salt Lake city, would seem
to furnish sufficient proof that it is the
superlative of folly to temporize with that
pestiferous and lascivious sect, who are
far more viscious than misguided. Abso-
Lutte and immediate suppression of their
immoral practices is demanded by every
consideration of decency and self respect
and the federal authorities will be wise tC
take the goat promptly by the horns anG
disrupt his spinal column by just one Wig
orous twist.
! Fort Worth Mail
1t is given out that President Cleveland
will hereafter defer to the judgment o.
senators and representatives in the mattel
of appointments; that-in palmer term
he will shift the responsibility to thei
shoulders of naming appointees for al
Offices bel wv certain grades. Wise conclu
sion. Senators and representatives knoN
best who, in their respective states AM
districts, are worthy, capable and deserv
ing, and it is altogether proper and jus
that they should be the medium and con
trolling agency Of parcelling the spoil
among their constituents.
Fort Worth Mail.
The character of the fight on Swain il
not likely to materially impair his chances
for the nomination. Vituperation, falls
accusation and senseless twaddle make M
abiding impression on the minds of tn
average Texans. Swain is a good man
worthy to be governor and equal to tn
functions of the high office, and the PEG
pie of Texas know it. They will not ig
more him because he is not fit for tn
place, or because he has done anything t.
shake their confidence or cool the ardo
of their esteem, but they may prefer som
other man, and select him because the
prefer him,
San Antonio Expr S.
The New Orleans exposition so far is
failure, everything being in chaoti
state, one of the New Orleans papers
few days ago advocating the closing o
the gates until the exhibits could be pei
fected and arranged in presentable man
ner. There is nov talk of the railroad
centreing at New Orleans purchasing tn
main building and converting it into
grand union depot.
s. A. Light
The south, as a section, processes to b
free trade in sentiment, and yet it has e1
clusively the one industry that is tn
highest protected, and that is sugar. Nov
in order to avoid the evident inconsi:
tency, it is proposed to put sugar on tn
free list and give bounty to sugar plan
tiers. The plan of those free traders, ev
. IDENTIFY, is to kill the dog by choking hiI
on apple dumping.
: Dallas News.
Northern Dakota intends to hold a cor
vention of the people on the 18th of tn
month. for the purpose of organizing this
portion of the territory into a stat
Then it will be a race between north an
south Dokota to see which can first g
into the union, and their scramble wi
probably result in the repulsion of bot
by the dignifed ''sisterhood." The Dak'
tas are entirely too kittenish in their d.
pertinent to be at present admitted I'M
grave society.
Marshall Herald
The lowest estimate that Mrs Grant w