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The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-04
played workers to take part in the pro-
cession of the lord mavor and other citi-

cession of the lord mavor and other citi
Eens of London in November? VIII,
this alarm and preparation as though
foreign enemy had landed on oul
shoresf Can it be that the turtle-fed
consciences of the worthy magnates q
the greatest commercial city in the civ
ilized and Christian world are moved BY
the fear of the judgment to Gomez Else
whyshould they deny to the represen-
tatives of the class whose poverty il
their wealth. the right to take part in
the days proceedings2
The reason oft all is soon told: In
plain language, they are afraid; they see
the daily signs that their power and in.
huence are fading; the false teachers oi
religion and the mountebanks of noli.
tics have had their davs and the masses
of the people are accepting eagerly the
teachings of the life-giving gospel of So.
cialism. The sands in the hour: glass q
time are measuring out she last days o.
the domination of the drones of the
community, and the disinherited are
preparing to enter into possession oi
their own. =
The wage workers of to-day are the
heirs to the results of the labor of all
past generations of toilers, whether OF
hand or brain. The contiscating classes
are called on to surrender that of which
they are unjustly possessed. and on the
manner in which thev meet that sum
mons depends whether the issue be
peaceful or otherwise. True Socialists
can have no desire for other than a
peaceful solution of existing troubles; it
is not the destruction of life and prop
erty they desire, but their preservation.
and against nothing do they more loudly
protest than the daily, nay, houFly waste
of both that goes on, in order that men
like the lord mayor of London and his
companions in the robbery of labor may
pile up wealth.
The governing classes of this country
are now in the face of an issue they can
not and dare not shirk. One, indeed,
they will not be allowed to evsde. The
people are no longer clamoring for de-
grading charity, and they cannot wait
the pleasure of the tory democrat or
radical reformer. The government and
corporations of the United Kingdom
must tackle to their work, or make wav
for those who will and can deal with
the situation. Whatever action may be
taken must not be in the interest of the
landlords, usurers aud others who have
hitherto controlled affairs, but in that of
the toilers. The orderly transition to q
better state of. things depends on that,
and if any wisdom still remains among
the rulers of this country they will lay
aside all Ideas of repression, aud buckle
to their tasks like men.-C. l.. Fitz-
gerald, in The Socialist.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-04

| any CIiu0 tHof CHOo0 70 Cu6IK6 you
with, they could prove You guilty ii
they wanted to. That is an advantage
they have.
| Whether it is Intentional am
not going to charge ANYTHING of the kind
against any mani know that inten-
tional falsehoods have been stated here
II will charge that where know it. /
will not injure anY mans feelings. !
will not charge, for the sake of saving
my life. any man with being murderer,
until know him to be that I do not
know and cannot know, having been
confined the length of time have, what
influences may have been brought to
bear upon the states attorney, that there
should have been the evidence brought
! in here against me which has been, and
which know to be false. Therefore, /
will not charge that it was intentional
to convict me on his part. But have
suggested here that he can find out
many things if he will look up certain
records that have referred to which
will controvert much that has been as
serted here in my particular case.
Your honor, have worked at hard
labor since was 8 years of age. I,went
into cotton factory when was 8 years
old, and / have worked continually
since, and there has never been a time
in my history that + could have been
bought or could have been paid into a
single thing by any man or for anv pur-
pose which 1 did not believe to be true.
To contradict the lie that was pub
llshed in connection with the bill bv
the grand jury charging us with murder,
! wish to say that have never received
one cent for agitating. When I have
gone out of the city I have had my ex-
penses paid. But often when l have
gone into communities, when l would
have to depend on those communities
for paving my way, have often come
back to this city with monev out of my
pocket, which I had earned by hard
labor, and had to paw for the privilege
of my agitation out of the little money I
might have in my possession.
To-day, as the beautiful autumn sun
kisses with balmy breeze the cheek of
everv free man, l stand here never to
bathe my head in it's rays again. Ehave
loved my fellow men as l have loved
myself 1 have hated trickery, dishon-
esty, and injustice. The nineteenth
century commits the crime of killing its
best friend. 1t will live to repent of it.
But, as have said before, if 1t will do
any good, I freely give myself up. 1
trust the time will come when there will
be better understanding, more intelli-
gence, and, above the mountains of iniq
uity, wrong and corruption, Iehope the
sun of righteousness and truth and JUS
tice will come to bathe in it's balmy light
an emancipated world. 1 thank your
honor for your attention.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-04
The Unemployed.

What is all this panic about over the
intention of some thousands of unem-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18
GENERALIZATION.

The recent unhappy condition of affairs
all over this country has an influence to
increase, and give popularity i'll the minds
of the people to that dangerous doctrine,
Capitalization" In the state of Texas
it is considered fortunate for railroads to
be in the hands of receivers, and thereby
under the protection of the United States
district courts, as the marshal of these
courts move SO expeditiously and oifec-
lively against any point of intended VIC
lence This gives an idea to the people
whose general interests are in danger,
that, after all, the federal government
yields the fastest and surest protection to
life and property.
Not the least of the evils attending such
a condition of affairs is the power to
throw broadcast an evil seed, that, cher
ished long in the heart of the people,
will grow bountiful crop of ideas favor
ing Capitalization.
The doctrine is as pernicious in its eff
fects as the strike itself because it strikes
at the very root of republican freedom,
Our fathers were wise in providing for
the nice adjustment of the relative rights
between the federal and state govern
ments. They had broken by force of
arms from the manacles of monarchy
and they so limited the powers of the
federal government, by constitutional
provisions. that if not subverted,
there would never be in the
representative of federal head,
sufficient force to strip the
states of their organic right, and rest the
government in that federal head in the
form of monarchy. As long as the con.
stitution is sacred there is no such danger,
but it is hardly more than twenty years
ago since the constitution trembled to its
very base and nothing arrested this great
| disaster but the reserved conservatism
that had for five years lain dormant in
the hearts of the whole people.
There is no reason why the state of af-
fairs which now exist should have given
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18

birth and encouragement to the idea of
Capitalization. The federal officers acted
with promptness, simply because the mat
ter was already in the federal courts, and
if proper writs had been obtained where
the roads were not in federal courts, we
have no doubt the action of the state Off.
GERS would have been quite as prompt and
effectual.
1t is a fallacy to suppose that because
the federal officers afforded such imme-
date protection to property, equal pro-
lection would not have been given by the
state courts, if the roads not in the federal
courts had have applied as promptly, and
the former fact should not be held as an
example of one of the benefits of centrali-
cation. We should consider its enormous
evils, endangering the very life of the re-
public, and not depend for all time on a
mere straw, which we catch at under an
emergency.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18
POETIC FANCIES.
ONLY A FILTRATION.
ny ETA W. PIERCE,


Over the door the crimson creepers swing WIN
Down in the meadow fragrant covers rtdden the
dewy grOuEd;, ,,L .to
Ont on the bay the shining pillows roll through the
And bTaak on the lee shore dark and sulen-just as
they did that night.
You know twas only Irritation we held that pleas
ant June ,,.,o.,. ,,o,
We sung few sweet songs toSether Ill i''au""' 90"
salon; r.5
We rode, think, across the moorlahus' We ""iNe'
upon the shore, ,,.,.
We danced within the crowded ballroom-all TINS
but nothing more.
M word of hive we ever uttered-nO word, and yet
sometimes lind myself a-wishing that we hat
never met.
That summer night well remember twas 1alr al
night may be; A.,
The gallant ships went proudly sailing across INT
sunset sea:
The air was filled with dreamy music, the skle'
were passing bright,
But, somehow, naught OF heaven or earth gave JOY
to me that night.
Across the yellow sands we wandered, and spoke
our last goodbye
simple sentence, brief and careless, WIFI ho' Viz
tear OF sigh.
Your words were colder than the pillows which
murmured at our feet,
But there was something IN your glahcesi 1 Coul'
not, dared not, meet. go
You read too well the burning secret deep-hid with
in nv soul
The trembling lip, the failing accents l struggled
to cOntrOl
And in that calm and solemn cleaning your deeI
A mute C nfession, which but heightened my owl
dark agony
looked upon the hazy headlands, and on the pur
knew, | knew, that there we parted, to neve
meet again.
A mighty barrier lay between lis, strong as tn
ocean 5 tide
My hand was plighted to another was prOmls
ed bride
Ny hand was plighted to another-but oh! thi
heart of mine!
1t never bounded at his footstep, but throbbed ant
gloWed at thine.
No tone of his could ever move it, but when tn!
voice was heard
1t futtered wildly in its bondage, like an impris
But then-twas "onlya Irritation, you know; ant
yet and yet,
sometimes find myself a-wishing that we hat
never met.
And when the gold and scarlet sunsets redden tn
trembling sea,
The memories of that longcon summer com
floating back to me:
| listen to the winds asighing-the pillows suller
roar.
And fancy that your voice is sounding within m
ear once more
Dark, earnest eyes, so SAL, so tender, look int
mine again.
And thrill my heart, as erst they thrilled twill
rapture and with pain:
Then comes the night and all my visions d
mournfully away
All, well! this is an old, old story--it happen
every day.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18

We publish, in the "Voice of the Eco
pie" communication signed "a Reader,
in which the writer comments on an in
terview between reporter of The STATES
MAN and Col. Jackman. 1t will be no
ticed that the writer does not deny the
facts as stated by Jackman, but palliates
by statement of the want of faith on
the part of the railroad companies. The
column devoted to the Voice of the Peo-
pie" is open to all sides, and we therefore
publish ;he communication.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18
WHICH ARE THE NoBLEsT SOULS?
BY LILLY CURRY.

BY LILLY CURRY.
Some women cannot build
The broken affairs of their hearts up straight
Their weak hands are unskilled
To mend the breach that perfdy has made
And raised behind the gate
OF pride, some newer affairs in the shade
OF first dead hopes. Such women, it is said
Sit ever wailing DER their faithess dead.
Their IDOLS when they fell,
Shook the fair shrine and rent the veil in twain
And everIOre a knell
Rnng by the CHASTITY wrath of hope belied,
Walls requiem of undying pain
And moves the crushed dead at the altar side.
While the dull blasts of ruined love and trust
Eddy around in clouds the by-gone's dust
Some, in the numBing shock
or CrumblinT affairs, sink to rise more strong
And build Competer affairs on the rock
OF womanhOOd to cast the past away
Without a tear for what is lost, nor long
For the bright phantoms of vanished day;
But to their new-throned idols incens, brine
Saving, "The king is dead long live the king
They find worthier dust
And raise il er the affairs of tie past
And love ii dearly as a woman must
They even forget in happier hours their loss
OF former idols, saying, with smiles at last:
GLOW could We deem our broken dreams {
cross
Which are the noblest souls those who forget
Or thos! who MOURN their first sweet idols yet?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18

BY JOHN lott.
Though thoughts that sCintillate with wit
May over smiling faces fit,
My soul must this as true submit
That such thoughts are the tleetest;
And when life brings its yellow hours,
Its falling leaves and shaded bowers,
Those thoughts that lived when lived the lOwe
Are sad, but not the sweetest.
When footsteps roam to mounds of green
That grow loved ones and us between,
On what, o heart, dost fondly lean?
What thoughts are these thou greetest?
The sainted form, oft fondly pressed;
The loving heart, so oft distressed,
But now fOrever-well, at rest
Yes, some sad thoughts are sweetest
Then there's hand once held in mine,
That bid my helpless heart resign
To one all lovely, all divine,
And, heart, thou madly beatest!
But stirred by thrObbing quick and deep,
Bright moments past will no more keep
Beneath the broken hopes asleep
And such sad thoughts are sweetest.
When day has sped its western flight,
And evening its tranquil light,
Precedes the march of starry night,
Nor days nor joys seem tleetest:
The thoughts may calmly DER us steal,
That eve of life will soon unseal
Those lights above, eternal, real,
Sad thoughts, but yet the sweetest.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18

The Philadelphia Record, in an edito-
rial on THE Wage Earners," incidentally
remarks: 1T is observed that this labor
agitation does not spring from necessi-
tous and unemployed workingmen. Its
most active participants are prosperous
workingmen in constant employment and
having only relative cause Of discomfort
with the existing condition Of things.
This portion of the working community
has most effectively organized itself and
taken up arms against employers, who in
most cases have resolved to resist to the
uttermost or have made temporary COM
promise with a view of recovering lost
ground at first opportunity. A conflict
has thus been engendered of which it is
not easy to predict the outcome. EN-
ployers, long used to debating wages not
only. but in many instances to controlling
the political action of workingmen, reluct
at the notion of discussing rates of wages
and hours of labor where they once were
masters. The workingmen, on the other
hand, suddenly aroused from their leth-
?rgy, and feeling the might of organiza-
ton, have in many cases made extrava-
giant demands which were frequently
accompanied by lawless use of their
power
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18

COLONEL MILLER, editor-in-chief of
THE AUSTIN STATESMAN, is one of the most
versatile and graceful writer's in the state.
In fact, there are but few ADLER writers in
the south, and the only drawback we find
in his writings is that his pencil is pointed
the wrong way, politically. Kyle Review
1t is very gratifying to the vanity of
any writer to be the recipient of such a
compliment. We sincerely wish every
success for McLemore with his Review,
The merchants of Austin who want bus
mess of any kind at and about Kyle ought
to advertise with him.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18

TIE latest phase in the strike situation
was the Missouri Pacific bringing suit in
the state district court at Palestine, yes
terday, for 100000 damages. Judge
Williams, at the same time. issued his in
junction against 1O4 of the strikers. II
thus appears the strength of the civil law
is to be practically tested as to the protec-
ton of property.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18
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The Burlington Free Press says the
public schools in Vermont are not as good
as they were twenty-five years ago. The
common schools in many states have been
injured in quality by aiming to do too
mach. 1t is better to give good rudi-
mentary instruction than Indifferent
training of more ambitious but less use
full character.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18

THERE is something peculiarly mysteri-
Gus and appalling in the sinking of the
three masted schooner that colided with
and sunk the steamer Oregon. The
schooner went down with all on board,
silently and forever, leaving behind no
trace ot her name, her destination, or the
names of the lost who were on board of
har
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18

Rev. Elias De Witte Huntley has ten
dered his resignation of the Office of chap
lain of the United States senate, to take
effect March 10. He has been appointed
pastor of a church in another city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE.
BY ROBERT =. BURDETrE.

BY ROBERT !. BURDETrE.
Maud Muller's brother Ben one day
Grew dry as dust while raking hay.
Down on the ground his rake he threw,
And said, by jingo, wish knew
He walked -four mild" that afternoon
And paused before a closed saloon.
He said, with sundry dreadful winks.
" see You sell but Temperance drinks.
Eyes said the man behind the bar.
said Ben, A little cold wa-tar'
And then to make it tart and thin,
lie squeezed little lemon in.
And then to make it rather sweet,
He stirred some sugar in the treat.
And then, 10 make it strong and tough,
He poured in whisky, quantum suf.
lie tossed it down. he said with glee,
"Cold water is the drink for me-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18

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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18

MISS f. II. HAToHETT, of Texas, was
among the thirty three ladies who gradu-
ated in medicine at the Woman's Medical
college, Philadelphia, Thursday last.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18

The City of Pekin, which sailed from
San Francisco to China last week. took
1,400 Chinese. Many of them were old,
disea ed, crippled and poor, and there
were number of women and children.
The Chinaman in charge said that it was
necessary to send all such home, because
they feared trouble this summer, and
wanted to get all out of the way who
might be burden on those who remain.
Most of them went at the expense of the
Chinese societies.
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18

Our dispatch from Taylor indicates
popular opinion at that point, at least, is
in favor of law and order. The per
suasive argument of the six-shooter
seems to have had some effect on the
strikers at that point. The town marshal
of Taylor may be set down as an officer
of grit and the right sort of man for
his position.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18

The supreme court yesterday affirmed
the Henry & Oily judgment from Harris
county, involving 100000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18

The STATESMAN, through the kindness of
the Hon. r. B. Hubbard, minister to Japan
has received copy of the Japan Daily
Mail of February 10. 1t has two-column
account of the annual banquet of the
Tokyo English law school. The principal
speakers were Mr.. Masujima, Mr.. Scid-
more, United States deputy consul gen.
eral, and Mr.. Hubbard. The speech of
the latter was quite lengthy, but it could
not fail to have kept the attention of
the audience, if it was delivered in Mr..
HIS usual impressive style. Want of space,
alone, prevents reproduction of this
able address.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18

1t is surmised that William D. Howells
who is ostensibly resting in Washington
for a month. is getting ready for a work
of fiction which will relate to capital life.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18

Remit by draft on Austin, p. o, money order
postal noe, registered letter OF eXpress-oaiDpie
copies sent free ON application.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-03-18
LOVE AND LAUGHTER.

BY j. \. T.
LsUgh, and the world laughs with you:
Weep, and YOU weep alone:
This grand old earth must borrow its mirth.
1t has troubles enough of its own.
Sing and the hills will answer:
Sigh ii is lost on the air:
The echoes bound to joyful sound,
But shrink from vOicing car;
Be clad, and friends are may:
Be sad, and you lose them all:
There are none to decline your nectared wine
But alone You must drink lifes call
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For long and lordly train
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow isles of pain.
Feast, and your halls are crowded.;
Fast. and the world goes by;
Succeed and give, twill make yUu live.
But no one can help you die.
Rejoice, and men wilseek you:
Grieye, and they'll turn and 60
They want full measures of all your pleasure
But they do not want your woe.
TWO KINDS OUT.
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taken in 1885, $1,000.
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tain remedy, to be found alone by appeal
or petition, to the United States district
courts which have charge of these roads.
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