The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-03-21
PUBLIC OPINION.


ut to t1e soutl lern 20 dier:
When Cen. LIE surrendered at APP
pomattox ther. were bu s 600 mu
ket- lett of that lendld army which
had fought the world i'll arms and
had been battered and beaten back
by Nerwhelmiug Lumbers tor four
long years out OF companies that
went into that terrible strife of l25
aud $50 men but ten or twelve rr-
turned back to their kindred aud
homes The south tr-d'y is fl led
with ma ned and crippled soldiers
who. amid shot and shell and sabre
stroke, fought for their honest con-
victions, as men have seldom fought
before. They ask no pensions. God
be thanked, they would not take
them. They are not in the aim
houses aud no man has ever seen one
of them begging for bread.
CHEAP WHISKEY.
Mr.. Randalps bill reduces the in
ternal revenue tax on whiskey TO SO
cents per gallon.
NEW BLOOD AND BRAIN.
George Brvne, who has had edit0ri
al management OF the Giinesvil,
Reg ,er tor the last year, has retired
from that excellent journal to accept
"A pl ace on the editorial staff of the
Fort Worth Gazette. lie is one of
the brightest paragraphers in Texas.
BRING on YOUR HEIREss.
Why wait fifty years tor your gol-
den wedding? Marry an heiress aud
have it noW.-G tzette.
FINE SHOTS.
Senator Vest thinks that Confed-
crate soldiers were the best marks
men of the world, and he judges
from the great number of disabled
United Stetes sol Tiers on the pension
rolls. Tho "rebs" frequently had
about five to one to shoot AT, and it
was like shooting into flock of pig
eons.-llenderson Times
THE WORsTTAXED PEOPLE
The people of the United States are
The most outrageou-ly taxed people
on the face of tne earth No other
| nation demands of it's citizens sixty
million doll 4rs annually more than is
necessary to pay expenses In despot-
| ic governments the citizens is taxed
to maintain armies and navle,; here he
is taxed TO propagate barous and
millionalres Henderson Times.
HUr AN EXCELLENT NEWSPAPER
| quite number of cites in this
st ttc have reached the conclusion that
| these new red tape schools, such a.
we have here i'll Tyer, are humbugs
and the citiz rs are demanding d
cnange.-Tyler Courier.
| W., Inb'i n ~. o;.N aprt nf fro,
school in lIender-o Oh these latter days
We tried them and found tncy
wouldn't give satisfaction, aud then
abolished them What use have We
for schools anyhow? VIII some edu
ca od person please explain? ?-llcnder
son Times.
SLOW But GOOD sTAGER.
Among the senatorial possibilities
to succeed Coke cau be seen tn,
familiar form of "oX-cart John. ~
Belton News
ASTECNG HALF
Inc contest tor liare's seat in con
gress is likely to become a regula
kilkenny cat fight, vi less "Old Throck
makes up his mind to take hand il
it, in which event the race Will b,
Il one-sided affair, tor the latter has
grasp on the affections of the vo er
of the district that no ordinary poll
tician can break -Mexia Ledger.
A NENTURESOME MAN
Gen. Henry f. Mccullough, will, l
is said, be a candidate for state treas
urer, to succeed Uncle Frank Lub
book. Ii he succeeds in defeating To-
| ftnr hn IL hovn IN
tion of being very popular mar
We thought tn 1t the present treaeur
er had by general consent become
, fixture III that ce.-MeXia Ledger
, WHO CAN HE MEAN
The man who said "scourge tn
preachers back" and then by his az
. tons declared that he was joking, wi
not be apt to warm seat In the seuat
1 much onger.-Henderson Times.
., sANE CLARK FOR THE BENCH.
Mills in the senate and Clark
4 house OF representatives will be tn
= resul, OF the relentless war now wage
r on those two statemen. Mark Il
prediction Henderson, Times.
= To FORrYIS NOT ENOUGH.
Ihere are lot OF newspapers in t.
l. state which once week hurl ii
u following ponderous prophecy o.
q among thei subscribers; Cooke W
-, be reelected" Doub less. But tt
. Iimes-Herald Will timidly sugge
$ that If on the third bal OF on the re
ST ond day OF the legi-lAture's consider
Of ton of tia senatorial question, Sen
Is tor Coke is not elected, he can wri
,e t) Waco to sweep up his law otiiC
le because he will occupy it at an ear
ct day.-Times- Herald