Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-07-31

TIE BANNER is in receipt of the in
; itial number OF the Lexington Tele
gram, Messrs. Ramsey. & Orr pro
prietors. 1t appears to be quite
creditable for a town of the size o
the one in which it is published.
The Harrisons may be depended
on to make speculation when they
can. They are after the almight!
dollar every time and seem to be but
little concerned about the scandals
created by their manner of enriching
themselves.
The rumor is revived that Hon
Robert Lincoln, minister to the cour
of St. James, will resign. And this
rumor gives rise to the further ru
NOR that he has presidential aspira
tons and wants to get back home tt
manage his boom.
The San Antonio Times agrees
with the BANNER that the two-thirds
rule should be abolished. 1t doesnt
stand in the way of the nomination
of General Hogg, but after he Is
nominated by two-thirds vote the
rule should be abrogated-
TIE Texas Commercial recognizes
the folly of trying to get up boom
of any kind or to try to stimulate
trade during the present warm siege
and advises the Texas merchants to
keep in the shade and read the fun.
nv papers-or the news from Wash
ington.
| The New Orleans New Delta man
has evidently been swiped in the
short-ribs. as that paper observes :
The man who sticks his umbrella
crossways under his arm and then
turns short around in a crowd is "a
villain whom it we're base fattery to
hit with club"
TIE Chicago Times announces
that 4. Arnot, shoemaker who
piled his trade at Sanford, Fla, re-
fused to die in bed and met death
sitting upon his death. The Times
adds that although he chung to the
last he was compelled to give up his
awl.
Our esteemed Northern republi-
can friends are always doing some
thing to express their delicate re-
gard and tender affection for the
colored man and brother. The resi-
dents of Wabash Avenue, in Chica-
go, are trying to prevent the build
ing of a negro church on that
street.
Gov. GORDON. of Georgia, writes a
stirring letter in which he declares
unreserrvedly and unqualifedly in
favor of boyeotting the Northern in
dustries and Northern merchants in
case the federal election bill be-
comes law. 1t is to be feared that
such a course might ultimately SOW
the seeds of another civil war.
TIE friends of the proposed rail
road commission must be on their
guard and watch the state senate.
There is no danger of majority of
the house of representatives. not being
in favor of the commission. But the
senate is much smaller body and
numerous schemes will be devised
to try to slip in majority against
the commission.
If GEORGE CLARK attends the state
democratic convention he will have
to go merely as a spectator. By an
unfortunate oversight he was left
of the delegation chosen from his
county. And by another unfortu-
nate coincidence the county conven-
ton Of his county passed resolu-
ton excluding proxies.
The New York Star says: San
amateur photographer tried to get a
shot at President Harrison in bath
ing at Cape May Point the other day
and his intended victim had hard
time lodging him. If the president
had only had the forethought to
wear his grandfather's hat when he
went into the water he would have
been effectually concealed from the
prying photographer
GEORGE OZARK and few of his
followers held q consultation in Sc
cret at Dallas the other day. The
full deliberations were not reported,
but it is understood that while the
nomination of Hogg was conceded
the fight against tie adoption of the
commission would be waged more
earnestly than ever. It is understood
that the ex-Warwick has expressed
the determination to die in the last
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