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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

two OF three million Of white peo-
pie surrounding them are as but a
drop in the bucket. The Chinese
are almost exclusively engaged in
the laundry business, and recently
the large steam laundries, each of
which employs hundreds of hands,
have declared war on them and have
laid down the ultimatum that they
must 60" A special meeting OF
the executive committee of the Ma
tional Master LaundrYmen's Associ-
alton of the United States was held
the other day in New York, at which
the members of the committee gave
their individual checks for S2S0,000
to fight the Cinnamon. This with
previous subscriptions makes $780,
900, and it is said that in all a mil
lion dollars has been guaranteed as
a fund to wage war against the
Mongolians until every one is driven
out of New York and vicinity. The
Chinese knights of the washtub,
who are said to net and send to
China each year S4,OOO,OOO, have Or
ganized to meet the attack and have
themselves raised 100000. The
American laundrymen propose to To-
cate a white laundry next to every
Chinese establishment and undersell
it. They will have men on duty to
watch and follow every patron of
the Chinese shops home and appeal
to him to employ white instead of
yellow labor. And, finally, they
will use their political influence and
run the boycott against those who
persist in patronizing the heather in
preference to the christian laundries.
This is a race war OF another color.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

ever, the old war cant about rebellion
and treason. Both sides fought for
their convictions. The North did
not fight for domination nor the
South for slavery, each fought for
its rights under the constitution, as
each understood it. No one more
so than Jefferson Davis. He was
true all his life long, to the creed in
which lie had been reared, and hence
it was impossible for him to repent
He could not repent of being honest
nor recant what he believed to be
the truth. Lest any foreigner should
read this article. let me say for his
benefit, that there are two Jefferson
Dayises il American histoiy-one is
conspirator, rebel, traitor. an d
the Friend OF Andersonville"-he
is myth evolved from the hell
smoke Of cruel war, as purely mag
mary a parsonage as 3Iephistopheles,
or the Hebrew devil: the other was
statesman with clean hands and
a pure heart, who served his people
faithfully from budding manhood to
hoary age, without thought of self,
with unbending integrity and to the
best of his great ability; he was a
man of whom all his countrymen
who knew him personally, without
distinction of creed political, are
proud, and proud that he was their
countryman.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17
SAMUEL j. RANDALL.

Samuel jackson Randall, of Penn
sylvania, the Oldest member in point
of continuous service in the national
house of representatives, quietly de-
parted this life at an early hour on
Sunday morning at the national cap
ital. He had been i'll for many
months, and for a long time his
death was considered a question Of
only a short while. His death,
therefore, while it creates a wide
void in the ranks of craftsmanship
and is much to be deplored, does
not cause such shock and create so
profound q sensation as it would
had he been cut off suddenly from
active life. Samuel jackson Randall
was a native of Philadelphia and
was in his sixty-second year at the
time of his death. He received
only an academic education and be-
gan life in his native city. He held
number of responsible positions in
local affairs and was elected mem
Der OF the state senate in 1858. His
career in congress dates from 1862,
from which time he served continu-
ously up to his death. He was first
elected as a democrat in a time
when democracy was below par in
the North and remained consistent
democrat throughout his life. But
his latter years were slightly
clouded by an unfortunate disagree
ment between himself and a MAORI
ty of his party on the question of
the tariff, and some of the radical,
hot-headed reformers were in favor
of reading him out. 1t was not I'M
common to see himself and the dem
ocrats who voted with him against
the Morrison tariff bill referred to
in the papers of this class as ''trai-
tors" But if Mr. Randall ever had
an enemy that enemy is bound to
admit that Mr.. Randall was no tool
of monopoly, was not in sympathy
with the monopolists and tariff
nabobs, and consistently maintained
his position in favor of high tariff
even to a degree of obstinacy from
motives of conscientious CONVICTION
alone. Mr.. Randall was an able and
brilliant parliamentarian, and served
for three consecutive times as speak
er Of the house. While the de-
ceased is worthy to be held in last
ing remembrance by the entire peo-
pie for his exalted craftsmanship,
his answering devotion to duty
and to principle, for his incorrupti-
BILE patriotism and for his many
other conspicuous virtues, he espec-
tally deserves the lasting gratitude
of the Southern people for proving
himself their true friend in the hour
of their sorest need. When the in
famous Force Bill was attempted to
be forced Oh this section, putting
the necks of the people under the
heels of military despotism, carpet
bagism and Africanism, Mr.. Randall
was on his feet for week, without
taking time to eat or sleep, scarcely,
using every strategy and resorting
to every means known to parliamen-
tary usage to prevent the infamous
and unconstitutional measure from
becoming law. And he succeeded.
The New Orleans Times Democrat
truly asserts that "the unquestioned
establishment of that right of self
government, untouched Of federal
Interference, was the gift of Samuel
Jackson Randall to these Southern
states"
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17
UNWILLING OF THE LEE STATUTE.

The BANNER is in receipt Of an in,
vitation to participate in the cere-
monies of unwilling monument to
the memory of the immortal Robert
E. Lee, which will take place at
Richmond, Va, on the 29th Of May.
At the request of the Lee monument
association the R. E. Lee Camp, No.
l, Confederate Veterans, have as
sumed charge of the exercises, and
preparations are being made for one
of the grandest and most imposing
observances of the kind that has
ever taken place in this country.
Special invitations have been ex-
tended all military and ex-confeder-
ate veteran organizations in the
South, and special care will be taken
of the visiting soldiers. At meet
ing of representatives of the Lee
Monument association, Lee camp of
confederate veterans and local mill
tary quite heated and exciting dis
cussion occurred over the question
OF extending invitations to northern
military organizations to participate
in the unwilling of the statue. 1t
will be remembered that on the oc
casion of the unwilling OF the Pick
EFT monument at Richmond in Octo-
Der, 1888, some OF the members of
the Philadelphia brigade refused to
march in line because a confederate
battle flag was displayed. This in
cident was recalled in the discussion
of the proposition to invite northern
military companies to participate,
and it was further contended that
the event was strictly Southern af-
fair and that it would be inappropri-
ate to invite any military organiza-
ton outside of the South. Finally,
however, resolution was adopted
to extend an invitation to New York's
crack soldiers-the Seventh Regi-
ment-inasmuch as friends of the
regiment in New York had ex
pressed a desire to have an invita-
ton extended to them, and mas
much as the First Regiment of Viz
ginia had been magnifcentIy re-
ceived and entertained by the Sew
enth on the occasion of their visit to
the New York centennial a short
time ago. The managers of the Lee
monument celebration, however,
want it distinctly understood that
all Northern commands coming TO
the unwilling of General Lees
statue must make up their minds to
see and march under battle-scarred
confederate flags. The management
announce that although they have
not yet succeeded they expect to
obtain special rates of about one
cent mile for the round trip over
the railroads to all visiting organiza-
tions and individuals. Definite IL
formation will be given as soon as
arrangements are perfected. To
prevent crowding and to secure the
comforts of visitors the committee
requests that all organizations
which intend to visit Richmond give
notice at as early date as possible.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17
THE DEsPIsED "DETAILS.

An interesting war is being waged
at present in New York between the
white American and Chinese laun,
drymen of that city. When the lace
feeling against the hated 0Iongol
rats" was first seriously aroused
some few years back il San Fran
cisco by Denis Kearney, of Sand
lots" fame, the residents of the Pa
cifc slope were denounced by the
goody-goody people in the East for
their brutality to them, and the per-
secuted Cinnamon were invited to
come over to that side of the CONT
nent, where they were assured they
would receive better treatment. The
missionary church people and
preachers conceived the brilliant
idea that if the Chinese could be in
duced to come to this country it
would be much easier to convert
them to christianity than by sending
missionaries to China They were
petted, induced to join the Sunday
schools, were made much of for a
while ard were even received into
society. Like in all other cases the
Chinese were treated well as long as
they were a novelty, but the novelty
gradually wore away, and to-day the
pigtail is an object of almost as
much loathing in New York as he is
on the Pacific coast, although there
are at present all told only some
three or four thousand Chinese in
Gotham, who, as compared to the
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

IT IS six of one and half a dozen
of another after all whether high
pressure revival evangelists accom-
plish more good than they do harm.
An exchange says that one of the I'M
ed-forresults OF a revival in Ham
iltoD, Ind, is the bringing of three
divorce suits. In an incautious NOM
ent three husbands, whose feelings
had been greatly worked upon, con
fessed as an act of contrition to a lot
of meanness which they had commit
ted and which their wives were ignor-
ant of.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

THERE are 1873 cemeteries in Phil
adelphia. No wonder that grass
grows up in the streets and that it
is such a nice, quiet and retired
town for poultry-raising.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

RICHMOND (VA.) TINES: Dickens
in his Little Dorrit" graphically por-
trays the workings of the British
Circumlocution Office, by which show
not to do it" is reduced to an ex-
ceedingly fine art. Still, with all
the practice which years of exper-
iencey backed up by unlimited re-
sources, has given them, the officials
of the Circumlocution Office of the
realm of Great Britain could not be-
gin to approach the Committee of
Ways and Means of the United
States House of Representatives in
understanding show not to do it."
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

SINCE the resignation of Prince
Bismarck as chancellor of the Ger
man empire, the. policy of the gov
eminent is favorable rather than IN
favorable to the Jesuits, and large
number of them in this country and
elsewhere are making arrangements
to return.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

EDITOR MANNING, of the Albany
Argus, who was a son of the late
secretary of the United States treas
ury, was elected mayor of New
York's state capital the other day by
a majority of over seven thousand.
Not long ago great deal of indig-
nation was created by Gov. Hill tax
ing the state printing from Mr..
Manning's paper and awarding it to
the Albany Times-in view of which
Mr.. Manning's fattering election
would appear to be black eye for
the doughty governor.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The republican aspirants for the
federal plum until recently held by
the late Judge Sabin are contending
right manfully for it, but the palm
may not be awarded for some time
yet. Judge Burnet seems to have
the strongest backing. 1t is rumored
that nobody will be appointed who
lives outside the district.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

CoRs1cANA brought an injunction
suit agains the Central railroad 10
prevent the company from removing
its middle division headquarters.
round houses and shops to Ennis,
and has Just lost it. While appear
ing to be quite blow to Corsicana
it can be made to and may prove a
blessing in disguise, if the loss of
the round houses, ETC., can be used
as prick to spur the business men
of Corsicana forward and awaken
them to the necessity of turning
their money loose in building fac
tories and other industrial enter
prises.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

TIE murder of Col. James Speed,
prominent stockman of Frio coun-
ty, should be speedily avenged. He
was foully dealt with for daring to
lend his aid in maintaining law and
order.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

They have an awful smart Judge
up in Sedalia, Mo. By his advice
the grand jury has returned indict-
ments against number of society,
folks for playing progressive euchre,
and several ladies were compelled to
appear before the grand jury and
give testimony. The ground on
which the indictments were returned
was that it was a gambling game
inasmuch as prizes were contended
for. The majority of people are pre-
disposed to consider progressive
euchre mild form of progressive
idiocy, but the Missouri judge is too
hard on them.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

SENATOR STANFORD, the California
millionaire lover of fine horsefesh,
is said to be an aspirant for the
presidency. This leads an exchange
to suggest that to his famous stable
it will now be necessary to add
dark horse.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17
HERE is q sample request made fc

HERE is sample request made TO
the editor. The Corsicana Observer
says: "a gentleman who reads and
says he admires the Observer re-
quested it to print the new tariff
bill in full. We regret to state we
could not undertake such a contract,
as the bill covers 152 printed pages
in book form, which would fill about
twenty pages of the Observer" Just
such fool requests gratis are asked
of the editor every day. The major
ity of people, Notwithstanding they
think just to the contrary, have no
more sense or idea about the news
paper business than pig has about
holiday.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

A BRILLIANT lawyer of this city,
who is not in favor of Mr.. Hogg for
governor, made the remark the other
day to the editor of this paper that
the encouragement is the first ever
holding the position of attorney
general of this state who has vital
lied and given force to our present
constitution.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17
Thursday, April Il, 1890.

The Cuban papers are redhot in
their advocacy of the annexation OF
that island to the United States.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

An exchange suggests that those
congressman who are in the habit of
taking a week to make a speech
would better get some live news
paper man to edit their ideas, and
adds that they might be surprised
to find their remarks boiled down TO
half an hour and greatly improved in
the boiling process.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The redemption of little Rhode
Island is almost accomplished at
last, The supplemental elections in
that state have just resulted in Civ
ing the democrats a majority in the
Legislature on joint ballot, and as the
election of governor and other state
officers was thrown into the legisla-
ture by the failure of any one to OBJ
tain a majority Of all the votes cast,
the election of the democratic candi-
dates will be carried out. Over a
year ago we made the prediction that
in 1892 Rhode Island would turn IN
in the democratic column, and now
we repeat the prediction with great
er confidence than ever.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17
sTRAYED OR STOLEN.

A Bay pony about hands Is high. branded
E on left Jaw and OIL on lett hip; has star in
face and left glass eye. will pay S. reward
for his delivery to me.
c. w. HISS,
BRENNAN, Texas.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

In the recent municipal elections
in Michigan the democrats carried.
Grand Rapids, Lansing, Jackson,
Muskegon. and other republican
cities and towns, and gave the re-
publicans stand off in the villages
and townships. 1t is one unbroken
record of democratic success all
over the country, and surely indi-
Gates sweeping democratic victory
in 1892.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

THERE is a movement on foot to
establish confederate home in Mis-
sour, and it is said to be receiving
generous encouragement from both
blue and grey veterans.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The Houston Tribune accounts
for an omission as follows: "No
baseball news appears in these col
umns because our intelligent com
positors kick Eat setting up such
stuff as the average baseball column
is filled with In this respect the
Tribune models after the BANNER.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The date agreed upon among the
laboring classes to strike throughout.
the world in the interest of the eight
hour movement is nearly at hand,
and as it approaches strikes and dis
turbances and discomfort are more.
perceptible.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

kREMMLER, the brutal New York
wife-murderer, who is shortly to be
executed, has professed religion, and
the Galveston News published over
column of especial" stuff the other
day giving an account of his CONVEX
sion. Some time ago the papers de-
cided that condemned criminals
should not be allowed to make
speeches on the gallows, for the rea-
son that in nearly every instance
they declare they are going straight
to heaven, and that such declara-
tons have bad effect on the specta
tors. On the same principle the
newspapers should not devote a lot
of space to such stuff as the News
published.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The democrats in Ohio ought to
make pretty good Roadway by 1892.
Since the municipal elections in the
fore part of the month they are now
in control not only of the governor
ship and legislature, but OF nearly
every city in the state.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

MAJOR LEWIS GINTER, of Richmond,
Va, is one of the wealtkiest men in
the South. His property is estimated
at seven millions, and he made it
all since the war in the cigarette
business.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

MATT Quay, the financial boss Of
the republican Doodle party, will, it,
is announced, institute suit against
the New York World for 100000
damages for libel. Ten to one he
will never push the suit to conclu-
sion.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The headline architect of the
Houston Post announces the bounc-
ing of Johnny S. Wise from his seat
in congress. Johnny Wise is prac-
ticing law in New York. 1t was
George D. Wise, a first cousin of
Johnny, who was the bounce.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

CHAUNcEY DEPBw may be fine
post-prandial speaker and all that,
but he has lowered himself in the
estimation Of the Southern people
wonderfully by his recent causeless
and senseless remarks touching this
section.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The yarn has been revived about
Harrison's being engaged in laying
plans to secure the presidential nom
nation again at the hands of the re-
publican party. If so Bro. Ben has
less sense than his least sanguine
admirers give him credit for possess
ing.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The Bangor Commercial, referring
to the facility with which new states
are admitted, provided they are
qualified, says that one glance of
Speaker Reeds eye is enough nova
days to sweep a bowling territory in
to the quorum of republican states
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The literary bureau of the Nc
Donald boom for governor seems to
be located next door to the Office of
the Houston Post. On Saturday
Senator Mcdonald fired his first gun
at Bonham, and although it took sew
eral columns Of space it appeared in
full the following morning in the
Post
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

PHILADELPHIA RECORD: Wherever
elections have been recently held,
whether in New York, Wisconsin,
Chicago or Rhode Island, and what
ever the real or alleged issues, theSe
has been the same uniform account
of democratic success. Such results
ought to give the republican leaders
some pause in their desperate
schemes of legislation in congress.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

A DISPATCH from Austin to the
San Antonio Times says that the
friends of Mr.. R. NJ. Hall, commits
sioner of the land Office, are groom
ing him as dark horse for the gov
ernorship and will enter him at the
proper time.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

Those boosters give the president
a slap every chance they get. In the
municipal elections not many days
ago in that state the democrats car
ried his home city-Indianapolis-
by majority of between two and
three thousand, and swept Fort
Wayne and Evansville by oyerwhelm-
ing maiorities.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

LIEUT.. STEELE, of the United
States army, has been taught val
liable lesson. He will know more
about how to treat subordinates
hereafter.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The republicans keep explaining
the series Of democratic victories
with the remark that this is an ''off
year" So it is, and the G. o. p. is
an "of7' party. It is off color.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The New York Star says that the
defeat of Tammany is necessary in
order to accomplish its reformation.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

In TEE recent municipal elections
Dallas came within few of polling
twice as many votes as Fort Worth.
And yet to listen to the Gazette one
would think Fort Worth the largest
town.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The Hillsboro Reflector says that
Judge A. R. Barry, of Bosque coun-
ty, is spoken of for state treasurer
and that he would make an excellent
official in that capacity. The BANNER
heartily agrees with the Reflector.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The New Birmingham Times says:
"a careful inspection of the Chero-
kee Herald this week displays the
fact that Mr.. Hogg's name appears
only ffty-four times" The editor
of the Times had devilish little to
do sitting down to ascertain that
fact.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The Houston Post says that
'Houstonians attired in silk hats
and bright smiles will welcome the
lumbermen." Those Houstonians al
ways did go in for comfort, but we
supposed they had a little more
sense of decency than the Post init
males
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-04-17

The supreme court of the United
States sustains the usurpation of the
state rights of California by uphold
ing the action of the district federal
court in assuming jurisdiction to try
Deputy Marshal Nagle for killing
Judge Terry. A majority of the SUI
premecourt being republicans, the de
cision need create no surprise. tits
gratifying to know that Chief Justt 70
Fuller and Justice Lamar dissented
from the opinion,