Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-07-03

by vagabond, dissipated tramp prin
ter, who was tried last week for the
crime, was found guilty of man
slaughter and his punishment wa:
assessed at three years in the peni
; Tertiary. Had he been acquitted
and turned loose the action of the
Jury would have been far less out.
rageous than the attempt of the iur
ors toecompromise with their mis-
erable-consciences. No wonder that
red-harded murder still stalks abroad
in the land.
1t is remarkable fact that when
Mr.. J. 7. Breckenridge wrote his
letter to JEFF LcLemore of the VIC
toria Review, announcing that he
was out of politics, (which meant
that his gubernatorial aspirations nc
longer aspired), the versatile JEFF
stepped down and out of journalism,
Singular coincidence that!-La
Grange Journal.
The ':majah" has been known to
be quite generous to his newspape=
friends.
The Austin correspondent of the
Galveston News says that DR.. Fields,
OF Travis county, president of the
state farmers alliance, has received
more than a hundred letters from
his friends urging him to enter the
race for governor. This is another Of
those gauzy and abortive little tricks
of the Clarkites. Nobody with the
sense Of a louise would have the fool
hardness to enter the gu5ernatorial
lists at this stage, but drowning men
catch at straws and take desperate
chances. The Clarkites think maybe
if they could get DR.. Fields to enter
the race he would toll the farmers
away from Hogg.
PosT-DIsPArcH: The passage of
a free coinage silver bill through
the senate is in the nature of an
earthquake 10 the republican party.
1t is the entering wedge of split in
the party which threatens dire disas-
ter. Speaker Reed and the presi-
dent receive direct slaps in the face,
and the bill presents the alternative
of sacrificing either the money power
or the Western republicans. There
will be some lively thinking done in
administration circles for some time
to come.
The Brennan BANNER says Capt.
Tom G. Clay, of that county, is sup
porting Hogg for governor. If the
BANNER will take the trouble to APP
ply to Capt. Clay and get correctly
informed, it will probably find that
it is Observation-Disclosures Age.
The BANNER is not in the habit of
going of half-cocked and publishing
incorrect and unreliable information
n a slipshod manner. The BANNER
states facts, and if they don't suit
Uncle Dams political predictions /
lie may accept them as true or not i
IS he pleases. :
An exchange prints the following
suggestive dun: Delinquent sub :
icribers are hereby warned not to 6
ct their daughters wear this paper !
Or hustle, as there is considerable :
iue Gu it and they might take cold" !
IS the hustle has gone out of style =
he above joke may sound rather
tale. However, the brilliant para
5rapher of the Galveston and Dallas l
Sewses might add it to his stock of b
okes. t
IT Is sad that Rider Haggard, f
he writer of wierd, visionary and Q
together improbable stories, is v
reatly incensed at an American o
publishing grim for mutilating one of 6
lis novels. The number of savages =
He'd by two Englishmen in hand
Li4O Ii ~ was CUT UONn Dy the
-nerican publishers from 743 to
e..
Truly this is a campaign of with
rawals. J. N. Moore, the present
ecretary of state, publishes card
announcing in graceful language his
etirement from the race for attor-
Up to latest accounts,
owever, Cook and Hall were sup
osed to be ambling along some
here in the bushes after the guber-
atorial sweepstakes.
Only about one-fourth of the dele
ates to the State convention have
cen elected. The contest is not
ct settled, and no man can name
lie next governor.-Houston Post.
VIII the Post accept wager of ~ =,
N to one that Hon. Jas. S. Hogg will % .;
e the nominee of the democratic -
invention at San Antonio for gov 'e
nor