Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-09-03

Saws the Austin News: There
is not a mortgage resting on any
homestead in Texas, thanks to our
wise and benefcent constitution"
TEXAS can congratulate herself
that the first of September has been
reached and no report of yellow
fever even on her Mexican border
has been heard yet.
The Austin News utters truism
when it says the destinies of the
democratic party are not IN the
hands of any one man or set OF men:
nor is it bound to the coat tail OF
any leader.
In Pennsylvania by reason of the
operation of "high protection" la
borers pay more for what they need
and get less for what they do, which
is working hardship on the poorer
classes almost uncomfortable.
SECRETARY FOSTER succeeded IN
manipulating the treasury state
ment, aud extended $4,000 of the
two per cent bonds, but $4,000 are
now due. What will he do about
it? Can he extend them too?
THREE negroes, McCabe, Perkins
and Sharp are fleeing the colored
people of the South by charging
them so cents each for admission
into the LaDgston colony, and
already have half a million sigma
lures.
INAsMUCH as the successor to Gen.
Bragg must be democrat, ex-Sen-
ator Reagan by reason of his inter
est in interstate commerce, is emit
tied to the place, but President
Harrison has the appointive power,
and will probably look around for
some weakened democrat.
RIGHT triumphed in Chill. From
the published history of the causes
of the war in Chill there is no room
for doubt but that the insurgents
were iustifable in revolving against
a president that tried to usurp the
powers of congress and break down
every safeguard of a republican form
of government.
ORDERS have been issued by the
German government calling upon
agricultural districts to furnish the
probable yield of wheat and rye,
and two-thlrds of the value will
be advanced on the crop. Is this a
subtreasury plan? import duties
will probably be suspended before
the meeting of the reischtag.
WHEN the news OF the congress
sionalist's victory at Valparaiso
reached Santiago the capital of
Chill, the smoldering discomfort
which had been kept down through
fear of Balmaceda, broke out and
found expression in wild mob who
burned the presidents house, and
would have murdered him had he
been at home.
AccoRDNG to the Scranton pa
Times, John Wanamaker has tried
more schemes to get his hands into
the pockets of the people than all
his predecessors in Office put to-
gether. He first tried to get postal
telegraphy, then postal savings
banks, and now he wants postal pen
sions. Holy John can't get his
mind of the bargain counter.
S. GARLNGToN LEAK, who was il
trouble in Houston, has been levy
ing tribte at Logansport, La, and is
held there under guard. He will be
taken to Mansfield the capital of the
parish and placed in jail to await
trial for some collections made
ostensibly for the Atlanta Constitu-
ton. Evidently he has begun to
learn that the way of the trans
gressor is hard.
JUDGE REAGAN is being urged by a
number of states for the vacancy on
the interstate railway commission,
vice Gen. Bragg, deceased, to which
he replies Il left the senate to serve
Texas and desire no other position"
But even this is not interpreted to
mean that he would not accept it
and his friends throughout the
South will urge his claims for the
appointment.
A SPECIAL from Arkansas City,
says it was learned that a secret or
der of boomers has been organized
all along the border of Southern
Kansas Already over 5000 men,
bers have been sworn in. They pro
pose to arm themselves early in Oc-
tober and make a raid INTO the Cher
okee Strip. They will burn grass,
kill cattle and make a determined
stand TO hold the StriD for homes.