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

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The question of cheaper postage
is being agitated by the press.
CHICAGO now has a newspaper
published in the Welsh language.
Az italian steamer and two cut
tiers were wrecked in a hurricane at
Senegal.
ONE hundred more Cherokees have
joined the already large colony on
the strip.
The rain makers of West Texas
made complete success, says the
latest reports.
The CHILEAN cruiser, President
Pinto, has arrived at kiel to take
some Armstrong guns aboard.
Now comes the news that Canada
will export more wheat this year
than ever before in her history.
The Cherokee Herald denounces
the sub-treasury scheme as visionary
impracticable and undemocratic.
The sub-treasury advocates met
with veritable slaughter in Missis-
sippi-a regular Waterloo defeat.
GENERAL ALeER will oppose Blaine's
nomination for the presidency on
the republican ticket. Sour grapes!
An army of locusts, ten miles
wide, recently swept over the Punjab
in India. 1t occupied five days in
passing.
LONDON reioices at the war news
of Chill, as they are anxious to see
it ended and Chilian bonds advanced
slightly.
-Four women were arrested at
Szeentamas, Hungary, for poisoning
their husbands and selling poison to
other women.
KEEP up the cry of Texas lands
for Texas people. No alien land
lordism in a great and growing
State like Texas.
SENATOR VEST has been wearing
this summer a PLAN suit of home
spun hemp linen, a gift to him from
Sanator Blackburn, of Kentucky.
Gov. HoGG has declared that he
has no ambition to 6 to the Senate,
that to be Governor of Texas, said
he, is the greatest honor I feel could
he conferred uDon me
The Dallas News says: ''The sub
treasury cannot convey money to
the man who has no crops any more
than free coinage will convey money
to the man who has no bullion"
IF'the Government wants to re-
solve itself into a pawn-broker's |
shop, then the sub-treasury scheme
should be adopted, but this is a |
undignifed position for a |
great government.
some lively times are expected in |
Mississippi when the Ocala platform
is presented for their adoption.
They know what it is there and will
kick against it, but it remains to be
seen if they will be whipped IN
line.
The Galveston Evening Tribune
says it will match Judge Duncan, of
Tyler, against Morrison Munford,
of Kansas City or any other attenu-
ated light weight in Missouri, Kan
sas or Texas. Trot out your man
and name the stakes.
The ''incorruptible" alliance men
of Texas recently sent greeting to
the ''incorruptible7 alliance men of
Mississippi. 1t is now in order for
the 'corruptibles' to send greeting
to the 'corruptibles" of Georgia.
There ought to be fellow feeling
them,
IT is now conceded that Roswell
P. Flower will be the democratic
candidate for governor of New York.
It is Mr.. Flowers especial distinc-
lion that he was chairman of the
democratic congressional committee
asst year when the republican party
was overthrown in the congressional
elections.
W. S. MCALL1sTER, assistant State
Alliance lecturer, of Mississippi, has
oeen impeached by the State ALI
lnce in session. He thought Ma
,une was largely responsible for his
and after endeavoring
% provoke Macune into a quarrel,
slapped him two or three times in
he face anyway.
The Chilian war news Friday was
As soon as you would
cad how the Balmacedist whipped
he Insurgents dispatch was fol
owing it to the effect that the re-
bort was untrue, the Insurgents
lad whipped. Both sides claim the
-ictory, from which we infer that
neither side has been completely /
whipped yet.
IT is being found that it is not
to secure and hold good
iremen in the navy. The trouble
appears to be that they are looked ,
lpon, aboard ship, as necessary evils,
nd are not allowed many privileges,