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

to have consulted Wright Quincy be
fore attempting to scoop the negro
vote, as he is still doing business a
the old stand.
THE wiley Malone thinks ii unad
visable for the republicans of Viz
ginia to make nominations for the
fall elections. Straws sometime:
show which way the wind blows.
IT is said that there is no chance
for the Insurgents to make retreat
and that they must either whip tn,
Balmacedist at Valparaiso, Chill, Of
get whipped. The CHILEAN war il
nearing close.
If you want a sub-treasurY builc
one, says the Henderson Times
but for the sake of democracy dom
ask the government to build YOU
corn cribs and cotton pens. AWAY
with such tomfoolery.
The republicans in Ohio are
lodging the discussion of the tariff
question, feeling confident that il
the question is thoroughly under
stood by the voters, it can but re-
suit in McKinley's defeat for the
governorship-
THE Kansas Alliance having de.
cided to go into the cooperative
store business, the Fort Worth Ga
zette suggests that Dr. Macune
might give the Kansas Alliance a lot
of valuable pointers in this business.
Also, the subscribers to the Alliance
exchange.
THERE have been nineteen fires in
Dallas this month and some of the
insurance companies are withdraw
ing their business fredericksburg
to either renew old or write new
polices-on account of the INSULT
cheney of the fire department and
water supply.
CONGRESSMAN Mills thinks that the
main issue in the approaching presi-
dental campaign will be the tariff,
as the Question is of so much greater
Importance than anything else which
can be brought before the people
that the party platform should be
built on it alone.
SENATOR GoRMAN is now being talk
ed of as the democratic presidential
candidate and it is said that Hill, of
New York, has expressed his prefer
ence for him and will undertake to
throw the influence of Tammany in
his favor. German is an able man,
but, being from the south, it is
doubtful if he can muster support
sufficient to nominate, much less
elect him.
DISPATCHES of the 9th, gave the
details of one of the most shocking
railroad disasters that ever occurred
in this country. A passenger train
near Statesyille, n. c., went over a
stone bridge by spreading rails, and
plunged sixty-fve feet below. Twen-
ty were killed outright. Only one
man, the conductor, was able to go
to the nearest station to tell the
news. The number of deaths will
reach, 40 and all were injured.
TRE South continues to hold its
own in the matter of railroad build
ing. During the past six months
Alabama has built 137 miles, Geor-
gia 155, South Carolina 12O, Viz
ginia 100, West Virginia Ill, North
Carolina 81, Tennessee As, Louisi-
ana SO, Texas %, Kentucky II, Ar
kansas and Florida Z each. 1t is
worthy of remark that but three
states outside of the South has
reached 100 miles, viz Ohio, Penn
sylvania and Washington.
The death of Gen Bragg creates
a vacancy in the interstate COM
merce commission, and the act Gre
ating the commission limited repre-
sentation on in it of any one politi-
cal party to a bare majority, three
members out of five, as there are al
ready three republican members
President Harrison has got Hob
sons choice of appointing a Demo
crat. 1t is a $500 place; there will
no doubt be lot of applicants for
it, and it should go to a southern
Democrat, but who it will be yet is
hard to conjecture
The Farmers World appears to be
IN a comparative state of mind
Just now and makes some very sig
ni6cant illusions in the following
paragraph, which really contains
more truth than fiction: There is
a marked difference in the personnel
of the leaders of the State alliance
at the present session and two years
ago. 1t will be remembered that at
that time the State exchange had
just failed and the concern was
about to be sold out. The people
were excited and wanted to know