The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-29

tnOugn II tney COulu w 80 odsiiyt th0y
prefer putting in their time in more
or less successful endeavors to raise
trouble. To hunt them and secure
reasonably sound testimony against
them is almost impossible, as We have
discovered to our sorrow all through
this CARA business.
They are not uniformed and in
summer time very few OF them have
enough clothing to dust a fiddle, but
they can shoot just as well as man
who has covering and the dignity
of full dress reeimentals, and II pur-
sued at night they can by throwing
carbine and cartridges aside speedily
resolve themselves into most peace
able shepherds. Everybody In the
region, or nearly every body, sympa.
thizes with this iawlessness, and in
very many instances officials who
have sworn to uphold the statutes
have barred the way so effectually
that justice has to turn around and
get out the way she came in. After
much trouble the murderous vaga-
bond is arrested, bis conviction Is by
no means certain. l, he has little
money or few cows with which to
pay fee he can hire somebody who
thinks he is q lawyer and who Is at
least able to corrupt the civil or mill
tary officials who caused the arrest"
"Is the Rio Grande valley of any
value?"
"Well, l should say It Is. Its area
Is as great as that of New England
aud It's soil is extremely fertile wher-
ever water can be poured upon 1t.
Just now it is the home of the coyote
and wild hog but the day is coming
when this country will draw largely
OF lis sugar supply and its grapes
from this valley. Without water ag-
riculture Is possible only In spots, but
where wells have been dug and
pumps operated there has been a
most satisfactory yield. The great
need of the country is railroads and
where that has been supplied say
from Brownsville to Laredo and up
the river, cotton can be raised In
enormous quantities; there is no reason
silk culture could not be great sue
cess. The day Is coming when 1t will
be q remarkably wealthy section OF
the United States, but before such q
desirable condition Is possible we
must purge ourselves of the detestable
class which now prevents civilization
from putting its foot In the valley OF
the Rio Grande."
INTERSTATE COMMERCE LAW.
W AsHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator
Cullom chairman of the senate com
mittee on interstate commerce, expects
his committee to soon consider meas
ures that have been proposed, many
of which are intended to vitalize and
add strength to the law upon which
heavy inrOads have been made by re-
cent federal court decisions. Senator
Cullom does not say whether he favors
the pooling amendment or not, but 1t
is believed he would be opposed to it.
The committee are not o unit In the
amendment, for there are some MEM
bers who believe 1t would be q good
thing and would mitigate much of the
evil now existing, or at least claimed
by railroads to exist in the matter OF
freight rates, and would be q sure
remedy for that discrimination which
is said to be exhibited by some of the
trunk lines in favor of large against
small shippers.
MR.. BLAIN's CONDITION.
WASHINGTON, Dec. N.-"Biaine is
as we'll as he was yesterday, and is
improving.n This was said at six
O'Clock this evening and DR.. johnson
had been at Blaine's bedside just
twenty-five minutes. This visit was
the second the doctor had paid Blaine
this afternoon and when his attention
was called to the fact, he remarked
that it had no particular significance,
In which he said be would not call
again this evening unless specially
summoned. 1t is pretty well under
stood that while Blaine really shows
marke. improvement compared with
his condition recently, he is still very
sick man, so sick he can only alt erect
when lifted into that position and
propped up with pillows.
BANKING LEGISLATION.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The house
committee on banking and currency
was called together soon after holiday
recess to act on o bill introduced by
Representative Andrews of Massa
cbusetts, promising more liberal leg
islation In behalf of national banks
and repeal OF the bullion purchase
clause of the Sherman act. A majority
of the committee 10 disposed to rec
ommend the first section of the An
drews bill, which authorizes Lationa
banks to issue circulating notes up tt
full par value OF United Statel
bonds deposited. Section 2 re
duces the an cunts Of bonds requiret
to be deposited in the United 5tate