The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-24
THE GOVERNORS BUSY DAY.
A BARREL OF DOCUMENTS
AWAITED HIS PERUSAL
AT DALLAS.
THERE WERE MANY CALLERS, TOO
Some Made Social Calls, While Others
Had Axes to Grind-Appointments
Made-The Governor Sympathizes
with Cuba, But Opposes ..
Annexation.

mail and applications for office to the
| Windsor hotel. The private secretary
faithfully obeyed his wire instructions
He gathered up the letters and other doc.
uments, made up one package and that
package was as large as an ordinary
shoe box. The receipt of this package
surprised the chief executive. He placed
! it on the table in his room calmly sur.
veyed its dimensions, thrust his hands into
his trousers pockets and whisted. He
spent several hours today examining this
mass of correspondence and asserting the
same. He had many callers. Many
came to pay their respects and others to
SAY word for friend" .,.
The chief executive made couple of
calls, himself. He first visited the office
of his former law partner, Mr.. John
Bookhout, and later called on Gen. w
L. Cabel and requested "Old Tige" to
accept position on the board of man.
ayers of the Confederate Home at Aus
tin. Gen. Cabel accepted the honor and
will qualify in few days.
Tonight reporter called on the gov
ernor and asked him if he had any ap-
pointments to make public. He said:
Hon. Mann Trice of Austin has been
re-appointed assistant attorney general of
the state and DIR. J. G. Mayfield has
been appointed quarantine officer at Gal
weston to succeed DR.. Blunt, resigned.
DIR. G. NJ. Rosser has resigned the SUI
perintendency of Terrell asylum for the
insane. His resignation has been ac-
cepted, to take effect on January /. This
evening | was notified that the board
of managers of the Terrell asylum had
elected DR.. ID. l.. Gaillard of Greenyile
as superintendent"
"Have you selected the winner in the
race for secretary?'
mo; the appointment has not been
taken up yet"
1t was understood that the board of
managers of the Austin asylum will re-
elect DR.. M. Worsham of Ellis county
as superintendent and the board of man.
ayers of the Southwestern asylum at
San Antonio have decided to retain DR..
VIM. Wallace MacGregor of Laredo as
superintendent of the institution.
DIR. Gaillard, who succeeds DR.. Rosser
as superintendent of the Terrell asylum,
has been first assistant under Or. Rosser
for the past two years. He is native
of South Carolina and was born in Fair
field county, near Columbia, in that state,
forty-eight years ago. He graduated
from the Louisville Medical college and
located at Greenville seventeen years
ago, where he practiced medicine until
1894, when he received the appointment
of first assistant at the Terrell asylum.
Tonight reporter sought to obtain an
expression from the governor on the Gu
ban question. He said very emphatic
ally: u.
81 want to see the Cubans gain their
independence from Spain, but 1 am OPP
posed to the annexation of the island.
The truth is, we have more territory
now than we can look after, and for one
l am certainly not in favor of the an
nexation proposition.
Il believe in liberty and government
equality ~ '0-'T
LEAVES FOR AUSTIN.
Dallas, Tex, Dec. 19.-(Special.) Gov
ernor Cu,berson changed his program to-
night and took passage on the Katy flyer
for. Austin; He at first decided to re-
main in Dallas until Monday, but
changed his mind. ss h...6.| g
There was rumor flying about tonight
to the effect that Mr.. Frank, Andrews
of Houston had been rendered the posi-,
ton of secretary of state and had de-
c,ined the office. This the governor de-
MES. H.. Is.
Hon. VIM. B. PlemmOns of Amarillo
and Tulley A. Fuller and John +. Clark
of San Antonio were among the arrivals
tonight. They chatted and joked with
the chief executive but did not once re-
fer to political conditions. Judge Penn
mons is en- route to Tyler and Messrs.
Fuller and Clark are here on private bus
mess. Mr.. Fuller will qualify as first as
sistant in the office of Attorney General
M. NJ. Crane on January l.
Edward T. Barnett of Granville, dis
trict attorney for the counties of Hunt,
llophluS was uHOtntl lItc
silver democrat who made a pilgrimage
to the city today.
THE BUGLE BLAST.
Dallas, Tex, Dec. 19.-(Special)-Gen.
w. L. Cabell returned from Honduras
Friday. He was asked for an expression
on the Cuban question and said:
81 am not fllibuster and don't believe
in that sort of thing. am waiting for
Grover to sound the bug.e and then | am
ready for action. AS old as | am, am
not too old to respond if my country
sounds the call to arms and will lead a
regiment to battle against the soldiers of
Spain to wrest from that monarchy the
island of Cuba"
TO SUCCEED ROSSER.
Terrell Tex, Dec. 19.-(Special lit
is officially announced here that the board
of managers of the North Texas asylum
for the insane have decided to elect DR..
u. L. Gaillard superintendent of that in
to succeed DR.. G. NJ. Rosser,
DIR. Gaillard is at present first
assistant physician, having been appoint
ed from Greenyille.
INTERNICINE TROUBLES.
Madrid, Dec. 22.-An official denial was
published this evening of the report cir
culated by the Correspondence that the
gen d'armes have dispersed small lev.
Dlutionary band which had been organized
near this city. .Fsfs. ~