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THE TEXAs PAPERS.

j. Y. VOTERS has assumed editorial mar
agou .erl of tho t.sf;rsr... ro,,rn,I .,,,o,d
'N' ''''' az VI "a
,"s " '"r inquest % the laie owner MT
Edmcndsou. g. j. Rcnfro Will manage
the plant and NJ ss H. H. Edmondson VIII
remain propretru's.
Tho Liberty indicator makes, its 40.
t-..rsuce rn,v &, ..,h,,...,. -.
=, -, - F'eS 'o' IT.
'"Nh u tVl.oNt VINO HAS accepted po-
fjNon iu the state department at Austin
has le.s..a o.. f.-.rt,,,t -. N,
W "" Z"
ip1oid.
J. Hampton % 70 become editor Of the
'snN' Me%stS' Golfer and
n'epheno ret ring
g g. Cox nov has the management OF
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Going Slow on Mckinley.
Ennis Democrat.

we nave seen great deal of hard times
'u''ns our pilgrimage here below, and
nave witnessed good many business fail
ures since we came To tread tbis
sphere, but the failure of ina, aosa's
mouse at Tyler is the first instance Of The
h,nu we have ever known. We want n
ulstihctiy understood that while we voted
aslh Mckinley that since his election have
gone out OF our way to meet and eniertain
ms wave OF prosperity, but il his elect
-, 10 gong 10 get us where we can nelther
I'VE or die In as good style as we have
oeen used 10 then we are going TOGO slow
very slow, on Mckinley o. '''"
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THE LITERARys'

pl In the =; Journa, Of Il.
man l Loti e described e y
and' WIN deep-so. eya.1
y vait,a d,i,e-away voice i M. ssins
.d.ii, lie is very /, i,,se tht
..,' ,u you have liieraliv'urn iMt
9l MN; He described 70 dns !,
DAY thing how, a ~, quhs IN
seq IN Stormy weather iat.ar
moshccd absollilon frn,,. me ehss!
upior uM.e wretch v ,hn lhe br1sI
w heh Dtudet asked v,aus
, ,Ilseh 70 a niva. FANNY LOT
w simplest manner ~, ne ar,sv
q, my unlcles was eaten V ~
The Rev. s.. Rsr,,.o
high desk, IN a p',Ilsa,nng,.G,ud =,
gum pen. which illes vi, ny posis
vrib,,sda' IA, an abs. Mr.. ,M.is
,,,,rn ay ianor have moi ~ ioHs
no,iidS Wify Form tho pHp,eoxSs
49, wortH say indeed. that tshi.'e IL
', $500 a. o. must have ~. nksN
n ,,.,',,, n IN his physique co so,nnae'h
, w.e,i.ns The AK in thu n
sounds which surrounT Eel
hoine. Dartmoor, WIKI ny ~
mouse ,,,.l,s and parsonage "a
'nsiish village of Low Tpo,H
lane Barlow. the wr,ter s",na'i
described by one who he. OF In
nome near Dublin a. ",s tai seeh u
shy, girlosh look ana' AID I'd
c,nariningly unaffected \ msasI
nalr. nlue eyes and ,e III
,imes her face lights NJ, M shi
look and she gives vo,, up viii
OF humor which renal, v IL o. thos
nappy-eo-l'icky peasants Of sffIEssn]
IL Is not often that wa e.,
Mr.lel praising with sucS ~
younger one as Richard !. snrsl
mas done. lie saws tha, nHsafy \
f"fnald g a genius. ana sness
story. The Cat and The ,rra at Nh
n,es' shor, piece of nctso, nn r,uA
United States in L decade. p'odas't
\ writer In the S,,r.s.
scribea Andrew Lang as wy y" Mts'
apt. entertaining all,lsinn ny hall
- W reluing, chopped fine rs.slt
t !, amy not dlgested. kina " n
m. Ky :, or literary preces..s
'Iol mug turner. save only NOV
ana sun more knowledge" ''e.'a
Frank Stockton. who ro,s
me Lady, or the T'gerS" Y ~
re has Travelled a good daa, seI,f,'
much time In Europe Fia,,sssa u
gina For some years IS, NM VI
home has been at ConvSnt M
town. n. j.. overlooking a ~. ,i1
-cy. UeaottI
Herman Melville. whose
south Seas. "Typhce' and . ~
n"lng republished. was a sam, J.
was quito young. Then he ea, aas,l !,
In NJ ossachusetts, married Sx
a chief justice and began hi, NM
most prosperously. '9 IVA
Sarah Orne Jewett h,. -
desks-.one at her own hons :.
Berwick and the other AZ n.
Mrs. Fields at Nianchss,s,s.
where so many Of her SUNNI; 7
tu'nn days are spent.
Rudyard. Kipllng recently -.
handsome price for his Vernsnrs y
Is SAID that after next year hs ~ ;
II permanently.
Ian Maclaren says that Hapu "
Is the American writer most ~
in England at present. ~.
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Please Correct,

The Gal-Dal News prints n ro,,oo ;.
'"i page mat amy erroneous refec.
'ioh upon the character or standing Of onv
person firm or corporation" in tho Mow'
So'umns viii be corrected II at,en,,o,
Well. here goes:
You You nave nave claimed to be democra,
Na,iona nav" ae often alluded to the presen,
W." a. administration as democrats,
of Texas. 10 De friend
These have been grossly errono
heh's' Please gladly correct = state
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TEXAS BRIEFS.

Vclasoo. ''''s "'e" iotnei IN
Key Abe Mulkey Ia conducttns n r..,,,,,
at Henrletia revival
election January ~ e'"'"' TAX
pbo ",ora a nov has lonG distance tele.
Marsb,m n"r Beatty was badly burrbcd n,
catching nre ''"'S "~f.HeHthly
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No orders for goods" etc, are given ny
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From the New York Journal.
THE GOSPEL
OF SORDIDNEsS.

or co-1r-~, Cleveland admin
straticn is dis
closed again by Comptroller Eckels in his
letter TO the Journal printed yesterday.
Speaking OF the business outlook. he said
| that money will be willingly invested
whenever It appears that the American
people arc ready to devote Themselves
strictly TO their own business affairs and
cease undertaking to keep up foreign and
domestic turmoil and strife. Investments
must be made 10 bring about business ac-
tiVity. and during an agitation which may
lead to serious foreign complication they
Will not be made"
This means simply that out Of Difference
10 capital the American people must forego
the turmoil and strife nseparablo from
an Intelligent discussion OF their domestic
affairs. and that they must resolutely
quonch thcir sympathy with the Cubans
who are hravely fighting to frec themselves
from tyranny compared with which that
suffered by the thirteen colonies was only
trifling, We can only do business in this
great, rich, new country. IL seems, when We
think Of nothing. care for nothing, but
dollars. We must have no politics. domes-
tic or foreign. no sentiments no duties
that are not instantly To he subordinated
To our immediate business interests" In
tellectual and moral staGnation. according
to Mr.. Eckels, is the ideal toward which we
should strive in order tina, trade may pros
per. There is TO re no patriotism. no aci-
tatlon for the reform of ahuses-nothing
but business,
II ever the republic sinks TO tho level de-
sired by Comptroller Eckels We shall have
government SO rotten and people SC
dun and debased that capital viii be very
much worse off than It can possibly be
under free institutions kept free by vitaliS-
ing discussion and agitaton-by the strife
and turmoil" that are the best signs vi our
health as u nation. We are not ready, yet
notw outstanding Mr., Eckes and his brrth
er wiseacres. TO substitute the sugar cured
ham for tho American eagle as the Ma
tonai emblem.
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\ GLIMPSE.

For Tho Post.
To almost hold fair Heaven within thy
very grasp; so
To smell sweet doors from its gardens
fair,
Ana feel than in thy arms thou cen might
Thy an-tf only thou could'st enter
AND yet to know that IT can never he;
40 ieel @aeh bitter longing and undying
ot conscience sting and know ',is no, for
Ana thai this glimpse may never come
fsrshanse this is a sort of hell.
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4 STAY LAW.
4 San Antonio Man Wants the Leg
fsl,turc to Enact One.

To the Editor OF the Post
San Antonio Texas. January 9Th,
country has reoled and staggered under tbs
burthen of exceptionally hard times fol-
three years and a half. and today no rift
in the cloud" is visible. Prices have been
depressed below the rcmunerative point
enterprise has been paralyzed as IL never
was before in our history as a nation, and
nearly 10000 of workingmen nave been
thrown out Of employment solely through
the disastrous condition OF the country
There may be plenty Of money locked up
in the vaults OF bankers and banks, wait
ing for the dawn of a better day but the
fact Is undoniabe that there is very little
money in the hands of the great mass of
our population or in actual circulation, lie.
passing in the course of business from
one person TO another. SO that one dollar
would pay one hundred dollars in single
day and thereby furnish axle grease TO
the wheels OF business
There has been ruinous shrinkage In
values consequent upon the bightine effect
of the hard times all over the country.
A@eeiu uiS SltttIf sHEulh IN Nalue as well
as every kind and description of property
AS the result of this shrinkage of all
values. land. if now sold at a forced sale
under judicial process, for cash. would not
bring a third OF its real value In other
words. it would simply be sacrificed. and
the debtor would be pauperiIed, with a
balance still due to his creditor hanging
over his head like the sword of Damocles.
that was only suspended by hair
y period Of hard times depressed yalues
and scarcity OF money, is a roval feast for
Shylock. who fattens OH the misfortunrs
OF his fellow man, and extracts immense
profits from their necessities. The Shy
lock of Shakespeare is not an isolated and
phenomenal character, but stands as rho
representative and type of the great major
i'y Of the creditor class which is deenIy
injected with the love of money which
is the root OF all evil
The most exigent question that the ley
siature now has 10 solve Is, shall debtors
be tied hand and foot, and handed over. in
that helpless condition TO the tender mer-
eies' of their creditors? Shall debtors be
sacrificed on the altar OF Mammon IN an
pease the greed of their creditors? Speak
ing for humanity as we'll an for MYSELF 7
reply no; thousand times no, What.
would you confiscate the debts due IN
creditors" may be asked. Not a bit of If
That would be high handed robbery and
the acme of injustice, and no one outside
of lunatic asylum would advocate such
a measure. Injustice is not imbued with
single remedial attribute and IL always
followed by retrbution in some form.
Let creditors have perfect access IN tho
courts OF the State and put no obstacle in
inc way of their obtaining judgments and
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L
-
| Tho Galveston Tribune critrcises an ell
torial IN Tho Post OF recent date. IN whscf
The Post criticised the house committed
OF the judiciary for modifying the senate
bill TO Limit tho powers Of Federal Judges
to punish for contempt. The Dispatches
etated that the house committee had shoru
the serrrte bill of sorne of tts features and
refused to accept the sweeping terms OF
the senate bill. Then u was that The Post
declared this 70 be a change of front from
the aDte-election position Of the reppb-
Iicana and In line with tho now rapidly
developing cenraliziDg policy of that
| party. Before the election tho senate
l BIZ was virtually endorsed by all par
ties. The democrats on the house COM
mitiee voted against the COMMITTEES sub
| sti.ute The Tribune evidently overlooked
| the fac, that 1t was the house substitute
| and not the senate bill The Post was Chill
cisans. Possibly the Tribune did not know
| a committee substitute had been prepared
In tho house, At any rate. in firing A. The
Post 1t went of "half-cocked."
| A little better equalization OF tax as
scs>Inents all along the line in 1877 would
BE- profitable reform.
The curfew Is being resorted to in Texas
| row. A large number OF American towns
have adopted curfew ordinances during
the past year. IL is beginning to be recog-
nlzed that our great-great grandfaihers
knew something about how TO raise cha
dren. after all
Tho Boston Herald kinks that the state
ment that Senator Woicott is off for Eu-
ehs. 4
a Kansas paper says that all the women
like Mckinley hc-ause he ielegraphs and
telephones TO his wife every day when she
.s away. This Is rather a sweeping asser-
ton. That kind OF husband would be very
omtarrassin 10 many OF the women.
Pro mlnent officials Of the Salvation Ar
my have been visiting a, the white House.
Now they are getting on warm tran.
II r. now said that all that Mrs. Hetty
Grecn Possesses only amounts 10 S60.-
cpjoe". 'Col. Ned" VIII not be without
sympathy in trying 10 turn an honest
penny or Two down IN Texas.
To tho country's disappointment the
death rate amoae the banks is still In ex-
ccss Of the dsath rate among the wreckers
" simple poilulcai 'r'ckery ana prosttu-
nos nre to control the chcee OF senator
III Illinois. as is freely charged. why
snoule the republicans look beyond John
NJ Palmer with their rewards?
Il looks Nike Novelist Crane rolgh, md n
sufficiently fertile field for Cuba, STORIES
at K.y West without rl.ki-,r ids head T.,
cuh,
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sence OF tariff duties. The public might as
we'll contemplate the big concern with COM
piscency. however. for 1t will be backed for
four years at least by an accommodating
National administration.
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Daughters of the Texas -
To the Daughters of the R,,sl
Texas:
Houston, Texas.-The msMcuI
THE Texas Magazine of Austin N
teously rendered our organlnru
partment in its columns TO be ~
member of the association. Nn]
Fowler Arthur of Austin. Tn =
been accepted by tho executive -
oil the association and IL Is thef T.
Wen as my own, ITO bring the mac1
he notice of the Daughter, ~
mat they lend thor aid and ~
by subscription and contribution,
work OF the magazine is upon "
iltr to our own, and therefou -
cciNe all possible encouragemeR
hands. also, lthe department devoli|
interests OF the association shodl
OF great assistance In bringing q
n touch with one another than = 4
IN the nature Of our association I
such am organ. The pages OF ~
fncnt VIII be open ito contributes
the members throughout the stat d
the editor, Mrs. Arthur. and n hi
lnended that the members DO Cd
historical articles of interest and Y
In sincere fellowship with, tho 4
shl ? of the association, ] am. yefyS
fully. Mrs. Ansnn u
State President d.
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SHAW'S REFLECTIONS

Texas Farmer.
What the legislature soon to assemble
will do or attempt to do. will. as usual
| be made known TO our readers by "Watch-
| err" the same correspondent that has 50
faithfully reported legislative proceedings
In the past Texas Farmer viii give It's
readers the truth. Those who want the
genuine article as TO the legislature's deeds
and mlsdeeds should not fail to read the
Truth Teller"
Texas Farmer is non partisan. but In
,ensely political. We want this fact fully
impressed fer the reason that there are
a number Of cranks among farmers. stock
breeders. horticClturists poulirymen. etc.
who have been falsely educated in the IDEA
that an agricultural paper should eschew
politics. This has been the teaching OF
a certain class Of agricultural editors ana
correspondents, whose education docs not
comprehend knowledge of political
science. one OF these fellows can give you
a "cyolopediac" answer as to veterinary
science about the orchard, the garden.
apiary. etc. but as to political economy or
monetary science. he is AT sea- and when
sounded herein falls behind the fhelter
that his paper does not dabble IN poll
tics. AZ consequence, many farmers.
h'Otk rdlStTs. etc. lplipWHlE lHtst NiNiu-
be wiseacres have fallen into this line OF
folly without realizing IT. Now. as n mat
ter OF fact, OF all the papers that should
'dabble in politics., the agricultural paper
stands pre-eminent. OF all the editors who
should "dabble in politics, the agricultural
editor should stand foremost. But. remem-
Der the line should be drawn here; real
editors Of any sort should rarely eccept
public office. Under certain conditions an
editor may thus serve his country, but the
cases are rare where any real editor could
do as much for his country in even the
highest office, as he can do editing only
an ordinary paper
All newspapers especially agricultural
newspapers. should. as we say. be intensely
political Why? Because political evils
are about the only evils threatening the
peace, prosperity and liberty of the Ieo-
pie, as well as the perpetuity & our 'Tpub-
lie. Hence Teas Farmer has always gone
deeply into politics, and this is why Texas
Farmer Will continue to dig ore rom the
same mine. This is why Texas Farmer al
ways keeps right up with the procession
during the meeting OF the leglsla ure Our
readers know whether this sJrt Of polit!-
cal planting has heretofore borne good fruit
for them.
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SENATOR
SHERMAN
SPEAKS


by Senator sherman to Al
bert II. Walker OF Hartford, Conn. early
In December, and now printed for the first
time. In II Senator sherman announc es
that he is not in sympathy with the pro-
posed movement to retro United States
notes or greenhacks, which is now a part
OF the Wall street policy. Endorsed by
Cleveland and Carlisle The letter is as fol-
lows.
Mr. Albert II. Walker:
United States Senate Chamber. Washing.
ton. D. C.. December Z. 1896. My Dear Sir:
Your kind note OF the 2Sth ultimo is re-
oeived- do not sympathize with the move
ment TO retire United States notes from
circulation, believe 1t IL easy to maintain
limited amount OF these in circulation.
without danger or difficulty. The main
tennnce In circulation OF s3i6. 900 900 United
states notes, supported by h reserve Of
800 200 900 gold, not only saves the inter-
est on s2f6, 900 600 of debt but is a vast
convenience 10 tho people at large. The
hest form of paper money In that which is
backed by the government and maintained
al the specie standard The absolute Sc
ciirliy Of these notes was never called In
question. after the resumption Of specie
Payments In 1879, until the reserve was
being trenched upon to meet deficiencies In
current revenue brought about by what is
known as the Wilson tariff law Of 1884
NeEy truly yours. John sherman,
There Ia confession and also an his
iorical inarcuracy In this statement. The
confession 10 that the credit and faith OF
the government can maintain the value Ut
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From the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

~ I-UUIo VSt -ITTNPdNNHs
The most important uttor-
/" ance on the currency ques-
IN ton since the election is to
be found in a letter written
by Senator sherman to Al
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Tho Boston HnraldIhInks that the state
ment that Senator Woicott is off for Eu-
rope should reed. "a way Off"
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A little better equalization OF tax as
ses>sinents all along the line in 1897 would
be a profitable reform.
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Pro minent officials Of the Salvation Ar
my have been visiting a, the white House.
Now they are getting on a warm tran.
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Kansas paper says that all the women
like Mckinley he-ause he ielegraphs and
telephones 10 his wife every day when she
Is away, This Is rather a sweeping asser-
ton. That kind OF husband would be very
embarrassing TO many OF the women.
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mere Is one thing to which this lesi.Is.
lure should give especial attention. ara
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The curfew is being resorted to in Texas
row A large number OF American towns
have adopted curfew ordinances during
the past year. IL is beginning to be recog-
nized that our great-great grsndfathers
knew something about how TO raise cha
dr.., affar ALI
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Green Possesses only amounts 10 &c.,,
eoj.eo. "Col. Ned" VII not be without
sympathy in trying 10 turn an honest
penny or Two down IN Texas.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-06-04
sheep breeders Convention.

i'.is seventh annual convention of
th oe:l, Dak;.ta Breeders and Wool
Growers association will convene at
Pier Tuesday. jane 22nd at 10
o'clo =. ~. No formal or set pro-
gr'm wii! he arranged this year. but ly
decision of the management tho days
.,-aca c.i.,gs viii be outlined and am
nonnced from day to day, as the meet
io%s are held. Among the outsiders
who Will he present aud participate are
Professor Shaw of the Minnesota cx-
pertinent station, Hon. George Mcker-
row. director Of the Wisconsin Farm
ers' Institutes, Madison, Wisconsin
and frof. j. y. Craig of tho Wisconsin
experiment station. They are rich in
practical farm experience aud have
each had exceptional opportunities for
development in experimental sheep
tests; are more or less familiar with
Dakota methods and will freely re
spond to any and all questions asked
them by our shepherds. Both South
and north Dakota experimental farms
will have representatives present to
participate. Prominent sheepmen
from North Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin
and Minnesota will be present and
take leading parts in the discussions.
Arrangements are being made to
treat the visitors and others to two
days trip to some Of the large sheep
ranches west of the Missouri river.
Al.s will afford all who desire an OPP
p~rtunity to see the ranch way of
handling large numbers Of sheep.
AS this meeting will be held at the
close of the shearing season and at one
of the great mutton aud shipping
points. doubtless many buyers, COM
mission men will also be presen, Let
sheepmen from all over the y as
rally to this meeting. The time is pro-
pitious, the place-our state capital
will be at it's best, and it's citizens will
give us a hearty reception. A visit to
the great reservation country can
never be made at such low expense
or under so favorable conditions as at
this time. \ number of sheepmen
have determined to go and tax their
wives with them. Let us rally then to
this meeting and make it bright spot
in the memory of the sheperas of
South Dakota.
q. Nj. SHEPARD.
w. T.. y. BUSHNELL. President.
Secretary.