El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-02

ton to compel the authorities at
Washington to remove our volunteers
| will receive the generous support of
every good citizen in the country
Austin Tribune.
The grs in crop in Texas this year is
something tremendous and grain farm
ers are happy. Generally speaking
the cattle trade is in a healthy condi-
| tion, and indications seem favorable
for a good, steady market. Ranges
all over Texas are covered with a
luxuriant growth of grass and in conse-
quence horses, cattle and sheep are in
splendid growing condition.-Texas
Stockman aud Farmer.
The Colquitt tax bill is gathering in
the ducats for the state treasury, and
many who have been shrinking tax
paying for years are being led quietly
up to the lick-log, but the Legislators
who passed the bill are being roundly
abused by the victims of Senator Col
outfits drag-net. ALI right, friends,
hand US down our chunk of profanity
and we will accept it with meekness..
L4uling Signal.
When Lea Beatty goes to Austin as a
member of the Legislature, which he
is certain TO do if the tsil-holt does not
break, there is one thing we want him
to do, and that is to rescue the Ward
Rogan election bill from The committee
room and push it through the house, or
give US something better along the line
If ballot reform. He will lind 1t an
,p-hill job, we know, but he can try,
and an angel can do no more.-Luling
Signal.
| The department of education has
been exceedingly busy for the last Few
| weeks. The cause of this activity is in
Qrsf 6,rn ~ fol Of ha
tic census under the new law. This
law was enacted by the last legisla-
ture, and its purpose was to proven
the padding of the scholastic census
The scholastic census for the year end
ing 1896 was us, 649;the scholastic GEN.
sus for the year ending 1897 was 49,
041; the scholastic census for the year
ending in 1898 was 776, ST. San Anto-
MO Express.
The newspapers of the state will be
doing the people good service by agi
tating the question of fines and fees in
criminal cases. There is something
radically wrong with our laws when q
man can be fined the nominal sum of l
cent and then have to pay a cost bill
to the officers of SIS or $40. If q man
is actually guilty of violating the law
he ought to pay into the state q sub
stantial sum and also the court pro-
ceedings. If he is not guilty not even
q nominal fine should be assessed
against him, but he should be eXoner-
ated, aud above all he should not be
required to pay exorbitsnt fees to Of
ficers for prosecuting an innocent man.
Sherman Register.
General Wade Hampton and daught-
er; Mr.. Houston and A. w. Houston
,Jr., about the 1st of July, enjoyed
fishing at Mustang Island, with follow
ing result; Miss Hampton landed
tarpon six feet and eight inches long,
believed to be the largest tarpon ever
caught by lady. The fish is now be-
ing mounted. Mr.. Houston's son came
near breaking another record. After
an exciting struggle he managed to
land colossal fish measuring seven
feet and three inches from head to tail.
So far as is known this is, with one eX-
ception, the largest tarpon ever caught
on the gulf coast with rod and reel. IL
was caught by being hooked near its
tail.-Ssn Antonio Express.