The Velasco Times (Velasco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 1892 Page: 2 of 8
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THE VELA8C0 TIMES.
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PUBLI8HE0 EVERY SATURDAY.
GOODMAN 5 M-FARLAND BROS.
GOVERNOR HOGG.
Jlppllaatlan has baan mada to anta tha Tlmaa
at tha Poatotllaa In Velasao, Taxaa, aa
aaaond alaaa mall matla*.
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A temperature of 34 degrees be-
low zero was recorded at Lyndon-
ville, Vermont, recently.
The directors of the Northern
Pacific railway yesterday declared
the regular quarterly dividend of 1
per cent on preferred stock.
The delegates to the Ft. Worth
city convention the other day,
passed resolutions endorsing Mills
for the senate. As a result, some
of the anti-Mills papers are tear-
ing their shirts clean up the back.
The special car of the Aransas PasB
officials arrived in the city yesterday
over the Velasco Terminal with Re-
ceiver B. F. Yoakum, and General
Freight Agent L. J. Polk and other
railroad officials. They will look over
the city before returning to Han An-
tonio.
The schooner Annie E. Pierce
of Wilmington. Del., went ashore
off Cape Hatteras yesterday and
was driven upon the rocks. The
mate was instantly killed and the
captain seriously injured.
A telegram from Boston states
that E. It. Reynolds, assistant to
Superintendent Corbin of the
New York and New England
road, says that the report that
traffic arrangements have been
made with Reading for a large
tonnage of coal is untrue.
Senator John M. Palmer, of Illi-
nois, announces that he is not a
candidate for the nomination of
president, and with all his old
time honesty, states his unfalter-
ing adherence to Grover Cleve-
land and the cause be so nobly
represents.
!
Gen. Butler says in his book
that at tho close of the war there
was an army of 177,000 deserters.
He does not undertake to say how
many of these deserters are now
on the pension rolls but it is pretty
certain that if he were to consider
the subject from this point of view
he would find the greatest part of
them fairly well provided for.-
Fort Worth Mail.
Gen. Enrizquez of San Salvador
was killed yesterday by a body
of Gautemalan soldiers, together
with several companions near the
city Zacapa, Gautainala, near the
Honduras coast. Gen. Enrizquez
had been unanimously proclaimed
dictator of the constitutional
party of Gautemala, and in con-
sequence incurred active hostility
of President Barrillos.
Hogg made no end oí fool prom-
ises to the people of Texas two
years ago and he¡will have to meet
those promises now. It matters
not how impossible some of them
were of redemption, the people
««xpect their fulfillment as a pledge
of the honesty of the giver. This
is the penalty that a man has to
pay for being a demagogue and
pandering to the demands of an
irrational and unreasonable senti-
ment—San Antonio Light.
Yes, and one fool mistake that
he did make that he did not
make a promise will have to be
answered. That is the appoint-
ment of his chum Horace, an in-
experienced cross-road orator to
the United States senate, over a
list of good men.
The junior editor of The
Times is in receipt of many let-
ters asking why he is not support-
ing Gov. Hogg as strongly as he
did in the last campaign. There
are several reasons why we are
not advocating Mr. Hogg in this
campaign as earnestly as we did
in 1890. We are his personal
friend, and admire his many good
qualities as a statesman and lead-
er, but our support will not be
given to any candidate solely on
these grounds. We believe in a
democratic government, and
think the chief executive of Texas
should be a man of ability and
experience, but we are not willing
to support a man who disregards
the wishes of his constituents to
gratify his own personal likes and
dislikes. Hogg has made a good
governor; has fulfilled every
promise made to his friends, but
in doing so he has disregarded the
will of the people, and in several
instances has appointed men to
office who could not have been
elected by the people. Every
wise act of the governor should
be commended by every good cit-
izen of the state, but we for one,
are not prepared to endorse the
appointment of Horace Chilton,
a man who was little known out
side of his own county, to be
United States Senator from Texas,
over the heads of such men as
Mills, Culberson, Ross, Ireland
and a dozen other true and trusted
democrats of the state. At the
time oí his appointment Chilton
could not have received the of-
fice at the hands of the people or
the legislature and if the govern-
or had followed the wishes of the
people he would have appoint-
ad Mills, Culberson or some
other party leader. The junior
editor of The Times sup-
ported Hogg in the last campaign
because he believed that there
were certain reform measures that
should be adopted to protect our
citizens from wrongs that had been
practiced upon them, and that
Hogg was the man to correct
these evils, but we are not pre-
pared to endorse his endeavors to
defeat the will of the people to
gratify his personal ambition. We
are in favor of the Hon R. Q.
Mills for United States senator
and if he is not elected at the spe-
cial session in March, the person-
al influence of the governor will
defeat him.
The Times to-day publishes
the deep water speech made by
Hon. Dick Hubbard before the
trans-Mississippi congress, which
convenedat Omaha, Neb. last No-
vember. ft is well worth reading
and preserving. It will also be
published "in the weekly Times
week. Any one desiring extra
copies should order at once.
To days Times though pub-
lished in a city that is only six
months old is something after the
metripoliten order. It circulates
and is eagerly read in every home
in Velasco.- It has béen the con-
stant aim of the proprietors to
publish a newspaper in every sense
of the word, a paper that will
take a bold and fearless stand on
all matters, politics and otherwise
and express its opinions on all
things at all times regardless oí
the consequences, for a news paper
with out an opinion or if it has
one and has not backbone enough
to express it, commands neither
respect or prestige in the eyes of
the public, and togive the peo-
ple a paper that they would not be
ashamed to send out to their
friends or to say "here is a copy
of our Daily Paper,"and to say
"yes Velasco is rather small to
sport a Daily paper like the Times,
infact it is something nneprici-
dented in the history of town
building," "but then there is pluck
energy and enterprise enough in
Velasco to accomplish most any-
thing." Yes dear readers the
Times is costing the proprietors
a great deal of money and hard
work but they have every confi-
dence in Velasco's future and ex-
pect to get. ther reward in the
sweet bye and bye.
A new journalistic venture is
the Cameron Chronicle. The Her-
ald has acted at the obsequies of
quite a number of papers in that
city, but we hope that it will not
have to act in the same capacity
for the new venture, but that it
will have a success.
The St. Louis Republic says
that Texas should elact Mills to
the Senate. Right, you are, and
you can most certainly depend on
the people doing so. Mills in the
senate would command attention.
Can the same be said of Hogg's
Chilton ?
The Vernon Guard gets quite
facetious in speaking of the deep
water port of Dallas. It says:
"Look out for deep water at
Dallas. An exploring party of
ten went down the Trinity the
other day and on their return the
"tide" will follow them.
Now this is a real cruel stab,
considering the fact that their
"deep" water appropriation is now
seriously being considered at
Washington.
Short Items of Interest.
Fire yesterday destroyed a
carpet beating establishment in
San Francisco and a match facto-
ry adjoining. Thirteen Chine s
were employed in the match fac-
tory. Two of them were unable
to escape and were burned to
death.
At the annual meeting of the
Grant monument fund association
in New York yesterday, the fol-
lowing officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, Gen.
Horace Porter; vice-presidents,
Sidney Dillon and Albert
Gallup; treasurer, Horace T.
Hotchkiss, and Secretary, James
C. Reed.
The festivities attendant upon
thd opening of the carnival sea-
son began last night at New Or-
leans, when the Argonauts, the
king's own royal guards, gave a
brilliant tableaux and ball at the
Grand opera house. Miss Josie
Maginnis, a beautiful and stately
blonde of New Orleans, was
crowned queen.
James G. Wyman, mayor of
Alleghany City, who was recently
tried and convicted on charge of
extorting witness fees, tendered
his resignation to the council
last night. The resignation was
at once accepted to date from
February 25. A charge of em-
bezzlement is still pending against
him, but it is thought it will not
be pushed.
The Trans-Mississippi commer-
cial congress opened yesterday
at New Orleans in the St. Charles
theatre. Chairman A. K. Miller
called the meeting to order. Rev.
B. M. Palmer delivered the open-
ing prayer. After an address of
welcome by Gov. Francis Nichols
Chairman Miller introduced ex-
Governor Hubbard, of Texas,
who alluded feelingly to the link
which bound Louisiana and Texas
in the war. He said Texas was
interested in rapid transit and
deeper harbors on the gulf. He
spoke of the appropriations to
eastern harbors and rivers and
thought too long had the great
west and south been neglected.
The appropriation for Texas was
but the entering wedge to future i
appropriations. He said that in
ten years from to-day Texas j
would stand besides Pennsylvania
and possibly Now York.
POLITICAL POINTERS. '
The presidential compaign is
growing in interest every day and
while Grover Cleveland is saying
nothing and quietly sawing wood,
D. B. Hill is working the mid-
winter bellows for all it is worth
enfiating his little boom.
* *
Tho masses and those who be-
lieve in honest politics are pull-
ing hard for Cleveland, but it may
turn out that the ring politicians
and professional campaigners will
nominate Hill for president.
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The republicans will likely nom-
inate Mr. Harrison for a second
term, his great popularity being
based upon his Chilian war record,
and his grand parent's hat. If
Harrison had Blaine's head in
stead of this much worn title of
his grand pa, the country would
be better off and we would hare
a better president.
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The democratic party of New
York will again dictate to the na-
tional convention unless the
South and West combine with the
East and teach them a lesson.
Success would again be ours it we
would put John M. Palmer of Illi-
nois, at the head of our ticket
with Governor Russell, of Massa-
chusetts, as a second free coinage
of silver may be alright, but when
the whole business interests of
the country is suffering from the
effects of a war tariff, why should
the silver men attempt to defeat
tariff reform by side tracking that
issue for the sake of free coinage f
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Governor Hogg appointed Hor-
ace Chilton to the United States
Senate against the wishes of the
people (himself and a few friends
excepted), and he will use the
party lash in the special session,
for all it worth to sustain the ap-
pointment.
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In the mean time the true and
trusted Roger Q. Mills is growing
in popularity every day, and is
almost certain to be elected to the
senate by the special session.
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Hogg and the commission may
and likely will succeed in the
coming state campaign, but the
antis will give them a close call in
the state convention. It seems
that there are more anti-Hogg men
this year than there are anti-Com-
mission men, but this is to be ex-
pected, for the reason that Hogg
has sought to please himself in-
stead of the people.
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There is a just complaint com-
ing up from more than one dis-
trict in the state in regard to the
non-enforcement of the criminal
law. Jurors are oftentoowilling to
turn murderers lose on the coun-
ty again because they put up a
pitiful plea. The 23d Judicial
District of which Brazoria coun-
ty is a part, has suffered more than
once in this respect and and it is
time a hault was called.
If the citizens of the 23 Judicial
district want the law strictly and
impartially enforced, they should
select Hon. T. S. Reese, of Hem-
stead to the office of District
Judge. He is a lawyer and a gen-
tleman, of whom we are all very
proud and would make us a judge
that would have the law enforced,
whether it was popular to do so
or not. Elect Tom Reese District
Judge, and the criminal will be
delt with as the law directs.
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If Reese don't suit you for dis-
trict judge, then what's the matter
with John A. Hallo we of Rich-
mond ?
O. D. Kirkland, Esq., of Rich-
mond, would make a capital dis-
trict attorney, but John M. Pinck-
ney has done his duty and should
be elected again if he wants the /
office.
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The political pot in Brazoria
county is going to boil fiercer this
year than usual. There will be a
determined effort made to defeat
the ring politicians who have run
the county for years. New life
and new blood have been added
to the body politic and the days
of the political bosses are num-
bered.
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Judge F. J. Duff will in all
probability be a candidate for
county judge, and the people will
do well to elect him. Joe has
been tried and found up to the
full measure everytime, and it is
safe to say that the county will be
free of robbery under his admin-
istration. The judge is a fine
lawyer and is very popular.
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County Attorney E. N. Krause
is also spoken of as a probable I'
candidate for county judge incase
Duff doesn't run. Emil has made
a number one county attorney and
is well qualified to fill any office
in the county.
• * *
There are two or three pros-
pective candidates for sheriff, but
as Mr. Yerby has given general
satisfaction and is a good man, he
is likely to succeed himself.
* • •
The district clerk's office has
been held for quite a while by the
present incumbent, but it is very
likely that he will have a success-
ful competitor this fall.
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County Clerk Gale may sue
ceed himself and is a first-class
official, but will likely find strong
opposition by mid-summer.
* * *
The offices of tax assessor and ^
tax collector are good ones, and
there will be a half dozen or more
candidates for each before the
election is held. In this connec-
tion we would say that J. L. Mur-
ray would make a number one
collector, and Jas. V. Hinkle
could not be beatten for assessor.
• * •
J. P. Bryan, of Velasco would
make the county a splendid treas-
urer, and if he will allow his name
to go before the people he can be
elected.
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In cause E. N. Krause is not a
candidate for county attorney, Ve-
lasco could furnish a candidate in
the person of W. M. Holland that
would fill the bill exactly. Mr.
Holland is a brilliant young man.
* * •
Representative in the lower
house of the 23d legislature, is a
very important office to Brazoria
county. YVe have been tied up ,
with Galveston for a long time
and for the past two years she has
ftirnished the member. L. R. Bry-
an, of Velasco, would be a good
man to send to Austin, and
he would develop a strong follow-
ing. He will make the race.
• * *
W. W. Cannon has given gener-
al satisfaction as commissioner
from this precinct, and if he wants
the office he can succeed.
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Good precinct officials are very
important to a town like Velasco.
Justice Jack has given general
satisfaction and will likely be re-
elected, and we will elect a firm
and prudent man as constable, the
law will be strictly enforced,
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Velasco will be incorporated in
a few months, and with good city
officials, good precint officials and
good county officials old Brazoria
county and the city ot Velasco
will be on the high road to hap-
piness and prosperity.
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