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THE SOUTHERN MERCURY: DALLAS, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1891.
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CONFEDERATE HOME.
L bill to be entitled an act to authorize
the transfer of the Confederate Home
at Aubtien from private to state man-
agement, and to establish said Home
as a state institution and provide for
its support.
Whereas, the home for the «upport
of maimed, disabled and indifent ex-
Con'eierate soldiers and sailors, es-
tablished at Austin by the contribu-
tions of the humane and benevolent of
all sections of the Union, which has
been managed for some years with
marked economy by the John Ii. Hood
Camp of Confederate Veterans, a pri-
vate corpoiation duly incorporated
under the laws of the state ot Texas,
cannot, without rapid exhaustion of its
resources, provide for the increasing
number of veterans, who by reason oi
age and infirmity are unable to obtain,
by their own exertions, the necessary
means of subsistence; and,
Whereas, it is not deemed to be
within the constitutional power of the
legislature to contribute to the main-
tenance of said home, as a private in-
stitution; and,
Whereas, it is now proposed by the
oaid John B Hood Camp, Confederate
Veterans, to transfer to the state ot
Texas the present Confederate Home
situated on West 6th street, city of
Austin, Travis county, Texas, on con-
dition, that the state shall assume the
control and maintenance of said Con-
federate Home, and it is most fitting
that the state should make some ade-
quate provision for this large and in-
creasing class of helpless and indigent
citizens; now therefore,
Sec. i. Be it enacted by the legis-
lature of the state of Texas; That
there shall be established and main-
tained at the city of Austin, a home,
to be known as "The Texas Confed-
erate Home," for the maintenance ot
indigent and disabled ex-Confederate
soldiers and sailors within this state,
the same to be located on the grounds
now known as the Confederate Home,
and now under the control and man-
agement of the John B. Hood Camp,
Confederate Veterans; provided, that
the said John B. Hood Camp, Confed-
erate Veterans, shall, within twenty
days from the time this act shall go
into effect, make and execute to the
state of Texas, in the manner herein-
after provided, a deed of transfer of
the said real eitate and all the person-
al property of every description now
in and on said grounds, and shall also
release and relinquish to the state all
its interest in the building known aa
the Temporary Capital, which they
acquired by virtue of a certain lease
executed in the name of the state of
Texas in pursuance of an act passed
at the regular session of the twenty-
first legislature, entitled "an act to
lease the Temporary Capitol building
in the city of Austin to the board of
directors of the John B. Hood Camp
of Confederate Veterans."
Sec. 2. That deeds and other in-
struments conveying property for the
purposes heroin mentioned shall be in
the name of the state of Texas, for the
use of the Confederate Homo.
Sec. 3. The governor shall ap-
point a boaid of five ex-Confederate
soldiers for the management of said
Home, and that the president and any
four members of said board shall con-
stitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, said managers to remain in
office two years, or until their succes-
sors are appointed; and they shall be
governed in their regulation of the
affairs of said Home by the laws now
in existence relative to the Deaf,
Dumb and Blind Institutions of this
state, so far as the same may be ap-
plicasle, and shall make and prescribe
•uch rules and regulations as may be
necessary for the internal government,
discipline and management of the
Home; and that said board of man-
agers shall also have charge ef all the
property received from the John B.
Hood Camp, Confederate Veterans, or
from any other source for the mainte-
nance of said Home. Said board of
managers shall make annual reports to
the governor en the first day of each
December, embmcing a full statement
of aH expenditures and «masaotíone ef
the inrtftMton tor the fiscal year next
preceding. Hiey shal visit the Heme
at least enoe each month.
See. 4. The said board of man*
agvatfmB appelat a supesintwdoa*.
who shall bm an ex-Confederate sel
dier, «tose dados of ofSoo shall bo
the sapefvfefcn of the aMrs of said
H >me, keeping (he aeeonnts ef the
•ad its ffneral
uader the direction of the board of 1 Cleveland and Froe Coinage. > a Statement.
managers. He shall be under the! The continued opposition of Han.! As there has been some misund r
coutrol of and subject to removal ( ot Grov-r Cleveland to the free coinage standing relative to the action aken
cause, duly spread upon the records of silver, appears to place the eastern by the Farmers State Alliance on the
of said Homo) by said board, and un democracy openly in opposition to sub-treasuiy bill, we reproduc the
less sooner removed by said board, tor that measure, for it is only due to his original resolution as adopted by that
cause, Bhall hold his office for the term intelligence to suppose that in openly body on August 22, 1890, by a vote
reiterating his position at this time up- ot 74 for to 23 against:
on that question he has voiced the ' Whereas, The finances of our
s 'ntimtnt ol the democrats with whom government are so adjusted that mone)
he is in
ef two years, or until his successor
shall be appointed In addition t,-)
h s duties, he shall keep in a book
prepared for that purpose the name
and age ot each inmate, date frf ad-
mission to the Home, the compauy
and regnatnt or other command or
capacity, in which the military service
was performed, and the state from
which he entered the service, and
such other data concerning the history
of the inmates as the board of man-
agers may prescribe.
Sec. 5. The superintendent ot
said Home shall receive a salary of
$1500 per annum.
Sec. 6. All applications for admis-
sion to said Home must show on the
oath of applicant:
1st. Name of applicant.
2d. His age.
3d. His residence (county and
postoffice address.)
4th. The company, regiment, brig-
age and army in which he served.
5th. That he is disabled and indi-
gent, and is now a bona fide citizen of
Texas, and was a resident of this state
on the first day of January, 1891.
Proof of the honorable service of
applicant, as stated by himself, must
be made by affidavit ol two reputable
persons, or by his written discharge,
duly authenticated, with sufficient
proof of identity. The application
also be acompanied by a certificate of
a regular practicing physician that the
applicant is unable to provide a sup-
port for himself, giving the character
of the disability, and that the applicant
is not a lunatic, and is not afilicted
with any contagious or infectious dis-
ease.
Sec. 7. All applications for admis-
sion to said Home shall be referred to
and passed upon by the board of man-
agers.
Sec. 8. The rentals from all vacant
lots or parts of lots and blocks in the
city of Austin belonging to the state,
not now occupied by the state and
used by it, or occupied by church ed-
ifices, which shall be leased by the
superintendent of public buildings and
grounds for a long term. The proceeds
of the sale of about six and a-half acres
of land on the south side of Colorado
river in Travis county, known as the
Fish Fond, which laad the superin-
tendent of public buildings and grounds
is hereby authorized to sell. All fees
of the commissioner of insurance, his-
tory and statistics in excess of the ex-
penses ef his office. All money now
in the state treasury to the credit of
escheated estates, and all money aris-
ing hereafter from the sale of escheated
estates. All lands hereafter purchased
by the state under execution. The
proceeds from the sale ef all personal
property belonging to the state, not
used by other state institutions
to which it may belong. All money
derived from the lease of the tempora-
ry capital and the fees received by the
secretary of state in excess of the ex-
penses of his office as shall net exceed
the sum of $65 000 or so much thereof
or as may be necessary, is hereby set
aside and appropriated for additional
building and grounds and improve-
ments of the gTeunds a d the support
and maintenance ef the said Confed-
erate Home for the year ending March
i, 1893, aad the moaejr arising from
all the above-mentioned soirees shall
closest communication. 10
b* «ure such a thing was an indiscre-
tion, but what supreme folly it wou d
nave been to have ired to better his
chances for the presidential m mination
by parading his opposition to so vital
a mes sore, had it been an open affront
to all his friends—east as well as south
and west.
That many democrats in all sections
of the country are disappointed over
Cleveland's letter is undeniably true.
They are men who have insisted
heretofore that the ex-president was
the only man in their party who was
both fit and available, as a candidate
ior the presidency in 1I92. It has
been in vain, that his subserviency to
Wall Street has been pointed out to
those insistent gentlemen. They have
always replied that his views on silver
and kindred subjects had undergone
a radical change since the time of his
first aati-silver utterances six years
ago. Now that he has voluntarily and
unnecessarily, as in the former in-
stance, come forward in opposition to
that view, it has destroyed the faith of
many, even among his most earnest
defenders, in his fitness for the place,
and, with still more has it destroyed
faith in his availability, as it now is^
almost a foregone conclusion that he
will be unable to cany a "Solid South,"
and without that his defeat is almost
certain. The east will prefer the
republican nominee, knowing as they
do that they can rely impliciüy on a
republican administration to subserve
their interests, and hence when they
find ne chance of having Cleveland or
some one equally friendly to them
elected on some other ticket, they will
not be afraid to cast a solid support
for the man of their choice. With the
west and east solid against him and
the south, at mosj:, divided in his sup-
port, Mr. Cleveland as a presidential
probability, seems to have attained
very diminutive proportions, if he has
not entirely disappeared.
It is only just to him to say that he
dies a devout worshiper of the Golden
Calf.—Liberty Bell
Usury.
Usury is the cancerous sore on the
body politic of this nation which is to-
day sapping the fountain ef wealth of
its riches, paralyzing all industry and
crippling its activity, undermining our
demo-republican form of government,
undressing the toiling millions amid
the cold blasts of winter, gathering
into storehouses away from the little
ones of henest toilers the bread of
mortal life, driving men from the plow
handles, from the worshops, the mines
and the lactones to tramp upon the
public highways, become felons and
be thrown into the clutches of the law
at the expense of every other honest
toiler, drives women from the paths of
virtue inte dsns ef prostitution, and in
short, brings about more misery, paves
the way fer souls to damnation and
wrecks more human lives as well as
governments than any othsr one thing
that we can think of. And all, that a
few may bask in luxurious ease, living
cm the fat ef the land. Reader, what
do you think of it?—Vindicator.
The Alliance
i.jw.m
may
not be exactly
be placed as received, in the state Tou desire in management, but
treasury, to the credit of the Confed stand to your colors! It may not be
orate Home, subject to withdrawal, aa accomplishing results as fast as you
needed, upon requisition by the board may desire, but stand to your crowd!
ef managers, by warrant issued by tha
comptroller.
Its leaders may not be as brilliant nor
do exactly as you wish but give them
your aid and encouragemsnt and con
Sec. 9. Whereas, There is now tine to battle lor your rights. Nothing
a large aumber of worthy applicant of human invention has ever Lc:n
far admission to the Home, who are perfect; nothing ever will; but stick,
...... . ., persevere and be steadfast to the end.
without hemes and the necessary £ ^ reqmie per|0Dal i8cnfice of
means of support, but who cannot be opiuioD, but you have done that often
admitted en account of the want of ftr a less worthy cause—itíck! It
reem; and may demand inconvenience and lai or
Whereas, It is important to appli.1 y°"; "*he 8°,ds otl? th"e
. .. . . who help themselves'—work! ine
earns that this bill should become a cneraieg ¿ the order may tfy t0 s),ake
law at aa oarty day, therefore an emer- y0Ur faith, discourage and Jemoralin-
geacy existí requiring that this act VOu—be firm and steadfast! Adverse
should take «fleet aad he ia force from criticism may induce you to lessen
aad it Is so en- 7#ur ardor—hold the fort! Let plate
crxts. hirelings, the flesh an i the devi
cannot be obtained by the agricultura
and laboring people upon which t<
transact business without pacing ucl
enormous rates of interest that is surt
to bankrupt the farmers and laboring
people of America and thereby di •
•troy the republic; and
Whereas, Relief from this impend
ing ruin must be speedily had; and
Whereas, The Farmers Alliam
and Industrial Union at its Decemb>
meeting, iSi>9, held at St. Louis, Mo
did demand:
1. The unlimited coinage of silvei
2. The passage of what is knowi
as the principles and purposes of the
sub-treasury system, therefore be it
Resolved by the Farmers State Alli-
ance of Texas, That we endorse
these demands.
Resolved, That the mies be ant-
are hereby suspended for their imme
díate consideration and adoption."
W. R. Lamb,
Harry Tracy,
J. A. cutwell,
J. J. Barnktt,.
To gratify the minority and to giv
all an opportunity to investigate au>
discuss thoroughly the various feaiuru
of the bill, the following resolution wu-
subsequently adopted:
■""Resolved by the Farmers Allianct
of Texas, That the bill now pendil
before congress and known as the sub-
treasury bill be referred to to the sub
Alliances to be discussed as a measuie
for carrying into effect the demand:
made at St. Louis by the National Far-
mers Alliance and Industrial Union
that the government should issui
money direct to the people without the
intervention of national banks.
Further resolved, That it is the seive
of this body that all members ot the
Farmers Alliance are free to take any
position they may prefer on the dis
cuision of said bill."
Bun Terrell,
Tom Smith.
These are the facts in the matter.
S. ®. Daws, Sec. F. S. A.
1«"i '■ in
Remarkable Rescue.
Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plnlnliold, 111,, mnkes
(he statement that sho caught cold, which set
tied onlierluagi; «he was treated for a month
by her family physician, but trrew worse, lie
toM her ihe was a hopeless victim of consump-
tion and that no medicine could cure her. Hor
druggist lUKResUd Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption; she bought a bottle, and to
kcr tlolluht found lierhelf benefited from the
(list dose. She continued its use, and after
taking ten bottles found herself sound and well,
now does kcr own housework and is as well ns
she ever was. Fie trial bottles of the Oreal
Discovery nt W. H. Howell At Hro., Dallas, To*.
Lart;* bottles ,r>0c and 8L
Norwood and Swan have enlarged
their factory at Tyler and will add the
manufacture of coffin* and trunks.
Happy Hooslers.
Win. Tlmmons, postmaster of Idavlllo, Ind.
writes: "Electric Bitturs h s done morn for in
than sll other medicinen combined, for Unit bar:
feeling arising fiorn Kidney aad Liver trouble.'
.tohn Leslie, fsnuor and stockman of snuio plui i
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Howell *. Bro., druggists, Dallas, Texts.
^crojufa
Is the most ancient and most general of all
diseases. Soareelya fsmily Is entirely free
from It, while theusnndi everywhere nre lis
suffering slaves. Hood's Harsaparill* has
bftd remarkable success In curing every feriu
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runnlni; sores, swellings In the rieck or
goitre, humor In Ihe eyes, onuslng partial
or total blindness yield to the powerful
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manifested in tho common pimple,
or eruption, or in boils, carbuncles,
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