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The Bastrop Advertiser IHU'
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T1 KR1T.L ON KI.IT.
TluN LAWS.
0*ruK Ba .hof Building, Main Street.
Editor and
THUS. C. CAIN,
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T- x if, lNmloffie
Matter.
.1 udge Terrell Pisclaims All Hew
p>nt ibility fur Legislative
Amendments and t >bjec-
tionahle Features.
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\ review of the new election
.aw that appeared in several sue*
ci risive -sues c>f tile
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.* • ] Willi the expression oi wrjtj„g i,|, name on some pi inted 4uired in towns of
pinion that though the law is ticket of a regular party. Texas inhabitants."
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feet.
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T«IM
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on th.
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.i-t t:i• • i runty
thirty-two
S.itill'1 In\ !a*t wa>
v nit h a hi i \Vi' t
!ef« -tive it will tend to promote
purity in election? and nmy be
the i .t1for a murt perfect sy.
tern. 1 propose now, briefly, to
all attention to some good pro-
vi.- ' ns of the law, law, and also
to -<
' t> n Ki tk o ■ tut I \ w—THF inhk« ' the 'aw will be complied with. It'
i'i:.M'i.vi votkk. would be an idiotic w aste f money
First—I think a serious mistake to print .. <• p >11 tax receipts for a
was made when the bill was so precinct of twenty-five voters,
amended as not to permit the My opinion is that no voting pre-
name of an independent candidate cinct should have over >'1 v ter-.
to be printed on theofficial ballot- This m left, probably, to the c in-
The original bill made careful missioners courts.
provisions for the independent < iTirs <>> 5000 iniiap'tan s.
voter, "lie can now only vote Section -M as printed say* that
for an independent candidate bv voting booths shall only be re-
"five thou-
1 have bet n
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lea! n alio
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three prostra-
' Philadelphia
is now the only slate having an frequently asked if this applie.-
i fficial ballot that makes no pro- lo 0itje(j ,,f over *'"< . lr. answer
vision fur printing the name of j .. yes," for the greater includes
an independent candidate <.n the t ttll, |e88 an(i a;| towns with ver
ballot. Of course this will be',-,000 people have at ;east o(<K . j
corrected. In Texas our demo- The words "or more" foil wing
ne g.aring defects of omis- crati(, majority is so great that the vord "inhabitants
ion thai were not mentioned by on|y p„6siU„ dletk agalnac ,h, bill ai it pa..e.i b<
reckiees legislation is the inde-, t)Ul Wt>re a uieutly
nrolling it.
Angus'
San An'■ •; •
sllicitli' on tll<
:i well known
r. ct mn itted
'.th.
s||el'i tV
<:• be tin
est sheritY in the *tate.
Scim Si'
count v, i-
sa i
,f it,.)!
voiing-
Tlu
the I a 1 is News.
It is h misnomer to call the
in w flection law "the Terrell
law ' as is often done. Tne law,
it is true, contain? the frame-
work and most of the important
;>r 'visions of a bill prepared by
me :ifter :i careful examination of
the laws of thirty states. Hut in
its passage through the house it thieves
was branded with about fifty
\\ ere i
>th house
left out i
w-
t.\i vs-l V<
Mo.h1.m1
hi
ii"h .lamas:.
1 lie ? • maiII
on. who lied in
■ rani ot Inst
Pionhnni. dointr
. property.
of Thos. < tOg*
I relnnd.
buried it <.alvest. >ii. Texas.
pendent voter. I >eetroy this
check and wo will always be in
danger of the despotism of an
overwhelming majority, the most
terrible that can curse a free peo-
ple. The 'ear of political retri-
bution ^ives activity at Wash-
ington to the hunt after postoffi.:e
We in Texas hear with
eerene equanimity of defalcations
amendments and then the senate j(l j|)y (juttrantjue department, in
nursed it into propriety by add- lhe penitentiary and elsewhere,
ing just 101 more. Some of the An unrestrained and overwhelm-
amendments proposed by Sena- jn^, majority, where there is no
were i '°F8 * er^in9 i 1'^8 and others check, always acts as an aesthe-
were beneficial, but \er> manj tic on the public conscience. An
were unfortunate. In the press nnon nnH fuirfioi.i
Tlu
in
I'l \ M.TIKs.
j enalties ft r a
the law are en-1 ra"c<
six sections, lhe lowest ■
is a misdemeanor, but ur
the culprit may i.e fined
worke i ' n tIih
days. Hut ft w
in tile penaltie
Jim Dumps on Independence Day,
Said: " Force freed u (row Eng-
land's sway.
Now independence Ift's declare
From indigestion's tyrant snare.
Good friends, shake off tbis despot
grim.
•Tw.ts •Force' that freed your
• Sunny Jim.' "
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H TU lUaJj-lv-SiPt Cerval <0 J 0 ^'^8
always on duty.
A rood for fljlileri
n< li t
ill... lit, N.
■tjf men. I
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iiirty
;i riist
er it
'• an i
public: road a few
.diange
■i of th.
asc-au.. ^
W-iy
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"liAUIlt W. lIuoWM."
were madt
bill. < 'nt
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' •• anil imp- rtart cfinneo
was made by the senate. As the
bill passe I the house il pr vide 1
that any head of any department
of state or other officer wh ■ le-
A man is on trial at 'Jreenvilh
charged with the kill:... 'in
infant cliild of his step j.
ter.
open and fair field frr"-c rxpres
lor time the legislature was at dis sjon Q[ pUblie opinion at tne bal*
advantage in considering so long ,ot box shouK] nfiyer be feared by
a bill, which required me nearly an honest democracy; ard the
a month to prepare; hence, the independent voter can n6ver dia.
-iVT'T, ..e want0f b^mony and consistency turb 9tate when honestly ad-
1 lie taxable valuables ol lex- caused by hasty amendments. mjnj8tered
as this yeal are said to have ill- The law, though long, is shorter
creased iilO over that of than the election laws of nearly 1 hai.i.i.v.i.ks. am w a i• hi k . and be confined in the peniter.-
l-i^t vear ■ a" other states. The senate struck from the bill tiary not less than three nor more
Our old election law left wide si* sections which provided for a than five years. The senate mo-
manded or received any m n*-y
or thing of value fr m any cleik
under him lor his election ex-
penses, or to reimburse him for
money already expended, or who
shall remove any competent clerk
who declines to make such con-
tribution, should forfeit his office
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-MUSIC.-
Vocal • and • Instrumental.
Excellent advice: "Bo rivals'
open all the avenues for fraud,
challenger for each political par-
in generosity, and let nii*nn - ( and the poU tax amendment to ^ who waH permitted to remain
derstaiuling- die for want oi' the constitution n ade a new sys- iU8^ outside the polling pla^e.
words."
heiaocrnts of Waller county
name duo. M. Pinkney as theii
candidate for Cougref
that eountv.
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MISS MARY LOU MOSBY
Is prepared to ^ive Vocal and Instrumen- ^
tal Music, at home. Terms, $3.00 per ^
month. Pupils solicited O
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dified the penalty by making it
an offense punishable by working
on the road not longer than one |
tem absolutely necessar" ,A'S0 a supervisor or watcher, for year and a fine of not over .SoOU.
SOME GOOD FEATURES OE THE LAW. j ^ Wh,° WHS Pfrmittpd | But few of the people obtain
sit near the judges and remain in copies of the law. I think the
Hrst—The traffic in the p«. g; ht of thfl baj|ot boxes and great daily papers of the state
tax receipts will now cease unless 0 .
""" I the county officer, and election , °V0'P to "" | "Itould print t l«.t lhe penalt.e.
J . to the urand jury. They were , of the election law. that a know-
I A Repair Shop.
At Fall River, with less than
(>0,000 bales of cotton on hand,
eight hundred thousand spind-
les are idle.
judges are bought up. The severe . .1 .u 1. . . . ...
penalties in the bill ought to Le n0 P«m.tted to argue w,.h tho ledge of them may qu.ckly b.
F . ... . iudges,but could call their atten-
n> . f«, nt/\v\ 4 ♦ / nnmnal I f u nnuiirt' . I " 0
tion to any violation of law.
sufficient to compel its observ
ance.
Second—I'nder the election law
the vagrant and purchasable
voter will necssarily disappear
from the ballot box. Such peo-
Kanehirien in the Panhandle
are harvesting a big crop of
dolmsoti gras- and storing 11 j pie will not pay the poll tax un-
for the winter. , less they can get it back from the
- • - j "boodler" by selling their votes.
A cloud bill st, it < 1 leeiisbui sr | gecretary of the ballot which
I'a., on the .ith. destroying j9 gUarded effectually will pre-
many lives and doing great do*-1 vent the traffic in votes.
truction to property. Third—Uniform primaries all
/.i f T 1 w over the state on the same day r., , v.
< hief bookkeeper J. \N. , , . .... * election jui <;es.
' , will tend to break up political _. . . . . ... , ..
S,..,.|M...s h„s I and 8g,,v„nraent original b,l required thai
.•o.nidroller to fill the "n.'xpil" ,l,c people. The candidate for' jutlgea of election ahould be
ed t**1111 of ' oj. Lo\ e, decea>eil. imvprnnr and all the heads of
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Ifavinir ojiencil :i Hoj :iir Sin in tlit' .lolin B.
Clojdon Buihlinjr, north Main Street, I will ap-
preoiatr the jiatn najro of the public in
Plumbing Lock and Gunsmithing.
toT' All or<lcr> reccivc jironipt attention.
Oscar Pfieffer.
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C iikstkk Kkiiaro, c'Ksbler
lli'lii
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■How fell it!
ou tile Old.
In
in
governor
d. [ artments must be voted for in
primary election.-, o r primary
conventions, on the same day in
all the counties, and then the
votes must be canvassed by the
next state convention and the re-
sult announced. The candidates
,,j for state offices will no longer
. lu.|,. gallopjfrom one county primary
to another, and thus concentrate
on the counties in succession the
corrupting influences of political
Col. S. F. B. Morse, traftic I "headquarters."
the Southern I'a- The original bill was drawn on
the lines of the Australian sys
i" otll
Kldora
with a Ml' frost in Mexico.
Texas we were smelting
heat.
<treat destitution is said
prevail among the families
the 2o." men who lost
lives in the mine disastei
Hanna. Wvo., last week.
at
ccme general in the country.
While I frankly confess the de-
It is impossible to understand fects of the election law, I will be
why these sections were struck excused for believing that its
out of the bill by the senate, most serious defect consists in
They were safeguards for the; the absence of provisions above
purity of the ballot box, and only referred to, and which were con-
dangerous to those who meditated tained in the original bill.
fraud. Just such provisions ex- A. W. Tkri.i i 1 .
ist in the laws of every well gov-1 —
erned state. It never hurts an The interp9t taken in Belton 8
honest officer to be watched, but Mid-8ummer Carnival is marvel-
is naturally embarrassing to a "UH Hn ' *I,rt'il,dng trom t \n to b. I). Oruain, l'r«c.
ballot box stuffer. ] town, the railroads are even in-,
First National Bank,
ing, sight seeing multitude gath-
ers for its annual holidays, anil
have put on round trip tickets at
very 1< w rates from all p int-,
which will be appreciated by the '
pleasure loving people of Texas Draft* drawn on thf f'rlnolpnl Rank* in rli•• t'nlf. I wliit. « In ani'iiint* of Five
. . , I.ollar' and mi.war I. ^l r.M-.'lvftl m. ilf|n.*lt In lar/f or Miia'l aim.unto,
__ wdio h a \ e oeen fortunate en iU|^r.'i ( aubjf.'t to Hicrk. Ih - ini* 1- fuily •><(iii|ip«il ami pr.'pare.l and will b\>
will be apt to think that such ' *° vihit Belton during one of h r falihfui corre j n l ni if you iiitrt.-t any |.arr of j-. ur bu«inea« with It.
i-o.!.in :n« i.u.i .-fa in .. gaUweeksand offers an oppor-1
tunity to those who have not, to FREE I'SE OF Ot'R FIHF-rROOF VAULT TO CUSTOMERS TO STORE
see sights never before attempt-
ed outside of the largest cities.
The dates are duly lil to 24. < ur
gallant Firemen are making every
preparation necessary to be in I
fine trim for the big ra 'es which
also come off on this asi n ^^.4'
selected in equal number from
the opposing political parties
when practicable. That section
was struck out. I think it was
wrong to strike it out, for suspi-
cious and fault finding people
T. A 11a.m. ■ k. Vlee-I'ren.
Or BASTROP. TEXAS
CAPITAL STOCK PAID UP, $50,000.
.■I UTHORIZEP, $250,000.
cifi<\ who r'-signed. effective
August 1-t. has anthoii/.ed the
announeeinent that lie h a -
formed an association with the
New \«>ik banking house ol
I), el. Sullv & Co. of New N urk
Kuglish creditors with #40,-
000,000 due from Honduras
yelling for their pay and Mexi-
co making a roar for *400,000!
due one of its citizens from 1
legislation had its origin 111 a
willingness to promote meditated
rascality at the ballot box.
PA VINO POM. TAX.
Though the poll tax receipt is
reasonably well guarded, the
amendment that permits a voter
from a country precinct to pay
his tax through an agent I can
tem; the poll tax receipt being not approve. It i,i no harabipfor
substitute for registration. The "ot'\ to W hl" poll I offe/ed wi„ be m(,„
Australian system now prevails, ^* ,^Per-soni'. wh"n he
in about thirty-five states. In
each of them it met with great
opposition at first, but that op- ... ...
position ceased after the firs, him to be present when he is c w, wit it
general election and not a single his ri*ht to vote b>' W - •
state has repealed the law. So it 'n^ '8 *ax'
will be in Texas. We will amend seven ui norkd and hi n iii.ank
but not repeal. P0LL TAX RRCWHT8.
Law can not make an honest A senate amendment requires
man out of a rogue, but an effi- that 750 blank poll tax receipts
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I IIKIK VAI.U \HI.K PAPERS.
DIRECTORS;
EIVFRN P O FIZSHK. W, J. HIM., B. D OhOAI!*. T A. HAKlFR
W f POWKI L. II P I T. KK1T A C KKHAEI), CHKHTKK ■ R H A K T>.
has fr<jm
October to February to pay it.
Me must be present when he
votes, and it is no hardship for
and doubtless the struggle to
carry off one of the big prizes
interesting.
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GENERAL REPAIRING.
Venezuela, brings a war cloud
in the sky large enough to cover cj#nt election law will protect the to be prepared for each voting
both tliowe little two-by-four ka]j0t t.ox against the corruption- precinct. Now, it is notorious
republic*. — 1 i;i!ve-t.>11 Tribune. jHt and make him try his methods that more than half the election
, ( , on officers after their election, as precincts in Texas have less than
. ' ' they are doing in Missouri. In 100 voters. It will be seen that
1 that state tht,y have good elec- section II of the law requires the
tion laws. There they catch an 1 commissioners courts to establish
t punisn;public sentiment demands anew the voting precincts in
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The snowball .1*
over and ..ver in
MJ. <W git' 11• 1'S t . I it «.'l
The followimr became a law
after . I line '10; "Any person
who shall enter upon theen.-los- ^ /\1_1_E!N DUVAL
cm:-; 2
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x
x
sent of t he owner, proprietor or
agent in charge, and therein
catch or take fish from any
pond, lake tank or stream, or
iu any manner depredate upon-
saine shall be punished by a line
not less than >10 nor more than
$100; piovided, furthwr, tiiat
this net shall in.t apply to iu-
closures including 'J.OOd neres
or more in one inelosure."
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Now occupies 'the old Voight Hdnn.l, corner Main
un') Postolllce ^trt i't«, prepared to repair all kimis
of Maciiini>. liycicles, M I'i-trunieiit«
: ii < 1 t'loik-j.
satisfaction gua.'anteed on all worl .
have you couic ami iuapect my work.
'A dl he pleased to
Alien DuVal,
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KA^IUOP, IKXAS.
.r. ;t- . ; t- ■]- -t. ♦$;. 4. .j. .j,
an.
me-
effect am
1i*itig i- iner.
same man lie?
ing is alwa\ -
value n- it .
ly's T«lk«.
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Hut public sentiment will August next. I ntil then no blank
1 itdverti-- Slumoer so long as corrupt rings1 receipts should be printed, be-
•o'1, A ;, can contr 1 elections. A healthy cause until then no one can tell,
; • j, ,, Aiiici- pa " -cn;i:uent will follow pure how many will be needed. When
.enough are printed the spirit f1
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To Cure a Cold in One Day
Toke Laxative Bromo Quinine Tahiets. f rj/f/
Sevrn Million botes sold in p.ist 12 months. This signature,^-
Cures Grip
in Two Days.
on every
box. 25c.
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 11, 1903, newspaper, July 11, 1903; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205820/m1/4/?q=technical+manual: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.