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THE MINEOLA WEEKLY MONITOR.
I'UnUHIIKI) F.VKKY SATURDAY BY
W. It. TEAGABDEN.
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Saturday, March 2, 1889.
Entered at the post offico as second-
cI:ihh matter.
Easter Sunday came last year
on April 1st, this year it cornea on
April 21 nt, or twenty diiys latter.
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It was reported last week that
Tcxarkana had several cases of
small pox but later intelligence
contradicts the rumor.
THE HAMHY ELECTION BILL.
The Hebrews have fewer drunk-
ards, paupers and fools than any
other race.— Prohibition Advocate.
And as a rule they are "furninst"
prohibition.
The magnificent college built
in Galveston by Air. Ilenry Rosen-
burg and donated for the educa
tion of the children of that
city was dedicated on Febru-
ary 15th.
The bill granting a pension of
82,500 annually to the widow of
Gen. Sheridan was passed on the
22nd, also a bill retiring Gen.
Rosccrans with an annual salary of
$5,500.
What is the matter with the
Monitok's correspondents? We
want a good reporter in every
neighborhood in our territory who
will report us the news of his vicin-
ity, and all such matters as will be
of general interest, in a concise
form, every week or two. Let us
hear from you boys.
Mr. S. R. Bruce of Mincola lias
decidcd to move to Tyler. Glad
to welcome him. -Tyler Record.
Your informant is a little too
fast Bro. Record, Mr. Bruce had
never heard of the contemplated
change until the notice appeared
in your paper. Mr. Bruce is the
senior member of one of the lar-
gest business houses in our city
and soys be would not exchange
Minooln, a.' a business point,, for
two such places as Tyler.
At 11 o'clock, February 22nd,
the anniversary of Washington's
birth, President Cleveland signed
the bill illi tiling fmv r.
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into tile T'n' mi, N'.i'.-lh and Smith
Dakota.-), Montana and Washing-
ton. The new ; lutes will adopt
constitution:- and elect United
States senators and congressmen
in timo for tlieni to take seats in
the 1st session of the 51st congress
in December next. American
constellation now contains forty-
two stius.
Co.NUKKssMAX Ciiaiv wasthe only
membei of the Texas delegation
who voted with Kandall and the
republicans against the Mills reso-
lution on February 22d. The reso-
lution referred to is that in which
the action of the senate, in present-
ly a new and complete tariff bill
using only the ciption of the house
bill, is declared in violation of that
provision in the constitution which
gives to the lower house only, the
authority to originate bills fjr the
j raising of revenue. The senate bill
■ I is considered by the best lawyers
vt' in congress to be a violation of the
constitutional restriction. It will
be remembered that this is not the
first time Mr. Cram has shown a
dispotion to bolt the plans adopted
by the majority of^the tariff reform-
ers of the party.
The San Diego Union prints the
delinquent tax list of San Diego
county, Cal. It occupies 133 col-
umns of the Union and represents
11 #100,000 of delinquent taxes. The
Union admits that the list is rather
formidable, but adds encouragingly
that San Diego county is big and
contains a great deal of property.
l Furthermore, the Union points out
.with great satisfaction that the Los
ageles county delinquent tax list
Is 209 columns of a Los Angeles
paper and represents $250,000 of
delinquent taxes. The Southern
4 California boom was a great boom
1- w.while it lasted.—Ex.
The Austin Globe is opposed to
Mr. Hamby's bill which provides
for holding elections for State and
county officers in August and for
Congressmen in November as here-
tofore. The Globe correctly states
that the object of the bill is to
"prevent the presence ot federal
supervisors at the State elections."
The only objection that we find to
the bill is the additional expense
incurred, and for our part we are
willing to submit to that, rather
than the federal supervision. Bro.
Whitley of the Globe exhibits
traces of his old republican princi-
ples in the following comment:
"In the name of common hones-
ty do they want to avoid a fair
count? Are they afraid to have
their official acts scrutinized ? Is
it possible that Texas, with her
boasted 100,000 majority, is afraid
of a fair count? Who is it that
compose the Federal supervisors?
They arc chosen not from one po-
litical party, but from both or all
political parties, and the only ob-
ject is to sec to it that the election
shall be conducted honestly—to
see that the men who have Bworn
to conduct the election fairly will
observe their oaths. Who are
these supervisor? They are
not men imported here from the
north for the purpose of control-
ling our elections, but are men
chosen from among our best citi-
zens with the only object to see
that the congressional election is
fairly conducted and it is to avoid
the presence of these men at the
polls that an extra expense of over
a hundred thousand dollars every
election year is proposed to bo sad-
dled upon the people of Texas."
The people of Texas have no
desire to avoid a fair ^bunt but we
do desire to resent the insinuation
that our elections arc not fairly
conducted, and this unwarranted
thrust directed at the right of local
self government. This idea of
federal supervision comes not from
high patriotic motives but it is in-
spired by a corrupt desire to per-
petuate the recently acquired polit-
ical control, and it comes from
men who have distinguished them-
selves in the past as debauchers of
the principles of representative
government and as shameless ma-
nipulators of sectional prejudice.
What is there in this federal sup-
ervision or its antecedents that is
not repulsive to intelligent people.
Says the Globe:
"Who arc these supervisors?
They are not men imported here
from the north for the purpose of
controlling our elections, but are
men chosen from among our best
citizens, etc."
Well, yes—the snpervisors will
be our best citizens — like the
bureau agents, the deputy mar-
shals, - revenue collectors and otli-1
er federal appointees who infested
this country during reconstruction
days, and like the police, the elec-
tion supervisors and other appoin-
tees of tiie famous Davis regime,
were our best citizens. The peo- J
pie of Texas understand full well
who the supervisors will be.
When the supervisors arc ap-
pointed to watch our local election
officers, then the question will ar-
rise who will watch the supervis-
ors.
In this issue we give consider-
able space to the publication of
opinions on the railroad commis-
sion bill now pending before the
state senate. Numbers of those to
whom we applied had not time,
and others had not the inclination
to prepare opinions in writing for
publication.
We have also interviewed quite a
number of people whose opinions
we could not publish for want of
space and after reviewing the
ground carefully, wo can safely
say that more than ten to one of
the people with whbm we have,
talked on the subject arc op-
posed to the commission.
The Monitor has been skep-
tical as to the expediency of
the commission from the beginning
but now we are confirmed in the
belief that for a commission, which
would likely be composed of men
who know more of wine and wo-
men and good whiskey and blight-
ed political aspirations, and less of
practical political economy, than
anything else, to junket around
over the state, will be a roaring
farce. It seems to us that the
proper remedy for overcharges in
freight, for discrimination and for
other irregularities, conceeded to
exist, is in moderate statutory reg-
ulations with sufficient penalties to
secure the respect of the companies,
and a just but firm enforcement of
the same at the hands of the
courts of the countrv.
On the 22nd of February, Gov.
Ross issued a full pardon to John
L. Congreve, editor of the Cisco
Round-Up, and he was liberated
from the state prison where he
had been confined about thirty
days under a two years sentence
for shooting and wounding City
Marshal Thomas, of Cisco. Mar-
shall Thpinas arrested Mr. Con-
greve on a charge of fast driving
last October and unnecessarily used
vile epethets toward Mrs. Con-
greve. Mr. Congreve very rightly
resented the ruffians attack upon
his wife's fair name, and an alter-
cation ensued resulting in the
wounding of the officer. In Texas
the honor and fair name of a wom-
an is held sacred and the people
will consider that if Mr. Congreve
has committed any offence against
society, it was in permitting an
unscrupulous brute to escape with
his life.
Commission of Inquiry.
How the Tariff Helps the
Furmer.
Ten fine farms in Burks county
Pa., averaging 200 acres each'
were sold by the sheriff 'iast week
for what they would bring, and
twenty other farms in the same
county had been sold in the same
way previously this winter, all the
owners having failed. A corres-
pondent to the Evening Post re-
cently called attention to the fact
that in a drive on the main road
from Lowell Mass., to Windham,
N. H., a distance of twelve miles,
he counted six deserted sets of farm
buildings, besides several which
had already gone to ruin, while
fields and pastures were growing
up to wood. Another correspond-
ent pointed out that in the town of
Holden, Mass., there is a smaller
amount of cultivated land and a
larger amount of woodland than
forty years ago, and that some of
the best farms have passed into the
hands of foreigners because the
native owners could no longer get
a living out of them. Holden imme-
diately joins the manufacturing city
of Reading, and it is not far from
Philadelphia. In all three cases
are found those conditions which
according to protectionist's theory,
should make farming vastly more
profitable than it used to be in the
old days. What is the trouble?
Raising Fine Poultry will Pay.
The Post contended yesterday
that the enactment into law of the
Brown railway commission bill
would work a revolution in Texas.
A correspondent asks for the rea-
sons for this statement. The ans-
wer can be given in very brief form.
To say nothing of the proposition
to turn over to the management of
three untried men with extraordi-
nary powers, the vast railway in-
terests of the State, the fixing of
the maxium of freight rates at 30
cents per one hundred pounds
would revolutionize the railway
business and with it the commerce
of the State. The result of a reduc-
tion of this amount to 30 cents
can be understood by those who
want to understand it. The max-
imum rates in some of those states
which have commissions are as fol-
lows: Mississijipi, GO cents; Kan-
sas, 52; Missouri, 53; Nebraska,
52; Alabama, 72; Georgia, 54;
California, 75. If it bo true, as-
contended, that something is nee-1
essary in the way of railway legis-
lation and if the advocates of a
commission lie honest in thepropu- j
sition that a commission promises i
the™ most salutary results, let
them adopt the suggestion of the
Post for a committee, or commis-
sion of inquiry. The figures above
show that the maximum rate m
Texas is already lower than that
of the older Southern states, and
there is no more reason, if as much
for cheaper rates in this State than
in Georgia, Alabama and Mississi-
pi. These things should be care-
fully thoroughly and dispassion-
ately considered, and such consid-
eration is very unlikely to [be had
in a legislature acting under the
eve of a falsely predicated popular
clamor. Let the question be dis-
associated from the politcs, and
let the inquiry be one looking sole-
ly to the public good and at, the
same time with an eye to justice
to the railroads. If this be done,
and properly done, the seemingly
irrepressible conflict between the
roads and the people can be amic-
ably, safely and justly settled.—
Houston Post.
A tailor is always supposed to
wear the best fittiug clothes. Take
a look at any of the leading daily
papers of the country and you will
see typographical and once in
awhile grammatical errors, as well
as a few words misspelled. When
you see a newspaper free of errors,
typographical as well as other j
kinds,, you can put it down for a
pedagogical paper, and if you look
for news in it you are apt to be |
disappointed, for the editor is
always certain to devote his time
exclusively to studying his diction-
ary and grammar. On the other
hand, all wise men excuse them-
selves on the ground that smart,
men ran neither spell or write.—;
Weatheford Constitution.
Senator Kimbrough's resolution
offering an amendment to the con-
stitution which will permit the
legislature to issue bonds to secure
a deep water port on the Texas
coast, and providing for a tax levy
of 5 cents on the §100 to pay for
it, has been favorably reported by
the committee having it in charge.
For one, we oppose this beautiful
scheme. We speak only for our-
selves, but we believe that if such
an amendment is submitted now
that the people will bury it so
deep with their votes that it can
not be ressurrccted. It is not the
State's business to be digging in
the gulf for deep water.—Terrell
Star.
It is clearly the duty of the gen-
eral Government to provide deep
water on the Texas coast, because
its benefits reach beyond the nar-
row limits of our state and there is
no probability that it will be nec-
essary for the state to bear the bur-
den.
The Era of Farm Mortgages.
While so much is being said
about fine cattle, hogs and horses
and the people are being educated
in the importance of raising im-
proved stock, all of which wo con-
sider of the most vital importance
to the welfare of this country, one
industry of the home, and which if
properly managed is as profitable
as either of the others, is being
entirely ignored. We refer to the
raising of fine poultry. And we
desire to call the attention of the
ladies who read the Monitor to
this industry. With improved
fowls and with a little intelligent
care and attention the farmer's wife
can make more net cash from her
poultry than her husband can from
a small cotton crop. But in order
to get the best results out of the
business the best stock must be
procured. If a chicken is desired
for laying qualities no better could
be selected than a Brown Leghorn
which is the writers favorite, This
chicken is one of the most celebrat-
ed of the perpetual layers and hens
of this breed have been known to
make a record of more than twenty
dozsn eggs in one year. They are
also good rustlers, remarkably
healthy, and large enough to make
a good market chicken. Buy your
chickens or eggs from a first-class
poultry dealer whose business and
reputation depend upon fair deal-
ing and you will get good stock.
Those who have never investigated
the poultry business will be aston-
ished at the possibilities that this
seemingly insignificant business
contains.
Attention is called to the adver-
tisement of J. G. McReynolds &
Co., of Necliesville, Texas, dealers
in fine poultry. This is one of the
most reliable firms in the South.
They are engaged in the business
on a large scale, having in their
yards some of the finest chickens
in America, some single chickens
that cost as much as an ordinary
saddle horse. Mr. McReynolds
has been a breeder of fine fowls
from his boyhood, he thoroughly
understands the business and is
perfectly reliable and responsible.
There is no question but that it is
profitable to grow the best fowls,
and that there is money in the
poultry business when intelligent-
ly conducted.
Another Brave Soldier Gone.
Died at the Texas Confederate
Soldiers' Home at 9 o'clock a. m ,
February 18, Micheal Curren, after
a brief illness with kidney disease.
Deceased was one of the forty-two
brave Irishmen under the com-
mand of Dick Dowling, who made
the gallant fight at Sabine Pass on
September 8, 1863. Father Peter
Lauth officiated at the grave, Mr.
Curren being of the Catholic faith.
—Austin Globe.
McElree's Wine of Cardul
and THEDFORD'S BUCK-DRAUGHT are
for sale by the following merchants is
Woofl county.
R. M. Armstrong,
Cochrane & Henry,
Hurt. A son,
J. A, Calloway,
Cawthon & lllgginbotliaui,
.1. C. Gibson,
B. P. Allien,
R. P. Ctlenn,
1'. M. Morris, - t
J. F. Nowlin,
1) R. Fowler,
R. M. Robertson,
T. M. Skeen,
Smith & Gorman,
Mincola.
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Golden;
Hawkins.
Quitman.
Wlnsboro.
OT FRUIT, TREES, Etc.
Boston Globe.
During the late Presidential cam-
paign we showed by authentic fig-
ures how the era of farm mortgages
in this country began with the era
of excessive tariffs, and liow alarm-
ingly such mortgages have increas-
ed within the last, ten years. The
people are by no means done with
this subject yet. The sturdy yeo-
manry of this country are fast being
eaten up by unequal burdens.
France has withstood all the shocks
of war, revolution, and financial
distress because of the fact that
she lias the largest per centagc of
free-holding farmers of any country
on the earth. This guarantee of!
security and manhood ought to be
ours above every other nation, but
the present drift is painfully in the]
other direction.
At the Nursery formerly condncted by my late husband, one and
a-half miles West of Mincola, I have a large and complete assortment
of all the finest varieties of Fruit Trees, Grape Vines, Berries, etc.,
and all kinds of Ornamental Shrubery, in fact everything usually kept
in a first-class nursery, which T am anxious to sell and must sell in the
next three months.
Now is the time to buy while stock can be had at less than half
price. Write for prices.
Mrs, w. m. Mcdonald,
nl5:tf MINEOLA, TEXAS.
DEALERS IN
Immigration and Protection.
Representative Stewart, of Phil-
adelphia, wants National legisla-
tion to restrict pauper and vicious
immigration, and thinks a demand
on Congress by the Pensylvania
legislature for a law on that subject
would go Air toward having the de-
sired object accomplished.
Mr. Stewart says that the impor-
tation of a foreign element in his
district has reduced wages from
#1.50 and 81.75 to 70 and 00 cents
a day.
According to the statements of Mr.
Stewart the manufacturers in the
Republican district which he rep-
resents are the embodiment of in-
gratitude. Although protected by
a high tariff they employ pauper
labor for 70 cents a day to the ex-
clusion of the American working-
man.—Ilarrisburg (Pa.) Patriot.
Notions, Staple and Fancy Groceries, Boots,
Shoes, Hats and Caps, Staple Drugs,
Hardware, Guns, and all kinds of
- IMPLEM'Ts,
Tinware, Crockery, Glassware, Corn, Lumber and Shingles. We are
doing business in the Munzesheimer building,
and carry a stock of
FIFTY - THOUSAND - DOLLARS.
We will meet any competition for cash or on time. We solicit all the
trade to give us a call and we will do our best to please you in quantity
and price.
Mineola, Texas.
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Springfield Republican: The ex-
istence of so great a surplus of
labor is making the strike a poor
weapon of defense. It is too late
to make organization further effect-
ive in establishing any considerable
scarcity in the-labor market.
Whiskies,
Brandies,
Wines,
Carries the finest and oldest Liquors in Texas.
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The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 2, 1889, newspaper, March 2, 1889; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254273/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.