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TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, lSSj.
A HEAVIER DOLLAR.
The National Republican, of Washington
city, says tliat after careful inquiry as to the
views of senators on the silver question, it
is able to state that, on the simple proposi-
tion to suspend the coinage of the standard
silver dollar, as recommended by the presi-
dent in bis annual message, moro than fifty
senators would vote in the negative. If,
however, a bill should be presented 11 stop
further coinage of the silver dollar con-
taining 412'i grains, and providing
for (he coinage of a dollar containg 100
rents' worth of silver, it would probably
receive the votes of a majority of the sena-
tors. The Republican offers no evidence of
the alleged probable willingness. The state-
ment is easily explicable as an indication
that the money-eornercrs and bond-en-
hancers are losing hope as to this Congre ss
nod preparing to try for something lass
than the stoppage of silver coinage at pre
cent, while they would like at least to
change the silver standard, and so obtain
the assent of Congress to their idea that the
standard silver dollar is a dishonest or un-
safe dollar. By stopping the coinage of the
dollar designated in the refunding act, that
coin would not be in supply avail-
able for the payment of bonds according to
law. The new coin, though larger, would
not be a fulfillment of the bond contact.
No one about Congress is proposing to
allow coinage of the present dollars to pay
existing contracts and then to demonetize
them. Whatever money the bondholders are
paid they will, of course, want to pay again.
The government could, of course, recoin its
money, as it receives that money in taxes,
and such would be the only fair way for it
to effect a change of standard if a changs
were desirable. It is unlikely that there
will be a majority in the House for making
a heavier dollar. The silver in the dollar
lias ever remained the same. Apart from
the influence of restrictive laws, it is be-
lieved to be as nearly an intrinsic equiva-
lent for gold as c-an be got at. To put more
silver in the silver dollar would be to make
the latter probably a more valuable dollar
than the gold dollar as soon as restrictions
m (his < ountry or in other countries are
overcome. Cut, however that might b.',
there ten be no exactness in any attempted
fidjusfmtnt, lea. t of all can there be a true
rating of the value of silver while it is as-
eumeel llii.t gold coin, under a •peculiar
privilege, is the measure of the value of its
own bullion and of silver, the latter being
detail ed from free coinage for the express
pur J csc of del ressing it. Free coinage of
1 ctli metals in all mints, or • coinage
cf neither, would alone enable their coni-
jeliticninr.se to determine how much of
cr.c melc 1 is worth a definite quantity of the
othe r metal, and even then they would not
Ve exempt from exchange variations. The
Eimet ratic members of Congress can f;el
j.o inducement to join in a scheme for
chr rgii g the s,ize of the -ilver doll.ir. AI.\
Manning, in his annual report, commits the
ee'.nijuislratioii against it, and the silver-
lven are of course against it. Mr. Man-
i ing's report, under the caption, a Heavier
I'ollfir, says: "'This objection is fatal also
to the proposal to put more silver into the
dollar, but that scheme is an aelmt ision of
the .' (ability cf our present monetary unit."
Mr. Manning means that while it would lie
wrcng to put more silver into a silver dol-
lar, it would le an admission that gold is
the only standard, and in this Mr. Ma.mi.u'
is coircct. Ho adds that increasing the
weifht of (he dollar would pat the Unlred
States further away from the standard of
other nations which may restore
silver coinage. He sees that if
(ley dill restore it, our silver
dollar would be too heavy and would go
into (heir meHing pots, The report con-
(ii:r,cs: '-Is i( not worthwhile to see whatcan
be dene *. * * when the United States,
l-y stopping coinage, shall have put them-
selves on nn equality with the other gold
n:d silver using nations who have all
stopped silver coinage: and when tin
United States shall thus be able to negoti-
ate fe.r free mints and free coinage to all
i > ir.org, with (he largo offer to join in free
coinage to all, in place of no coinage? The
coinage of a heavier dollar would obstruct
the success of such an experiment. 8 * 51
There is no reason for making a heavier
dollar, whether the purchases are to con-
tinue or to be stopped." The secretary has
in view an experimental policy. He figures
upe n influencing European governments,
I ut not by absorbing silver. The prospect
nay not be seductive in fact, but it is
offered, (hat free coinage is to result
from stopping . lhe coinage. Tile
experiment of a heav er dollar the
1i crsury dees not recommend, but discoun-
tenances. Perhaps the more changes and
experiments the congressional money-tin-
lerers make the sooner will the business
] ul lie ecir.e to its senses and see what is
involved in the series of changes and ex-
periments, with 110 prospect on a basis of
arbitrary control (hat anything will ever
le settled beyond experimenting and alter-
ing to suit whichever interest may be able
to control the legislative power. The
: mount of silver in a silver elollar can not
make my difference in the value of a given
weight of silver bullion, which is the real
basis for the future. The maintenance of
the silver dollar at its present weight is
therefore just as good as its reooin-
if.e into different weights. It never
e: n be constantly equal in exchange
v, ith gold or any other thing, for there are
T.ct two tilings in the universe, nor even one
thing, invariable in demand and supply.
Whatever size of dollar exists is just as
well, on principles of intrinsic value and
(< n mercial exchange, as any other size of
Collar; for a ton of silver will eoiu into
ir.i ie dollars cr fewer a:s they are larger or
smaller. If Congress were fixing a stand-
si d sis' e, it would not matter how large or
in:all the dollars were made within the
limit of convenience. This is on the as-
sumption that no debts existed, and no con-
tire is calling for dollars. If, then, it mat-
te is not in (he abstract what amount of
B eltl shall be called a dollar, it matters
net fiem now on, provided the quantity is
fired. But it matters a great deal to debtors
tnel creditors regarding the past. If, then,
ci.e division of a pound weight of bullion is
for the future just as good as another, the
weight that now prevails is just
es good as any other. Anel just
because any aize of coin must necessarily
l e f xed arbitrarily, there is no particular
reason for a change, as the value of the
whole mass of silver is the same into how-
ever many or few pieces divided. There is
no more reason for changing the size of a
coin than for changing the size of a stand-
ard pour.el weight. A cheese of a certain
bulk is of the same value when it is weighed
as thirty pounds, as it would be if the pound
weight were altered to make the cheese
weigh only twenty pounds, or altered to
make it weigh thirty-five pounds. It is the
same eliecec first and last, whether cut into
large or small slices, and the smaller the
slices the more of them must bo given to
satisfy a particular want. Thus it is a mat-
ter of indifference about any arbitrary
sts l.dsud of weight or measure in the future
v hoi e traffic is clear of debt and credit and
unfulfilled contract. But just because there
is no good in changing the pound
w eight or the dollar it ought not to be
(liangcd. Because one size is as well as an-
other, the one that exists is in so far better
(linn any other as it certainly enables peo-
ple to fulfill existing contracts to the letter;
and if a change were made there would be
either some wrong perpetrated or there
would be a great deal of trouble required to
adjust existing contracts and bring things
to the changed rule, and all for no possible
bene! t whatever, inasmuch as one size of
pound weight or one size of specie dollar
has :'n the nature of things no advantage
over another. People might just as well
start to reform tiie thermometer by altering
the marks and divisions upon it.
THE TOll)" PHOGBAMME.
It is evident that the Tories are not going
to surrender the reins of government to
the Liberals without a deliberate struggle.
.Salisbury and Churchill, the politicians of
the pi esent cabinet, are laboring assidu-
ously to invent a feint on the Irish ques-
tion in time for the opening of Parliament.
It is stated that a government bill is in
preparation abolishing the Irish vieeroy-
i.lty and establishing a central council,
with an Irish secretary, as now, to attend
to Iiisli affairs in behalf of Parliament and
the e abinet. This is what the Tory press
calls putting Ireland on the same level with
Scotland. But is it? It is well known that
the Scotch members of Parliament have
virtually made laws for Scotland since
(he union of Scotland with England.
Whatever measure exclusively for Scotland
a majority of the Scotch members agreed
upon has received the support of the British
Parliament. Has this been the case with
the Irish members? Far from it. The
wishes of the Irish members were never
taken into consideration. Measures were
1 asst'd against the solemn protest of the
Irish members, and measures that receive 1
the support of a majority of the Irish mr.il-
1 ci s were ruthlessly voted down. Of course
the abolition of the Irish lord lieu'ena i!/
would be a step in the direction of aecepti-
1)1 e government. Dublin castle has been a
synonym for tyranny, corruption and mis*
iv.le. The establishment of an Irish council
would be a step forward to the extent of
recognizing, however remotely, the ne 'ea-
sily i I heme rule. But it is hardly to b? be-
lieved (bat (he Tories are serious in their
tepoited effort to patch u;s an Irish bill.
It is not to le doubted, however, that, tVy
elesire a pretext for dissolving the new
Parliament. It is to be expected, then, that
they will present a bill on the opening of
Parliament that will not be satisfactory
either to the Irish Nationalists or the Eng-
lish I.il.crrls, and when it is rejected that
they will dissolve Parliament and make a
fresh appeal to the voters on the"no-dis-
lr.emberment-of-the-empire " platform. The
result of the enlargement of the franchise,
r.s demonstrated at the late elections, has
(auglit the Tories that they are in a pitiable
minority in England, and that nothing but
a sharp political trick can enable them to
retain power. While it would be a good
ile iil of responsibility for a minister to take
i j i n liimself to dissolve Parliament imrae-
<'lately ufter its election, still the predica-
te] t i f the Tories is critical, and nothing
si i:t of a desperate expedient can give
il.dua l.i.pe of holding on to ofliee. They
(i ii, of course, allege that the question of
i n Iris h parliament was not squarely be-
fcie (be people of England -and
Ecotlrrd at the late' elections,
s re! consequently that the English and
f'( o(eh should be given an opportunity to
jiercvr.ee upon it. Hut while this will
Itnsish an excuse, it will not be a convinc-
ing argument that a parliament just elected
should be summarily dissolved. If parliaj
merits can be dissolved so easily, what is to
1 rcvent a government from keeping the
] cc] le of Great Britain in a perpetual state
of election cxci(emont'( The voting of sup-
plies of oenirse will be necessary to the ex-
istence of government, and Parliament
ale i.e (an vote supplies. But a government,
by a dicker, could rush necessary supply
bills through before Parliament coulel begin
gene ral legislation, unless it should happen
to be cf a tone and temper suitable to
the existing government. Anyway, it
is evident that the Tories are
we iking up an excuse for the dissolution of
the new Parliament. Gladstone's declara-
tions in favor of home rule for Ireland,
ki c< hod all the props from under whatever
l.i ie the Tories entertained of retaining
ifl.ee, and nothing but a dissolution can
i einvest them with a ghost of a chance of
leepirg in power. An Irish bill that will
net l e acceptable to the Nationalists, or to
the Liberals, will bring about a defeat of
(he government early in the session, and
(hen look out for a summary dissolution.
This is presumably the Tory plan.
American interests will not suffer for the
want cf a university under the immediate
piitrcnege of Congress. There are already
in existence all the facilities of university
education, which Americans care to im-
inipiove. The Journal of Commerce says:
"Theie is no longer any need of going
alroad to perfect one's education, in all
that looks, lectures, apparatus anel experi-
ments e an do toward that end. Everything
(bat is required can now be found
in the United States. If there is
not already a superabundance of
null provisions, there never will
1 c\ Cnly a few days ago the public was in-
formed that Mr. Stanford's cherished pro-
ject of a California university is to ba put
at once on (he solid foundation of a !f2.),030,-
fCC endowment. This is an age of colossal
fortunes anil the founding of universities is
bceeming the hobby of millionaires. Why
i la uld the federal government tax the peo-
ple to provide what rich men are already
giving them to an extent really beyond the
1 resent demand? As we can not honestly
1 c s aid (o be in immediate want of any
lucre universities, we are very far from
craving one which would bear the stampof
national."
If there is to be any change ill the size of
dollars to make them approximately corre-
spond, it might be reasonably urged tirnt
the golel dollar should be made smaller, lie-
cause it was formerly enlarged to make :it
worth as much as the silver dollar, and that
if now experience shows that this enlarge-
ment overshot the mark, it is a caution
against any similar haste in enlarging the
silver dollar.
Judge Dai-y, of New York, in a general
term opinion, spoke freely about the shady
profession of hunting up divorce evidence.
In the case before the court temporary ali-
mony had been granted the wife, and she
subsequently asked the court to give her a
further allowance to pay detectives who
were hunting up evidence of her husband's
infidelity. This request was elenied at spe-
cial teim, and appeal was taken to the
general term, which confirmed the lower
court. In his decision Judge Daly
points out how improper it is to
compel a husband to advance money to his
wife, " that she may waste it upon divorce
defectives and other miscreants," and holds
" (hat the burden of alimony and counsel
fell?, where the wife is guilty, are sufficient,
without giving her the opportunity to adel to
tlie load by employing detectives at the hus-
1 and's expense to invent or hunt up recrimi-
natory testimony, and that a wife who, in
an action against licr, for recriminatory
evidence, uses such testimony, admits her
own guilt."-
An Italian residing in Vie'toria, British
Columbia, undertook to transport seven
Chinamen to the shore of Washington Ter-
ritory. Seeing an American revenue
cutter in the distance, he dispatched his
passengers one by one, heaved the corpses
overboard, and met the Yankee tars with-
out the twitch of a muscle. That was not
the first smuggled goods that have been
thrown overboard. The equitable question
arises, whether the contrabands agreed to
take the risk.
It is popular with alleged reformers to
denounce self-interest, but an enlightened
self-interest does not make fools or fanatics
cither in pe>litics or religion. A great deal
is heard of the duty of individuals to sacri-
fice themselves to a " cause." The sacrifice
is a sure thing when made, even if the
cause be an error. Men with the spirit of
sacrificing others to their own conceits and
imaginations generally get at the head of
movements calling for sacrifice, and the
cause does not reciprocate by sacrificing
itself to the devotees, but takes all their
offerings as if the cause were the embodi-
ment of an abstract and superhuman selfish-
ness. A prudent man, keeping his brain
clear, will see that be does well by his
neighbor by doing right by himself.
Patrick Meehan arrived in New York
with a trunk full of " oulel sod " from the
I'm, raid isle, anel the customs officer
wanted him to pay duty; but Congress has
not yet announced the tariff on such im-
ports, and he was allowed to go free.
That enterprising burglar who was
hauled up at a short turn at Galesburg, 111.,
yi; terday. really deserved a better fate.
Frcnr appearances he was preparing to
se-ttle down to a legitimate business, and
his operations were all indulged in beyond
the limit of his. State. Ordinarily, Mr.
Bur," lr.r starts out to paint the town, or to
j eep the bank officials or merchants busy
!:ecj iirg (rack of him, but the Arkansas
n rn in Illinois, put his money in th" bank,
1 aid his lawyer, bought jewelry for his girl,
rented a house, and made preparations to
start in business. Really a burglar of this
kind should not be discouraged, but unfor-
tunately for Mr. Pollard, he captured
Arkansas plunder anel went to invest it in
Illinois. If ho had only favored home
enterprise to the extent of investing where
he robbed, a plea might be made for him.
Several cases have been reported where-
in Ohio Prohibitionists made attacks upon
saloons and demolished them. The drinkers
elo not make organized assaults upon Pro-
hibitionists; but in New England, in one
instance at least, the conduct of spies was
such as to lead to a tumult. The Fall River
Globe states its rather exuberant feeling
while recording the row, as follows:
Four Law and Older league spios got what
ll'.cv deserved ia Spencer, last weoa. T!ioy
laid' used all sorts of artifices to induce liquor-
deiileis to sell drinks to ttiein illegally, and
with evidence procured in .that scoundrelly
manner, they began prosecutions against thirty
dealers. When they left the court room they
wire attaelied and badly used up by an in-
dijnnr.t crowd. Intemperance is a terrible
evil, tut the Law and Order league never can
ei adicnte It b\ hiring a lot of lying scamps to
put up jobs on Honor-sellers. The league Is a
m Isaac e, aad its agents deserve all the thrash-
ings they get.
C'heek was never better illustrated than
in (he case of the man who went to Paris
and called on M. Pasteur, as he expressed
himself, to look around in his study. As he
had not been bitten by a dog, Pasteur de-
clined to exhibit his treatment.
It is stated in our telegraphic news this
morning that Thomas W. Keene, the trage-
dian, was stricken with paralysis at Kansas
City, and is now in a critical condition. The
friends of the legitimate drama all over the
country will regret this. Mr. Keene is a
conscientious actor, is perhaps the bo3t
Richard on the stage, and in the classic
drama generally has few superiors. Com-
ing so soon after the death of McCullough,
Keene's misfortune, if serious, will be a
misfortune to the American stage.
The pope lias sent Bismarck the "order
of Christ," set in brilliants. No eloubt Bis-
marck will be very thankful.
A Georgia man swallowed his tongue,
and came near strangling before a doctor
could get it back into position. This is a
cautiem to Georgia to draw the prohibition
line at doctors, for, like brandy, they are
sometimes useful.
It will be rough on the New York lawyers
if they can't get up a contest on Vander-
bilt's will.
Several of the leading Jewish rabbis of
New York are now very much displeased at
the action of tlie recent liberal conference
of rabbis at Pittsburgh. The Rev. Dr.
ITem y P. Mendes, of the Shearith Israel
Synagogue, says that the action of the
Pittsburgh conference has demonstrated
the necessity for earnest effort to prevent
the christianization of Judaism. The or-
thodox rabbis say the leaders of the reform
movement have captured the Jewish Col-
lege of the West, which will now turn out
teachers and preachers of a mind antago-
nistic to the faith of the fathers. As an
offset to this western movement, the Jews
of the East propose to found a college in
New York that will teach historical Juda-
ism. The Rev. Dr. Gottheil said that he
considered (lie Pittsburgh conference a
most disastrous step.
" The elrunkenest city in the United
Stales " is what a prohibition orator calls
Bangor, Me. And yet Maine is the premier
prohibition commonwealth of this conti-
nent.
A Pap.nelljient—not a Parliament—is
what they are to have hereafter at West-
minster, according to the Cologne Gazette.
The New York Star doesn't think that
Texas will be a haven of rest for a few-
years to come. Looking at our land ques-
tion from a disitancc, the Star observes:
The state of Texas finds itself in the condi-
tion of a millionaire who has distributed among
bis friends a few thousand checks sbrne I in
blank. The possessor of an almost limitless
iiuifje of arable and grazing land, it donated t)
school fund, university fund and others as
large empires as they could wish. In so doing
it adopted the apparently simple plan of graft-
ing alternate sections of lunel to its bane. Ii cla-
ries. As it neglected,however,to have its lan 1
surveyed, it Is easy to see that, among its hon-
est settlers,squatters, cattle kings,land shark (
and other frontiersmen, a certain confusion of
title was to be expected. The State had two
sensible courses open to it. One was in grant-
ing laud to leave the choice, of locality to the
grantees, cnly limiting them to a certain num-
ber eif acres. The second was tire course
adopted by the general government of having
the land surveyed before giving title, with
l ights of preference to the squatter. Neither
of these has been followed, with the result of
a ecnio al confusion of titles on the frontier,
and the probability of no small portion of
Texas being in hot water for some time to
come.
"Boys, these days," remarked a n3.vs-
boy as he picked up the stump of a cigar
and puffed away at it, "begin where grown
people leave off."
From the examination of the papyri and
other ancient manuscripts belonging to the
Austrain Archduke Rainer, it appears that
block printing was known to the Arabs in
the ninth century. A text with marginal
ornaments, giving Arabic prayers, is found
to have been printed from ono block on a
strip of paper.
An old Missouri trapper says this will be
the mildest winter on record, because he
" never saw sue-h a elearth of fur on the
hides of fur-bearing animals as now."
De Freyoinet has concluded to form a
cabinet. This can be considered the be-
ginning of a series of troubles for this emi-
nent statesman. Every man who has at-
tempted to form and maintain a cabinet in
France for the past ten years is now politi-
cally eleael. France is the grave of states-
men. Even Gambetta, with all his elo-
quence, all his patriotism, all his power
with the people of France, was
unable to maintain himself in power
for ten months. The French people
must try oil on the troubled waters of their
politics.
Native Mexicans in New Mexico claim
that they are not secure in their property
titles as stipulated in the guarantees made
in the treaty of cession thirty-seven year3
ago from Mexico to the United States.
The miners employeel at the River col-
lieries, at or near Pittsburgh, returned to
woik yesterday at the reduced rate of
wages. There were 7000 miners out on a
strike, t.nd while out they lost ^2,030,0)3 in
wages alone. They have gone to work at
the reduced scale after losing this am runt
of money. This should teach a lesson, but
even if it eloes not teach a lesson it should
point a moral. Strikers should make sure
of their grip before kicking.
Ten years ago the iron mines of Alabama
could have been bought for $>3,0M. To-day
they arc worth as many millions.
The New York Sun neatly raps Dr. H.
Crcsl y for proposing a limit on men's for-
tunes. Such a limitation would be state
socialism. It is unjust laws and privileges
(lint enable some men to draw immense in-
comes from pie labpr of others. It would
be unscientific and demoralizing to con-
tinue the robbery or usurpations anel then
equalize matters somewhat by taxing back
the results of tlie robbery or usurpations.
All wealth is the result of labor applied to
the raw materials of nature and the ex-
change of the products. In a scientific re-
form it is simply necessary to withdraw
the support of government from any man
who exercises a power to prevent labor
from being employed and reaping the re-
wards of labor. The great evils are trace-
uble to the power to prevent work. This
power is probstbly manifest in monoj)oly of
land without occupancy or use, and in all
so-called protective statutes creating vested
interests in the limitations upon exchange.
Neither Sam Randall nor his organs en-
joyed a very happy now year.
President Cleveland can meet the mod-
em interviewer squarely on his own ground.
So me time ago lie was supposed to admit
that the tariff may be of some benefit to the
poor. The protectionists must now observe
that he favors tariff reduction to help the
pofr. It is a poor man's fight, anyway.
There is promise of a new Backbone rail-
road sensation, to be heard of through Sen-
ator Van Wyck, of Nebraska. The matter
affects i'PO.OOO acres of land, stated to be
worth $10 an acre.
The Glasgow Weekly Mail sadly admits
that Senator Hoar's statement is true, that
one-third of the people of Glasgow live in
tenements of one room each. Though the
Miiil offers no explanation, the fact does
not justify the protectionist in charging this
misery to free trade. He might as well
eharge the wretchedness of the Egyptians
to free sunlight.
Mr. A. L. Earle, of New York, writes a
square, manly letter to the Million showing
(list those who agree that protectionism is
robbery ought to make no compromise with
it. Concession will be acccpted, but against
the claim of vested right in legalized wrong
free-traders will continue to labor for free
trade. Right you are, Mr. Earle. In the
free traders' meetings the most applause in
every instance greets allusions to absolute
free trade. The people want a pure article
if they want any. A free-trade convention
without any free trade resolutions is some-
what short weight.
The burlesque juryman, when forced by
law and evidence to conviert a hoodlum, re-
commends him to tho mercy of the court.
The verdict should recommend the public
to the mercy of the hoodlum, who may
easily be pareloned anel encouraged to re-
turn to his killing. [Picayune.
After serving efficiently for six years as
mayor of Charleston, S. C., Mr. Courtenay
has resigned because his private business
suffers more than he can afford. The News
and Courier savs of him:
He has reorganized every department of the
city government and put the affairs of the city
on a thoroughly business footing, besides main
tabling and improving the public credit. The
mile s of well-paved streets, the admirable tiro
depaitmcnt— these suffice to make his lulinin-
istiation memorable, lint in each branch of
municipal administration his energy, bis sys-
Icmatization, his quickness of perception anel
bis almost aggressive fidelity and integrity
have made themselves felt. No words are too
strcngfor the tit expression of the value of
Captain Courtcnay's public work, even In the
estimation of those who have no fondness for
him personally."
James L. Minchin, of London, England,
has forwarded Dr. Zukertort's atakfe of $2039
to C. F. Buck, of New Orlesns, the stake-
holder in the great chess match. Mr.
Steinitz's money is up. The first game will
be played in New York to-morrow.
The Ohio legislature is now in session,
and we can expect to hear of queer things
for (he next month or two. The House is
Republican, and the Senate Democratic,
and (he Republicans have a majority of
(luce on joint ballot. A United States
senator, to succeed John Sherman, is to be
elected. I'liere is a belief in some quarters
that Slieimtm will be defeated, but it is too
good to be real. Sherman's purse is long,
and the Ohio legislator was never remark-
able for tho high price he set on himself.
Probably a couple of Republicans may hold
cut for a few davs or a few weeks, but in
the end Sherman's purse will doubtless ap-
jealto their consciences, and oldSnakey
will go back to the Senate with an indorse-
ment from Ohio for the Republican presi-
dential nomination in 1888.
THE STATE PRESS.
What the Newspapers Throughout Texas Are
Talking About.
Tlie Rusk Standard says:
Every citizen in this State should be in-
terested in Galveston getting deep water.
Galveston merchants have contributed
more than the merchants of every other
city in tlie United States toward the build-
ing upof the interior of our State. We know
merchants all over Texas whom Messrs.
P. J. Willis & Bro. and Messrs^Loon & H.
Blum have carried from year to year. These
interior merchants carry the farmers, there-
by preventing a great deal of want and suf-
fering. The above named gentlemen, with
many others, have their hard earnings in-
vested in Galveston city property. They
are alive to every interest of Texas, willing
and able to assist interior merchants: there-
fore we are loth to part with them for any
new set that might hatch out at Sabine Pass
or any other point. We are for Galveston,
Galveston merchants, anel deep water all
over and around her bar.
The Jewett Messenger says it has sur-
vived longer than was predicted by some
people, and " let the"people of Leon come up
and signify their willingness (by assist-
ance in a substantial way) to have a good
paper, anel they shall have it. The Messen-
ger is not going to die through any fault of
the proprietor or editor, but will continue
to grow and prosper in proportion to the
amount of patronage bestowed by the peo-
ple."
The Fort Worth Gazette says:
That convention at McKiuney of Collin
county farmers struck the keynote for the
state campaign this year. The repeal of
the lease law and limitation of sale s of
land to actual settlers in small bodies
found favor with the delegates in attend-
ance, who presented resolutions of that
tenor. Legislative contests sire to be made
upon that issue, and tlie future land policy
of the State will be determined by the na-
ture of (he legislature elected next Novem-
ber. Whether our school lands shall be
used for building up, enriching and
strengdiening (he State, or given up to the
benefit of cattle corporations to monopolize
by leasing vast acres, to the exclusion of
more deserving but less prosperous set-
tlers, is the queistion to be determined.. . .
Too many cooks spoil the broth. How will
Seth Shepard anel Barney Gibbs divide the-
kid leadership without a row?
Mr. W. J. Johnson announces that his
connection with tlie Texas and St. Louis
News as editor and proprietor ceases, he
having sold (lie same to Mr. W. E. Blytlie.
Tlie Waco Day remarks:
Hon. Seth Shepard has removed from
Galveston to Dallas, and Thtj News o.heial-
ly notifies Messrs. Wellborn, Giobs and
Crawford of tho fact, which implies politt-
eal aspirations for Mr. Shepard on tne part
of bis friends.
The Luling Wasp has folded its wings
anel ceased to buzz. It sings its little death-
song, as follows:
With this issue the Wasp ceases to exist.
With tho young year just budding, anl
every heart filled with bright hopes of a
prosperous future, it goes down as calmly
end peacefully as it came into existence,
leaving 110 wounds to heal—no howling cre-
ditors to bemoan its fate. To those who
have aided and encouraged us we are
thankful: to those wdio have not we have no
word of censure. The city is not large
eue ugh to sustain a daily paper; hence our
retirement from the field.
Folded now are the tired wings;
No i ustle on the evening air,
In the realms of bliss the Wasp now sings;
it lias climbed tlie golden stair.
Like Lord Byron's grasshopper:
She slugs herself to sleep and dies
In tho estimation of tho Denison News no
good thing or person can come out of Gal-
vesten. Alluding to an intimation that
Se-th Shcpard's principal motive in seeking
north Texas as a home was to further his
political aspirations, that paper remarks:
Mr. Shepard is credited with being a very
thrifty, intelligent politician, but he mis-
Ii kes the north Texas constituency if he
thinks such a scheme will successfully
wci k. There are plenty of men in this sec-
lie n who are the equals if not superiors of
Mr. Shepard in all rcspects. In fact, " the
woods are full o' them." And tho people
will see that their edaims are taken into
(ensideration before they shower political
honors upon every peripatetic place-
hunter in search of position. . . . The
mention of the name of Galveston may
provoke pity, but never hatred; pity for its
departed greatness, and pity that its fate
should have been left to the cormorants
who have wrecked her.
The Nacogdoches Star beams benig-
nantly:
The Galveston News put on its new
dress some two wee'ks ago, and is just
fairly dazzling in its brilliancy in typo-
graphical appearance, anel is so full of
news that we can't read it all for fear we
might find out something we don't want to
know. There are quite a number of most
excellent daily newspapers in Texas, but
for news and'promptness in greeting its
readers, none can excel The Galveston
Nsws. Give us The News and we are solid;
without it we are all broke up.
Man wants but little here below, but ac-
cording to the Post:
Houston wants a deep water outlet.
Houston wants all her streets paved.
Houston wants to becomo a port of entry.
Houston wants manufacturing enterprises.
Houston wants additional banking facili-
ties. Houston wants a new and larger
opera-house. Houston wants the next State
Democratic convention.
The El Paso Times says 1885 was a .pros-
perous year for that city, and predicts a
better for 1886, saying:
Before the year 1880 drawls to a close, the
Bio Grande valley will bo settled up by at
least JO,OCO industrious, intelligent anel pro-
gressive settlers from the older States.
About every man who can read and write
has been mentioned by tho papers as a
suitable candidate for mayor of Houston^
and the Age says:
If a good mayor, or a good city marshal,
or a good man for any city office is wanted,
draw on Houston anel the requisition will
be filled. We have suggested frequently
(hat the best of all ways for Galveston to
secure good government is to abolish her
own charter and attach herself to Houston.
And yet Houston eToes not seem satisfied
with her own municipal government, and is
evidently determined to change it.
The Collinsville Times says:
No deep water for Texas soon. There is
(oo mueh quarreling over the place where
it shall be to accomplish anything. There
is no doubt but the majority of our people
prefer Galveston, but a few petty rivals will
le able to defeat the measure.
The Alvnrado Bulletin says:
A long pull, a strong pull and a pull alto-
gether on the part of the press of Texas will
accomplish wonders toward securing deep
water.
Allusion was made in this column the
other day to mining timber. It seemt th it
something of the kind is going on in Texas.
The Orange Tribune savs:
Our manufacturers are taking advantage
of this, their first good opportunity for rais-
ing sunken timber. There are several mil-
lion feet on the bottom of the river, where
for years anel years it has been accumulat-
ing. In the water cypress timber especially
will keep forever, and the pine does not rot.
Doubtless great deposits of timber will
seme day be unearthed where great rafts
have obstructed and turned the courses of
southern rivers in recent times. That work
of nature is still in progress.
The Statesman has a two-column editorial
op a theatrical performance at Austin, and
says:
There are many more points wc should
like to speak of,'but the article is already
too long.
No doubt of that.
The Brenliam Banner has been a daily for
ten years, and in entering upon another
year it remarks:
When it was first started Brenham was a
town of about 11500 population. Brenham
has grown to a town of nearly 7000 popula-
tion anel has a brilliant future before her.
It is the intention of the management of tli9
Banner to publish as good a paper as the
town will afford; this they liavo done in the
past anel will do in the future. It enters
upon the new year In a sound anel heftlthy
conelition and will not relax its effortAto
give its readers a good paper.
The Banner has always kept fully up
with, or rather ahead of, its growing city.
Tho paper is noted for inelustry, energy,
perseverance and sound judgment. The
Banner remarks:
Now that Congress is in session, the
subject of deep water for Texas is again
revived by the press of the State. As usual
a great diversity of opinion exists. The
press is unanimous on one point, viz.: A
deep-water port is a necessity for the State;
but where that port shall be is the stum-
bling-block. Galveston wants deep water,
but unfortunately Galveston seems to have
a gooel many enemies in different portions
of the State. What this enmity amounts to
yet remains to be seen. Galveston is now
by far the most important city on the coast;
she is a city already established, and with
her present railway connections is by all
odds the most desirable place at which to
have deep water. The best thing that can
be done is to concentrate on Galyeston.
The Orange Tribune remarks:
Many hard things are being said about
the bursted City bank of Houston, among
them that before closing its doors many
rich depositors were paid their money, but
all the poor ones were left to suffer. Such is
banking life.
Book Notice.
The Bench and Bar of Texas, by Jas. D.
Lynch. Published for the author, by the
Nixon-Jones Printing company, St. Louis.
As the title implies, tlie above workre-
la'es peculiarly to the lives of legal lumin-
aries in the state of Texas, being more or
less an elaborate anel systematic classifica-
ti( n of the names of those who have figure!
conspicuously in the legal annals of the
State. Beginning with a brief dissertation
upon common lsiw s;s a prolific school of
genius and fame, followed by a graphic and
c( mprehensive history of the origin and
progress of jurisprudence artel the organiza-
tion of state government in Texas, the
author traces and illustrates in terse and
appropriate language the lives of those ju-
rists whose stars have been most conspicu-
ous or ascendant in the Texas firmament.
The intrinsic merits of the work lie chiefly
in its luciel and coherent presentation of
biographical facts—the fruits of diligent
lal or on tho part of the author. For general
reference it will be serviceable for its
minuteness of detail as well as comprehen-
siveness of scope, and being handsomely
bound and printed, will form an elegant as
well as valuable acquisition to the library.
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