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The Nf.ws nil! commence, on Sunday next, the
pnbliuatic n of a serial story entitled Edward
Atherton, or the Refugees, from the pen of a grace-
ful and racy Texas writer, Leber. This story
embraces in its entirety many points of narrative
end description calculated to enlist the interest of
the general reader. To Texas readers it promises
to be peculiarly interesting, from the fact that its
scenes are principally located in Texas, at a time
fraught with stirring events connected with the
late war and the reconstruction period. Theau
thor has portrayed with a skillful and graphic
hand the many novel features of a troublous time,
together with a well-wrought plot, and a striking
end somewhat realistic delineation of the different
characteristics of the native Texan volunteer and
the freebooter. The language used is fresh, vigor-
ous and refined, and the personages portrayed are
natural, and fall into their respective roles in an
easy and spontaneous manner. Originality, re-
conciled with history, seems to be the basis on
which the story was conceived and composed. It
icay be read with singular interest by Texans, for
its native associations and local reminiscences,
end by others with equal pleasure for its descrio
tire power, and its easy though animated style.
It is now asserted that prohibition is a
state rights doctrine. Who will guarantee
the continuance of that position? Was not
local option putin the constitution of Texas
as a settlement of the vexed question? If it
is reopened by a campaign for state prohi-
bition, and if that carries, those who live
will see whether the question does not be-
come national and whether the Prohi-
bitionists do not go in at their own pleasure
to override state rights. The latter course
will not depend upon the word of a few
Texas proiiibition leaders. National ma-
jorities can if they choose trample upon
state majorities as state and county ma-
jorities can trample upon precincts, cities
and individuals. It is to the interest of all to
maintain the rights of each member of the
commonwealth.
It is estimated that Miss Cleveland will
clear over $50,000 out of her book, George
Eliot ar.d Her Poetry. It is something to
be the sister of a president after all,
TEXAS DEMOCRATS AND TIIE ADMIN-
ISTRATION.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Sun has been working very in-
dustriously to prove that the administration
is not popular with the Democratic leaders
throughout the different States. The cor-
respondent goes over the several States and
names the statesmen who are not in line
with the administration. Referring to Texas,
the following statement is made:
Nor is the administration liked In Texas. In thvt
State the discontent is perhaps more open and
general than in almost any other. Representatives
Mills and Reagan are very frank in their hostility,
and senators are, to say the least, indifferent.
Representative Mills, in an interview pub-
lished in The News about two weeks ago,
said the administration was entirely satis-
factory to him. In answer to a direct ques-
tion, he said:
I think Mr. Cleveland is trying to give the coun-
try an honest and good administration He is t-y
ing to get the best men in the country in oflloe,
and is slow about making removals, and particu-
lar about those whom he selects to fill the vacan-
cies.
Roger Q. Mills is not given to either gush
or equivocation and is not afraid to express
his honest opinion. If he was displeased
with the administration he would have said
so; if he becomes displeased by and by the
safe presumption is that he will say so
whenever opportunity offers. Mr. Reagan
is somewhat impulsive and sometimes in
unguarded speech may say more than he
means, or use language liable to
he misapprehended and which he will be
glad to explain and qualify. Judge lteagan
has made several speeches lately, and if he
had any grievance against the administra-
tion it is to be presumed that he wouM
have given it expression. Here in Texas it
is generally understood that Senator Coke
is an emphatic administration man, and if
Senator Maxcy ie not an administration man
he has not made the fact known. Senator
Maxey Is at present a candidate for re-elec
tion to the Senate, and if he is not in accord
with the administration he has a fine oppor-
tunity to make an issue. The great body
of the people of Texas are pleased and
satisfied with the administration, as regards
its dealings with administrative problems
and executive emergencies, and no person
teking favors or preferences at the hands of
these people will be likely to exhibit
any "hostility" to the methods, actions
and course of the president. Of course
there are disappointed office-seekers
throughout the State who have no gen-
eral use for a reform administration, but the
office-seekers, numerous as they are, num
ber less than one per cent, of the people.
This is about the situation in Texas, and if
the Sun correspondent's review of the
"general discontent" in the other States is
on a par with its reference to Texas, it is
plain case of banking on misplaced confi-
dence. As long as the administration pur-
sues the policy of reform and economy it
ill be supported by the great body of
tiie people, and with the people to brace up
his administration, Mr. Cleveland need not
he particular about the altitude of those
who are commonly classified as politicians.
The time may come when the people of
Texas may feel constrained to break, in a
measure, with Me. Cleveland. In his purely
administrative and executive capacity he is
giving satisfation, but his larger political
policy is yet to be developed. . The people
of Texas favor a trenchant reform of the
tariff, a long advance on all lines of com
mercial emancipation, and the maintenance
of silver coinage as against the contraction
of the metallic money of the country to the
single article of gold. If Mr. Cleveland is
found to be with the majority of his party
in Congress on these questions, there is no
doubt that it would be fatal to the ambition
of a Texas congressman to refuse to sup-
port him at the behest of the spoilsmen.
C.eveland will not be placed fairly on trial
until Congress meets.
THE
NEW YORK REPUBLICANS AND
THE MUGWUMPS.
After all the ridicule and. vituperation to
which the New York mugwumps have been
subjected by the regular Republicans since
the break from Blaine last fall, it seems that
the necessities of the situation at last com-
pel the machine to let up and open the doors
for the return of the wanderers. A resolu-
tion passed by the Republican state com-
mittee of New York would be amusing
were it not pathetic. " Corneel" Van Cott,
a spoilsman and a machinist of the most
pronounced character, introduced the reso-
lution . It reads:
Resolved, as the judgment of this committee,
that all voters residing in the several assembly dis-
tricts of the State, who adhere to the principles of
the Republican party, and whose general intention
is to act with the ptrty and promote Its Buccess by
their votes and influence at the next general elec-
tion, be invited without regard to any so-called
" fundamental trust" to aid and take part in said
primaries, and this committee recommends all or-
ganizations of the party throughout the State to
act in compliance with the foregoing suggestions.
This is a square invitation for the mug-
wumps to return and enjoy the full rights
of Republicans. The mugwumps are bound
to enjoy a highly entertaining political
season. The Democratic state committee,
which met a few weeks ago, extended the
hand of fellowship to their " distinguished
allies of last fall," and now the Republicans
also extend the olive branch. This gives
th;: mugwumps all the elbow-room that they
can reasonably desire. Roth the old parties are
on their knees, earnestly suing for mugwump
smiles. And no wonder. The mugwumps
number more than 50,000 in New York,
and if they act together, as they are very
likely to do, they can come pretty close to
having their own way. The mugwump is
on firmed flirt and doesn't care who
knows it. It must be said for him, how-
ever, that his flirtations are as a rule in
favor of good government and pure poli-
tics. He is squarely in the market, and the
party that comes nearest to his ideal in men
and measures can count on obtaining his
support. The action of the New York Re-
publican committee gives the mugwump a
distinct standing as a political factor, lie
is placed fairly as a balance of power
between the two parlies, and both par-
ties are placed on their mettle to
win his support. If the Democrats
nominate an eminently fit man for gov-
ernor and the Republicans nominate an or-
dinary political hack, it is safe to say that
the mugwump will act with the Democrats.
On the other hand, if the Republicans
should put up a good tickct on a good
platform and the Democrats should try to
reward ordinary partisans at the expense of
the public interest, there is little doubt that
the mugwump would transfer himself to
the Republican camp bag and baggage.
The situation is highly entertaining and the
actions of the two conventions, meeting at
the same place within a few days of each
other, will be watched with mora than
usual interest. The mugwump opportunity
is both booming and blooming.
THE WISH rARTY IN BRITISH POLI-
TICS.
The comments of the London press on
Piimeil's Dublin speech show that English-
men have at last arrived at the conclusion
that the Irish contingent will hold the bal-
ance of power in the next Parliament. Of
course the London editors are not pleased
with the prospect. While they have usually
held that Ireland was an intelligent portion
the British empire, still, when the repre-
sentatives of that integral portion or pro-
vince threatens to control the action of Par-
liamtnt by purely parliamentary methods,
they have no hesitation in hinting at alien-
ship and recommending a unification of
English parties to defeat a common enemy.
Mr. Parnell is a consummate politician and
an adroit leader. He has no alliances with
cither of the English parties, but lets it be
understood that he will support the English
party that proposes the largest concessions
to Ireland. At present he is hand in glove
with the Tories, but the thread that binds
him to them is so slender that it can be
snapped at a moment's notice. At the
san e time lie keeps communication open
with the Radicals, and if this section of the
Liberal party should be able to control Par-
liament in conjunction with the Irish,
there is little doubt that Chamber-
lain and Parnell would join hands
Both English parties are now committe 1 to
a measure of sell-government lor Ireland,
but how far either is willing to go in this
direction can not yet be known. Parnell,
in his Dublin speech, spoke for an inde-
pendent Irish parliament, but it is scarcely
probable that either of the English parties,
or in fact any prominent English politician,
is yet willing to concede so much. Par
noil's dream is a dual government after the
fashion of Austro-Hungary—two independ-
ent governments united, as O'Connell used
to say, by the "golden link of the crown."
Probably Parnell believes that only by ask-
ing for much can he get little. However,
it is as easy to imagine an independent Irish
parliament in Dublin ten years from now as
it was to imagine ten years ago a Tory pre-
mier ready to concede any measure of self-
government, no matter how meager.
It mny be remarked in the way of kindly
admonition that the advocates of prohibi-
tion give token of lowering the staudard of
their controversy. Neither the sharp attor-
ncyitm by which it is sought to convict
Senator Coke of contradictory statements in
the same speech,nor quibbling over the dic-
tionary definition of the term sumptuary,
nor stigmatizing many of the most eminent
public men of the State as advocates of
whisky and intemperance, is calculated to
advance a cause that should rest for its sup-
port on the truth of the principles which it
professes. Senator Coke and Congressman
Mills are not men unacquainted with the
structure of this government, but, on the
contrary, have often in high debate main-
tained in Congress the dignity of
the State they in part repre-
sent, and the most eminent statesmen
have recognized them as among the ablest
defenders and expounders in Congress when
the principles of government were under
discussion. There is one unfortunate fea-
ture displayed by those who are champion-
ing the suppression of intemperance. It is
their failure or refusal to consider any but
the heroic remedy t'aey themselves propose.
It is unfortunate because it indicates their in-
disposition or inability to candidly consider
other remedies that may not conflict with
principles so fundamental as those that are
urged against prohibition. The evil is one
of common recognition and assuredly there
is no reason to doubt the earnest desire of
all good citizens for its suppression, or their
cordial support of any efficient and rea . on-
able remedy.
Politics that begins in fusion generally
ends in confusion. Fusion to resist aggres-
sion by a dominant party is a matter of
honest principle, but fusion as a rule means
the essence of the spoils system—getting the
offices.
A specimen of contemporary discussion
in Ohio:
Governor Hoadly is the attorney for the Saloon-
keepers association. [Cleveland Leader.
Governor Hoadly is not the attorney of the Sa-
loonkeepers association. There is n > saloonkeep-
ers association. [Cleveland Plaindealer.
The Buffalo Telegraph, which published
the scandal on Cleveland, is defunct. The
proprietors sunk $65,000 in it.
Congressman Chain writes to the Vic-
toria Advocate to say that neither be nor
Senator Coke recommended Captain Baily,
of Rockport, for collector of customs at
Corpus Christi. Mr. Crain says that both
he and Senator Coke gave a general indorse-
ment to Captain Baily, but reserved their
recommendation for another person. IIow
is it then Captain Baily came to be ap-
pointed? Is it possible the administration
intends to paddle its own canoe, and only
notice congressional indorsements and re-
commendations wThen tliej' are specially
asked for? It begins to look a good deal
that way.
It is by a forced construction of the law
that Bismarck proceeds against some depu-
ties who are paid by popular subscription.
The law says that deputies shall receive no
pay. This has been understood to mean
that they shall not be voted pay from the
public treasury, and not that they shall not
receive present or voluntary support from
their friends.
Tiie Boston Post (Dem.) says that, in
order to break up the loose practice of in-
i orsing applications for office, common
among public men, the following plan has
been adopted at Washington in cases where
the applicant proves to be unworthy:
Where the knowledge is confined to the
department and does not get into the news-
papers, the indorscrs are notified to use
greater caution in future, and there the
matter rests. But when it leaks out and
becomes public property, every name signed
to the application will be printed, and no
paper bearing the same indorsements will
be in future considered."
Some of the cheap-logic brigade will be
able to discovei that because Walkup, of
Emporia, made the acquaintance of his wife
at New Orleans,and died during the honey-
moon, expositions are n. g.
The only effectual way to exterminate the
spring poet is to kill off his ancestors before-
hand.
The New Orleans Picayune suggests
Eustis and Butler as a matchless team to
carry the spoilsmen's banner in 1888. The
Picayune should have Butler first. Local
pride no doubt induced our contemporary
to give Eustis the place of honor, but But-
ler after Eustis would make a kangaroo
ticket that the world could not help laugh-
ing at.
What is the French government coming
to when it apologizes for Rochcfort's arti-
cles but does not venture to prosecute
Rochefort?
Misery loves company, and it is the same
story about public works everywhere. The
New York Evening Post prints charges
against General Stone as chief engineer em
ployed by the Bartholdi pedestal committee.
General Stone has had three as
sistant engineers and a draughts-
man, and still he employed nine
inspectors where two would have served
quite as well. The yacht which Stone kept
all winter at a cost of $10 per day is another
item of extravagance quoted against him.
The laying of cement in February cost
$3291 for labor, while $3000 more went to
Stone and his staff and inspectors. The re-
sult has been that the pedestal fund, which
America gave in such touching agony, was
made too free use of. Says the Post's in-
formant: "Another singular part of the
concrete business is that, had the executive
committee accepted the contractor's bid to
furnish cement as well as lay it, a saving of
some $27,000 would have been effected over
the actual cost of the finished work.
Whatever may be said aguinst private cor-
porations, conducted as they are for busi-
ness, they do not allow such extravagance
and waste.
Pr.oiECTioKisM, whether intending or
pretending to encourage domestic industry,
exicites cupidity for high profits. Sales are
restricted accordingly, and the end of it is
that home industry does not flourish as pre-
dicted.
The Spaniards never colonized the Caro-
line islands; therefore their grievance is on
a point of pride rather than equity.
If prohibition is not a party question why
did St. John run for president, why is
Leonard running for governor of Ohio?
Perhaps Speaker Foster can give a satisfac-
tory answer, as he is the most responsible
parent the " no-party issue" has found so
far.
Those writers who have told what they
know about prohibitton should remember
that stale assertions arc as unpalatable as
stale beer.
A good rousing Democratic issue would
be the inalienable right of governments, as
of other debtors, to pay their debts at par
whenever they hi.ve the money, The right
of Congress to borrow money does not in-
clude the pretended right to bar the debtor
nation from an instant discharge of its
debts. It is a stretch of power against rea-
son and equity, and without constitutional
warrant.
If Coke and Mills, of the congressional
delegation, are to bear the brunt of the
battle, perhaps the Democratic party may
remember Coke and Mills when they are
casting up accounts by and by.
Prohibition is an issue, and a political
issue, and don't you let it escape your for-
getfulness.
Tiie Democratic statesmen are not up to
the times. If the Republicans were still in
power John Sherman would be giving the
administration credit for the bounteous
crops and the reviving prosperity of the
country. Dan Manning should go abroad in
the land and make a few speeches.
Money flows into the United States trea-
sury like water, and freezes there.
Moke work and less taxation will ad-
vance the general welfare better than the
finest efforts of constructive statesmanship.
The Pennsylvania Democrats went
through the formula of nominating a candi-
date for state treasurer yesterday. Doubt-
less this action was altogether Pickwickian,
as it is not likely that there is a Democrat
in Pennsylvania who is not morally certain
that Matthew Stanley Quay will be the next
treasurer.
Sikce his speech at Loreno, the Ross gu-
bernatorial barometer ha3 taken several
strides upward.
The prohibition candidate for treasurer
of Kentucky at the recent election polled
40,COO votes. This should be an item of
considerable significance to some people in
Texas about this time.
trading associates. His playmates were the
kittens and the rabbits and the rose bushes,
He admits that he was too much alone. For
his own comfort in life perhaps, but his ob
solvations have done much good.
Jilts. Ellen Foster, of Iowa, a lawyer,
and one of the chief officers of the God-in,.
thc Constitution league, or F. F. F.'s, says
" Prohibition is but the first step toward en-
grafting Christianity into the constitution,
We shall keep on until wo have all under
the banner of Jesus." By Christianity these
people mean doctrinal tests, a test oath and
disfranchisement for all not professing be-
lief according to their standard.
Sunset Cox has at last been received by
the sultan. It is not known which of his
jokes Sam got off on the occasion, but as it
is generally known that Lew Wallace was
able to entertain the amiable Turk, it is not
to be doubted that Cox laughed him to
sleep.
Editor Halstead should resurrect his
late Extra and take it from New York to
Ohio. It begins to look as if he would
have r.eed for two or three organs this
season.
The office seekers should pray that the
pickerel may bite generously in lake Sara-
nac, so that Cleveland may return to Wash-
ington in good humor.
When Mr. Ruskin was a bit of a bay of
three years he astonished a photographer
by asking him why there were holes m the
carpet of the gallery. In fact, he seemed to
be able to see everything, for his habits of
observation were formed when he was a
mere child. This very early mental dis-
cipline was due in part to the lack of dis-
The maple trees are dying, and the Bos-
ton Traveller says: "This is nature's way
of removing what is no longer of use, since
dealers in ' maple sugar' now sell a com
pound composed largely of the settlings of
molasses casks."
John Ruskin will have a chance to revise
bis own obituary.
STATE FKKiHa.
What tha Interior Papers Bay.
A was an archer and shot at a frog, but
Archer, the editor of the Crockett Patron,
takes a crack at The News. The Patron
charges that this paper habitually, " editorial
ly or by its correspondence, or tx>th, attempts
to hold Ur. Reagan up to scorn and con-
tempt." Ibis charge is a pretty fair evidence
that the imagination and spite of the Patron
have got the better of its judgment and love
of veracity. Of the editor a citizen of Crockett
says: "This man is a crank, and does not re-
flect the views of onr people on any question.
He it was who stated to a Methodist confer
ence in this town that If a copy of The Gal-
veston News were to get in his office he
would use tongs to take it out." That wis
considerate. Some one else might want to
read the copy, and would prefer to have it
without being soiled.
The Pittsburg Gazette says:
A man who accepts oltlce ought to make up
his mind to be criticised, for he will be as Bure
as the sun shines. He transacts business for
the people, and when be makes an error the
people will complain.
The little city of San Marcos has become an-
other Chautauqua, where subjects of all kinds
of social science are discussed. The Free Press
prints extracts from some of the addresses.
Among them is one by Mrs. Beauchamo on
the Sexes in Civilization. She gives men
credit for progress in the material world, but
asks: " Has woman fulfilled her mission ? Has
the world, throughout all the ages, been grow-
ing womanly—does it wear her impress ?" and
says:
The Realists are making the power on the
educaticn of the day. Positivism is invading
our churches, and becoming the religion of the
learned. It would overturn our faith in the
Intangible and unseen—the only true founda-
tion of religion and morality. Nor has the
world grown womanly in purity. Man has
conquered the earth, but can he conquer him-
self? His passions run riot, and fill the world
with woe. Our social system Is in an unba-
lanced and tottering condition. Idealism gives
place to realism; spirituality to materialism,
and force has outstripped morality. In what
way and by what means can we restore the
equilibrium? Woman's work and influence are
the ruitsing factors in our civilization.
To bring in these forces were to re-
store order to chaos, and beauty and
symmetry to deformity. These forces
have existed all along, as an under-
current in the mighty rushing stream of
events, but they have never been brought into
prominence,and made a chartered, recognized,
controlling power in the earth. Since she be-
came a worker in the moral vineyard, every
benevolent institution has received new life
and vigor. Man has ever worshippeed the
god cf force: but she subverts ail the known
laws of logic by exemplify iog the truth,
"When ye are weak, then • indeed are ye
etror.g" Her gentle hand is "lifting the
world to a higher octave, whose keynote is
love." The oid civilization is passing away,
but she is pressing the world toward a higher,
better and more beautiful one Indeed, sh? is
helping to Inaugurate the higher civilization.
We wait with bopeful, trembling solicitude
the revelations of the good n jw time.
Roll on, ye wheels,
There's a good time coming yet;
Wait a little longer;
I hear a little bird that sings.
By and by the women will be stronger.
The Laredo Times says:
San Antonib's Bupply of school marms seems
to be practically inexhaustible The San
Marcos Chautauqua School of Philosophy ins
got to "the Logos in human thought," al-
ready. What next?
The Sherman News has verified the canard
about ducks eating other ducks without grow-
ing bigger. That paper has absorbed the
Courier, which was larger than itself, and is
yet no larger than It (the News) was before.
The Roekdale Messenger apologizes as fol-
lows:
The present edition has been edited mainly
from Wooten Wells, which explains the ab-
sence of the usual quota of local matter. The
editor iB home again, however, mnch Improved
in health, and we hope to have every thing
tip top and on time hereafter.
The restorative effects of the waters will
donbtless improve the inwardness of both the
Messenger and its editor.
The Victoria Advocate says:
If The Galveston News don't succeed in
getting the present libel law amended, we
much mistake the tremendous power of the
press. The old lady, when it comes to a mat-
ter of this kind, counts as much as an entire
legislature, with the state officials thrown in.
It is not the power of The News, but a ques-
tion of right and public policy and popular
liberty that is in issue.
Speaking for Itself, the Blanco News says:
The News doesn't propose to deal in mi sre
presentation, nor does it propose to publish
anything that can't be substantiated ; but the
libel law is an incubus on our statutes and
should be forever blotted out. Let our legis-
lators ?ee to it next eesaion that it is removed
The Big Springs Pantagrapb pants for the
Dallas edition of The News, It says:
Since the suspension of the Gazette the
Herald only reaches us semi occasionally, which
leaves us dependent on The News, and causes
us to breathe a sigh for the 1st of October,
that it may reuch us a day earlier.
The Bandera Bugle sounds a note of cheer to
The News:
We rejoice exceedingly that The Galveston
News is not to be downed by the bravado re-
solution of Governor Ireland and the land
board to waivf their rights to a certain extent
under the libel law.
Then follows an extract from The News
describing the shortcomings of the board.
The Bugle pa} ,:
The railway pool has been ratified and the
great point of doing away with discrimination
has been geined. Kates may not be lower but
there will be fairness all round.
The temperance reform scores another tri-
umph. The Laredo Times says:
Nat Q. Henderson takes nothing stronger
now than watermelon.
The Times says:
The probabilities are that if a stranger saun-
ters around the by-ways in Dimmitt county
he will sooner or later, and generally sooner,
fare as did the man who journeyed down from
Jerusalem to Jericiio, with the sole difference
that in Dimmitt he is placed beyond the reme-
dial tgencies of the good Samaritan.
The papers are full of articles on the liquor
question in all its aspects and bearings
An exchange notes as a hopeful sign for the
temperance cause to find a leading religious
newspaper which takes a common sen3e vie n
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fof ihe present prohibitory clauses in oar
liquor laws against selling on Sunday, to
minors and the like. 4. Local option; that Is,
of the way to promote It, which sign is th?
course of the Christian Union, an iailaeutUi
religions paper of the North, on the question
of prohibition. That paper declares tha!/
" there is no more power In law than there ii i®
the public sentiment which Is behind it," and it
points to the fact that two centuries ago the
constitution of Virginia in 1676 forbid the sals
of wines and ardent spirits, despite which
drinking went on just the same. Believing
that the disease of intemperance is primarily
mora), it holds that the remedy must be pt'i'
marily moral, and that legal force can be only
subsidiary.
The Christian Union's platform Is:
1. Obedience to the law of the land, whal
ever that law is. 2. A higher tax or a higher
license, discriminating against distilled liquors
and in so far in favor of malt and fermented
liquors. 3. The strict and impartial enforce-
ment ""
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in
the recognition of the right of each local com-
munity, town, or county to prohibit the liquor
traffic within its bounds altogether.
The Victoria Advocate says:
If Texans really wish to put a statesman at
the head of their affairs they should call front
retirement Hon. John Hancock, of Austin.
There is no man in the land who has larger
qualifications or clearer-headed statesmanship,
or who is freer from the smirohings of dema-
fogism than the ex-congressman from the
ravis district.
The Bianco News says:
The old alcalde has been out In the land feel-
ing around for another term in the guberna-
torial chair. The re-establishing of the pay-
as-you-go policy might be beneficial to Texas
at this particular time, but we are satisfied the
people of Texas are willing to let the oid gen-
tleman rest a while longer.
The Fort Worth Mail remarks:
Mr. Barney Glbbs is out in a two-column-
and-a-half Interview in The Galvestoh
News. The Mail is somewhat apprehensive
that Mr. Gibbs was unwell. His unprece-
dented silence for eight days naturally forced
the conclusion.
The Pleasanton Monitor is responsible for
the following:
A young man who believes in self-Improve-
ment, having recently married, suggested to
his wife that they should argue some question
frankly and fully every morning, in order to
learn more of each other. The first question
happened to be, "whether a woman oould bo
expected to get along without a hat," and he
took the affirmative; and when he was last
seen he had climbed up into the hay loft, and
was pulling the ladder after him. This un-
fortunate couple lives not a thousand miles
from Pleasanton.
The Brownsville Cosmopolitan has survived
its seventh anniversary, acd is now an old
pe per, as age goes in that city of ephemeral
publications. It is doubtful whether the
average life of newspapers In Texas is more
than seven years.
A good newspaper may not always find ser-
mons in stones and good in everthing, but it
can point a moral on occasion, if it can not
adorn a tail like the monkey who painted his
caudal appendage sky-blue. The Bandera
Bogle is that kind of a paper. It says:
Every good thing in this world has its draw-
backs. The liveoak gives excellent shade, but
you are liable to acquire a bushel of ticks in
three seconds if you sit down under it.
It is and was ever thus:
" Still where rosy plasure leads
Bee a kindred grief pursue."
A Jefferson dispatch to the Texarkana
States says:
Hon. R. B. Reagan, United States marshal
for the Eastern Distriet of Texas, has retained
the efficient deputy and clerk, H. H. Klrspat-
rick. late deputy of his predecessor, which
gives entire satisfaction to the attorneys of the
district. He left last night for Galveston.
The States also says:
Let the winged winds that round the editor's
pathway roar, proclaim why the newspaper
should be considered the exponent of private
wrongs. And wherefore it is expected to boost
and advocate every enterprise to put money
into other people's pocketB and nary shekel
for its own?
For the child's reason, because it is so, is
now, ever has been, and will be world without
end. Dobbin must carry the whole load or
kick.
The Delta Banner says:
Governor Ireland has placed himself in bat-
tle array against Jay Gould's railroad swin-
dling and land swindling schemes in the state
of Texas, and we honor him for it. Railroads
and land corporations have to be fought and
governed, or they will finally govern the whole
people.
The Athens Athenian says:
Judge J. H. Reagan has declined to be a
candidate for governor of Texas at the next
election. He claims that he can do the whole
state of Texas more good as Unitad States con-
gressman than as governor of Texas, and that
the good of Texas is his chief desire. While
there are many who would like to see Mr.
Reagan governor of Texas, they must follow
his example and look to the best interest of the
State.
The Runnels Record says:
There are 11,000 lawyers in the state of New
York, and only one book to every 10,000 in-
habitants in Russia.
The Gatesville Advance probably meant no
offense when it charged The News with lying.
It seems to be rather partial to that habit.
The Terrell Star says:
Bro. Cranfill says he would rather the edi-
tors of Texas would announoe that the Gates-
ville Advance is the leading prohibition organ
in Texas than to write long eulogies of him at
his death.
This shows that he does not mind being lied
on.
The Texarkana States describes an ideal
newspaper In this:
The daily paper is not the medium for per-
sonal abuse any more than it is for the sense-
less twaddle on uninteresting topics. The
editor invariably encourages any effort to pro-
mulgate sensible views on live issues.
The Seymour Cresset Bays:
The old alcalde bad better be content in hUi
present position.
In nothing regarding the methods of enforc-
ing the laws has there been a greater change
than in the tolerance of spies and armed offi-
cials since the late civil war. When one used
to read of the habitual employment of spies
and gendarmes in Europe, the thought seldom
occurred that they would be common in this
country bo soon. The Marshall Herald re-
marks as follows on a dangerous, even if use-
ful, organization:
Of all the organized bodies that ever wire
foimed and allowed to exist in any country,
there is none more disgraceful to a free people
than Finkerton's detectives. They ar« ready
for 8Dy dirty work that partieB with money to
jay for their services want done. Then? are
now in the country between 3000 and 4000 or-
ganized hireling troops, officered, armed
and equipped, and always ready t>
ferve any corporation or combina-
tion cf cspitaiisis who will pay them.
Tbey are gathered from the slums of
Chicago and are selected for their desperado
qualities and their disregard for morality and
honor. They are a private army of despera-
does; tbey aienot a United States military
force, nor a state militia force. They are
vested with no police authority and have no
more right to carry concealed weapons
than a private citizen of Texas, It is
strange that the municipal. county
and state officers will allow sucj
gangs of ruffians to enter the State, override
the law, at el In defiance of all authority exe-
cute their dirty work. Whenever they come
into the State without legal authority they
should be arrested as vagrants, and, if found
carrying weapons, punished to the full extent
of the law. The State should prohibit the
Pinkerton army trom crossing its bjrders.
Tbey should be put down as an enginery of
despotism and a menace to the liberties of the
people.
The estimated value of the natural gas
used in the United States in 1834 was |1,400 -
010,.as against 1475,000 in 1883.
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