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M b NTS IX 7 If k com:.
The question of greatest interest at pres-
ent in New York politics is whether the
democratic party or the republican party
is responsible for the rigid excise law.
Senator IIill charges it up to the republi-
can party, holding that they made the law
originally in lf?T57. Republicans insist 'that
democrats are responsible for the act, be-
cause they re-enacted- it in the excise pro-
visions of 1892 and 1893. Senator Hill in hda
declaration against the law, and in his ef-
forts to save his party from responsibility
'therefor, recently dealt out some severe
strokes of condemnation for Commissioner
Roosevelt, who has labored for its en*
forcement. In due time Mr. Roosevelt de-
livered a reply in kind, which is about as
sharp and strong as could be made of
English words. He said:
Senator Hill has done me the honor to
take me as the antitype of his political
m thods and political views, and has
singled- me out for attack in connection
with the excise law. Senator Hill's com*
plaint is that I honestly enforce the law
which he and Tammany put upon the
statute books with the full belief and in-
tention that it would not be honestly en-
forced. 1 do not usually ascribe motives,
and 1 would ordinarily hesitate, in speak-
ing of a United States senator, to say that
his govern^* and his legislature (for he
controlled them both, absolutely) deliber-
ately enacted a law which they deliber-
ately intended to be dishonestly executed:
but I do not have to ascribe motives in
this case, for Senator Hill's letter is in ef-
fect a frank avowal that these were the
motives which actuated the Tammany leg-
islature that passed the present law. This
law is now being honestly enforced, and
Senator Hill's attack upon that honest en-
forcement is tantamount to the admission,
in the first place, that it never has been
honestly enforced before, and in the next
place, that he had never expected it to be
honestly enforced. A more humiliating po-
sition was never taken by a public man
than this position which has been taken
by Senator Hill. It is but natural that he
and Tammany should grow wild with
anger at the honest enforcement of the
law; for it was a law which was intended
to be the most potent weapon in keeping
the saloons subservient allies of Mr. Hill's
machine. This Sunday excise law has
never been a dead letter. It has always
been enforced against the man without
money and without political influence. It
was passed with the deliberate purpose of
keeping a sword over the neck ot every
saloon keeper who did not render abjectly
faithful service to Tammany hall and to
the state machine which Tammany hall
served. I do not wonder that Senator Hill
raises an outcry against its enforcement. It
was not meant to be honestly enforced. It
was meant to be used to blackmail and
browbeat saloon keepers who were not the
slaves of Tammany hall, while the big
Tammany busses who owned saloons were
allowed io violate the law with impunity
and to corrupt the police force at will.
With a law such as this, enforced only
against th? poor or the honest man, am!
violated with impunity by every rich
scoundrel and every corrupt politician, the
machine did indeed seem to have its yoke
on the neck of the people. But we throw
off t'hat yoke, and no special pleading of
Senator Hill can avail -to make us put it
on. It is a shame and a disgrace to the
state that one of its United States sen-
ators should venture openly to appear as
a champion of the dishonest enforcement
of law; for that 4s all that is meant by thi
outcry in favor of enforcing the laws
"liberally," exactly as Tammany Hall en
forced them.
"It Is but natural," say* Mr. Roosevelt,
"that he and Tammany should grow wild
w.th anger at the honest enforcement of
the law, for it is a law which was Intended
•to be the most potent weapon in keeping
the saloons subservient allies of Mr. Hill's
machine. * * * It has always been en-
forced against the man without money and
without political influence. It wan parsed
w:th the del-berate purpose of keeping a
•sword over the neck of every saloon keeper
who did not render abjectly faithful service
to Tammany hali, and to the state machine
which Tammany served. • • • It was
meant to be used to blackmail and brovvoeat
the saloon keepers who were not the s.aves
of Tammany hail, while the big Tammany
boss ear who owned saloons were allowed to
violate the law with impunity and to cor-
rupt the police force at will." AH this .s
repeated -because it brings so forcibly to the
public mind the danger of surrendering to
this, that or the other official license to say
what laws sha.4 be applied, and what stat-
utes or ordinances may be violated. There
is no doubt whatever that many a law or
ordinance has been enacted for purposes of
campaign jobbery and blackmail. There is
no sort of doubt that authority to vloiate
the law is being peddled by the officials of
pome of the cities every day. There i«
hardly room for question that the law over
the enforcement of which New York is so
thoroughly stirred was passed for the cam-
paign uses to which it has been openly ap-
plied. The danger wi«ll grow until the peo-
ple shall have deprived the parties and dem-
agogues of the country of power to pi^and
keep on the statute books either wholesome
or obnoxious laws, rrot with a view to their
regular equal and honest enforcement, but
with a view to their enforcement or non-
enfcrcement to suit momentary purposes of
political dictation or blackmail extort-on.
Hut, above all, is this species of abu^e both
outrageous and pernicious where the law in
question is essentially obnoxious as an in-
vasion of the personal liberty of clti.zens as j
to moles and conditions of private living
which in no way infringe upon the equal
and corresponding liberty of others. By
common consent the New York excise law
in Its Sunday observance requirements Is
held to be a measure of this invidious eh ir-
actor as it affects hundreds of thousands
of sober and orderly citizens in their inno-
cent pleasures and pursuits. For these the
casa would be essentially a case of har l-
shlp and tyranny If the '.aw were regularly
and equally enforced. The sufferers -would
have even then the grim comfort of realiz-
ing a level and inflexible equality of injus-
tice. But not a glimmer of such equality
and comfort In possible where the enforce-
ment or non-enforcement of the law is prac-
tically a matt r of executive and police dis-
cretion. The Inevitable result is an Irregu-
lar and discriminating enforcement, which
awards indulgence an l immunity to the rich
iyho can buy such favors, or to the polit-
ically influential who can command them,
wl\Ue it str'kes w.th merciless rigor unfor-
tunate people who happen to be destitute of
political influence, or to be so hampered
with poverty or honesty as to be incapable
of bripery.
lefore sailing for Europe Mayor Fly
sent thf following telegram to Hon. M.
E. Kleberg, president of the school board:
New YOrk, July 20,—Hon. M. E. Kleberg,
President School Board, Galveston: 1 see
the coun. il has ordered an election for the
additional school tax. I have full faith i.i
the civic virtues of our taxpayers and ex-
pect the schools to be held at the present
high standard. A. W. FLY.
In a country like the United States,
whose very existence depends upon the in-
telligence, patriotism and uprightness of
Its citizens, the question of a liberal sup-
port of our public schools is not one that
admits of contending opinions. Unless the
taxpayers will vote this increase of 7V6
cents on the $100 valuation Galveston's
schools will drop to a third rate position
and continue for about six and a half
months during tht* year. This is a compar-
atively small matter to the taxpayers, but
is of great importance to the children of
Galveston.-
Two of the Chicago aldermen were fixed
In their determination to stand by the ice
company.
The burden of proof is on the tiatlsts.
The country is now on a firm gold basis.
The free silver crusaders must prove that
It Is necessary and safe to jump off this
foundation, and go down at a single tles-
perute plunge to 50-cent silver dollars.
The country Is not yet ready to leave a
broad foundation of good credit and squat
on a half-way silver dollar.
Referring to increases In the wages of
employes for a week, the New York Herald
says:
The increase of wages goes bravely on.
Yesterday's dispatches state that the oper-
atives in a large worsted mill at Fitchburg,
Mass., have been notified of an advance in
their wages on July 21*. A cotton factory
at Lowell, Mass., also announces an In-
crease ot' 10 per cent. An iron and steel
mill at Pottstown, Pa., will raise wages
20 8-10 tier cent on August 1, and another
Pennsylvania iron company will then ad-
vance wages 10 per cent. One of our con-
temporaries reported the other day that
wages In forty woolen mills have recently
been Increased—a sure Indication of the im-
mense benefit "free wool" has already con-
ferred on the manufacturers of woolen
goods. These increases, coming without
resort to strikes, mark a new and phe-
nomenal epoch In the history of American
manufactures. Republican prophecies of
disaster to wage-earners and manufactur-
ers, as the result of the Wilson low tariff,
passed last August, have most dismally
failed. The remarkable revival of Ameri-
can industries under the new "free trade
tariff," as our "protectionist" friends call
It, rings anew the death knell of the Insane
agitation for a revival of high tariff leg-
islation.
The belled buzzard has been seen oncc
more and the sea serpent is en route.
the plan of boycotting the national bank
notes. If carried out, would prove more
harmful than beneficial to the laboring in-
terests of the country, as it would contract
the currency to the extent of $211,000,000,
without injuring national banks. "It
wouldn't hurt the banks at all," said Mr.
O. P. Tucker, deputy comptroller of Ihe cur-
rency. "If the people should refuse to re-
ceive their note^s, the banks would simply
pre. ent them to the United States treasury
for redemption and receive legal tender
notes, which they would continue to use
in their business. There is only $211,000,000
of national bank notes In circulation, while
there is $950J$0.000 of other kinds of money
outstanding.
In a sound money speech at Hillsboro
Judge Rufus Hardy cited the following his-
torical facts:
1. The United States to-day has a larger
circulation per capita than any free coin-
age country ever did have.
I. It has more gold dollars per capita than
any free coinage country on e^rth to-day
h is of all kinds of money.
;l. It has more silver dollars per capita
than any free silver country to-day.
4. It has more gold than silver, and the
volume of its silver circulation is greater
per capita ttufti the entire circulation—of
gold, silver anil paper reduced to silver—
of any free coinage nation. /
'I he United States under the gold
standard—since 1873—has maintained a
greater circulation per capita than It ever
did before.
* 0. There has been five times more silver
coined under the gold standard, from 1S73
till now, tw nty-two years, than there was
under free coinage from 1792 to 1873, eighty-
one years.
7. livery nation that has adopted the gold
standard (except one or two who are on
depreciated paper basis) has Increased its
eireulatlon.
8. No nation of first-class civilization has
tin silver standard.
9. Mexico is the highest type of free silver
nation on earth on daubl-^ standard, so-
called, and its per capita circulation is
$4.71.
Our per capita circulation has in-
creased since 1873 more than the entire cir-
culation of Mexico.
la. Mexico is the best exemplar of free
silver, has no middle class; lias millionaires
and paupers, or peons.
II. The wages of no free silver country
on earth average a third of those in the
United States.
12. No country on earth has In practice
a double (gold and silver) standard.
13. No country for 2(H) years (since com-
meive became international) ever has in
practice had a double stundard.
14. The proposition that there can be but
one standard is in fact self-evident. (Car-
lisle and Mr. Ingham, secretary of treas-
ury ir 1830 under Jackson^
1"). Both metals under free coinage have
never circulated concurrently and indis-
criminately In the country where there are
banks and money dealers. (Select eomm.it-
tte of house under Jackson In 1832.)
It!. The overvalued metal under free coin-
age drives out the other. (Benton, 1834.)
Mr. Horr knocked Promoter Harvey silly
by asking: "Ought we to again throw open
the mints of the United States to the free
coinage of silver at the old ratio of 16 to
1, when the actual ratio of value in the
markets of'the world Is fully 30 to 1?" Mr.
Harvey skipped the question and proceeded
to declaim about corruption and such like.
Holmes, alias Mudgett, the Icy fiend who
lies In the Philadelphia jail for defrauding
a life Insurance company, now declares
that a man named Hatch must have mur-
dered the Peltzel children in Toronto.
Senator Morgan's speech at Griffin, Ga.,
Is merely suggestive that he expected a
place in the cabinet.
This is an age in which demagogues con-
sider It safe and profitable to preach repu-
diation, confiscation and robbery for a liv-
ing.
The New Orleans papers charge that
murderers are turned into the streets to
murder In that city.
If Maria Barberl, the New York murder-
ess, looks like her cuts, she ought not to
hang. She has no show and trouble
enough.
SNAP SHOTS,
Senator Blackburn of Kentucky declares
that Ills successor will be either Blackburn
or a republican. He adds: "If I was run-
ning hell and had the Courier-Journal,
Times and Post managers, editors and re-
porters sent to me 1 would turn the other
Inmates loose lest they be contaminated."
Of course, Senator Blackburn is not run-
ning the infernal regions, but if he were
there he would undoubtedly try Jo do so, in
spite of the devil.
Colonel Hogg declares the advocates of
sound money a lot of "flirting flunkies."
There Is no room for a single dynamite
fiend on Texas soil. Every effort should be
put forth to hunt down and convict the as-
sassin who murdered the five negroes In
the home of Mary Phillips in Falls county,
and the perpetrators of this cowardly crime
should, be hanged by their necks till they
are dead.
Dallas county has a citizen whose skull
even No. 2 busckshot failed to penetrate,
but it is not known whether he is a popu-
list or not.
The flatists in Texas and in some other
portions of the country profess that they
are for both gold and silver as a double
standard of value. Mr. Harvey, author of
"Coin's Financial School," favors a single
silver standard, and says so. He says so.
The others do not. That is the only dif-
ference. Free silver at 16 to 1 means the
silver standard and nothing else.
The funeral of Stambouloff endetf in a
brutal riot at the grave.
The first striker killed the goose that
laid the golden egg.
A parrot is never at a loss for something
to say.
Oarsmen now call their boats shells.
A wag was ducked at Long Branch be-
cause he declared some young women short
on clothing.
The first nursery rhyme:
Ma, Ma!
Pa, Pa!
"The lark is up to meet the sun," but
that Is not all he Is up for.
The East Texas press association met at
Jacksonville. The following officers were
elected: Charles C'ulmore, Houston Prefs,
president; J. E. MeFarland, Jacksonville
Banner, vice president; Miss Augusta Wil-
son, Lufkin Press, secretary; J. L. Robin-
son, Jewett Messenger, treasurer. Hous-
ton was selected as the next place of meet-
ing.
The Galveston city railroad company has
increased wages 10 per cent.
The best way to keep up the per capita
Is to keep both gold and representative sil-
ver or paper in circulation on a parity with
the single gold standard.
Grand Master Workman Sovereign Is said
to have decided to boycott the national
banks. The manifesto will be addressed
to the Knights of l^abor. Farmers' alliance,
the people's party, reform clubs and kln-
dred societies, reciting "the wrongs of the
toiling thousands and their sufferings at
the hands of the money-making power,"
and calling for a boycott of national bank
notes in all dealings between Individuals.
It Is to go Into effect September 1. . . .
Mr. Sovereign emphatically says that it is
obligatory on every knight to obey the or-
dcr. "Not only that," he declares, "tout v;e
expect similar orders to be Issued by the
li.-ads of all sympathetic organizations."
If Mr. Sovereign's knights decide to obey
! hi* order, It will probably not be long be-
j forV a grand army of them will be lying
around without employment. Referring to
I thti matter, a treasury official explains that
Do not be deceived—if you can help it
The trouble about experience is that it
frequently comes too late.
ARANSAS PASS HARBOR.
Denver Republican.
The signing of a contract by a Baltimore
firm to furnish all the capital needed to
complete the work of harbor improvement
at Aransas Pass, Tex., was an event of
much significance to the entire southwest.
This was done a few days ago, and it Is
expected that work upon the jetties will
be begun in a few weeks.
Aransas Pass Is one of the Texas points
which a few years ago attracted general
attention in connection with projects for
the construction of harbor Improvements.
There was great rivalry between those
places. Galveston was the most prominent,
being the best known as well as the most
populous. Aransas Pass made itself felt,
however, and It looked at one time as
though the project for constructing a deep
harbor there would be carried out. But
the panic came on. and all such enterprises
fell to the ground. Now, with reviving
trade the project is renewed with what
seems to be an excellent chance for suc-
cess.
Whether a channel deep enough to admit
of the entrance of large o.'ean vessels at
Aransas Pass can be secured or not is an
open question, but there seems to be little
doubt "that a channel of 20 feet can be ob-
tained. This would admit most of the
ships that are used in the gulf trade, which
is the main consideration. Aransas Pass
could be developed Into a great importing
place, even though its channel were not
deep enough to admit ships of the heaviest
draught.
' It is needless to say that if the work on
the jetties succeeds it will give a great
stimulus to the growth of the adjacent
city. Aransas Pass will become a center
of attraction for that part of Texas, and
something like the old interest in its fu-
ture will be awakened. It may in time be-
come a shipping point for Denver and much
of the remaining country lying far back
from the Texas coast. As a rival of Gal-
veston and New Orleans it wotdd be wel-
comed by the interior cities, which would
thrive through competition between the
gulf ports.
ON A HUNT.
Rockland, Tyler Co., Tex., July 21.—Quite
a number left yesterday to -.lead a few
days In the woods, amoiu whom were
Messrs. W. II. A Id rldge. A. 1-1. Gilbert, John
iM. Barclay anl C\ E. Aldridge, the latter
two being accompanied by their wives and
children. Their remaining friends have
made extensive preparations for a fish and
venison dinner on their return.
one of the horses, but fell and wm run
over. However, as he fell he caught the
lints and though down held on to them,
and after being dragged thirty or forty
feet succeeded In stopping the team. The
ladles were not hurt, though Puddy was
right badly bruised.
PORTER ASSAULTED.
Milllcan, Brazos Co., Tex., July 21.—Pete
Davis, n gro porter on No. 1, was assault-
ed by parties In Navasota just as he alight-
ed from fhe train. He was put off here
and put in charge of the company's local
surgeon. He has several scalp wounds,
which are quite painful, but not fatal. He
was sent to the company's hospital on the
south bound train.
NATIONAL PRISONS.
Now Yorkers Would Like to Have a Few
Millions Expended.
For The News.
The metropolis proposes to turn discom-
fiture into triumph in the matter of the
escape of the postoflice thieves from New
York's most noted jail. The incident will
be used by the Empire state's delegation
to illustrate the urgency of the need for
the establishment of a series of entirely
new national prisons.-'
This has long been a
ISHflill HGKritililf P,;"t idea with New
r" j I York contractors and
politicians. It is be-
ta 3ll: B»r li. veil that the first
institution of the
kind would be located
near New York city.
There is a scheme on
foot to have about a
million dollars appro-
priate! to begin with,
and then when the
site has been selected
another million can
be obtained for the
building itself. Other
parts of the country
will be interested, and
I'nc'iO Stun* Juilort. ^ I'kely that tel.
million will be ap-
propriated before anyone fully realizes the
nature of the project. Of oarse there is
no denying tiiat the average United States
prisoner aas a very easy time of it in the
way of being able'to make his escape, for
county jailers never take as much care of
them as tlnjy do of ordinary prisoners.
Still, the idea of building national prisons
has only so far commended itself to con-
tractors.
SOLICITOR J. S. HOGG.
A IS! IX MA ITE f S.
BIDS OPENED.
Austin, Tex., July 22.—Mayor McDonald
and the finance committee met this after-
noon to open bids for the $200,000 worth of
bonds to be sold by Austin to complete her
water system. The bond agents present
were:. B. H. Seltz of Blair & Co., New
York; J. G. Campbell of E. A. Gay & Co.,
New York; II. and W. Whipple of N. W.
Harris & Co., New York: E. D. Lewis of
Mason, Lewis & Co., Chicago; W. J. Mc-
Donald of Farson, Leach <SL- Co., Chicago,
and G. F. Rlnhale of Rollins & Son, Bos-
ton. The following bills on the bonds by
bulk were opened: Farson, Leach & .Co.,
par, less 2 per cent legal commission; Blair
& Co., par, and a premium of $2041, with
accrued interest to date of delivery; Gay
& Co., par, with Interest ami premium of
$.2082; Harris <k Co., par, provided they be
allowed commission of 3 per cent; Rollins
& Son, par and premium of $1060; Mason,
Lewis & Co., par, with bonus of $62; Hayes
Son, par. with Interest and premium of
$8615; McKay, par, and premium of
American promoting and trust company,
$101.33 for the bonds. All bids were re-
jected except those of Blair A Co., Cay &
Co., ami Hayes & Son, deferring action on
those until to-morrow afternoon. A tele-
graphic correspondence is being had with
Hayes & Son in the meantime.
The water and light company passed in
the bids to furnish pipe to complete the
water system, the bids being for 3?i86 tons
and special castings. It was decided to
recommend the awarding of the contract
to the penitentiary people, the price to be
paid being $23.50 per ton, amounting to
about $85,000. This bid was about $6000 less
on the whole than any other, and both
Comptroller Flnley and Senator Tips
vouched for the pipe being as good, if not
the best, ever laid In Texas.
BOARD OF EXAMINERS.
Austin, Tex., July 22.—The summer nor-
mal board of examiners met here to-day for
the purpose of grading papers sent to the
department of education from summer nor-
mal examinations held over the state the
past week. The 'board Is computed of the
folio wing teachers: C. L. Adair, Whites-
boio; J. N. Davis, Hico; L. C. Gee. Savoy;
F. A. Glenn, San Angelo; H. B. Griffin, Se-
guln; S. H. Hickman, Bryan; W F. iHud-
g Ins, McKlnney; B. C. Odom, Beckvllle; W.
B. O. Quinn, Lufkin; J. 11. Vaughn, Mon-
tague, and C. H. Wedeme^cr, Belton.
CAPITAL NOTES.
Austin. Tex., July 22.—The state printing
board met this morning, but postponed
action on matters before It until to-morrow.
The state board of equalization to-day
reduced the valuation of (lis Blair lands in
Foley and liuchel counties from $1.50 to $1
per acre.
•NOTES AND PERSONALS.
Austin. Tex.. July 22.—W. D. Law son of
the iMis.-ourl. Kansas and Texas is "here.
Governor Culberson has offered a reward,
of $300 for the apprehension of each of the
parties concerned In the Mart, Falls county,
outrage.
Cashier Campbell of the Island Olty sav-
ings bank and 'Mr. Fordtran of Galveston
are here on land business.
Judge Austin oH -Galveston is in the city
on legal business.
STOPPED A RUNAWAY.
Belton, Bell Co., Tex., July 22.—A team
attached to a surrey, in which there were
Bome ladies, became frightened on the
square and ran away.* As they were run-
ning Tom Puddy irrabbed at the bridle of
T XAS XE WSPAPER COM \fEXT. .
The Government Is Not Making Any
Preparations to Meet the
Bonds in 1907.
EX-GOVERNOR'S RECORD.
last Year a Deficiency Was Better Than a
Surplus—Now He Would Raise by Taxation
$700,000,000 With Interest.
Yoakum Times: There may be a oetter
country than south Texas, but we doubt
It.
People's Journal, Lampasas: The coun-
try produce, such us chickens, eggs, butter
and other surplus products of the farm,
shipped from here this year, would sup-
port a population of 10,000 people.
Galveston Tribune: Galveston's public
school system is the city's chief pride, it
should not be allowed to suffer for the
lack of 7'^ cents additional tax. To de-
feat the school tax levy would put Gal-
veston In point of education below every
city In Texas. A six months' school term
is the alternative of defeating the school
tax levy.
Laredo Times: Speaking of Laredo's fa-
cilities. they may be here without limit or
number, but unless taken hold of by
thoughtful, earnest and persevering leaders
they will never Hie of the slightest advan-
tage to the town. Facilities, as a word,
is derived from one meaning "ease," and
signifies a reward for efforts expended. Not
many dollars go Into a man's pocket with-
out some hand putting them there—usually
his own.
Galveston Opera Glass: The pride of Gal-
veston is her schools, and to further aid
in keeping the public schools in a first-
class manner the city council recently or-
dered an election to take place on August
T> to decide upon an additional school tax
of 7H cents on the $100 valuation. There is
no doubt that the good citizens of the city
will turn out on that day and vote favora-
bly upon the matter. At least It Is to be
hope*! so.
Yoakum Graphic: The Rio Grande river
Is taking a notion into Its head to Imitate
the Brazos. Up about El Paso It is wash-
ing things about in quite a lively manner,
and many poor families have had their
hemes destroyed. No matter how much
advice or experience some people have,
they will persist In building houses as close
to streams as they can get them, and, at
the fitst freshet, call lustily for help. We
doubt, ir. many Instant es. whether their
cry should be heard. If there is no high
ground near, move up a tree.
Brenham Banner: But five years remain
until a new century will dawn, and
thoughtful people are anticipating some
wonderful developments in that period,
aside from the evolution of %the bloomer
and the restoration of the knlckerbocker.
At the rate we are going there will be
very little of the lirst of the century left
at the close. Man has changed as much
as his inventions and appliances for get-
ting about. As for woman, we will hardly
recognize her as our old running mate
when we turn into the next century. But
we'll run her just the same.
Alvln Sun: We hear lots of complaint In
regard to the condition of the roads lead-
ing to to.wn; also bitter complaint about
some who refuse to give land for a road
along the line of their farm, when such a
road would be of great benellt to them as
well as their neighbors. One arbitrary per-
son can, if he is a mind to, discommode a
whole neighborhood. There is nothing that
is more of a drawback to a town than in-
convenience of getting to it. Some of our
citizens are complaining that in order to
get to our s.-hool they will have to go a
mile out of their way. when, If one or two
persons would give a road along the line
of their small tract of land It would ac-
commodate many families and be of great
benefit to many farmers who trade in
Alvin. and be the means of bringing others
here to trade. Th< re must be some law
regulating the opening up of highways,
and our people should look the matter up.
Austin, Tex., July 22.—(Staff Correspond-
ence.)—The speech of Colonel Hogg, deliv-
ered at the recent silver convention held in
this city, deserves more than passing at-
tention, not because of its merit, but be-
cause of the crudity and absurdity of It a
expressions and ideas. It consisted first of
flippant and silly defiances of John Bull,
ignoring the fact that the civilized world
is a community of nations, no one of which
an any more Isolate Itself in Us commer-
cial relations from its neighbors than one
section or community of a country can
make Itself independent of other communi-
ties of the same country. The speech' fair-
ly abounded with jingo-Americanisms and
the British lion was made to fairly roar
with paroxysms of pain as the general so-
licitor of the Link Line mercilessly pro-
ceeded to twist his tall. The second fea-
ture of the speech was the repeated dec-
laration of the colonel that he was a law-
yer, that he had settled down to practice
his profession and make a living, and that
he was looking for a large and juicy cllen:-
age. The third feature of Colonel Hogg's
effort was the arraignment of the Cleve-
land-Carlisle administration in thai "class-
ical" way peculiar to him, and it was
notable that not one word did he say
against the festive populists who are now
organizing from one end of the state to the
other for the purpose of capturing the
state next year.
The colonel waxed both fierce and Indig-
nant over the fact that the bonds of the
United States would mature In 1907 anl
that the government was making no prep-
aration to meet their payment. With an
exhibition of English which betokened a
greater familiarity with acorns than with
dollars, or else indicated that his audience
could better understand a transaction In
that Commodity, he grew earnestly elo-
quent and said: "Now, suppose this debt
was payable in coon skins. Don't you
think it is time the government was hus-
tling to get up the coon skins to pay it
with?" if Colonel llogg meant anything
by his treatment of this subject he cer-
tainly meant that the government should
have commenced before this time to ac-
cumulate in the treasury a cash fund to
pay' off Its entire bonded Indebtedness in
1H07. If he did not mean this, then his
words were utterly pointless and meaning-
less. in other words, Colonel llogg charges
that the government, under a democratic
administration, has been criminally derelict
in not having already commenced prepara-
tion to pay off in cash this enormous sum
at maturity. Then the question arises, not
to Colonel Hogg, but to the thoughtful
man and financier, In what way can the
government make such preparation? The
only reply is by the accumulation of cash
in hand. Then comes the query, how Is it
to be raised—whence comes every dollar
that finds its way into the treasury? The
only answer is, It comes- from taxation.
Stripped of its bluster and the obscurity
in which he clothed it, Colonel Hogg's
proposition, then, is that the government
has been guilty of a criminal dereliction
of duty for not having levied a tax on the
already over-burdened people to raise
funds with which to pay off the bonded
indebtedness of the nation at maturity,
ami that by such taxation a sum equal to
the amount of such indebtedness should
be accumulated against the day of pay-
ment.
Tills cjr.iitruetion 1s confirmed«by the fur-
ther statement that there is not enough
gold in the country to meet the bonds,
ciearlv bearing out the idea that all the
bands will fall due and be presented and
paid at the same time. Such a proposition,
cjlining from one who assumes to teach and
lead ethers, is startling. It Is bound to be
either the hallucination of a densely Ignor-
ant mind or the visionary and misleading
stat< merit of a reckleus demagogue. The
merest tyro, a man who 'has never had a
lesson in pjlltieail economy, ought to know
that a government issues bonds iln order to
avoid the necessity of paying such large
debts In gross at one time out of taxation.
Going back aa Tar as 1S69 we find that the
I'nited States owed a total Interest bearing
debt of more than $2,100,000,000, nine-tenthrt
of which bore 6 per cent interest, the an-
nual interest charge being m^re than $125,-
000,000; that this Indebtedness has gradually
decreased until ISM, when It was something
over $r,K5,000,000. all of which bore less than
\ per cent interest, the Interest annually
being only about $23,000,000. The United
States therefore In the course of twenty-
live years paid off nearly three-fourths of
its debt bonds, besides keeping down lti3 in-
terest. With tills record -is it to be expected
that she will have any difficulty in funding
'her unpaid bonds at maturity? The Idea
that thi-s great nation will be dunned for
payment of all these 'bonds promptly on
maturity, like an Insolvent customer for his
in mthly accounts, is so crude and ridiculous
that it* would scarcely have originated in
the head of anybody except Railroad Attor-
ney 'Hogg. The fact t'hat the bonded in-
debtedness hau increased rather than dimin-
ished during t'he past two years is owing to
conditions for whiich Mr. Cleveland's admin-
istration is in no wise responsible, except
in so far as it has reduced the taxes, and
f<>r which it should not be arraigned and
denounced by one calling hlmse.f a demo-
crat. Rather let suc.h things come from
the populists and republicans.
How, then, are the recent utterances of
Colonel Hogg to be viewed? As those of
one who, though so wise in his own con-
ceit as to be qualified to enlighten others,
is yet so ignorant as to deserve sympathy:
or as the carefully conceived argument of
the demagogue to deceive t'he verdant and
unwary? If Colonel Hogg should be con-
fronted with the undeniable proposition that
hlH plan of accumulation of cash would In-
volve Increased taxation for that purpose,
would he still insist on it? He has cer-
tainly made a record for 'himself on an an-
alogous subject in this state. When a de-
liaency in the wtate treasury was developed
during his administration lie made himself
famous for the time being by declaring that
a deficiency was better than a surplus. He
now condemns the national administration
for not raising toy taxation a surplus of
$700,000,000, with Interest. If Judge Terrell
was correct when he said consistency is the
virtue of fools, then Colonel Hogg to cer-
tainly exempt from visitation by the foo>l
killer.
SILVER DOLLAR BLAND.
St. Louis, Mo., July 22.—Ex-Congressman
Bland Is in the city, and. speaking of the
silver question, said: "There Is no use
dodging the question any longer. If the
democratic party does not declare for the
free coinage of sliver it will be wiped off
the map. The newspapers in the large
cities like St. Louis can talk about the
silver sentiment dying out, but they are
not going to fool anybody. There may be
a few democrats In the cities who will fol-
low the administration, but there are prac-
tical! v none In the country. This conven-
tion will show how the democrats of Mis-
souri stand. In order to win the next
campaign we have got to take a bold stand
for silver, and we must be getting into
line."
"Do you think the next democratic na-
tional convention will declare for inde-
pendent free coinage?"
"I do not know whether It will or not,
but if it don't the j.arty won't stand the
ghost or a show. The people are not golnff
to follow a platform which Is meaning-
less or intended to deceive. Federal office-
holders and whisky gaugers may succeed
ir controlling conventions like they did In
Kentucky, but the people will not follow
them." . „
"Would not a declaration of five coinage
lose us the vote In the large cities?"
"It would unquestionably lose votes in
some cities, but we would gain in others,"
"Your name has frequently been men-
tioned as a candidate for the presidency.
What can I say about that?"
"It is all foolishness to talk about candi-
dates. There Is no democratic party. There
Is nothing but chaos and disorder."
MEETING AT HALLETTSVILLE.
•Hallettsvllle, Lavaca Co., Tex., July 22.—
The populists are arranging for a grand
rally of their forces In Lavaca, county at
this place August 1. Joseph Hlndman of
Illinois, member of their national executive
committee has signified his willingness to
be present and lend them a helping hand
and they propose having one other first
class speaker on hand to expound their
doctrines.
Their committee of arrangements have
notified J. W. Ragsdale, chairman of the
county democratic executive coramitTT^o
that they will divide time with democratic
speakers and he is making an effort to get
capable speakeTs here to represent democ-
racy.
As yet none of the chief spokesmen on
either side of the money question have
taken any steps to organize in Lavaca
county and It is quite probable that La-
vaca county will not be represented at the
Port Worth meeting.
MEETING IN TYLER.
Tyler, Tex., July 22.—Two precincts, in-
cluding the city, held a joint meeting to-
day to send delegate's to the county con-
vention to be held In Tyler next Saturday
to s>end delegates to the l^ort Worth free
silver convention In August. The meeting
was called to order by ex-County Judge B.
B. Beard. W hile the committees were out
a motion was made to Invite Hon. Joe
Bailey to be present and address the con-
vention oil the silver question next Satur-
day. District Attorney Russell made a mo-
tion that Rufus Hardy be invited to ad-
dress the convention at the same time,
which motion met with such opposition
that Mr. Russell withdrew it. Judge B.
B. Beard in calling the convention to order
made a speech of about one hour's length,
touching all the salient points and phases
of the silver question.
FREE SILVER AT LOCKIIART.
Lo khart, Caldwell Co., Tex., July 20.—
In response to a well advertised call a
large number of free silver democrats met
in the court house this morning, at which
time Hon. L. J. Storey was elected chair-
man. and committees were appointed to
draft resolutions, etc., to report at the
afternoon session, which convened at 2
o'clock, at which time Hon. Gustav Cook
av!dro?>ed a large audience in favor of the
issue, and immediately after he retired
lion. L. J. Storey nroceeded to advise the
public 'n line with the former address.
Both speakers handled the Issue with great
care, and were listened to with the greatest
at ten Uon.
SILVER PRIMARY.
Kyle, Hays Co., Tex., July 19.—Free coin-
age silver democrats held a primary here
to-d-ay and sent delegates to t'he county
convention that meets at San Marcos on
next Saturday to send delegates to the
Fort Worth convention. The attendance
was small and some discord with delegates
cropped out just before adjournment.
FEW MEETINGS.
Belton, Bell Co., Tex., July 22,-So far as
heard from there were not more than four
or flvo five silver primaries held in this
county Saturday. The club here foiled to
meet. These failures to meet at the sev-
eral voting boxes will be cured the l're*e
sllverifes say by the general mass meeting
to be held here on the 25th Instant.
POPULIST CAMP MEETING.
Athens, Henderson Co., Tex., July 22.—
The populists have arranged for a three
days' camp meeting here on August 15, 1G
and it. General Weaver, Mrs. Lease and a
number of prominent speakers will be
presen t.
HAS TICKED FOR 140 YEARS.
A Watch That Has Run Since 1754 and Is
Still a Good Timepiece.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Judge Frederick W. Moo^e of the superior
court is the possessor of an heirloom in -the
Shape of a watch that no amount of money
»vouild buy. And, besides Its value a«3 an
heirloom it has a historic interest.
The timepiece is of' t'he open face, "bull's
eye pattern. A« with all old style watches
of the pattern mentioned, the outer case
niUi31 be removed before It can be wound.
The outer caae of thte watch is of ham*
mered gold, and ail the work on It 'was
done by hand. While this Is apparent from
the workmanship. It Is further proved by
the date on the inside, which is 1754. There
Is an inscription on the Inside as follows:
"Daniel De St. Leu, Servant to Her 'Majes-
ty. London." Her majesty then was the
queen of George II, the then reigning king
of England.
The authentic history of this valuable
timepiece is this: in the years preced.ng
1751 William Augustus, duke of Cumber-
land, the second son of George II. was the
commander of the British armies. In the
Scottish campaigns and In the campaigns
against the Prussians and the Russians,
and when he was at the head of the Brit-
ish, Hanoverian and Danish forces of 50,000
men. Dr. Frederick William Schvvartze, a
Hanoverian, was on h?s staff as surgeon.
At the close of the campaign against the
Priuiilans ant the Ruffians the duke had
three watches made like the one Judge
Moore has, and ot which it is one. The
watvhes were presented to three ofilcers of
the duke's staff 'by him as a mark of his
esteem. One went to Dr. Sehwartze, as a
Hanoverian; one to a British ofilcer and
one to a Danish officer. The presentations
were made in 1755. After the doctor's ser-
vices had ended In 17-57 and the duke had
returned to London, It was expected lie
would succeed to the throne, but the birth
of a son to his elder brother cut him out.
In 1780 Dr. Sehwartze and the Mohr fami-
lies came to this country, and there were
intermarriages in the families, and In this
way Judge Moore is related to, or rather
descended from, Dr. Sehwartze. About
1800 the families came to this 3tate, the
Schwartzes going to Germantown and the
Mohrs coming to this city. The watch in
question has always been worn by mem-
bers of the Sehwartze family, usually by
the son, who bore the name of Frederick
William, the name of the original owner.
Tho last one of that name who wore it
was Frederick William Sehwartze of Green
township, this county, who died three or
four years ago. He was the last of the
Sehwartze family to bear the name Fred-
erick William. But the name had been
perpetuated in Judge Moore, as that is his
name. He was rightfully entitled to the
watch, and It was presented to him a short
time ago by the widow of the last man
who wore it. To say that the judge is
proud of the treasure Is to express it but
mildly. Not only is it a treasure &s an
heirloom and a curiosity, but he could not
have a better evidence of the kind of peo-
ple from whom he Is descended.
There is an interesting history connected
with another of the three watches men-
tioned. The one presented by the British
officer was worn by a member of his fam-
ily in this country during the colonial wars
with the Indians. The man who wore it
was captured and the watch taken from
him and worn by Brant, the Indian chief.
Afterward when Brant was captured by
the Americans the watch was recovered
and was returned to the family of the
British officer in England. What became
ot' the third watch, the one presented to
the Danish officer, the descendants of Dr.
Sehwartze do not know.
Though the watch now possessed by
Jr.dgc Moore is 140 y<»ars old, it keeps good
time. It is full jeweled and seems to be
in an almost perfect state of preservation
NEWSPAPER RECREATION.
A colored philosopher is reported to have
Paid: "Life, my breddern, am mos'ly made
up o' prayin' fo' rain, and then wishin' it
would el'ar off."—Atlanta Constitution.
• ♦ •
Wife (drearily): "Ah, me! the days of
chivalry are past."
Husband: "What's the matter now?"
Wife: "Sir Walter Raleigh laid his cloak
on the ground for Queen Elizabeth to walk
over, but you get cross simply because
poor, dear mother sat down on your hat."—
Pearson's Weekly.
• * •
"I saw Mrs. K. going into an auction sale
last Monday. Isn't her craze for bargains
extraordinary?"
"Yes, indeed: I believe she could die hap-
py if she would be laid out on u bargain
counter and be buried as a remnant."—
Harlem Life.
* • •
He Was Forgiven—She: "Have you ever
loved another?"
He: "Yes; of course. Do you think I'd
practice on a nice girl like you?"—Life.
• • c
A woman can have some idea of what a
pleasant voice her husband has if she can
disguise the fact that it is she who is
talking to him over the telephone.—Atchi-
son Globe.
* • • •
"Well," said the rocket to the cannon
cracker, "how did you enjoy the Fourth?"
Bad! bad!" said the cannon cracker.
"The boy that tired me got away safe. Be-
sides, I'm busted."—New York Recorder.
• • *
First cannibal: "I'm dying! Oh! oh!"
Second cannibal: "Whut's the matter?"
First cannibal: "I've just eaten that
friend of the missionary's wife."
Second cannibal: "Good gracious, man!
That woman's a member of Sorosis. She
never agreed with any man in her life."—
Harper's Bazar.
* * *
Westy: "You don't know everything."
Testy: "Westy, old chap, that s the only
sensible remark* I ever heard you make. I
don't know everything, and there's a big
pile of stuff 1 don't want to know."—New
York Mercury.
• * •
Tommy: "Paw, what Is the difference
between a pot hunter and a sportsman?"
Mr. Figg: "One can kill enough game to
make a living at the business, and the
other can't."—Indianapolis Journal.
* « •
"Well, Johnnie," said a doting Uncle to
his little nephew, who* had been fishing all
day, "did you catch a good many fish?"
"No, uncle, but 1 drowned a good many
worms."—London Tit-Bits.
• • •*
Not in the market.—Plugwinch: "I under-
stand that Lameduck has several marriage-
able daughters."
Samjones: "Um—he had till lately."
Plugwinch: "Oh! then they are married?"
Samjones: "No; he failed last year."—
Puck.
* * •
The difference between a statesman and
a mere politician, my soli, consists in the
fact that, whereas the statesman under-
stands the art of deceiving without lying,
the politician lies without deceiving.—Bos-
ton Transcript.
• • •
Brown: "You look as if you had the
blues."
Robinson: "So I have; I've lost my beau-
tiful new silk umbrella."
"Where did you leave it?"
"I didn't leave it anywhere. The owner
met me on the street and took it away
from me."—Texas Slftings.
* * *
"There, Willie," said the lad's mother,
"is 10 cents for you. Now what are you
going to do with it?"
"Save It up to buy fireworks for the
Fourth of July," replied the boy in a
tone whose positlveness was almost de-
fiant.
'Why, Willie, you know you are saving
up your money to give to the heathen."
'Y-yes'm, but the Chinese are heathen,
aren't they?"
"Yes, dear."
"And the Chinese make the firecrackers,
don't they?"
"I am told they do."
"Well, then, the heathen'-ll get my money
just the same, so It's all right."—Burlington
Journal.
Yeast: "You say that fellow belongs to
the Sons of the Revolution?"
Crimsonbeak: "Yes; he's one of the acro-
bats down al Ballum & Burnam's circus."
—Yonkers Statesman.
A BOY KJLLED.
Floresville, WMlson Co., Tex., July 22.—A
man named Sellers «was coming from Gon-
zales county with his family to Flor
vllle, and stopped over a day or two with
relatives on the Clbolo, ten or twelve mile3
from here. A 6-year-old boy of the family
in some mysterious manner pulled a black-
smith's portable forge over on himself,
which injured him internally and he died
within, an hour. A coffin was sent from
here on Sunday in which to bury the child.
An old man named Rlchter, living on the
Clbolo, fell off a ivaystaek last Saturday
and broke his shoulder > several ribs and
injured himself integrally. It is thought
that he can not recover.
ALL SOIUS ASSORTED.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
Brenb cm, Tex., July 22.—Resolutions of
I respee». to the memory of County Treasurer
C. srinkwitz were offered by Hon. Ben S.
| Rogers, chairman of the committee and
1 adopted by tne county court this morning.
The merchants of this country numbered,
In 1880, 481,47(1.
Seven-tenths of the natives of China are
opium smokers.
The cord-age on a first-class man-of-war
cos^ts about $!f),000.
The Bank of England Issues notes to the
value of $20.000,000 every day.
A distinguished German physician holds
that rice is an ideal military food.
By the tenth census there were 16,528
stock raise'i-3 in the United States.
Fifteen years -ago the "bread of the na-
tion was supplied by 11,309 bakers.
There were 102,473 stonemasons in the
United States at the tenth census.
The leading decoration of the Legion of
Honor is a red ribbon worn 'in the button-
hole.
There are three' orders of St. Michael,
belonging respectively to Bavaria, France
and Germany.
The number of unmarried men in Eng-
land and Wale.-; exceeds that of unmarried
women by 200,000.
A full-grown devilfish weighs from 8000
to 10,000 pounds, and has eyes as big as the
largest dinner plate.
Paris actresses wear paper lace, which
by night looks as beautiful and delicate as
the best real lace, while it cosits 'but a
trifle.
A man in Unionvllle, Mo., claims that
s-altpeter is an infallible cure for snake
bite, and cites personal experience In sup-
port of his claim.
England maintains thirty-one war ves-
sels in the M edit erran can fleet, and 60C0
men at Gibraltar, at a cost of between two
and three mi-ll'i'on dollars.
The state of Iowa is so far from being
wholly agricultural that 'it has 59,174 per-
sons engaged in its factories, whose an-
nual output is $125,049,183.
Massachusetts, though small in size, is
large in manufacture, her mill hands being
numbered at 485.182. and their annual out-
put valued at $888,160,403.
South Carolina -has more manufacturing
hands than would be expeoted, having not
less than 24,662, who turn out annually $31,-
926.681 worth of product.
North Carolina has rls>en rapidly In the
line of manufacturing states. At present
her factories employ 36,214 hands and turn
out $40,375,450 wort'li of product.
A thrifty keeper in the Pere la Choi so
cemetery, Paris, was recently dismissed
for too much enterprise. He had added to
his income by raising vegetables on the
graves.
The movement in parliament against ex-
cessive and unnatural insurance on the
lives of children died a natural death as
the result of a storm of oppo£ltion devel-
oped by it.
The famous old "Blue Store" in Rox'bury,
Mas*., will soon be torn down. During
colonial times General W'arren, it Is said,
occupied one floor of the old building as a
dwelling.
Gray -once said -that no one would ever
wri'te a -better poem than his "Elegy." He
considered it not only his own masterpiece,
but the be^st poem in Englisti or any other
language.
•Four swarms of bees have taken "posses-
sion of the Methodist church in East San
Jose, California, and It 1a estimated that
there are at least 300 pounds of honey be-
tween the outer and Inner walls.
The poison weed in the vicinity of Heart
mountain, Montana, is more plentiful then
usual this spring. John Chapman reports
having fifty-two head of cattle bearing his
brand that were killed from eating the
stuff.
G-rote once compared his '"History of
Greece" to Gibbon's "Decline and Fall,"
and took pains to point out the various ex-
cellencies of each and to s<how in What
particulars his own work excelled -that of
Gibbon.
It is a ve*ry common 'thing for a relnd.eer
to have a horn broken off and it is very
easily done. Indeed, by the middle of win-
ter nearly every reindeer has lost one or
•both of Its horns and fragments only are
left.
Citric acid, the active principle of Hmes
and lemons, was first extracted! by 'Soheele.
It Is found In •considerable quarvtifits in
many fruits besides these, the acid of com-
merce be>lng, it is said, extracted from al-
most any fruit, t'he cheapness being the
main factor in selection.
A veterinary surgeon in Van Buren, Me.,
was called a few days ago to find the rea-
son and remedy for an odd hard bunch on
a horse's shoulder. He lanced the swelling
and found In the center of 4t a filver dime.
The corner grocery clubs are now bu&y
with the question, How did it get there?
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The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 121, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 23, 1895, newspaper, July 23, 1895; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth465539/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.