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THE GALVESTON DAi
rRDAY, JUNE 17. 1893.
£lt.cgixili]7Uw
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SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1893.
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THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND CIVIL
SERVICE REFORM.
No good demo.crat can object to a text that
is to bo found in every democratic platform
since 1876. This scripture is oven loss objec-
tionable because it came from the pon or the
direct inspiration of one ot tho greatest states-
men this country has produced. Samuel J.
Tilden is its author and here is the text:
Reform is necessary in the civil service. Ex-
perience proves that efficient, economical con-
duct of the governmental business is not pos-
sible if its civil service is subject to change at
every election, is a prize fought for at tho ballot
box, is a brief reward for party zeal, instead of
posts of honor, assigned for proved competency
uiid held for fidelity in tho public omploy; that
the dispensing of patronage should neither be a
tax on the time of all our public men nor the in-
strument of their ambition. More again prom-
ises, falsified in tho performance, attest that tho
party in power can not effect any practical or
salutary reform.
These are the words of democracy, re-af-
firraed in every national platform since 1876.
Do they mean anything? What do they mean?
Civil service reform; that the civil service
must no longer be liable to a tumultuous raid
of spoilsmen at every successive election;
that it must no longor be a prize to be fought
for by contending partisans; that the places
must cease to bo regarded as brief rewards
for party zeal, but must be practically, as woll
as theoretically, recognized as posts of honor
assigned for fitness and held for merit. The
declaration means, in short, that assignments
to the civil service must be disposed with an
eyo single to the interests of tho people's com-
mon business and not speculatively exploited
as the privato capital of politicians. This is
all clear, sound and 6troug. One clause of
the declaration suggests the remedy for these
undemocratic tendencies and dangers: "The
dispensing of patronage should neither be a
tax on tho time of all our public men nor the
instrument of their ambition." This is re-
peated for tho benefit of all readors who are
inclined to consider themselves bound by
plain, honest, democratic doctrine. How
many democratic senators and congressmen
are inclinod to regard it? The only one who
has announced his determination to do this
so far is Dr. Evorett, successor of Mr. Henry
Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts. Congress-
man Everett has declared his purpose to
"withdraw from all sharo in indorsements,
recommendations and solicitations" in bohalf
of applicants for federal offices within his dis-
trict. Ho explains that he is not conceited
enough to thinfe that ho can chango the pres-
ent disgraceful system of spoils-mongermg,
but adds thai ho dares "not wait for any one
else to begin." Hero is one congressman that
does not duro to disregard the explicit man-
date of hi* party platform, while the land is
wideiy vexed with others who do not pretend
to oboy it. These deliberately insist on use-
ing patronage as their campaign capital, the
oificee of tho people as their current stock in
trade. It is ontirely probable that some of
them may find this lover a most dangerous
weapon and that the most persistent violators
of democratic pledges may pry themselvosout
while trying to lift themselves in. It will be a
just and wholesome retribution. Of course
the reasons why the spoils should be taken
out of the hands of senators and congressmen
are not fully sot forth in the text. The dis-
pensing of patronago is a tax on their time
which, by tho way, the public have paid for.
Patronage is also the instrument of their am-
bition. Other reasons why the lawmakers and
appropriation makers of the government
should bo relieved of patronago brokerage are
Buggosted in a recent able article in Harper's
Weekly. The following extracts are given:
The rulo is that the congressman recommends
in an overwhelming majority of cases persons for
appointment who are politically useful to him-
self. That such persons will not always turn out
to be bad public servants is undoubtedly true.
But it is also true that a congressman will al-
ways be more lenient in his judgment of the
qualities of a candidate for office who is politi-
cally useful to him than of anybody else; and it.
may bo said without tho slightest exaggeration
that tho worst appointments made by any admin-
istration are uniformly among thoso recom-
mended by congressmen. This is a matter of
long and extensive experience. Congressmen are
therefore, taking tho general average, not the
most trustworthy, but tho most dangerous
advisers of tho appointing power. President
Cleveland excels most of his predecessors in tho
care he takoB to 1111 public places with lit men. 11
would be unjust to expect that he should never
make a mistake. But tho only instances in which
appointments made by him subjected himtovory
severe criticism aro directly traceable to the ad-
vice of a senator, which the president unfortu-
v.u followed. Y*e refer to the appointmeut of
MrBurke as U. S. district attorney in Indiana,
of Mr. Kisley as ministei resident in Denmark,
end of Mr. Donham as postmaster in Terre
Haute, Ind., who has treated the country to a
moat scandalous attempt to "beat'' tho civil sf>r-
vic » law -all three made ai the request of Sena-
tor Voorhees, this request being made in tho caee
of Mr. Burkn, as is understood, through Senator
Jurpie. » * * We complain that there are so
many persons in our consular service that dis-
grace us in the eyes of the world. An impartial
scrutiny of tho list of our consular officers will
show that every one of thoso we are ashamed of
was ai>pointed at the request of a congressman.
. . .Complaint is made that among tho chiefs
°«t ('^v.,8'on m the govorimn-iit departments in
•"'itt'^iigton who were appointed under Mr. Har-
mon s administration there area great many in-
competent men who ought to be removed. This is
undoubtedly true. It is also certain that almost
evory one ot them was appointed attho request ot
a congressman, who thus contrived to pay oil
some of his political debts at tho public expense.
No judge is permitted to decide a caso in
which ho is interested. Interest in the results
of a suit disqualified a juror and weakens the
testimony of every witness. Why should poli-
ticians bo intrusted with tho decision of con-
tests between applicants upon which their own
re-elections may depend? Why should they
desire to sit in cases in which they are at last
tho chief parties in interest, with the alterna-
tive of cutting their own throats by indorsing
doserving opponents or taking the responsi-
bility that must go with every selfish and cor-
rupt judgment? How much better for the civil
Borvice, the people, the country it wculd be
for them to Btaud above the low resorts of the
spoils peddler and announce to the world a
determination to stand on the party platform
and to adhere faithfully to the party pledge
that has been quoted above as a safe text for
every patriotic congressman. For the demo-
cratic party and its present official leadership
one sentenco of its oft repeated solemn decla-
ration on tho subject of civil service reform
has a gravo significance not to bo mistaken.
The sentence reads: "Hero again promises,
falsified in tho performance, attest that the
party in power can not work out any practical
or salutary roform." Whon this was said tho
republican party was in power. Now the demo-
cratic party is the party in power. Is this party
fulfilling or falsifying "in the performance"
its promiso of civil service roform on the
linos so incisively marked out? On its peril
it must answer this question in maturity of
deeds and not in professions only. There tho
recorded promiso stands to finally acquit or
finally and righteously condemn the party in
power according to the tenor of tho perform-
ance.
L —ig
No man is less suited to name tho proper
persons for fodcral patronago than senators
or congressmen who are directly interested in
the appointments. It is like a juror sitting
on his own law suit and deciding it in his
own interest for a senator or a congressman
to assume authority to make himself solid
by deciding in favor of the petitioner whom
he desires to reward or to convert to his
own use.
The Boston Herald declares the country
needs the gold cure.
When an honest man borrows money ho is
willing to pay the debt in money of the same
value as he borrows. He does not paw up tho
earth when payday approaches and bellow for
some sort of cheap trash to throw into tho face
of the creditor who has trusted and befriended
him.
The financial skies are clearing up.
Atlanta Constitution: Tho othor day Tite
Galveston News was opposing tho incomo tax;
now it is for it. There aro strange happenings
down hore, Belo.
The only beauty about this statement lies
in the fact that there is not a syllable of
truth in it. The News is opposed to the cur-
rent proposition of an income tax or to any
class of confiscatory legislation in that or a
similar lino.
Supposing tho expenses ^>f government can
be reduced so that more taxation will not be
necessary, will the advocates of a graduated
incomo penalty still insist upon fining tho ri-
vals who have excited their envy?
Make hay while the sun shines and save it
if it takes all night.
The Atlanta Constitution insists that the
president should call the extra session with-
out delay and tho Louisville Courier-Journal
agrees that this is true, but ono papor thinks
congress should hurry up and do one thing
and the other paper thinks that congress
should rush along and do another.
The time is coming when no senator or con-
gressman will daro to pay off his political
debts at public expense.
Some domocrats oppose a continuation of a
high tariff because it was a war measure and
in tho next breath clamor for an income tax
which has always been merely a war or
"emorgoney" measure with which to extort
"benevolences" out of tho peoplo. The first
income tax was drawn out by a despotic king
in tho form of unmerciful "benevolences."
An intelligent patriotic American citizen
should vote freely without an expectation of
reward for it except in promotion of tho com-
mon good. .
To remain in congress it seems to be con-
sidered necessary to keep one's courage down.
SNAP SHOTS.
Nothing makes a good man more cautious
than the conviction that his advice is going to
be followed.
A sweet girl graduate does not know it all.
If a person has money enough to set tho
right sort of a trap for vain people he can catch
nearly all of them.
Experience is costly, but we must have it.
When you see a mess«ngor boy running you
may know that he has lost his job.
A girl is not angry with her lover every
time she cloeos the door behind him with
a dozen bangs.
The barber is tho only man who uses
the same weapon on both his friends and his
enemies.
Tho time to burn a letter is before it is
mailed.
No, Minnie, the ordinary rocking chair was
not mado to carry double.
The throes of a political campaign are
mostly mud.
Have you tested your own precepts?
Some people mean woll enough if they
only knew just what they meant.
There is no missing link in error's chain.
Perhaps tho Indians on the warpath wore
about tho first great feathered Bongsters.
Governor Hogg on Trinity Navigation.
Dallas, Tex., June 16.—The Dallas News
will say to-morrow: The Trinity river is be-
ing cleared of obstructions to navigation as
rapidly as enterprise, money and men can do
it. It is hardly nocessary to state that the
people living within hauling distance of the
stream aro doing whatever thoy can to en-
courago and holp along the project. To soe
tho boats passing safely up and down the
smallest and weakest portion of the stream is
enough to satisfy the most dubious opponent
that tho plan is going to work successfully.
There aro a fow peoplo who can not soe this
practical demonstration for themselves and
who have been misled in regard to the practi-
cability of Trinity navigation. There aro not
many doubting Thomases loft, but it is desir-
able to bring over even tbe6e and to make
this movement to open Texas streams down
to the sea absolutely unanimous. Perhaps a
fow of thoso who havo stiffened their nocks
and refusod to beliovo that Toxas rivers could
bo used with great advantago to tho peoplo
havo perfect confidence in the judgment and
integrity of Gov. Hogg. If tho governor should
testify in court or Bhould even mako out of
court a plain, earnest, straightforward state-
ment to them they would stand by it and
swear by it. A word to all such. Hore is
what Governor Hogg says of Trinity naviga-
tion :
Executive Office. Austin. Tex., Juno 12.—
Messrs. Murphy & Bolanz. Dallas, Tex.—Doar
Sirs: Replying to your courtoous favor of the 3d
J bog to say that tho only roason I had for not at-
tending the celebration of tho arrival of tho
steamer llurvey was that I folt too tired to make
the trip at that time.
in my opinion the navigation of tho Trinity is
practicable and will be accomplished to the groat
advantage of Texas in general and Dallas in par-
ticular. 1 have seen rivers of much loss capacity
up north successfully navigated with groat ad-
vantage to commerce. Anything that I can do
consistent with propriety to promote tho enter-
prise shall be cheerfully performed. Yours truly,
J. S. Houu.
Read this over a second time. He gives his
opinion that it is practicable; ho says it will
accomplish groat advantages for Texas; he
adds that he has seen rivers of much less
capacity up north successfully navigated, etc.
This is straight tostimony and covers the
whole case like a blanket.
THE STATE PRESS.
What the Papers Throughout the State
Are Talking About.
The Austin News on the law's delay with the
facts in a case:
The Evening News has often asserted that
the criminal laws woro not at the bottom of
tho law's dolay. A case in point in this county
illustrates this and at the sauie timo discloses
tho real source of the deferring and procrasti-
nation in criminal casos. Ed Nichols, a negro,
was arrested in this county some time ago on
a charge of rape. A fow days after ho was
indicted by tho grand jury and in a very short
timo was put on trial, convicted and the death
penalty assessed. Au appoal was taken, but
boforo the transcript and proper papers can
be made out tho court of criminal appeals in
session hero adjourns, paeks its grip and will
go to Tyler. Now, the Nichols caso will re-
main untouched until the court makes
its rounds and returns to Austin,
which will bo in April next year, and the
delay so often complained of follows as a mat-
ter of course. Thus it will be soon that the de-
lay in this case is caused by having a poram-
bulating court which, moving about, takes up
its timo disposing of unimportant casos to the
very serious postponement of important ones.
The remedy lies in locating the court of crim-
inal aupoals pormanontly and providing that
all capital and life easfes shall have precedence
over all others. With tho court fixed and such
a rule of procedure enforced, justice would be
speedily moted out for tho higher grades of
crime, with no sorious interference to the
prompt disposal of cases of a lower degree of
punishment. In tho case cited the criminal
was promptly arrostod, indicted, spoodily tried
and convicted, but as soon as the case goes to
tho poripatotic court the delay sets in. The
remedy will be found in the suggestion mado.
The Waco Day-Globe says of the immigra-
tion question:
Many foreign peoples are very desirable as
immigrants. The thrifty, industrious Ger-
man has aided materially in developing
Texas. We havo citizens from Ireland, Eng-
land, Scotland, France—many European
countries, who are valuable as citizens. In
fact, foroign immigration has been the great
factor in tho rapid, prosperous development
of the United States and while our policy to-
ward foreigners may have been too liberal in
some respects, yot it has been our boast and
prido that tho honest, industrious, self sup-
porting immigrant is welcome to our shores.
It matters not where he comes from or what
his creed so ho comes in good faith and whon
here lives up to tho standard of good citizen-
ship. Tho value of their presence depends on
what sort of people they are and the lives they
lead. Some American emigrants might be
decidedly undesirable.
The Iconoclast doos not want to soe the
democratic party of Texay mashed like the
glassware in the saloons wSch it has dedicat-
ed itself to destroy:
Tho Iconoclast has made the statement be-
fore, but it will venture to reiterate it, that if
the democratic party expects to get together
and win tho great battle in 1894 it must "ab-
solutely forget" its differences in the contest
of 1892. Neither the canvass that led up to
the separation nor the leaders in that fight
must be mentioned "at ail." If they are
down goes McGinty again and the separation
this time will bo permanent and disastrous to
democratic ascendancy. Therefore it becomes
every patriotic democrat in Texas to go to
uncorking his bottles of oil and pour it out
liberally upon the troubled political waters
"right now," to tho end that harmony may be
restored and success assured in tho groat bat-
tle of next year. Democrats, will you take
this advice, bury tho tomahawk and smoke
the calumet of peaco?
An exchange says:
The great exodus of negroes that was pre-
dicted from Chattanooga and parts adjacent to
southern California has failed. A small party
left there a few days since for Colorado, but
altogether only about 125 have gone, and some
of them want to get back, but can not raise
the money. It is said that the whole move-
ment was inaugurated by a sharp passongor
agent at Chattanooga, who gave tho preacher
employed to push tho matter a royalty of $3 50
on oaeh ticket that ho caused to be sold and a
free pas3 for himself. Tho negroes aro easily
inlluenc».d, and such movements are readily
organized. There may be some question,
h»iwe\'or, o* to the honesty and honor of rob-
bing the unfortunate dupes in this manner.
Texas darkys aro gonerally too smart for
such games. Several attempts havo been
made to induco them to exodus to Mexico,
but all failed. Tlioy pay no attention to calls
to go to Liberia. A few have gone to Okla-
homa, but a hundred white men to one negro
have fallen victims to that craze. Texas is
good enough for industrious and sensible peo-
plo of all colors.
The Larodo Times says:
The Galveston News truthfully says that
the merchant tailors of Texas are unquestion-
ably feeling tho strain of competition and are
subjected to an injustice, and adds that a
move to protect them by a municipal tax
on drummers' Bales would be enjoined in
the federal court as a restriction on
interstate commerce, but it does not
point out the remedy in a half column edi-
torial upon tho Bubject, else the Times is too
obtuse to seo it. That a drummor, or more
properly spoaking, a peddlor, can go into a
town and sell customers without contributing
anything toward the support of the munici-
pal, county or state governments, while the
homo dealer is taxed to support all three, is
certainly a very groat injustico against what-
ever class of tradostnen aro subject to such un-
fair competition, and thoro should be a
romedy. Such vondors not only do not pay
taxes, but enjoy every priviiego of morchants
without paying rent or other expenses of do-
ing business in a city or town, and if it is vio-
lation of interstate commerce lav to force
them to pay their pro rata, then that law is un-
just.
The Waco Evening News prints an article
which is calculated to dampen the ardor of
wntors for the press, whether the newspapers
or authors of average histories. This writer
has bo loug beon overwhelmed by misstate-
ments of historic facts that he long since
ceased to mention them. In Texas, a country
whoso real history does not antedate the mem-
ory of men now living, those blunders are
about as common as anywhere else, but it is
consoling to think they aro no worse. In
epite of their offorts to bo accurate the most
careful historians mako mistakos; but a ma-
jority of such writers soein to bo controlled in
a largo dogree by preconceived opinions or
prejudieos. The Waco News prints an article
which looks like a menace to such writors:
Elsowhero will bo found a communication
from Albert A. Popo of Boston, offering a re-
ward to persons reporting the greatest num-
ber of errors in text books now usod in the
schools of this nation. Mr. Pope aayB: "Tho
mere elimination of errors in text books is
but a small mattor compared with the forma-
tion of a habit of critically examining evory
statement, whethor it be oral or printed. The
habit of carofully weighing every statement
to see whether it bo true or false is ono of
grout value, and porsons having this habit
think more cloarly and reason more correctly
than thoso who usually lot others do their
thinking for thorn. To-day in tho United
States and throughout the civilized world
thore aro teachers and leadors who ondoavor
to mako the people believe tho sophistries
concerning tho groat questions relating to hu-
manity. In books and newspapers aro pub-
lished tho most Bpeeious and absurd
theories about politics, currency, capital, la-
bor, freo trade, tariff and all tho groator ques-
tions of life, orrore a thousand timoa more
mischievous than any that appear lu tho pages
of tho text books or school books of tho na-
tion. Errors m school books may bo suggest-
ive of what errors abound, not alone in the
school room, but in tho great school of life.
The object of it6 publication will be accom-
plished if it toachos boys and girls or men
and women to strivo to moro carefully sift tho
true from the falno."
All of which, however true, will scarcely
havo any perceptiblo infiuonce. The fiold of
labor to which it alludes is altogether too vast.
Anything, howover, which teaohos peoplo how
little thoy really know must be productive of
good.
ROADS FOR EAST TEXAS.
A HALF DOZEN LINES MAKING FOE,
THE PINEKIES.
Soma Excursion Rates—A Damper on the
Enoampment, bnt They Still Hope.
General Railroad News.
Colmebneil, Tex., Juno 10.—Beginning tho
extension of the Trinity and Sabine branch of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway, from
this point eastward, has been confidently ex-
pected for tho past throo wooks; and so san-
guino have boon tho hopes of some that thoy
purchased timbered lands for mill sites along
tho proposed route. The oxtension Booms no
noaror now, however, than it did months ago,
except that the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
has had its surveys mado, has estimated the
cost of building, ia equipped with a full
knowledge of the new country's resources, and
has full profiles of tho route from here to
Alexandria, La., a distance of 140 miles,
through almost solid .pinorios of the long-leaf
variety.
Tho Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City rail-
way, chartered recently, has commenced
building northeasterly from Beaumont, the
contract having been let last week in Houston
for the building of twenty miles. This road
is projected to run through the pine forests of
Hardin and Jasper counties, and to ponetrate
tho granite fields on tho northern boundary of
Jasper county this fall. The road will yield
immediate and good revenue in the transpor-
tation of pine timbers to tho Beaumont mills
until it reaches tho granite beds, seventy-five
miles from its starting point, and then it will
become tho outlet for tho cranite to the gov-
ernment improvement of the harbors at Sa-
bine Pass and Galveston. There aro vast
quantities of hard wood along the Nechos
river valley, withm tramway range of this new
road, much of which will eventually bo usod
by tho furniture factories of Boaumont, North
Galveston, La Porte, Houston Heights, and
other new south Texas towns.
Tho Texarkana and Fort Smith railway
company, a short timo since, in having
amended their charter providing for the con-
struction of a line through Arkansas to New
Orleans, together with a branch line from
Shreveport to Galvoston, via Sabino Pass,
adds another ray of hope to prospects for
bettor railway facilities in east Texas.
The Galveston and Western railway
directors are called to meet July 12, their
main purpose being to authorize the issuance
of bonds on that part already operative, seven-
teen miles, the bond proceeds to be used in
extending the line to Boaumont. This road
will pass through the livestock, coast garden
and rice section, connecting Galveston direct-
ly with tho lumber country.
The Houston East and West Texas road,
recently released to its owners by Appleby &
Downey, receivers, is making rapid strides to-
ward a chango from narrow to standard
gauge. A gang of sixty-five convicts from
Huntsville are now at work on tho line,
widening bridges, trestles, etc., and tho nowly
appointed superintendent, Tom Cronin, thinks
tho road will bo changed to a wide gauge in
loss than six months, its length from Houston
to Shrovoport being 234 miles. In this con-
nection it is worthy of mention that the
Snerman, Shcovcport and Southern railway,
a branctvof the Missouri, Kansas and Texas,
has lately beon organized and is building
from Jefferson to Shrevoport, a distance of
thirty miles, and it is thought that the com-
pletion of the latter, together with tho change
of gauge on tho former, will bring about an
alliance between the two, almost, if not quite,
equaling a consolidation of interests. It will
gladden the hearts of many a lumber shipper
for this service to become a reality, as it will
give a competitive outlet to the west.
Another road "coining our way" is tho east-
ward extension of the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fo from Conroe. It now crosses tho
Houston East and West Texas at Cleveland,
and is graded thence eastward seventeen milos
to the Trinity river. Inasmuch as its inter-
ests and thoso of the Gulf, Boaumont and
Kansas City aro greatly allied, it is doubly
probable that tho two will build simultane-
ously, making connection in the vicinity of
Concord or Kountzo, in Hardin county.
Tho Waco and New Orleans survey to bo
mado through east Texas and west Louisiana
next month is significant, and may tond to
causo early work to begin on the Trinity and
Sabine extension eastward.
There have been a number of prospectors
in tliiS vicinity lately, among them railway
and timber contractors of considerable note,
which is regarded as indicative of coming in-
dustrial activity, although thero is little of
the article apparent just now.
Thoy Are All in Donbt,
Temple, Tex., Juno 15.—Tho rules govern-
ing the omployos of the machine shops of the
Santa Fe road have been posted. Sovoral of
tho provisions had become public property be-
fore the rules were postod and there had been
considerable uneasiness in regard to the in-
terpretation that would bo put on ono section,
especially that relating to tho hours of regu-
lar work. The section in question classifies
the employes iuto several bodies, and what is
known as tho "week men" are required to
work fifty-niuo hours each week. There is
nothing direct to show upon what basis over
time shall bo allowod, and that is whore tho
unoasmoss comes in. Some mtorprot tho
rules to meaii that no overtime shall bo al-
lowed uuless an employe shall get in ovor
fifty-nino hours in any one week. If this is
the intention of the management thoro
will undoubtedly bo sorious trouble. On
the other hand tho section may bo read
to provide that overtime may bo allowed as
formerly and that tho ruling meroly gives the
foremen the power to rcfuso to grant a layoff
oxcept for sickness; that ho may insist on an
omployo under him working his fifty-nine
hours eaoh week, but that if an employe bo
called to do work outside of regular working
hours he shall be allowed overtime. The gon-
eral provisions of the rules aro fair and satis-
factory, and in some matters are very liberal.
Any omployo has the privilege of appoal either
in person or by representative. This grants
recognition to orders, but no contracts are
made with orders. Their grievances will bo
considered, as will the complaints of any in-
dividual employe.
Mr. Hancock, superintendent of machinery,
is to be hore to-morrow, and his elucidation
of the obscure meanings will either restore
quiet and confidence or perhaps give grounds
upon which seiious trouble may bo expected.
Matagorda Hants It.
Deming's Bridge, Tex., June 15.—To The
News: Tho people of this county hail with
dolight tho talk of the Galvcston-San Antonio
air-lino railroad. Tho prospectors will do well
to seo our people before putting their survey-
ors in the fioid.
Strictly a coast road as far west as Victoria
would be a bonanza for Galveston. It is true
such road would run through a very sparsely
populatod country at prosent, but lot tho road
bo built and old Matagorda county would bo
full of people in two years, from Cedar lake
on tho east to (Jaranchud on tho west.
Such a road could got tho right of way for
tho asking, and I think a nice littlo bonus
could bo raised. Lot the road bo built; the
sooner the hotter. H. E. Moore.
Schedule of Kates Submitted.
Philadbli uia, Pa., Juue 10.—A committee
representing the enginoors, firemen, conduc-
tors, trainmen and telegraph operators of the
Lohigh Valloy division of tho Rouding rail-
road met Vico President Voorhees this aftor-
noon and presentod a schodulo involving
changes in the rato of pay.
Neighborly With Galveston.
A promineut business man remarked yes-
terday: "The present management of tho
Southern Pacific railroad at Houston are dis-
posed to be neighborly with Galveston and
foster the manufacturing and jobbing busi-
ness of Texas by extending equal facilities
with other markets, This is a move in the
right direction and indicates that tho interests
of this groat system for Texas is in good
hands for tho company and its patrons. What-
ever tends to tho advancement of Texas is
always appreciated and properly encouraged
by our business people."
Houston Budeel
Houston, Tex., June 16.-Captain Quin-
lan, genoral manager of the Houston
and Texas Contral railroad, returned this
morning from a tour over the Austin division
of the road and reports everything running
snioothly and satisfactorily. While Captain
Quinlen was in Austin yesterday ho was waited
on by a committee of citizens who conforrod
with him anont the encampment rato with a
view to getting tho road to reconsider and
make a froe rato. Nothing resulted from tho
conference howover.
thm pay car coming.
The International and Great Northern pay
car, in charge of Paymaster Cunningham,will
arrive in Houston to-morrow from Palestine
and contribute to tho usual monthly felicity
of the International employes. This will be the
second trip ovor the lino that Mr. J. W. Cun-
ningham has made sinco his recent appoint-
ment to this position.This road has regular days
in each mouth for paying. On the 14th they
pay off in the 6hops and yards at Palestine;
on tho 15th they como south, stopping along
the line as far as Larodo and then back to
Palestine. Thon they start down tho gulf
division on tho morning of the 17th and como
straight through from headquarters to Hous-
ton and thonco on to Galvoston. Tho road
ha3 not failed in years to make the dates as
regular as clock work. On the last trip the
pay car wont to from Houston to Virginia
/point in fifty minutes—a distance of forty-
throe miles.
the low kate in effect.
The low rato to Chicago and to St. Louis on
account of the world's fair, which was an-
nounced several days ago, wont into effect to-
day, and tho Houston aud Texas Central, in
ordor to be prepared for the rush, to-night
took out an extra Chicago Pullman sleeper.
The rato to St. Louis from Houston is $32 80
and to Chicago $14 80, but this is only effective
for the purchase of tickets to-day and to-mor-
row, the ltith and 17th instant. After to-mor-
row tho old rato of $51 35 to Chicago and
$39 35 to St. Louis will again be effective. As
a result of this reduced rate passenger traffic
is brisk to-day, a largo number of people pass-
ing through here to-night on tho different
roads.
have not given up hope.
Messrs. Mike Butler and Dick Cunningham
of Austiu spent to-day in the city. Mr. But-
ler says tho Austin people are taking the deop-
est interest in the matter of preventing tho
stato encampment from falling through, and
that a committee of citizens has beon ap-
pointod to con for with the Houston and Texas
Contral and othor Texas roads with a view to
getting them to reconsider and mako a freo
rate to and from the encampment. He says
that while the Austin people aro discouraged
they have not given up hope, and that tho
committee may come to Houston shortly to
havo another conference with the representa-
tives of the railroads.
will make no appointment,
It is understood that no appointment will be
made to fill tho vacancy occasioned by the
resignation of Mr. E. W. MeCullough at the
present time. Rumor has it that Mr.T.G. Board,
chief clerk for Goneral Freight Agent Jones,
and who is now in Chicago, will havo chargo
of the correspondence, and that Mr. J. C.
Brasher, an old employe of the company, will
bo placed in charge of tho ratos desk. Such
an arrangement would do away with the va-
cancy without the appointment of another
man.
brotherhood of firemen.
There is a movement on foot for the organ-
ization of a now division of tho Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen in this city. The now
division will bo composed of the firemen run-
ning on the Houston and Toxas Contral and
will be organized in tho Fourth ward north.
As the matter now stands all thb members of
the brotherhood running on tho different
roads compose one big division. The Central
boys will make a new departure, just as tho
engineers did a short timo ago.
excursion rates.
The Houston and Texas Central announces
the following ratos: On July 3 and 4, round
trip tickets at 4 cents per mile on account of
the Fourth of July celobration.
On July 3 and 4 round trip tickots at 4 cents
per mile to Hompstead on account of Lincoln
(colored) celebration.
On July 3, 4, 5 and 6, round trip tickets to
Montreal at the rato of ono first-class limited
fare on account of the meeting of the Young
People's Society of Christian Endeavor.
directors' meeting.
To-morrow morning at 10 o'clock the board
of direotors of the Houston, East and Wost
Texas will meet in adjourned session at the
office of T. W. Houso. The object of the
meeting is to complete the work loft unfin-
ished at the last meeting—that of adopting
some by-laws and regulations for the govern-
ment of the road.
magnolia park concerts,
The Houston Belt and Magnolia Park rail-
road announces concerts and dancing every
Wednesday and Friday evenings at the park
and gives the leaving and returning times of
tho trains. A sacred concert is also announced
for Sunday ovenings and a list of other attrac-
tions is given.
headlight flashes.
John Hall of the Southern Pacific went to
Victoria yestorday.
P. G. White, traveling passenger agent of
the Illinois Central, spent yesterday in Hous-
ton.
Al. G. Henry has beon appointod general
baggage agent of the Houston East and Wost
Texas.
Mr. Dave Gallagher, recently with tho
Houston and Texas Central, was in Houston
to-day.
Colonel Jemison, president of the Houston
East and Wost Texas, paid Galveston a Hying
business trip to-day and returned to-night.
The yardmaster and ono of the Houston
East and West Texas engineers engaged in a
fisticuff this afternoon, but no Borious dam-
ago was done.
General Superintendent Van Vleck and Mr,
F. E. King have returned from an inspection
tour of tho Southern Pacific in the western
portion of the state.
Contractor McSweeney, who graded tho
Katy yards in this city and has just finished a
contract for the Rock Island above Fort Worth,
is in the city to-day.
The Houston EaBt and West Texas announc-
es a rato of a fare and a third for the round
trip on account of Emancipation day. Tick-
ets on sale 18th and 19th.
The Southern Pacific brought in two stock
trains to-night, which they turned over to tho
Houston and Texas Central. The stock is en
routo to Kansas City and Chicago.
Mr. T. H. Konsio, district manager for the
Pullman car company, is in the city for the
purpose of starting out an extra Chicago
sleepor on tho Houston and Texas Central to-
night.
C. J. Jaqua, car accountant of the Houston
and Texas Contral, accompanied by his wife,
has gono to Indianapolis to attond the annual
convention of the International association of
car accountants.
Tho Amorican manufacturing company and
tho Santa Fo havo not yet sottled their differ-
ences which arose ovor tho demurrage as-
sessed on about forty cars of froight, which
tho formor declined to pay on the ground that
they did not have sufficient timo in which to
unload tho cars. Manager Peck of tho asso-
ciation Bays tho domurrago must bo paid.
That Huntsville Item,
Tite News yestorday printed a Huntsville
special containing tho following item:
"Hnntsvillitos aro watehinR with ploasure tho
cnts beiriR mado in world's fair rates, many de-
claring thoy will not ro at the rates originally
established. Ono tfentloman who went to Gal-
veston to secure rates for a party writes that he
lias secured tickets over tho Hanta Fo at ono fare
lor the round trio. Others will likely follow suit,
forming parties, if tho International and Groat
Northeru and connections do not moot the ratei,"
Ueuerul i'aunuuiior Ajieut Koouan of the Uulf.
Colorado and Santa Fo, boing shown the above,
said: »
"The Santa Fe doos not propose to cut tho
rate in any manner. We are overrun with just
such yarns as that, which, it sooms to me, aro in-
tended to get up a rato tight between Toxas rail-
railroads.
"The Santa Fo proposes to stick to its agree-
ment. and will not cut the rates for anyone or
any party." [News, Juno 15.
Huntsville, Tex., June 15.—1To The News:
I have to say in regard to the above that Prof.
W. M. Coleman, a toa^her in the Sam Hous-
ton normal institute, wrote to a gentleman
hore, from Houston, that ho had secured a
one-faro rate ovor the Santa Fo to Chicago.
The communication was given tho depot agent
hero at his requost to bo forwardod to Assis-
tant General Passongor Agont Price at Pales-
tine. Tho only error in the statement of fact
was using tho word Galveston under a wrong
impression, whereas it should havo been
Houston, which really is imtnatorial. This is
all I have to say regarding tho matter and
feel sorry it has come up in tho shapo it has,
but under the circumstances doom it neces-
sary to make this explanation.
News Correspondent.
Vestlbuled Train at Taylor.
Taylor, Tex., Juno 16.—Tho Katy "fiver"
vestibule train, six coaches, arrivod hore at
6.30, with Manager Maxwell in charge, and
was visited by numerous citizens. Will leave
at 8 to-night, and take first train out of
Houston on Sunday.
The Sap Board of Di rectors.
San Antonio, Tex., June 16.—At a special
meeting of tho directors of tho San Antonio
and Aransas Pass railroad to-day the resigna-
tion of Director II. D. Camptnan was roceivod
and F. H. Davis of Now York was elected to
fill the vacancy.
Gould and tho Grand Trunk,
New York, June 16.—George Gould said to-
day in regard to the report that he is seeking
to secure control of tho Grand Trunk: "Tho
Grand Trunk was offered to mo at a price, but
I declined it. That is all there is to it."
BRENHAM BUDGET,
A Jury Failed to Af?ree—The City Coun-
cil—Teachers Chosen.
Brenham, Tex., Juno 16.—The gaming caso
of Thomas Dwyer was called in tho justice's
court this afternoon. The complaint was
made on June 8 by Constable C. C. Boyd, and
alleges that dofendant, on or about the 29th
day of April, 1893, did unlawfully rent to Lou
Clark a house for the purpose of being used
as a place for dealing and exhibiting monte
and othor gamos prohibitod by law. This
same caso was tried in tho justico's court
once before and was appealed to tho county
court, whore it was dismissod by tho county
attorney because of an error in tho dato whon
the offense was alleged to have boon com-
mitted, being a date subsequent to tho filing
of the complaint.
A jury was impaneled as follows: C. W.
Winkelmann, A. Schawe, F. Dobort, C. W.
Hess, Aibert Werner and F. Wiebusch.
Tho caso went to tho jury at 5 p. in. After
being out about an hour they announcod that
they could not agree and were £hschargod.
the city council.
At a special mooting of the city council held
Wednesday thore were present Mayor J. A.
Wilkins and Aldormonllaubelt, Hoartfioidand
L. Zeiss.
Tho mayor statod that tho object of the
meeting was to appoint a trustee for the pub-
lic freo school, as A. Werner, who was ap-
pointed at a previous mooting, had declined
to accept on account of business and having
to be absent from the city a good portion of
his tune.
Alsdrfor tho purpose of borrowing money to
pay teachers' salaries for May, in view of
the fact that the bninnco due from the state on
account of the public school fund will not be
received before August 1, 1893. On motion
tho mayor was authorized to borrow $1200 on
thirty and sixty days at 10per cent per annum
and also to borrow $1000 on the improvement
fund, to be paid January 1, 1894, at 10 per
cent interoat, all the aldermen voting in the
affirmative.
Hugo Bockor was appointed to fill the va-
cancy on the board of school trustees and a
vote of thanks woro tendered A. Wernor for
past services rendered.
Council adjourned.
school business.
The board of school trusteos mot at the
office of Searcy & Garrett yesterday afternoon,
the following members being presont: Thos.
Smith, H. K. Harrison, C. W. Winkelmann,
W. B. Garrett and Hugo Beckor. The board
organized by eloeting Thoa. Smith president
and W. B. Garrett secretary.
The board proceeded to tho election of su-
perintendent and teachers for the ensuing
year. Prof. E. W. Tarrant was unanimously
chosen as superintendent and his salary fixed
at $1500.
Miss Mary Rial was re-elected as principal.
No election of assistant principal at this
meeting.
No election of teacher in tho seventh grado.
Mrs. L. M. Sloan was re-elected as teacher
of the sixth grade.
No election of teachers to fill fifth and fourth
grades.
Miss Rosa WTilliams was chosen astoacherin
tho third grade.
Miss Hetty Harrison in tho second grade.
Mrs. L. N. Thomas in the first grade.
Miss Martin not having applied for position
as principal of tho Fourth ward school, thore
was no election.
Mr. Kennedy was olocted as teacher in the
first and second grades of tho Fourth ward
school and Miss Mallio Morriss as toachor in
the third and fourth grades.
Prof. H. Kruogor not having mado applica-
tion for reappointment, tho position of Ger-
man teacher was loft opon at present.
J. N. Sublott of Orange, Tex., was elected
as principal of tho colored schools.
Miss Hattie Branch and Miss Minnio De
Wolfowero re-elected as teachers in the Camp-
town colored schools and W. H. Browning was
elected for the Watrousville colored school.
The other places are loft open for tho pres-
ent.
Mayor Wilkins was present and assisted the
board in its work.
in justice binz's court.
Loonard Hudson pleaded guilty to throw-
ing rocks at William Stuckert and his ac-
count was fixod at $18 25.
William Stuckert, for hitting Hudson on
the head with a walking cano, was fined the
same amount.
Ed Beauchamp, tho newsboy, and thirteen
othor boys were boforo the justice charged
with malicious destruction of property at the
Central public school building. The cobob
were compromised by paying the sum of $1 50
each.
various notes.
Last evening thoro was a reception at the
rosidonco of County Clerk O. A. Seward com-
plimentary to Judgo E. P. Curry, who played
the role of Columbus at the recent Maifest.
The following was the unique wording of the
invitations:
"You aro cordially invitod to appoar at the
residonco of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Seward
Thursday evening, March 15, '93, to assist in
welcoming tho groat Columbus upon his re-
turn to the court of Queen Isabella."
A number of the guests were in Spanish cos-
tumes, but the majority were in nineteenth
century garb.
The occasion was a most enjoyable ono and
will long bo remembered with pleasure by all
participants.
Tho Woman's missionary society of the
Texas conforenco convones horo to-morrow
and remains in session until Tuesday, .luno 20.
Delegates have boon arriving on evory train
to-day and it is expected thoro will bo a large
attondanco.
Harry Jacob, tho 12-year-old son of M. J.
Jacob, whilo practicing target shooting yos-
torday afternoon with a 22-calibor pistol fired
a bullet through one of his fiugors.
The Bronham baseball club has arranged to
play tho Giddiiigs club on Wednosday, the
21st instaut, for $25 a side. The game will bo
played at Giddings.
bayers recommends eldridgk.
Governor Sayers has recommended Frank
Eldridgo for poitmaator at Brenham,
VISIT TO ELIZABETH NEY.
THE AETIST WHO HAS MADE A
STATUE OF SAM HOUSTON.
Department, Statistical and Personal Notes
Prom the State Capital—The Scatter-
ing Veto Tested by Suit.
Austin, Tex., June 16.—The Dallas and
Fort Worth rapid transit and torminal rail-
way compauy filed a stockholders' resolution
authorizing tho issue of $1,000,000 improve-
ment bonds first mortgage. Tho trustee is
the Contral trust of New York.
Tax Collector Jacoby of Dallas county mado
final settlement to-day. His collections for
tho yoar amounting to $94,767 ad valorem and
poll and $50,427 occupation taxes; gross, $145,-
194, which is in excess of any othor county in
the stato.
elizabeth ney
has completed her statue of Sam Houston, to
be exhibited at tho world's fair, and it will bo
on exhibition at Hyde park pavillion during
the university commencement next week and
a small chargo mado by direction of Miss
Ney to assist the Woman's world's fair asso-
ciation of Texas. Miss Ney has built a hand-
some stono studio and residence at Ilydtf
park in the midst of spacious and romantic
grounds, which sho has purchased and beauti-
fied at considerable expense. A News re-
porter visited tho celebrated lady to-day and
was shown many beautiful works of urt, in-
cluding the magnificent statue of Genoral
Houston. Sho is better known in Europo as a
groat sculptor than in Texas. Of Fronch-
Gorman-Polish extraction, a patrician and
genius, she is an independent, highly original
patriotic Texan lady. Her grandfather was a
leading military chieftam in the Polish revo-
lution of 1792 and had to leavo his country,
emigrating to Germany. General Count
Vorazki was also hor grandfather. Marshal
Ney was an ancestor on hor father's sido.
Miss Ney has about completed a splendid
bust of Mrs. Benedotto Tobin,
Superintendent Carliae has received
scholastic census returns
from 86 cities and towns and 68 counties. They
indicate an average increase in scholastic
popuiation of about 4 per cent. Houston city,
incroaso about 48 por cent, leads .all the cities.
Galvoston fell off 2 per cent, Waco increased
12 por cent and San Antonio about 8 por cent.
The marriago of Mr. Oliver Brush and Miss
Helen Grant is announcod for noxt Wednos-
day.
A suit has boon brought in tho district court
by mandamus againBt the comptroller to test
tho legality of
governor hogg's veto
of tho itom in tho general appropriation
bill providing pay for tho civil ap-
peals court stonographer. The governor
vetoed some items in tho bill when
the legislature was in session and about
ten days after adjournment vetoed other items
including the stenographers. It is contendod
he had no power to scatter vetoes after that
fashion and that wheu he sent in his veto to
tho legislature ho exhausted his power.
personal.
Hon. George Clark of WTaco, Jerome Koar-
by and Judgo Muse of Dallas are here attend-
ing the appeals court.
A Musical Prodigy.
San Marcos, Tex., June 16.—Thero is a boy
in the asylum for tho blind at Austin whose
name is Robert Calaway Gibbs, tho son of
Prof. R. W. and Mrs. Parolee Gibbs, residing
noar San Marcos, who has attracted consider-
able attention in tho asylum because of tho
development in him of a most remarkable
musical talent. Indeed his instructors Misses.
Leah Bouiware and Lulio Lane in writing tho
nts pronounce him a musical child
"or. It is only necessary for him to hear
a picco of music onco aud he sits down at cao
piano and plays it at wili, this being his favor-
ite instrument. Ho is uow 13 years old, but
is vory small and doiicato for his age. When
3 months old his sight was destroyed by soro
eyos. At only 2 yoars this talent began to bo
manifested; he could then catch the air of a
molody by simply hearing it once. Ho has
always been possessed of a good musical voice.
Has very little taste for anjj other study, al-
though at home by hearing his sister go ovor
hor lessons he wouid frequently catch and re-
peat almost tho entire lesson. Ho has been re-
ceiving lessons in music only during his stay
in the asylum, now about ten mouths. Novor
had any instruction at home, as neither of tho
parents havo any knowledge of music, nor
havo they even had a musical instrument in
the house. Prof. Gibbs, from whom this in-
formation is obtained concerning this musical
prodigy, says ho is very desirous of giving his
son every advantage that his limited means
will allow to furthor dovolop this talont.
A Tragio Fate.
Hawkins, Tex., June 26.—Mr. Lee Wagner,
jailor at Quitman, died Friday. Some time
ago ho was assaulted by Patton Storet and
Pete Hall, a negro, both sentenced convicts,
who were in jail awaiting thoir time to bo
conveyed to the penitentiary. As a last resort
to escape they assaulted the jailer aud lied.
They were soon recaptured. Court being in
session at tho timo the grand jury found a
true bill against tho convicts for assaulting
Mr. Wagner, and being tried Storet was given
seven years moro, making his full term forty-
four yoars, and tho nogro was given five years
more, making his full torm fifteen years.
They are now serving thoir terms in tho pen-
itentiary.
Mr. Wagner nevor spoke from the timo ho
was assaulted, owing to tho severe injuries re-
sulting from such a largo fracture and loss of
brain substance. Ho was speechlosa for forty-
throe days prior to his death.
Ban Diego's Doings.
San Diego, Tex., June 16,—The commis-
sioners' court met Monday as a board of
equalization and adjourned Tuesday evening,
leaving all tho lists as .the assessor made them
excopt that againBt tho Texas Mexican rail
way company, whom they havo notified that
on the 26th they will raise.
The court appointed Jamos F. Mount justice
of the poace for precinct No. 1 in place of C.
S. Gunter, removed to Chicago.
Paul Henry, a Hebrew merchant who died
horo the other day, was taken to Corpus
Christi, whore bis remains woro buried in tho
Jowish cemetery at that place.
The first county court will be held here Au-
gust 1 under tho new iaw restoring county
court jurisdiction.
County Judgo F. G. Tovar has resigned, to
take effect Juno 26. So far thero iB no appli-
cant for the office.
Thrown From a Horse—Married.
Stockdale, Tex., Juno 16.—Jack Wyatt,
eon of Mrs. Mattie E. Wyatt, was thrown from
a horse to-day and rocoivod a sovero fracture
of the collar bone.
Mr. Dock Rico was married to Miss Ella
Digan, daughtor of Jacob Digan, on tho 13th
instant. Rev. J. W. Daniol tied tho nuptial
knot.
The negro, John Johnson, who burglarized
tho two housos near this placo on tho 4th, and
of which mention was mado in This News, has
beon tried and convicted. Ho received cloven
years. This is swift justice.
Horses Killed By Lightning.
Waelder, Tex., Juno 16.—A blinding and
violent rain and wind storm struck here last
night at 9.15 and lastod forty-five minutes. A
pair of match horses belonging to J. B. Hol-
loway, who livos two milos north of town,
were killed by lightning during tho Btorm, and
great damage was done to the pear and othet
crops*
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