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The New York World Is getting some ex
celleat work done by its female reporter,
Miss Nellie Bly, bat the young lady herself
pays dearly for her fame. It is bad enough
for a man to do such things bat it i3 simply
entrains Joy a woman to do toe lo?f de-
tective woik, the has recently beeu en-
grl.ec Id, and no woman cuu long racaia
h i stli-respect or the respect of ouers who
engages in sush undertakings.
DEADLOCK IN POLITICS
To day Is the 10th day of April by the
current almanac for 1888 Nevertheless,
by the calendar of congressional business
a- Washington to-day is the 4th day of
April, 1888. This anomaly is the resnit oS
a deadlock in the houee ot representatives
mace by the filibustering tactics of demo
cratic opponents ot the direct tax bill,
which is supported bv a msjjrity comp5sed
of republicans and a few democrats.
The measure in qaestion is one of the ex
pedients of the enemies of tariff reform for
depleting the treabury without abating tha
pressure ot unjust and unnecessary taxa-
tion. No 2onbt Congressman O ites au3 his
filibustering follow-rn feel jT't'i^l in their
method of opposition. Bnt 1* is always
dangerous fo play violently with eJge
tools. Ir. the present case it. is doubly
dangerous, for the chief tool handled ia
this quasi war is double-edged, and the re-
publican, upon occasion, will not
be too EiBgnan'mouB to cite dsm
ocratic example m jastifiBAtion
for nting the same fori iu li^itiag the
tariff reform bill of toe wivh i»ud meias
committee. Who cm tell twv or when a
deadlock on that measure would and? It,
would be almost oertsin-to defeat any tariff
legislation at this session ot congress. It
tLere is e e'ear find detsrmlaed majority
for te direct ttx bill iu the houan
of reprafetitatives, why not let the bill
come to a division ia that bids? Hsrely
the president could be relied on to kill it
wiih bis veto. What is wanted ia any
event is fo got the tariff issne on the Cleve-
land end t*ajs at'd means committee con-
tention for cheaper clothing, cheaper shel-
ter. cheaper food, cheaper implements and
materials of libjr, and larger markets for
Its product?, squarely before the couatry,
so that he people, undistracted by parti
stin inpers Itljns or sectional aaltnisi-
ties of the past, may at th?
hallo box decisively demand a reform
wh'eh means a vast sum of benefit to the
ma ses in living and industry, without In-
jury to any Ifgitimate Interest or usefal
enterprise. The deadlock in the house of
representatives is too suggestive of cantia-
uance of that deadlock in politic* which
has so long prevailed in keeping up unjist
and unnecessary taxation, and keeping up
a treasury congestion which threatens to
end in financial vertigo and convulsion or
a mad riot of extravagance and cormipMon.
The rules of the bouse may technically stay
the progress of the hours in its calendar of
business. But the tide ot time rolls on.
The tide of wrong rolls on. The deadlock
in volitlcs perpetuating and accumulating
the evils of a radically vicious policy is
protracted. The day of unlocking, the djy
of movement, the day of redress and read
jnstment must come at last, but the longer
it is staved eff the more terrible mast be
the reckoning and the heavier muat be the
penally which the whole country must pay
f ir actively or passively supporting
a system of criminal folly in na-
tional legislation. The law ot retri-
bution is inexorable. No tricks, no
combinations, no dilatory or evasive con-
trivances possible to the cunnlngest adepts
In the game of politics can cheat or finally
escape it. In the end it will exact from these
and from all involved with them in a wide
community of guilt, payment with usury
to the uttermost farthing. To play against
it, to fight against it, is to play and tight
and play against destiny. The dice ot the
gods are always loaded.
IIAID LIKES FOR THE HEATHEN.
The Charleston News and Courier having
exhausted all mundane subjects, and
growing wearyfof attempting to keep pace
with the politicians, turns its back on
congress, the tariff, internal revenue and
all kindled topics and strikes out in an
uKramardane field. It has lately been
attempting to discover what becomes of
the teathen after death, and the results of
its investigations are interesting if not of
any great prac ical value. As oue goes to
tte physician for the rules of health, and
to the lawyer for legal advice, so the News
and Courier has gone to the clergymefl
for its theological information. Baptists,
Presbyterians, Sjotch Presbyterians, Epis-
copalians, Unitarians and Catholics have
all been interviewed, and the result,
as epitomized, may probably be Uken
as a very fair indication of the tenets of
the christian church on the subject, and
shows that there is about as wide a differ-
eice of opinion here as on many other im-
portant matters. The Methodists, Episco-
palians, Unitarians and Catholics express
the opinion that those who are invincibly
ignorant of the truths revealed by Christ,
aid who faithfully observe the various laws
tf nature, may bo saved. The Bcotch Pres-
byterians think that all who die without
convereion are damned. The Presbyterians
think that the heathen will be judged by
their own conscience, but doubts their sal
vatlon unless converted. The Baptists be-
lieve that there is no salvation out of Christ,
and that God has done enough to leave the
heathen without excuse for not belne
converted. It will be seen that the
Bcotch Presbyterians and Baptists are
quite positive in their belief as to
ihe fate of the heathen, while the others
are on the fence as it were. However, there
is no doubt expressed as to the future state
of the men who reject the christian religion
after it Is preached to them, though a ma-
jority of the denominational representa-
tives admit that there Is salvation for at
least a large proportion of those who have
never hei>rd the gospel. Taking the latter
as the more general view, does it not place
tte christians who hold such belief in as
tmhairassing position? Their creeds tell
ihem that It is their duty to spread the
gospel, while their reason teaches them
that the salvation of the heathen
would be vastly better assured iwere
all missionaries killed and eaten at
home Instead of being sent abroad with
a fair prospect of dlssimenatlng damnation
and Indigestion among blissfully ignorant
ravages. I. is something like the old story
of "you'll be damned if you do and you'll
be damned if you don't," and in order to get
cat of the dilemma they shift the responsi-
bility from their own shoulders to those of
the heathen, and insist on sea ling them
missionaries who, under the doctrine in-
dicated, must do Immeasurably more harm
than sood, for where one individual accepts
the gospel thousands upon thousands will
reject it, and having once heard it
their fate is sealed. The Scotch Presby-
terian and Baptist are the only clergy-
m?n who can consistently send out
missionaries, for they profess to believe
;hat all who die without conversion are
damned and that there is no salvation out
ot Christ. For them to make every effort
to preach the gospel to all nations U b5th
' easooble and logical, but for the others
0 do so seems illogical and practically
. ir.el. It must he Dvrne in mind, however,
hpt the opinion* expressed In the inter-
:e«,?p published by the News and Courier
■ fImpjy those of local clergymen and
:ufj not beetueily in keeping with tho3e
1 f tie vorious denominations these clergy-
itcn represent.
Ihe News hi»viiig plainly reviewed some
etralned features ot Consul Lyall's report,
low has an abusively <vorced letter froai
bim, which is spread before the re»d9r, to
\llow Consul Lyall to exhibit in soiia
measure what sort of party Consul Lyall Is.
ihe letter goes far to show that the report
wpf, got up on the principle whlo'a Tas
Niws suggested as the most probable ex-
i-laiiatlcn. If the British governmeat
hiiks that it wants that style of consular
service, that is its affair.
The California wool men denounced Mf.
Cleveland acd his policy on the tariff qaes-
tion and pretended to represent the demon-
racy of thai state while doing so. The de
mciuacy of that state has cow spoken for
itIf. Ihe San Fruncisco Examiner of tie
3d iustaLt ccntsius the following:
The democratic state central conmlttse
meeting In this city yesterday was a harrount
t no and enthusiastic gathering, and speaks
weil for the condition of the
fairy in the state. the selection
i t l.os Angelts as the place and May 15 as the
line for holding the ftate convontlon was
w Ise, ail things einaiderecl, and Los Alleles
will (Toubsless respond to the couiplt
in en t thus paid her, by a largely increased
J, nj ilty ovec both local and national tloketi
this fall". Sacramento can console herself with
her recev t well earned victory, and prepare t >
add to a list ol triumps which will demand
lecopnitlon next time. The unanimous adop
tier- by the committee of the Examiner's sug
jiestlon that it pass resolutions Indrrsina tn
adiiilnlgtiatlon of President Oieveiaud, reflects
gieat rreiilt upon Its good sease, and Is a com
pllment of which the executive should be far
ty sensible. California has expressed a sientl
rnent which Is as prevalent as it Is wise, and
the good words which »he state central com-
mittee of California spoke yesterday will fiud
a responsive echo among the democratic peo
p'o every wheie, and especially on the Pacilio
coast.
Tekbe is nothing like consistency.
Wlllism D. Howells evidently has very little
of It, for In the Editor's Study In Har-
per's Uagszlnehe styles himself a Mirror
of Impartiality and Balance of Justice,
and then proceeds to commend to public
consideration Zola's La Terre, which
in the same sentence he pronounces " filthy
and repulsive."
Fatti cleared $21,000 by singing one night
In Buenos Ayres.
A kkwspaper correspondent points oat
the fact that the nickel 5 cent piece may be
used as a unit of measure in calculating by
the metric system. It is exactly two centi-
meters in diameter and weighes five
grammes. Five of the coins placed edge
to edge give the exact length of a decime-
ter.
John A. Slsicher, the editor of the Al-
bany (N. Y ) Evening Journal, has the fol-
lowing to say of Governor Hill'j political
Intentions: "I have concluded nos oulyt'aat
Mr. Hill will not be a candidate tor the
presidential nomination, but that he will
not be a candidate for renominatlon as gov-
ernor. He could by a fight get a possible
halt of the New York delegation to Si,
Louis, but it would do him no good un-
der the unit rule of his party. The major-
ity will rule the whole delegation, and that
Cleveland can surely get through the use of
patronage, if necessary. To make the ll^ht
would therefore only be to destroy himself.
If he accepts the governorship and both he
and Cleveland are defeated he is ended for-
ever. If he is elected and Cleveland de-
feated the cry of treachery goes up, and
that, too, ends him. If he refuses a re-
nomination he can lie back and be In good
trim to figure for the nomination in 1892.
If Cleveland wins he can say, 'My friends
did It by holding the state up In 1885-86 87.'
If Cleveland loses he can say, 'Why, he
carried It in those three years and can carry
It again.' Then there Is another considera-
tion. Kince the three years' term have been
in use no democratic governor has held two
terms. If he accepts a renominatlon it will
be hiB race for a third term. Then his term
will end in 1891, and he will go out of office
a lull year before the presidential struggle
ot 1892, eo that holding the office will not
materially bettor him. Common sense
would dictate to him that he should go back
to law this year and get ready to grab hold
in 1892."
Jack Dempsey never having had the
nerve to attempt to whip Sullivan and thus
win fame for himself Is going to try to gain
greater fame by whipping the man who
Bulllvan could not whip. He has challenged
Mitchell to meet him in a 24 foot ring, un-
der the London rules, for a purse of from
$5000 to $20,000.
The Toronto Globe Is delighted with the
proposal to have Queen Victoria assume
the title of "Qaeen of Canada." The
Globe thinks that if she were to do so there
would be no need of a governor-general,
as there would be a Canadian ministerial
representative at court charged with the
duty of transmitting to her majesty the ad-
vice of her Canadian council.
The late Mr. Dorsheimer of New York be-
came just sufficiently distinguished to draiy
upon his career the criticism of a number
of writers with a leaping to intruslveness.
Is it not better to be a full grown nobody
than an undersized somebody, and thus es-
cape such notices as honor neither the
makers nor tlieir subject? If a man slaves
bis life away for millions of dollars, or for
ecme political position, and succeeds, he is
praised purely for standing up to the rack,
thoueh he had neither done much good nor
much enjoyed himself? If he does not gat
so high as Borne other ambitious men he
furnishes a target for a thonsand arrows.
But there really is not room for more dis-
tinction at the top, though there is room for
more culture and capacity in all grades and
stages. How can any one measure how
happy or how wretched another has been?
Another state house Is in a bad way, but
this time it is an old one instead of a new
or.e. The capltol at Jackson, Miss., has be-
come so rickety thit it has been pro-
nounced dangerous, and the members of
the supreme court have moved oat and de-
cided to transact business at soma other
place than "the old stand."
Gainesville Gatherings.
Gainesville, Tex., April 9.—-Indian Po-
liceman Walker of the Indian Territory ar-
rived here to day with a prisoner arrested
in the territory, charged with complicity in
a train robbery committed In Williamson
county, Tex. The prisoner gave his name
as McCarty, but he answers to the descrip-
tion and photograph ot a man named Bar-
ber, who is wanted for train robosry.
The new city officers were sworn in and
ssuiaed tlieir duties to-day,
THE STATE PRESS.
What the Papers Throughout Texat Are
Talking About.
The Hens ton Age keeps its u3ual dry face
when ii says:
The completion of the Denver and Fort
Worth railroad from D'invar to a counecHon
with the Honston and Texas Central at Fort
Worth enables the great northwest at tha
bp.te of the ltockies to reach direct sea-
going tavigation at Houston a thousand
miles EParer than at N-5w York city, and
is likely to change the heavy transporta-
tion business of that country to this route.
"Seagoing navigation at Houston" is
good, but not as good as the Post's
braid canal to carry It up to the tails ot
the Brezoe. In the Keantime the G., C. and
B, F. railroad gives Galveston the Denver
t>nd Colorado trade already.
The San Augustine News evidently dls-
senls from the idea that the suffering which
falls on the wlckcd in this world is not all
they will get. It says to an esteemod con-
temporary: "If you believe that you have
reached the height of happlnesB in being an
tditor of a country newspaper, when
Gabriel blows his horn you will oa badly
left."
The Houston Post saya:
The completion of the great line of rail-
way frcru Xt'xss to Jacvsr, Col., Is atti act-
ing very general attention. IS la probable
that the people of southeast Tex 13, the great
timber region of the state, have hardly ba
prin to lealizo the Importance of this llae.
* * * This opens up a new and most inviting
market to the products of the maguifi;ant
pineries of east and southeast Texas, ba
sides in time placirg ub on the traffic route
between the cast and the great northwest-
ern countiy. The Denver Republican thus
points cut the new condition ot things
which this line brings about: "To reap the
full benefit of this new connection Dauver
people will have to accommodate thaca-
trlvea to ihe changed conditions. Mar-
chants in shipping from tho far east should
order their goods sent by water to Galves
ton, New Orleans, or some other point on
the gulf coast, and then by rail over the
Denver and Fort Worth line to this city."
The Hempstead Advance Guard aays:
Crain of Texas has lefc no stone untarued
to secure notoriety. His latest perforraauco
is trying to lash The Galveston Newh In
a communication through the columns of
the Fort Worth Gazette. The News hA3
been consistent, and nothing more nor lass,
in dealing with the deep water problem.
The Columbia Old Capitol says:
There'll be plenty of elbow room on tho
flags of the big town on the Brazja for Gal-
veston's merchant princes.
This is of a piece with the boa3t ot a spec-
ulator In town lots at the mouth of the
Brazos fifty years ago. He said all the
ships of the world could find room in t!ie
harbor. What be said was explained by
another to mean the gulf of Mexico as the
harbor. The Old Capitol contlnnes Its
reminiscences of the grand old county of
Brszoria, once the most famou? in Texas
for talent, intelligence end wealth, but now
only comparatively a reminiscence. Tho
ccunty still has a living relic of a history
as lull of Interest as that of Texas:
Captain Paul Freund of Columbia is a
bhiivt; of W arsaw, and the portraits of John
fciobieski, Pcdatki and Kosciusco, which
adorn the walls of his hospitable home,
proclaim that he is a patriot of Barmatls,
He was for fourteen years a captain in the
Russian service, and was at tiebastopol.
Hiscncle, Ferdinand Freund, or as ho is
styled, Mahmoud Hamld Pasha, general of
division and field marshal, Is IntheOlto-
man service, and at the preaent time the
raiklDg officer. He has promised to visit
his relatives in Columbia the coming sum-
mer if war doee not break out In Europe.
Captain Freund has a cabinet photograph
ot the pasha, dressed In the uniform of his
rank and showing the grand cross of the
Legion of Honor, presented by Emperor
Napoleon III.
The Enterprise says:
Beaumont manufacturers have orders 011
their books for 5,000.000 feet of lumber for
Colorado .... The Fort Worth and Denver
City railway will prove to be one of the
moat useful acquisitions in the railway line
that has yet Btruck the state.
The Henderson Times prints Rev. Dr.
Burleson's philippic against the opponents
of prohibition and says:
Whosoever is angry with his brother
without a cause shall be in danger of the
judgment. * * Blessed are the peace-
makers for thev shall be called the children
of God—Dr. Burleson, for Instance....
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall ob-
tain mercy. That is the original. The
modern way of rendering this passage
reads something about this way: "Cursed
are Mills and Clark for they shall be
damned and thrown into outer darkness to
dwell forever with niggers, dutch, Mexi-
cans and brimstone. Amen." .... Tnere 13
no denying the fact that the union of the
church and politics is threatening the de-
struction ol morals and republican insti-
tutions In this country. Every good man, of
whatever religious creed, regrets this. The
salt of the earth is losing its savor, spirit-
ually speaking. A spe6dy return to grace
is our own salvation.... The prohibition
ists of Indiana have put oat a full state
ticket. The platform demands straightout
prohibition and female suffrage.
The Wills Point Chronicle defines Its po-
sition—Brined neutrality:
We areas uncompromisingly opposed to
prohibition as we ever were. But a great
many of the best prohibitionists said that it
was a dead issue In the democratic party,
and that there was no use in keeping up the
discussion. All W6re democrats now, and
prohibition would not be agitated in the
ranks of the democratic party any more.
Now, giving them credit for being honest
and sincere in their views, we deem It not
only prudent, but magnanimous, to "let up''
on the subject. But let it once show Its
head in the ranks of the democratic party,
as an issue, and we will hop on It like a
hungry wildcat upon a fat turkey. If pro-
hibition is dead requlescat in pace, but if
not dead in the democratic party we are
ever ready to assist in its annihilation in a
party, or in any other sense.
The Fort Worth Mall Bays:
Barney Glbbs states positively that he
will not stand for congress. A Mall re-
porter approached thegentleman and asked
him if such was the case. "I am not and
will not be a candidate for congress," was
his answer. "I have no congressional as-
pirations. I have an ambition to be gov-
ernor of the state, but I can wait my time."
How would a seat In the senate suit him?
Free Speech says:
Boanmont, the queen cit>- of east
Texas, has about 3500 inhabitants, and
ako has three of the largest saw
mills in the state, the largest shingle
mill in Texas or Louisiana, ice works, bot-
tling works, a large and complete foundry,
waterworks { nearing completion, large
planers, dry kilns, mill trams running to
slacking yards, two railroads, one bank,
three large churches lor whites and four
for colored people, three big hotels, brick
business buildings, more pretty girls to the
Bquare inch than any town in Texas, the
tattest and prettiest babies and %iore of
them than any town in east Texas, and last
but not least, two newspapers.
Beaumont is a regular beau monde accord-
ing to this account.
Uncle Daniel says:
The Age has employed female printers
and finds them steady workers. But the
subject If one upon which experience and
views differ. A reporter was sent out on
an interviewing Investigation lor his paper.
The testimony or the head of a large print-
ing office and the first one visited, is em-
bodied in the following: i have no hesitation
In saying ihat they set type as well and as
fast as men. This I know from the pay roll.
Yon kEow the work is paid entirely by the
piece, and I find that the women earn as
much as the men, which means they work
as many hours ond set with equal accuracy
and speed. A call upon another leading
printer leenlted lu a reportless satlslactory
to the ladle* and their friends. The bluntly
expressed answer to the ratae comprehea-
s:ve question wn': Fetnalesare a nulsanca
in ft printing office. When working with
ii eu il seems Impossible to keep theai from
flirting. Thfy aro inclined to talk and will
talk, while men will rvor; qiletly all day
long. Women will ta'k and nothing can
stop them.
The Laredo Times says:
The international council of women, in
cession at Washington from M«ch 25 to
April 1, were unanimous in the ballet that
the ihntitn'ions ot learning and of profes-
sional instruction, including schools of the-
ology, liiw and medicine, should lu the
came of humanity, ba a=i fresly opened to
weeen as to men; that the opportunities
for industrial training should be as gen-
et aliy and as liberally provided for one aax
as for another.
They would make fiaect lawyers, elo-
quent preachers and attentive physicians,
though they might not have the nerve for
surgeons.
The Eagle Pass Times is authority for the
statement that the wool clip of Maverlnk
county will be shipped, and sold Rt Galves-
ton this year, instead of at San Antonio.
The Henderson limes says:
There is one thing sure. When the Hon.
A. W. Terrell gets a hold on that mual atid
fiives his tail a long, keen twist, that mael
do travel Waei the prejudices and
hatred of the peoule are aroused to that ds-
Free that they will not indorse a wholesome
tariff meat are, one that would glvo them irn
mediate relief, just because they hate the
man who introduced it, we may call a halt
and exclaim in the language of the Immor-
tal Persius: Quantum est in rebus inane,
which when Englished reads: How much
folly there.is in human affairs.
The Irquirer says "Gonzales county will
get there, Ell." Mr. Gallagher will please
let her go. The Inquirer says:
Austin Is getting down to work, and if
Bcgnln and New Brannt'cls come up with
their bonus Gonzales will have two rail-
roads.
The first number ot the Eagle Lake Canoe
bound for The News probably lost its reck-
oning. It did not make the voyage, bnt No.
2 glided in like the dugaut of the phantom
red man on the Dismal Swamp, with "Fiat
Justltia Rnat Coelum" Inscribed on its flag,
indicating that the Canoe will keop the
proper course even if the sky falls. Hapa
the grar.d dome will not be brought down
cn a wicked world by the editors llie the
market-house onhls tormentors bySamsoa.
The Burnet Nutshell has tho city govern-
ment In Its keeping. It says:
The Nutshell Is a day late this week,
caused by our working a day and a half
getting up the election ticket, soliciting
parties to fill the positions of alderman,
trustee and city secretary. We did not
print the name of any party without hi)
promise to serve if elected, and every man
we run would have made good officers.
Now you ask why we took so active a part.
We answer that we did it because we did
all we could to preserve the Incorporation,
and the voice of the psople that feed us
sustained us. Next, It was our duty toward
them to solicit the acceptance of those posi-
tions of honor and (not emolument) by the
very best, conservative citizens wa have.
The wcy to have a government is to put tUa
very best men in office.
There Is a good deal in this. The beat
village councils are generally made up of
men who serve for tho public good, and not
for pay or speculating schemes.
AN ABUSIVE LETTER.
Consul lyall Has H1b 'Innings"—Presumably
the Best Reply He Can Make.
To the News.
Galveston, Tex., April 9.—When you
have qnite finished exhibiting your own Ig-
norance and the inaptitude of The News
management I should like to have a short
innings. Not that I am annoyed by your
persistent abuse; 1 rather like it, because
it Is about equivalent to praise from a
writer of respectability. It Is also rather
refreshing to see a man writing himself
down an ase.
This same blatherskite of yours is the
piecise counterpart ot last year's discus-
Blon, when I challenged you to print my
consnlar report in full, side by side with
your own editorials, all of which I had in
my possession, and still have. YoudaroJ
not dolt, because you know that your own
editorials about lynching, lawlessness, etc.,
etc., In Texas would at once shine out as
the sources from which I had drawn
my information. You equally and for
the same reasons dare not do so now.
Yet you thick to sneak some credit by
abusing me for writing what you know, and
the whole state knows, to ba the truth. You
go further, you actually, as you do In to-
day's issue, go back on your own platform
and your own political views when you find
that I uphold them, supporting the argu-
ment by false assertions drawn from
Jour own Imagination. This is ultra
rlsh with a vengeance, out-bulling
Banr.agher, out Fenianing O'Donovan, the
carroty, himself. Poor News. Yours ably,
Walter T. Lyall.
To the talented writer who has been com-
plimenting my report.
PABUEB3' ALLIANCE AND GBANGE.
comal county.
New Braunkbls, April 7. — .Whareas
the Farmers' Alliance is not a political
party, but realizing that they must have
recognition in our legislative.departmants;
acd
Whereas It Is apparent that our laws are
made solely for corporations, syndicates
and capital generally, to the detriment of
the laboring clases, therefore be it
Resolved, that we act as citizens with
all others, having like interest in selecting
such men for office as are true to our cause
acd interested In same, and for this par-
pose call mass meetings In each county, on
or before the first day of May, calling
on all farmers, stockralsers and laborers
to unite and meet with us at said mass
meetings for the purpose of selecting one
delegate for evory five hundred voters or
fractional part thereof to represent our in-
terests in any convention that may be
called by the said farmers, stockralsers
and laborers, either (county, district or
state conventions, recommending that
none bnt conservative, yet determined men,
Irrespective of party, be chosen, and that
all ot us attend said meetings as citizens.
Resolved, that the secretary of Comal
county !alliance furnish a copy of thaHe
resolutions to the Southern Mercury, News,
and Texas Post of Dallas, South Wen ot
Fort Worth and Texas Vorwarts of Austin,
for publication, requesting also all papers
friendly to our cause to copy same.
A. L Kebsler, Comal county,
C. Oito Schdtze, Blanco county,
F. Hoffhbinz, Kendall county,
Adolfh Sahm. Comal county,
A. V. Gates, Kendall county,
Hknwig Zobller, Kendall county ,
Wm. Schaekkorter, Bianco county.
Charles Essor, Comal county,
A. M. Pdbry, Comal county,
j. Gieskcee, Comal county.
Committee. -
GEOBOETOWN.
Firemen's Celebration-Personal and General
Notes
Georgetown, Tex,, April 9.—The firemen
are preparing for a pionic at Oak Grove
park on May 3.
The Methodist church at this place, to-
gether with the influential friends of the
Southwestern nnlverslty, are urging the
election of Rev. J. H. McLean, D. D , for
the editorship of the Texas Christian Advo-
cate, vice Rev. G. W. Brlggs, resigned.
Crops are flourishing, and candidates are
numerous. Hon. G. W. Glasscock, state
senator from this district, addressed the
Farmers' alliance on Saturday last. Ha
made an able speech. HiB re election, as
far as Williamson county Is concerned, Is
asenxedi
NOT A FORMAL CANDIDATE,,
CHAUNCEYM. DEPEW FOR PRESIDENT.
Such an Aspiration Impossible of tha Lieuten-
ant Durifg Commodore Vande biltfs L'fe
— Blaine's Declination Not Accepted.
New York, April 9 —[Special]—Tha
understanding among Mr. Chaunoey M.
Dertw'B friends Is that it he is nots formal
candidate for the presidency he at least
hopes to fce. Such an aspiration in a lieu-
tenant of the VacderbiltB would not hava
been possible while the commodore was
living and wculd have been scarcely possi-
ble under the administration of WilUaaH.,
both of whom were business mea In the
strictest senco of the term, and exacted
frcm their (subordinates, no matter ot how
hjfh degree, absolute and unqualified at-
tenllon to fht Vanderbilt Interest. Bat the
tr nB of rich men do not alvays represent
the principles by which great estates are
founded, and the Vanderbilt atmosphere
aid temper le very different from that of
the founders of the family. The rush for
money getting euoed with the last geuera-
tior, and while one or two of the present
femily are bright and clever in a commer-
cial way, there has been such a weakening
of the old Dutch blood and such a stirring
op of the phlegmatic Hollandlsh bralu by
the introduction of American membership,
that the Vanderbilts are now broadening
Into full citizenship, and not only taking
more interest In public affairs than was
ever noted In the family before, but it la no
secret that the two oldest sons, Cornelius
exd William K., both have
a hankering for office
themselves. When the republicans sent a
deputation to see whether Cornelias would
not be a party candidate for mayor, they
learned that both the young men were not
only willing but somewhat anxious to run
for the place. The reason that they did not
do eo was found In the unprecedented situ-
ation that arose when Henry George on tha
one hand and Abram S. Hawltt not only
monopolized attention, but gave the trian-
gular fight the character of a contest be-
tween labor and capital, and made It ridic-
ulous for any arch-capitalist of the strlpa
of a Vanderbilt to enter the field. Bat this
willingness on the part of the Vandarbllts
to accept public positions or to try to dis-
tinguish themselves outside the realai3 of
money getting makes it apparent that
Chauncey Depew is not likely to be rebuked
by his employers for displaying similar as-
pirations. Exactly what Mr. Dapaw's finan-
cial status Is is everywhere regarded as a
mystery. His soberest friends will not ad-
mit that he is worth more than 1500,000 at
the outside, but some ol his extravagant!
admirers, who pretend to know what they
are talking about, call him a millionaire,
and speak of large gains and losse?, that
indicate that he was a considerable specu-
lator before he went into his present situa-
tion es president of the Vanderbilt system,
and utterly
renounced all connection
with the stock market. There is a very
fascinating mystery about a certain mil-
lion of dollars that 1b supposed by somet»
have been mysteriously and Irregalarly
bequeathed to Mr. Depew by William H.
Vanderbilt. It will be remembered that
the thirteenth clause of the dead million-
aire's will devised to Cornelius tho sum ol
two million dollars without any specifica-
tion as to what was to be done with it. It
pleases some persons to think that Mr«
Depew got one of these two millions undo
instructions given by William H. before ha
died. This theory is met by the assertion
ot some business men no better qualified
to speak than those who believe it true, to
the effect that Mr. Depew has said that no
such money ever reached him. Mr. Depew
is In all respects what the English sail a
very warm man. He Is said to ba going to
build a very elegant mansion during the
coming year, and already the handsome
brown stone house that he haa long made
hie home is filled with beautiful .and costly
ornaments such as only a man in more than
comfortable circumstances could spare tho
money for. Mr. Depew's after dinner coursa
this year has impressed tho Naw York
public with the belief that he wants it un-
derstood that he deaires to be president.
He has devoted himself In his speeches to
subjects of statecraft, politics and broad
national interests as he never did before,
while at the same time it Is very significant
that whether with his consent or without It
many newspapers, even the little weeklies
that feed upon tho
vanity of great men,
have been allowed to devote their columns
to personal sketches ol himself and to tha
presentation of his features ia portraits.
Among the politicians in this city there Is
no one who pretends to have charge of tha
Depew boom. Indeed, thero are many
more traces of hostility to Mr. Da pew aris-
ing from party objectors than there are for
preconcerted scheme to urge him into tho
candlcacy for the presidency. Messrs.
Robertson and Husted in the legislature
are commonly called Dap6w men, bat tha
term Is used rather to indicate their
allegiance to the railroad interest than his
personal support. Of course t&ey form tho
nucleus around which the polltieal sy3tem
outside of the city could be formed, and in
the city Mr. Depew has the very warm
friendship of absolutely every republican
leader now active in the party's rights.
When they talk about his candidacy they
invariably deny any personal knowledge ot
his hopes in that direction, but they do not
any of them admit what all tha democrats
charge, that his would be a hopeless race on
account ol his connection with ttia Vander-
bilts and with the railroads. They say that
whatever damage would come irom that
would be more than oftset by bis wondertul
popularity, and that it he resigned tho
presidency of the Central road and took tha
stump, with all the knowledge and activity
he possesses, he would literally
captivate the country,
On the other hand, New Vork is distinctly
the Blaine stronghold, and one ot tha
shrewdest of the former republican leaders
in talking about this matter last night,
said:
"The situation in a nutshell is this: Tha
parly doeBn't seriously consider Mr.
Blaine's declination. You will observa
that since that letter was published candi-
dates like Depew have been offered from
every state and territory in the union, and
not one of them, with the possible excep-
tion of John Sherman, has developed s
boom, or in fact has advanced his interest
in any degree. Every leader I know of
counts upon Blaine and thicks solely o£
Blaine, acd he must die or be takau very ill
before tha uolitical men will be able to sea
past him and judge of the field. In that
cate we would all quickly see tbs strongest
man develop his resources, aoJ >hen Mr,
Depew 'e chances conld be waived."
This politician made a singular f'a'.amenfi
with regard to John Sherman. "He ranks
next to Blalhe now," said he, "bat the re-
publican party will not take another Ohia
men while the present leaders are living.
The reason will never be discussed in any
convention, but it is In every republican's
mind. We have had two Ohio men in tha
white house, and those samples have satis-
fied ns of the qualities of Ohio men. Eacti
one did the partv more harm than any other
men, and wo want ao more £rom that stAteo
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