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RENHAM WEEKLY BANNER.
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3JME XV.
BltENHAiM WASHINGTON COUNTY TEXAS THUESDAY AUGUST 19 1880.
NUM3BEE 34:
Yxtrfeacieftta Cards.
JASK. HOSS.
ATJIWEY AT UW
' Ercnhxm Texas..
0e pypBassett & Bassctt's Bank
mtKEDLOVE & EWIKO
AttoraoTi at -X4 bw
Brenham. Tolas
XARL SCHUTZE
TflitTVCttkvSt civil1 pa-loess only. In all
Qteouta ta-U astdagtoa county and imiww
court and. court of appeals norlelSti
irr C-baTriJ-h. u
Ffj-fsidan and Surgeon
zadjs-tf. . V.VIeyTexj
B
EN.S. ROGERS
Attorney at Lair
ChapceD Hi! Tuts.
sipi sutrA.tD c c GAKntrr.
SHEPARD & GARRETT '
ATTORNEYS AT "LAW
s Brenham Texas.
S0Ece' Up-stairs in the C-raber
bulling. Aprils iSSo-dwt).
Attoracyat Law
Sxixitw Trjcas.
OrEceiaGtddingsbmidmgsrjuihsideor
rablic square inch aS-lf.
TaiETT M. D.
li riijslrUu
Tens.
ni Ms nU fiimdi of Hit.
At ne has resumed practlc
marai.
FkysiciaE.
-Tecas.
& office north o
?ftate buildinc durinc
Kdccce ax rdght lan I ow
.TROKISU. 4k j. u. toss u. c.
v tfOKPJS &K0SS
Sm-fOMK aa3 Physicians
Buxiuat - Texas.
Tend Jh'ejrorolesatonal services to it
zeasjof Brennara and vicinity.
Office id Gtddmgs tank building
paodtf
DJ-
L. BUCHANAN
' frWiBr
A-UdL'T T JLJ-J
Eoddent Dentist
teKENHAM; TEXAS.
Offer orer Couch's "store. East side of
the puhBc square
ROUSE S: MURPHY
PAINTEES
(Shop under McFarbsd's Coot Store.)
BRFNHAM TEXAS.
tfiT Hotue. sn and ornamental paint-
paper hacgiDc and glancg neatly and
CipedmoosJy crecnted. AH ntstt cttaran
teed; pnees reasonable. mT2odSnt
pAUSTINO KIBfiXt
flain And fancy
Gtmeff
Dealer in all kinds of
Foreiga antl DomBstic Frails 6lc
HOME-MADE CANDY FRESH EV-
ERY DAY.
Next door to Giddingj & Giddiup' Bank
ocUidnvj BRENHAJf TEX.
SAM. SCHLENKER
DEAIfX IN
Saoks aad Stationery
Periodicals and Mazazines
Mmkvitz bnHding west side FnbGe Square
Ilea 5 'Scx'tf Bienhami Texas.
"Baylor College
Tvrh Hl:br EdoeUon of T?omen.
The thutffourth Annual sesaoq will
commence Monday etxxmccs 6. The
lOQsic aad art departments are tmder the
directioa of genaemea 'widclr' known as
emmeat teachers. Lectures and cxerases
in the normal school department through
the year. Forfcatalrenies address tie pres-
ident. J. ItVLUTKER
Abj7 'o. independence. Texas.
UlBjJoltonJAform-.
Canbecisi! cbcapljand enechzalTy
By a judicium use of ike
Teias Gotlon onn Destroyer!
For sale bjr
H. FISHER Brenham Texas.
Ajent for Ike
rovifTAizv ruiar.
July nth lSSo-d.lf.
A CAM).
Mrv Carlcton has no connecton with
Sinker Darn & Co as appears by the
foDonTn; telegram.
Indianapolis July 13 iSio.
ToCO. Bi-Nts Brenhanu
We do not know Carleton; you are our
agent there.
Siakk Davis & Co.
I am the authorized arent for the sale of
therrs'eam engines boilers com mills and
other machinery at Brenham.
Inly 14 d 1.3m. C G. B vks.
Kail Road Meeting'.
Al araeetmrheld in the store of B. Eld-nde-e:
Co.. July list at hidi Capt T.
A. Rice of Houston and some 25 or 30
citizens of tins county were present a pro-
position was submitted looking to the im-
mediate extension of the C 5. 51. K. K.
from Navasota to Brenham. To consider
this proposition the undcrsingned was in-
structed to call a meeting to be held Aug.
2lst in the court House in the aly
cf Brenham al it a m. The citizens of
'Washington Independence and ttitnham
and all others in the county interested m
lailroad competition and cheap lumber are
most cariiciUyrequested to be present
lliMT HAY.StS Sec
FuMIthed Dally and Weekly.
EAXltlN UJVLf Proprietor!.
Largest Circulation of any Paper pub.
llshod In UU Senatorial Slatrict.
OFFICE OF rtEUCATlOV :
Eassctt & Sweanngen budding comer of
St. Charles and.sanay streets
Brenhxm Texas
Hata ot bulxtrrlptlont
tiaitr on erro noevear.. Jino
UecUr one twyonirar. .. SCO
Itatrs or Advertulnjri
TrauslalanIIsI;drvrtlmMiMoVTt-
vdatst aopriiiarernr first Ineertiort. ami
75 e nta per emiara for each mbseqof Bt lnf r-
llo".
xtarriaR- and OMIuarr untie exrvrdlnff
iftlit lines half prlcv I dftorlal iwlk-M uf a
rrrrerr tmsiaets character. Indents aline each
nsertion
Entered al the Postoflice at Brenham
Texasas second class raajl matter 1
O. M. Roberts is a native of
South Carolina and lias been a
resident oi Texas aboutfl forty
years. He is well known and
is exceedingly popular judging
by the vote lie recieved at the
Dallas convention.
The locating engineers of
the Santa Fc railroad have
about" finished up their work at
Belton autf in a short tithe the
location of the depot Will be
made public Many strangers
arc in Belton and there is not a
vacant dwelling in the town.
Chas. H. Tandy colored
president of thet colored relief
board at St Louis has advices
that 10000 negroes will leave
Mississippi and Louisiana du-
ring the next two months en
routeto Kansas and other north-
ern states. About 40 negroes
per day for the past month have
arrived at St Louis.
The national anti-Masonic
society has nominated Gen.
John W. Phelps of Vermont
for the presidency of the Uni-
ted States and he has written a
letter formally accepting the
nomination.- We now have five
presidential'ticrxts in the field
of which the Housfon'Post pub-
lishers but three.
Dr. Huxt'-s residence at Glen
Gardner N J. was entered by
burglars the other night and his
safe was blown open and robbed
of $35000 worth of railroad
bonds. The. doctor who was
asleep heard the explosion but
by the time he reached the room
where the saTe was the bonds
and the burglars were gone.
TiiELaGrange Journal Says
that from the 1st of October un-
til the election in 1 878 we were
with Col. Shepard almost every
day and during that time we
heard him talk a great deal
about the "congressional race.
He advised all his friends to
work for the interest of judge
Hancock and to vote for him.
Gareield's record as a con-
gressman gets in the way of the
republican journals at every
turn. It is now discovered that
he never violated his principles
by voting against any land
grant or subsidy bill that ever
came up for consideration. He
was the consistant champion of
fraud. This however from a
republican standpoint is an un-
answerable argument in his
favor.
The census enumerators dis-
covered some very curious
things while engaged in the per-
formance of their duties. For
instance in Troup county Geor-
gia the Atlanta Constitution
says that the census man found
a boy who is only twelve years
of age married to a large hand-
some buxom woman. They are
managing a farm and the boy
is doing a manly part in the
cultivation.
It is veny difficult to get Co.
Jones' congressional record. He
was elected to congress with-
out the aid of a single new s-
paper in the district and feeling
under no obligations to the
press he sent it no political doc-
uments; not a single copy of the
congresional record ever
reached this office under the
prank of Col. Jones. He pre
fers explaining his votes in con-
gress in his own way.
Hon. S. D. Storey the nom-
inee for lieutenant governor is
a native of Georgia but moved
Mississippi and thence to Texas
in 1845. He first settled.in Gon-
zales but soon after moved to
Caldwell county where he still
resides. He is a lawyer by pro-
fession and received his educa-
tion in Texas. He has served
in the legislature several ses-
sions and in the last legislature
was one of the most ardent of
the supporters of gov ernor Rob-
erts and his policy.
The Waller county Courier
speaking of the recent pow
wow says the negro can no
longer be controlled by the par-
ty besides they will vote for
whom they please this fall ir
respective of party.
THE COLORED TOTE.
Is it not about time the col-
ored voters in gcncral.and in
Washington county in particu-
lar were beginning to exercise
their judgement in political af-
fairs? Taken as a party the
republicans in Texas arc as a
mere handful; in state and na-
tional elections tlicy are com-
pletely powcrjess being so far
in the minority. In those por-
tions of the state where the
white population is in the ma-
jority the republicans hardly
maTcc'any attempt to maintain
a party organization; scattered
throughout the state there are
a few men who are truly repub-
licans in politics and arc so
from principle such men a're
generally'law abuling citizens
who pursue their usual avoca-
tions and -who do not' meddle
with politic they arc not of-
fice seekers butwhen election
day comes they vote for the
nomnccSof their party forstate
and national bHites this more
as a mailer of principle than
anything else. In the counties
tn Texas where there is a large
colored population the republi-
can' party organization has been
keptup by designing white men;
whose sold aim 'and object 1las
been to secure office.
The Bvnnlr candidly sub-
mits this proposition td the in-
telligent colored men of this
county those -who read' the
newspapers and are posted in
current political matters: Is
there a white republican in
Washington county to-day who
is hurrahing for Garfield and in-
teresting himself by attending
midnight meeting -and who is
to be seen just round t;he cor-
ner or in some back room of a
saloon or in a secluded spot
or on the pubhc streets engage
ed in carncst;conycrsatian witlv
colored men who is not doing
so for the purpose of obtaining
a paying county pfpe for -himself
or for some friend who will
giv him some kindt of an offi-
cial position? We have no hesi-
tation in saying there is not
one. The few white republic
cans in litis county who are not
seeking office are givinc; them-
selves no concern they are
quietly attending to their own
business.
The white republican office
seekers have from one to three
men out for each and every of-
fice that is worth having and
theyare leaving no means un-
tried to secure it Their sole.
dependence is upon the colored
vote and not only upon it but
upon getting it solid. This is
the secret of their anxiety
about the colored men; they
want their votes in fact must
have them ( to succeed- They
do not propose any division of
the spoils they do not intend
that a colored man shall have
any office in the county save
that majbe of a county com-
missioner or constable in a pre-
cinct where there is a majority
of colored voters. They may
perhaps put a candidate in nom-
ination for the legislature a po-
sition which is no honor to a
colored man who has any re-
spect for himself -as a colored
member of the legislature in
Texas is utterly powerless for
good or evil. There is not one
well informed republican in the
entire state of Texas who has
the remotest idea that the state
will elect republican presiden-
tial electors or that a republi-
can state administration can be
elected so it is plain to be seen
that all that the republican
party managers expect or hope
to do is to capture the paying
county offices and that their
sole reliance for so doing is in
controlling the colored vote.
The colored men are free to
vote for whom they please and if
they allow themselves to be
dictated to and to vote for men
who have no object to accom-
plish save their individual ag-
grandisement they are not free
and independent citizens.
WlULElhe platform adopted
by the Dallas convention met
the views of the majority we
think the minority platform the
abler document. The platform
adopted is very general in its
character and skillfully dodges
the main issues it leaves the
public school question precise-
ly as it found it. It says noth-
ing about the land policy of the
state and on the all-important
subject of immigration it simply
repudiates the charge that the
party has been opposed to im-
migration. The bell punch and
Sunday laws are ignored. Tak-
en as a whole the platform is
very general in its character.
The Rockdale Messenger
agrees with the IUnnlr that
there are too many deputy sher-
iffs and too many pistols.
Col. Jones and the Deputy Marshals
Bill.
On the 27th day of June 1S79
at the special session the ap-
propriation bill providing for
the payment of U. S. Marshals
and deputies of their regular
fees and salaries but prohibit-
ing any payment for services at
elections was called up for final
passage. The part of the bill
referred to reads as follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives
of the United States of Ameri-
ca in Congress assembled That
the sum of "SGoo.ooo is hereby
appropriated out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated for the payment
during the fiscal year ending
June 50 1SS0 of the fees of
United States marshals and their
general deputies. And no part
of the money hereby appropriat-
ed is appropriated to pay any
compensation fees or expenses
under any ol the provisions of
title 26 of the revised statutes
of the United States authorizing
the appointment employment
or payment of general or spe-
cial deputy marshals for services
in connection with registration
or elections on election day.
The ayes and nays were call-
ed on the passage of the bill
and the congressional record of
that day (sec bound volume 9
part 2 pages 2392 to 239S)
shows that all the democratic
congiessmcn from Texas and
the South including Alex. Ste-
phens and the independent dem-
ocrat .Felton of Georgia voted
for the bill ; Garfield and repub-
licans generally voted against
the bill.
Col Jones of Texas is re-
corded as not voting. The re-
cord docs not show that he was
sick absent or "paired" as was
the cae with many members.
President Hayes vetoed the
bill and it came up again on the
30th of June 1S79 (see Cong.
Record page? 2442-3) on the
question whether It should pass
notwithstanding the veto. The
vote was as above stated on the
first passage of the bill. Colonel
Jones again failing to vote. It
is possible that this great advo-
cate of the peoples rights dodged
the issue rather than make a re-
cord which might render hint
unpopular with his democratic
or his republican friends.
The New Orleans Times says
the diflerenc between two noted
leaders of the colored people in
the south was particularly
marked at the conference of the
republican chiefs at New i ork
a few days ago. The leaders in
question are Pinchback of this
state and senator Bruce of
Mississippi. Pinchback urged
that funds be sent south and
that efforts be made to carry
several congressional districts.
Senator Bruce said candidly
that the south was hopelessly
democratic and that it was use
less to waste money in any part
of the south. Bruce was square
and honest. The impression
which Pinchback created was
that he wanted to handle sonic
of the campaign funds.
. .
Little's. Living Ace good
authority on such matters says
that what the country now
needs is a dime novel writer w ho
will make ministers editors or
school teachers not lawyers or
doctors his heroes. The pres-
ent race of dime novel writers
now rely solely on Indian slay-
ers pirates highwaymen and
robbers for their heroes. The
boys being of a susceptible na
ture always try to emulate the
example of the heroes they read
about and the consequence is
we are about to have an over-
supply of Indian killers robbers
and such like undesirable citi-
zens. The dime novel writers
should change their tactics or
stop writing altogether.
We do not insist on it and
merely offer it as a suggestion
that Garfield S: Co. in their next
appeal to the dear colored man
define the position of the dem-
ocratic party in regard to the
freedman's bank. There are
some colored men who have
reasons to remember that de-
funct institution and U its col-
lapsed can only be charged on
Hancock and English the re-
publicans can be sure of a hun-
dred colored votes w here they
now get one.
Its the Houston Age's turn
it is supremely happy it turns
about it twists about and jumps
Jim Crow." It Ins assumed a
sort of guardianship over its
neighbor the Telegram and has
a large and experienced corps
of hunters in the field hunting
and killing crows for the de-
lectition of the Telegram pco-
le. It expects to supply the
Telegram with crow for the next
two years while it expects to
live on chickcn-pic.
THE bTATE C0M"EJiTI05.
SECOND T)'vt.
O. M. Roberts' nominated for
governor and J. W. Story of
Calduell county for lieutenant
governor.
THIRD DAY.
The convention during the
morning listened to various res
olution1: which were referro
the platform committee
balloting was.resu
of the court of appeal;
fifth ballot resulting
James M. Hurt of Dallas
nominated by acclamation.
For attorney general J.- Hj
McLeary Tcmptcton Jutl
Alexander and Sain At IvTUoa
were put in nomination. On
the second ballot several names
were withdrawn and McLeary
nominated by acclamation.
For Comptroller Gooch Da-
vis Connor Henderson Cham-
bers Booth Brown and Pitts
were nominated t After five
or six ballots W..M. Brownof
Falls county was nominated.
Lubbock was nominated for
treasurer by acclamation.
Walsh was nominated for land
commissioner by acclamation
Geo. W. Smith of Kaufman
county was elected chairman
of the state executive commit-
. 1 1
tec.
Throckmorton and Hubbard
were elected electors for the
state at large.
The following are the presi-
dential elector by districts:
First Jas. H. Jores of Rusk
elector; J. D. Hill alternate. Se-
cond C.B. Kilgore of Van
Zandt elector; Busby of Lamar
alternate. Third S.W.T Lan-
ham of Parker 'elector; Q. C
Foster of Grayson alternate
fourth E. A. Jones of McLen-
nan elector; Scott Teal ofRob-
crson alternate Fifth John
Hancock of Travis elector; D.
F. Dunn alternate. Sixth John
A. Baker ofjfcxar elector; E.
D. Linn of Victoria alternate.
The committee on platform
presented majority and minori
ty reports. The majority re-
port was adopted without de-
bate. Here is Ihe majority
platform:
First We .heartily approve
the declaration and priciples of
the national democratic conven-
tion atCincinnali cordially en-
dorse its nominees and pledge
them the united and enthusias-
tic support of the democrats of
Texas.
Second We favor free coin-
age and full remonetization of
silver.
Third We favor such action
by congress within its constitu-
tional power as will prevent an
unjust discrimination and extor-
tionate rates of charges for trans-
portation in inter-state com-
merce. Fourth We regard the main-
tenance of a practical system of
public schools of the utmost im-
portance and to this end favor
the largest appropriation within
the constitutional limits justifi
ed by the financial condition ol
the state and vv e favor the adop
tion by the next legislature of
appropiation measures looking
to the fulfiillmcnt of the consti-
tutional requirement for the or-
ganization and maintenance of
the university of Texas.
Fifth .We repudiate as false
the charge that the democratic
party of Teas has'been oppos-
ed to immigration; and while
the constitution piohibits the
use of public money for the sup-
port of a bureau of immigration
we urge the next legislature to
make ample provisions for the
collection and dissemination of
statistics pertaining to Texas
agriculture and other resources
to the end that all seeking new
homes knowing our great ad-
vantages may settle in Texas
and extending to them the most
cordial welcome.
Sixth The suffering and los-
es of our people enlist our deep-
est sympathy and we 'pledge
our most energetic efforts to af-
ford them adequate protection
in persons and property and
demand of the general govern-
ment that protection ofourpeo-
ple thus exposed to "which they
are entitled under the constitu-
tion of the United States and
which they have neyer yet re-
ceived. Seventh We enjoin upon
the next legislature the duty of
proposing such constitutional
amendments as will secure a
more efficient judiciary system.
Eighth We favor the most
vigorous enforcement of the
laws for the suppression of law-
lessness and crime and pledge
the democratic party of Texas
to hold all officers to the fullest
measures of duty and responsi-
bility in that behalf.
Ninth We demand the most
rigid economy consistent v.ith
efficiency tn all the departments
of the government and favor
the reduction of taxation as
soon as can be safely done.
Signed by twenty-four of the
committee.
Thl Galveston .News says
it has no crow to eat in the nom-
ination of governor Roberts.
The governor has the facility oi
adopting himself to circumstan-
ces and conforming to public
opinions. The News says it
would rather have had some
one else.
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EDITOKLVL 0TES.
Gtv GriersoNj has again de
feated the. Indians.. -
Tanner has proven to be ful-
ly as good an eater's he is a
starver. 1
In the vicinity of Snreveport
serious apprehensions are felt
on account of the cotton worm.
John R. Bock a census
at Macon Miss
drowning himself.
e ofHill and Com-
all
n of
oyster
governor R&oerts.
Ov Tuesday ntcht Hqn. G.
W. Jpues made a speech at Mar-
shal on the industrial and com-
mercial interests of the country.
Mr. T. P. Hawlev late of 1
Shreveport formerly of Marsh-
all returns to Marshall and as-
sumes control ol the fcohruins
of the Herald.
'Eighteen young Cheyeunes
and Arapahocs will leave Fort
Renb I. T. in August for
schools at Carlisle Pa. or
Hampton Va.
Democratic papers publish-
ed in greenback neighborhoods
are asking their greenback
friends if they have heard the
news from Alabama.
Senator Kirkwood of Iowa
will clothe himself in his an-
cient " wammes" and make a few
speeches to the horney-handed
farmers of Hoosierdom.
The boiler of the steamboat
Bonnie Lee exploded Monday
night sixty miles above the
mouth of Red river killing the
second clerk and the barkeep-
er. Every newspaper in the Tex
as that comes to this office with
the exception of the greenback
papers is in favor of the elec-
tion of Seth Shepard and the
defeat of Col. Jones.
The Houston Age is as hap-
py as the proverbial clam at
high tide and it trots out its
rooster and also the rooster
belonging to the Telegram the
latter's bird is sick.
The Houston Telegram has
never a w ord to say about the
nomination of Roberts; it has
apparently eschewed politics
and now writes about farming
and market gardening.
Mr. Geo. Bancroft began
fifty-five years ago his history of
the United States in a few
veeks he expects to have it fin-
ished. Mr. Bancroft is now
more than eighty years of age.
A Frenciimw named Begot
went to a tenement house in
New York and asked Mrs. Re-
nault to marry him ; she refused
and he cut her throat killing
her; he then cut his own throat
and will probably die.
The number of health giving
springs brought into public no-
tice is astonishing. Texas has
at least a dozen (Arkansas be-
sides the famed Hot Springs
has a number of them while the
Indian Territory is also looming
up as a country for springs.
In the Henry county court
Virginia J. W. Hoenniger after
being sworn refused to serve as
a juror because there was a ne-
gro on the jury. He was fined
5230 and sentenced to ten days
imprisonment whereupon her
changed his mind; the penalty
was remitted and Hoenniger
served on the jury with a negro.
Elsewhere will be found the
very able speech of Hon. D. B.
Culberson delivered at Mineo-
la a few days ago on the posi-
tion of the democratic party in
regard to the national banks
It is an able and exhaustive
exposition of the position of the
democracy on the financial is-
sues of the day and will amply
repay careful perusal.
"Whit Now?" is the ques-
tion propounded by the Hous-
ton Post. It wants to know
what action the opposition will
take; will they sit dow n and suck
their thumbs and do nothing?
Or will they be up and doing?
We rather suspect that nothing
will be done and predict an
overwhelming majority for the
democratic ticket.
The Galveston News says
that the Austin Statesman need
not expect to supplant the
Houston Age as the organ of
the old alcade. Nothing is of-
ficial or authentic but what ap-
pears in the Age. The Hous-
ton Age is a live wide awake
progressive journal of to-day
and is a fitting paper to expound
the policy and be the official
organ of the old alcade and
his judgment in selecting the
Age is to be highly commended.
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STATE EVfS.
Fort Worth is to have a
$45000 compress.
The city of LaGrange has
passed an anti-hog ordinance.
Cotton picking will begin
in Bell county in a week or ten
days.
At Liberty the people are
much pleased with Roberts'
nomination.
New corn was marketed
in Paris last wkek for the first
time this season.
Boll worms have appeared
in considerable number in the
cotton near Dallas.
On the 10th Waco received
one bale of new cotton and four
bales of old cotton.
Congressmen Reagan and
Jones took a tilt at each other
at Tyler on Saturday.
Roberts' nomination is well
received at Bastrop the home
of lieutenant governor Sayers".
Several impecunious youlig
men. at Belton have formed a
Dr. Tanner club and will start
in on a So days fast.
For want of anything bet-
ter to do the Sherman negroes
make a regular loafing place of
the mayor's court room.
""'The LaGrange Journal
says the work of grading on the
tap road is not progressing as
rapidly as it would like to see it.
A vicious dog attacked a
young lady near Sherman and
but for the assistance of other
parties she would have been
killed.
The Santa Pe-road is get
ting as much-freight at Galves-t
ton for interior points as it can
handle with its present rolling
stock.
It is rumored says the Post
that a full republican ticket will
pat in the field in Harris. "No
uuthentic information could be
obtained.
L. M. Harrington charged
with robbing the mail between
Fort Worth and Cleburne in
June last has been arrested at
Fort Griffin.
Several more of the candi-
dates nominated by the Inde-
pendent convention at Houston
the other day. have withdrawn
from the race.
The GMdings courthouse
is to be adorned with a multi-
plicity of lightning rods they
arc to have five points and a
weather-cock.
The Kialtja springs in the
neighbdrhood of Eufaula I. T.
are becoming celebrated. They
are said to be a cure for sore
eyes ulcers etc.
TIe Lone Star says ihe
Giddings Turn Verein are ma-
king arrangements to buy a lot
and put up a turn-hall in sub-
urbs of the city.
The Bell punches in Gal-
veston are doing better; there
was 6S2 whiskies and 922 beers
more registered m July than
there wastn June.
The Citizen office at Co-
lumbus was visited by a bevy
01 ladies the other day ; the ed-
itor was happy and suggests
that they call again.
Indianola was submerged
by the storm on Thursday the
water on some of the streets in
the town being three feet deep.
The damage is unknown.
The News reports that of-
ficers Williamson and Mealy
w hile at the Central wharf dur-
ing the late blow saw a verita-
ble sea serpent eight feet long.
Herman Kuehn formerly
on the rcportorial stafT of the
Denison press recently deliver-
ed a lecture before the Liberal
League of that city. The lea
gue f.tjtors liberty of thought in
all matters.
In the Dees-McCoy case in
Pleasanton J. W. W. G. and
W. J. H. Dees charged Tvith
manslaughter in killing one of
the McCoys were.placed under
bonds of 20OO each which was
at once given.
Kenney the first station
below Brenham on the Santa
Fe railroad shipped its first bale
and the first ever shipped from
that station on Friday last
The bale was consigned to a
Galveston house. .
The Denison News tells
what its town needs; a pressing
need is cotton buyers who will
pay cash for the staple. Far
mers do not like to sell their
cotton for trade; they feel a
great deal better by handling a
little money.
Atascosa county accord-
ing to the Pleasanton Monitor
is fiilling up with "goober-grabbers"
and "yaller hammers."
These beautiful and expressive
pet names are applied to Geor-
gians and Alabamians.
Last Saturday Mr. and
Mrs. Weeks aged over eighty
years took their first ride on a
railroad car going from Gaines-
ville to Denison. They moved
from Illinois to Texas before
there was any railroads in the
w est.
Belton is bothered; the San-
ta Fe railroad has bought two
hundred acres of land at Birds-
dale eight miles southeast of
Belton and the Beltonians are
particularly anxious to know
what the company is going to
do with it.
At Rockdale last Sunday
morning not a negro was to be
seen or found in the town ; the
city marshal mounted his mus
tang and rode out in the sub-
uibs arriving at a big gully he
found forty negroes busily en
gaged in playing a-game wllhj
cards known as poker. Upon
seeing the marshal the negroes
all ran away.
Democracy ts. National Banks.
roftltlon of the Democratic liirt7 as
Shown by lt Record and riatzorm
ot rrlnclples.
CCLBEKSCCrS HINEOLA SPEECH.
rrom Ihe Greenville Herald.
Hon. D. B. Culberson representative in
congress from thiadutncl; met the leading
greenback orators in debate at Jlineola un
ihe 1 7th inst We giv e below a portion of
hi ipecchj furnished by our special repor-
ter. Mr. Culberson said-
It is charged by your greenback oppon-
ent tlut the democraucparty evaded an
expression of opinion in the Cincinnati
platform on the question of continuing the
national banking system and on Ibis al-
leged evasion of a vital question in which
the people are profoundly concerned they
arc called upon to rally to the standard of
the greenback partyj. IfrrwereMrne that
the democracy had dodged that iuue and
declined to takea-posiUori and upon! a
question of suchimporranee it would be
canse (or the gravest criticism which no
consideration of pohcy ought to excuse:
Ills not. hou ever true a. I shall . show;
bat 1 a misrepresentation designed to rus-
lsad the people to rale a hue and cry un-
der cover of which .the greenback pa ty
hope to Cscapfc a-justtasagiticn for dodg-.
mg absolutely any pression of opinion
on the tariff question. Our platform gives
out no uncertain sound on tanfls or banks
The third dau.e of the phtform declares
for "honest irioney consisting of gold 'and
silver an 1 paper convertible into coin on
demand. If this declaration is dothedln
Hords or phraseology of tuch unmeaning
and unceitain tmpoit as to render the in-
tention ol the convention doubtftu we
would be justihed muivoking the.antece
dint acts votes speeches and declaration
ofourartyaBdits leaders a. auxiliaries to
aid ip in arriving al a correct interpreta-
tion orthc clauscCrriiean5igVjfthe terni
used. I shall present the question fairly.
Does the claue in our platform pledge the
party igainst the usqof national bank notes'
as an element of money in our ctrcutauon
I amrm that it does and my 'opponent' irr
this debate dcn. There are three kinds
of money clearly embraced by the terms of
Uic clause and onlr threes naradr: cold. '
sderand paper comembie loto coin pn J
unitawi. 1 wuiwntoic ivtiiic rroiscs
of lhcargumentand only fbr.such-pur-posej
that" the meaning of the clause is
d iubtful. Joiv are we fcj arrive- at the
meaning of the convention? I have al-
ready slated "fne rule which ought to guide
fair-minded inen Let that rule be applied.
Theposuionof the democracy on banks
and bank issues is well. settled snd nottn
ing but unreasonable hostility to the demo-
cratcparty which prompts the apostates
from it could! inducci.iur opponcnuto
charge us with insincerity' I read now
from opinions andspctchespf;someof the
recognized and trusted leaders of the dem-
ocratic vcrrr. " O'J -
Mr. Jefferson; saH"Bari.rsrrracyi
must ocsupprcsscu anu gncuibui.vivu c-
stored tor the federal gotemmetip trJ dicb
it belongs." Could any ordstiave beep
employed which would havr presented tbe-
pointinoreclearly.- t) j
fien lart snn mb I'l submit to the
Icgtdature whether! i national. currency';
ouniied upon trie credit and reynrrces roi
the'eountrv mizhf notbc'-devisedi which!
would obviate all constitutional ' difpc'nltfcsr
and at the same time secure all advantages
to the. covernnieitt and cbuntrynhat w cf 6
expected fromitbe national hank.' . AfcJ
thoudi president Jackson submitted nhat
I have; ut read lit the formjof antoitnry
it cannot oe douuied mat ne pcuevei! ucn
power vested liT the goVernmcbt. dn qilT
message vetoing the bank lull ho declared
that non-convertible ratler was 'a delus-
ion and a snare fit only for gamblers tin
mnnn ami OnrLs
Mr. Calhoun said: Nb one can "doutf!
but that the government credit ts beUer than
that of any bank; more reliable more safe.
51 r. Benton said. "The tovfcxnment
ought not to delegate this power ifit could;
it i l3 great a power to be trusted to any
banking compaoy or to anj authoiily but
the highest and most reponsibleknown to
our form of government. The government
ceases to be independent ceases to be safe
when the nvtional currencyis at the will
of a company..' Such was the plain att-
ihoutative declaration or democratic sen-
timent made by one of the ablest and mos
trusted of its leaders T
Ills democratic doctrine to-day We
denyi utterl) the authonty jof the. law-
making power to invest any corporation
.with the power to issue currency ami regu
late its volume. The right belongs tq con-
gress; and the-people will never and ought
not to consent that thesery 'ife-blood -of
the country lis monev. shall be inflated or
contracted at the will and pleasure of bus
iness corporations bo muchcr Jhe.opuv
10ns of some of the memben?of themrty
in thepasl. and these quotations -might be
greatly extended if the occasion and tsne
permitted. ' "
The present system of banking was in-
stituted in 1S63 and notwithstanding the
fact that the war between the states was
then raging and bothiepubhcans and dem-
ocrat at theNorth were anxious to provide
some expedent to arrest the d-preaattcn
of legal tenders democrats would not give
their aid and countenance to the. -system.
On the passage of the bill known as the na-
tional bank act only rw o democrats v otcd
are. whde twelve voted no in the senate: fn
the house. three democrats- soled as e and
forty-pso voted no.
In 1S64 a supplement bill was put on it
passage. In the houe -sixty five demo:
crats voted no and not one. voted aye. In
the senate there was not recorded a -angle
democratic vote in favor of the Ulk Inthe
same year 5Ir. Sherman brought up a
proposmon to increase the. volume of na-
tional bank currency fifty-four millions of
dollars. On that proposiuon hfty-four
uemocrait voted no anuaour voted ae.
On June 14th 1S70 Sir. Kandall offered
a bill to substitute three hundred 'nulhoni
of bank notes by a hkemountof treasury
notes; forty-two democrats voted aye; and
live voted no! . ? .
In 1S75 the resumption act'was passed.
One section of thatlawfiemoresrallrestric"
bons upon the amount of banknotes an-
other -section provtded'fof the redemption
and destruction of treasury notes.. Lcif
be said here and remembered for all tame
to come that the recordzircDniTress show"
that not one democrat "V e.thci house of
.act: but on the contrary the entire strenrth
mngress rccuiucu Olsrvoic m lavor OI mis
of the party is recorded aramst it. In ihe
45th congress two-thirds ufthe- democrats
voted to repeal tne bank ac. out-nght and
substitute treasury notes instead of them.
Every democrat in congress from Texas
is known to be opposed to this system of
backing and has in season and out of sea-
son even when there was no earthly hope
to pass the measure over executive vetoes
voted and spoke against the perpetuatiorr'
of the system.
N'ow. 1 submit that tested by such ex-
ponents of democratic sentimantasl have
referred to our position on the bank ques-'
uoq ougnt to be well understood although
the clause under debate niay be uncertain
or anibicuous as alleged but which I deny.
But I maintain that there is nonnccrtamry
bank question u dearly denned by uic
platform adopted at Cincinnati in ihe
clause in dispute and we are not required
to appeal ta the party recordfor to the re-
cord of its members to aid n in construct-
ing and interpreting the platform on the
subject.
The platform declares third clause for
"honest money consisting of gold and sil-
ver and paper convertible into com on de-
mand.' What constitntes our currency
now J I answer gold silver legal tender
treasury notes and national bank notes.
These jour spedes or classes of money com-
prise our circulation. Doc our latfomi
embrace all of them or only apart! Item-
braces rold and sd er certaii
gold and smer certainly uoes it
lncludelcgal tender treasury notes! Ildocs.
w hy r Because legal tender treasury note
are convertible into coin on demand. Docs
it embrace national bank notes! I answer
that the platforci does not in any manner
pledge us to the use of banknotevbut oa
the contrary plainly excludes them from
thatdassofpaper we are in favorer. Nat.
tonal bank notes are not convertible m'o
com on demand and the democracy arc-
not pledged to any species or character .of
money except such as i convertible into
specie on demand.
When the bank act was under debate in
congress it was said by the friends of the
deasurc uuiioewnoieoDjectoi tne system
would be defeated if the note of the bnk
should be required to be redeemed in com
when presented fcrpaynrenfrbecause the
pbicct by the act Was KT sustain the crecit
and value cfthe legal tenders by making
the bank notes redeemibleor conveitible
on demand into legal tender. Therefore
our platform having declared in faor ol
paper convertible into coin 00 demand arid
bank notes not bung of that class! follows
that w e need no auxiliaries ra the shape of
party rcconl .pccches or-otes to show
ihat we now staad is'we have always
stood fiom the days opii. Jefferson cp-
posed to banks and bank issues: opposed
to the surrender oflhenghtsofthe people
to control their drculatron through their
lo uaakmg cjorpor-
ised to all classes
issued by banks
or government not. -ooaveitiijie into com
on demands We need no banks of issue
nortlowe need that other dass of money
called absolute or fiat money and noncon-
vertible into coin. The bTie theory of mon-
ey in Ihe Untied States u to coin all the
gold andsdverthe goTemnrent or people
can controk and then supplement the toI-
ume of gold and suvcr''with all the paper
you cankcep in circulation al par with gold
andsdver. Then those who obey the dt-
vme injunction of which they have heard
so much today and take care of their earn-
ings will be happy and prosperous. But
the gentlemen lephes that our party is di-
sided on the bank question. Am I to be
told that because a few Wall street dem-
ocrats hnd their way into congress and con-
vennons that the great democratic party u
to be robbed of its principles and denied
the right to eipress and maintain a pohcy
unless framed in accordance with the news
of such democrats! Now as in thepast
the democracy does not propose to submit
to such dictations. Such democrats never
hadpowerto paralyze the pen of Jefferson
nor bridle the tongues of Jackson aad Ben
ton. These Wail street democrats never
had power to control the party in iSdj and
1 bos. when the narional bank qiiesuon was
on its passage They did not have the
power to drive the parry in favor of the act
of 1S69 which changed the bond contract;
nor the ad of 1870 nor the act demonetiz-
ing dver in 1S73. nor the resumption act;
And I congratulate the country that no
money -or corporation power cast its shad-
ow over the Cincinnati convention to ob-
scure the rights of the. people either on the
currency pr the tariff -Truestons. I admit
hat there are some democrats at the East
Ppposcd to jhc great; principles of the party
on currency ami l-uitf but day by day they
groW te-s- id nunibef. True on all other
timdamenlaquestionSfllicy arenotwuh u
on those I have namcdlmt they are hn-
portaot tossfct the grand assault whidi
democracy now wages against monopolies
andprotecUve tariffs.
The Marshall Herald speak-
ing ol Wash Jones who has
been doing missionary work ia
the second congressional dis-
trict says? "There is probably
not a more artful debator in
Texas -than tithe:iHon. Wash
jonesj He possesses the facul-
bwjf being able to arrange a
sophistical srrmment in such a
manger that it; seems reaL It
is only when analyzed that its
fallacy and uttcrabsurdity arc
exposed. His addresses unans
wered are calculated to do a
great deal of mischief. The
reader can well -understand the
effect of such a speaker whose
oratory mnterlarded- with the
most gross demoagogical ap-
peals." TiirT Galveston News referr-
ing to the Banner's remarks
upon the assessment of Galves-
ton county says the Tjaswer
has joined the "ranks of the in-
terior papers that undertake to
regulate the local affairs of Gal-
veston. We disclaim any in-
tention of undertaking or even
trying to regulate the local af-
fairs of our neighbor ; we sim-
ply called-attention to what we
deemed k glaring wrong in the
assessment"! the 'property in
that county arid the News vir-
tually acknowledges the justness
oftiur. remarks by quoting the
assessment of goods and money
in this county as compared with
Galveston.
The question of the city of
Austin assuming control of the
public free schools Is to be sub-
"mitted to a vote of the people
and the Austin Statesman advis-
es the people to.vofe against it?
if earned it would break up the
private schools and play the
bad generally. In Brenham
Denison Houston 3an Anton-
10 and New Braunfels the cities
have charge of the schools and
have the very best schools is
the state which jt seems the
Statesman does not want '
.j -
T The Houston Telegram ias
jSpakeA It says it boots not
now to discuss the. ways and
means whereby Roberts was
ncrningled neither would it be
tne part of sensible men to rush
LofTonawildgooseachase after
1 n.. zTm.r rnsr...L x. .- -..--3 ?
ru &uu 14.1UUS uc- it 5tyiect m-
dependeflcy.'bpposition orwhat
not Ifsays it will continue to
strive for the supremacy ofdem-
ocratic principles and for the
welfare prosperity and a'dvancc-
mentofTexas. a
The Rural Texan initial is-
sue is at hand. It is published
at Giddings by A. J Carothers
Sim-RCarothers editor. It is
a four column eightpage1 paper
and as-its-name indicates it will
be devoted chiefly to agricul-
tural matter and local news
with an occasional "article of a
greenback tendency? "We wish
the new venture in the journa-
listic field every success.
If we must have an election
judiciary in the name of all de
cency and all patroitism let us
divest it as much of partizan-
"ship and prejudice as possible
says the Rockdale Messenger
which paper seems to have a
poor opinion of political judges.
i -I.
A Dallas special to the News
says there is no enthusiasm
over the state ticket- Gen.
Robertson.of Waco is mention-
ed as a prospective independ-
ent candidate for governor.
The Bann3R is disposed to
doubt this report.
The attempt of the young
physician at Lyons""Francc to
fast fifteecn days was abandoned
after one week's trialv
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