The Jacksonville Banner. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, October 28, 1898 Page: 1 of 8
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The Jacksonville Banner
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Devoted to the Interests of Jacksonville and Cherokee County.
J. E. McFARLAND, Editor and Proprietor.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER ANNUM.
JACKSONVILLE, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS, OCTOBER 28, 1898.
No. 24.
Vol. 11.
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Exquisite Merchandise!
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i alleges, then he convicts his own
ly in the order named:
the gall to expect the public to be-
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posed” the things of which he :
“The populists" are long and
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BEN. SHAYNE’S BARGAIN STOR
Ready to Have Yoa Call and Inspect the Stock and
misrepresentation of goods allowed- Xo trouble to
show goods.
Yours to please,
BEN. SHHYNE'S BARGHIN STORE,
the populist members against the
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the census-takers, and it is proba-
ble that they are appointed by the
city authorities without any refer-
with the knowledge of that fact.
2. This critic talks glibly about
the “padding of the school census
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lieve them. They seem to have
an idea that the people of Texas
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Matchless Bargains!
Wonderful Values!
Hogg; and this critic, with all his
boasted claims of populist hon-
esty, is not candid enough to tell
the truth about it. He knows, or
ought t"nw, thatnot one dol-
lar of that alleged fee has ever
mocracy of Texas responsible for - . - _
these frauds is as reprehensible as ' are a lot of unsophisticated suck-
thereon, nor did they offer any
The continuous rush to our Bargain Store is adequate proof of the fact that we are selling
our goods at a much lower price than our competitors. Buying our goods direct from man-
ufacturers and jobbers in New York and other Eastern markets, we are naturally in a posi-
tion to sell our merchandise at a much lower price than those buying from a near by mar-
ket. We invite your inspection. Grander and more astonishing bargains await you here.
The dollar here goes further and buys more goods in our house than ever before, and we
may rightly say that this is the Greatest Money-Saving Institution in Eastern Texas. The
Highest Price for cotton, the Lowest price for Goods, is our motto.
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come in and we’ll make you BED ROCK PRICES in et
. Our New Line of Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, Caps and Groceries.
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1. The following explanation, I brethren, as well as others, of
ed as useless and impossible of
collection. Governor Culberson
Highest Price Paid for Cotton. Next Door to W. A. Newton. 42
complains. The people of Texas
“at the general election.” The
chief clerk of the house, who has
charge of all bills pending their
passage and transmission to the
senate, failed to note the amend-
ment or place it on the bill before
taking it to the senate. The de-
sired amendment not being found
on it, after getting into the sen-
ate, it was amended by Senator
Rogers of Anderson county, who,
unfortunately, made the amend-
ment fix the day of voting “on
the first Tuesday in November,
1898,” thinking that was the day
for the general election. The
amendment did not get back to
the house from the senate until
the day before the legislature ad-
journed, when there is always
naste and confusion in the dis-
patch of business. The house,
being in full sympathy with the
measure, and having been in-
formed that it had been proper-
ly amended in the senate, it was
voted on again and passed in the
house without further investiga-
tio i or discussion. Anyone can
see from this that it was the in-
tention of the legislature tohave
the amendment voted on at the
general election this year. The
factis, nearly everybody thought
that the general election day is
the first Tuesday in November,
when sometimes (as in this year)
it is on the second Tuesday.
The critic may not know it, but
there were seven populists in the
last house of representatives,
and five of these voted for the
proposed amendment, and two
(Cureton and Holland of Burnet)
against it. When it was returned
from the senate and concurred in
by the house, no aye and nay
vote was taken, but there is no
record of any protest by any of
good faith that he should be em-
ployed to collect it. But for his
efforts it is altogether probable
the money would never have
been paid, and the claim would
have been lost sight of entirely.
There is one fact, however, con-
nected with this matter, which,
in itself reveals the evident dis-
honesty in argument of the oppo-
sition to the democracy, and their
disposition to conceal the truth,
executing them. It might be edi-i
tying to the people of Texas if
this critic would explain why it is
that in each of the states of Kan-
sas, Colorado and North Carolina,
where “the populists” are in con-
(Continued on last page.)
Remember we have only cash prices. Positively no
tained the following diatribe up-1
on the democratic party in a dis-
patch from Fort Worth, namely:
“I see in your issue of Oct. 17th
that numerous inquirers at the
state department are asking why
an election will be held on Nov. 1,
and what for. Of course, it is to
amend the constitution so as to
pension the old Confederate sol-
diers; but why the election on
the 1st of November instead of
the 8th, the date of the general
election? Will the state depart-
ment tell the voters why two
elections? Why don’t they tell
this charge. They were just as
culpable for the oversight as any
other member, and this critic has
no right to attempt to saddle it
off on the democrats alone. The
truth is, however, that the mis-
take was a very natural and rea-
sonable one, and nothing wrong
was intended by anybody.
2. The collection by Gov.
Hogg of an old balance of over
$100,000 due Texas by the Fed-
eral government has been ex-
plained time and again, and the
facts ought to satisfy any one
except those who don’t want to
be satisfied. It was an old claim,
had been due some thirty or forty
years and repeated efforts were
made to collect it without avail.
Governor Coke tried and failed,
members of congress tried and
failed, and, with all these failures,
the claim had come to be regard-
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claim as worthless, and because
ex-Governor Hogg was instru-
mental in its collection a great
howl is raised by the opposition.
The fact is, if anyone else be-
sides Governor Hogg or his firm
had been employed, nothing
would probably have been said
about it. None but the big ex-
governor knew the facts connect-
ed “because they promised” re-
forms in government expenditures.
The word “promised” is good,
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would no doubt be glad to know a | ly
single instance where a “padded on «promises,» but short on
census” was ever “exposed” by "
been paid. He knows, or ought1 “free lance. ’ The fault is with
desired, and in view of the re- 9
peated failures to get the money, ! ya
it was certainly in keeping with :
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ed with it, and after disclosing : 2
these facts which he could have y •
forever kept to himself had he so : i:
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who the “suckers” are. But he
and then, make assertions to the
contrary without a particle of
Mr. Madden Gets Behind a Grit A Who Doesn’t
, Know. Four Interrogatories Answer-
ed in a Straightforward Way.
Austin, Texas, Oct. 23.—Secre-
tary of State Madden has written
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(3) the padding of the school cen- amendment seeking to correct
sus returns; (4) alleged high tax- the date. So, if “ignorance”
es; and I shall notice them brief- , was the cause of the error, as he
the people that there was not a
man in the last legislature that
had information enough to know
that the first Tuesday in Novem-
ber could not come before the
first Monday in November, which
ignorance will cost the taxpayers
nearly $70,000, to be paid in 4
cent cotton, when the expense
could have been saved by having
the election on the 8th of Novem-
ber, the date of the general elec-
tion?
They will find that some voters
who live at the forks of the creek
are not asleep, as they suppose.
They know all about that $10.0C0
paid Hogg by Culberson. They
also know of the padding of the
census returns, whereby the
country children have been rob-
bed to the benefit of those in the
cities. Who knows that the dem-
ocratic party is robbing the peo-
ple by high taxes, illegal fees and
padded census reports? Who
brought to light these facts, that
bean not be contradicted? The
opulists. Who ought to be elec-
Kd to succeed the democrats?
■he populists. Why? Because
hey have exposed the corruption
■ at exists in the democratic par-
E. Why should they be elected?
"ecause they promised reform
in the government and county
expenditures. These reasons
will compel me to vote the popu-
list ticket. I hope others will do
likewise and help the populists to
redeem the state from the prac-
tical politicians that Col. Wynne
spoke of in his letter of with-
drawal."
This critic’s interrogatories in-
volve, (1) the cause for two elec-
tions this year; (2) the fee alleged
to have been paid ex-Gov. Hogg;
a populist. He knows, or ought
to know, that every discovery of
this kind has been made by and
through democratic diligence,
and to the State superintendent
of public instruction, J. M. Car i
given by the Terrell Times-Star,
Ae following to the Dallas News: showing why the election on the
Dyour issue of Friday last eon-! "pension amendment” is to be
held separate from the general
election, states the facts clearly
and succinctly, and ought to sat-
isfy any reasonable mind, to-wit:
When offered in the house, it
was intended to have this amend-
ment voted on in August of last
year, but the author of it, Judge
W. B. Wall of Houston county,
amended it so as to have the vote
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had every reason to regard the returns, and charges itaall to “the
democratic party.” What right
Jacksonville Dry Goods Co.,
A. B. MANDELSTAMM, Manager.
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and that is their repeated state-
date fixed therein for the election ment that a fee of §10,000 has al- , 3ej
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to know that the fee was a contin-
gent one, and that the contract
contained a clause making pay-
ment of the fee subject to legis-
lative approval.
This whole matter must and will
be passed upon by the next legis-
lature and the next governor of
Texas before one cent can be paid
Gov. Hogg. Then why is it that
these “goody, goody fellows” are
constantly flaunting it in the face
of the public that the fee has al-
ready been paid? The people are
entitled to know the facts, but if
they get them it is clear they must
be secured from democratic
sources. Texas will do whatever
is right by Gov. Hogg’s firm, and
these anti-democratic croakers
had as well content themselves
lisle, more than to any one else,
is due the fact of such discovery
and the passage of a law to pre-
vent repetition of these frauds.
Both the discovery of the frauds
and the passage of the law to pre--
vent them are due to democratic
effort, and this critic must be
aware of this fact. I defy him or
any of his ilk, to point out a sin- l
gle instance where such discover- 2
ies or the passage of any law to '
avoid further frauds, is due to the-
“populists.” And further, if this
critic does not know it, he ought
to, and by reference to the house
journal of the special session of
the last legislature he will find it
to be a fact that, when a motion d
was made by a democrat tasus-,8
pend the constitutional rule F(8
quiring bills to be read on three™
several days in each house, and
to. put the bill to regulate the tak-
ing of the school census upon its
third reading and final passage, of
the seven populists in that body,
two were absent without excuse,
three voted for it, and two (Mun-
dine and Stokes) voted against it.
The public can draw their own
inference.
4. This critic is not satisfied
with the above named “good
things” (?) which “the populists”
have done, but goes further and
vehemently disclaims against what
he chooses to call “high taxes.”
It has been pointed out time and
again by democratic speakers and /
a democratic press that taxes are/
lower in Texas than in any other
state in the union, and that Texas
has a less per capita expense than
any of her sister states except one.
No effort has been made by “the
populists,” or any one else, to dis-
prove these statements, and the ’
reasonable presumption is that
they know they carabe dis.MBm
proved. There is no u.5"442ge0880
their correctness, and y9c2
are a few of these “goody, goody ” 1
fellows” who jump into print now
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it is dishonest. But these “goody ,
goody" fellows are not hunting the ! bait that is thrown out to them,
truth, and dare not tell it. ' The ides of November willdisclose
But-this critic says that the ,,
. L , . i says the populists should be elect-
POpulistS ought to be elected to i
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has he to do this? He knows, or
ought to know, that these delin-
quencies have nearly all occurred
in the large cities, where party
politics cuts very little figure, and
i where as a rule every man is a
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McFarland, J. E. The Jacksonville Banner. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, October 28, 1898, newspaper, October 28, 1898; Jacksonville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1538114/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Jacksonville Public Library.