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MINEOLA. TEXAS. SATURDAY. JANUARY 19, 1889.
NO. 16.
That Grud Army Speech.
THE MEN OF THE ALAMO.
That speech made by General
Harrison before the Grand Aripy
post on New Year night, the sa-
lient points of which were given
in yesterday's Star, has caused a
good deal of talk among the poli-
ticians of Indianapolis. The tri-
bune correspondent gives a little
version from that already published
of the part refoaing to the question
of a pure ballot. The paragraph
which was decided by many of the
veterans who heard the general,
is said to be as follows: "I wish
to say to you before parting with
you, and I believe I can say it
without ofiense to any Giand Ami} j xu«i foe<i « coiiutor-flrc w huit the Nwociitng
man, that the parting leqliest I j iror Howie of tlie broken bluilo in there to cheer
would make of you would be that
The Two Paths.
each of you, if the bugle call should
sound again, should stand shoul-
der to shoulder as we did during
f -1' the war to preserve a free and hon-
est ballot. There is nothing, 1
can assure you, that will do more
to preserve and mantain our insti-
tutions. The only fear we have
now is of a corrupt and suppressed
ballot, and your utmost exertion
should be to prevent this.
The correspondent continues:
"The speech was warmly applaud-
ed by all the Grand Army men
here, and was taken generally to
show that General Harrison will
tolerate no policy toward the
South which will involve an ac-
quiscencc in the political methods
practised there by the Bourbon
Democracy, and there he will show
no quarter likewise to Democratic
corruption of the ballot in the
North."
The Times man says of it:
"Among the politicians it is pretty
well agreed that General Harrison
means to have a rigorous Southern
policy; one that will resemble the
policy of Tliad Stephens and Ben
Wade. Most of the Republican
politicians here, are in favor of
such a policy, and their bias that
/' perhaps makes them put a strong-i tijc senseless corpse;
,, ' \Y-* I " will not strike till-
er interpretation on Ueneial lini- j^t iiowie <iiu,>ut 'u-.u
risson's words than they will bear.
It is a fact though that the idea
The Republicans are disposing of
the surplus by increasing the rate
of taxation.
The Senate Bill is so drawn that
it will lessen imports bv increas-
ing the penalty of importation.
This causes a greater demand at
goods of
the American mtuifacturer, and the
result is, that though the consumer
pays more for what lie buys, the
revenues of the Government are
lessened and the manufacturer's
profits are increased.
For instance, the tax on tin plate
yields about six million dollars an-
nually. There are two ways of
lowering the revenue on this item.
with Kvans of coueejition, who eonuuoreii' One is to put tin plate on the free
Custrillon, I , .
Ami o'er I heir hearts the Loiio tftnr flu# delimit : list. 1 lie revenue from it WOllld
(louts on hitfh, I
And no man thinks of yielding, and 110 man j be rCUUCed §0,000,000, tind the COll-
fears to die. .
sumer would get every article into
Unt ere the siege is held a week a ery is heard
without,
A elash afarms, a riile peul, the rangers' ring-
ing shout,
And two-Hiid-tnfrty beardless hoys have brave-
ly hewed their way
To die with Travis if they must, to conquer if
they may.
Was ever bravery so cheap in glory's mart
before
i In all the day;? of chivalry, in all the deeds of
| war?
MY JAMES JEFFREY KOCIIE.
To Houston and Gon/.ales town, ride, Hangers
for your life,
Nor stop to say good bye to-day to home or
child or wife;
Hut pass the word from ranch to ranch, to ev-
ery Texan sword.
That llfly hundred Mexicans have crossed
Nueces ford,
With Castriiloii and perjured (las. Scsina and
Almonte,
And Santa Anna ravenous for vengeance ami . . ,
for prey. i increased lmees for the
I hoy smite the land with tire and sword; the
■Krass nhall never grow
Where northward sweeps that locust horde oil
Kun Antonio.
Now who will bar the focman's path, to gain a
breathing space,
Till Houston and his scattered men shall meet
him face to face!
Who holds liis life as less than naught when
home and honor call,
And counts the guerdon full and fair for libertv
to fall ?
Oil, who but Barrett Travis, the bravest ot
them all!
Willi seven score of riileiuen to play the ranch-
' ;nino,
Legislative.
a lower
hut once again the i'ocmcu gaze in woudcrmcut
and fear
which tin plate enters at
price than now.
To put tin plate on the free list
is to reform the tariff and to reduce
the revenues at the same time.
Moreover, tin plate enters largely
into the production of many arti-
I To see a stranger break their lines and hear the ' clcS of neCCsitV. To cheapen till
Texans cheer. I i • i
God! how they cheered to welcome him, those plate IS t() lessen the COSt of tin
spent ami starving men! i A
For Davy Crockett by their side was worth an I cans USCM to preserve fruits and
army then. *
The wounded ones forgot their wounds; the
dying drew a breath
To hail the king of border men, then turned to
laugh at death.
For all knew Davy Crockett, blith and gener-
ous as bold,
And stroug and rugged as the quartz that hides
its heart of gold,
Ills simple creed for word or deed true as the
bullet sped,
And rung the target straight: "lie sure you're
right, than go ahead.
And were they right who faught the fight for
Texas by his side ?
They questioned not; they faltered not; they
only fought and died.
Who hath an enemy like these, God's mercy
slay them straight!—
A thousand Mexicans lay dead outside the con-
vent gate,
And half a thousand more must die before the
fortress falls,
Ami still the tide of war beats high around the
'leaguercd walls.
him lmc
.. . ware the hand that wields
his deadly knife;
Four went to slay, and one comes back, so dear
he sells his life.
I And last of all let Crockett fall, too proud to sue
which his comrades of the Crrand I So grand 111 death the butcher dared not looV
Army post who heard him make! >.on histaee.
the speech gathered and held when
they came out of the meeting, was
that General Harrison believd that
the Republican party ought to rule
in the Southern States, and that it
would be his business to see that
it did rule, even if it should take
the most rigorous measures."—
Washington Star.
vegitables; it is to reduce the cost
of kitchen utensils and of several
hundred other articles.
But this is contrary to the pur-
pose of the Plutocrats in the Sen-
ate. They propose to double the
duty on tin plate, which would
practically prohibit importation.
If there is no importation there is
no revenue; so the surplus is re-
| duced six million dollars just as it
1 would be if tin plate were put on
j the free list. The effect on the
At lftftt the bloody lirem-l) Is won; the weakened ! consumer, tllOUL'h, WOllld be entire-
lines give way; ( ' ° 1
Thcww>ives uro^worniii'K ' > ('ourt; the linns ]y different. Instead of getting tin
The leader meets them at the breach and wins
a soldier's prize;
A focman's bosom sheathes his sword when
gallant Travis dies.
Now let the victor feast at will until his crest j vail, there WOllld be, most
be red— 1 7
We may not know what raptures till the vulture ] ]y on advance
with the dead, : J
Let Santa Anna's valient sword right bravely
hew ami hack
Its hands lire cold; they I of the 12,000,000 families in Amer-
Hut for on San Jacinto's iields the Texan toils
are set,
Ami Alamo's dread memory the Texan steel
shall whet.
And fame shall tell their deeds who fell till all
the years be ruu.
"Thermopylte left one alive—the Alamo left
none."
The arrest of W. J. Allen, editor
of the Tcxarkana Interstate News,
for contempt of court because he
had criticised the action of Judge
Mitchell in allowing Ed Spear bail
was an outrage of the basist char-
acter. The editor in remarking
upon the conduct of the .Judge was
only exercising a right guaranteed
to him by the constitution. If he
had been slanderous in what he
said the law could have been ap-
pealed to for redress, but to arrest
a man for contempt of court for
opinions expressed outside of the
court house and in another State
smacks of satrapy and is a blow at
one of the dearest and most sacred
rights of the people—the freedom
•of the press. But there is cause to
suspect that Judge Mitchell was
actuated by personal feeling
toward Mr. Allen, because of the
merciless excoriations he had giv-
en the doughty political renegade
in the late campaign. Mitchell is
a Republican and it comes natural
to him to play the part of a petty
tyrant. It is safe to say, however,
that the editor will pay his re-
spects to the Arkansas politician
who disgraces the ermine in
stronger language than ever.
I'ari- News.
ke
From the Fort Worth Ga-
zette's report of amusing incidents
of the opening of the present, f<oniluitt0
session of the legislature we
the following paragraph w
shows the love of the honors and
emoluments of ollice has its victims
even among the ministry :
No candidates have done any
livelier rustling among the mem-
bers than some of those reverend
gentlemen who desire to send up
daily petitions to f
grace at 8"> per petiti
Out of the mass of hills and res-
olutions introduced since the as-
sembling of the 131st legislature on
the 8th, we select the following as
being of interest to the general pub-
lic:
senate.
Under the regular call the fol-
lowing bills and resolutions were
introduced:
By Senator Townsend—To amend
article 2342, chapter 1, title 40 of
the Revised Statutes in such man-
ner that exempt personal property
cannot bo mortgaged except for the
purchase money due therefor.
By Senator Atlee—A joint reso-
lution to amend section 2. of article
G of the constitution relating to suf-
frage, requiring a person of foreign
birth to declare his attention of
becoming a citizen six months be-
fore voting.
By Allen—A joint resolution to
amend the constiution so as to
make the legal rate of interest 8
per cent.
By Woodward—To define trusts
and provide for the punishment of
persons connected with them, or
carrying them on.
By Armistead—To render corpora-
tions liable to employes for inju-
ries caused by the acts of fellow
employes while in the employ of
said company, and to compensate
said employes so injured, or in
case*of their death, the heirs or
personal rapresentative of same.
By Armistead—To prevent
causes of action of injury done the
person from abating upon the
death of the injured person and to
preserve same to his or her heirs
or legal representatives.
By Burney—1To provide for the
annual payment of pensions to in-
digent soldiers and volunteers of
the Texas revolution and indigent
surviving signers of the Declara-
tion of Independence, and th 3 in-
digent widows of the same, and to
repeal all laws in conflict there-
with passed by the Nineteenth
l' idle capital to invest in making tin j legislature.
k plate. The effect is to transfer to j From Judiciary No. 2.—Favora-
a little coterie of capitalist around j ble report on the bill relating to
Pittsburg 86,000,000, from the I the carrying of arms in churches
United States Treasury, while the ! a"d other assembles, and to in-
American working man bears the | crease the punnishnient for the of-
same burden as now. fense.
This duty on tin plate illustrates By Kimbrough—lo amend the
the two methods which may be cm- law regarding the misdemeanor of
ployed in reducing the revenues.
One method controlled the House
forming the Mills
Ed. MURRIE,
The leader in Quality of Groceries
and low Prices. Highest prices
paid for country produce.
in regard to the collection], of ocu- j debts or other debts exceeding
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the du-
cans, tin plates, tin basins, tin cups
j etc., at lower prices than now prc-
proba-
to "encourage
home manufacturers." Every one
ca would be taxed fifty cents each
for t he benefit of the men who have
pation taxes.
By Pope—To prescribe
tics of railroad companies to the
travelling public and to provide
remedies for violating.
By Breeding—A bill for the pre-
vention of cruelty to animals.
By Cochran—To amend the Pe-
nal Code regarding the stealing of
live stock.
By Childers—To amend the Pe-
nal Code regarding the carrying of
deadly weapons.^ T-TT^Ii
By Dawson—To regulate '" the
payment of wages of employes and
to forbid the payment of laborers
and employes of corporations and
others in store orders or orders for
merchandise.
By Levy—To amend the* civil
statute in relation to the fees of
clerks and justices in appeal cases.
By Crayton—To amend the law
relating to the free schools.
By Baily—To prevent and pun-
ish usury.
By McGaughery-i-To prevent al-
iens and foreigners from owning
land in this state, and to forfeit the
same if not occupied within ten
years.
By McGehe—To amend the re-
vised civil statutes in regard to
lands sold at tax sales.
By Parker of Fort Bend county-
To nroteet, public bridges and to
make it an offense to ride or drive
animals over them faster than a
walk.
By McGuirc—To allow the coun-
ties to work short penitentiary
convicts on the roads.
By McComb—To amend the Pe-
nal Code in relation to the malic-
ious injury of fruit and growing
crops.
By Hath way—To require certain
$1 ,000 are to bo created to submit
the question to vote of the taxpay-
ers of the county; also a bill re-
quiring county treasurers to make
quarterly reports ot school funds •
to the county commissioners.
Mr. Mays—To appropriate $300(1
for a monument to Gen. Sam Hous-
ton.
Mr. Mills—To make tax assess-
ments on personal property a lion
upon such property until the taxes
are paid.
The petition for repealing all re-
strictions upon retail liquor sales
was presented by Col. Brown, by
request, and is recognized as a pro-
hibition movement very thinly
disguised.
The general sentiment of tho
legislature is advorse to any change
in the penitentiary system. It is
regarded as very nearly on tho best
possible basis. The only legisla-
tion affecting the convict system'
likely to pass is something in the
line of reducing the number of fel-
onies.
The pistol law discussed yester-
day was introduced for the purpose
of increasing the punishment for
carrying weapons at assemblies and
gatherings of the people. The last
legislature added an obligatory im-
prisonment feature to the general
law against weapon bearing, but as
the statue against carrying weapons
in churches and other assemblies
is distinct from thut, it was not af-
fected, and a man could toto his 45
to a prayer-meeting and escape
with a fine while the carrying of a
weapon away from an assembly
would put him in jail or on the
poor farm. The bill passed to en-
grossment. The discussion brought
out the views of many of the sena-
tors on the general law. It was
declared on th<f senate floor that
the imprisonment feature of that
notices to be published in news-. jjiw ]uu] Mmd<' it, a farce, and it wets
papers. nonsense to talk of convicting any
By Moody—To amend the law'one under it in some counties,
defining a lawful fense. ! Thc,'(i 11 bil1 induced
the imprisonment clause and will
By Johnson of l.tus_Io pre- doubtless pass. There are
vent chattel mortgages on
then
hotel
legis
litne
throne of
Some of
were in the lobby of the
on Sundav button-holing the
I
urs u
for 1
al wi
and ti
these ca
"You
was thi
d setting
■ place,
•s make (
the point,
didate.«.
ire not tli
reply. '
Jieir
iy prayers
said one of
man we want,'
We need some
defacing the lettering on signs or
mile boards on the public roads.
By Kimbrough—To provide for
Bill; the other was adhered to by j the speedy and efficient onforce-
thc Senators in drafting the Allison incut ol liens of mechanics, eon-
Bill. .Mr. Mills believes in rediic- tractors, builders and material
ing surplus by reducing taxation; | men- ^ j By Crayton— To amend the act
My. Allison believes in reducing By Scale—Fixing tho liability
the surplus by increasing taxation, of railroad corporations for injuries
So tempting is a surplus, so cor- ■ to agents and servants.
rupting, that even some Democrats ; By Stephens—lo amend
found voting with the Rcpubli- law relating to the penalty for
< mi various items of the Alii- wilful breaking, destroying or de-
son Bill, but the trail of the ser- j facing of buildings, farming imple-
pent is over them all.—Courier j'"cuts, or other property belonging
Journal. toothers.
By Burney—To amend the law
Several years ago Chamberlain | relating to fees of clerks, ot the dis-
iV Co.. of lies Moines, Iowa
ineinnec
cough r<
By Owsley—\ joint resolution
a re
can
the
the
many
'rowing lawyers in the senate who honestly
crops and farm products while in believe that the whole legislation
the hands ofthe producers. ' on this subject is unconstitutional
Bv Robinson of Bexar-To pro <l/hat it should be wiped from
. J . the book#. Ah this cannot be done
vide tor the organization and con- these gentlemen will do the next
trol of mutual insurance companies |)(.st thing, that is to make tin-
am! to fix tho right and liabilities | punishment as small as possible,
of members thereof. i,n'1 ,ll,,|,<! |ir<J , "f them to
insure that hereafter the man who
carries a weapon will not be fined
creating the bureau ol agriculture. ()Ver 82o the lowest line coiitem-
By Johnson of Tit us—To exempt plated by the amendment,
all property from forced sale ex- Col. Brown's railroad commission
cei.t to enforce vendors liens and , !,m .(k'('m,'1s portions 0,1,1 discrim-
, . .. , inations by railroad companies.
1,"l,s 1,11 P«' ™iml the )ij£(,H pnHnenger rates at 5J cents for
purchase money. a] 1 persons over 1.0 years ol age uih.1
By Jenkins—To Compel rail- 4 cents for such persons who fail
road companies to build and man- to nrocuro tickets,jind 2 cents for
. . i ic ... in- children between 5 and 10 vears
tain passenger platforms at their . . . , ... .. , • ,
i "hi; provides that, railroads shall
depots. furnish coaches and cars required
By Breeding A joint resolution to transport persons comfortably
,'!l IL manufaeUm'' of"a lrit,t T^' "n" ««' Htituti .,al con- and IVeigf.tspromptly, and provides
:e,i)edav. believing it U> C «ce" t0 ,,aftcn U"! W,,,Wt,°n volition. the appointment of th{eo rail-
the most prompt and reliable prep-' of feeH 111 al'Pcal By Owsley-A joint resolution | r0,ul commissioners by the govcr-
aration yet produced for coughs, house. to amend Action t article 8 of tho !KT'i c'\n,1r!nofl b-v th/! HC"ate ^
Ids and croup, that the public The following bills and resolu- . ' 11 . ^r,,c*c " b" d "lhee tWo vears at a salary o!
n constitution, to provide tor a more #2500 each, and for a seerotay; rc-
hodv who will give the Lord a full
description of affairs every morn-
ing."
"I am going out in the conn ry
to-night," whined one on Saturday,
appropriate
"to preach t" a
from whom 1
To-morrow U Sun
I cannot dectioiie
leave my chanei -
the Lord and the
A great >*■ >;11' •"n
I •• > ;•< 1 iu.-l
peoph (liilil: the1
'.'ether.
congregation,
never get a cent,
lay. and of course
•r then. I must
in the hand.- of
members ol
115oij. t ri 11 \-
iiouse
ecius ana croup, that the public; Tin
appreciate true merit, and in time | tionH were introduced and se\-<
it was certain to become popular.'
Their most sanguine hopes have
been more than realized. Over
three hundred thousand bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy are
now sulil each year, and it is recog-
nized as "the best made," wherever
it is known. It will cure a severe
cold in less time than any other
treatment. For sale by all drug-
gists. n-l I
ralv
coin-
amend the
to carrving
th
Alter
villi: it i
worn by
con fin ei
Ill's • I"
tin li lit
hard rain sit Anderson-
- c;i.-y to colh'ci trinkets
union soldiers who were
in the prison. A dozen
Hons :111> 1 a bolt clasp with
i's I . S. on it were picked
;i few daw- ago, Kx
referred to tin
mittees:
By Whitehead—To
Penal Code in regard
deadly weapons.
By Greshain To amend the law
regarding the charter, of railroad
com | mnies,
By <)ws|ey Th aioein
of eriniiiril pr<leedurc i
the |isiymolit of per <>11.-
on special venire.-.
l>\ Ifobertsoll n|
amend the i
ci'dure in regard to to
county ami district Mltorii'-ys.
Bv Mills To illiielid till -till 111 e -
ci ide
t l'i
m-d
efficient road law. quires the comission to classify all
Bills and resolutions received and ''' <""1 fix the
inaximuni freight charge for each
referred: class; provides the manner of re-
Mr. Clemens—To amend the cciving and investigating charges
school law to provide that teachers' against railroads; for the protection
certificates be good and valid dur- "f railroads for violating the law
and fixes the penalty tor such viola-
tions in addition to the present
penalties under existing laws. Tho
ipe I o prevent tin- sales impression prevails that this bill
to a
ing tin
holding
Mr. I
list
li vi
11 pro-
lees of
of teachers
same.
—To prevent the
ils subject
combustion of the vapors thereof at
a heat of 12'to.
Mr. Williamson To provide for
the payment for wolf sculp,-,
Mr. Rhodes T> • require coin-
missioner-' court when
will form the the basis of the meas-
ure. Mr. Brown's committee will
report to the house.
It i.- understood thsit the railroad
interest will a-k to be heard before
the railroad c-'mioitte ■ of the bouse
on the ciimnii -ion proposition, and
thiit prominent railroad men an
bonded expected shortly for that purpose.
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