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THE MINEOLA WEEKLY MONITOR.
rUBUBHEO KVERY SATURDAY BY
W. II. TEACAItDEN.
Saturday, Jan. 19, 1889.
Entered at the post office an second-
class matter.
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The probability tlmt South Car-
olina will require an educational
qualification of its voters in the
future lias given rise to a general
discussion of the question through-
out. the country, anil the idea is
meeting with approval. To re-
quire of the voter at least a good
common school education mioht
serve the purpose of elevating tin;
standard, which it is maintained is
the object of the requirement, but
to require nothing more than the
mere ability to read and write a
sentence would not elevate the
standard practically a single grade
higher than would sullice to
mechanically pass the inspection
at the polls. If strictly an educa-
tional qualification be adopted it
.will be tl te longest stride ever
%adc in the United States toward
an aristocratic government. This
policy would have disfranchised
the great body of the patriots who
had the courage to win the inde-
pendence of the colonies, and
whose intelligence was stamped on
the just and frugal government
then established. It would have
also disfranchised the hardy pio-
neer who wrested from the savage
and the greaser the republic of
Texas und established a govern-
ment which for its wisdom, justice
and simplicity, would compare
very favorably with some of the
cumbrous systems of more mod-
ern date. We are opposed to an
educational system for the further
reasons,,that it is un-atnerican, and
that he who must defend the flag
of his country with his life should
have u voice in its councils. II it
is intended by this educational
qualification to require of the voter
only the mechanical act of reading
and writing a sentence at the polls,
then the tiling descends to the
level of a time serving and un-
manly evasion introduced for no
other purpose than to disfranchise
the negro voter. This advantage,
if obtained, can be but temporary
at best, ami will sooner or later
rccoil on its advocates. To elevate
Hie standard of intelligence among
voters is a thing no doubt univer-
sally desired, but the plan sug-
gested in the South Carolina move-
ment seems to us to be a misguided
step. The negro problem will in
the next deeade solve itself.—he
will find that his interest is identi-
cal with that of his white neighbor,
A View of lil« Own.
How Lies are Manufactured. ■
Information Wanted.
Han Antonio Light.
The Light prints the following as
a contribution to the political liter-
ature of Texas, because whatever
Athens, Ohio,Dec. 81.—Informa- j
tion has been received that John j
Wilkins, a former resident of this
place who several years ago re- i
may be said of its sensibleness its moved to Brcnham, Tex., has been
ordered to leave that place because
of the interest shown by him in the
success of the Republican ticket
last November. At the earliest
opportunity he will return to
Athens.—Cincinnatti Commercial
Gazette, Jan. 1.
The above item was sent to the
Gazette from Indianapolis by John
Howard, whose labors for Texas
have been unceasing, with the fol-
lowing note: *
"How's this? The fact of five
Republicans (colored) being elected
to the legislature, and mostly from
South and Southwest Texan, does
not tallv with the above. This
(Tex-
originality is above question. This
journal is of course utterly irre-
sponsible forthe vagaries advanced,
and has no particular comment to
make upon them. There is no
doubt just occasion to satirize the
itch for office, which has seized
some Texas republicans, and the
assumption of influence with the
administration which characterizes
others. The letter, though an ex-
travaganza, has considerable meth-
od in its madness and will well
repay perusal
The letter, address, date, con-
tents in'full signature, and all is as kind of work does't help us
follows: as) much in this section."
Gen. Hen. Hanson, President-elect of
the United States of America.
San Antonio, Tixas, j
Dec. 29, 1888. ]
Communicated.
Dear Light—As you are the only
recognized republican paper of the
State of Texas, 1 desire to make a
few suggestions through your valu-
able paper to the ceief magistrate-
elect of the United States.
1. That no republican resident
of Texas be appointed to any office
in the state.
2. That every democrat, mug-
wump, and so-called republican,
now in office in Texas, be fired as
soon after the 4th of March as pos-
sible.
3. That no heed whatever be
given by the president-elect either
before or after March 4th to the
Texas delegations of any party or
organization.
4. That the president as soon
after the 4th of March, 1880, as pos-
sible appoint to the 40,(MM) offices
in Texas good and staunch repub-
licans, only from the eastern ami
middle states and they not to be
chronic office seekers or carpet
baggers.
5. That the same policy apply
to the army in Texas, that a change
from the Department Commander
to Q. M. Sergeant be made and true
republicans he substituted.
(). That the foregoing propositions
be submitted to Hon. Jas. ti. Maine
for his ratification, before going to
the president-elect.
The above suggestions are re-
spectfully submitted for the follow-
ing reasons, to-wit;
1. The republicans of Texas have
learned in the past four years to
work on their own hook.
2. By substituting known repub-
licans for the present incumbents,
you will be sure to head off any
flopping and false swearing.
8. By not heeding senators, con-
gressmen and delegates from Texas,
about appointments, you will make
no mistake, and no relative or
mugwump can slide in that you
certainly would regret afterwards.
4. By making a thorough change,
you will add to Texas 1(M),(MM) re-
publicans, which will go
Upon receipt of the above The
Gazette addressed the following in-
quiry to the county Judge of
Washington county:
Ft. Worth Texas, Jan. 4 1887
County Judge, Brcnham Texas:
Dear Sir—We cnclosc a copy of
a special telegram printed in the
Cincinnatti Commercial Gazette.
Wc desire to print the truth about
this matter, and all the facts, if
there are any connected therewith.
Wc therefore refer to you for such
facts in the case as will elearly and
unmistakably indicate the truth
about the matter, and enable us,
if the report is a falsehood, to
properly show up the feeling that
dictates such misrepresentation.
We write to you in order that the
information may come from an offi-
cial source. Begging your earliest
attention we remain, yours very
truly.
Yesterday The Gazette received
from. Judge Kirk this reply:
/Brcnham, Tex., Jan. 8, 188'.)
To the Gazette:
I am just in receipt of your in-
quiry relative to one John Wilkins.
In reply will say that the state-
ment that he was ordered to leavo
is absolutely false. He has no
idea of leaving Brenham. He has
never been molested on account of
his fealty to the Republican party
A few days subsequent to the late
election he had a somewhat heated
discussion with a local Democrat
in which some hot words were ex-
changed between them, but it was
a matter purely personal to them.
Yours truly,
Lafayette Kirk,
County Judge of Washington Co.
Can it be a matter of surprise to
people in the North that the South
believes they hate this section?
Else why arc these lies concocted
and disseminated? What good
purpose do they serve? What but
injury to the South can result from
lies? What but hate is the inspira-
tion of such lies? During the re-
cent election there were more bro-
ken heads, more murders, result-
ing from partisan difference#, in
North than in the South, and there
was also more bribery and corrup-
tion. Vet the Cincinnati Commer-
cial Gazette prints lies like this
about the expulsion of Wilkins and
the New York Tribune writes
pharisaically of Southern "pro-
scription of citizens because of po-
a long litJeal convictions."
It is very discouraging to battle
against a predjudice and a hate
which have the car of the world,
and there comes times, to even the
ami he will vote accordingly, and
it is our humble opinion that the ways toward reducing the 170,(KM)
Democratic party should resist democratic majority. In fact that
every cilbrt to curtail his voting! majority has been reduced 70,000
Strength. |'\V Hoppers.
- ■ ..«« . | ,r'- By using the same policy with | inos)j patient workers for Southern
A Good One. the army in Texas it will work an i pr0gre(ls an(j the complete unifica-
At the road meeting on Saturday | admirable good, as it w ill certainly ; jjon 0f j]u> sections, when the temp-
last the following resolution intro- j divide the national jutrtii'H of the | tixtion is to say to the people, who
duccd by Mr. Jink Evans: j state and on the eve of an election ! listen to these liars: "Come to
"Resolved that wc favor working j humblest voter will have $2.00 j Tuxau if you want to, and if you
the county roads by poll and adva- j'>'s pocket, while here at the last< (|0 110t Want to, stay away and go
lorem taxation under the super-! election 100,000 voters dtd not have ! to «hoel."—Ft. Worth Gazette,
vision of a road commissioner with j11 nickel. ^ M
such provisions as will allow par-1 '*>' submitting the above to' Why should the message of the
ties desiring to do so to pay their j (>. Phiine and his "catch- j governor of Texas be printed in
road tax with their labor such labor j >n6 on" *',c '"Jitter will be favor- German or Spanish or French or
to be performed under the direction :«My considered by the president,. Bohemian? The language of this
of and subject to the orders of the nml <'1e *'«ct of giving .r>0,000 demo-1 country is English, and no preini-
conmiissioners of roads." ! crats other employment in Texas is uin should be offered on ignorance
It is a good resolution and more!A Wtf thing and will add another! of it. The man who cannot read
will be heard of it before the ad- plume to the knight's garland's. the language of a country is hardly
'lit of the road matters. There are momentous questions j competent to rightly estimate the
journnn
Corsicana Courier.
for deliberate considera-
some of which the above
her npwork.
co of
liijgliliifr
Five thousand Monongahela
miners in IVnsylvania, after hav-
ing been idle for four months, are
asked by their employers to accept a
reduction of wages before resuming
The ante-election affection
of the day
tion, and
are one.
A Tk.XAS iMMIliHATlOX AiSK.NT.
genius of its government. Even-
state should do its share towards
Americanizing America, and those
who want to be Americans should
study the language of America.—
The most economical man in Fort Worth Gazette
Maine has been found. He will
buy a small load of wood and saw
it six times to save fire, make soap j
. , with the ashes, wash clothcs with j
nterests of labor is touching for jju, Si)!lp grease his boots with j upright
choice of 4^^ avcrage'l'ensylvania baron
behold.—Ft. Worth Gazette, the suds.—Ex.
Attention is directed to the new
ad. and locals of Mr. MeMurry in
this issue. Mc. is a liberal and
lealer, and his word may
be depended on every time.
Wiu.s Point, Tkxas, )
Jan.12,1889. J
En. Monitor:
In your issue of this date I see
the following item:
" President Cleveland's popular
majority in the late election was
about 100,000, his majority of the
white vote of the country was
over 1,000,000. This is a flattering
showing for the democratic party
inasmuch as it demonstrates that
a vast majority of the intelligent
people of the coutry indorse its
principles.
Now, Mr. Editor, I do not write
this to engage in a newspaper con-
troversy with you, but to ask you
to explain the above, I can't sec
through it, and I am of the opinion
that a large number of your readers
are in the same fix, you say that
Cleveland's majority of white votes
was over 1,000,000. Now, I sup-
pose, you intend to make it appear
that all, or nearly all, the negroes
voted the republicon ticket or the
other tickets, and that the demo-
cratic party is composed only of the
white element, I would like for
you to tell how you figure it out
this way. Is it not a fact that
Cleveland carried every southern
state? Is it not a fact that where-
ever the negroes predominate the
democrats were successful by
"beastly majorities?" Take the
counties in this congressional dis-
trict, and you will find that every
county where there are large negro
votes you hear of a "beastly ma-
jority." Take Smith, Gregg, Up-
shur and Harrison counties. Did
the negroes in those counties vote
the republican or union labor tick-
et? If so, "whar" did little Grover
get his big majority? If Harrison
got the whole nkguo vote "whar"
did democrats get their big majori-
ty? Does all the "intelligent"
white people belong to the demo-
cratic party? or a "majority" of
them? Are you not aware of the
fact that it was the negro vote that
made this "flattering showing" and
"demonstrated" the fact that we
still have a "solid south?" Or is it
a fact that when a negro votes the
democratic ticket his color changes
from black to white, his hair
straightened out, his nose protrude
and ho at oncc becomes an " intel-
ligent" person? I ask these things
because I voted the union labor
ticket, and am foolish enough to
be proud of the vote, and can't
exactly understand how it is that
if all the negroes voted against
Cleveland the democratic party got
the majority all-e same-e; I can't
understand how Harrison county
with her two negro voters to one
white voter could go democratic,
and yet no negroes vote at all? If
they did not "whar" did that rig
vote in the thitd congressional
district come from?
Respectfully,
C. A. Burress.
Those who remember Mr. Bur-
ress as the editor of the late lament-
ed Labor Organ, of Wills Point,
will not be surprised that he can-
not see how the principles of the
democratic party were indorsed by
a majority of one million of the
popular white vote of the United
States. If Mr. Buiress has an
earnest desire to arrive at the truth
in this matter and will make a
simple calculation based on the
fact that there were in the United
States in 1880, as shown by the
census report, about 1,400,000 col-
ored voters and that not more than
ten pci cent, of them ever vote the
national democratic ticket, he will
plainly see that the Monitor's esti-
mate, which we believe originated
with the Courier-Journal, is very
moderate. The "beastly majority"
for state officers and for congress-
man in the 3d district is very easily
explained. The republicans had
no ticket in the field and the thou-
sands of negroes who voted with the
democratic party did so because
their pride would not permit tliem
to support the non-partisan candi-
dates.
Mr. Burress's insinuations that
the negroes are "bull-dozed" or re-
fused the right of suffrage in Texas
or elsewhere stand on grounds so
notoriously false and unfounded,
and so often refuted, that we don't
feel called upon to noticc them. If,
however, Mr. Burress will discard
his vague generalities, borrowed
from a class of northern satraps
who dispise his native land, and
serve notice of times, places and
names where negroes have been
refused the right to vote in the
counties he mentions, the Monitor
will see that he gets relief from
that consuming anxiety that his
dearly beloved colored brother is
being wounded.
Believed to t>c a Retaliation.
During the wrangle over the or-
ganization of the state Senate at
Charleston W. Va., Jan., 11th, Sen-
ator Flournoy took occasion to ven-
tilate the frauds perpetrated by the
Republicans in Kanawha county.
He showed that the board of Can-
vassers had thrown out one Demo-
cratic precinct on technical
grounds, and when the same tech-
nical fault was found in the vote of
a Republican precinct they re-
versed their ruling. When in an-
other Democratic precinct, giving
Judge Flemining a majority, of
eighty, the same technicality was
again found, the Republican Board
of Commissioners again reversed
their decission and threw out the
vote of the precinct. In the
Charleston precinct they called
witnesses to testify to scratches
and marks on the ballot box tend-
ing to show that it had been tam-
pered with, but refused to allow
witnesses to testify that the box
was in the same condition as when
it came from the carpenter's hands.
On this evidence they disallowed
a rccount, which showed a gain of
twenty-nine for the Democratic
candidate.
The Texas Traffic association
has sent out notices that on Jan.
20 rates to Texas common points
in the north and east will bo ad-
vanced. On the first four classes
the rate willl be advanctd 13 cents
per hundred, on the fifth class 7
cents per hundred, on class A, 8
cents, B 7 cents, C 5 cents and D, S
cents. The tariff rate on first class
to Houston, Galveston and Austin
from Kansas City is now $1.20 per
1(K), and after January 14th it will
be $1.33. The inside facts of the
advance are not known but it is
believed to be in retaliation for the
manner in which the 6tate offi-
cials of Texas have attempted to
break up the association.—Kansas
City Times, January 4.
It is then a disputed question as
to which exercises the most power
in Texas, the government or the
corporations. And still another
question arrises—whoso rights
were made subservient to the oth-
er when the franchises were grant-
ed, those of the corporations or the
people?
The Chicago Tribune should
commend Lucy Parsons for advis-
ing Northern anarchists to go to
the ballot-box with musket in
hand. In fact, the Tribune must
do so. That journal of anarchy
for the south gave the cue to the
woman who wants anarchy in the
North. The Tribune and Lucy arc
a nice pair to draw to and the
hemp is^ growing for those who
may become the victims of their
hellish teachings.—Ft. Worth Ga-
zette.
in FRUIT TREES, Etc.
At the Nursery formerly condncted by my late husband, one and
a-half miles West of Mineola, I have a large and complete assortment
of all the finest varieties of Fruit Trees, Grape Vines, Berries, etc.,
and all kinds of Ornamental Shrubery, in fact everything usually kept
in a first-class nursery, which I am anxious to sell and must sell in the
next three months.
Now is the time to buy while stock can be had at less than half
price. Write for prices.
Mrs, w. m. Mcdonald,
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MINEOLA, TEXAS.
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Dry Goods-
Notions, Staple and Fancy Groceries, Boots,
Shoes, Hats and Caps, Staple Drugs,
Hardware, Guns, and all kinds of
- IMPLEM'Ts,
Tinware, Crockery, Glassware, Corn, Lumber and Shingles. We are
doing business in the Munzesheimer building,
and carry a stock of
FIFTY - THOUSAND - DOLLARS.
We will meet any competition for cash or on time. We solicit all the
trade to give us a call and we will do our best to please you in quantity
and price.
M ineola. Texas.
A, K R A U S S
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