The La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1895 Page: 2 of 4
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Lagrange. February 7, ism.
Yoakum has two excellent pa
ptrs, the Graphic and Times. The
citizens of that plaoe should be
proud of them.
The Journal thinks that the
Ousro Bulletin, bes improved very
much sinoe it cams under the eon*
trol of Miss L. C. Kyle.
Thn Cameron Herald is one of
ThbJoubnal’8 most valued ex-
changes. It is always newsy and
interesting.
Mr- W. A. Maib is making the
Hallettsville Herald one of the
newsiest and most interesting
weeklies that comes to our ex
change table.
Mrxico seems to be “apilin”
for a fight and the brave Gaota-
malanB appear disposed to gratify
its desire. It is thought the lat-
ter will have the aid of nearly all
the Central American republics.
A war would be a great calamity
to both countries.
Mrs. Partington remarked
that comparisons were “oderous,”
but The Journal freely admits
that the Floresville Chronicle, un-
der its present management, is a
great improvemeut on what it was
under the former. It has always
been a good paper.
Ward MoAllbster the great
leader of New York fashionable
society, died on the 31st ult. He
was a decendent of an old Geor-
gia •family, if we mistake not,
which was noted in ante-bellum
days for for its wealth and intel-
lectual attainments.
The Louisiana sugar growers
are still clamoring for a bounty on
the crop that has been grown
since the law was repealed. Why
should they receive a bounty and
the cotton and wheat grower get
none. The bouuty business was
wrong to begin with. It was one
of those republican schemes to
make the rich richer at the ex-
pense of the poor.
Miles Crowley’s congressional
seat away from him on the charge
that bis nomination was the re-
sult of a trade. Little Bossy
charges that Miles entered into an
agreement with Jonathan Lane,
by which he was to secure the
nomination snd two years hence
it is to go to Lane. Where did
Bosey get thisT
THS WAY TO DO IT.
Congress is still wrangling over
tbs currency question with *ery
little prospects of any satisfactory
solution of the problem being
reaobed. There never will be a
settlement of the question so long
as the representatives of the peo-
ple try to settle it in a manner
that will meet the approval of
the holders of the bulk of the
gold.
Whan we see that the prices of
eommoditieo have fallen with sil-
ver, and that the relation of silver
to commodities in silver-using
countries has remained unchang-
ed, but that the gold prices of
commodities in these, as well as
in other countries have continued
to fall "with silver, we oannot
avoid the conclusion that the sep-
aration of the metals was wholly
duo to a rise in the value of gold
and to % fall in the value of silver.
The ouly possible way in whiob
the rise in the value of gold and
the oonsequeqjt fall in the price of
commodities can be arrested, is
by restoring silver to its full mon-
etary nse and placing it in compe-
tition with gold aB a money metal,
and thereby introduce an oppo-
site influence that will restore the
activity of onr industries.
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TEXAS
ATOEE.
aa They Dally Ooour.
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Uealktun Ulna m thcj aeSoalljr
Truaptra from Dap to IMj.
Tsrrible Murder at Millican.
The following account of the
terrible tragedy wbich occurred
at Millicau on the 30th nit., is ta-
ken from the News.
Millican, Brazos Go., Tex., Jan.
31.—The News correspondent
again to-day visited tho scene of
the tragedy at section 12. As he
entered the room occupied by the
men a horrible sight greeted him.
There, weltering in tbeir own
blood, lay :
Martin Murray, shot three times;
each a fatal shot.
John Cosgrove, shot three
times : all fatal.
John Oostello, shot three times;
either shot fatal.
Charles Carlambor, shot twice ;
both fatal.
The house looks as if twenty
men had spent several hours’
shooting in it. Some of the shots
went through solid posts four in-
ches in diameter,
The assassin took care to re-
move his trnnk and then set fire
to the hoase. Miss Yeager saw
him aud watched until he left and
then drew water and put ont the
Ore. Iu doing this she had to
step over the dead men. After
The Fort Worth Gazette says : extinguishing the flames she went
“A. J. Rosenthal proposes to take about a mile across a field and no-
The killing of MoCbinn at Bra
zoria, recently, by Masterson
looks, at this distance, very much
like a blood curdling mnrder.
It was another one of those cases
in wbich the arrant coward got in
bis deadly work successfully.
How mnch nobler and manly it
would have been to have given
MoCbinn a show for bis life.
Shooting down an unarmed man
or lying in wait and assassinating
a fee, are the aots of despicable
cowards.
The Hondo Herald says : “Jim
Davis, the indomitable Cyclone,
the apostle of Populism, by whose
fidelity his followers swore as by
the whiskers of Peffer, their pro
pbet—Davis, the ideal of Popnlist
statesmen, has fallen. He has of-
fered to sell 24 Populist legislat-
ors at 1100 for the job-lot. ^No
wonder his compatriots are wratby
and are having him investigated.
Just think of it I Only a little
over $4 a head. Does the “Cy-
clone’’ plaue snob a low value on
the chosen of bis party t Sboohl
Scat I______
The oitizens of Waco purpose
erecting another cotton palace,
which will go as the last did.
The toroh of the incendiary will
do the work. The material nsed
in the construction is of snob a
combustible nature, the incendi-
ary fiend oannot resist the temp-
tation to set it in a blaze and ran
off by'the light produced. Dar-
ing the late exhibition a young
fellow attempted to burn the
etruoture while It was crowded
with living bumauity. He was
let off, but the general opinion is
that he was guilty.
tided her brother. He weDt to
town and telegraphed to Sheriff
Nunn, whe came down and or-
ganized a posse and went to the
house of Mrs. Wolsey’s, and there
they found their man had guns to
Mr. William Bradley’s.
Arriving there, they fonod W
L. Ward, the acknowledged as-
sassin, slowly dying from an over-
dose of morphine, which be bad
bought here the evening before.
Sheriff Nnnn made a search aud
found an empty morphine bottle
and a note to the public, of which
the following is a copy :
Gentlemen and Fellow Oitizens:
Don’t blame anyone else for this
crime bnt W. L. Ward himself,
for there is no one bnt mo has
anything to do with it. All 1 hate
is I did not get them two old wo-
men. Well, maybe the next Ameri-
can boy who goes to work there
they will treat him right. Well,
for God’s sake, don’t blame any-
one but me. W. L. Ward. Weii,
may God be with yon all, fur I
have got to go, so goodby to all
my friends. W. L. Ward.
Doctors were sent for, and af-
ter working all day they succeed-
ed in resuscitating him sufficiently
that he could be takeu to Bryn",
wbich the sheriff did, leaving at
4:20 in a wagon.
All of the men were burled by
the public this evening.
Thus cods an awful tragedy.
A Des Moines woman who has
been troubled with frequent colds
conolnded to try an old remedy in
a new way, and accordingly took
a tablespoonful (four limes the no-
nal dose) of Chamberlain’s Congb
Remedy just before going to bed.
The next morning she found that
her cold had almost entirely dis-
appeared. During the day she
took a few doses of the remedy
(one teaspoonfnl al a time) and at
night again took a tableapoonful
before going to bed, and on the
following morning awoke free
from all symptoms of the cold.
Since then, she has on several oc-
casions nsed this remedy in a like
manner, with the same good re-
sults, and is mnob elated over her
discovery of so quick a way of
curing a cold. For sale by Etilin-
ger & Richards, Druggists. [6-4t.
A* usual the senate met today (Tues-
day, Jan. W) on time. ,
The pasturage bill was engrossed.
Dean's mining bill passed.
Bills presented:
Prohibiting roallroads from furnish-
ing free peases, free ticket* or discount-
ed railroad tickets to members of the
legislature, railroad commissioners,
state, judicial, county and municipal
offioars and prohibiting these offioers
from accepting such favora
Providing preference liens in favor
of laborers.
Investing the board of regents of the
university of Texas with the manage-
ment and control of the university
lands.
Adjonrned until tomorrow.
The senate met this morning (Wed-
desday, Jan. 89) at 10 o’clock.
The senate went into executive
slon and confirmed the following ap-
pointments by the governor:
Board of pardon advisers—W. C. Den-
eon and W. B. Dunham, of Travla
Managers of the Seuth western insane
asylum at Nan Ant-nio—Dr. A. Graves,
A. E. Devine, T. D. Cobbs, L. P. Peck
and B. F. McNulty, of Bexar oounty.
Bills introduced:
Requiring hotels and boarding houses
to provide means to escape from build-
ings in case of fire.
Making it a penal offense to prevent
or attempt to prevent any person from
engaging or remaing in or performing
the duties of any lawful employment
and to fix a penalty.
Reqpiring all hotels and tenement
houses in cities of SB,000 Inhabitants
and over to provide rope ladders for
escape In case of fire.
Providing protection to land owners
from squatters or persons seeking to
acquire titles to land without paying
for it.
Providing that purchasers of school,
university, asylum or other publio
lands may relinquish their purchases
by proper notification without a judi-
cial proceeding as required by the law
of 1887.
Removing the imprisonment feature
in prosecutions for carrying concealed
weapons.
Providing that in the operations of
stock law some applicant whose land
lies adjacent to the district operating
under the law may seek the protection
the law gives by ay plying to the com-
missioners’ court instead of asking for
an election.
Amending article 4860 of the revised
statutes in regard to the opening of
first-class roada
Adjourned.
The senate, as usual, convened this
morning ( Thursday, Jan. 81) at 10
o’clock.
Under resolutions previously ad opted
the chair appointed the following com-
mittees to report apon revision of the
codes:
For the civil code—McComb, Dibrell,
Lewis, Presler, Gage, Bailey, Beall and
Goss.
For tbe penal code and code of pro-
cedure— Agnew, Sherill, Woods, Col-
quitt and Boren.
The committee reported favorably on
the bill fixing a penalty for preventing
or attempting to prevent any person
from engaging in any lawful employ-
ment.
Bills introduced:
Amending the school law so as to
make the scholastic age from 8 to 16,
i nstead of 8 to 17 years.
Regulating the practice of attorneys
at law.
Adjourned.
The senate met on time this morning
(Friday, Feb. 1) and proceeded to busi-
ness at once.
A petition was presented from the
wives snd mothers of the citizens of
Texas praying that laws be passed lim-
iting holders of offices of trust to men
of integrity and good morals
A concurrent resolution was offered
providing that the elevator In the capl-
tol building must not be run on Sun-
days
Bills introduced:
Making it unlawful for firms, cor-
porations or individnals in this State
to require persons seeking employment
to agree as a condition to said employ-
ment, that such person shall not be-
long to or participate in any religious
exercises, mutual benefit associon, se-
cret or otherwise, that are lawful and
formed for mutual protection, and to
provide a penalty therefor.
Providing a penalty for the violation
of liquor dealers' b nds at $600, to give
district court jurisdiction, defining
“ntfirxleved persons,” making the bond
payable in the county where the busi-
ness is carried on and prohibiting
games of all kinds in saloons.
Adjourned.
stiom of
The senate met today (Saturday,
Feb. a) at 10 a. m. sharp.
The resolution to dispense with run-
ning the elevator in the capitol on Sun-
days was adopted.
A bill passed, providing “If any per-
son shall assault a woman with the in-
tent to commit the offense of rape he
shall be punished by confinement in
the penitentiary for any term of years
of not less than two years."
Bill passed giving owners of pastures
a lien on all stock pastured by them.
Bill Introduced, providing for boards
of arbitration in disputes between
employes and employers.
Senate bill No. 80 was made special
order for Tuesday, being a bill amend-
ing the law as to the service of cita-
tions in criminal cases where witnesses
have refused to obey snbpasnaea
Pending consideration of senate bill
No. 89 to prohibit sowing of seed of
Johnson grass, etc., the senate ad-
jonrned to Monday.
of
ns, t* fix the
taking the
same, defining the powers of persons
taking It and providing penalties for
violations of provii ons of the act.
A bill authorising indexes on certain
Instruments with or without ths word
Bill regulating assignments was sst
as special order for Monday next.
Insurance bill wee apeclaied for next
Thursday.
The Johnson grass bill was read
second time and laid on the table for
call.
Tbe libel law bill will be tbe special
order for Tuesday of next week.
Bill providing for the discovery ef
assets by judgment will be the special
order on Wednesday.
Adjourned.
Tbs Hons*.
At 10 am. (Tuesday, Jan. M) the
hoase met
Bill snd msmorlsls presented
To regnlnte the fere of the Pullman
sleeping oar oompany in Texas so that
it shall not charge eeok person carried
more than 81 per night
To authorise olty and town eonneils
in cities snd towns having less than
8,000 inhabitants to dispense with the
office of marshal.
To provide for the opening to loca-
tion of ths public and unappropriated
lands of the Islands of the gulf coast
To exempt publio schools from forced
suspension on legal holidays
To fix the scholastic age at from 8 to
17 years, snd to provide for the admis-
sion ef pay scholars of leas than 8 years
of age.
Senate bill to repeal the board of
pardons, was laid before the house on
its seoond reading and promptly killed.
Petition from oitizens of Harris coun-
ty protesting against the addition of
portion of that county to the county of
House adjonrned.
Immediately after the opening of the
house this morning (Thursday, Jan. 81)
petitions to the number of ten, signed
by many citizens of Brasoria county,
reached the desk of the reading olerk,
praying for the creation of the new
county of Alamo ont of the eastern
portion of Brazoria county; also, a pe-
tition from the Carpenters’ Union No.
114 of Houston, praying for the passage
of‘Kennedy’s mechanic's lien bill.
On motion, the regular order of bnst-
ness was suspended and house bill No.
838 laid before the house on its third
reading. This is the bill prepared in
tbe state revenue agent’s department
and introduced by Mills, to doable the
state taxes of fire insurance companies
and to collect from life insurance com-
panies 3 per cent of their gross premi-
um receipts, instead of 1& per cent, as
at present.
The bill was, after some attempted
but defeated amendments, passed.
Adjourned.
Tbe question before the house when
the session opened this morning (Fri-
day. Feb. 1) was, “Where are we at?”
It was asked on all hauds. The beau
tlful confusion in whioh the jolly popu
list member from Bexar left the house
when he adjourned it in self-defense
yesterday, brought about this gloom
of doubt, and the speaker explained
that “the question before the house is
upon the amendment to strike out the
enacting clause in the bill providing
that railroads shall furnish separate
waiting rooms for the races.”
The amendment was lost.
The proceedings of the “Cyclone”
Davis charges took up the entire
sion of the day.
if
The house indefinitely postponed con-
sideration of the separate waiting room
bill this morning (Saturday, Feb. 3)
and sent up to the reading clerk’s desk
the following petitions, bills, memo-
rials, etc.:
To require owners, operators, re-
ceivers and managers of mills and
manufactories to pay employes every
thirty days; to in ike their doe bills
negotiable, to be redeemed in cash or
equivalent
From ladies of the 71st judicial dis-
trict, against allowing the sale of cigar-
ettes to minora
Providing that the possession or sale
of hogs with the head, ear or ears cut
off shall be conssdered prima facie evi-
dence of the the th ft of such hoga
To impose an occupation tax upon
general and local agents of insurance
companies.
To provide for the deduction of time
lost by absence from the salaries of
state officers.
To make it a misdemeanor, punisha-
ble by fine, to bet at any game of any
kind.
The Texarkana court bill was postr
poned until next Saturday.
A bill, to amend the road laws in so
far as Cherokee, Houston and neigh-
boring aounties are concerned, was
passed with an amendment addi
Trinity county to the list.
Adjourned to Monday.
Thx Colorado Oitixen In refer-
ring to the Reoenthal-Crowley
oooteat eaye :
la his notice of contest for Hen. Miles
Crowley’s seat in congress A. J, Rosenthal,
Ksq„ charges that “in every precinct In the
oountiea of Brasoria, Colorado, Fayette,
Austin, Lavaca, Matagorda, Fort Bend, snd
a large number of precincts In Galveston
ooonly vote* wars counted for Crowley
which were really oast for Rosenthal." Now
it would he extremely rude to say the above
is a lie and Its author knows it, but as the
editor of the Cttisen was presiding officer of
proeiaet No. 1 of Colorado county, it is not
Inappropriate tossy tbe statement is wholly
Mh. An inti mate acquaintance with lb*
tad integrity of
as presiding offioi
credo oounty w*<
ebareetar aa
who noted
tiew ks Colorado
■awl that It is
laths
acquaintance
the gentlemen
r» at that elec-
warrants the stste-
as to every precinct
ms not
The legislature in joint oeaeion
connted tbe vote for governor,
deolaring tbe reonlt as follows :
For governor—Obits. A. Cul-
berson (deni.), 207.167; W. K.
Makemson (rep.), 54,520; J. B.
Hchimdt (lily white), 5026: T. L.
Nugent (pop.), 152,731 ; J. M.
Dnnn (pro.), 2196; scattering.
1076.
For lieutenant governor—Geo.
T. Jester (dem.). 210,794; R. B.
Rent fro (rep.), 56,253 ; J. W. Mann
(lily white), 4786 ; Marion Martin
(pop.), 148,067; H. A. Damon (pro.)
22,40 : scalering, 647.
A Sure Cure for Piles.
Itching Piles are known by moisture like
perspiration, causing Intense itching when
warm. This form as well ea Blind, Bleed-
ing or Protruding, yield et ooce to Dr. lloa-
anko’s Pile Remedy, which acta directly oa
parts eflbetad, absorbs tumors, allays i ten log
and atbeU a permanent care- 60 ct*. Dnn£
The senat* met today (Monday. Feb.
4) at 10 a. m.
Resolutions and bills introduced :
A bill was introduced, read second
The house met today (Monday, Feb.
4) at the usual hour.
Capt. Robert Hall, famous Indian
fighter and Mexican war soldier of La
Salle oonnty, was invited to a seat upon
the floor of the house.
Concurrent resolution suspending tbe
operations of the capitol elevator on
Sundays was adopted.
Petition from 447 citizens of Coke
county for the reduction of the price of
state and university lands was referred
to committee on public lands.
BiUs introduced:
To withhold from members whose
seats are contested their per diem and
mileage daring the pendency of a con-
test, said per diem and mileage to be
paid to the contestant if suocessful.
Providing certain exceptions to the
law defining what - eta of violence shall
constitute an aasault dr battery.
To reorganize tbe 34th judicial dis-
trict and to fix the time of holding the
district court in the several counties
thereof.
Providing that the 38th judicial dis-
trict shall be composed of the counties
ef Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Aransas
and Nueces, and prescribing tha time
of holding court therein.
House adjonrned.
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Notice of Local orSneclal Law
As required by Article III, Section 67, of
tbe Constitution of Texas, notice is hereby
given that the Houston A Texas Central
Railroad Company intends to apply to tbe
first session of the Twenty-fourth Legisla
lure for s local or special law authorizing
snd empowering it to acquire, control snd
operate, by lease, purchase, consolidation
merger, upon such terms aa may be agreed
upon by the parties, tbe railroad and all tbe
corporate rights, franchisee, privileges end
property of the Central Teias A Northwes-
tern Railway Company, and of the Fort
Worth A New Orleans Railway Company,
snd ot tne Austin A Northwestern Rsilroed
Company, end of the Granite Mountain A
Marble Falls Railroad Company, each re-
spectively, and granting to and conferring
upon tbe Texas Central A Northwestern
Railway Company, and upon the Fort
Worth A New Orleans Railway Company,
and upon tbe Austin and Northwestern
Railroad Company, snd upon tbe Granite
Mountain A Msrble Foils Railroad Compa-
ny, each respectively, power and authority
to make such lease, min, consolidation sir
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Called Slates assets.
In thn senate today (Tuesday, Jan.
80), tha crndentials of Mr. Cnllom of
nilnoia for tha term beginning March
4, next, were preaented.
The credentials of Wm. H. Sewell of
New Jersey were presented by Mo-
Pheraon, who was auoeeeded by Mr.
Sewell.
Ths credentials were presented for
two new senators from Wyoming, C.
D. Clark, for the nnexptred term be-
ginning March 4 last, and Francis K.
Warren, to succeed Mr. Oarr.
The financial emergenoy came np
when Manderaon (r) of Nebraska pre-
sented a resolution directing the oom-
mlttee on finance to prepare a measure
having tbe following essential points:
L The secretary of the treasury to
maintain a reserve fund of 8300,000,000
gold and 8300,000,000 silver.
3. An issue of bonds, payable in eith-
er gold or silver at the option of the
holder, for the maintenance of the re-
serve,
8. Outstanding legal tender notes to
be redeemed in gold or silver, at the
option of the holder, and not reissued.
4. For the next five years gold to be
exchangeable for silver and silver ex-
changeable for gold.
8. National banks to be authorized
to use the foregoing bonds as a basis
for issning notes and the tax on notes
to be removed.
6. Import duties from countries hav-
ing tbe gold standard to be payable in
gold, and from countries having tbe
silver standard to be payable in either
gold or silver, at the option of the Im-
porter. _
7. Authorize the coinage of silver and
gold at a ratio of 16 to 1 to the capacity
of the mints.
Manderson's resolution was referred
to the finance committee, to be consid-
ered with other plana
Senate adjonrned at 5.35 p. m.
A very animated consideration of the
financial question took place In the
senate today (Wednesday, Jan. 80) as
the senate opened.
Cullom (r) of Illinois presented a dis-
patch from all the leading bankers of
Chicago, urging that tbe president’s
recommendations be carried at the
earliest day possible.
Vest (d) of Missouri followed with a
similar dispatch from the St. Louis
chamber of commerce.
Sherman, in giving bis views on the
financial situation, said: “We have
reached tha point where we were be-
ing told that no relief would ever be
given to the country unless we conced-
ed the free coinage of silver. Such an
absolute concession wonld be a greater
disaster to the country than any other
course that could be adopted. And yet
the senate was being brought face to
face with the alternative of taking
ffee coinage or nothing. I believe that
both metals can be UBed.”
The credentials of Mr. Wolcott (r) of
Colorado, the term beginning March 4
next, were presented.
Adjonrned.
The senate opened np today Friday,
Feb. 1) at the usual hour.
A large parchment document bear-
ing all the external evidence of the
credentials of a United States senator
was presented by Allen (p) of Nebras-
ka, immediately after the opening of
the senate, Mr. Allen announced that
they were the credentials of Warren
S. Reese of Alabama for the senatorial
term, beginning March 4, next.
As the credentials of Mr. Morgan of
Alabama, for the same term, had al-
ready been received there was some
surprise, and the clerk was directed to
read the new credentials. They were
of the usnal form and style and closed
thus:
Witness his excellency, our gov-
ernor. R. F. Kolb, and onr seal here-
unto affixed at Montgomery, Ala., this
8th day of December, etc.
“R. C. Kolb, Governor.
“J. C. Lonvili.k, Sec’y of State.”
These credentials were allowed to lie
on the table for the present.
The credentials of Mr. Chandler, for
the term beginning next Marcb, were
presented.
The conference report on the army
appropriation bill was submitted and
agreed to.
The District appropriation bill was
taken and it again served as a text for
a financial discussion.
Mr. McPherson gave notice that he
named tomorrow to call up the resolu-
tion discharging the finance commit-
tee from further consideration of Sher-
man’s bill to provide tempory means
of meeting deficiencies.
Most of the day was given to the
consideration of the District of Colom-
bia bill, without completing it.
The senate, before closing, held abrief
executive session.
Adjourned.
The senate spent almost the entire
day (Monday, Feb. 4) on the District of
Columbia appropriation bill, and for
the first time since tbe measure was
taken up it did not serve as a text for
a financial discussion.
The credentials of Knnte Nelson,
of Minnesota, elected a senator from
that state for six years beginning March
4, next, were preaented.
Honse bill to establish a national
military park at Gettysbvrg, Pa., was
passed.
A resolution was passed calling on
the interstate commerce commission
to furnish information as to contracts
between the Canadian Pacific railroad
company and American lines by which
the former refrained from competition
for the traffic in certain localities
The house bill was passed to regu-
late traffic on the great lakes and con-
necting waters in regard to lights, sig-
nals, and to extend the international
code already established.
The District of Colombia appropria-
tion bill was then resumed, and at 8:00
p. m- senate adjourned.____
kk
HOUSTON A
aw.
BRIAR PIPE
GIVEN AWAY
ufOl EVBJty
ONE
varable report an a substitute for the
Ohicaga public building bUl aa passed
]jy |hf home.
Tha senate took np the Distrlat of
Columbia appropriation bill. There
was a renewal of flnanoial sparring
when Gorman said he wonld seek to
get a vote on the dletrict appropriation
bUl Monday.
Chandler wanted to offer an amend-
ment to the biU.
Gorman said that no anoh proposition
would be put on a local appropriation
bill. He advised Chandler to wait until
soma general appropriation bills were
reached.
“Then,” mid Chandler, "ns the eeaa-
tor wlU not have bis financial amend-
ment added to this approprlatien bill,
I trust he will have It ready for the
next appropriation bill.”
Adjourned.
U.uh of Bepreeentatlvee.
As soon as the house opened today
(Wednesday, Jan. 80) Catchings (d) of
Mississippi, from committee on rules,
reported a special order setting aside
the remainder of the day after the ad-
option of the order and tomorrow until
8 o’clock for debate on tbe Pacific rail-
road bill and an honr and a half subse-
quent for debate under the five-minute
rule, and a provision for a vote on the
bill and pending amendments at 4.80
p. m.
Boatner (d) ot Louisiana and Maguire
(d) of California protested strenuously
against the brief time allowed for de-
bate on n bill of suob gigantic import-
ance.
Bryan (d) of Nebraska followed by
saying the Pacific roads had plundered
the United State of 830.000,000. which
this bUl would allow to go on.
Catohlnga then demanded the pre-
vious question, which was ordered on
a rising vote—184 to 14.
Holman (d) of Indiana demanded the
yeas and nays and the roll was called.
The previous question was ordered—
188 to 18L
Catchings modified the rale so as to
give two days for general debate, and
a final vote at 4 p. m. Friday.
As modified the special order was
adopted without division and the house
went into committee of tbe whole,
Dockery (d) of Missouri In the chair,
and began the consideration of the
bill.
Adjourned.
Speaker Crisp called the house to or-
der today (Thursday, Jan. 81) at the
usnal hour.
A bill was passed to adopt special
rales for the navigation of harbors,
rivers and inland waters of the United
States, supplement! ry to the act to ad-
opt regulations to prevent collisions at
a.
An attempt to pass a bill for the de-
tail of fifty officers to give military in-
structions at high and normal schools
failed, whereupon, nnder the termB of
the special order adopted yesterday,
the house went into committee of the
whole and resumed the consideration
of the Paclfio railway funding bill.
Harris (p) of Kansas completed his
remarks against the bill which he be-
gan yesterday.
Boatner (d) of Louisiana, in a strong
speech, took ground in opposition to
the measure. He was willing to see
the government purchase the property
to protect its interest, but only on con-
dition that it should be Immediately
resold to private Individnals.
Powers (r) of Vermont argued in fa-
ver of the bill, w’ lch, he said, wonld
secure the payment to the government
of 8140,000,000.
MeGnire (d) of California presented
to the honse the petition of the San
Francisco Examiner, signed by 300,507
persons, against the bill.
Snodgrass (d) of Tennessee and Coop-
er (r) of Wisconsin continued the de-
bate in opposition to the bill.
Cooper said he did not pose as an
anti-monopolist, anti-corporation man,
or a reformer. He did not believe in
the government control of railroads,
and only believed in the government
taking this road because that was the
only way to do jnatlce nnder the law
to all parties concerned.
Adjourned.
In the honse today (Saturday, Feb.
3) a bill called by Outhwaite (d) of
Ohio to temporarily revive the rank ef
lietanant general of the army met with
some opposition from Gillett (r) of
Massachusetts, but it passed. The pur-
pose of the bill is to authorize the pro-
motion of Major General Schofield to
the rank.
The bonse then proceeded to com-
mittee of the whole to resnme the con-
sideration of ths Pacific railroad fund-
ing bill.
A long controversy followed over the
question as to whether the bill wonld
extinguish the debt in fifty years.
Reilly, who was standing close to
Breckinridge, was so emphatic in his-
gestlcnlations that some of the mem-
bers crowded about them and those in
the galleries craned their necks, think-
ing they were to witness an altercation.
On the final vote the bill was recom-
mitted by a vote of 177 to 108.
Adjourned.
The omnibus w r claims bill was
considered today (Monday, Feb. 4) in
tbe honse. .
Outhwaite (d) of Ohio presented a
special order from the committee on
rules for the consideration of the new
currency biU. The rale gave to-mor-
row and Wednesday until 8 p. m. for
general debate and thereafter until
4.80 p. m., and Thursday when the vote
should be taken fo< the consideration
of the bill nnder tl e five-minute rule.
On a eall of tbe previous question
the rale was adopted, 135 to 38, after
which the house went into committee
of the whole and took up tha agricul-
tural bill.
An amendment was offered to assess
half the cost of Inspecting meat for ex-
port on tha owners of the meat in-
spected.
The bill then passed and tbe Ha-
waiian correspondence was laid before
the honse.
Tuesday, Feb. 36, is set for oulogt
on the life of Representative Pont of li
Adjourned to tomorrow.
WASHINGTON LETTEB.
oi0867,oio*000° go’d* by a sale
bond* is to change nothing, the
gold cotneo iu, to ba aura, but It
does not remain. Thera ia not
eoongb of it to restore oonfldeuoa
and tha old prooeaa of depletion,
made ao practical by our currency
laws, eete in afreoh almost befdra
tbe iuk is dry opon tbe signatures
of the bonds. Within s fortnight
tbe sitnation ia aa deplorable as
oxer. The country has added
$50,000,000 mors to its debt, but
the gold supply is as aeant aa
tbongb absolutely nothing bad
been doue. The replenishment of
the gold reserve ia manifestly not
a permanent or final care for until
the reveuoe of tbe -treasury Is in
notable exoeas of its expenditure#
tbe forces of depletion-will re
main in active and unceasing op-
eration’ But an immediate and
allopathic dose of reserve will
give the country a breathing
spell of security and Congress
leisure for an intelligent and eff-
ective reconstruction of onr finan-
cial sysiem.
I have it npon the best authori-
ty that tbe administration does
not iudorBO the proposition to
provide for an increase of reven-
ue either by beer tax or other
mooted means. It has been made
generally kuown to Democrats In
OoDgress that it would be in no
sense satisfactory to tbe Presi-
dent or the Secretary of the
treasury to be given a larger rev-
enue in lien of currency legislat-
ion. The Secretary of the Treas-
ury bolds that a sufficient reveuoe
will be prodooed by tbe present
law and that au iucrease wonld
not help the situation. Tbe ad-
mit.iatraiion takes the position oc-
cupied by tbe framers of the Wil-
son tariff bill that that law ia go-
ing to be an efficient revenue pro-
ducer, and that they most be giv-
en now satisfactory bond and car-
rency measures or nothing at ail.
Oue of the remarkable features
of Congressional proceedings dar-
ing the present session has been
the prevalence of what has every
appearance of being real harmony
among the leader* of the two big
political parties. Innumerable op-
portunities for exhibitions of po-
litical acerbity have been permit-
ted to pass by unnoticed, even
when tbe temptation must have
been almost overpowering to
those republicans who are post-
masters in tbe art of satrical com-
ment. Occasionally one of the
lessor lighes will kick over the
traces, bnt as a rula the big men
in the republican camp may safely
plead “not guilty’’ to any charge
of attempting to make tbe declin-
ing hours of tbeir political opppo-
nents in Congress disagreeable.
Iu times past there never was any
snob marked consideration shown
tbe sensibilities of tbe defeated,
and a few warm partisans yet fail
to understand why there should
be snob a change in Congression-
al procedure. The American peo-
ple generally, however, will prob-
ably appreciate the newer aud
better way of doing things.
Senator Burrows walks aronud
tbe Senate obamher, since his
promotion from the lower Honse,
as if he had been a Senator for
years instead of for a few days.
Thero are qni’.e a number of Rep
resentatives who wonld be glad
some of those days to blossom in-
to fall-fledged Senators, and it it
no wonder that many of them are
looking with longiug eyas to the
upper Honse- Within tbe past
fow years nearly a score of Sena-
tors have crossed from the south-
ern to tbe nor; hern end of tbe
Capitol. It is an interesting fact,
however, that the larger states
rarely promote a man from tbe
Honse to to tbe Senate. In those
larger areas, tbe politician who
gets to tbe Senate m a man who
has kept in touch with politics all
over the State. A notable excep
lion, however, was Roacoe Conk-
ling, who went to tbe Henato from
tbe House; bnt oven in his case
he was strong all over the Slate,
and had an infloeDcb that was al-
most national.
■Everybody who knows Mr.
Read at all knows bis abhorrence
of loud or flashy dress. His fam-
ous tow suit is in evidence on
this point. He dislikes jewelry.
His soarf pin is modest; no rings
sparkle on his fingers. Well, the
other day be was presented with
a cane. It was an enormous affair,
with a bead as big aa a football,
and with a great gold carving and
elaborate filagree work. Mr. Reed
gasped as lie clutohed the cane,
bnt he carried it bravely until he
secured a little privacy. Then he
took a newspaper and quietly rap
ped np tbe cane; he swathed tbe
massive bead in his handkerchief,
and ho sent tho entire outfit into
temporary retirement. When he
reached home he handed tbe han-
dle to hio wife. He breathed a
■igh of relief when he saw it con-
signed to a closet, and when it
comes forth again It will be be
cause there is a moving day in the
Reed household.
Anont tbe erash in the treas-
ury, there is no wonder the sur-
plus is wiped out. They use
18,000 towels a month in tbe
Treasury Department,
, Taxes, on.
•state ara hereby required
aama to ms within ths time r
at my office at LaGrengo in i
state, where 1 raeide.
William G. ’
Adm’r of Aug. I
January 22, 1896. h
BOUGIE'S TOY Al
OF AUSTIN, TEXAS,
aVDoes tbe Finest work In ths (
Ws want your washing.
Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
You can't be Gods, but you t-sii be el
By sending your washing to Bold ™
Laundry, of Austin, Texas. ’
J- H. CARTER, Ag.
_'___LaO ringed
I lEKENUt
Mils hsk
A
te:
PEOPLE READ FIRST,
THEY THEN THINK,
AND AFTERWARDS BUY
What they want of
6. W. LAKIN & GO,,
Who always keep a
fresh staple snd fnnr
fruits, confectioneries,
at bed-rock prices.
full stock of pur*,
■y family groceiiit
&c., whioh they Ml
U-ly)
JOHN W. BLAIZE,
- DEALER IIC -
General MercM
And Agent for the Celebrated
WSX21
wnr mm
XJLOXUi
Holioitas u Hliaro of]
Ilo Pat.i*ona.|ge.
A. J. BROWN,
— DEALERS IN-
STAPLE AND FANCY
GROCERIES.
XsaGraxige, - *3
-—_
Keep constantly on hand • full snd (
plete stock of fresh, pure goods, which <
be sold st the very lowest figures possibl
A share of public patronage is Bolieitsi,'.
Goods delivered free in any part of the <
[25-tf.l
GO TO THE
CHEAP CASH STD
J. W. WHITE.
WHITE &BRADSHA1
(From our Regular Correspondent)
The paramount topic here is
the ceudition of the Treasury.
Even the law makers have at last
begun to eoe the gravity of (he
sitnation. It ia no longer possi-
ble to disguise or prudent te ig-
nore the foot that the great depre-
ciation of reserve ie gravely dis-
couraging- There ie bet little
hope of rfliif from eny of the tem-
porary and empirical remedies
that have been proposed. Noth-
ing could be clearer then the feet
that the trooMe Mile for constitu-
tional treatment end heroic meth-
ods. Primarily, tbe drain from
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