The Texas Broncho. (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 29, 1898 Page: 4 of 8
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 39, 1808.
Since "Billy"' Bryan made
thafc little speech over at Chicago
"in which he mentioned a certain
attempt to 1 'press upon the brow
of labor a crown of thorns,'' and
remarked, ' 'you shall not cru-
sify mankind upon a cross of
gold, " Old Man Moneybags of
the east has been mighty angry.
But 6,000,000 democrats have
shown by the wave of the tiny
white ballot that they stand ready
to back "Billy*' Bryan in what
he said, and the ranks are in-
creasing daily. The Nebraska
boy is alright, and so also is the
honorable cause he represents.
In commemoration of the Trane-
Mississippi and International Ex-
position, to be heli at Omaha
this summer, the postoffioe au-
thorities have decided to issue a
series of souvenir stamps to be
illustrated as follows: One-cent,
the discovery of the Mississippi
river by Marquette; 2-cent, an
Indian chief; 4-cent, a buffalo
hunting scone; 5-cent, the Path-
finder, being a picture of Fremont
'raising the flag on the summit of
the Rockies; 8-cent, a train of
emigrants orossing the plains;
10-cent, a mining scene; 50-cent,
a cowboy and cattle; $1, a har-
vesting scene or a great flouring
mill; $2, the Rook Island bridge,
showing part of the oity of Oma-
ha. ,
x Artist Davenport of the New
York Journal, whose cartoons of
Mark Hanna during the cam-
paign of '98 were the talk of the
country and made him notorious,
told a good story on Hanna the
other day. Ha said Mark went
to a tailor in New York and or-
dered six suits of clothes off one
piece of goods. He took a sair.-
ple of th* cloth to his hotel and
shewed it to his wife, who din-
covered an almost invisible check
in the goods. Hanna hurried
back to the tailor and counter-
manded the order. The tailor
when told of the objection to the
goods, remarked that the check
was so lightly marked that no one
could notice it. "Yes they can,
and they will" said Hanna,
"and some d—n follow will
swear he can see a dollar mark
in each check.''
The 13th day of this month
was an evil day for the populist
legislature of Oklahoma. A few
months ago a law was enacted
providing separate schools for
white and negro children, with
separate districts and boards of
education and making it a mis-
demeanor for a white child to at-
tend a negro school and vice
versa. A test case was carried
'to the supreme court, who, on
the day above, declared the law
null and void, as in violence of
the fifteenth amendment to the
constitution of the United States.
Doubtless the contestants in this
suit drifted into Oklahoma from
Kansas, where the undying love
f.>r the negro is as fragrant as of
old in the days of John Brown
!and his followers. The only pity
U he wis not the last of th«' sect.
!f Oklahoma is to be rid of her
shame other methods must be
adopted, and perchance if a few
"sour apple treos" were culti-
vated, separate schools might be
the more easily maintained.
^Whatever 'anaticism the popu-
list may be charged with, their
b 'forts to make Oklahoma a white
plan's country, to say tfie least,
is highly cornm^naafrle'
BLAINE AND CARLISLE-
Tariff reform? O, no, there is
no objeotion to that. But just
now there ia another reform for
more important to Americans and
that reform is money reform.
No other issue will succeed the
great monetary problem until it
ia satisfactorily settled, or at
least until the free, unlimited
coinage of silver without regard
to any other nation is thoroughly
tried. Its opponents affirm that
when that time arrives the nation
and its subjeots will fall into a
pit of financial ruin and wreck,
dug by the unwitting hands of
the strong-headed silverites.
Why this is so affirmed we have
not been able to unravel; why
free silver should be a failure
and mean financial wreok new,
when for more than 100 years it
was a success and meant finan-
cial prosperity, is more than we
can understand. As late as 1873
was the first time an imaginary
flaw was discovered in the finan-
cial system of this government.
That was when sil ver was stricken
down, and James G. Blaine,
the mopt learned modern states-
man of the day, though a repub-
lican, declared it the "greatest
crime of the age." Carlisle
carried those thoughts with him
down into Kentucky and told
them to his Kentuoky constitu-
ency. It is said, the "opin-
ions of wise men change, fools
never." However that may
be Mr. Blaine did not retract a
single step from the declaration
of his first statement. He lived
and practiced the golden rule,
' 'be sure you are right, then go
ahead," and when he died he
held the respect, esteem and con-
fideiee of the nation'.
The opening of a twenty-five
foot ship canal to Houston means
more to the State of Texas than
any enterprise ever before en-
augurated. Not enly is this true,
but there is no section of the
great West, east of the Rocky
Mountains, save and except the
City of Galveston, that will not
be vastly benefitted by it. The
enterprise may be long delayed,
for it is the policy of this glori-
ous government of ours to squan-
der money on fraudulent pen-
sions rather than expend it for
the public good, but it is bound
to be accomplished. The City
of Houston should not await the
dilatery action of Congress. The
sum required is a mere bagatelle
to the benefit to the city, and
her citizens should begin the
work with their own cash, and
complete it, too, if need be.
But they could safely count on
the government coming to their
aid, and an expenditure of a few
hundred thousands would hasten
tho work-by many years. Con-
gaess, like Providence, "helps
those who help themselves,"
and The Broncho would be glad
to see a start made by some of
the far seeing capitalists of the
Bayou City.
FROM THE HUN'S WML
Special to Thb Bkoncho.
It is very probable that in 1898
Texas will astonish the world
with her new resources. She is
preparing to use hor oaatuB as a
fine stock, feed, and also her
mesquite beans after pressing
out the fine oil. Sho is now ex-
porting rioo, tobacco and sugar.
Her oil and coal development is
being discussed all over the Unit-
ed States. In addition to hor
fine iron deposits a No. 1 gold
bearing quartz has been discov-
ered in Llano and Mason coun-
ties. Much of her surplus oapi-
tal, stimulated by the homo in-
dustry movement, is going into
cotton and woolen mills and pack-
ing houses. Texas in 1898 will
shod her freight rate to tho tramp
ships and her top-water politi-
cians., The country pcaple are
forcing tesuep °n economic lines.
Washington, D. C., January
21, 1898.—Cuba had an inning
in the House this week, and for
a time things were quiet, and
in doubt. Speaker Reed suc-
ceeded in holding his party solid-
ly together and consequently in
defeating the numerous efforts of
democrats to add Cuban legisla-
tion as a rider to the Diplomatic
and Consular appropriation bill,
but was not an easy task, and,
owing to the existence of a strong
Cuban sentiment among the re-
publicans, it would have been
well nigh impossible had the rules
of the House not also been at
stake. It was realized by the
republican leaders that if the
rules of the House were over-
ridden in this matter all control
over legislation would be lost.
If the question of the recognition
of Cuban belligeranoy could be
gotten before the House as an
independent proposition, no pow-
er on earth could prevent its go-
ing through by a large majority.
It is thought by many that this
week's occurences in the House
will be taken as a hint by Presi-
dent McKinley as to the necces-
sity of some action towards Cuba.
If the Senate does not yetahead
faster in its debate on the Ha-
waiian annexation treaty, it is
more likely that three months
will pass before a vote is reached
than that the vote will be taken
in a month, as Senator Davis
has said he thought it would be.
The feeling betweon the advo-
cates and opponents of the treaty,
both in and out of the Senate, is
daily growing more bitter. It is
openly charged that the sugar
trust is using fraudulent methods
to make sentiment against the
treaty among those interested in
the sugar beet industry. To
oounteract this Seoretary Wilson
has in a communication to the
Senate said that annexation
would not injure the sugar beet
industry.
Civil Service Commission Har-
low is about the most unpopular
man in Washington, with the
government olerks, since he told
the senate civil service committee
that the government eould easily
save about $800,000 a year in
clerk hire alone by compelling
the employees of all the depart-
ments to work seven hours a day,
instead of six and one-half.
And he didn't stop there. He
expressod the opinion that millions
might bo saved if the govern-
ment's business was managed
like that of large bnsinoss estab-
lishments, after a general re-
classification of salaries and the
dropping of unnecessary em-
ployees . Mr. Harlow has discov-
ered what has been plain to every-
body who has taken the trouble
to look into tho matter—that the
bulk of the employes are paid
out of all proportion to the im-
portance of the work they do,
while the few who do responsible
and difficult are underpaid. There
is nothing new in all this, except
that a government official should
say these things.
At a meeting of tho executive
committee of the American Bime
talic Union, hold thes week, in
Washington, arrangements were
made to start a sharp literary
fire upon the Gage financial
sohemo, as represented by the
bill prepared by sooratary Gage,
and to reply to the report of the
Indianapolis Monotary Commis-
sion. The committee was enlarg-
ed by providing for one member
for each State and Territory and
the District of Columbia.
The aelling up of the resolution
declaring all U. S. bonds to bo
payable in silver dollars, at the
option of the government, by
Senator Vest, and his notice that
it would be pressed to a vote,
is probably more of a move in
tho Presidential game than to
secure legislation, and every-
body knows that, while it can be
e isily adopted by thp Senate. iT,
oannot even reach the point of
being considered by the House.
There are western republican
Senators and eastern democratio
Senators who are not anxious to
vote on this resolution, but silver
democrats are determined that
they shall either vote on it or
openly dodge the vote when it is
taken. This is all a part of the
taotics that have been adopted
by the chairman of the Natiohal
Committees of the three parties
that supported Bryan and silver
in tho last Presidential campaign,
for the purpose of uniting all of
the friends of silver in the Con-
gressional campaign of this year,
as the first step to a similar union
in 1900. They will use this res-
olution to force acknowlege him-
self a dodger. Twenty years ago
Senator Allison voted for this
identical resolution, but he is
not likely to vote for it this time.
Congress is called upon to de-
cide whether it will believe the
Postmaster General, who claims
t) have thoroughly investigated
the subject and to know that a
reduction of two or three out of
the seven to nine daily mail de-
liveries in the residence section
of New York and other large
eastern cities will not seriously
inconvenience anybody, or the
local representatives from the
cities affected, who say that the
reduction will cripple the mail
service of their respective towns.
If the decision is in favor of tho
representatives, a deficiency ap-
propriation must be made to pay
the letter carriers that the Post-
master General wants to drop to
avoid a deficit in this year's
postal appropriations. The rum-
pus is getting quite lively and if
it continues to grow, it is not
likely that those letter carriers
will be dropped. It is really
astonishing how much fuss even
the most economically inclined
Senators or Representatives will
make when it is proposed to cur-
tail government expenditures in
his bailiwick.
THE CHEAP CASH HOUSE
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CHEftP CftSH HOUSE,
Mi North oi Ceo. I. ins' Drus siore, Conn, Tens.
Her Christmas Stoeklngs.
From tho Detroit Free Press.
"She was the prettiest and
brightest girl we had at our house
party that winter,'' related the
smiling old lady who loves to
dwell upon the holiday festivities
when she was a girl, "She was
a great favorite with the men
because of her dashing ways and
the air of good companionship
that she always carried about
with her.
"Yet we could never soo that
any one of her suitors was favor-
ed above another, and often
wondered if she would fill the
appointed destiny of woman.
' 'In the party was Harper Alii
son. We always called him
Harpy. He was big, athletio,
good-natured and good to look
at, but we nevor thought of him
as a brilliant man. It was ae
plain as could be that he was in
love with her, and men of his
type are so persistent. They
lay seige, and no matter what
may come, they continue the
seige.
"I know that he proposed to
her a score of times, but he was
always put off with the laughing
assurance that she was not to be
won by stereotyped methods,
and that if he ever did find i
lodging place in her heart he
would soe a sign.
"Christmas eve we all hung
up our stockings olitside our
doors, just as a lark, you know.
In the morning we all had pres
ents to show but Harpy. He
pretended to be disconsolate be
yond consolation. He had put
out a great long pair of woolen
stockings, knit in black yarn and
tipped in red by a fussy old aunt
in Maine, who always fearod that
Harpy never drossed warmly
enough. He had not only been
slighted by Santa Claus but the
stockings themselves were gone
"After dinner there was a
sleigh ride of the old-fashioned
kind. As she raised her dress
to clamber into the big sled, we
all saw that over her dainty shoes
she wore heavy woolen stockings
and the toes were red. "Now
I know what I g)t, shouted Har-
py, and before us all he tossed
her into the air, caught her as
she came down, and kissed her
indefinitely.
W. L. LUTNER,
BLACKSMITH ING.
Cameron, Texas.
E SHOEING A
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
Fine Wheat Land in North-west Texas, 13,000 acres,
straight, flat, $2.00 per asre. No half-dollar or more ad-
ded to make an agent's commission. Terms, $8,000 cash,
balance property in good town in Texas or in notes 2, 3, 4,
5 and 6 yesirs—two years till you have anything to pay. No
such bargains are offered every day.
Another bargain is the finest farm and ranch in Texa9,
South-west of San Antonio, 10,000 acres, 1000 irrigated
and in high state of cultivation, 2000 more subject to irri-
irrigation, 50 aores in orchard and garden balance fine
grass. Three 8-room, 2-story stone houses and
twenty tenant houses; all fenced and cross - fenced;
improvements alone cost $120,000. This will be sold at
$5.00 per acre, and for about $50,000 purchaser will get
what cost present owner three times that sum; $10,000 cash,
balance in 10 years at 5 per cent, The income from it will
easily pay interest and make future payments. This is
unquestionably as safe and good an investment as United
States gold bond3 bearing 10 per cent, interest. It would
be a fortune to five men to each invest $2,000 and make place
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pay the balance. It is nine miles from railroad. Every-
body wants it, but who has the money to buy it? Special
inducements will be.offered to first thoroughly rospon-
sible gentleman who/wishes to invest and will agree to form
a syndicate and buy this property. I do not care to hear
from irresponsible parties, and there is nothing in this to
real estate agents or anyone excopt a man with money to
invest.
I also have 1,550 acres on Colorado river in Colorado
oounty; 700 aore3 in cultivation, 20 good tenant houses; all
of it can bo put in cultivation in six months, finely improved.
Will sell for $20 per acre, $15 cash, balance in town prop-
erty. Fine new gin to bo sold separately. This property is
worth $40 per acre.
I have a $9,000 stock of new, clean dry goods in good
town, doint£ fine business. Will trade for goo 1 unincumbered
property and small oash payment, say $1,500. Splondid
chance.to get an established business with small oash in-
vestment. The business is in no way involved, but owner
ha^3 other business that requires his attention. It is the
'largest business of its kind in one of the best little towns in
the ooast country.
I have numerous other tracts to trade ^nd sell, i nave a
client with $4,000 oash and $14,000 in Houston property to
exchange for grass land suitable for a ranch.
I solicit correspondence from all with anything to sell or
trade.
J. T. BROWNING, Attorney,
BRZNHAM, -- TEXAS.
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Pipes, J. M. The Texas Broncho. (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 29, 1898, newspaper, January 29, 1898; Cameron, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth235705/m1/4/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.