Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1873 Page: 2 of 4
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IHUIkDAY.... SEPTEMBER 1S73
deiiccziatxc ticket
'htatu or t;;xa.s.
UICIIAIID COKE or 'IfLcmiaii County.
Ton lieutenant covcit.von
K. n. IIII1UAKD of Smith Count;.
FOH COMPTKOLLEU ITBUC ACCOfXTi.
S. XI. DinDEX or Caldwell Count j-.
F03 TEEASLTXH
A. J. BOU or ranulu County.
For. cojiiiiisiorcna gexeul land office
J. J. CIIOOS or Comal Count.
FUR SLTEnXXTENDErsTrCELIC IXSTItUCTIOX
O. N. HOLMNCSWOIITXI of llaj Co.
Candidate for XravU County.
A.wy GEor.ci: u. zisii'elmam
Clerk LU'rkl Court I.FRANK EROtt'N'
County Trtn-Virtr..:. A. J. JF.K.MfiAN
Surveyor J. E. CAYI'DEIX
Juilloct of Ihe raci
Prwlnct No. 1 ALEKU'f JJKOYVN
Prtjtinct No. 5 J. W. SMITH
rreciact No. 3 J. I). EASTON
Precinct No. 4 KICII.Uin VOL'N(i
IVcclnct No. 5 C. GOODI-OK
THE DE.nOCIJATXC A N III IMT1C.V.
Our ticket for the several Stale olliccs
was Felccted out of many worthy aspirants
by the largest and most talented convention
whichever assembled in Texas. It 'would
have been strange if such a patriotic kidy
of intelligent men from every portion of
our Empire State had presented ut a time
like this tet of candidate in any respect
unworthy the support of the whole Dcmo-
- crutie party. They had excellent material
to choose from and they could scarcely fail
in making wise selection. And this they
did and the approving voice of the real
people of Texas is now heard through all
its length and breadth. There is but one
expression in the Democratic press and
among the Democratic tnassos every where.
It i "well done good and faithful
servant?."
One tiling especially to be marked in
these days of corruption and misdoing is
lho purity oi character which distinguishes
nil our candidates. There is not a speck on
the fair record of cither. As citizens in
private life they have been beyond re-
proach and all aro highly respected and
honored in their respective localities by their
V neighbors and acquaintances. -.Every body
would trust them with untold gold and rely
upon them with perfect confidence in all the
varied transactions of private life. What
better security could we have for a faithful
discharge of piddle duty? Talent educat-
ion and information without honesty are
dangerous in office and isot to be trusted.
sThey only enable bad men to do greater in-
jury to the public. But when theso quali-
es are united with pure hearts and patri-
otic feelings we have all that could be dc-
u!reil ia public servants aud in a Demo-
ic republic r!1 officials are nothing more
should bo nothing less. The candi-
m- of the Democratic party of Texas
combine nil the qualities of head and heart
necessary for them to perform their various
official duties to their own honor and the
good of the whole people.
Judge Coke who heads the list is a man
of sound mind aud varied accomplishments.
As a lawyer ho stands high and ns a Su-
picnic Judge he gave universal satisfaction.
As a citizen a soldier a jurist and a legis-
lator ho is without spot or blemish. Mod-
crate and liberal in all his views and actions
ho is lirm ami inflexible on any question of
right or wrong according to his judgment
mid conscience. We could have no better
mau for Governor at this time when both
circumspection and inflexibility are needed.
Col. Hubbard the candidate for Lieuten-
ant Governor is also an able lawyer and an
tdoquent speaker. He has had considerable
experience in public life and has always so
conducted himself in every position as to
gala the approbation and plaudits of his
fellow citizens. As one of the Democratic
electors of Texas in the hut l'reiden(ial
canvass he vn distinguished for his abili-
ty and eloquence an 1 endeared himself to
the Democracy . wherecver he went and
whcrccTcr ins h.riou oloe was heard.
A better presiding officer for t lie Senate
could not be found; and if a mysterious
"Providence should chance to remove from
among us the chosen and loved Executive of
the State all can rely i : ! i the utmost" con-
fidence on Col. Hubbard a his successor.
Everyone who knows Stephen II. Darden
Knows him to be well qua'.llkd for the por-
tion assigned him aud the very soul of honor.
To know him is to love and trust him.
llis w hole life will l-car the closest inspec-
tioi'.nd furnishes the strongest guarantee
. of his future conduct.
Y.'o have no personal acquaintance with
?7 tj r A. J. Dorn. selected for the respon-
sible office of Stare Treasurer but those
h. have kn-nvnldm long and best d. . lare
k-i-.u every thing needed in the way of
amsy c;p;
ml "liaquedioucd
"'a; J. J. Gr.v.is the candidate for Com-
: 1- i.'iu rt-f the Land Oi ace is ;i German
..tit a.iaa of education atid iaa::y aluable
meats nisd w ith a'.! a singular tr.od-
; . tyof d.;.u .raor and r.a abs.-c.-.-j of prcten--'..n
a l l ir.Ui.U to hi gt aeral har-
er. IU c:i:v.o with t!:e c.ir'.ie -t of his
;r.:ry;-5 to N".v llraunfel- and has ul-
;. s enjoyed t!a r reet an I coafoknee.
E. i ion as a ehii engineer and Lis
- .: - rvle u a J.w.d surveyor cn:lr.en;!y
' :'y !' f r tlo poitio'.i ho w id). old.
A 1. . .-i.O-rr. Cr-Mj i ia V- : l and t.ie
' j .v.- f 'I x u ly l-e sure tii .t j . r-
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From the couro pur:d by tJe AuMia
iUJ.nrm the leading ILidical paper of
Acxas ever since t!ic rcnoinination of Gov-
ernor Davis it is r.!!n w liat t!:c programme
of that jwrtj is for the pre-cr.t canva-s.
Every cumkr of that rcckk.-s ftheet has
somcaliusicn to the late war and the noble
men who trnk part in it to the couscri-
tions the arrc.-ts the homicides and" the
various unh.ippy incidents which iiccess;i-
rily attentk-d it a they do every civil war.
This then is their programme secession.
tliC lute war and the unpardonable sin of
rebellion. The object of this U to draw off
attention from the iniquitous conduct of
the Hodicals of Texas tiacc the
war which is the r -a! UUK. The war is
over as well as the Ao-k!. It U uot now a
matter or debato whctJi.r it could have
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.iuuo..c.itor wnetii..r U was right or
wrong. Its main result the abolition of
b.avcry and ra gro milrfl-havc been
knowledgcd acd submitted to bv all. North
and South. These matters are not iu oucs-
non. .o one. uies to disturb what all
practical men a.lmit is settled and fixed.
The Southern jople being conquered in
the great struggle submitted at disctetion
if yon please though the Union Generals
gave terms which were violated and the
conquerers did what they .lea.-cd. They
abolished slavery with.mt any compensa-
tion to the owners and they estab-
lished negro i-utlrage though thev knew
very well the negroes were not pre-
pared to become voters. These things
they carried out by brute force regardless of
the feelings interests and welfare of the
conquered people. All this we say has
been done and submitted to and the ques-
tion. -s arising therefrom are held by the
Democracy every v.hcre. South and North
as dead i .-ues not to biTresurrected. All
good people desire the events of the war to
!e ignored in political discussions and fra-
ternal feelings restored u much as possible
between the sections. This is the part of
wisdom and true-statesmanship. Governor
Dn is knows ail this he has sense cnou'di
for that; the Journal his mouth piece
knows this very well; all the Radi-
cals of Texas . who are not ar-
rant fools as well as knaves know
this; yet Governor Davis and the Jourmtl
are trying to reopen all the wounds of the
late war to revive all the unhappy incielcnts
and all the bitter und angry feelings which
atti nded it in order to hide their numerous
and indefensible iniquities from the public
eye by drawing ofT its Attention ia -another
direction. The programme is evident but
the nefarious effort will be- an utter failure.
The true issues of the present canvass arc
thd Radical doings since the war and es-
pecially in Texas. Every thing which they
have done since (by the aid of the national
1 I LJtl icy- jbtaijied possession of
this State Is iu issue und 'should be
kept in lively remembrance. Let not
the Democracy be .drawn oil to
discuss the war and its events. Let
them keep constantly in view thct Radical
enormities since the war ami the way they
have been treated when they were power-
less to resist. Let them not forget a single
instance of Radical outrage and oppression
perpetrated by Davis and ids infamous
agents and tools whether on the bench in
the police or iu any of the various official
stations to which they were assigned by the
Governor against the know n wishes of the
people to harrass and plunder them at their
pleasure and prolong yie reign of the Rad-
ical party. Let the Democratic press keep
all this before the people and let this be the
subject of fice nnel bold discussion every
where. What have the Radicals done?
What has Davis tlone? These are the
questions to be answered. Strike full and
hard at the enemy. Xo defense none is
needed.
a challenge:.
The Galveston Xiics has been made te
medium of a communication from the Hon.
G. T. Ruby the colored chairman of the
Republican State Committee addressed to
the lien. John Ireland the chairman of the
State Democratic Executive Committee
stating that Governor Davis intended to
canvas3 the State und desired to meet his
competitor Judge Coke at such times and
places as might be deemed convenient for
the purpose of public discussion. This is
something novel to us. It is a very round
about way of doing things aad looks like
the shining Ruby wanted to attract public
notice to himself. We have heard of one
candidate ottering to canvass with another
ami making arrangements for that purpose
but this was a matter of individual inclina-
tion and not a regular party arrangement.
If Governor Davis wanted to canvass with
Judge Coke he could have written to him
directly on the subject and not have used
the negro chairman of his party committee
to bring the matter about. Whether Ruby
has cvj r sent the letter published in tin.-
AtCi to Jndiro Ireland we are uot told but
we suspect not. Incase ho should send it
we presume Judge Ireland will inform him
that it is a personal matter he has nothing
to do with and that Davis n.l Coke can
manage that matter for themseUei. If the
Radical candidate is not on such friendly
terms with Judge Coke as to authorize a
personal otter and satisfactory arrangement
between them then it is evident that uo
such arrangement should be made by third
parties. Judge Coke can do as he pleases
!n;t e believe it will le let for the peace
and crdcr of the Stale that no joint discus-
si.'ii.s t-kJl take place. If Governor Davis
indulges iu other places iu the bold asst r-
tioas and coarse allusions which distiu-gi;:-!.id
his hiubccue speech at Austin in a
luge and mixed crowd of whiles and
bhuks there might arise; a Ln-.-uh of the
p-nice iv.vl even a bloody allr.iy among the
oppo.-ii .g elements. Our judgment is
:.:.-'; nstsany arrangement of the kind. Let
Davis h.wo his ow n meetings and let all at-
tend who choo-o. A joint canvas would
break v.o ia a row the very thing intended
a we snsoivt.
A r;:i:Mii.T rou liit.
Ik..-; Ik.tkr 20 .1 spj.e.0 v.'i kh he lately
n.a k .-.t Worcester M.sS. . Pd that if
tlie l -' pio w ai.t Gca. Gxa.i; f..r third
fo:.'t: :$;'.. ixtU or k-vc!:t! teuvi tlsey
will l .ne hi:.;." Thl wai ucelvcd with
; ; p'. it i s .' 1. II ve wc e:Ke to this.'
Do a !..r !r id tie j-ec; le- ..f tl:e
United St.it s uaata Prv-Meut for life.' Xo j
Vv.t a :i;;:'.l i:V.:al cr of .:hu C'.p:i:. ipki
i.u :i by i .-:;s i f i.un:ey st. ia fro-.i :!.e
' V -ov' i.i. M'v. ;;:-i lv pa'.tv ti.;v ;.i:htv 1
. It ' r . ; tho juilit.iry ana m tv n...k;- i
a " i. '. f-r li:V. if t!:e j::aj-:;tr wiili
i IO ... .e ! '. a.H.j i i
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1 ceded bv u
au-lacit v. carried ou
their iae.i.-arc- and e:kcld t en thing
desired. The majority have ;i"et!r
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mitttd and let the Radicals have their way
Will they continue to do th:; If y..
Grant is likely to bo I'rcj lea: a
wishes. There mast Ik- an aw
of the American people or ail their ':'
will le lost.
il vol r i.v Eli f
Thu New lork. lL.rdl'u complaining that
Col. Hubbard was guilty of irreverence ia
alluding as he did to tlie Radical platform
iu Ids speech le.forc the late Democratic
State Convention. Satan reproving sin.
Is the llcruJ becoming religious by pub-
lishing tho sermons of Eeccher Tilion and
Smyth-? Is it shocked ut an allusion to
the decalogue aad the Lord's prayer in
connection with politics? Let the ILruld
look at bonu and attend to the morals and
manners of its owu section. Tlie irrever-
ence and blasphemy of the Northern preach-
ers have become notorious let -alone their
politicians. There was nothing objectional
in the remarks of Col. Hubbard unks the
ILriild is so friendly to tho Radicals in
Texas as to feci hurt when a. good hearty
blow is laid on thcui. Our candidates arc
all men of good moral character who try to
love the Lord and shame the devil. The
JhwW need not be alarmed.
. Tji v. telegraphic dispatch from "Washing-
ton of the thirteenth instant informs us the
Commissioner of Indian AfTlTrs will leave
that city the' hist of the month for Fort
Sill there to meet Secretary Delano and
Governor Davis for a conference over San-
una and Dig Tree. It is said that Governed
Davis proposes to restore these chiefs to
their people on condition that they shall
deliver up or sell their horses so that they
may not have the means of going beyond
their reservations but it it added that
"i; other incaim ;t"y IC adopted to tsattsfy
Cvtcruor JDrw.' "What are these other
means? We should like to know " Will the
Federal patronage of this State satisfy him?
Or an important office w hen he shall have
been beateu out of his boots for Governor
and is left out in the cold? Let us know.
This secret bargaining of high officials
about convicted felons is a shameful thing
unheard of before in a civilized country.
Finding that he would be out voted in
the Radical State Convention of Massa-
chusetts Beast Butler made a virtue of ne-
cessity and withdrew from the contest let-
ting Governor Washburne be renominated
unanimously. But the Beast is evidently
gaining ground iu the Pilgrim State. The
struggle was for some time doubtful. He
was backed by Grant and the whole Wash-
ington influence. Grant is afraid of Butler
and will need his aid for a third term w hich
he is looking forward to with confidence. It
is thought Butler luisJIrrned a ring for buy-
ing up the old repudhiteT9wfrtJ
sissippi for a mere song and getting them
acknow ledged and paid through his sou-ia-law
Ames when he becomes Governor of
Mississippi. The property holders of this
State are becoming - excited about this
matter.
Giuls JJewahe. An Indiana school
teacher in Kentucky w ho had graduated
with distinguished honor at Hanover Col-
lege having wou the affections of a haud-
somc girl in the villnga where he was
located was induced by the otter of a due
horse by her old Kentucky lover who w as
almost in despair to give up his claim and
leave the field vacant to his rival. He ar
rived says the Madison (Ind.) Courier in
that city liding the splendid charger the
equivalent of his abandoned love and at
tended tlie meetiug of 'the Teachers Insti-
tute in the proceedings of w hich he took a
leading part. The days of chivalry arc not
over. WJiciiier tne iventucKian lias suc-
ceeded in marrying the girl is not told. We
trust so. She ought to be worth the horse
and hardly raoro we should think.
Whicn" Governor Davis became a member
of the Eceond reconstruction convention by
the 'better class of citizens not being per-
mitted to Vote by the general government
during its whole session he strove to make
the constitution as odious as possible to the
people of Texas and supported every
proposition to restrict the number of voters
and to exclude as many Democrats and Con
federate supporters as possible lie favored
the idea of excluding enough to insure the
permanency of the Radical reign in Texas.
Had it not been for the arduous labors of
Governor Jack Hamilton in the convention
a large number of the best people of the
Stato would not now have the privilege of
voting. Let this be remembered. Davis is
vindictive and a tyrant at heart.
It must be remembered that the first act
of Radical tyranny after the war was to
prevent the best portion of the Southern
people from voting or having any voice in
the reconstruction of their. States. Every
man w ho had ever held any office or taken
any oath to support the Federal Govern-
ment was proscribed while tho carpet-
baggers and all the negroes were allowed to
make the constitutions and the law s. That
was the first step and Governor Davis
favored it. Can ho deny it? Docs he de-
fend it! Will he allude to this in lus
speeches?
Rook Thomas the would-be Comptroller
has been bo frightened at the assassination
of the Adjutant General i.t Austin that he
biceps with four revolvers and two bowie
knives under his pillow. Every now and
then he ktnitj from his troubled slumbers
and screams out '"The Ku-Klux are coming!"
If this goes on he is more likely to reach
the Lunatic Asylum than the Comptroller's
office.
Tu;: vote oa the subsidy question took
place at Sati Antonio on Saturday lat. No
papers from that city have been received
since that date but by a special dispatch
to the Houston .V;r :.-v we learn that the
proposition was carried by a large majority.
Tlie city of Son Antonio polled 1 :k"G votes
for it and it was Klieved the country pre-
cincts woi'd .-will the amount.
Tur. lloa-tou 7'..' !
rtn-nth i
admits that Dr. W. II. How ard a pliys'uku
nf high st o.dingin that city reports three
c..es of e!iow Mcr in his pr. tie - one of
wl.uh Lad proved fatal an I yet the TtU-
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ciatic paper- it ncght to be evidence to
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long a.s he i their editors tht th.-y are oT the Ikiao-
kenir!" d i cr.it ic track and are doing something wror "
!m d :epr. h n-ibk. Do they not ficl thk?
Do :'.!( y w rite for the approval of the Radi-
cal p ' r-..' They profess to be utterly o -
jtosrd to It
licalkn'. aad willing todoal-
m--st anything
for its overthrow tnd yet
the means they urc using are greeted with
Radical r.pplausc. Should' i:ot this open
their eyes if they are l.or.t-st in tlicir pro
fesaions?
Tm; idea of Governor Davis that taking
away the horses of the Kiowas will pre-
vent their raiding in Texas is absurb. Thev
can easily w alk into our frontier anil mount
themselves again ia short order plunderand
murder all they please" and ride back tri-
mnpjtantly to their reservation there to be
fed and clothed and jutted by the Govern-
ment. This is a mere excufc forgiving
them up and a miserable poor one. Think
of it! The lives of our frontier people are
u cold matter of political bargain by Gov-
ernor Davis!
Read the article signed Madison which
we republish from the Waco Ejctinlnrr. It
was w ritten says that paper by a gentle-
man connected in no way with the -Thirteenth
Legislature and it shows clearly the
injustice done- it by some interested or
thoughtless Democrats. It is followed by
a second number comparing the expen-
ditures of tho Twelfth and Thirteenth Leg-
islatures which is well calculated to open
the eyes of the people.
It is reported Bob Taylor is about raising
another regiment for the new Davis rebel-
lion lie will devote the proceeds of the
wagon and mules captured from the Yan-
kees in Arkansas and sold in San Antonio
during the late " unpleasantness" to that
patriotic purpose. It is not known which
side he will take and it is likely Bob him-
self doesn't know.
Rciion says Ncwcomb is preparing to
leave for California. He will take with
him his distinguished artist the son of no
body and start an illustrated rat-ificatiou
paper in Skunk's' Hollow near the head-
waters of Saline river. It is understood he
lias engaged his present Rio Grande editor
and Alexander tlie coppersmith to go with
him.
Tun Waco Advance says its "political
record stands with the Democracy." Well
no one has ever been able to see it but itself.
If so why should it stop out of the way to
assail a Democratic paper which had done it
no injury? These papers of the neuter
gender luckily can do no harm. Nothing
of any account overcomes of them.
Tin: Galveston AW of the fourteenth
states that John W. Overall Esq. has scv-'
creel his connection w'th the Galvestion
Ctnnmerciul but the weekly edition of the
latter of the fifteenth makes no mention
of the fact. Mr. Overall is a polished
writer and an accomplished journalist.
Judge Coke was to have spoken at Mar-
lin on September 13 and will speak at Cal-
vert ou September 20. He will sooh have
out a list of appointments. The Judge will
make as thorough a canvass as possible.
Let all turn out to hear him.
It is said that Norton has made another
solemn vow that he will neither wash his
face nor pare his toe nails until he is elected
Superintendent of Public Education. In
consequence of this soap has fallen and
leather gone up.
We regret to notice that the yellow fever
is increasing iu Shrcvcport. It appears a
boat load of cattle was sunk in the river
just opposite the city and that of itself
was enough to produce sickness of some
sort.
Is ir true that Rat Monroe has written to
Treasurer Graham that he has no use for
the treasury safe if electee! ? He intends to
keep all the State funds in a large old trunk
for the convenience of the rats.
Monroe is very much taken aback at the
information that there are no "rats" in Aus-
tin and says he doubts whether the office of
Treasurer can be made to pay without them.
Ecujanilii's Bis Fee Six Millions or
Dollar for Ilecovcrln a French I if
Iicrltanec.
. A dispatch was published a few days ago
announcing that through the instrumental-
ity of the Hon. J. P. Benjamin two ladies
in Georgia had recovered an inheritance in
France valued at $12000000.
The Atlanta (Ga.) U:rdd publishes the
interesting details;
From positive authority it is ascertained
that Mrs. Virginia M. Campbell and her
niece Mors. Elmira Chambers beith of Mad-
ison Georgia are entitled to $12000000
now waiting in Franco to be claimed by
these fortunate ladies.
Mrs. Campbell is a w idow about seventy
years of age; her niece Mrs. Chambers is
also a widow aged about thirty-six. The
vast property which they have inherited be-
longs to the Rcnnauleau estate. Informa-
tion in regard to it was received by them
alnmt three months since and by the advice
of a gentleman in Madison who says that he
w as or.ee a law partner of the llou. Judah
P. Benjamin they at once wrote to the lat-
ter nt Loudon asking him w hat course to
pursue in the matter. Mr. Benjamin af-
ter thoroughly investigating tlie . case
wrote to Mrs. Campbell ami Mrs. Chambers
that there was not a question of doubt iu
regud to their claim and a.lvi-ed Ul-m to
come to Europe at once The property des-
cends to these holies through a Mrs. Ren-
n.HileaU grandmother of Mrs. Campl-e'd anel
great grandmother of Mrs. Chambers. Mrs.
Campbell's maiden name was Maguire. her
mother having been 31'lic Renjiauleau.
Tin y are connected with one of the best
families ia France.
By the terms of an agreement betw een Mr.
Benjamin and the two ladies the former
will lake one-half of the whole amount of
the e-tate and the other half o000.000
will fall to Mrs. Campbell and Mrs. Cham-
Ih.t tho share of each. King the nest little
sr.'ii of :1.00 )(X)0. Seven millions and a
half being ia tho hands of tlie bank of
I'l .-.a-e. :iad 1. Go;! ia the hands of the
Rothschilds. Mrs. Chatalcrs was in Au-
gusta on the iii:ut''vni'i m akin arraiige-
t fr the voyage of (cr aunt iul hcr-
t JkiviM'. Thev ri't Ihj ;-.i eor.:!.Hr.ied
by a lawyer from fvtvnmi ait and Mr. Antoiue
i'Kq'iet t'.icn A 0" Us to who goi g for the
j-uruoM.- f i kt.tifyii g lh ; l. They will
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Tbc Tv.cinii and TIrtecmb LcuU-laturcs.
During the .sitting of cur last Legislature
and up to a very recent period w e were con-
stantly hearing complaints from the press
und people of the oe.untry that the action
rf :!;-.t ho ly was little better than its jr-
fumous predecessor that it contented itself
w'.lh voting unlimited supplies of the puk
lic i:' YS for its ow n UncSt and spent its
whole tune in Useless wrangles and discus-
bious over questions with which tho public
bad but little concern and tiiat the final re-
sult of its labors 'was a mass of special leg-
islation and an otter squandering of our
whole vast publk domain.
These are grave charges if true aud if
untrue their fakify should be demonstrated.
The works of the two bodies is before us
anel if we reach a wrong conclusion it can
only be for a want of ilue inspection of the
record.
I propose ia u series of short articles to
discuss these questions and what I shall
say will be said in plain language intelligi-
ble to all men and based entirely upon the
writteu records and facts of such general
notoriety that no one can have the hardi-
hood to di.-putc them.
And first w hat w ere the local issues of
the last campaign? AVhat did we require of
our Democratic candidates for the Legisla-
ture? 1. -That they repeal that clause of the
militia law which gave to Davis the power
to suspend our laws; to execute our citizens
nt the will and pleasure of himself and
hirelings and to seize our property without
warrantof law for the purpose of enrich-
ing his follow ers.
2. To repeal that law by which lie was
authorized to raise a police force of vaga-
bonds paid out of the State Treasury uad
whose only occupation seemed to be to
travel over tlie State at the bidding of their
master and in the interests of his party and
to wreak their private vengeance on our
law abiding citizens.
. C. To repeal the so-called law designated
the enabling act. by which Davis was au-
thorized to appoint his tools to every office
in the State and in most instances in utter
defiance of plain constitutional provisions.
4. To change alter and amend our school
system from a well devised scheme of
pliinder peculation aud partyiam to a
wholesome system controlled exclusively bv
the people and for the benefit of themselves
knd their children.
o. To abolish an infamous system of regis-
try and election by which the voice of the
people could be so easily frustrated and to
so enact that in the future each citizen could
cast his free ballot in his immediate neigh-
borhood with perfect confidence that fraud
could in no manner intervene to cheat him
out of his influence.
0. To reduce taxation and so limit expen-
diture that our finances might soon become
healthy and our people cease to be op-
pressed with odious exactions to be ap-
plied to base and unworthy objects.
If there were other local State issues in
the last canvass I am not now aware of their
existence. Now the question is plain and
pertinent "Did our Legislature give effect
to those issues and carry out the voice of
the people?" Not even a milignant Radical
can gainsay but that it did. In the face of
captious opposition of Davis armed with
the power of veto and in the teeth of an un-
reliable Senate it is known to the world
that our members watched patiently and
worked faithfully in seiisoiijinjijaiitTea
soil : titivV infccVIess of Hie clamors of the peo
ple who knew not the difficulties they had
to eucounter and the obstacles thrown across
each step of their pathway they went for-
ward nobly in the discharge of their duties
and ceased uot their efforts until they had
accomplished "fully and finally everything
for which they had been elected.
The militia police and enabling acts no
longer disgrace our statute book. Our elec-
tions are now to be held in the good old
fashioned way. Our school system has been
initiated upon a substantial basis resting
exclusively upon tho affections of an intel-
ligent people and subject to no control
save theirs ; and taxation is reduced to a
standard commensurate with the wints of
the State aud the abilitiest of our people.
We have to thank our' much abused
Thirteenth Legislature for all these blessings
and most cheerfully should the meed of
praise be awarded.
"But they spent a great deal of money"
may be the cry. We will sec about that in
our next communication. Madisox.
KUUUEIl TWO.
My last article concluded with a query as
to the expense and proilicacy of the Thir-
teenth Legislature and this communication
will be addressed to that subject in part
ami to a comparison or us expenses witli
those of its Radical predecessor. It is well
to premise at the outset that the value of
the glorious work of the Thirteenth Legis-
lature cannot be estimated in dollars and
cents. The shackles of an ignominious
slavery were upen us placed there by the
willing tools of Davis in the Twelfth Leg-
islature and the expense of their removal
ought not to be a subject of calculation with
men deserving of freedom. Who can un-
dertake to place value upon the repeal of
the iniquitous feature of tho militia bill to
our State and people? And so with all the
odious and tyrannical measures heretofore
enumerated. If it had cost the State ten
millions of dollars in getting rid of these
measures we should congratulate ourselves
upon the lucky bargain we had made.
But I propose to meet thi3 question fairly
and for this purpose ask my readers to go
with me and let us examine the appropria-
tions made by these two bodies for their
own personal benefit. Here is a tabulated
statement taken from the statutes showing
the appropriations made by each Legisla-
ture lor per diem mileage contingent aud
printing expenses with a reference to the
pages of -the statute books where each may
be found :
TWELFTH LEUULATCKE.
Mav M 1S70 IjiwelSTO jui;o 1 $7."VX)
Junes 1S70 Ijv8 1S70 nvt 1 and 2 1.)kJ
June &$ lf7.- Lawn lS7i' pajra 11 l.VUOO
JitlyS 1K70 Laws 1S70 pnc 1 i.(x0
August IS 1S71) Uim ImTO iniL'o Sii li.OoO
August l.V isii) Laws 1S7K pajjc S-it :"0(M)
January it) is;t Lawa 1S71 pace 1 75()
February it 1S71 Lawn 1S7J paire 7 and 8... 50ono
Mitrcti is. 1S71 La-! 1871 ij li l'.)0(i
May IS 1S71 Lavei 1S71 pa-.;c '.C ao.OMl
rptcmler2S 1K71 Laws lstl xizc3 lju.iKI
OctolHT 18 1S71 Lawg 1S71 pu;;o"lU l.'i.OO
November 10 1-71 Lnwa ls-71. pase-s 21 anil 21. lS.tdn)
N'oveiuber '.". 1671 Laws 1871 pae is 20u0
Total
TV-J.OOO
TniKTEENTH I.EGI.-LATCUK.
I.tnnary 27. 1S73 Law 1S73 pae 1
Marrh 5. ISta Laws sl pno 11
Marrh 24 1H7;1 Laws is; i pa-e li
April i 17:1 Law s7:j pa-u -is
May .) I; Law is; pM.-..- us
Jiiac :l 1S7.1 Laws ISt-l pae !!;
$S0.Oii0
li '.. 0
WOJ
'.. 10
aa.ooo
Te-tul $270X)
It has pMSeeil into a proverb that ''figures
do not lie."- The above show s that tlie people
of Texas paid out to their enemies and task-
masters the sum of 7ir20()a fur forging
their chains and to their liberators of the
ThirtecLth Legislature the sum of .$-270000
for unloosing them. Is there room for com-
plaint at theSricc '
Further tlie Twelfth Legislature was in
scssiou 3'2! days including S.mdays the
Thirteenth Legislature 140 days. The llr-t
cost the State f-'ioTi kt dav; the latter
102 So. The Thirteenth Legislature posscM
120 public acts and many of them against
the violent opjMsiiien of the Executive and
the Upper lloue. The corresponding st s-
vion of the Twelfth Legi-iature although
in entire act ord with the Executive pa-sed
only tf- public: act. au:t one -third of
which w ere of an odkas character and en-
a ted for ll;ecx:res' pcrptt-e of oppression
and j ':.!!. icr. The rcjf.tl of those l.wsce.st
time i'.nd patience k. i be ac-
tvtriplkhed by ntsli ie fa: t h. r t nshive-
iaef.1. 1 .!.:n.e the remark tit .t w ith
!.ii:.i' geiiri.:.-t Senate the w rk could have
taea i.ec-mi-ihea ia oi;o-l.:.:f lb.- t;.ae j
aatl at .nc-l .a if the c.t;i. Lt.t sad tu say j
tlo-re were recrcnt iu th.it l.o lv who to
sht 1 1 tl.t ir past j K-e.-.i. es !!d;y ai.-l t:n-bl-.i-!dngly
wtcl with the Ila Hi i:; ia ai!
J a'ty t;t:e ti": s.
Away then with Ih.-slaa.i-.rtitat the Del.J-
. -.tie Lc-"is.' it urc t'J-t i. th Oi i:
B.i !i' ..i J'itkvtss
li.t Ik.iicl o-.rtv !
I this stsi. g w it.'i a v I--.;- in !
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the !. ;;. ii a- c to i;wrt
a j h.l:k of their
' !e wt-u't j 1 iy it ad in-
-t .--t r- -.a; v. i-.q t!.e
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by tlie Thirteenth Lc.:-.kkt;.re in freeing us
by letaniiag the work of thai lto.lv ia every
ccnreivable manner with the double ractivc
of bringing odium upca the Dcmc-cracy
and at the same time preserving to some
extent their grip upon t ur throats. Thank
Cod tk. ir krias are pakicd and we of
Tex ts do la.t. compI.ua of the u-K tor's bill.
MaD1:.".N.
Tcxsj Acvi t. nut! Comment-.
The Saa Marcs Ti.a records the dmw n-
ing of a son of Tur. K.l. Burleson while
bathing in t'K? San Marcos. Our warmest
sympathy is extended to the parents of this
interesting child.
ThcAwn'A Ti m recommends the farmers
of Lamar county to use the drill in the cul-
tivation of w heat as is the custom in the
Northwctern States. The corner stone of
the new Masonic Hall at Paris was laid on
the thirtieth nit.
From the Waco r-'..i.'icr we learn that
the gin house of Mr. D. W. Squyre of Cor-
rycll was burned one day last "week with
all its stands and fixtures. Loss between
three and four thousand dollars.
The Clarksville 77 reports the arrival
of the stage from Paris at that city with a
dead man in it. Mr. Nagle a resident of
Dallas; for a long time ataicted with pul-
monary disease was on his way to th Hot
Springs of Arkansas and died on the stage
a rather strange incident.
The Dallas IT mid denies the existence of
any cases of yellow fever there imported
or otherwise.
The San Antonio Jtjrjm- reports toe hay
crop very heavy this year. A ton where
mown is worth about "$4. In the city it
sells for $10. The government contractors
get 1S. So they Hre in clover says the
A Baptist association was in session at
Paris on the sixth instant.
By the San Antonio 11-mhl we learn that
tlie cathedral in that c'ty is rapidly ap-
proaching completion. It will lie an orna-
ment and hemnXo the city and its Catholic
citizens. The AJaimi Literary Association
had a meeting on last Monday. Thev are
preparing a new hall for their occupancy.
From the same source we learn that a gen-
eral court martial will be held at Fort Orif-
iin on the sixteenth instant for the trial of
all offenders.
The shade treea are dying on flu: court
house square at LaC-range. The Fayette
county lu-crd recommends the planting of
others. A more than usual amount of sick-
ness prevails in the county the town is
neaitny.
Four. prisoners escaped from the Houston
jail on the ninth instant by knocking down
t lie jailor and getting his keys. Three of
them have been retaken. The Tih'jmph
notes the three days norther which we have
had lately as unusual so early in September.
The body of an unknown white man
floated ashore on the bay side on the ninth
instant as wejearn from the yam. Incen-
diaries are about Galveston.
The Henderson Times reports a good deal
of fever in Busk county but not of a fatal
character. j
The new court house and county jail of
Jefferson are nearly completed. When will
ouiu commence?
Hay making on the prairies has been
lively in Denton county bjtheJ.astijiAr.
liimugv-Awou wagons are almost daily pass
mg through the town. The Baptists have
uceu holding a protracted meeting there
A skiff was upset near Kuhn's wharf at
Galveston on Tuesday last containing four
persons but noue were di owned timely as-
sisiaucc ueing lenucrcu.
A young man by the name of Beed lately
from Iowa poisoned himself last week at
Comanche with morphine. He left a note
for an uncle of his stating thut the reason
oi uic act was mat he had no money anel
no worn to do
The Cuero Stxr represents the health of
that place good though its sanitary condi
.: i t i . m
uoii is ery oau. western lexas is so
healthy a region that little attention is paid
to keeping the towns and cities in proper
conumon. it should not he so.
Iu Cllis county camp meetings and revi-
vals have been going on lately". Potatoes
are sold for $2 a bushel at Waxahachie.
The high school there has commenced with
fair prospects.
The Waco Ad en nee says hundreds of
negroes left that city last "Monday for the
cotton fields. They get 73 cents per 100
pounds and board.
The Houston I'chjrtqJi says the schools
of that city are well attended. They are.
grading some of their streets and digging
sewers for better drainage.
Business is reviving in Saa Antonio and
the Herald represents it as quite lively.
In San Antonio great exertions have been
made to. carry the railroad proposition of
Mr. Pierce. The Havld says the negroes
will mostly vote for it. Why not? Last
night there was to have been a grand torch-
light procession in encouragement of the
matter. It is thought the subsidy will be
voted.
The Gun d wants the vagrant act enforced
in Goliad. A drove of one hundred line
saddle horses belonging to Mr. W. J.
Miller of San Patricio have been for the
last week offered for sale at Goliad. The
worms have injured some cotton plantations
in spite of the remedy.
We notice by the daily Aer that they
have an occasional row and knock-down in
Denisoii. Improvements still going on. A
meeting has been held to make "arrange-
ments for celebrating the birth day of.Dcni-
son now a year old.
Houston and Galveston are principally
engaged indiscussingand quarrelling about
the quarantine question. The Tdjrtqh
is rather savage upon the mayor and city
marshal or Houston for being uinkr the in-
fluence anel order of the mayor of Galves-
ton. They had better quit quarrelling and
put their cities in order. There is plenty
time for yellow feveryef if mvie now exists.
The Dallas Hauld of the tenth says the
road north of that city is crowded with
wagons the owners licing afraid to come in
on account of yellow fever reports.
The Jefferson Ti dmnc. says the cars of the
Texas and Pitcillc Boad are now running
to a point in Cass county thirty-one miles
from Jefferson.
Some Ivickapoo chiefs are in Saa Antonio
whose euphonious names the local of the
Herald cannot pronounce. In .company of
Commodore Marmioa they visited the
H'rnld oiliee. No scalping occurred.
According to tlie Couru - Sherman con-
tinues to increase rapidly. The new Pres-
byterian Church i nearly completed. North
Texas i looking tip on the church question.
A few years ago several of it. towns had
no churches. Dallas had none ut the close
of the war now it has i early a dozen.
Wt-atherford lias etill nothing but a temper-
ance paper.-
The Jleird note llie prevalence of sore
eyes in the ncighk .t'ioo.1 of Georgetown.
Strangers are in the coanty t.f Wii Jainson
looking out for places. Tkj :iM;ri!.;;iti have
already good stocks of g.t.xk and will not
be t.ffectcd materially by quarantine.
For the last week or tu o j leuly of rain
a'tout Brow nsvil'.c. Western Texas has had
an unusual quantity this sca-:m. Fine fr
stock ; gra-s exuk rant.
They have sever .1 ; I candid d'-s kr
city attorney ia Dalia Laagky M..f 'y
and Wclhorii. The V .-. i-t !m: here kuiii
it and so should we be if there. Y.'e
should ! incJined to vote for ail.
. l the hi..!'; of O. t. k-r tkvo wiii ; a
meeting at Corpus t'ki ti of the -l-. li
holder of the Corpus Chri-ti
3:
Gr:r;-ie llai'.ro.vl Cc-;..j-.iny. The :
of the route is exj t ct d to c-ano:.-.
We. note nt.tkir-g ot" I - I is-tJ-j.-.t
G ike-tun s:-I Ilousto!. b:
reports Mid yeiiow kvtrta:'-..
The La:ap.i.-as .' . . ti
ti-.a f u r.ae sj'ec in-.i a -f II;ri'-i:i
r..i--d bv Mr. A. II. Bon-:- r-art:
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the Si-jut . is kcturkg there on teir.j-.ctaa. c.
The local of the L. j'.k i. .- rc-jolcvs over the
arrival of a f r'u a i fn-ra Lr.mnass. It looks
like there was a woman in the case. It is
said she brought heme some papers but uo
walking pajnas.
The 2'oJiis reports m-w building constant-
ly going up ia Brenham. Mr. 'troth Shep-
pard is spoken of as a candidate for the
State Senate from that district a good man.
They 1i:pc formed a medic. J association
at Bastrop for the county. A scxtoa house
atthcirrave yard is talked of asvksim' do. .
A new station on the Central Bailroad
called Palmer is to be established near
Waxahachie.
There will be a grand tournament at Dal
las on the eighteenth inst. The Ccdral
TiX'iu wishes some of its debtors would en-
ter the list the wicked fellow. . . .
In Parker county a w hole family of i'd-
fanc were murdered bv su unknown mob.
This is the worse sort of "ill fame" and
must be stopped. No pxd jH.-ople could do
this way.
A coi respondent of the Bryan Ajnl
represents the crops of Mih-.m county as
SplcHdid.
No material elamuge has been done bv the
w orms in Che rokee county says the (.'. -mr.
Corn is plentiful every w lure.
A line of mail steamers from Sabine Tass
lo Galveston is expected to be put in opera
tion to carry the mail soon. The AVtr
hereon speaks of this us a Gotl-scnd.
A fine steam saw and grist mill is for sale
near Winnsboro by C. B.i Bolterts. The
Sulphur Springs dtzetie says it is d. ling now
a heavy business.
The Comanche Ch'i.f says the corn crop of
that county wall le light owing to the grass-
hoppers. .- Wheat crop good. Enough
and to spare also for all immigrants. A
silver mine has been discovered .in the
mountains.
1'L.lTFOa.VI OF TIIK DK.1IOtIl.lTlC
I'lUTV OI' TEXAS.
We the Democracy of Texas in Conven-
tion assembled relying on the virtue and
intelligence of tho people again declare our
principles aud policy and ask for them the
popular approval. Aud
I. We declare our adhesion to the tiine-
honorcd principles of the Democratic party;
our devotion to popular liberty regulated
by law; and to Constitutional government
simple in machinery- and to be be admin-
istered with the strictest economy.
II. We congratulate the people of Texas
on the repeal by tho Thirteenth Legislature
of a number of the oppressive odious and
unconstitutional acts passed by the Tw elfth
Legislature in pursuance of the Itadical pol-
icy to overthrow the government of the
people and among which acts were:
1. The Militia Law whereby tho Gover-
nor was authorized to suspend the writ of
hatK'itx orpt.'H and establish martial law
thereby depriving the citizens of all legal
and constitutional protection and subject-
ing their lives liberty and property to the
unrestrained caprice aud malignity of u
partisan Executive.
2. The Police Bill designed and intended
among other things to create a system 'of
secret espionage by hired informers upon
the people ; at war with the principles of
civil liberty; odious to all freemen and
heretofore toleratedonlY iiith-irfiotiur'
oT'Thc OUl worlds and the execution of
winch act was for the most part entrusted to
a class of men of degraded and infamous
character.
0. The Enabling Act under which the
Governor was authorized to appoint district
attorneys who were made elective by the
Constitution; to appoint all municipal offi-
cers and to fill all vacancies that might
occur in the offices of clerks and sheriffs
thereby designedly bestowing on him great
power and patronage to enable him to con-
tinue Baelictd misrule over this people.
1. The registration and election laws
which were framed and intended for the
purpose of preventing free and fair elec-
tions; they openly encouraged the perpe-
tration of frands to defeat the will of the
people and to perpetuate Radical misrule
presenting to our people the extraordinary
and humiliating spectacle of surrounding
the places of registration and voting with
an armed partisan police with which to in-
timidate and overawe the citizens.
3. The act relating to public free schools
which antong many other bad features
provided the means of enabling public offi-
cials to speculate in school books in the
building aud furniture of school houses in
the salaries of teachers and furnished high
salaries for a large and useless number of
officers which gave the Radical party the
means to pay tlicir political missionaries
who traveled for radical purposes and frauds
from one end of the State to the other.
III. And we further congratulate the peo-
ple of Texas that the Democratic members
of the Thirteenth Legislature so far as it
w as possible to accomplish their object in
presence of the captious vetoes of the Gov-
ernor aud the opposition of his partisans in
the Senate replaced the foregoing obnox-
ious repealed measures by just and whole-
some laws bearing alike on all and which
if honestly and faithfully executed will re-
dound to the lasting good of the country
and prosperity of the people.
IV. The Democratic party when it
comes into the possession of the government
of the State will administer it in tho inter-
est and for the benefit of the whole people
aud not of a party; and however much we
may have" been provoked to hostile and re-
taliatory legislation by the outrages com-
mitted on us. by the "itadical Legislature
and State government it Will be a part of
our great mission to rise superior to our
just resentments and administer the gov-
ernment in such manner that every citizen
whatever his politics religion nationality
or color shall feel that he is securely pro-
tected in his life liberty and property.
V. The school fund sacredly set apart
for the education of the children of the
State has under the operation of the mis-
tule of the party in power been plundered
by peculation squandered and perverted
to jKilitical puqoscs. The Democratic
party through us reafiirms its past opin-
ion and the policy it has ever pursued that
it is the bounden duty of the State to
maintain an eilieient system of free common
schools and secure the means of a com-
mon education to every child in the State;
and we advocate the gradual sale of the
alternate sections of land belonging t.j tin-
common school fund; as also of the nsylmu
aad university lands under siuh restric-
tions as will secure the funds arising there-
from to the purposes for which they were
intended and giving in such bales proper
preferences to actual settlers ia good faith
thereon.
VI. It was the Democratic party w hkh
first inaugurated the wise and jriicr'nu i.U I
icy which has made the United States the !
svlura of ad l-.ations from op.ircss.; ve -ov.
eminent and kss favorable means of Jie!i. I
hood and int:ej.-r.lence; r.nd the D i.ioei-.. i
ie party of Texas true to the carl v t-a bin '
tnd uniform practice of the t.aitv. salvo-i
catts tho most liberal and active pkkv toj
encourage and increase foreign im:i.igrath
lo ekvciop the resources of our fertile Stale j
a well as to perjt. tutt" the government j
through t oc intelligence and moral worth I
ol her it.eJ;. And that ( very ado: t. I !
citizen laay enter srslo the mint of .(.'..-
Ireed-im ot thought and t-.etioa hi ia:tM'-r
of con-cit n-.-e the Dei. io rat y of Tcv-.- k
Cenver.ti'.n lis.-cmbkd. declare it to k- -.r
lirm totivit lion thit legal interference with
li.eJaeriiYsaiei.il h-.I-il of an v !!.- of ( '.'i-
zen-' natives or of fc. ;gn 1-irth is t ontrarv j
to So .;d polity togen'iinc Detaot r.--y I
to the i:i.khtcu"d spirit of the '
VII. The Democrat;: party H a ad has
iv r b.-ea ia favor of throwing : f w in-
j--dii.M-.-t ' i p..--ibk- in the way of lk-o- j
j can ma sang the I t..t?-l St.; - . 1k: k . I
th. r a : -j-tion; :nd to tr.ahk f.r; '.
rs t-
' .iter i:to citiz; : hij. without l. ): t
bk ihky or i-..;.:-iwttci:.:.-:..r: it t-
oar c3 utioa tktt a kri k:.- rnio
it sk- ' 1 have the rk-Lt to ia .he Ik tk
tka f iats.: m-.h to k c: .j a i'.tk: a U
ia r.-e.a.i.-a or in o;--t a ..-;::
laay t ' ki !..; . t :.vi .' ; - .
vor th-.- .- - ;: of a kw t j;..-.t t .
VIII. V.e :. i. -r-.-t i f -'. .
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;kk to baihl such n ikon.; :.;
to such companies a!u ;n:;
vacant lands under prop.-r r-
with such islons of law:
the pK--te aguiast oppression
able cxaciio!ist ia. lil cm h s
Stabs has its equal pt. j-o:;i
faCiiitie-:.
s t t tl
foleet
i U!;re-..s if).
l i t tho
of .kre;4
.' to gr.:"tk
to Seen li! the
eq'lat ia t!e
btr.ei'.is j;vtl
2. Ttiat
W ;
a : c o
i.'.i.ia y M.l'sidit s -y the ?r.ttc
baiUiing of railroads- us r.;
dislribiniin of lurdens ran I
unjust in j.rluelple.
i. This convention tlei.onncc s cs kke
an.l slanderous the imjir.tatiou sought to be
attached to the State of Tesas by her ene-
mies that she contemplates the rcjak.iatica
t.f Mtiy of her jusi and legal liabilities.
X. We considt r the t;isi itntion.il amend-
ments proposed by the la-t Legislature
ns i aiken: ly tu ce.v.-ary .i.d rva emtaead
their adoption by the pcejde.
XI. The situation and suikriugof our
frontiersmen and their families amuse our
loop t::id sir. cere sympathy; raid we do
ban by pledge the most cariast exertions of
the Democratic jwity to se cure their speedy
and a.lcquate protection in the future be-
lieving this to be paramount to all other
duties.
XII. We favor tho calling of a constitu-
tional convention by our next Legislature.
XIJI. We invite all good men whatever
may have been their pa-t ptditical preferen-
ces to unite with the Democratic party in
removing from place and power those Radical
ollicials who now in jtart control the Stato
government in order to insane an honest
administration of the laws and an honest
and economical expenditure of the public
moneys and to throw the tcgU of justice
and piotcctkn our the person and proper-
ty of every individual whatsoever in the
State of Ti as.
John II. Rkasa:. Chairman.
... Jamks B. Simi-min I'irst Di.-tiiet.
P. Voiot Second District.
R. H. Grixx. Third District.
H. -Mi i:.vv l ifth District.
James P. Doioi.xs Sixth District.
Wm. L. CifAWfonn Seventh Ui.-iri-. tf.
R. R. G.vi.m:s Eighth District.
D. JI. pKKNPKttoAsr-Ninth District.
Eo.!VM Jo Daupi n Tenth Dkiritt.
B. P. Hays Elevenih District.
Gi:o. Mason Twelfth District.
N. IIoi.i.axp Thirteenth. District.
Jamks Mastkusox Pourteenth Disi.
Jo. U. Kiav.NAitP 'Fifteenth District.
Sktu Siu.i'akp Sixteenth District.
Wxt. V. Lano Seventeenth District.
T. J. BiiAi.t. Eighteeidb District.
Gi:o. Ci.akk Ninrteentli District.
Jno. S. A11.T TwentietU District.
J. W. Tunoe KMoitTt.a' Twenty-Mrs f.
District.
Titos. J. BuuW.v Twenty-second Dist.
L. E. Gii.i.ktt Twenty-third District.
L. G. Rahman Twenty-fourth District.
M. Malscu Twenty-flfih District.
Jos. D. Saykks Twentj--sixth District.
J. W. Bi nton Twenty-seventh Dist.
W. M. Walton Twenty-eighth Di.-t.
N. O. Gukux Twenty-ninth Didricf.
Wm. II. Erssicx Thirtieth District.
lttOI.VTI0NS.
1. l:tkid That we deprecate the action
of the Democratic members of Congress in
co-operating with tho hepublican majority.
iteiLh4ti4uLi!jUi. s.;.-:-ge tV I J
"Pack salary lull.7'
Adopt etl unanimously.
2. Wo heartily concur in tho following
resolution passed by the Ohio Democracy
in their recent convention to-wit:
"AWo. That the act of the President
i a setting up by bayonets a goverumemt in
Louisiana not chosen by her people and
having no title whatever to rule over them
was a flagrant violation of her rights and
of the Petleral Constitution."
And fut her that we deeply and sincerely
sympathize with the people of Louisiana ia
tlicir misfortunes and the outrage perpe-
trated on them.
Adopted unanimously.
Democralla TtxrentU-o ComniUlec.
IIo.. John ItivT.ANP Chairma". Pegv.in
Guadalupe county.
First District W. W. Whitehead Tyler
county. -. . .
Second District Tho.-. BsTvcrs.-aff
ol:i county.
Third District S. A. Wilson Cheroke
county.
Fourth District John C. Good gam F.em.
derson county.
Fifth District C. B. Kilgore Bast
countj-.
Sixth District P. J. McCord Loik vkw
Gregg county.
Seventh District If. F. O'Ikil Lbdcii
Cass county.
Eighth "District -W.- J. Swi.yr.c Red
River county. Clarksville.
Ninth District J. L. JLdbeit Navarro
county.
Tenth District Daniel Uj.t hegrove Hunt
count'. . '
Eleventh District S. B. Z ixev 'Pari.!
Latuar county. " '
Twelfth District Chaa. L. Cleveland.
Galveston county. '
Thirteenth District P. E. IVar-r-on Bit h-
lr.o.id Fort Bond county.
Foir-ecnth District Gustavc Coo!: Har-
ris county Houston.
Fifteenth District John ti. Cleveland
San Jacinto countj'.
Sixteenth District John W. Carroll
Burleson county.
. Seventeenth "District Ja. Boyd Ik!'
county Belton. '
Eighteenth District B. II. Dav;- Brazos
county Bryan.
Nineteenth District Ira B. S.idkr Cor-
yclle county.
Twentieth District K. M. Van Zialt
Tarrant county. '
Twentyiirst I)itiict-C. B. I'kkett
n ise county.
Tw eaty-se-eond J. V'. Jennii! s Criv-o-!
county Denison. ' J '
Twcnty-lliird Dktikl Vun. k.Jr ivi..
Pinto county. '
Twenty-fourth Di.-t rict I). ; -..r
Indianol.t Calhonn count v ' "
Twenty-fifth District-Wells Th-m:-
Colorado county Colt:mbus.
Twenty-sixth" Disl rict -J.' I). o-.-.. ;
trop coraity. J ' '
Twenty-sevc-nlh District Wi-1 V V
Caldwell count v Lockhan. ' 1
.T"'l'3tyi'5th Dk;rka'-W. II. VVstf..:i
iniaitnon countj.
Twenty-ninth Distrit t Geo l'f.-:;k .
Comal count V. '
Thirtieth District Na r -o a-u-I
Stoblins " ivri:u-utul r.:':
iiusii j toil v i.:iri..
y.'Asiris-ij-roN Aug. k. Ai. ak r . ' '
i- -and:d is corning t li"-'!- ! '--''"' q'i
in Wstslinrton :.l .ie-":.t. tkp...'; - .
kd Uir-lKs pro.-er ::;:. .;..
t hnrcti St. .b.!a. Tri !.;(-. ' -..:.
an-l foiii(e.n ; (;.. : ' ::'('.'
the Mc-tropolitM ai.d Idrv(knvvi';
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1 said the d Ik'-a- i cV. 1 u ' " ' ' K
Wereiii -verd tht!a:g! :i :. j "
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