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VOL. XIV.
SAN MARCOS HAYS COUNTY TEXAS THURSDAY JULY 16 1885.
NO. 31.
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OFFICltls.
cnxnKii Ktb tiisthiot: .
Hon. James F. Miller of Gonzales County.
SKKATCK-'i'TH DISTRICT!
Hon. (ieo. Pfeufftr ol Coml Co.
pitiniTATivs 01st digtbict:
Hon. J. H. Combs of Hays Co.
Hun. J. .M. Jolly ofCalilwoll Co.
niKTKlCr (JOtJItT 2ND WSTHICT.
Hon. It. Telohmucllur. Presiding Jwlire LaGrangn
J. M. Bethany. Attorney Austin Co.
TtMKS or HOLDIXO OOUOT.
Havi. 1st Mondays In March and September. May
continue thrco.weeks.
. ooim-rv orOKs.
Ed II. Kono Judge County Court.
Jas.rt. Unrleon Illst. and County Clerk
(iwen I'ord Comity Attorney.
11 IS. Barber flliertn. J. 8. Unvts Di-puty.
U.S. Ouck Justice of Hie Fnce rre. No. 1
I'avl.iU-mh " " " '' i
11. C. Hubbs " " ' "
J.iMlowe "
W. W. Blnek " ' 6
J. II. Patterson Courtly Treasurer.
K' d. Kortsott Assessor.
Joe. C. Kve Surveyor.
T.J. MVarty Com'r Proclnct No. 1
ch.. i.ii?iitfo"t. " ;; i
J it. Burleson " " 3
T'eler .Suliiullt. " " "'
Krnnk ObaniOD Constable precinct Ko. 1
TlMRS OF IfOI.nlNO CoUMTT AHD PsaOIKOT COCKTS
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Hay August and November.
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each minth at San Marcos
month San Marcos
Precinct No. J Sd Friday In each month Ht.Clty.
' J 3d " Wlmberley's Mill.
(h " Dripping Springs.
towx orricsBB.
Maror Wm. Glcsen.
Council W. D Wood O. W. Donslson John
Williamson D. A. Glover Kd. J. L. Oreen.
Marshal T. M. Prince.
81 reel Commissioner Samuel Watklns. .
Council meets the Brst Tuesday In each month.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF. TO AND
FROM SAN MARCOS POST OFFICE.
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p m ; close at 8:15 a. in. and 8:00 p. m.
Msils from San Antonio arrive at S: a. m. and
6:46 p. m.; close at 8:1!) a. m and 0:16 p. m.
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iii;kiii:m.
VKTHOD1ST. Preaching at the Methodist
m. . .i.k..k u - niilrOr Msrriw. PMator.
tinfliCU jiri J hhuifbiu . . - .
Sunday School at 'clock A.M. Class mrellug : .
r young Men's Prajer Meeting at S o'clock P. M.
Praver Meeting on Wednesday.
CBRimAX. DW Pritchett preacher Incharce. "
Services every lord's day Morning a id aigbl. Son- J (
day chool ai a. m. Praver meeting every Wed- (
nslay night l-adits" Aid ocitjr. 1 p. m. every .
rrlday. A cordial Invitation extended Is ail.
PRESBTT1R1 AH. services li.d aed 4ih gandsvs I
eschmoolh. ste J. It French pastor. m.dar ' .
Hchool at tho Presbyterian Chore every gabbalb -ulUi.ti.
Praver sleeting every Iharsday t
:Mp. All are luvlled loatleod. i
I.C TH g R A ! Rev. C. streoteswireln. Teias yn-
. .... . - K.auh m ih flf t SuimIii is -
mini J t ' " r - - - -- - -
esrh'saon-h at the Pr.-lyteriao chore Preaching
at 11 A. M. All Cerssaos cordially lovlted.
PRTTIgTAST RPICOP AL- rviees 1st and
U Saodaiseach soooih at a'dovk.
T o (at t. Mark's thorch). h ike Rev. Mr.
Allen
RAPTieT rreathlng at the PapiWt Charrh
the o4 ihlrd Pondavs In sack ssoalk.
ke. L If. Jock so portoT.
' ATWOUC- sniis ih e.4ej oee Wwmxk
fee. Fiter J-adl. pw.
MM 1 1 : I I
alert m Co"paoy J. 1 Brst oJJ third
Tssti !- ex-th. R R. ". Peeet;.
Ifraa V.taitl forewao. W. Cslev ! o
J P Pa-e !. oM T. J. Pl. Aocvoiary; c. U
r'sv treao w'
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4th. VfS-v to eoeooti. F4 R. IC
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r RaT lr go t Ha Isl otvrsv '
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R-a'o rvwiory.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
HANK EHS.
N
ATIONAL BANK OF SAM MAltCOS
North side l'loza.
"ITIUST NATIONAL BANK of Sun Mar-
J" cos Southeast Corner l'laza.
LA WMItS.
- fOOD A FOKD Wood's Now Building
ITpstnirs
T. BUOWN Ofllceovor Green's Bank.
XOTAHV rUliLK! d- G'L AWT.
I;
II. JULIAN Judge Wood's New Build.
ing upstairs.
PJl YS1C1AN8 & SURGEONS
D
RS. WOODS & BURLESON Office at
Raynolds it Darnel's drugstore.
D
It. WM. MYERS Office at Froinme's
Drugstore Southeast Corner Fluzu
DENTISTS.
D
It. J. II. COMBS Judge Wood's New
Jluildiiig upstairs.
DRUGGISTS.
) FROMME South side Flnza.
's
OAYNOLDS &. DANIEL North side
J. t J'liiza.
DRY GOODS.
REEN & PRICE ntMalone's old stimd
VJl Southeast Comer Plaza.
DRV GOODS D GROCERIES.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON Mitchell Build
ing. North side plaza.
pvAILEY & BRO. Southwest Corner
J l'laza.
BOOTS & SHOES.
JB. HANKLA Manufacturer and Deal-
er North side l'laza.
ERH. LAUMEN East side Plaza.
T Southeaet corner Pluza.
WHOLESALE GROCER
f ARTIN HINZIE Southeast Cornel
jSL Plaza.
GROCERIES.
r I BAYLOR & THOMAS East Side Plaza.
T
ARDY t CO.. South side Plaza
J F.PATE S
South side Piaza.
GROCERIES t) HARDWARE.
ypL GIESEN South sido phiza.
HARDWARE.
f W. DONALSON & CO. North side
Plaza.
FURNITURE.
J.
WARD East side Plaza.
J
W. NANCE & BRO. near Southeast
. Corner of Pnblic Sqnare.
WA TCII MAKERS & JH WELERH.
W.
11. ROBBINS North bide Plaza.
CARPENTER AND BUILDER.
JF. PATE residence near the Coronal
. Institute.
STOVES fc TINWARE.
rpHEODORE HERRING NortheastCor-
JL
ner Pnblic Sqnare.
M
ARTIN HINZIE Southeast Cor. PUza.
SADDLES t- HARNESS.
C.
SCOCK Southwest Corner Plaza.
LIVERY & SALE STABLES.
gALE
ALES i SON San Autonio Street
MEAT MARKET.
rj L. TOWNSEXD West Side Plaza.
BAKERY t CONFECTIONERY.
rRITZ LANGE' South side Plaza.
THEODORE! HERRING.
(goocesaor to Geo. R. Benae.)
DKAUt II
TINWARE.
STOVES
4MII.
Zrf.vZ at3 G-ttenrg a Specialtj.
all I wt inskui V oiot-
tr.f'mar I.-! 1s ekr-e ef pMe srsi
ej.rr t
Warren Leland
whom oreryboOy kaovi u th suoeeatfnl
manager of tbg
Largest Hotel Enterprises
of America tayi that while a paagenger from
Kew York oo board a ship going aronnd Cap
Horn In the early days of emigration to Cal-
ifornia ho learned that on of the oBleera of
the vossol bad eared himself daring the Toy
age of an obsUnato disease by the use oi
I Ayer s Sarsaparilla.
3lnc then Mr. Lrlakd has recommended
Avta'i amaparilla In many similar
eases and be bos never yet beard of its fulW
ure to effect a radical cure C
Some yean ago on of Mr. Lflawd'i farm
laborer bruised hi leg. Owing to the bad
tat of hi blood an ugly scrofulous swelling
or lump appeared on the Injured lluib. Hor-
rible Itching of the kln with burning and
darting pain through the lump made lif
almost Intolerable. The leg became enor-
mously enlarged and ruunlng ulcers formed
discharging great quantities of extremely
offensive matter. Ho treatment wa of any
avail until tba man by Mr. Leland' direc-
tion wa supplied with Aver's Sarsapa-
1 xilla which allayed the pnlu and Irritation
i healed the sores removed tho swelling and
completely restored the limb to use.
I Mr. Lblaxd ha personally used
' Ayers Sarsaparilla
for Rheumatism with entire success ; and
after careful observation declare that In
hi belief there I no medicine In tho world
equal to It for the cure of Liver Disorder
Gout the effect of high living Salt
Rheum Sore Eruption and all the
various form of blood disable.
I We have Mr. Lkl a s d' permission to In vtte
all who may desire further evidence In regard
to the extraordinary curative power of
Iavbmi RAitftAPARfT.ta to ana him neraon-
'ally either at hi mammoth Ocean Hotel
Long Uranoh.or at tho popular Leland Hotel
(Broadway 27th and 28th Streets New York.
Mr Lkland's extensive knowledge of the
good done by this unequalled eradlcator of
blood poison enables Uiui to give inquirer
much valuable Information.
PREPARED BY
Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co. Lowell Mass.
Bold by all Druggist; 51 six bottlos for $3.
Th Man and th?
Monkey.
Once upon lime a man and a monkey
chanced to meet upon the highway.
"Hello my long-tailed friend" Siked the
man "whither art thou going I"
"Bound for de city" replied the monkey.
"Glad to hear it" replied the man
"I am going there loo and we will trnvel to-
gether and be of mutual benefit In case of dan-
ger. The monkey grinned assent and both wended
their way.
"What all yon?" asked the man I see you
are a suUerer and can scarcely get along"
Oh you see1 replied the monkey ''my mud-
der she had what you call scrofula very mnoh
scrofula my fader he hod hesp oros some big
some little sores long ime. They both took
much medicine and when tbey died the sores
was all they ihey left me."
"Ye yes". replied the man 'I see how It is
Your mother Inherited her disease scrofula
and your father caught bla oi ilio wing and
vou Inherited or was born with both com-
plaints. But why plno away and die Vibe.i
you can be cured I"
"I been done naed over sixty bottles one
drug sfote medicine end it no good. Money all
gone and sore here yet. Some doctors charge
eap money but oo good."
'But. my friend" ssld the man "you got
hold or tho wrong medicine: Oo to the drug
store and get one bottle of B B. B. and before
using all of it you will feel better. It is a quick
cure. II will cure all sorts of sores. Scrofula
Blood Poison caught on the wing. Itching Flu-
mors. Catarrh. Blood and Skin Diseases and Kl .-
ney Troubles"
"I be sr. thankful for your kindness and will
go gel B. B. B. to day" replied t lie monky(
The venomed shsft hurled at the scrofulous
girl the pitiless cries of the tender Infant writh-
ing and moaning with heredltery bloel ta'nt
the groans of that stout man conSsed with
rnnning foul nicer the walllngs of that wife
prostrated with the pangs of rheuma'i.m tho
excruciating agonies ol (hose aufliriug from
chronic kidney troahlcs the sleepless nights of
those children terrified with that itching humor
of the skin the wild and weird appearance of
those unfortunate vlc'ims 'o sll forms of syphi-
lis these and all other similar diseases Indi-
cate ao Impure condition ol the blood all of
wlich can be cured loan Incredibly short space
of time by the use of B. B. B. the concentrate!
blood purifier of the day.
CORDIAL
For the BOWELS.
Tsilsr'i r ke-rekrv K eaev of " !
aa Sf allala snil cure fooajha. CTwip and Co
aManpUua. nca c. axsa at a ooaw-
X B.lRnil..
Tba Citv Mill XjrrTJ i 8R Morwu.
; Teiaav wi'l be o)J for one h-tlf of iU coat in
1 carder to snake a diMtnlinUaa amonp the beirs.
' The pnpe-ny txau-ita of on three-U'ry
mill bovavR o two-saorr pin niw. nur
eora xtuU otte wbrat tnuL. thre-e IxA runntT.
ose threat rerf bolt with snautter. taa lit
latwl titrttor roc f '.rtr. two cAWa fcin.
1 oo Keorssl arrew. erae tLt-ty-trfW ettiotirT
' kKaile" al eri. B -w a-d -oti4t".
troai eVrt fo"4 fsrS.n f oLU f
j iv tt dweiUI-Tjf lv.ri a 1 . T'r fur-
' tier partx-nlara an'j n
B. 5xni or W. O. ll-rii'.
ajar. r.T-Ja.
mm
APPOIXTEl) ILNTO ME.
And IiJuilldit! TremendouB tlionght! lliii
frniue
8o coHtlv iu it workmnnxliip and Htrnnpo
Will uot lout alwayai but is doomed to break
And fall iu pieceR like a common vane
Of periHhnble clay. Heaven' balmy light
And all the smiling; auencry of earth
The grand the bright the beautiful alike
Will perish from theno eyes. Those ear will
Bleep
Unconaoious of a Riuglo sound that stir
Through the wide range of being; and these
limbs ..'-
So aotive now and full of Htrength will lie
As withered branches by the fallen trunk -On
which they grew sapless and dead. The
blood
That nrgts now its salutary stream
Through the whole man will stand still in
its course
Aud with it all tho plhy of life .will stop
In universal death. The tired luugu will
rest '.
And thought will perish from tho slumb'ring
brain. '
And then tho grave will do its work remote
From human eyes ; by dissolution foul
Itrenkinp: theuusiclitly moss and turniuo all
Hack to its kindred dust.
And I $7tatl die ! O can that word be true ?
The hour is coming when the voice of death
Shall call for mt I I have stood when oth
ers died . f . I
A sorrowful spectator : and have watchod
As one by one life's crumbling props gave
way 1
Till all wore gouo and the fair fabrio foil ;
Aud it was fearful then and shook the soul
Only to see how Death did do his work.
But there will be a tragedy like this
In whioli the action of the dying scene
Will all be mine. Others perhaps- tuny
wait
Hard by the spot to tell their sympathy
By looks of woe and stilled sobs and sighs
That break forth from the troubled deep
within
But they will be spectators only ; mine
Will be the actor's part. Tho darkened room
Tho couch of pain the haggard out-
stretched form.
The struggling conflict then will all be
mine;
And when tho hut convulsive gasp is drawn
Aud the ebbing of life's stream dies in the
veins
It will be said that death has come on mt.
And I nhall die ! My years shall have an
eud.
And I shall pass away from the World's eye
And pormu from the thoughts of living monj
Like the stato of those who lived before tho
flood.
Mv beitiB will bo swallowed up a thing
f'orootton orthe earth as the light plunge
Of some small pebble darted from th beach
TJpon the boiom of a slumbering lako.
Earth will roll on : the suu will-still look
down.
And all the stars will shine ns thoy do now
On the broad concave of night ; the year
will chance.
And times will hold their anoient order still;
Sra-ina. Summer. Autuinu Winter in their
turn
Will come and go ; and days and nights
Will be as now : and men will crowd life's
Htaro
As they do crowd it now and in like style
Wi 1 play their several parts each in nis
Dlace.
Cit'cs will have their commerce nnd the .
plow
Wi 1 drive its furrow thro' the rural glebe :
Tho pride of life the struggle to bo rich
The rush for power tho restless rage of
souls
Laboriug to quench their thirst in pleasure's
stream
The war of passion and the cry of wrath
All will go on. But I sliall have no pnrt
In aught transacted on the mighty globe.
Like some light shadow hurried o'er the
plain.
I shall have passed away forever.
UNKNOWN.
The Question of Prohibition.
Dripping Springs Tex. July 1 '8F.
Ed. Free Press : I see in your is
sue of June 25th that speaker Foster
nnd other leading men of onr state
are taking the side of prohibiten. As
this is a question that will not down
perhaps a few words from one in the
more silent walks of life may not be
out of place. ' Both of our political
parties have been afraid to advocate
prohibition and have blowed hot and
cold just as circumstanco and locality
required. But tho time is coming
aud not far away when they ns par-
ties will be left in the cold if they ig-
nore the issue. I desire to bo under-
stood as in favor of a stringent Na
tional law prohibiting tho use as a
beverage of distilled spirits; but
since probitionista would also class
wine with spirituous liquors it seems
to me a good cause is very much crip-
pled. Is it not the Libluiy of all great re-
formatory movements in government
and religion that the reformers have
drifted into extremes to some extent
at least? Did not the founders of
our republic give us too much liWrty
too much states rights ! and as a se-
.1 t s
qaence tne wanuog us - vk .
Ol treasury me S -
blood and mourning aronnd many
hAfirtliKrnne. before the proper enni
. .
librium wvs restored " Are not the ;
. . . w.
leadcW probation going. ;
fur. when thV would prohibit
tuakinr and drinking of wine?
I do not seek a controversy but I
think when we know better what 's
food or ld for man to eat or drink
than God does we know jat a little
. u c-s -ArV .r...isi.l
lOomiHU. ouviij uim wu-.v..
. '
in the B:ble. in toto; Hit is w.neT It
T i
won't do to ay thai the atrotg drir.k
r f'TTTe 1 to fTnetI in ani
that which was Jowe.l nnfrrrxKHtevl
'
as r sir. tnt. rini nrv r.e it. uj
newLoU-'cs? Oir Savior oat Ure
mado old wine in this tho beginning
of his miraclos for it ws doclarod by
men well drunken to bo tho best ob
tained at tho marriage feast.
I know that excess in drinking wine
was condemned so was oxceoBS in
eatinor. Wine iu connection with
corn nnd oil was claused as a blessing.
It was even chosen as an oiublom of
a blooding Savior. McLendon
WASHINGTON LETTElt.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington June 29 1885.
Editor Free Press : - An eminent
French statesman when askod how he
accomplished such a prodigious
amount of work each day replied "by
doing one thing after another." Pres-
ident Clovoland seems to understand
this art as woll as if he were its in
ventor. He examines all the papers
in each and every caso that comes bo
fore him. Ho will net on . all the
cases only as he reaches them in tho
course of his personal examination. It
scorns ns if he had an almost ondlcss
job before him but it is his .way nnd
ho seems determined to go on as he
has becrun. The candidate who de
pends largely or entirely on verbal
recommendations or influence of out
side parties will certainly get left.
The cases largely depend on the kind
of pnpers that are filed nnd the pres
ident holds responsible parties who
recommend a man to a strict account.
It is to bo fenrod that in tho discus
sion of appointments to office the
rrreat nnd silent reform work which
the new administration is carrying on
mav be overlooked. Though less
J - w
than four months in office and labor
ing nndcr crreat disadvantages the
o -
public plunderers aro being attacked
and routed at every point. Stealing
of the public domain has to a consid-
erable extent been stopped though
much remains to be done. Secretary
Lamar has proved tho worst enemy
the railway land-grabbers have ever
met and he has had the earnest sup-
nort of Gen. Sparks tho new Laud
Commissioner. It is safe to say that
no more unearned grants will be pat-
ented to tho railroad monopolists
and that as much as possible of the
land already stolen in ono way or an-
other will bo recoverod and thrown
open for settlement. The great Max-
well pi-ant is onlv one of a series of
' O
enormous frauds which havo been
perpetrated through collusion be-
tween tho claimants tho territorial
land officers and tho ring of Depart-
ment officials. There is every reason
to expect that this whole system of
plundering will now be broken up.
Hon. Goo. Jelks who has just been
appointed assistant secretary of the
Interior and given special charge of
all cases for tho forfeiture of land-
grants shows that this work is to he
undertaken in no half-hearted way.
While on the judiciary committee of
the House Mr. Jelks showed himself
to be a thorough lawyer and his ar
gument before tho electoral commis-
sion was not inforior to the efforts of
the great lawyers of national reputa-
tion Carpenter Black aud Merrick
who vainly tried to meet conspiracy
with logic in that deplorable crisis.
Mr. Whitney the new secretary ol
the navy is steadily growing in pop-
nlaritv "with good men of all parties.
Both the navy and tho country hail
him as a deliverer from the regime ol
rings and corruption that has preyed
unon the country since the war ana
left our coasts in a defenceless condi
tion. Tho exposure of the Dolphin
fraud will be to the naval establish-
ment of as great importance as were
tho Star Routo exposures t tho post-
office department
The action of the postmaster gen-
eral regarding the Pacific Mail steam-
ship subsidy is very significant. It
will 1)0 remembered that the rcpub
lican maioritv in the Kcnato force!
tho passage of a bill giving $100000 ployment of convict labor in the ereo-
ti.n Pimfir. StnatnRllin Com nan v for 1 lion of a Croat public building. We
carrying the mails. Mr. Vila finds
that there is no need of ptying more
fir rarrvinrr ocean ma
mails than is now
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man.lalorr. bat mtrelv
n..suiArv lint mi-rflr rHvei !cnrji-
:w.n tr arw.n.l the tnrtipv. the iKXiUna-
tcr-gcncml will with the approval of j
. - . - - - - - - - .
the president take no aruon in iue ;
rnatU-r but remit the aul.iect to otn- Iier uoara to lake auca jmsiuou as
i.t kJ8uUoo. ItlwtlU in connection with th. contract.
1 UOt TTOmUiO lUSI lUSJ Itirumiuiu
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- . i.i. ii .i si.. -...t.i:.
axcnU of the lobby in the aenate will
be able t gin pass the InlL and the
sum of gfOQ.OOO will be
aavswl tn th
tax yer.
n. .l.-r.l.jt of tba He inroota
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in tula niiuu j ui nivi.w w .
- . .
ctTiU-nnial anniversary oi tie
svT.fe-nnial annivtwarv oi tie revorsv-
tion of the vviirt of Nantes on O-t
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Vjr T. x. j. st-
rm'ot tie eeWration at the Arad
j er - 1 at- l . i
avtnt r.f w rto in Lrivi r.:TMi iuc trrtai
ir.g of that dr.
. THE NEW CAPITOL.
Indiana Llmc-Slone and what In Thought
About It.
Th Comptroller Attorney-general and
Commlttioner WaUh Draw Up their
Statement The Quettion to be De.
terminedi WheUirr TenuthaU
Have a State Caiitol
or Not
i
Oalveston Now.
Austin July 4.- The comptroller
attorny-genoral and commissioner
Walsh members of the capitol board
have drawn op thoir statements con
cerning tho adoption of Indiana lime-
stone' for the exterior of tho now cap
itol. Tho three statements furnished
the prosB in tho shape of an inter-
view agree in all essential points in-
volved but scarcely present any nr-
gunont on their sido of the question
that has not been already given in
tho press. Commissioner Walsh
states his views most suocintly as fol-
lows: "I vot;d for tho Indinnalimostono
and would do so again under like cir
cumstances. I regarded the construc-
of the capitol out of good material
without cost beyond the land itself as
the grand objoot for which we were
to work. I have not thought it nec
essary to give ray reasons to the pub-
lic because I thought the interests of
the State would be best subserved by
silence. I was willing to wait until
tho question was fully understood for
my vindication if any was needed.
The original capitol board who made
the contract and agreed to the speci-
fications were led to believe by mon
of experience employed by them that
Austin and its immoaiate vicinity
would furnish all the limestone need-
ed to erect such a building as the cap-
itol and a dozen more like it. The
stono which we classed as No. 4 and
of which we provided for the con-
struction of the foundation and base
ment because of its abundance and
facility for procuring it proved on
the first investigation to be a complete
failure as to quantity and quality.
From the information given the orig-
inal capitol board they would as Boon
have thought of requiring the exclu-
sive use of Texas water in the manu
facture of the cement and mortar as
to limit the use of limestone to Texas
material. I refer to this to show only
how badly the original board was mis-
led and the quandary in which tho
present board was placed. Nothinj
in the law or the contract specific
the use of Texas stone as the material
for tho construction of tho exterior
walls. When therefore the syndi
cate aftor discovering that Oatman
ville the original quarries and to
which they had built a railroad would
not furnish stone acceptable to the
commissioners they offered us a stone
from Indiana equal in evory respect
as to texture and crashing strength
and superior in color it was voted to
accoptit. To have voted otherwise
would have placed the State in tne
attitude of saying : 4 If you bring me
white limestone corresponding witu
sample No. 2 from Indiana or any
where else I will accept it without
quostion j but if you offer me a stone
equal in evory respect but of a better
color I will reject it becauso it comes
from beyond the boundaries of lex
as. iNeitner tne law nor tne con
tract authorized us as a capitol board
to jeopardize interests so vast for a
mere idea of sentiment. It can make
little differeuce Jo the farmers or art-
isans of Texas whether a small
amount of stone neoded in the con-
struction of the exterior work of this
building comes from Oatmanvillo
Burnet or Indiana so long as you do
not call on them to supplement by
tho payment of taxes deficiencies
croated by a gigantic effort at econ-
omy. It lias been suggested as prac-
ticable to sell the 2G0O00Q acres of
land loft for $2 per acre cash and
with the proceeds and the use of con-
vict labor enable the State to con
struct the building. Millions of
money are to-day being paid in taxes
aa the result of like experiments by
city county and statti governments.
It is hardly necessary in this connec-
tion to comment on the present con-
dition of the money market or to dis-
cuss the crave problem of the em-
are only called on to-day to determine
whether Texas shall have a state cap-
itoi or uot ana wuemer 11 suaii d
r from hcr garplM 0f ftnds or
he biult bv taxes wrong from ner
hard-worked citizens paid into the
hands of insatiable speculators and
. -...- Sl'
cx.roiu.au i kmiuc
lha avn.l.Mlannlnl I 14 ftaVaMl.
kimi.;.iv..-. '
- . 1 l.S It. ltr..1.fin'V
if tbfj do not complete the baUOing
and kq for Texas and. ber folore
'contractor all that has been so far
Id-me and all the land originally ap-
I rrpriated viz. : 3000000 acres and
'enable ber to recover the full penalty
r.t l! tonl nmi bv tl COTtrartora.
o-
v - : 1 it. T-.- ni a-asr
awas wiiaw
'm lU f titer scur on toor eco&r. j
-1 t-me a rfan.l lionae. uu
y-ared hr th prefect troUact : '
and J ncH oompkie-J ander the pre-
sW trstaV-t aTW.-.? sf-K 1 L ! "-. asLlvf a7TaiCttJ-
v v-hm". v -..v . - .
j'U lrta w.U gaxe
at the sr.tniabed
walls and groan as the tax-gatheref
comes around." .
Gen. Temploton was more specific
lie advertod to failuro in getting
proper stone near Round Hock and
allowed the board had proceoded with
excoeding caution. Ho recited the
efforts to procure legislative authority
to use granite and insisted thejea-
son they worked to have it adopted
was bocause it was belter material
than limestone and not because it
was from Burnet or from Texas. He
would not at the expense of the state
advortiso anybody's rocks. ' The cap-
itol lands were not appropriated for
that purpose. The 8000000 of peo-
ple guvo tho land for the best possi-
ble building and few of them are in
the rock business. He thought if
submitted to a vote of ihe people
there would not be COO votes to levy
a tax to supply granite from Texas in
place of limostoue from Indiana. Sup
pose tho contractors had offered Indi
ana granite instead of Indiana lime-
stone and we had refused and de-
manded Oatman ville limostoue T ; In-
diana limostono appears as superior
to Oatmanvillo . stone as the fire-
burned brick is to adobe. ;
Such is the tenor of Mr.' Temple-
ton's argument but he goes further
and says that to obtain the best pos-
sible structure for the considoratipa
we are giving bo that all the people of
the state whatever their pursuits
might be would be benefited and
had there boen limitloss quantities of
the Uutmanviiie stone ho would have
preferred the Indiana stone on ac
count of its superiority. He then
shows it was a question of Indiana
stone or nothing. He hold the con-
tractors havo an indefeasible claim to
the several instalments of land they
have earned and . that a patent from
the land office was not necessary to
enable them to hold tho earned land.
The change in contract is abortive
without the governor's approval the
board's action is only advisory and no
more binding than good advice. He
warns against building on state ao-
count and charges the contractors
havo not boon frank and open.
Col. Swain s argument is very elab
orate. All throe take issue with the
governor in regard to there being
sufficient limestone . here of proper
quality but Swain is most positive op
this point. Ho quotcB the governor
as some months ago expressing the
opinion that limestone of the required
test could not be had accessible to
Austin which conflicts with the gov-
ernor's recont statement just the
contrary. Mr. Swain doubts the au-
thority of the governor .to give the
contractors the labor of J000 convicts
to work granite. He understands
the law prohibits convict labor on '
publio buildings and he is opnosod
to convict labor in competition with
honest labor.
The three offiuials make a square
issue with the governor and appeal '
to the country. . . t
In the closing paragraph of his or-
tide in the July Century on the Seven
Days' Fighting About Richmond
Gen. Longstreet says:
I cannot close this sketch without
referring to the Confederate com-
mander when lie came upon the scene
for the first time. Gen. Lee was an
unusually handsome man even in his
advanced life He seemed fresh from
West Point so trim was his figure
and bo elastic his step. . Out of bat-
tlo he was as gentle as a woman ; but
when the clash of arms came he loved
the fight and urged his battle with
wonderful determination. As a usuaj
thing he was remarkably well bal
anced always so except on one or
two occasions of severe trial when he
failed to maintain his exact equipoisa
Leo's orders wers always woll consid-
ered and well chosen. Ho depended
almost too much on his officers lot
their execution. Jackson was a very
skillful man against such men as
Shields Banks and Fremont but
when pitted against the best of the
Federal commanders 'he did not ap
pear so weiL mtuout uouot uie
greatest man of rebellion times the
one matchless among 40000000 for
the peculiar difficulties of the period
was Abraham Lincoln.
The talk between CapL A. J. nous-
ton and a News reporter published
elsewhere will be found interesting
to those who have given toy thought
to the training and bearing of our cit-
izen soldiery. CapL Houston bit)
the nail on the bead when he says
that the avssmblio of the militia
companies and regiments should be
schools of instrnction. and not pio-
nics. It is mach to be feared that the
prixe drill will develop eventually to
the size of an exhibition game of bae-
balL or a boree-race. CapL Houston
views are sound and practical and it
would be well if the state nihUry ao-
tJl0Titi took the subject of hie re-
mJLrkg naJer eonfjJ(erati0n.--3lrev
ton News.
The Houston Tost Us a long arti-
cle about the wLirping-poaL Snch
an insLtaUor; can never
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wv7 - - ; .
c - acy trJoautU. A to
lis a U.X7. Ltil a nuu a a uuu im au
that Oatewvi.1 Advant.
The iron-workers at Cert'.an 1 are
UJ oat.
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