“It’s unlikely that anyone has forgotten that a month ago it was possible to buy a round trip ticket to Washington and back with a significant discount. The extreme cheapness of this ticket prompted us to approach a certain Austin citizen who takes the public interest close to his heart, and borrow from him twenty dollars on the security of our printing press, as well as a cow, and the surety of our brother, together with a small bill from Major Hutchinson for four thousand dollars. We purchased a round ticket, two Viennese rolls and a hefty piece of cheese, which we gave to one of our staff reporters with the task of going to Washington and interviewing President Cleveland, if possible pulling the nose of all the other Texas newspapers...”