The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-08-30

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mlun npm DHlna county n4 Nv oUt ! ~
oul NJ tlic swlnior md one ileprecnt.
,ailyc u beyond NY comprehension,
lleally, I believe II exists rnly In Tie
Imagination ~ anmc disappointed
"DcmO1nl."
, democrat further stulcg "As the
mntior now stands, Dallas county and
city, In the wisdom Of the late Con-
vcnllon, viii be represented by one
man, without experience nnd nc
q,mintancc, aud without prestige In
public councils and political circles
and however much we admire him rs
nclghbor and love him rs u fricnd,n
etc. The love and admiration OF such
men as 'Dcnocrntp for us or for he
Democratic party, we fear, IL "llkc the
love and admiration of the wolf for
the lamb the eagle for the dove, the
hawk for the sparrow" II extends no
further than selfish motives.
As to my experience and acquaint-
ancc, all I have to say about that Is,
that have been raised and -" heated
In Dallas county, lived a.. lag the cit
liens of both Dallas and Tarrant
counties, | have been IN Texas for
nearly thirty-one years, / have served
the people in various capacities, have
been in public life Though not polit-
icaD for fifteen years, and rs fools learn
at no school except experience, sup
pose that 'Democrat," Judging me by
! himself classes me as an neXperi-
enced fool. III "Democratn had stop
ped here we would. not have noticed
him. but rs he grossly misrepresents
the Convention that nominated me,
and thereby Injuries and slandered the.
Democracy of Dallas county, which is
calculated to create II false impression
in regard to the action of the Conven-
ton, and the. wishes of the people Of
Dallas county, would be recreant to
the trust and confidence reposed in me,
wrcc not TO raise my voice IN its de-
Tense.
'Demccrain says, "To say that the
late Convention was a fair expression
of the Democracy of Dallas county is
absurd" etc. l affirm and will prove
over my own signaure mot n fictitious
one), that the people of Dallas county
never had fairer chance to express
their choice in n convention, and that
the convention was fair and conducted
fairly. In proof OF this, ! will state,
first, That it was The fourth effort of
the people to have a full and fair con-
yention. At Il second mass meeting
of the people of the county of Dallas,
it was unanimously agreed las will be
seen from the minutes of said meeting,
that the various Justices precincts
should he called upon to senS ten dele
gates each, cl,usun by the Democrats
4 of each precinct, and sent to County
4 Convention, to assemble in the City OF
4 Dallas, on the Goth day of July, to
transact the very business of which "A
Democrat complains. These pre-
cinct meetings were Az largely attend
ed, iG not more 50, than We're the pre-
cinrt meetings Of last year, or any
other time.
As to there being only twenty-seven
voters at Precinct No. 3, / am fully
q 4
prepared to prCaounce that false, for
was there in person, and counted tie
men that voted for delegates, and there
were forty-fve, against thirty-three
last year; and yet no man ever heard
me complain because there were but
thirty-three in attendance, or that it
was not fair, or that it was not the will
of the people when these thirty-three
elected delegates to II County ConVen-
ton and instructed them to vote for
, Major Brown instead of me.
AS to there being nineauasi Radicals
in the last precinct meeting of Pre-
cinct No. 3, | am not prepared to say,
as "a Democrat under his fictitious
name, fails to name them. One thing
/ am fully prepared to say, however,
and that is, that none but Democrats
of the purest water were elected as
delegates by this precinct to the County
Convention.
With but one or two exceptions, the
delegates elected this time were the
: same ones elected by this precinct last
4 year to like convention, showing
that these delegates are representative
men of the precinct. This precinct
no. 81 instructed its delegates unani-
mously to vote for me as their choice
for Representative. So also did Pre-
cinct No. 4, which was largely and
enthusiastically attended. The same
took place at Cedar Hill, where four
delegates were elected and instructed
by the people of that part of Precinct
No ., to cast their votes in the County
Convention for me as their choice.
This too, was unanimous.
"a Democrat further states 81
LEARN that one of the delegates to the
County Convention was one of the del
gates to the Radical Convention which
assembled here on the 10th inst" etc.
Here again IA Democrat" cloaks him
self, under his fictitious name, to SLAM
der some better Democrat than he
himself ever was or ever can he.
i Name him, Mr.. Democrat" ] de-
mand his name; the good people of
Dallas county demand his name. He
deserves to be consigned to the igno-
minious contempt Of the honest peo-
pie of Dallas county. / imagine that
You, hIr. "Democrat,n have fallen into
i the habit of publishing too many
things upon hearsay. Sir, you should
publish all that you will hear, as facts,
you, by listening closely, will soon pub
lish yourself as broken-down politi-