The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1874-06-17
THE DISAPPOINTEO PIGMY AND
THE GOVERNOR.

on Gov. Coke. This time it is his
Waco speech, az reported in this pa
per, which has stirred to its pros
foundest depths, this small lake Of
political and journalistic shallowness.
1t, like its bosom friend, the indepen-
den:, impersonal and unprincipled
News, reads US lecture upon Coke's
taste, or rather his want of it. We
glory in the fact that his taste is dis
tasteful to both these papers, and the
State may well congratulate itself
that such is the case. 1t matters lit-
tie il Coke's Waco printing talk was
the first or the one>hundredth, talk
on the subject. As to the dignity Of
the statement of the Printing Board,
the people of the State will persist in
believing that it was called forth by
the unfairest, the most uncalled for,
| and at the same time undignified at
| tack ever made by mercenary press
| upon an honest, able and fearless
public officer. The Statesman ar
raigns the statement Of the Governor,
that the present rate, for the public
printing, is clear gain to the State
of over fiity-five thousand dollars,
and cites what he received for only a
partial compliance with his contract,
as reiutation OF the accusation. UP
to the twenty seventh day of the
session, of the Fourteenth Legisla-
ture, he only recovered fifty"seven
thousand dollars, a large part OF
which went to pay for the Daily
Statesman, or what did he, or what is
he, or what was he to receive for
other work. Or does he take into
the calculation the amount paid to
the Galveston News as its share oil
the job. If he only realized
fifty cents on the dollar
he has still been paid more than the
entire work under the present ar-
rangement will cost for the whole
year. Whose FAULT Is it that the war
rants were iearfully deprecated
Clearly not Governor Coke's.
In this bill OF indictment we are
considering, the Governor doesn't
express Indignation just exactly at
the Statesman thinks he should. We
respectfully suggest that his Ex-
celIency employ the proprietors o.
the Statesman To give rehearsal o.
their little performance when it first
broke upon them, that the printing
job with all its faults, shortcomings
deprecated currency and other draw
backs, was lost forever to them. W.
do not undertake to say that it will
be an Improvement, but perhaps il
will SUIT the Statesman better, anc
that Is all the significance it has. 1h,
result of the disappointment, and th'
sequel to it, proves that Coke's ide;
of "broadsides impending" were, lik
most of his conclusions-right, and 81
nearly perfect as to rank with tn
shrewdest gatesses Of the prophets .
old.
The remainder of the article Il
question is string of weak, spitefu
assertions derogatory to Governo
Coke, and OF such small and trans
parent meanness as to be altogethe
unworthy of notice, except in
| general way and in general disgus
The Statesman parades its mildnes
and iorbearance as the very SUNNI
of the "suffer and be strong" doc
tr1ne, which totally fails 10 convinc
one of its candor, good sense, 6
taste.
The Governor is right whe
he asserts that every one j
the State is satisfied, except two O
three defeated aspirants. VINO els
pray, is smotherlng iaternal fires {
hate, which are to break out whe
the Statesman gives mission, an
consume the Governor in hi
gubernatorial character, as we
as that of the presiding office
of the Printing Board? What othe
wounds are there to be opened, wha
painful memories exist, except in tn
breasts OF the Statesman and tn
Newsr Who else regrets that tn
Printing Board have been able t
effect an arrangement by which fifty
FIVE thousand dollars are to be save
to the people III this matter? Th
country press and the country peopl