The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-10-21

llIE tltVlluh W. '''''"N'
press takes place In thirteen days nom
date, that Is, on next Tuesday WeeN'
the ld day November AZ The election
of Hon. j. w. Throckmorlon has beeh
ooked upon M n loregonc conclusion
since his nomination al Fort Worth,
there hos apparently grown up IN IN
difference 10 the matter IN the minus
of the people. This Indifference or
apathy IL only seeming; 1t IL not real !
ifto-day the word wns passed along tle
line from Kaufman 10 Parker, ANA
from Cooke to Hill, that any serious
opposition to the hvorite OF h"rlh
Texas had developed itself and was III
the field, there would be n simultaneous
and enthusiastic arousing of the true
and tried democracy Of the third dis
trlct that would sweep away the hopes
of the opposition ~ the mlsls OF the
morning are made to disappear before
the rising sun. We almost regret that
"A race of some interest could not he
gotten up that would call forth the en-
ergies and powers ofnorth Texas DEM
ocracy, so that 1t might be demonslra-
ted TO the world how much our nomi-
nee Is loved by those who have known
him longest and best. But there is no
chance for such race; the election OF
'rhrocimorton is rs certain rs the hap
pening of any other future event about
which no doubt is entertained.
Knowing this to be 80, and feeling
that the voters of the third district
know it to be 50, we propose to give
briefly some reasons why we think
every democrat in the district should
nevertheless feel ii his bounden duty
to come forth on the third of Novem-
Der and cast his vote for the nominee
of the party.
First, then, it is duty he owes TO
the party. Figuratively, n political
party is represented as an army in the
field, arrayed against its opponents.
The members of the party are the SOL
diers of the army. Election days are
the days of conflict, when every mans
place is around the colors of his com
mand. 1t may be said, and the busy
and the Indifferent alike may seek to
Justify their staying away from the
polls on the plea, that the Sd of No
vember is not to be n day of battle,
that it will be rather like review OF
the forces. Grant that it is only a re-
vlew--the object of review Is that
the commander may determine the
force and efficiency 81 his army, and
the orders to attend are Just rs per-
emptory and binding as the orders to
move to the field of combat. The party
orders all who march under its colors
to form around the ballot boxes ON the
morning of the third Of next month,
and 1t is the duty of all who are en-
iistSu uhuSi iS paiiiicto W ohVy VIC vi :
der without stopping to inquire the ne
cessity for or utility Of it.
Second, it is duty we owe to our
candidate. We have selected him and
entered him in the race. He has made
the campaign at our command. We
implicitly pledged ourselves when we
placed our standard in his hands, that
we would he with him till he furledit in
victory. The election is the time that
we are called upon to redeem that
pledge. This would our simple duty,
no matter who our candidate might be.
Good faith in the members of n party
would require them to stand up unfal-
teringly for him whom they had placed
i'm their van rs n leader. But when we
recall who our standard bearer in this
contest is, and remember all that he
has done for Texas, and for the third
congressional district particularly, OBJ
legations of a much higher ma
ture than those based simply
upon party fealty render it imper-
alive upon us that we should come
forth on the day of election and testify
at once our appreciation of the demo-
Graf and our attachment to the man.
We do not propose to go into any ex-
tended eulogy of Governor Throckmor-
ton. The old Texans know of their
own knowledge what his services to
Texas have been. The later Texans
knew before they came here that he