The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-01-24


through an ordeal OF virtual subjuga-
ton, ana for the last seven OF those
years, succeeding the bayoneted cleo
ton OF Governor Throckmofton and
the peoples government nom office,
We have been ruled first by military
power, pure aud simple, I'LL the inau-
guratlon Of the Davis government four
years ago, ~
During the four years since tran
spired the people OF Toxas have sur
fered under q succession Of indignities,
outrages, ofiiclal robberles, such asto DO
indelibly burned into their memories,
there 10 remain while life lasts.
Now, after this long night OF misrule
has passed, In no far az to place the
State and most OF the county offices
In the hands OF men freely elected by
the people, would II not be tho SUI
premest folly TO haul down our ban
ners, stop when victory Is only half
won, and virtually leave the warriors
Of oppression still In possession OF q
large number Of the most Important
Offices In the State, many of them Ju-
dicially clothed with poweroverlife, lib
erty and property? Do the people de-
sire TO stop the ball Of reform, and
leave such men AZ Seward, Borden,
Chambers, Cooper and n dozen more
like them, sitting as District Judges; or
Ogden and Walker as Supreme Judges?
Did they want the bohemian, DE Cross
to remain as the head OF our educa-
tional interests2 Did they want the
public school money, collected from
their own pockets, to be sqnandered In
useless salaries and grabs to keep In
Office an utterly needless set OF parti-
san leeches, called supervisors, inspec-
tors, etc.? H.WR .b 81
On the contrary, as wise men, can
the true people of this State stop the
reform until all public places OF honor
and trust shall be held by men who
have stood all these long years fairly
and squarely against oppression and
plumber, in defence OF public liberty?
Can they consent to such courseP
We say no! How, then, is the work
to continue till final success shall
crown their efforts? Simply by perse-
vering as heretofore, in nominating
from their own ranks true and tried
men for all offices wherein the people
are interested. Jefferson, one Of our
most important cities, has been long
and sorely tried by Radical misrule.
San Antonio, for years, was held in
their vicious grasp. Houston isyet in
their power, and the Legislature at this
moment is passing bill to protect
that city from further spoliation by its
Radical rulers, who have already fast
ened on them debt of seven hundred
thousand dollars. Even Austin, our
State capital, only escaped from their
thraldom little over one year ago
and the same is true of Galveston, our
chief city, which, with an overwhelm-
ing Democratic majority, was worked
as dray horses under the appointees Of
Davis (the most respectable he ever
made, however, till last March. 4
Add to these considerations the re-
cent occurrences at Austin, showing
the Radical disregard of law, constitu-
ton and public opinion, and the
tenacity with which, everywhere in
the State, they chung to their offices,
after overwhelming defeat, and rea-
soning men of all shades Of opposition
to Radicalism, whether claiming to be
Democrats or Conservatives, must see
thatthe only sure guaranty of remov.
ing all past abuses and perfecting the
reforms demanded by the people, is for
the friends of reform Democrats and
Conservatives--to act in concert, NOM
mate men Of their own faith for
all offices, and vote for them in
solid phalanx. Defeat, by acknowl-
edged Radicals, in an open
issue, in the present crisis
of our affairs, is less to be deplored than 1
the decentralization and destruction of
mutual confidence in our own ranks
which would follow a medley race of |
numerous Democrats running for the
same office,
The public option OF the whole |
Union, in reference to State so Demo-
cratic as Texas, will hold our party re- /
sponsible for official abuses, even when |
committed by our opponents. This
should not be overlooked.
Once the needful reforms are accom-
plished and time shall have wiped out
the animosities Of the past, we should |
not urge party action in municipal
elections; but till then, we believe it
Is rit mt and duty We owe the country
at large and ourselves as people.
FFH -
:. IT Is quite generally understood In
this city that INV. Genet, the Tam.
many thiefwho escaped from the dep.
has gone to South America,
to which place his family will soon fol.