The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-07-11
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Observation-Disclosures,

Chllcu upon by lne county cnalIlHNn w
assemble In primary meetings In their
respective precincts, on the 18th In
slant, for the purpose Of selecting dclc-|
gates to the county convention that Il
to be held on the 18th Of this month,
which said county convention will hc
charged with the duty Of selecting del
egates to net in brhalfof the democrats
of this county in the convention to be
held at Fort Worth on the Goth instant
to select candidate of the party for II
seat in the next congress. In orderthat
the action at Fort Worth may be in
consonance with the will of the people,
ii is essential that the people should
attend these primary meetings, and
make their will known. There should
be no chance left for delegates to mis-.
represent their constituents, and after
wards excuse themselves on the plea
OF ignorance or mistake. The primary
meetings in each precinct should
speak out in unmistakable language
as to whom IT wishes to cast its
votes for, and should instruct its
delegates to the coming county conven-
ton to send only such delegates to
Fort Worth us will pledge themselves
to use their utmost ability to secure
the nomination of the designated per-
son. 1t is common device of dele
gates in these latter days to pledge
themselves to rOtc in convention for
the candidate whom they know to be
the choice of their constituents, to car
ny out the letter of their pledge by vot-
ing for said candidate on the first bal
lot, and then to hold themselves alb
solved from any further obligation TO
their promise and at liberty to consult
only their own judgment on the re-
naming ballots. BY this manner of
constituting pledges the people have
very often been euchred out of their
choice. They should see to it hereafter
that the instructions to their delegates
are clear and unequivocal, pledging
them not only to vote for but to use
all legitimate effort to secure the NOM
ination of the desired candidate.
1t is impossible to overestimate the
Importance to Texas of being repre-
scented in the next congress by the wisest
and best men she can find in her borders.
We are all apt to be forgetful of the fact
that the question of the legitimacy of
the present state government has not
yet come officially before the federal
authorities. Satisfied ourselves with the
strength of our position and the right
fulness of our cause, we are apt to look
with contempt upon the efforts the dis
placed radical officials are making to
secure federal interference. What the
exigencies of Grants position may. be
next March, none of us can foresee.
He may conceive the vote of Texas
necessary to secure him in his coveted
third term. His ipse DIRT is now the
law of the land; he makes and
unmakes state governments at
at his WILL The preteXt for an inquiry
into the legality of our present state
government and subsequent interior
ference Herewith could easily be found
when the Hon. S. i. MaXey presents
his credentials and proposes to take q
seat in the senate. At that time it
would be all important that the repre-
sentatives of Texas in the house
should be men of wisdom and
influence. Measures are carried |
in congress notify eloquence, nut in
the main by tact and address. A rep
resentatlve, to have any weight there,
must have some prestige; he must have
weight enough to command the re-
spect of the leaders of the party in pow
er, and must have tact and address
enough to secure their confidence
without abating anything of his prin-
ciples. The man sent to Washington
to represent the people of Texas ought
to be man that already has some ma
tional reputation, man that is already
known and favorably known outside
of his own state. No matter how high
mans local reputation may be
for integrity and character, admins
trative capacity or ability in public af-
fairs, he can be Of no manner of use at
Washington until he has served long
enough to acquire some reputation
there.
Have we such person in the third
congressional district? We have-a
man who is rs generally known
throughout the United States, and
whose character stands as high as that
of any other man in Texas. That man
is Ex-Governor James w. Throckmor-
ton. In announcing our unqualified
preference for him as the democratic
candidate for the seat in the next con-
gress from this congressional district,
we are aware of the fact that we are
simply placing ourself in line with the
almost universal feeling of the voters
of the third congressional district.
They have desired to have him serve
them in some capacity or other ever
since he was stripped of his robes of
office by the federal military, and they
are Indignantly aware of the fact that
they have been cheated of their wishes,
time and time again, by political trick
cry and jobbery. They are determined
to have no more fooling in this matter
The people are in earnest, and woe be
to those who by any chicanery would
endeavor again to thwart their will.
1t would be a work of supererogation
for us to undertake to impress upon
the minds of thepeople the claims that