The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-10-06

papers IN llis congressional district
VIII please eplY' ,,u..,t.
F' W, g. TpcKERi Master
a, EARl Secretary
Paddook, pf lhe Port Worth Demo-
emL pays his attention 10 lhe move
menl Ia the following editorial
Last "Wednesday evening q ieW OF
0ur citizens held q caucus ~ me lllll'
bnr Dnice NJ linal & Hatcher, lhe pro-
ceedings Of which We in la lac hlanl-
ard, and publish elsewhere, We were
not present ~ tie mpellngi ana snow
nnililng NJ llie enthusiasm WNlpll pre-
vailed, ana which persuaded the
| standard into such ~ eNiANngnlil use
nf head lines, We DOM ihlnk the
firs Justly lhr assertion that = large
aud enthusiastic meeting Of The elll'
zpns 0f f0n Worth was held On ms
Orcnninn, when the truth II That nine
out OF ten mpn Ia the Guy were lipl Al'
/ ylsed Of the meellng hpnpllpe WhAl,
over was given Of II, aud not q score ol
men all told were present. NJ llie meet
! Ing, Nor do We believe the gfAllHelh
viii eniny helng thrust % lhe mont
aud made q cats paw ~ ~ lhls man
ner aud forced ~ take u prominent
position la n movement ~ when lhty
had 40 part or parcel
The resolutions adeNed, aud ehpee'
! tally tle liml, which charges lliAt llie
convention NJ tho 2ulh NJ July was q
fraud upon the people ana not u l9lf
expression Oi he VIII Of llie people
deserve our attention, Every person
who was present ~ ills convention
will lo0l, upon this asa hlt Of harmless
saIenani, OF u Joke, when he c0llle5 w
reflect HAT every hluglp vote cast ~
/ the convention was cast for lhe llollll'
nee, Jnmea W, lhroGkm0rlOni llal
avery county except Hood ana Parker
was Instructed for lhIGGllmurl0lli And
/ That tie only reason Hood county was
not snlidly fur 'lhrOGlnprlOn was be-
Oauso the delegates quarIeled among
| Themselves and n portion VI them pre-.
/ ipnod 10 sink theROod ol The pnfly ana
district IN order 10 crafty personal
| feeling. The convention was perfectly
hnrmunlOus throughout, ANA " was
probably the first instance Ia tho his
! Tory of conventions la which no rule
was adopted and In which one ealdl-
date received every vote GnHl 10 70
solve that such convention was mol u
fair expression, N too serious lOf u
I0kc aud too ridiculous 20 bo considered
anything else 49,,
We have put oursolf 10 SOME lille
trouble 10 ascertain the REASONS lllhl
prompted, aud the moi ives that Hclua-
ted tie persons engaged In this move
mcnt. We llnd among them the OPP
p0nonts Of Governor ThrOckm0rlon
prior 10 The nomination, ana tho mr.
dent supporters Of Judge Good. Others
that are disposed 10 de(cnt him for con-
gross because he has not built the rail-
road 10 Fort Worth.
While We Rrc an ardent Hdmlrcr OF
Governor 'rhrOckm0rlon, we nrc very
much inclined to doubt his ability 10
build rnilronds-hls pecunlory ability,
We mean. lie " represented 10 ~ IN n
poor man, aud We believe lac N. II re-
uuircs money, and good deal oft, To
build II nlIrOnd Governor Thr0ck-
morton IL one of the directors OF The
rond, owns Just enough stock In II to
make him ellgiblcto 0lllcc, aud beyond
that cuts very small figure In this
huge corporation.
We do not recognize the ilct that
his inability to build roalroad' units
him TO represent us IN congress, No
one questions his inability, wisdom,
statesmOnshlp or inlegrty. No one
will pretend that any man can he
found who can WELD as much inf ucnce
for good for our section as Throckmor.
ton. Then why attempt TO defeat
him? We shy why make the attempt,
because no sane man will contend That
such thing as accomplishing his de-
feat IL at all probable, or even possible.
but possibly we are treating this sub
ject with more serious consideration
than It deserves. We will withhold
any further remarks for further devel-
opmenls.