The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1875-10-26
THE WASHINGTON COUNTY COUNCIL
AND WORTHY MASTER LANG.

The Telegraph in its Saturdays
issue, has an article under
the caption, "rhe Grange and poll
tics,n not very original caption to
be sure; but if one conceived after
reading it, that there were no orig
inal ideas, and conclusions in the
body of the article, he would be a
sadly deceived individual,
But for the feverish anxiety man
ifested, as to the ulterior designs of
both the Order and its leaders,
which runs through the article, their
is much in it to commend, and the
very doctrines we'have taught are
here reproduced on certain points,
and none may read without seeing
that they have been both broaden
ed and deepened. Worthy Muster
Long, and w! W. Lang Esq, are
two different people altogether, in
the sense in which the Telegraph
writes, and SO we have taught.
Worthy Master Lang as the Chief
of non poliliral Order, has no bust
ness in politics, but Col. w. w. Lang
lifelong patriot and Democrat,
has just as many privileges and as
much right to serve the,country, as
any man within her borders. Andlf
the Telegraph had said, it believed
when the time come to separate these
dual characters,in 50 far as their pur-
poses are concerned, that it would
be done in good truth. In other
wordr. When Worthy Master
Lang enters the political arena to
contend for the honors there, he
will lay aside the insignia of,and bid
farewell to his high position, as the
leader of the most potent non polit-
ical force, which has yet developed
in Texas.
This would have been but simple
justice to one of the purest and
most HnseiiSh of all our. public
men. The Telegraph, lends its ear
to the ssiiy.rtm5t that Lang is to be
placed by the Qller, on the ticket
with Coke, fol- Lieutenant Governor,
and that Coke is to be sent to the
L. S. Senate, and Lang thus become
de facto Governor of the State.
Now, such a combination, if it actu-
ally existed, would pre-suppose de-
gree of political chicanery and
shrewdness, for which we have
never given either of the illustrious
gentlemen named, credit. Nor are
we iustitiable in ascribing such
character to either, by anything
they have ever done, either in pub
lie or private life. This charge
were it repeated by many other pa
pers in the State, which are hostil'
both to the Order, and to Goyerno
Coke, would excite only smil'
but the Telegraph's known friend
ship for the Grange, and its ur
spotted Democracy, and its consist
; ent devotion to Governor Coke
makes the genuine friends of bot
= the Order and the Governor, regre
, that it would so far give credence I
the unjust report, rs to mention II
even for the sake of illustrating a
p argument.
s The Washington County Counc
deemed the rnmors flying about q
To the an,agonistic feeling of Wnl
thy Master Lang 60 the present pr,
spectiye Democratic candidat
for Governor, injurious to the chal
acter of the Worthy Master, and tn
I resolution was simple disclaimer
which was designed to call ont th
,, Master. His letter in reply is onl
, another evidence that his great ann
iety is to keep the Order nBSpotte
from politics. |, is a frank, mani
document, and the expression of hi
preference for Gov. Coke was sim
ply drawn from him by the circun
5 stances of the case, and to cmpha
: cize the general disclaimer, as to pc
: litical ambition on his own part.
, The Washington County Counci
only sought by its recent action l.
put quletus upon the injurious re
port, and ITS probable e'll eitect'
and Notwithstanding the discussio
its action has occasioned, such W
believe will be the final result of il
We can see nothing in the action o
either party to this discussion /
; convipcssus. that an Interior politi
cal motive lay concealed beneat
the surface, did We do 40, we woul,
be the very first to expose aud con
J demn it.
} The Gallant SIX Hundred.
OF the one hundred and uinet,