The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-03
ESTABLISHED, 1849

could bo furnished of lts truthful
moss than visit TO tho modest liz.
tic village of Fort Worth and II care
ful perusal of the columns oiitS still
more modest Democrat.
LAST YEAR tho Democratic con
rrcssional convention at Sulphur
Springs, Texas, took strong grounds
against the two.thirds ru.o in max.
ing nominations. Remembering the
Corsicana and Mckinney conven-
lions previously held, they wisely
concluded that tho chief effect Of
that unjust rule was to defeat the
strongest men and open the door
for trickcry and the nomination OF
men not thought Of by the people,
II has never been strictly Demo
cratic rule, but WIS resorted to in
1874, under extraordinary circum.
stances, in order that the party
might get rid of Martin Van Buron
and select u man in harmony with
it on tho Texas question. Missouri
nor any of tho Democratic States
have adopted it ms rule OF party
action. We are glad to see that in
most of the districts of Texas ex-
press ground has been taken against
this mode of nominating, and in
favor of the sensible and just prin.
ciple that, in free government,
maiorities shall rule. Let us hear
no more of the cut.throat or two.
thirds rule.
Mr.. b. Rush WALLACE, the ven-
erablc old gentleman put. forth by
the Fort Worth meeting as candi.
date for the Constitutional Conven-
tion, among other vagaries, advo-
Gates reducing the number of repre-
sentatives in tho Legislature from
ninety to forty. Let us see how that
would work. We suppose the popu-
lation of Texas to be 800, 900, and
of Dallas county, 10000. Divide IL.
100000 by forty and the result is
37,000-so that to get even ono rep
resentative Dallas county would re.
quirc to be added to Rockwall or
Kaufman counties. Or if we take
tho census of 1870, $4,000 for the
whole state, and the population of
Dallas county under that census,
l4,3l4, we then have as the basis
for representative 2O,45O,
which would again require Dallas
and Ellis combined to secure one
representative. Go to the thirty
settled counties of southeast Texas
or those of the southwest, to any of
our frontier counties, and it will re-
quire from eight to fifteen counties
to have q representative. If such n
policy is to prevail, and the represen-
tative is to be so far removed from
the people, we had better stick to
the miserable district system filst-
ened upon us by the present consti-
tuition.
On the third page of The HER
AID will be found an article from
the Waxahachie Enterprise, head
ed, "Wc Tell you there is Danger, y
which is an unanswerable argu-
ment in favor of the position of The
HERALD taken months ago-that is,
opposition to any nomination being
made by u convention. The HERALD
has reason to believe that there was
disposition among certain Office
holders and others to vote
against the convention, and it
is conceded by all that the
radical element will vote en- masse
against it. Hence, tho necessity for
the Democracy of Northern Texas
to poll their full strength. This
done, and they can carry the con.
vention triumphantly. With can
didatcs nominated IN Districts over
whelmingly Democratic, THE Her.
AID feared, and still fears, owing ia
the absence of all incentives arising
from II warm canvass and personal
preferences, IL small vote in our sec
ton CT the State. AS nominations
however, have been made in por.
lions Of the District, The HERALD
urges upon it's friends the absolut.
necessity Of voting, even though
there should be no opposition
Above all things, vote for the Con
rentiOn, whether you vote tor Tho
candidates or not.