The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-21

feat the will Of majority OF the
friends OF good government It'll
IL Ii this Necessity that gives weight
10 the deliberations OF conventions,
and insures the aequiescenoe Of the
people In the support Of their nom
inees. Wa believe that whenever such
u necessity dOes not exist much more
accurate reflex Of public sentiment II
reached NJ tho ballot box than In con-
ventiOna. Such would not DO the case
II the people living remote from the
voting places would leave their bual-
ness and take an Interest In primary
conventions. But We find by experl-
ence that they do not do 30, and In our
deliberations we should be guided not
by what the people ought to do, but
by what they VIII do,
In this congressional district we do
not believe that such neousslty any
where exlsta And Notwithstanding
there may DO more candidates than
delegates allowed, yet We have no
doubt that the friends OF democracy
will have no difficulty la electing In
each senatorial district good aud true
men, who Will labor faithfully 10 give
w u constitution worthy OF the future
greatness OF our state,
But II ut any time before the first
Monday In August next different
state OF facts should be developed In
any county or senatorial district, then
we would deem II advisable for the
local committees 10 take immediate
action and call q convention OF their
respective districts and nominate can
| didatea.
For another reason, we do not deem
II advisable to generally hold oonven-
lions In this congressional district TO
nominate candidates for the constitu-
llonal convention. II IL provided by
the act calling constitutional conyen-
| ton that each elector, nc the time OF
casting his vote for delegates 10 the
convention, shall also vote for or
against the convention. And II Is OK
ceedingly important that large vote
should be polled In north Texas and n
full expression OF the will Of the peO-
pie he had upon this subject, as the
calling OF that convention viii depend
In a great measure upon the action Of
this portion of the state.
There can be no doubt that much
fuller expression OF the public VIII can
DO obtained without nominating con-
ventions than with them. The demo-
cratic majority in this congressional
district and In each and every county
In II, IL 30 overwhelming that nomi-
nation, by the party, IL almost equlva-
lent to an election and hence, the
majority OF voters experimenting no
danger of the defeat Of their candidate,
lose all interest In the election and the
result Is that very small vote IL
polled. A full vote ut this election for
delegates to this convention will do
much toward giving us that weight In
the deliberations OF the state to which
we are justly entitled, and which for
the above reason has hitherto been
denied us.
We do not believe that II Is proper
to nominate candidates for the senate
and lower house before the assembling
of this convention. During the last
session OF the legislature, portion Of
the senate sought to engraft upon the
bill calling constitutional convention
a provision for the election of senators
and representatives ut the general cleo
ton for delegates to the convention
and majority Of the Legislature wise
ly voted It down. The effect of such
elections or nominations would be
to, in measure, forestall the action of
the convention. five are to have n
constitutional convention, and we be-
lieve that It IL the earnest wish Of u
vast majority of the friends of good
government in the state that we should
have one, then we should solicit our
best men for delegates and leave them
free and untrammeled in the discharge
of their duty.
GEORGE N. ALDREDGE,
Chairman Executive Committee, Third Con-
gressional District.