The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-30
"RING RULE"
Grand Democratic Rnliy-AFriyai oi
Governor Thr0ckmOrtOn- brilliant
T0rChIight Procession.

rcciion Of the city Hall. An en-
llIusiastiu crowd of citizens followed,
and rapidly formed in tOrchlight pro-
crssi0n and moved IN the direction Of
the Lc Grand hotel.
After n serenade by the band, Mr..
rhrockmorton was loudly called for
by the immense crowd which had
assembled in the streets. 1t was not
in the ordinary acceptatlOn Of the
term, n crowd, but rather u meeting of
the people, gathered together to do
honor to one whom they believed had
served them faithfully and well. 1t
was ,he grandest political procession
that Dallas ever saw. When the head
OF il had reached, the LeGrand hotel,
the torches from the other end were
still flashing on the window panes OF
the Market House.
In answer to the repeated calls, the
Governor appeared, and was escorted
TO platform which had been erected
on the corner of Main and Lamar
streets.
The Hon. james w. Throckmorton
was escorted to the stand by special
committee, consisting OF Captain ID.
IL. Grove, w. ii. Gill, John Shea, Mr..
Cleveland, Mr., Hoffman and Mr..
Melsterhan, and was introduced by
Captain Grove as follows:
1t would be superlu0us on my part
to remind the thousands within the
sound Of my voice of the OCCASION of
this 0ut.p0uring Of the people, of this
Queen City of North Texas; but il |
had ever entertained n doubt of truth
prevailing over intrigue, of right AS
suming supremacy over demagOguery
and tricksters, that doubt would have
been dispelled by one glance at the sea
of upturned faces now see before ne.
For in the faces now around me | read
a determination that only men; men
known, tried and true, shall be called
to the councils of the natiOn--that God
gifted true manhood, intellect and
Itatesmanship,sh all be the standard by
which our representative men are
gagued.
Let me say to those who have played
every known tune under the sun, and
rung every imaginable change that hu
man imagination could conceive upon
the words ring and Clique within the
last sixty days, that here before me il
II ring they have not counted ON against
themselves Here is ring and n cliquc
Of the men who, by patience and in.
dustry, in short period of years, have
wrung from the domain Of the buffalo
and the savage the fairest harvest
fields and the brightest homes ON
which kind Heaven ever shone the
sun, and in full membership of that
ring are the men here to night, who,
brick 10y brick, plank by plank, timber
by timber, stone by stone, have built
up upon the banks OF the Trinity a city
that IL the pride of the Southwestern
United States. Here is ring of themen
whose hands are hardened by their
daily toll, and whose t.dsCle have
built the massive walls before us; men
who over the forge, ut the bench or
behind the machine, earn their brend
and build up our country; men who
in commercial aud mercantile pur-
suits are gathering tribute for our city
from almost every point in North.
western Texas, who say that the PEG.
pie and not the Office holders, or place
hunters, shall run this country.
Here Ia the ring, composed not of
oflics holders, present or prospective,
but OF the laborer and the banker,
the mechanic and the merchant, the
farmer and the professional man, in
short, the men who by their muscle,
their money or brains aro to-day
building up the fairest commonwealth
on Gods green earth, who declares
that this IL II government of the peo-
pie, for the people and not only Of the
Office holders, for officers holders and
Office hunters.
In introducing to you Mr.. Throck-
morton, he needs no eulogy at my
hands; his course of life, and his ca
reer MS II Texan, his acknowledged in
tellect, and craftsmanship speak for
themselves. know | only echo the
sentiments of nine-tenths of the true
hearts of this district, when say he ia
the man to represent them in the
halls OF congress.
Mr.. Throckmorton then, CHANGING
over an audience of thousands of true
and honest citizens, began q speech
which only terminated after the expi.
ration OF two honrs and Il quarter.
During his remarks which, covering 80
much ground, 1t is impossible to pub.
lish; be clearly vindicated his charac.
ter against the aspersions which had
been made against It. He took up
each in turn and refuted them in their
due order, not by whining defence,
but by an aggressive array of facts;
facts, not manufactured for the ocoa-
sion, but specific statements which
could have been displaced on the
ground, had they been false, for the
witnesses were within hearing. This
did more to prove Throck.
morton's strength In the city, than
would have been conceived by his
most ardent admirers. At the close of
Mr.. Throckmorton's speech the fol-
owing resolutions were offered and
ldopted by the meeting
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
Meeting that the services OF our distin.
,ulshed Representative in Congress,
he Hon. j. w. Throckmortou, entitle |
lin to the continued confidence and |
airport Of the people OF this Congress.
i0nal District.
Resolved, That we approve, in an
special manner, his efforts to st cure
'ur frontier from the depredations OF
he Indians by the transfer of he wild
RIDES to the management of the War
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