The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-03-24
JUDGE HANCOCK AND THE CABINET
POSITION.

JUDGE HANCOCK AND THE CABINET
POSITION.
We give place to Mr.. Simpsons COM
munication, and can only express SUR
prise that our little piece Of bandinage
called forth so long and so serious an
article from the gentleman named. We
are quite certain John Hancock himself
would have accorded it briefer notice,
andperhaps would have been content
to hurl at it his sententious and'expres.
sive expletive, "d--n the newspapers"
which would have been the last of the
thing Neither Mr. Simpson nor The
HERALD can tell the people Of Texas
anything new about John Hancock.
He is well.known to them; better, in
fact, than to either Mr. Simpson or THE
HERALD. His name and record arc
public property, and the public esti.
mates accurately the worth Of both
The refusal Of the Texas delegation
in congress to advise Hancock to ac-
cept, was significant. But had a pledge
been exacted from Hayes, that liberal
and just Southern policy would be
adopted, including the acknowledg
ment of Hampton and Nichols, they
would have urged him to accept, but
these gentlemen knew full-wel that
neither they, nor the highest angel from
heaven, could 60 before the single
hearted people of Texas and defend
the presence of one of her sons in the
cabinet of president who would toler-
ate wrong as foul rs the seating of
Packard and Chamberlain would be.
AS to the tremendous power and
patronage welded by the postmaster.
general with a little light on it,
it sinks into insignifcance. We
doubt if any man North or South could
have reached the portfolio without nc.
quiescing in the Tyner attachment.
Indeed, we have reliable information
that such condition was imperative
Then, let it be understood that the first
assistant postmaster general (Tyner) is
the chief appointing officer, and we can
readily sec that this tremendous power
sinks into an insignifcance about equal
to the little end of nothing, whitfield
down to a point So it comes that the
merit of the refusal to accept is lessened
very considerably Had the delegation
agreed to make common cause with
Hancock in indicating the acceptance
it is clear that it would have been &C.
oepted. So it comes again that we have
another circumstance subtracting from
the merit of refusal
AS to the grandeur of the sacrifc,
made by Judge Hancock, for the above
and other reasons, we fail to see it in
the same light, or at least, in as strong
a light as our valued correspondent
does. Yet we are free to say that some
merit unquestionably attaches to tn,
act, because not many servants of the
people are so careful of the feelings o.
their constituents, and indeed, hereto
fore Judge Hancock has manifested but
little of such Difference.
Senator Cole's is brave strong
chivalrous nature, and to beaten
opponent he can be Just, and at the
same time very generous. 1t will prob
ably never be known how much the re
Lief felt at being saved from u bewilder
ing dilemma, influenced such expressions
from him, AZ well ~ other members Of
the delegation. 1t is quito natural
however, to conclude that some of it il
reterrable to such cause.
We are not surprised at all to heal
that the Texas delegation in Congress
respect Judge Hancock, that is not
news. Indeed, although he has many
bitter political foes, yet we know of nc
one who does not respect the rugged
manhood, strict personal honor and
great ability of John Hancock, but VIC
trust that these qualities are not so rare
among the public men of Texas, that
Hancock should be made political
demi-god because of them. We com
mend the communication to u careful
reading at the hands of our friends
and as Mr., Simpsons observations were
made on the field, they are valuable be-
cause they come at first hands.
Spinner might have chance in the
treasury department again now but for