The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-04-24
CLASS AGAINST CLASS,


The weight aud force OF Mr., Langs
I've say Lang adylsodly) attempt to arS
ray tho farmers Of Texas against all
other classes of population may be un>
derstood properly when We reflect that
al no tune since the organization of the
grange has ita membership numbered
more than q mere moiety Of the farmers
themselves in any neighborhood, and
in many large districts Of country they
never have had q local habitatlon, Az
this time tho rolls Of tho order have
shrunken until he has but u meager
following indeed, In very many res
speoIs the order has proven u blessing
TO agriculture in all, we may say, save
and except this insane effort 10 drag
tho order into politics. and direct anN
tagonlsm with not only other classes OF
people, but with those farmers who do
not subscribe to the political turn things
have taken,
Notwithstanding Worthy Master Lang
declares that tho tour he Is now MAKE
ing has no reference TO q personal cans
didacy or to politics pnlcss by tie express
wish Of The people, we can arrive at no
other conclusion than that II has hes
cause unfortunately, for that theory,
Lang has u chiol alang with him, who Ia
both taking notes and printing them,
and these notes oil spell out conclus
sion which utterly destroys the modest
disclaimer of the master, Several
months before tho last state oonyons
ton met, number of papers suspiN
ciously adjacent to Mr. Langs home,
opened out in an avowed advocacy OF
his claims for governor MOjor Downs
was absent from tho state, and the Err
amiacr fought tho pretentions of Mr..
Lang TO tho bitter end, Notwithstanding
the proprietor was favorable TO his cam
didacy, and urged change of policy
before his return home, This circum'
stance leaves no doubt but that the Ec'
dmiuerS phrensy for farmer to.day, Is
simply aphronsy for Lang, and the
whole enterprise, tour and al, isa "thin'
scheme TO mako Lang governor, by
using tho means at hand (the iarmersD
to accomplish it. What does Lang and
Downs care II class is to be arrayed
gainst class no that the scheme which
failed in 70 wins in rs. There has
never been more unblushing attempt
made in the history of politics, by
democrat, to destroy the party for a
selfish purpose. The pair of recreant
democrats have been in Collin county,
the home of Governor Throckmorton,
and upon the statemen, OF one man,
Capt, Johnson (Rutabago), declares
that Collin county is opposed to ThrockN
morton, and will refuse to instruct for
him. Was ever lunacy more pros
nounced than this. If tho other asser,
tons made during the tour by Major
Downs rest uponno better grounds than
this, the value of his contributions to
the more recent political history of the
state will not be held in very high es-
TEEN, nor need tho old true blues of the
party feel much alarm.
We, however, cannot refrain from ex-
pressing regret that the Examiner, one
OF the representative papers of the
state, should lend itself to principle of
this kind should endeavor to SOW
dissension where it can have none but
bad effect. The doctrines which il is
now preaching are nothing more nor
less than odious rs much so rs those
of communism, and will excite the
same indignation as the latter when
the baletul hosts of disorder combine
to elect red republican to the PRESS
dency. The principle is the same.
Farmer Lang, Farmer Downs, and
Farmer johnson have said that Q farm,
or (Lang) should be governor. 1t res
mains to be seen how much public sens
timent this trio represents, and if the
result Of the last gubernatorial effort
is to be taken as q type, we may rest
secure that no very grave or serious in-
jury will result,
The effort, selfish and reprehensible,
is destined to receive most whitening
rebuke at the hands of the people this
fall. The result will prove that the
sturdy farmers of old Collin have been
misrepresented by both Captain John.
son and Farmer Downs, and while they
are farmers, and many of them gran,
gers, they are none the less democrats,
and friends of Throckmorton.