The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-09-26
The Greenbaekers---Ho they do
lt---reId by a Member.

The Greenbackern---Hoy they do
lt---reld by a Member.
The following letter was written, as
shown by the date, some DAYS before
the Greenback nominations were made,
and copy of 1t was submitted to 8
paper in this city for publication. 1t
failed to appear in print:
AUSTIN, September 5, 1873.
Hon. Il. c. Still, Chairman County Committee:
Sir-As candidate for nomination
before the 'clubs" for the Office of
county attorney, against Hon. W. A H.
Miller chairman of the State commit
tee. am compelled to complain, among
other things, of the undne influence
necessarily exercised by HIM in the
party. He is our chosen chief. All
candidates in the State, from Governor
to constable, look to him for counsel
and advice and as the ultimate umpire
to adjust controversies amongst them.
: Presidents OF clubs, secretaries, and,
In fact, every private member Of the
organization, urged by laudsble zeal
for success, hasten to obey his COM
mands and convey his information.
In short, wherever he appears there we
recognize headquarters" and there
we raise the obeisant hat. /
have been called upon to sorely reflect
that, on the question of rations, pri-
vate ia the ranks can maintain no equal
contest with the msjer general of the
army; and that the charge of mutiny
generates belief, rather than the com.
plant of unfairness or oppression.
l write you, as in immediate COM
mand, to learn
II such things can be
In the "Greenback P.s''
The evil is not imaginary. / refer you
to the action of our co-workers in Gal
weston on this very point. ''No candi-
date shall be eligible to membership of |
the central club (committee) of the |
city" (See Galveston Netos, Septem-
Der 3
Answer early, that may govern my
self accordingly. Yours, etc.,
B. TRIGe.
This communication, written, as will |
be perceived, ten days before the last |
and grand round, ELECTED no response.
''Mum" was the word. Several days |
afterwards, on an accidental meeting
with Col. Still In the street, / called |
his attention to the subject, and pro-
voked orally the substantial statement |
that Gen. Miller would do nothing,
and that the "Chsse plan would net
do. l reminded him that he, TOO, was
candidate for county treasurer, and
limited the indelicacy of that relation
to the retention by him of his official
rank. He protested absolute lnno-
cence; declared that he was not a can
didate; that the support of the ''clubs"
in his case was Spontaneous" Ebul
litions, without the ghost of . doubt.
He was, in truth, an instance of "the
Office seeking the man." / looked at
him intently for a moment. He had
the appearance of being in perfect
health and in full possession of his
senses. This complaint is new. had
heard of another of our candidates,
perhaps two, who had been attacked
with the same disease; and | mused,
whether it was contagious and likely
to prevail as an epidemic in this sec
ton Of the country; and, If so, whether
fatality depended upon the success of
the "oflice" in overtaking the unfor-
tunate individual. About this juno
tnre, interviewer and diagnosis were
terminated. l needed no omen. ]
was thoroughly convinced that between
the General and Colonel it was all
chunky dory-just as much hunky as
dory, and Uice 0ersG.
Now, the plan of nomination through
which the Greenback organization of
this county has just been pulled by our
managers and aid-de-camp is no more
in accordance with the suggestions of |
Mr.. Chase touching the election of |
presidential candidates, than are the
natural appearances of midnight with
those Of MONDAY.
The system was as original as chaos.
1t was inconsistent, incoherent, incom-
prehensible. 1t was also progressive
and evolutionary, and In this respect
assumes, in Its development, as many
different shapes and parts as tad !
pole IN all the gradations from t'ie
first wriggle to full grown buli a1Vg.
1t must be admitted, howevf .nat
In one sense it was emphaticG~Ip 4
Chase plan, judging from the results
of its operatio3.Wls chased about Eve |
of our best clubs into disintegratiol, |
and ABOUT one hundred and fifty mem
hers out of the organization. And evi-
IDENTIFY our rthy chairman, in the hon.
est simplicity of his nature, has in the |
present instance of its application /
given unto the word chase its literal |
Specification.
The scheme, l will add by way of |
outlining it, had in its practical |
movements the appearance of some |
kind of game or spor', participated
in chiefly by the innumerable
faith, our two distinguished
leaders being the central figures, and
clearly the recipients of the highest
consideration and the most unremit-
ting favors. Unlike the plan as a whole,
there was no single word in the Ian
guage that could convey description
of this game. 1t required an entire
sentence-'You scratch my back and
I'll scratch yours.
Being singuIarly excluded from this
pleasing play, and at the same time
interested in all that transpired, i
asked an old "Green-backer," whom
could trust on the battlefield, what all
that meant. He told me, with much
surprise, the name of the game; and,
upon my inquiry, accounted for the
frequent manipulatons bestowed on
my opponent upon the ground that his
spinal region had recently become 80
green that he had caught what was
called "the grasshoppers."
B. TRIaG.