The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-04-20
CLASS AsAlssr cLAss.

I'VE say Lang adviscdly) attempt to ar,
ray the farmers Of Texas against all
other classes OF population may be un>
derstood properly when we reflect that
at no tune since the organization Of the
grange has its membership numbered
more than mere moiety of the farmers
themselves in spy neighborhood, and
in many large districts of country they
never have had local habitation. Al
this time the rolls Of the order have
shrunken until he has bat msager
following indeed. In very many re-
sPects the order has proven blessing
to agriculture; in all, we may say, save
and except this insane effort to drag
the order into politics. and direct an
tagonism 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 the tour he Is now maxi |
ing has no reference to q personal can
didAcy or 20 politics. SsIcss By nc ezpress
rish 81 he people, we can arrive at no
other conclusion than that it has; be,
cause. unfortunately, for that theory.
Lang has a chiel aiaag with him. who is
both taking notes and printing them,
and these notes all spell out a conclu~
sion which utterly destroys the modest
disclaimer OF the master Several
months before the last state conven~
ton met, number of papers suspi>
oiously adjacent TO Mr.. Langs home,
opened out in an avowed advocacy Of
his claims for governor Major Downs
was absent from the state. and the Er,
amiEI fought the pretentions of Mr.
Lang to the bitter end. notwithstanding
the proprietor was favorable 10 his can>
didscy, and urged change of policy
before his return home. This circum-
stance leaves no doubt but that the Err
aa'ineys phreDsy for farmer to-day, is
simply phrensy for Lang. and the
whole enterprise, tour aud all, is thin
scheme TO make Lang governor. by
using the means at hand (the farmers
to accomplish it. What does Lang and
I Downs care il class is to be arrayed
against class so that the scheme which
failed in 70 wins in rs. There has
, never been q more unblushing attemp,
: made. in the history of politics, by q
a democrat, TO destroy the party for /,
e selfish purpose. The pair OF recreant
I democrats have been in Collin county
the home of Governor Throckmorton
and upon the statements OF one man
Capt. johnson, (Rutabaga). declare
that Collin county is opposed to Throek
morton, and will refuse to instruct 70
him. Was ever lunaey more pro
nouneed than this. II the other asser
" tons made during the tour by Msjo
Downs rest upon no better grounds thai
IS this, the value of his contributions :
Is the more recent political history OF tn
Il state will not be held in very high Cd
r TEEN, nor need the old true blues of tn
# party feel much alarm.
=. We. however, cannot refrain from e,
A pressing regret that the Examiner, on
Of the representative papers of tn
v. state, should lend itself to principle {
q this kind should endeavor to so,
is dissensioa where it can have none but
le bad effect. The doctrines which it
II now preaching are nothing more nc
:" less than odious, "a much 80 as thos
OF communism, and will excite I'll
~ same indignation As the latter, whe
the baleful hosts Of disorder combir
" TO elect u red republican to the pres
" dency. The principle is the sam
:" Farmer Lang Farmer Downs. an
'S Farmer Johnson have said that farm
er OLanH) should be governor. 1t 7,
Of mains TO be seen how much public sci
in timent this trio represents, and if ii
as result of the last gubernatorial efio
in Is 10 be taken rs type. we may re
,.- secure that no very grave or serious ii
.v jury will result.
,e. The effort, selfish and reprehensibl
is destined 10 receive most witherir
he rebuke at the hands of the people tn
tie fall. The result will prove that Il
te. sturdy farmers of old Collin have be,
he misrepresented by both Captain Johl
lat son and Farmer Downs, and while tn,
II are farmers, and many of them gra
gers, they. are none the less democrat
and friends of Throckmorton.