The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-19
WIN rnROcNMpRrOn De NOMINATED

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WILL THROCKNORTON BE- HOMlNATEOf
The mere suggestion Of Throokmor-
toms nlmo for next governor by INt
llrnirp, has raised aperleot hurricane
Of enthusiasm from one end Of Texas 10
the other and there Is no abatement
since tho first, On the contrary men
and papers heretofore hostile 10 him pos
luioally arc ranged with his oldest and
wnrmcst supporters All the loading
aud influential papers in the state, aud
In every section Of IL, with wonderful
uuanlmily call for his nomination The
demand may be called universal,
Great ~ this compliment Is, II has heon
well earned, aud II must result IN both
q nomination aud m acceptance. Aside
from other oonsi lerations, such ~ lll'
ness experience, etc, the moral
weight Of an administration 10 unanl'
mously made will in and Of itself be- an
element Of strength from which the
most satisfactory results may DO OK
peolcd,
Governor lhroclmorlon Is profound"
" Interested IN the Texas and Pacllle
bill now pending before congress, ond6o
intonily IL he engaged and likely to be
through whNtpromHcl to be- u long soS-
sion, extending far into the coming
summer that ho will have but little
time 10 attend to this or any other mat
ter disconnected from his duty ~ one
of the trusted representatives OF the
state, lIo will rely upon his friends at
home to look after his interests, and
sure he has them sufficient in both
number and devotion TO relieve Inns
self altogether Of care in this respect
The matter has now gone entirely too
far for him to negative IL without the
exhibition Of churlishness and stub
borncss altogether foreign to his char
uctcr llo simply must suffer the pco'
pie to have their own way IN the mat
ter and he has no choice in ii unless II
is to consent,
Notwithstanding all the serious draw
backs suffered by the state since the
war; she stands better in all respects ~
to enterprise, progress, development
and future prospects, than any Of the
newer states Of the west and southwest
a glorious destiny lies before her, and
rhrocllmorlon is the very man to work
outfits bcSlresults. Broud.vicw,d, liberal
progrcssye,ol mimpcachable character
generous, tolerant and withal possess
ing high order of cIcor,hcadcd states
manshp, comprchcndmg the full
measure of possibility for her, he cannot
but render the state, faithful, iutelli'
gent and honest service, as her chie
magistrate, This is alike tho opinion Of
leading men on the Rio Grandc, Mt the
state capital 1T Galveston and Houston,
at Waco, Dallas, Marshall, on the entire
western frontier, ut Sherman CIorks,
willie, Tyler and indeed in every village,
town and city in all broad Texas. 1t
does not often happen that whole
people are mistaken in an estimate OF
any kind, and moro especially where
they have had rs long and extensive
an acquaintance with the individual rs
they have had with j. W. ThrocI<,
morton
No narrow or selfish man can we'll
serve Texas now. With u territory as OK
tensive rs u half dozen other states, and
capable of sustaining forty millions of
people, her chief magistracy in the lu,
ture must not and cannot be held by
crossroad patriots and pot-house polls
ticians, She will then, and does now,
demand lirst,rNte craftsmanship. A
small or narrow man at tho head of her
state government now would prove to
be nothing short of u disaster. In view
of these things, tho people will be par.
doned for thrusting with such earnest
ness this nomination upon the distin>
sushed gentleman whose name graces
the headline Of this article.
No other man was ever mentioned in
this connection who called out more
and warmer expressions of confidence
and esteem and no other man ever en-,
'ountered less opposition than Throck>
morton will.
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