The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-05-25
cot. oLls wELlBoRs fos CONGRESS.

Ilees IN pursuit OF O1iCS.
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cot. 0LiS wELIB0RN FOR CONGRESS.
Other counties have long since an
nouneed their choice for & candidate
for congress to till the vacancy occa-
stoned by the announcement that
ThroGkmorton will not be candidate
for reelection. They have either done
50 formally or by popular voice and
through the local press. while Dallas,
the most populous county ia the t!is-
triet, has as yet expressed no choice by
either of the modes by which the other
counties have spoken. This delay has
not occurred because she has no choice
and no inclination TO express it. She
has in this shown proper regard for
public opinion in the district and outs
side of her own borders Concious of
her own strength and Importance she is
IN no way nervous as to the result. and
hence generously gives her rivals as
much start of her as they want. There
have been divisions in our county AS to
the choice of name to cifer to the
convention. indeed, differences may yet
oxist to a trifling degree, but our best
information is To the effect that the
county stands to>dsy very nearly unit
favor of the candidacy of the gentle
man whose name graces this articles,
AID we are perfectly assured that by
the time the convention sits these diyi-
sions, slight as they now are, will ali
have been perfectly healed, and old
Dallas will come up to the convention
with solid front for one of her own
sons, and he the gentleman we have
chosen as the subject of brief article
this morning. In Dallas, county and
city, there Is no need to tell our
readers about him, but for the
benefit of those in other parts of
the district who have not the pleasure of
an intimate acquaintance, We propose
to give brief sketch OF him.
Colonel Wellbotn is a worthy son of
Old Georgia receiving in early youth a
liberal and careful education in the. best
schools of that grand old common
wealth. In early manhood his attention
was directed to the Law. which profession
he has followed ever since. with all the
earnestness of a devotee, and with q
measure OF success indicative of the
very highest order OF talent and the
closest application and severest work in
an exacting and arduous profession. He
is now in the very prime of vigorous
manhood, with every quality, both ins
tellectual and ply sIcsl, at its very best.
notwithstanding his ariuous profess
sional tabors, Colonel WeIlborn has
!ound time to study extensively and
carefully the great problems of state
and national policy. His mind is of
that keen incisive order which grasps
and digests instantaneously the knot
test problems of politics as well as of
Law, and there is not to-day in all
the third district, man more thor,
oughly informed on all matters pertain.
ing to national policy, or the needs and
wants OF Texas, and the rich and popul
| Gus district he aspires to represent in
congress, or more in sympathy with
the spirit of enlightened progress
~ iFIHi - tnSRaIF ..gi II, ,nf -
| teristics. There Is no man in the dis
| trict better fitted by nature, experience
and observation to take the place of
Throckmorton on the floor of congress.
That position will try the highest and
best qualities of any successor, but we
have no fears Of the result should Col.
onel olin Wellborn prove to be the
popular choice.
Colonel Wellborn's oratory is of the
highest order. Before jury or the
people he is well-nigh inyincihle, as
many of his adnniring brethren at the
bar can testify. In this respect he is
able TO serve the people in congress
very efficiently. We all understand the
advantage of clear. ready and sirons
speech on the floor OF congress. Colonel
/ Wellborn's style is pure, classic and
graceful, and would attract favorable
attention among the best politics
speakers Of any country and of any age
| There is one thing to be considered
in selecting candidate for congres,
from the third district. A man to per,
fectiy represent it must be fully up Il
the highest requirements in any distrie
in any of the states. We have here il
the third district population full,
equal in intelligence and patriotism
to any people in the nation, and b,
must be real man who aspires to sery,
them in congress. No worn out ans
Obsolete prejudice, no old time issu
which moved the people before the wal
or fed their preiudiees since it closed
will be tolerated in this race. We onl,
ask that our standard bearer be dem
ocIat, sonnd and safe, but in all els
he must be man who will drive for
ward our section toward the splendi,
destiny LAYING so plainly before her, an.
not one 10 set down on her progres
with the warped prejudices of the past
and refuse to partake of the new an
better life in store for the south, Texa.
and this her gem congressional district
Such man is Weliborn, and having a
implicit faith in all we have said abou
him, we propose to urge his nomins
ton BY all fair means at our command
but in doing so, We have no warfare t
make upon other honorable gentleme
who will dispute the selection wit
!. hlni,
TaE Fort Worth Dsaecrat sympathi
ses with the commune.
A FALLS COUNTY man has invented
contemplating machine.
RI SAX Asros1o is getting along flneii
II now has . swearing club.
) THE people Of Denton are very nearl
8 unAniDlous for Piner for congress.
81 THE Mason Mems lem i : credit /
; the journalism OF the state. II 4 siuar