Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1878-10-25
Lo5al Correspondence.
From Burton.
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Burton wasion the 18TH inst. IL
Illuminated by the pleasing smile.
of many candidates. Our coun-
ty ticket was well represented
by its live and active workers
to wit Capt. Williams. Joe
Lipscomb, Charlie Lockett
Hugh Lewis and Henry Ora
bow, while we had as higher
luminaries, Hon. John Han
Ecock, Col, G. w. Jones and Mr.
Holman. ~
The exercises ofthe day were
opened by Joe Lipscomb. who
was pretty well through when
your correspondent arrived.
I Joe held up his weighty oppo-
nent in his true attitude of an
office-seeker. A regular setter
for game, fish or fowl, from the
! United States Park. state stream
or county court roost. like the
old maid praying for husband,
when the owl hooted; WHO'D,
whoo, WHO'D. He cries any
Lord, and, be it ever SO high or
low. eminating from the highest
power, the president, or the
|. lowest bestower. the tricolroed
commissioners court of Wash
ington county. Joe made hap
Ply hits, is rising man, and I'm
told his opponent does not dare
meet him on the stump.
Capt. Williams opened his
battery upon State and county
extravaganza, and wasteful ex-
penditure ofthe peoples money.
He did himself credit, is an ac-
tive, Jealous canvasser for De-
mocraey, and if elected (as he
will be- will do all he can for
the good of the people.
Mr.. Homan was next intro
duced, he declared himself as
being neither bat, beast or fowl;
but an independent. and from
the tenor of his remarks / take
him to be a compound of about
IA radical. 3-I6 greenbaeker;
and I-I6 (if any democrat,
rather advocated the admins
tration of Davis and the acts of
18th Legislature in comparison
with Coke's and the 18th. He
laid himself open to be handled
by a well posted Democrat
without gloves. Independent
How does that sound in an as
pirant for the Legislature, or
Congress these times? To me,
Mr.. Editor, it sounds like man
for sale. Who bids! I've no
principles, I'm on the market |
bid up gentlemen, he who has
the longest purse or the latest
office to bestow; that's the party |
fwhom elected I'll vote with.
Bah! for all such. Inquiry was
made for his opponent Hon. |
VIM. Thompson. Did our con-
mistake in selecting
him as our standard bearer2
Does he think he has honored
the Democracy enough, in al
lowing them the use ofhis name
n this contest, without an effort
on his part to carry their prin-
eipals through triumphantly?
1t behooves him to carry aloft
nigh and untarnished, with un-
firing zeal the party standard in
every nook and corner of the
District, and if he does not be-
stir himself, Homan may lay
lin upon the shelf, and it may
De from his inertness in this
campaign, that the people of
I'D Washington wi therelethim
lie. 1t is no time for tender
oes or timid souls; there is
work to do, and every candi-
late should so far as in his
power carry out the trust repos-
d in, and expected Of him by
he convention.
Col. Jones (another indepen-
lent gave US one of his dull,
ncomprehensible speeches up
IN finances. arguing the advan-
ages of and necessity for abso-
ute money, which was respond
d to by Judge Hancock in an
BILE and statesmanlike manner,
howing it to be unconstitution-
and detrimental from histori-
al record, to the interest of the
eople.
The Judge planted himself
quarry upon the Austin plat
arm compared it with the Waco
:. B. platform daring Col. Jones
, indorse the latter. He proved (
learly and to the satisfaction of
lie audience that the doctrines |
inundated by the Democrats t
Austin, to be all that is nes- {
for the wants of the T
eople and within the powers $
ranted by the constitution of q
7S7. He evidently made votes;
as often applaueded when
taking some plain practical hit r
fat money. All spoke of his t
Dility, and felt that the conven- t
on had not made a failure in !
is nomination.
regretted not seing more OF
ur dissatisfied Democrats to
ear him, that they might have
ad an opportunity of hearing .
nd contrasting the abilities and p
osition of the two men. Ham
ock and Jones, feeling that {
ley would have preferred the i
'rmer, regardless of the preju- I