The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-05-11
A THEORY AS TO THRoCK-
MORTON.

MORTON.
why He fs Ran tor Osyerpse--A Gen.
eessfon Of she Party 90 the xorshers
Eiemens In Nersh Texas.
iCarrespondsnce Of the Galveston Sewai
DALLAS, April 3D.--s5ince have been
in north Texas have talked a good
deal with the friends Of Mr.. Throek>
morton | understood from many OF
them that he is an unwilling candidate
for the democratic nomination for gov
ernor. bat has yielded TO the pressure
OF friends, and what he believes 10 be
she necessity of the case. One gentie>
man in long conversation with me ex.
pressed himself about thus:
You zee The population of northern
Texas Is now 10 large extent COM
posed of northern people Perhaps over
sixty per cent. OF our population are
northern men IL we include Missouri.
ans and kentuckians il Is largely more
than that. The voting element OF this
population is very heavy A majority
of these men We're no. democrats when
they came 20 Texas. but perhaps nine
out OF ten OF them have been voting the
straight democratic ticket since they
came here. This, as | suppose
because they thought the demos
cratic party the only Respectable
one in Texas Il is these north.
ern men, many of them formSr repub,
Leans. who have been rolling up the
grand democratic majority ia Texas.
Well, sir, these men have OF late grown
TO be very restless, aud there is a very
marked disposition among them to bolt
They have got the idea into their heads
that the democratic party Of Texas is
too fond OF shaking the confederate
bloody shirt They saw Governor
Coke defeat John Hancock for the sem
ate by shaking the Confederate bloody
shirt at him. and they saw Hancock
driven out of congress by Finlay aud
Seth iepperd pursuing him with the
same bloody thing. They have got the
notion deep in their hearts that they
have been made tools of by the bloody
shirt shakers, and they are in a very
resentful mood They will bolt sir.
just as certain a. rhe sun will rise to-
morrow II the democratic convention
is not very careful Us To It's nominee for
| governor. II the convention nomi,
mates man WHO is a bloodySshirt
shaker. or has been in communion With
! bloody shirt shakers, then sood-bv
: Jeanl These men will vote against him
they viii vote against the whole dem.
ocratic ticket, and you can Judge what
the effect vii lie. The party will
be defeated, or run to the very
| tbroatslatch- Don't consider this
exiFayagant. Consider THAT the voting
strength of northern Texas is, aad then
learn for yourself how deep is the feel,
ing on this bloody shirt matter. IL il
natural enough. If you were n north.
ern born man you would feel like bolt
ing too, under such circumstances
| Now, Throckr1orton Is esteemed b,
these men. They look upon him a. /,
conservative, national man, a hater o.
the bloody shirt shriekers They ar,
all willing to vote for him, and to saw,
them from boiling and perhaps defeat
ing the democratic party. we hav,
urged him to be u candidate and il i
this view of the case that has causec
him to consent to be candidate. Ii il
a case OF party necessity. sir. hay,
no doubt that if left to his own per,
sonal choice, he would prefer 10 reaiair
IN congress Candidly, and if it wer,
not for the exigeneies of the case,
| would prefer 10 see him remain there
too, for he Is an honor 10 Texas and il
rejecting great credit on the state"
Then you really think the demo
cratic candidate will have opposition
next fail in Texas where all are demo
Gratis said your correspondent.
IL fhrockmorton Is the candidat,
there will be no opposition; everybod,
would be satisfied with ham. II Hue
bard Is nominated there will be yer,
powerful opposition; if some obscur,
dark horse' is nominated, then viii
again say, eood-by Johnr
You certainly,san not say that GOV
ernor Hubbard is bloody-shirt sha
kerr
Not in lip-se-vice. but | fear he i
by habit and association. While h,
does not talk for them. yet he Away
acts with tnem- lie is looked upon u,
here in that light. Moreover, tn,
friends Of Ireland would probably Dol
IN case of his nomination, as well a
north Texas"
How if the bloody-shirt shaker
should bolt Throekmorton, if he b,
nominatedY'
'oh, they won't do that They CLAIM
to be The Democratic party. you know
and 'twould never do for them to bolt
Besides, they would have no strong ob
lection to Throekmorton, as he was
confederate, too. when the war began.
give this conversation for what il i
worth, with the remark that believ,
there is considerable truth in it. Wheth
er 1t may help Throckmorton or hur
him, IS another matter. IL it be tn.
real cause of the great noise madea bou
Ihrockmorton in northern Texas, anc
his friends in the convention see tina
be can not get the nomination, ther
they may throw their entire weight FOL
John Hancock-in case he has not al
ready been nominated for congress-o
for Judge Devine, OF San Antonio.
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