The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-25
A GRANGER ADMINISTRATIONS.

The ErlmnT, the personal organ ol
Worthy Master Lang aud the official
paper Of the Grange Of Texas manliasis
settled purpose of forcing the candl'
dacy Of Mr. Lang upon the next demo-
cratic convention 10 far 10 rs influence
goes, We are at q loss 10 understand
this move, 80 one knows the utter
lutllity Of II better than the editor
Of tho ErmmcG or even Mr. l., hlm'
self
The class feature Of the enterprise 10
very ropugnant one, even to the farm
ers thomselyes-wo mean the grangers-
and perhaps at this time there IL not,
taking tho state over more than one
farmer in ten who ever has been mem
Der, or, having been, yot retains his con
ncction with the order, Thus II will be-
seen that il Mr. l., becomes a candidate
he will only represent u minority OF his
order, and no one else, or indeed any
thing else save thepaper IN question aud
himself No man and no paper IN the
state has ever disclaimed tho political
aims aud purposes Of the grange order
half 40 loudly NJ Lang or his organ N
times gone by, but change aud u
great one, has como over the spirit of
their dream and, since the scheme 10
place the worthy muster at the Head Of
an agency monopoly Mt Galveston has
40 signally failed something else must
be proyidod--nothing less, indeed, than
the governoship,
The Examiner has decided by itself
that it is perfectly properior the worthy
master TO take the step, and oven nee
cssary for the good Of the order we sup
pose, Now, owing TO the excellent les
sous of the order, we mean in nom
political matters, the farmers ARE the
most prosperous and Independent peo-
pie in the state. The result of this care
and attention to business has bocnmade
success undor two democratic state
administrations Now, exactly whore
the present cryingnccessty fort grange
administration comcsln at, we, in CONS
mon with several hundred thousand
other plain democrats, are at n loss TO
see. Outside OF their lodge rooms the
vast majority of the members ARE dem
ocrats, were democrats, indeed, long be-
fore they were grangers, and upon u
political issue will remain democrats
still and go with the majority OF the
party The majority of the democracy
of Texas, 80 far as IL has yet expressed
itself is not in favor of the can.
didacy of Mr. Lang, however much, IN
his private and political character, it re-
respects him, Mr.. Lang is good man,
no one doubts it, but hib four or five
years service ~ tie head of the farmers
order has untitled him for such duty
as would berequired of him us the head
of the democratic party of Texas, as
we'll as the government of the state.
II the move was really one Of the
grange, that is, ii n majority of the
order were in favor OF it, the matter
would be considered in different
light and some apprehension would
naturally be felt so far as the harmony
of the coming convention is concerned.
But when we reflect that the purpose
comprises only Lang himself, and the
Ermiaer all apprehensions of trouble
may be dismissed 1t has been fully
demonstrated that neither of them
WELD commanding influence in the
order, but rather that they represent
only small minority of the member
ship, The history of the several ses,
sions of the state grange bears us out in
this assertion. And this weakness has
been manifested on those subjects upon
which the membership has been
least divided, and when they touch
u subject which enlists the
political Sympathies of the members
ship, it becomes painfully apparent at
once In this the grange of Texas
differs not from the experience of other
states when taking the political shoot
We have only to point to Missouri, Iowa
and Illinois. Three years since this or
ganiGation in each of these states was az
powerful as it is in Texas to-day. Now
the steps Of Pomona, Ceres and Flora
no longer resound in the corridors OF
the grange, because political ambition
succeeded the declaration Of purposes.
and the fair deities CLEAN in desolatc
fields because there is no Boa3 who is
either able or willing to throw straw
to the sinking order
We are of those who recognize in the
grange move II great boon and blessing
to the agricultural interests of Texas,
and we protest against the leaders pres
cipitating it into the vortex of politics,
where it will share the fate of every
other state grange which has preceded it
in taking the political shoot. let the
grange of Texas he warned in time.
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