Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-11-21
RIPE FOR REORGANIZATION.

| BRENNAN, Nov. I3.-The leading edi-
| ,oriai in Yesterdays News, headed "Otti-
! cial Mismlnagement and Political Dissat-
tsiaction,' has caused quite a stir amor 6
all classes of politicians here and many
leading men, representing the republican,
democratic and greenback parties. seem TO
fully endorse it. The greenbackers, COM
posed of over one thousand voters in this
county, tire majority having been staunch
| democrats who deserted their party for the
very causes your editorial charges, all agree
that 4 conservative party will have 10 be
organized and officials selected for tEeir
competency and moral worth, and to keep
! out Of the reach of the party lash. Several
leading democrats have limited broadly to
your correspondent that the southern states
would act wisely to nominate Gen. Gran,
for the next presidency. One thing is GER
tain, the people are ripe for political change
and new conservative party will be the
only salvatis#-ofthe state Of Texas and the
! UE..ed States.
The above appears in the
Galveston Ne5Os of the 18th
inst, as a special from BRENNAN
and deserves passing notice
| from the fact that it is calcula-
ted to create a wrong impress
sion as to what public opinion
really is here. On more than
one occasion the BANNER has
been compelled to take issue
with the Meas correspondent
or reporter at this place. He is
at times inclined to give express
| sion to his own views instead
Of those of the public. Every
man of course has perfect right
to entertain and express any
political views he may deem
proper andno one has any right
to question them. The above
does not in our opinion express
the views of any leading demo-
Gratis that we have seen. A
leading democrat who hints
that the south would act wisely
to nominate Gen. Grant, is in
all probability man who has
held office under Grants adj
ministration and who has not
voted for a democrat since the
war. While nearly all demo-
Gratis are willing to admit that
the present state administration
is not all that they would de-
sire, they evince no disposition
to abandon the party and seek a
new organization. The party
lash" referred to in the above
is anss"electrotyped" expression
of Wash Jones'. The demo-
Gratis are not subject to the par
ty lash and do not complain of
it. No better proof of this is
wanting than the nomination of
Hon. John Hancock for con-
gress and his subsequent utter
defeat. He was foisted upon
the people by politicians and
wire-workers and the people
sat down upon him. The edito-
rial in the Meas referred to with
so much JUNCTION by its cores
pondent, and the remarks of
Hon. John Hancock to a friend
at the Brennan depot the other
day and editorially referred to
in the BANNER of Thursday last,
looks a good deal as though
the Hon. John Hancock is get
ting tired of being sat upon
and is now engaged in trying to
wriggle out and organize a new
party. In this we think a gi-
gantic failure will be made. The
democracy of Texas has, entire
ly too much good sense to
abandon its organization. Re
lief can and must come through
the party and not out of it.
"The greenbackers compos-
ed over a thousand voters in
this county," consist of a good
many negroes and dissatisfied
white republicans who would
like to hold office. A few
months ago the BANNER stated
that several republican Office
holders-county-were prepar-
ing to flop over into the green
back camp for the purpose of
being reelected. The fall
elections have convinced good
many democrats here who had
turned greenbackers that that
organization arlounts to no.h-
ing, unless it be part of the
tail of the republican kite, and
they are very quietly coming
back into the democratic ranks.
1t is safe to say that the demo-
cracy of Washington county is
true and faithful to its colors
and that the representative men
of the party do not counter
ance theidea of the formation
Of a new party or wing TO be
called conservative or anything
Else; the democratic party is
good enough for them. Much
lnfavorable comment was made ,
1t the contents of the special +,
10 one was surprised-it would
Sc impossible to surprise any
'ne with a special from Bren- +
lam. #eH ~
The statistics of the General Z
land Office. for the year ending +
-une 80, show how rapidly the ,