The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-06
THE ELECTION TUESDAY AND
ITS EFFECT ABROAD.

ITS EFFECT ABROAD.
The papers have discussed al nau-
seam the causes that induce men deem
ed sane to ally themselves with the
Greenbackers and with the Radicals,
Democrats could not become Radicals
and proposing to condemn the local ac-
ton of their party they have become
Greenbackers. They would assert
their condemnation of the follies of
their own party in Texas. 1t is not
that Brick Pomeroy or C0nklng are
accepted as leaders In any future Fed
eral or State election, but we can only
infer from facts before US that domes-
tic Democratic legislation is condemn
ed. The Sunday law and personal
taxation and this frittering away of
university land and multiplication of
courts and this fesrfully and wonder
fully efficient" free school system and
Sunday law and bell punch are deem
ed proper causes for the locsl condem-
nation of the dormant Democratic
party in Texas. II Governor Roberts
had not interviewed with the veto and
checked the Leglsls IRE the State
would have been plunged madly for
ward at this hour in the great muddy
slough of swelling, flooded, growing
Indebtedness of the people and credit
of the commonwealth, grievously
and dangerously impaired. Governor
Roberts most wisely and fortunately
damned up most ruinously, wasteful
currents by Interposing the veto.
Party-leaders and people were made to
stand still and think, and now that the
necessity for the adaptation of public
burdens to the contracted volume of
currency Is confessed the conduct of
the Governor is every where applauded
and that of wild enthusiasts who blow
about the glories of popular education
and never in all their lives paid dol
lar into the public treasury are silenced,
and to this extent alone is the policy of
the party in power approved by the
rank and file of the party. Its sever
ance within the State is no great mis-
fortune. 1t has been one-sided. often
reckless and unwlse. 1t deserves to be
castigated and bereft of share of Its
blind, brute force, and it is only to be
regretted that malcontents and free
thinkers have no recourse save in fight
with the gaseous swell, Hannah, or
with the sooty army that follows
Hon. Wash Jones in pursuit of
money which is to grow on the
trees and be flung into every Afri-
cans face by every wind that blows.
Why do not the seceders from Democ-
eacy, instead of following in the train
of Hamman's lunatics and Jones' bor-
rowed army of blacks, have a conven-
ton Of their own, set forth their griev-
ances, and set up their candidates and
set down on the Sunday law and on
the bell-punch, and on the absurd free
school steal, and on this inIquitous
personal tax Why suffer little Le-
gislature to drive sane, intelligent men
out of the party that must govern the
country after 1880. Instead of making
fools of ourselves = by running away
from the Legislature and its follies and
multiplied courts and public burdens,
why not thrust out the Legislature and
choose new leaders, and inside the
Democratic party have new
dealt But many are furious. They
have not given themselves cooling
time. The first resentful impulse has
been accepted as governing force,
and very many sane, excellent citizens
have absolutely suffered themselves to
be denomiuated ''Greenbackers, in
order to resent follies of the Legisla-
ture. outspoken condemnation in u
free country is proper enough, and it
is only to be regretted that the distilled
India ink which Mr.. Still uses in
branding new converts to his sublime
philosophy will leave permanent stains
upon ones reputation for sanity. In
fact, the only recourse for the people
consists in the inauguration of reform
within the party. New meu viii define
new measures ofslegislstion and proper
reforms and lessen by half the intoler-
able burdens of infinite taxation. The
election Of Monday in this city signi-
fies nothing more than the fact that
the Democrats in the Legislature, led |
by Bob Taylor and LOe, did many
things that the people condemn, and
We may isfer that the strength Of par
" ties hes been greatly lessened, not
only in the capital, but everywhere in
Texas. Five or six hundred white
men must surely have voted for De-
s'ss'.