The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-22
Captain w. G. Veal for the senate.

lished in yesterday mornings HERALD, with
the authorship of which had no more to do
than you had, the Times takes occasion with
ont authority or just prelext, to use my
name and that of my late firm in Galveston,
to which | ask the privilege of brief reply
through the same vehicle Of communication
suppose the boosted fairness and courtesy
of the Times will accord it,
Now let us see whether tho Times is really
fair in its statements, or whether in fact it
does not misrepresent Enquirer" whoever
he may be, or wherever he may live. As he
dates his communication from Fort Worth
have no reason TO doubt that being his
residence notwithstanding the charge of the
Times that he ives in Dallas.
LIT US quote from the Times critici, N ::
"Enquirer further goes on md tells of the
princely generosity Of the Captain, inthe do.
nations 10 public schools, churches, etc.,
and states that he hos given tens of thou
sands OF dollars TO charitable purposes.
Enquirer says the bo ks IF Afford e Veal
show this fact. 1t oe urs to us that We have
heard Of this before. 1t occurs TO Us that
Afford wrote card when Veal got into
trouble in Ellis county, in which lho suo.
scriptlons ard books were mentioned"
l have read with much care and interest
the article of enquirer" and | assert us &
fact that there Is not ono word in reference
to Captain We rs donations to churches, or
to charitable purposes talthough know Of
my own personal knowledge that they have
been bo h numerous and liberal), or to the
books of Afford " Veal ia all said article,
and | assert MS further fact, that Afford
mover wroe II card in behalf Of Captoin
Veal in all his life and | defy the Times to
produce any such card. Now what are we
TO think of the fairness and honesty Of
paper which SITS itself up as the
exponent of pure, red-headed Democ-
racy, to make such glaring miscellaneous
and Interpretations? Is it.the mission of the
" red-headed Democracy to teach such les
sons to its disciples! If 50 then prefer the
old unterriiled, grey headed, conservative De-
mocracy, which sticks TO the truth, aud
elects its best and most useful men to office
and never ISLANDERS or mis.represents an on
ponent.
The Times having thrown its graphing
irons about me, u private citizen, aspiring TO
no official position whatever, it can hardly re.
fuse me the privilege OF defining briefly MY
position in the pending canvass. / am Il
Democrat, dyed in the wool, have lived in
Texas under Democratic rule, AZ years and
never cast any but Democratic vote in nv
life, have held many offices of honor a d
trust, by the fave Of the Democratic marty.
from mayor, justice Of the peace, county
clerk, district ce,k and county Judge, up TO
tine representative of u large and wealthy
senatorial district, under the pure Democratic
administrations of Lubbock, Murrsh and
Throckmorton.
Ga no occasion in life has my fidelity
democracy ever been mpcsched. NV idea-
OF democracy were gathered from the t,ach-
lngs OF the lathGrs and patTRlcls Of the Unr.
ty, and they are that in filling public Ia.
tons the party shall Lut forward as lis
standard bearers It's best, most competent
and proper men, and when it fails in tlis
nigh duty, II is competent and right and
the highest privilege aud duty of nll good
democrats 10 put forward n better moro
competent ard acceptable domocra and
vote him into Office. This has been found
to be the only way to purify the party, !
Our leaders must learn this lesson for the |
good Of the party itself, that when thew
iall, as they sometimes do, to put forward |
their best and most acceptable men, the |
rank and tile, the voters Of the party will |
name better man ard elect him, and re-
Duke the party msnipulators. Nothing
else can keep the party strong and rure, |
IL has never been democratic law aud
never can be that the gr. at mass Of the party
snNl sWslloo ovory man who presents him |
self with brazen collar around lis neck. ON
which appears the legend: 81 am the party
nominee, you SHALL vote for me-" regard |
less OF his illness for The position or th9cur |
rupt means by which he may have secured
his endorsement
AS between tho Democratic candidates G,r
the state senate in this district, Can't. W q
Veal and MI. A. Raney, so iar "a their Glol. |
lty to party is concerned, there is no cb.ire
The Democracy of neither can be- questioned
and both have no doubt many times erased
bad name from their tickets and inserted
better one. Democrats, all over the land
from Governor Roberts down TO the hmm,
Dies. voter have done tuis, and if either Of
these candidates have failed in this dutv
then that man ought TO be beaton in thS !
race, for he has acted as an enemy TO his
party snd his country by voting y corrupt
or incompetent man into office, and thereby
throwing contempt on the party and impair.
ing tho popular confidence in It's purity. Ii
this test then be correct land do not believe
II VIII DO questioned by sound democrsts). |
propose to measure these candidates bv il, |
and / say uuhesitatingly that Captain Veal
10 the most competent man for the position,
de has large and varied experience in public
affairs has been a taxpayer and prominent
cllizen FOR more than thirty years, identified
with almost every public enterprise naugu.
rated in north Texas; forcible public |
speaker, strong, vigorous thinker, and has
got more energy, enterprise and push than
any other man in the district.
Mr.. Rainey is a young man who lives in
Ellis county-a gentleman in every sense
but without experience in public life; A
stranger to our people and to the growing
wants of the great city and county of Dallas |
and can in no wise intelligently represent us
for these reasons.
AS between the two gentlemen, therefore
the duty and the interest of the voters of !
Dallas county will direct proper course.
Respectfully, GEo. +. AFFORD.
Dallas, Oct. 81, 1880.
Editor Herald: The foregoing communi.
cation was intended for the Dallas Times in
response to its editorial of Wednesday after.
noon, but the editor of that paper has
declined 10 publish it, wherefore i ask space
in your columns for the reply to the unjust
charges and differences made against both
Captain Veal and myself Respectfully.