The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-03
A Spicy Letter.

party. " Is replete with sound sense, wit,
satire and sarcasm.
GALVESTON, Texas, December "A, 1875.
Hon. L, .Dav!t, Chairman etc., etc. Austin,
Texas
SIR Your favor addressed to me, as post.
master at Galveston, Texas, dated December
~, 1915, In the form of registered letter.
mailed at Austin, December 20, 1876, with A
witness, caino TO hand late last evening. The
mailing of it four days after il was written
was no doubt intended to sAord you annie
time to apprise your adjuncts here of its con.
tents before 1t should become known TO Inc.
however, no more than the usual amount
of espionage and peeping in at windows has
been done by them, so far as have observed
The brigade seem to DO still holding the
corners at all hazards.
That you should make an effort TO get AZ a
portion Of my salary to defray your expenses
to Washington is natural enough, but in DAYS
gone by, do not remember of your ever
having contributed anything toward my ex-
penses there, or toward those of any other
person, although you seemed to be tho great
est oehehcisry OF those trips. The state once
PAD your expenses there, you remember,
while paid my own. But never thought
49, w "ou'u oser Se' 80 low DOWN ms To
49, y W ",.nE pl'lance OUT OF inc nara earn
hrsad ;n Wv 81 poor ,lieh VINO earn their bare
W",.i NV sulo ollce' IL resher out-herods
1to ,,,ha eI s a, ooo
ora, o wv "no navo urawn 9o'ooV year for
1Sor iour years without expendinga dollar
for anything save your food and clothes,
c "o Wasting Inc political power
nuneou upon you with Il
phI;n,sSoy ni.her'c unsurpassed, TO be now
MD, m;nhs sLouh9 ior samples OF clerk hire
m,sn wl,cn 70 ueiray your washington ex-
p'n'en, 70 tAthor 100 ridiculous.
tharo ""1 lepLessh.cd mere mat you went
nors ali IL piYieen1nai pusinosS' inc cor.
not h III ploGmilneu that TO Dc so, but l did
NOT peiieye 1t then, nor do now You went
r 1noro ior sc@rps' IL was preliminary
s nOveLue % inc secret circular of your
,ho on U.s., oecani9 known mere, Notwithstanding
of ,on no'I s.uuleu secrecy OF the committee
v W teh " t 10 true that have as yet been
wn''id , w. op's'n one OF those circulars, and
snm iuet .'"nA you ior copy, If you have
"A{ ao.
ron ~ n a,o aware ,nat cannot use govern
az I, monus ivr .he purposes expressed, nor
i; liz ! e4ppose tnat you desire II; and of what
ILIe ! can manage to save out of my salary
for H. no - customary with me, bestow it
sorrd p os.atp,snmeht ana maintenance of
nnt Co. opu9ncan principles, even though
celleuoa 'n oS au mi OF the martyred OK
nbraaa oS oa,o'sily hoie1 the tone and studied
PnIi"soo,oSy Vi your letter.
o,o 9o1 mni'o On the one hand 1t would be
a So W you 10 got my money to pay
oo,hnu !, Nponses W washington, that on the
bs,,a Ia ~ mo'iu sun you just as well, and per-
as sps ous.or, 70 nave me refuse, in order to
"' Vonsy 1u pioIeAt Tor open hostility.
,ho ~, ~. ,os.or 10 Iepieto with whereases with |
inol, ""I I,,ou lclt out otherwise 1t would
ai,ho, Inc paper once presented mo,
t ans;opSs 'o'i'o"n"' more modest IN Its pre-
'0HS'ons.
f,;onS speaA OF inc representations of my
81" ous as II sney had appealed to you for
i lmv ,aoiGx oI the NOVICE Nliorded by your
tSo fa,oi ino soner ,ry OF the rsttle before
Lo o i"sai spl'nE Ihank you. II nay friends
q br Ap.aineu 70 you tnat regarded you as
oo nso saS" Oh dynamite to the Republi-
oaI parry, they, would have had il about |
r ,s ino wrecks you have made Of the
pay ~ tne past, ana OF all the strength
S - you ~ friends rs too fearful and sad
| hal -
,,an o. 49,. w eon''iou'o W Au any set OF
cnit;n, oMh 'nro"', OF assist them in
for that :. 1I b' "d. ,S lor personal display
their narformono. INV way regard you and
II b.s baon MI, ,,
friends tbrnnr o,oSuiy auvertlsed by your
would ,ontu' H. nouey oc.aiheo. that you
delegates w ,h sa' ao.es Oh lne elght Texas
.na do ~. hoAs national republican
from time 70 tn,s .tbu,s anu yseil nave been
wnrl hsr W "; .ine threatened with yourpower.
and whan vnm my my olncs anu earn my money,
no rtv " as ,, yvn nNe reuueTeu the Republican
t;msS 60 n" u0t 'oisice as l nave II will be
tmno o 'Ir you 70 put on airs and read me lee
saau ~ piao,ng yourself IN the attitude of
So far a. knor NY Nepuohcahism:
tions n ,h "" P"n,y your personal contr'bu-
hsara s.on sa' nePuo.icah party have been
th"n. nHn, wIile the tons and tens Of
~ sso,, ts VI uoilars you nave received from
IL seem 10 nave gone to "that bourne from
unLno ou no .Laveier returns" indeed, to some
o una,o"n plsce from whence there Is not
enon ~ lnucn Us spiritual manifestation,
;nsS nh iess the appearance OF any material
~ ~ 'nau2W Oh dollar rejecting back the
.nin senpiahce OF itself upon its former
aSou Sn. No, my GEAR Edmund, as party
uU.'a' HURTS your pocket,
, ~ Is llks me snowflake on the river,
|s w''l'e' u'eh periShes torever.'
nave leit very anxious for q long time
past 70 Try to resurrect the Republican party
In this state, but whenever there
was an opportunity Tor SO doing, somebody
H. MU'S sys up rs us terrible dynamite, and
F ~ nd l.. "A. IL