The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-22

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Governor should have the appointment
OF district attorneys and sheriffs. lie
ought to be held responsible for the
execution OF the laws, aud how is he
To have this done unless be can catch
the criminals and have them prose
cuteds believe this state is suffering
more from the figure head system OF
government than il has from sll other
evils, aud thst politicians are generally
afraid to advocate q change"
The Williamson County Sun says:
"Joe Ssyers has a great many warm
friends in the stste who are truly sorry
that he Is q candidate for governor.
Except Governor Roberts, they would
support him 10 preference to any Other
man for the position be seeks. Nearly
everybody admits that Saysrs is q good
man, that he is an honest man, auo
that he is endowed with more than or
binary ability, but they are not willing
to give up the Old Alcalde, who pos
sesses the me qusliues, who is Older,
more experience and who has dem
onstrated clearly that he understands
how to manage the state government to
the best interests Of the people"
1t were we'll to carefully read II e
following from the GAINESVILLE R 0is
ter: Lieutenant Governor Joe Say
ers has placed himself at the head of
the opposition tn the X berts admin.
stration. The Register rs glad such a
d Ght is to be made. IL made IN the
1 a m fo 4f
split in the party. and it augurs well
for Texas that her people are aroused
70 the nece si'y of making such a
fight The state convention meets 10
6alvest n on the twentieth instant
The convrntion will only select dele
gates tO C,ncinnatI, but there will be
y gathering Of the clans, and there is
reason tn believe the slate OF the oppo-
sltion tn r ,berts will be made up on
that occasion. At least an q TT will
ne made tn agree upon a csndi late for
G 'v-rnor against R bers."
And then the Register conclust hat
II Governor r 'orr's IL finally and
t4irly nnmiosred, he must have tn
uui'ed supp RI Of the parry"
The Ielephons sys: "Ssustor NJ K
ey is not IN favor of disturbing Kellogg
this session. Senator Coke wants to
bounce him incoutinently, " thout
further ceremony. These are the ro-
s'tions the TWO senators are said to have
taken In caucus. Senator M4xey's
course seems the most polite. II Ke
logg merits expulsion he should have
been puv out last session; and If he
goes. Butter, the Democratic senator
r, m s 'uth Carolina, ls lett in deli
Cate position. for he came in at the
same time Kellogg did, under some.
wha' questionable circumsia auces, if he
8 D mncrat. And then there is In
ealls, of Kansas, the briber and faisI-
her-he is suffered to remain. We
dsre say Kellogg richly deserves to be
let out, but to be consistent the senate
should not stop with him. The pros.
poets are that Spofford will never warm
= 1eat in the United States senate.
There are other Democratic senators
than Maxey who are not in favor of dis.
turbing Kellogg.
The Waco Examiner dishes up the
so-called T;avis county convention as
follows: "The Texas voter is usually
docile and tractable, and all the politi.
clan has generally had TO do was tc
spring into the saddle, driye home the
spurs and go whooping. The politi-
cal fellows at Austin are, therefore, in
state of utter CONSERVATION and be.
wilderment. For the rural pony,
usually SO dncile, took last Saturday ar
unaccounrable fit of bucking, and the
saId political fellows got throwed uE
amopg the stars, rolled In the dirt, and
g. t e. wash the dust out of their eyes
and look at the holes in their pants the J
swear under their breath and wonder
how 1t happened. To get off their stilts
the wire pulleIs Of Austin who are fol
Ssyers. got their ticket fixed up, and
allowing the rural district, which il
wholly for Roberts, to select one dele.
gate, then rung in the other eight, al
from Austin, and aIl S.yers men and
elected them; and then the rural pony
finding the load too big, got bis foul
feet together, heaved up his back and
the politicians did some of the prettiesi
ground aud lofty tumbling ever seen II
Pexas. The convection went up higher
than kite, and another is called fol
the coming Saturday,. Score 1t down,
the people beat the politicians.
"A writer in the Elgin (Bsstror
county Meteor, who ought to have
C nsulted Major 5ayers before making
so free with his meme, thinks the Lieu
tenant Governor should drop party
sffiliatlons, and this Is the way thu
question is argued: "The position
taken by Governor Sayers upon ques.
Il ms submitted to b m is position
which the people desire an opportunity
to sustain at the pol Q. WnIle the peo'
pie condemn the policV OF Gnverno
r berts, il is not forgotten that be wa
rhe choice Of q Democratic convention
Tnen the party. not Governor r 10
srfs personally, will be held h
answer fr the blunders which Lieu
tenant G vernon 6syers has pointed
ut. S.nce the Lieutenant Governor
has jun ped oYerbosrd from the sink.
ing craft, why SWIM around, as it were
with q hope of being pulled up agar
through the convention. which may le
him drown, and deprive the people %
the opportunity to pull him into the o
AS sesi2 II Governor Sayers can no
subscribe to the policy of the presen
administration, Consistency demandI
hat he abandon bis alliance with tb'
party that placed it 10 power by an sp
peal to the people upon hisown merits
| md un0n n racs,Fd of uhich he ma,
we'll feel proud. To expect the con
vention to bury Roberts for S4yeri
would be TO look for the Drmocreti,
party TO repudiate It's own acts"
The Austin correspondent OF th,
Galveston Nelos. in commenting npor
the acts Of the convention, called fol
purposes pertaining exclu.iyely tc
national and not to state questions
says: ITO show thst the Austin d..
mocracy in their minds have this con
test between 6ayers and Roberts eve
uppermost and &c the exclusion o
everything else, they refused 70 pro,
nouoce upon national questions, hare
money, or Baysrd. although the DKM .
CRATIC STATESMAN has been for month";
daily urging the Importance Of the on,
and the clsims Of the other. Bat j
msy be always expected that local af.
fairt somehow are shaped int
results ct Ysriarce with the sentiment
Of the STATKsNAE Whether it is tha
the local Democracy 10 always wrong,
or their daily organ wrong, natter
not. At Aoy rate only the sQuberna