The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-05
PARIS.
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Cores pondence o. the Herald.
PARIS, May ., lss0,
Everything is assuming livelier appear
ance since the rain has stopped, and every
body seems more cheerful. -The Green
hackers held their County convention at the
Courthouse in this city last Saturday with
lilly-two delegates present. Their basis of
representation in this county is one delegate
to every ten belonging 10 the different clubs,
which shows their strength in this county to
be all told, five hundred and twenty. They
all seemed to be for awhile pretty well or
ganized until some of the members who had
already announced in the papers for some of
the various county officers had their heads
chopped OIL, ut which time these fellows who
had been reduced TO ranks, began TO swear
that they had n right to vote for u Democrat,
il they chooscd, and they intended to do it.
John g. Easton was elected President, and
Alex. Latimer, secretary. The President in
attempting to make the necessary opening
speech said that he lad net dabbled in poll
tics for thirty years past but that all he
knew that was contained in the Democratic
platform was that they wanted free quinine,
and he supposed the reason they favored
that was because the party was getting
shaky. Speeches were made by several
others Il. L. Uohony was recommended for
Congress from this district, William Booth
for the State Senate, and Parson Sheffield, of
Delta county, for joint Representative. They
harped loud and long on their liberal AID
broad platform. Their platform reminds
me of the following: 1t is said that
when the Chinese babe is first born
its feet are encased in tght-ftting
wooden shoe or box, which is changed for
another and another as the child grows older,
but they are worn constantly, and thus the
growth of the feet is retarded until the child
arrives Mt the years of maturity with ardly
enough underpinning to balance on, and in
consequence they must have u very level
head in order to preserve their equilibrium.
Since my letter Of some two weeks ago
relative to who our people were in favor of
for Governor, it seems that Roberts stock has
advanced until now it might be quoted at nj.
most par. trust TINT | will be pardoncd
for saying in this connection that all the De-
mocracy needs is an early and thorough or
ganization, which is always desirable and es.
sental to harmony, unity and success. 1t
was never more so than ut the present
juncture, and it can be accomplished
in NO way so e0ectually rs through the ne
tive, industrious and hearty co operation of
the county committee, men upon whom the
Important duty mainly devolves. We feel
certain We shall have this in our section, and
trust throughout the State. We want no en-
tangling alliances, no treaties, offensive or
defensive, but in view or the great issues in
volved, we do want to see the Democracy OF
Texas once more united, ms of old, meeting
together in a spirit of Cancellation, patriotism,
and fratcrnal regard, and resolving 70 do
their whole duty, SO that if disaster should
come, no particle of the blame thereof can
honestly be charged to their Account
Died, in this city Saturday night, the infant
son of Captain Il. W, Saunders, Of Aux The
bereaved family have the sympathy Of the
whole community.