Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-06-24
COUNTY POLITICS.


been called to meet at Dallas
on the 10th day Of August, the
chairman Of the county demo-
cratic executive committee will
soon call a county convention
to appoint delegates to the state
convention. Much has already
been said and written in regard
to the importance of a full at
tendance at the primary meet
ings, this should be so thor
oughly understood as to need
no further urging. IF fully at
tended primary meetings can
be had, We would suggest that
! the time would be opportune to
have 4 full and free discussion
of county affairs. 1t is well
known that there is a large num-
Der Of patriots in this county
who are DESTROYS of serving the
dear people in the capacity OF
ee$aty officers; none of them
have made a formal announce
ment of their wants and wishes,
yet they have been quietly feel
ing their way. This particular
class of patriots is not confined
to the democratic party, far
from it; there are republicans,
many of them, who want office
very bad; in the halcyon days
of Davisdom they had = taste
of Office and, like Oliver Twist.
they want more. In the repuh-
lican household there seems to
be some discomfort; they do
not dwell together in peace and
harmony; they are DIVIDED into
two classeS-the ms and the
outs; the ms want TO stay in
and the outs want to put the
ms out and get in themselves.
1t is presumed that the colored
men are all republicans, there
are, however few honorable
exceptions. y majority of the
white republicans, residents of
BRENNAN, want office-this is a
republican failing, they can't
help it, it is natural with them.
1t is becoming palmer to the
colored voters that they have
nothing to expect at the hands
of the white republicans, who
for years and years have used
them simply as a hobby horse
upon which to ride into Office.
Some of the republican office
holders have grown rich in Of
fee. 1t is to the interest of ev-
cry citizen that the county have
competent and efficient officers
and in reality there is no politi-
cal principle involved in the
election Of county officers. In
state Offices it is expected that
every man will align himself
with his party and vote his pai-
ty ticket. The last general
election demonstrated that a
great many men abandoned
their party lines and voted indie
pendently for county officers.
The BANNER, a few weeks ago,
published an analysis of the
vote of this county in the gene
raj election of 1878. The fig
ures show the democrats to be
in the minority.
If a county convention is held
and democratic county ticket
nominated, can it be elected?
This is the question that should
be thoroughly discussed at the
primary meetings by the people
themselves.
Were the BANNERS personal
feelings consulted it would, as a
matter Of course, prefer to see
a full set Of democratic county
officials from constable to high
sheriff.
In politics, as in the ordinary
affairs of every day business,
cXpedrency must be consulted.
In view of all the facts, is it cx-
pedient TO make party nomina-
tons?
y great many men of both
political parties are beginning
to get their eyes open and are
discovering that party machina-
tons and stocked conventions
are not exactly the thing if pure
and honest men are wanted in
Office. For this reason they
have abandoned party lines in
municipal and county elections
and voted for the man of their
choice and not for the party
nominee.
Again the BANNER offers the
use Of its columns for a discus
sion of the county nominating
convention question.
The claim put forth by re-
publican papers that Garfield is
exceptionally strong in Ohio
does not bear the test of fact