The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-04-29
TEXAS POLITICS.

support amos any of the aspissnts fer
gubernstoiial henors. except Cochran
of Dallas. Il decidedly objects to him.
The TexsIkaea Visitor has the fol-
lowing state ticket az us masthead :
For governor, Orsn II r ,beIts; fog
lieutenant governor, the man who
spiked the guns ~ Houston tn prevent
the salute to Gen. Grant.
The Fairfield Ledger has ihls 10 say:
LieutsDsnt Governor Sayers is deFel-
EepiDg some strength for The governor
ship. We think he Is gong to be con-
| eidefably ahead of Col. Laug IN the
state convention. Bus We believe the
Old AlcSlde vii. be ahead Of both.r
The Age ssys: 80 far as We, eau
discover there is nO objection 10 Cover
nor Roberts, except from poiiuc;sns
vic nnd IN the old gentleman popu-
laIity among tie people Bu obstacle to
the advancement OF their owa personal
schemes or smbI.ion. The ieboriRe,
agricultural aud business men of tht
state arc tor him; and they will throw
the politicians wbe oppose him higher
than Gitderoy'e kite" .T1T-~- 3.
The San Auguss,ee ssron. com-
meuting on a p5iticel. .doeumeI.s that
fell into its 'hands, says it ise6iYy i
can't agree with the opinions of the
campaign sheets, and that "the people
desire the reelection of Governor
Roberia-they bank high on his hon.
esty OF purpose-tbey boast of bis
ability TO cODtrive methods of good
and economical government. and they
know that he has the nerve to stand by
his constituents-no impure motives
will move him to action"
The Mexis Ledger has this 70 ssy
about the patriotic aspirant for office:
'The various sspirants for the position
Of governor, who hope to take Cover
nor R ,berts' place, would ss7e consId-
erable expense and q deal of mortifics-
ton by giving up an attempt at
''boom." The sOld Alcslde" is SO
strong amoog the non-asp,rants, who
do most of the voting, that when the
convention meets those who have the
temerity to stand up against him will,
the first tilt, feel as If Krupp cannon
ball had hit them just between tho
eyes,"
"A letter to the Waco Examiner
from Coryell county says: ~. II. Hail
of MaupiusYille, Ball county, is here
on visit; he says they are all for the
Old Alcalde for Governor, down there.
so we are here. We have no serious
objection to Brother Lang, but we
don't think that he can be nhminsted,
and that, further, his name before the
convention can do nothing more than
defeat Roberts, and give the Lom,ns-
ton to q candidate in the interest of
the railroad rings, and we believe that
j. d. Sayers is the very man that they
will center Oh, and manipulate him as
their own liking II he is elected. I
have seen but one Sayers man in this
county, and he is 8 Greenbaeker, and
they are scarce here, for CAPT. Bewley
famed them ali out last election"
The jackson County Clarion, after
declaring that the pay-as-you-go"
policy belongs absolutely to GoYernor
Roberts administration, says: cit
must be remembered ihat when Gov
eTnor Roberts was calil,i h lh6 eSecu-
tive chair state matters wcre ~ cansid-
erable chaos snd confls-nu. but he
caught the reigns and held yiem i,gis.-
pToS5l 20 nave otCh Ont 81 5ht WIZ 81
pieces oi statosm8raaip While Wu
claim not 10 espoust ar adv0ysta the
claim oi sny particular aspifan: to taC
position OF chief executive, Yet We must
give praise where il justly belongs.
The Governor may err IT many ideas OF
public policy, Int so fat we are nn'
able to see any deieteriOus eff. ct from
his blunders. Lieutenant Governor
SiyeIs is an sspirsnt for the chair OF
state, and takes issue with the o A
and sends forth circular pamphlet an
nouncing bis platform. With ali def
erencs to Mr.. Sayers' Idess ao0ut TIE
veto of the appropriation of one-fouIth
of the revenue for pubic s2hoOls, W.
are unable to see where its hurifulnCss
comes in. The school system ia at
present being managed upon more
economical basis than before, when the
appropriation WAS larger, and the
schools are doing equally as well, il
not better, and there IS not the oppor-
tuuity TO squander and gobble up the
fund now as when increased sppropriS.
tions were msdt, and as for etsto secu-
rites Texas can justly he proud OF her
finances to-day. Her securities arc IN
demand and command premium above
par"
The Mason Neaos Item says: ''We
want Thomas F. Bayard for president,
because it is filter that we should do
away with all dead issues and offer as
the leader of our party a statesman
rather than soldier, one conservative
enough to command the suffrage of his
own people. and of the dlscoptented
elemt Mt of the Republican party; for
whom all have unbounded respect, and
unfalterlng confidence, and whoss per-
sonal purity of character is known !;
whose patriotism cannot be impeachcd,
and who almost alone in the senate
during the dark days of our party,
curing Johnson's administration, dared
to speak and vote as 8 Democrat and in
behalf of the constitutional rights OF
the Southern States. We should like
to see John Hancock, of Texss, on the
same ticket for vice president, 70 show
the ''red rag wsYers" of the Republic
can party that we were In earnest ib
our endesvor to have peace IN the
union, that the old war issues are dead
with us, and that as part of their fu-
neral obsequies we offer for these suf-
frsges q Democratic statesman whose
union sentiments had never neep tar
nished upder the soTost lriais; and
further, because We think Texes, the
great south State, with her two mil
lions of people, is at this day fairly
entitled to place on the rstonal
Democratic ticket. We want these
men, or men like them, because we are
tired Of the sentiment which puts sol
diers, for their laurels' sake, at the
head OF government, and heeaase we re-
member that it wss the same sentimeD'
which merged the republic of Rome
into an empire.
The King of Siam, who is going TO
,naEa O fcr1r ~ tho world X named