Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-09-16
THE CAMPAIGN.

Each recurring presidential
campaign is in great measure
but repetition Of the one I'M
mediately preceding it. Each
party has its standard bearer
and the respective members of
the two great parties usually
vote for the nominees. Repub-
licans will vote for Garfield and
! democrats for Hancock. Dis
cussion will not change mindsthe
or the votes ofpartisans, and the
cries and clectioneering stories,
of which the canvass hasso far
been exclusively made up, serve
only to arouse the party mente
zeal and bring out the full vote.
The New York Herald, itsel5
the leading independent - nSe !,
of the United states, and
that all the so-sa
ent papers try
says the party
independent \ ga
siderable mass e1ens who
hold aloof from party tics and
! aim TO support the best men for
office-these are sufficiently
numerous to turn the scale. In
the south where the democrats
are in an overwhelming majorl-
ty the independent voter refer
red to by the Herald is un-
known. 1t is true that each
state ard each community has a
few men who pride themselves
upon their independence and
freedom from the party-lash, as
they are pleased to term democra
tic nominations, and who have a
so-as-you-plcase way of voting.
These men as gen eral thing
vote against the democrats and
seek comfort in the republican
camp. They do this because
they are too independent TO go
with the maj ority.
In New York where the par
ties are so nearly divided that
an independent vote OF $4,000
or 10000 is likely to turn the
scales. In the other great states
of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois the two parties are
so nearly divided that the in
dependent or non-partisan men
very nearly hold the balance of
power and in those states that
the presidential contest is vir-
tually settled. 1t is in those
states that the independent vot-
er looms up into an important
parsonage. From a strictly
democratic standpoint it does
not look reasonable that a man
without any party ties could go
and deliberately vote for a man
with the public record of Gar
field, yet many viii be found to
do it.
The Herald says we are liv-
ing under the constitution; our
politics are, Heaven be thanked
once more in an entirely nor
NAL condition, and no harm eau
come to the county or its insti-
tutions from the success of cith-
er side. Whether General Han
cock or General Garfield be-
comes president either will
equally preserve, protect and
defend the constitution as the
presidential oath requires, and
the people are abandantly able
to take care of the rest. We
believe the Herald is right in
this, and the present prosperous
condition Of the country in all
branches of business shows that
no apprchensions of a recur-
rance of the frauds of 1867
are apprehended. To the de-
mocracy is the county indebted
for its present prosperity;a DEM
ocratic congress has wrought
the change and ifthe people are
satisfied with it they will keep
a democratic majority in both
houses. From all appearances
the election of Hancock to the
presidency seems to be a fore
gone conclusion.
VERITAs furnishes the Calves
TIM News with a lengthy report
of the JOINT discussion between
Jones and Shepard at Giddings
on Monday last. In closing
the writer says each speaker
waslustily cheered during his re-
marks, butthe long, loud cheer
ing that greeted Shepard when
he rose to reply to Jones, told
beyond question that he had
the crowd ten to one. The
correspondent who can write
that Jones unhorses Shepard,
who puts Jones clownish pos
lures and personalities above
Shepard's earnest, dignifed dis
cussion of issues, writes himself
down. Many greenbackers said
If was ridiculous for tones TO