The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-26
Post.praudtal

Among the good things pertaining to th'
hsnouet to Governor Hubbard last week, the
following is too good to be lost. 1t is by
jerks" in response to toast to Governor
Hubbard, and this is about the way th'
humoristput it
GOVERNOR HUBBARD.
can't see why l have been called on tc
respond to toast to this eminent gentleman
unless it is to illustrate again the old symbo!
-"before, and after taking" ANY ply
could possibly make to toast to our dis,
tinguisSed and robust guest anything
might say, compared with his preponder'
ance of brain and physique, must at least IN
one sense of the word be Thin; while at the
same time am more than glad TO- contribute
the evidence of his weighty standing BY con-
trsstl We all remember with gratitude now this
great political champion, in obedience to the
call of English and Hendricks and other un-
happy martyrs, and opposers OF negro
colonization, hsstened to the rescue OF
Indiana. We remember how ne sent speed
ing over the wires the electro tidings
that the old Hoosier state would
roll up 10000 majority. But he took the
keen p.ecaution to omit mentioning the
wo d republican or democrat; and the oper-
stor forgot to add, in November We all
know how he was interviewed by foar re-
porters at once, to each Of whom he narrated
the fact thai he had been governor of
Texas, and then those naughty newspaper
men compared and snapped notes, and in
the compa ion of statements they reported
him as having been governor of Texas four
succeeding terms. But they didn't perpe-
ira as much of an error then as the governor
and his Indiana colleagues in measuring the
democratic pole of the Hoozier state. For
if he hadn't been governor Of Texas but
once, he ought to have been. But gentlemen,
the premature calculation of that Indiana
campaign is before you. Oblge me by looking
at the cheerful outlook (pointing to Hub
bard) as it was, and then gaze at my lsnk,
enacisted form, and you have the result!
But let US not dwell on Indiana! Funerals
are painful at best. With "Good rich" wine
before us we don't want to think of those sad
ends when Shepherds 'crooks" are laid be-
side scepters. l am not in proper dress
or humOr for "oyster" remarks, and this
amt good place. We will cover the dead
past in Indiana with floral offerings from
Sunny Texas. Let us plant the last neg roes
of summer DER its tomb. l feel like forgiv-
ing the governor for going to Indiana, and
never mentioning it again, although he is
about the healthiest specimen of political
defeat l ever beheld? We love Governor
Hubbard, because he is one of Texas noblest
sons. We love him because he has stood
more atuse, and borne it meekly on the
broadest shoulders than any other man
in our broad and noble state. We love
and respect him because he is patriot who
knows no north, no south, no cast, no west,
and becaus he went to Indiana, where he
didn't know anybody. He has been honored
wth'the highest position known to our bro ad
commonwe 9TH, and suffice it to say he Ill ed
the governors chair completely! He is a
man honored wherever he goes,
and it is no wonder that
everywhere he is met with "three
chairs for Governor Hubbard" We respect
him for his largeness of heart, his patriotism
his brilliant eloquence, his zeal in the cause
of democracy, and above all, his unyieldlng
aud undying devotion for Texas. DO is the
friend of the Lone Star empire-by
AZ least 10000 majority As prot
of of his honor and patriotism
D while governor of this great state, it is
enough to allude to the fact that when he
left Austin he did not have to tic a cable
around his trunk to keep his patents for land
and state bonds from bursting through, and
he is at present engaged as tho broad gauge
attorney for a narrow gauge railway for al
honest livelihood, and shedding light ii
Egypt's land of Hoosierdom. Then all honor
to our honored guest, whose magic werd
bring tears or smiles at will; whose patriot
ism is unquestioned whose love Of state il
ever glowing with iervent heat, and who
with a stout heart, beaming eye and a smil,
ing face, can stand miscslculation as to tn
returns OF state with flrmncss that
symbolic of the bravery with which dem
Ocrals have stood defeat for twenty years