The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-02-12


v ~ she parry I ", f4il "A th4t we
/ usIn she past7 isfe.tiug the outside
/ q; a., ST. { - d. ,nts .g, uid l'e IN akirg a
I chl O. uc' vra - Sc. evils a' c,nsiAcrable
! s'fti u.iy iisjncUish Whioh Wss the
I l-s>- II defs'.t TIE no7ainee of the
! convention eAu'a not result Ia any
i sieat good tn he state 5y throwing
! iaa aim,u.stTS'ien OF II airs into the
/ bends ni f-ongrei party not response
, &c ~ anybN4y As psriy, but it would
I reiiegr tas ID mccrscy OF the odium Of
+, the ma ijm pistration that would fol-
lnN DE election oi lii5ersl, non.pro-
gfess.ve D m~c-ats, or ,litic;ans who
~aala maulyulste # sirs in their own
i iattf5sr AMI no. ia the interest of the
state"
I Tas C.eturne Chronicle takes a So
/ called D m'crat;c paper 10 task in this
wist; the Il us'oL Telegram says
lle D ;nocrsttc party csn only succeed
this ysar 10y adon'irg a Republican
! piu'igrm, az ( ur her SAYS ii Govern
! nr X b. RS l7 fri,' n bated Dy the ID .mt :
! oCa.s &c vs., urPnr' an independent
lcalJ!ta'c. T.C telegram IS free TO
S0npar wto II please oata apirly with
-ecp1 i-fald principles deserves TO he
wiped eGt oi existence. | Rs ubl!c, n
/ pracip.es -Ic right II is cuwsrdly %
/ !, iuss them sucp1 ut Simply on account
af iic n.rre OF the party that makes
tAtm is di.tggn shlng tenets. Per-
: haPs, seeing $ JHdepepdent talk, the
Telegram IS preparing to chanse its
patty fiiliations.
Again the same paper says:
"5iuce the people sre beginning to
tn k Of renoniua,inC G vernon r RIbeIt',
the politicians who have found out
Chcy canuoJ use him, are announcing q
Resolve O. bolt The nomination. The
poauci-cs are silt klers for party loyalty
/ go long rs themselves can dictate, but
10 iorgcr."
To this reasoning, which the editor
of The Telgyam must - We learned
from George Washngrn' J ,ues or MIR.
L L1e, the Y ctoTia AdcJcais replies:
" Auu the Telegram oIgeIs what every
scto i buy knows, TIN gol and silver
! money contain an intrinsic vslue in
! themselves equal, or should be
81, of the amount OF repr, senta-
| tiYe value each bears on It's face,
wb'ie the gfe,nbsck CurreI cy contains
IN = irsic value 81 diepropurtionate
10 its representative value as to dis
possess 1t nf every true element of
] ~ al II
! hundrcd dollars bore representative
vslue of that sum, hut what are their
! intrinsic Va Nc to dayl Max milan
coinage for his Mexican empire, in
& Id and SILVER, is IS valuable /, : lay as
when that unfortunate prince fist or
iered It's Stamping This illustrates
| the d II renee between n able and
permanent money Of fixed value and
currency sui .ct to d IctuatioD, depres-
son and even tot Al deprivation in it's
| puichseing power. Senator B4yard is
finding ior 81 honest money, but oc-
cupts groun Is always held by the best
and wisest d mcc~at statesmen, and
he but re-uttcis to-day principles that
true DIN c.scy bas a ai@ays taught"
The Telephone says cannot under
stand why the STATESMAN would deal
the Sixteenth Legislature blow, and
ut the same time endorse Governor
Roberts, when beth are alike open to
censure for ts,ilug 10 do what WAS de-
m4nded Of them. There are differ
enc,s of opinion between such papers
as the Telephone and the STATE MAN
which may be hberally regarded from
each staudpoinf, and tbey'alwsys are
between these two paper9, but we do
not asree that the S xleen,h Legisla-
ture ard the Governor are EQUALLY re-
sponsib.o for every error committed.
That errors have been committed by
both is admit ed, for both are human,
and while able to look upon both with
ilbeEality, we are re, d. always to lay
blame for failures upOn tia.
branch of the S'6te governmen;
directly responsible for errors. Had
he legislature passed bin establish-
ing the whipping post, there Is not, we
are satisfied, the least doubt that il
would have been approved by Cover
nor II ber's. II spirit OF economy
in the public interest would guarantee
this. Bat the Telephone says: "W,
agree with our Austin CT mpnrary,
that the erection Of n whipping post
in every county IN T. xls, would un-
doubteGiy have The fleet of lessening
the immense sums that are now paid
out for the prosecution and confine
ment Of the large class of petty crimi-
nails who fill sur jils and board out
their sentences. The present penal
system, whether state or county, il
enormously costly, and should be re-
modelled. We should hail it as an
evidence of real reform, were the next
legislature 10 pass whipping post
law-as humane IS practicable, and
not to be applied to females. Ur.
doubtedly the STATESMAN is reasoning
sensibIy.
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