The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-26
Colonel Arson Rainey for the senate

To the Editor of the Herald.
In your daily of the 22d and 23d insts.,
Colonel George f. Afford, under the pretext
of rep lying to the Times, takes occasion to
charge Colonel Arson Rainey, the demo-
cratic candidate tor the senate, with being "a
young man who lives in Ellis county,"
"without experience in public life" and "a
strang to our people and to the growing
wants Of the great city and county of Dali
las, who can in nowise intelligently represent
u.s." He argues that democrats are not
bound to vote for the nominee Of the party
when he may be incompetent or corrupt"
and the point attempted to be made is, that
Captain Veal ought to be elected and the
convention reproved for presenting for the
sutfrases of the party so incompetent man.
Having been the law partner of Colonel
Rsiney for several years, feel II to be due
to him, and TO the citizens OF Ellis, who, in
county convention, recommended him fer
the office, to give in my testimony against a
charge 50 extremely uni ust and wholly IN
warranted by the facts; and | ask that the
HERALD, which has been pstronized so lib
orally by our people, give it publication,
LIST. AS to age, il is sufficient to say that
he has the qualification prescribed for SEN
tor in the constitution of the state.
%. know him Intimately and well. His
habits are most exemplary, and his character
as a gentleman is unluestioned. He pos
sesses to larg degree those social qualities
which win the friendship and esteem of all
who know him. He is an able and thorough
lawyer, having been close student,
and in full practice for several years.
de is solid thinker and safe counsellor
not only in the law but matters generally.
I he is thoroughly versed in parliamentary
law aud usages, and presides over delibera-
tive body with hrmness, decision and dis.
patch, as every one who has seen him pre-
side will attest. He is of most excellent
family, and one long and favorably known 10
Texas, being the nephew of Dr.. Rsiney, the
superintendent of the blind asylum at Aus
4 tin, and also of Colonel A. T. R.iney, Of
. Palestine, who has served as senator in thi.
state for many years. lie may not indulge
F upon the stump in repeating low, vulgar snC
obscene anecdotes, which to some minds may
measure ones capacity; but he is faithful
Jealous and intelligent worker at anything
he may undertake; and as sen
stor he will, l have no doubt, re-
fleet honor upon his constituency ant
The democratic party, Colonel Afford
opinion to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Believing this, the democrats of Eli
county in convention assembled, with tul
and fairly elected delegation from nearly
every voting precinct in the county, recon-
mended Colonel Rainey unanimously for tn,
senate; and afterwards, at the district conven
aaon, composed of full and fairly elected
delegation from Dallas and Ellis counties, h,
N was nominated by unanimous vote. II
sals was not fair nomination by full ant
properly called convention there never wa
v wS Indeed, no attempt is made to SHOW
M saereln II was not fair. Colonel Afford say
na S, ne Is unknown and stranger TO "ou
Daaas pe'rh." How csmes II then, that b