The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-01

Colonel +. &. Bower, Grand Master of The
Masons OF Texas, Chairman of the Demo
Cratic state Executive Committee, ETC., etc,
My DEAR SIR.-I am informed that at
the caucus of the delegates to the county
Democratic convention from the first pre-
cinct of Dallas county, held yesterday for
the purpose of selecting candidate from
this city for representative in the next legis-
lature, you we're selected. Twas not present,
but am told that the names of Mr.. Watts,
Mr.. Martin, yourself and myself we're placed
in nomination before the caucus ; that Of the
twenty.seven votes cast (including three
proxies-a novelty to me in caucus like
this, received thirteen upon the first ballot
and you eleven, and that on the second ballot
l received ten and you fourteen, three being
cast for Mr.. Watts on each ballot Your
nomination, therefore, was secured by one
vote, if my information 10 true.
am young and unused to the ways Of
politics, but Understand that it is customary,
and it is certainly proper, when candidate
has been placed ''in the hands of his friends"
whether he be elected or not, to make due
acknowledgement to his friends of their
efforts in his behalf; and 1t Is especially suit
able that he should make such acknowledge
ment to those friends, who were instrumental
in bringing him out as candidate, and
among the first to pledge their support and to
advise him to enter the race. |, therefore,
hasten to express to you my profound sense
of the obligations you have placed me
under,by the hearty, active, and constant sup
port you have given me in my candidacy for
representative from this county, the first po-
litcal office for which had ever cen a can
didate.
Being yourself an old resident of this coun-
ty and with larger acquaintance in the coun-
ty perhaps than any other citizen, a legate
to the convention, member ofthe caucus and
present at its meeting, and occupying the
high official station that you do in the Dem
ocratic party of the state, your position en-.
abl,d you to render me, a young and OBJ.
scure member of the party, great assistance
in the accomplishment of the object to which
you had encouraged my youthful ambition;
and of course your efforts in my behalf we're
commensurate with the peculiar advantages
you had to serve me.
That you stated to delegates before the
meeting of the caucus that | could not be
elected if nominated, and that you would &C.
cept tho nomination if tender. to you; that
you solicited votes for yourself; that you sat
in the caucus and permitted your name to be
placed in nomination against mine; that after
| led you two votes upon the first ballot you
permitted another ballot to be taken; that
you accepted the nomination, the majority
only being obtained by the votes of proxies,
are facts that only show the more conspicu-
ously your disinterested devotion to your
friend. To think otherwise would imply
treachery, and the high Office that you hold
in he Masonic fraternity (of which
sm only an humble member)
your exalted position in the counsels of the
great Democratic party of Texas, and the
friendly relations existing between US for
more than seven years, preclude such q
thought.
Being yourself veteran in politics and
knowing the snares and pitfalls that beset a
youog man who enters the political arena.
you doubtless wished to save your friend from
the ruin toward which in the indiscretion of
inexperienced youth he was madly rushing;
and to save him you heroically plunged into
the gulf opening for your friend and sacri.
feed yourself. Such heroic self sacrifice, re.
calls that of the noble Roman, Marcus Cur.
thus, who, when the hsruspices declared tha,
the earthquake chasm in the forum could
only be closed by casting into it that
upon which the greatness of Rome depended
presented himself, arrsyed in complete
armor mounted upon his war-horse. and
proclaiming that Rome contained nothing
more indispensable to her greatness than 4
valiant citizen, fully ACQUIRED tor battle
galloped into the abyss. The earth, history
tells US, closed and the forum resumed il
wonted aspect That was called the heroic
age, but, though more than two thousand
years have passed since then, the nineteenth
century is also occasionally illustrated with
acts of heroism.
In conclusion, beg leave to take this on.
portunity 70 express my regrets that by the
vote Of the county convention to-day the
state of Texas is deprived Of
the benefit in her legislative halls
ofthat high hohor, integrity, and unselfsh
devotion to principle, which you have exhibi.
ted so conspicuously in your 8, rvices in nv
behalf. A larger field..for their display would
have been there presented and they would
doubtless have been equ ] to the occasion.
With sentiments Of the highest respect, !
beg leave to subscribe myself, your grateful
FRIEND CHAs. FRED TUCKER.
President Roberts. of the Pennsvlvanis