The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-27
captain W. g. Veal for state Sen.

CAPTAIN w. q. Veal for State Sen.
To the Editor of the herald.
have to thank IudgefJ. w. Ferris, O.
Waxshachie for his dgnifed and able arti
Gle in this mornings HERALD, in favor O
the election of Mr.. A. Rsiney, of Ellis coun
ty. to the state senate. He has exhausted ev
ery argument of a fertile brain fluent Ian
guage, and trained pen to convince the peo-
pie of Dallas county that Mr.. A. Rainey
ought to be elected senator over the old bat
tle.scared veteran and pioneer of Texas
Capt in w. G. Veal.
opened the paper with the keenest inter
est and, | confess, some uneasiness for | had
suspected it would contain some communi-
cation from him. And | commenced to pc
ruse his article in fear and trembling, expect.
ing, from Judge Ferris high character as
iurist and political writer, that | would be
absolutely and incontinently wiped out.
Judge Ferris arguments epitomized amount
to this: lst, Mr. Rainey is q years Of age.
%, He is & gentleman and lawyer. Ord,
Hs is of good family--one of the F. +. Us.
4th, He received certificate from few
gentlemen assembled in solemn conclave in
Waxshschie. 9th, He is the law partner of
Judge j. W. Ferris 9th, Ergo he must be-
elected senator.
| will 90 even further in commendation of
Mr.. Dainey than Judge Ferris, and say that l
have myself known Mr. Rainey for many
years. probably longer than Judge Ferris
has that he is my personal friend; and |
hope will always reman SUCH; that he has
been, still is and trust may always remain
my legal attorney in Ellis county. He is a
gentleman by intuition and by education. He
Is honest moral and upright, and yet all these
attributes do not qualify him per SO to rep
resent this great district of 10000 voters and
twelve millions of taxable wealth, in the sen.
ate of Texas
Judge Ferris moves out of the domain of
fairness and candor when he says charge
Mr.. Rainey with incompetence. have done
nothing Of tue kind, and it is disengenuous
in Judge Ferris to make the charge. l have
asserted, and | here retIrate it, that Mr..
Rainey is without experiencein public affairs
and is stranger to the multifarious wants of
the great county and metropolitan city of
Dallas, and that Captain Veal, whose democ.
racy is just as pure ss Mr.. Rliney's, and who
has illustrated his patriotism and his devotion
to his country on hundred bloody 6elds of
carnage; who is one of our oldc,t and most
honored ctizens--s man of the Target ex.
perienGa and ripest Judgment, well known to
all the people of Ellis and Dallas counties,
and thoroughly competent by mental culture
and native visor of intellect to represent
fairly and intoligently and vigorously and
effectively our increasing wants, will made at
this time better and more useful senator.
That is "the sum of my offending"
Now Judge Ferris does not deny that
Mr.. Rainey is inexperienced in public AFFAIR.",
or that he is a stranger to the people OF Dali
las, or that Captain Veal will make the most
efficient senator, but he simply falls back on
the broad declaration, that dozen or tN D
psrtisans assembled in star chamber in the
village of Lancaster; have the apostolic
right to chain the consciences of 10000 free
born voters in this district. deny the proposi-
ton in toto. Even the Times, of this city the
official organ of Mr.. Rainey, in its issue OF
Oct. 10, has the candor to say, Very few
people in Dallas county, know Mr.. Rainy
very few have ever heard of him."
Now the question presented to the voters
of Dallas county is simply this: Do they
want the services Of man wholly I'M
known to them, and of whom they "never
heard" to represent them in the senate of
Texas, at the most important period in the
crisis of their history, when questions of the
most vital interest will come before that
body; or do they prefer tried and faithful
public servant, one Of their own blood, who
knows their interest and their wants, anA
will maintain them at all hazards? Which
will they vote for? That's the question"
1t is with feelings of profound regret that
l again impeach the fairness OF Judge Ferris
He charges that Captain Veal is a citizen OF
Fort Worth, and not of Dallas because, for
sooth, he had for few months branch
business house in that city, as he also had IL
Parker and Basque counties. But he had
"hs washing done in Dallas" Would Judge
Ferris consider one fair in charging that he
was a citizen of Austin, and not Of Waxa-
hachie, because, rs a Judge of the supreme
court of Texas "a position which ne honored
he not only lived in Austin for few weeks
but had CHS washing none there" Now, is
this the kind of judicial fairness we had a
right to exoect from latejustice of the high
est tribunal in our state?
Judge Ferris has sdduced no single valid
reason why Mr.. Rainey, of Ellis county,
should be elected over Captain Veal, OF
Dallas county, for state senator. Ii Captain
Veal is the most competent man, AS l think
| hay clearly demonstrated; if he can best
subserve the interests of tbs district, and es'
pecially of this city and county, as think
cannot be doubted; and if he is equally G.
good democrat, of which there is no ques
ton, then claim that the voters of the city
county and district have not only legal
moral and political right, but it is their duty
and their interest to elect Captain Veal to the
senate. GEO. f. Afford.
DALLAS, Oct. 20, lSSO.