The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-01-08
THE STATE PRESS.

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tsTested. It says:
We would not have all men become
politicians IN the common acceptatlon
of the term, but We would be glad to
see them better posted about the con-
courses of our government, that they
might not be gulled and led astray By
one-horse politicians. We urge all
good ciiizens to not eschew politics,
bus rather seek to learn and do their
dunes as men who love their country.
The Telephone says that If the d IL
las Times cannot endorse the position
of Senstor Coke it should say this
much and there let the matter rest. To
which the Times replies:
We did not know that those who did
not agree with Coke in everything
were limited to simple sbuegation of
his vIews, and were not to be allowed
to engage in any discussion in reference
to those views. If this Is the new
Waco gag law, 1t may as well be un-
derstood at once that the Times does
not propose to obey 1t. The statement
made any attempt to distort the views
of Senator Coke has no better founds-
ton co rest on than the Imagination of
the Telephone We published Cover
nor Coke's views IN full, as they ap-
peared in the interview in the Tele.
phone. We commented on those
views just exactly as we thought they
deserved. We said that the two most
salient features were, that the Eastern
Democrats were as hostile to the inter-
ests of the South as the Republicans,
and that Bayard could not be elected
if nominated. We said then, and we
say now, that neither of these positions
are correct, in cur Judgment. Our
readers who had before them at the
same time our editorial and Senator
Coke's statement of his yeYs, can
judge for themselves whether our ccm
ments were legitimate or not.
The San Marcos Free Press must
have Tilden nominated. As variety
reading, we present the following, tax
en- from a column editorial in his be-
half:
The fraud practiced upon him, and
his noble course under the outrage, we
believe, have endeared him more than
ever to the hearts of the people. And
certainly more than even his personal
merits does it point to HIM as
the candidate this year. His 'count-
ing out" is the invlncible point in his
favor. 1t looks to us like political SUI
icide for the democratic party to think
of any other candidate. We believe
the VOW is registered in the hearts of
the American people to right the great
wrong done 70 Mr.. Tilden as their
chosen president in 1876, and through
him to our free institutions. With
any other man this immense vantage
ground-iDfnitely more potent than
al other considerations in the coming
be lost. Tilden, the
peerless civic statesman, is the man to
silence the Grant boom" and lead to
victory again.
The Denison Herald, which is always
making inoportuue shots, says:
The Telegram should possess its soul
in patience. Lang is not disturbed or
perturbed. He ID lying low and wait
ing for the wagon. In due season he
will doubtless be heard from, and many
shall cry about for him to quit, but he
will not.
The Fort Worth Democrat makes a
note that the hub has been heard from
at last. 1t says:
We knew it couldn't be delayed
much longer. Waco has a candidate
for Governor. A Victoria correspond
ent of the Examiner nomlnates Gen. L.
S. Ross, of COkeville, for the place.
The Fort Worth Democrat directs
attention to Judge McCrary's first job
in the following style:
Judge McCrary has rendered his first
decision. 1t was a railroad case. The
new judge decided in favor of the
Denver and Rio Grande, and against
the Atchison and Topeka. Jay Gould
owns the Denver and Rio Grande.
Now, we are curious to know if Mr..
Jay Gould's interest in the long pend
ing suit had aught to do with McCra-
RVS selection of his circuit, and if any
of Jsy Gould labored with
Democratic Senators to confirm Nc
Crary's appointment.
The Victoria Ad0Ocate attemps to put
Senator Coke in the ridiculous attitude
of opposing Mr.. Bayard simply to gain
notoriety. 1t says:
Senator Coke, in his endeayor to
make himself prominent, by assuming
an attitude on the financial problem
opposite to Senator Baysrd's,
seems to forget that he made a speech
two years ago in Congress on the silver
question, a portion of which he needs
explain away before he can make his
present position appreciated. Govern
or Coke then said In manly
language, that if he thought the
of silver did not
have the effect of increasing the in
trinsic value Of silver, so that the
amount contained in the dollar would
be really worth one hundred cents, he
would vote for increasing the amount
of metal to be used In future coinage.
More than eighteen months have
elapsed since the new dollars were
coined, and since RECOMMENDATION Took
place, yet silver has not during all this
time increased relatively or actually in
value. II Senator Coke was honest to
the people in his uttersnces then he
should be equally honest to himself
now to realize that so far as increasing
the value of silver remoneti-
7ation hos haao a doo;1ol fo,l
ure. Half way measures are al
ways attended with loss in ordinary
business sffalrs, and IN governmental re-
lstions are oftenest the cause of wide-
spread calamities. Tinkering with the
money of the nation can never accom-
plish any good, and expedients adopt
ed merely for pressing emergencies
should be abandoned at the first pro-
pitious moment. Senator Bayard's po-
sition on the greenback question is
night, and democracy, which fought
this vicious system of money from its
first introduction, as being unconstitu-
al, can not. afford now to fail to sustain
him.
The Epson bill to aid in the COZ.
struction of the San Antonio and Mexi-
can Border railway, substitute for the
bill introduced in the Senate by Sena-
tor Coke, has been fsvorsbly received,
it is reported, in the House. The bill
the Secretary of War to con-
tract with a definite company for the
building of said road, the government
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