The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-22
THE NEEDS OF THE HOUR FOR TEXAS

IL is an old saying that extremes meet,
and That out of the ncttle danger we pluck
the flower safety. Let us hope that TINS
may be the result in this state of great pos
sibilities, and that we may reap from the
recklessness of an arbitrary democratic
majority final good. From periecty
Independent standpoint we have again ana
again urged the nomination oil only our
very best men for the public Offices from
the governorship down to the number
positions. The last state convention, helu
in this city, was distinctly DIVIDED
into two parties, the majority ana the
minority, on all the leading questions that
came before it, But the majority was so
overwhelming that they soon crushed out
the emphatic minority Not only thls'
there was manifested an arbitrary and I'M
patient spirit toward the opposition, feeble
in quantity but e-eminently strong in re-
spectability. The latter succumbed to the |
storm for the time being, but the wounds
ranked 1t was one of the usual results Of
an all.powerful majority that recognized III
! its will the fiat of success The HERALD
warned them from day to day of the ill
advised course, and saw the disallection
that must ultimately lead to the dsintegra'
ton of the party. So fearless, frank aud
outspokcn were We, that every now ana
then we were designated republicans in
fact. and that orr independent course was
but disguise, as it were, for the breaking
of ground for the advance guard OF repuOll-
can cohorts. We cared but little for the crit
icism and the censure, knowing our hdellty
to genuine democratic principles, and hay-
ing their continued and ultimate triumph in
view. And now, sure enough, the
new programme of the republican
party substantiates the correctness
of our view and course, They have
concluded that they cannot win success in
the southern states, save through the rup-
turc of the democracy. They have con
cludcd, therefore, to effect this if possible,
to squandcr no money where the state Is
fully satisfied with the democratic admins
traton, and harmony prevails but they
; assume il best to storm and carry one re-
( doubt and then another until they capture
$ all. And to this end they are prepared to
$ spend hundreds of thousands, yea, millions
4 of dollars if need be. They assume it eXpc-
/ dent, therefore, to put up at present
: no republican ticket in strong
4 democratic state, but to induce what they
term liberal democrats to contest
e the palm against the older organizations
where the Bourbon element obtains so
strongly rs to have driven Off many of the
progressives They may not win at the
u first state elections under this plan, but
i they will have laid the groundwork for vic
. tory in the next presidential struggle
y Thos, who will have departed from the old
4" re im,s will be SO abused for their desertiol
and dcreliction that the alienation will b.
F." perfected and all return cut oil. This
W force, added to the republicans prope
y and the greenbackers and the colore
" voters and the generally dis
t satisfied will, they assume, j
good time do the work, This is the pro
&c gramme that worked so admirably in VII
ir gnia and put MAnoYE and NDDLEBERGE
II, In position. 1t is now an open secret thu
II. vast sums of money were sent by the +,
IS publican party and the administration int
ty the Old Dominion to effect just what w
ed effected. The same thing will be undc
il taken in South Carolina and Louisian
to And the same influence that operated O
~ the minds of many good southern poop
| L. AL Ia,
ter two states, the onus of an iniquitous pull
ri lie debt that weighs like nightma
over their poverty-strickcn citizen
!. This particular grievance does not exist
", Texas, but having swept three states, 4
W. moral effect of victory for the adverse
W. will be u decentralization. And conSdcriI
''' the political complexion OF the incomi
'"' population to the Lone Star state, it nee
=" but little time to turn the political sea
Nv with us. The remedy is that which
have urged persistently and consistent
W and shall continue to urge, viz; put none i
'"' our strongest, best aud most compete
''' citizens ON duty and ON the ticket,
w eyes are now turned toward TeN
A. us NuV hVlh NNVlllN Wv w
w." best opportunities for the invc
""' mcnt OF capital, and the skilled hand of
dustry. Inquiries are being made about
10 condition of our courts AS to equal farm
uce for the light haired, blue.eyed blonde Of
of north, with the bronzed face and 10
by haired rover of the sunny prairies TIL
,ocs is u suspicion that the extraordinary u
in jority which placed in power state adm
uch is,rstion not considered equal TO the
fer quiremcnts of the Texas of to- day, '
cx- hardly otherwise constitute the coul
the These ideas must be changed, these su'
most cions removed in the future by the del
the cracy putting up for important
cted fees none but the live, wi
ady awake, progressive, liberal min,
In citizens, that live for the future and
'css. wholly in the past, men that can meet
oplc prove the equals of the foremost of Il
isitc people that our northern friends may 5
utri. amongst us. And this, too, Is abSolu
ably indispensable for the preservation OF
state under democratic rule, Our I
,,o state convention will meet within the l