The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-11-02


The Waco Examiner. In m editorial cap /
Toned Scandal Monqofihg IN PolltlosH /,
contains the following The Dallas Has
NO Of yesterday morning deyOtes lead.
Ing article 10 the difficulty that occurred
at Austin n week AGO yesterday between co.
LIONEL @. W. Josts aud NAr q, IlrspEmos.
The HERALD ASSUMES that the independent
for governor had given way to
on indulgence that Is the fault Of too many
men. and that the difficulty was the result
OF his unfortunate condition. II seems that
somebody at Dallas took the HERALD 70
task for It's lack Of generosity to Hnil-
ical opponent and hence the articlG>ol yes
terday morning, in which the ILTEALni de-
tending its previous illusions TO the matter
cites other papers (the Examiner among
the. number) as having published the same
dispatch that appeared in the HERALD. 30
far as the Examiner is concerned, 1t did
publish the fact of the difficulty, just as it
does other items of news wired it-iust as 1t
published, few days later, the difficulty
between ATTORNEY EgEEAL McLEAhY and
Mr.. GRINER, at San Antonio. But the Ex-
aminer has never assumed that the din
Guilty was the result of COLONEL JONES in
diligence of his appetite, because it has
no evidence that such was the fact.
Now, will the Examiner show wherein the
HERALD did anything whatsoever that the
Examiner did not, in giving publication TO
an item that came to each paper from proba-
! bly, the same Austin correspondent In
deed, it was not at all as fair and generous,
inasmuch as the HERALD expressed doubts
as to the correctness of the dispatch, and
the sincerest sorrow in the event the case
should be as stated whereas the Examiner
spoke not a word in his favor We
feel an equal share OF surprise
at this one-sided way OF handling the mat
ter, especially when the very same issue
that contained the news item by telegraph,
contained also our doubts and our condi-
tional regrets. After the HERALD had
sounded the true keynote of how to treat
the case, the Examiner captures our thun-
der for some purpose and follows to posi-
ton already set by us. That there may be
no mistake and no misinterpretation as
to that position Of ours we reproduce
what we then said, and, if it indeed tsans-
pires that we were right after all, and that
there twas error" as is now, asserted, then
truly has the HERA4p' been right all the
way through and is so on record, whereas
the Examiner is only wise after the fact, y
and is guilty Of grievous wrong in trying
to put the HERALD in false light when it
says: 1.-THE HERALD assumed that the in
Dope ndent candidate for governor had
given way to an indulgence, etc."
What was the Examiner editor
thinking about when he penned that SEN
tenceP No such assumption was made.
We merely remarked about the telegram
that we sincerely trusted there was some
error, or that the act committed was an ac-
cident." We neither affirmed nor denied,
nor assumed, but announced that if our
correspondent was correct, then we sor-
we here submit our editorial
verbatim for impartiality to make the
assignment of it as a whole; at is with feel
ings of the deepest sorrow that we read in
our Austin special that Hon. G. w. JONES,
the greenbacK candidate for the governor
ship, was guilty on yesterday of luckless
indiscretion. However strongly and per-
sistently we have opposed that gentemans
political positions, especially on the imam
cial and the tariff questions, as involved in
tha canvass wAbave az steadily rpfralned
from saying one word against him as gen
tleman doubtless possessing all the valued
domestic and social virtues, for we have
known of hin as such. We sincerely
trust that there is some error in the
dispatch, or, if there is not, then
that it will appear that he fell
unawares, as so many Of our best citizens
do through the conviviality of their nature.
Years ago, if we mistake not, COLONEL
JONES, in the flower Of his manhood, and
personally beloved by all who knew him,
was not wholly free from the glass where
turks the red-eyed demon, but he had fore
sworn the habit, and his native intellect
was able TO do better service for his people
until they placed him in congress, where,
though we differed from his ideas of gov
eminent, we still respected the purity OF
his motives. We, therefore, sincerely trust
either that the item brought to us is in er-
ror, or that the act committed was an &C
cdent. We know how to fight political
but we know also how to re-
spect gentleman's infirmities."