The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-22
Thursday June s2. 1882.
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

IT IS minated that Judge Ireland will with
draw from the race for Governor before the
convention meets. We hardly believe this,
although there are evident signs that he will
not be nominated. He lives too far west to
be governor.
If JUDGE IRELAND is defeated for the NOM
ination, as it seems probable he will be, we
suggest that unless the state can be rescued
from the hands of the eastern Texas democra-
cy, that we divide the territory and make
state south of the Colorado.
THE Austin Statesman takes the candidacy
of Frank Hurd, an out-and-out free trade
democrat in the Toledo, Ohio, district as
text to exhort the democracy to rally to the
tariff principle. 1t says:
Frank Hurd, an out-and-out free trade
democrat, will run for congress in the Toledo,
Ohio, district. That is what we want to see
throughout all the states ofthe Union.
ALL that has been suffered and borne by
the country in the recent war Of its legislation
upon Chinese immigration the democratic
party must chiefly answer for. The first idea
that there was great opening to be made in
the east for the trade of the Pacific coast, was
sprung in democratic legislature in Califor-
MIA in 1858. 1t grew, like all things of west
ern growth, to great size, and rapidly, for it
was the democratic administration of Buchan-
an, ending on the 4th of Mrch, 1861, that ne
gociated the treaty which conferred the privil-
eyes, now of such noxious flavor, through
which the impracticable Chinaman was to be-
come an important factor in American COM
merce and trade. The recent elections on the
Pacific coast show that the people are not I'M
aware that it is not the republican party that
is answerable for the pains and penalties of
Chinese immigration, but chiefly the demo-
cratic party, through doubtless in in honest er-
ror of Judgment, and fault that leaned to vir-
tues side.
THE Galveston News rakes up Ireland's
know nothing record. The truth is Judge
Ireland has always been very poor sort Of
democrat, and had be left the democratic
party when he tell out with Coke his political
standing and fortunes would have been infn-
itely better than they are to-day
IT NOW turns out that the plan of inter-
viewing Judge Ireland was deep-laid scheme
to destroy him before the convention met.
The scheme is working well. The Galveston
News says:
A few weeks ago it looked like forgone
conclusion that Judge Ireland was to be the
gubernatorial nominee by reclamation as i,
were, at the Galveston convention. Such is
not now the outlook.
The News was used as the vehicle to kill
the Judge off. 1t had him interviewed
Had Judge Ireland been the shrewd
politician he is given credit for he
would have informed the interviewer,
''When the democratic convention meets
and puts forth its platform, that platform shall
be my guide upon all public questions" He
could have made such an answer with safety;
but no, he puts up 'my policy" against the o.
a. "My policy" and the jig is up. Ireland
tried to advance a step, but his party is moi
prepared for an advance; bourbonism rules the
hour, and John Ireland is defeated man. Had
the Judge been nominated and fairly placed ir
the field we should at least have had a western
man if he was elected.
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