The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-12
MACHINE AupACIry


from a political standpoint OF the party in
power. Bitter opposition has met HouK ON
both the preceding occasions of his candi-
dacy for congress, on account of his
exceptionally bad moral character but
the nomination and no opposing can
didate OF his own party have enabled
him to ride into office At last
the republicans of the second district of the
more moral and less radically d.hot order,
claiming to be the sober, decent side of the
house, have determined in the interest OF
the district and the state to rid themselves
oftheir Objectionable representative, and in
as their champion. HoUE, by another
convention, was also nominated. Two men,
thus Of the same party and the same dis
trict have been regularly nominated by
two separate and distinct conventions and
are before the people asking them to
decide, rs they alone have the right to do,
which was the regular nomination and
which man they will have to represent
them In the national house RULE lstDe Ten
nesseo member Of the national
Republican committee, and llouR is
member OF JAY HunBELL's com.
mittee. Just here comes in startling fact
with reference to this canvass, The secre-
tary of the lIUBBELL robbery organization
has notified the people of the second dis
trict of Tennessee that they shall support
Mn. HouK rs the committee have decided
that he is the regular nominee, In other
words, this shameless machine which has
been, in the face of the protests, ridicule
and contempt OF the decent sentiment of
the country, making of our politics
and government offices the means or
avenues simply for levying the commonest
and most fragrant blackmail, have had also
the audacity to enter congressional dis
trict and say to the thousands of respeCta-
bic voters, Sin this way and no other shall
you cast your ballot in this contest incur
the lasting dspeasure of those in power"
To decide upon the best manner
of conducting n campaign is
perhaps the legitimate duty of
the congressional committee, even the plan
OF assessments might be excused il the
contributions asked for were voluntary and
Il refusal OF them did not mean loss OF office,
but IL is stretching even the looscst princi-
pies of propriety and exhibiting n check
that even in politics is calculated to astound
by the hardness of its composition, to as
sumo to go into district and authorita-
lively declare that the great mass of the
citizens shall support the candidate OF the
committee in preference to the choice OF tho
majority of the decent, right thinking men
of the district. They not only propose to
manage the campaign of the candidates,
but to say also who the candidates shall be.
10 carry out to It's legitimate consequences
such policy as this arrogant con-
mittec desire to adopt would be
to place tho whole political machinery
of the country in tho hands of a
few insolent politicians, who might reside
permanently at Washington, and nj stated
periods send out polite requests for certain
gentlemen. in the various districts to come
up to the capital and assist for season in
making few laws for the purpose OF las-
tening heavier burdens upon the masses,
wholly regardless OF the lattcr's preferences
in the matter either as to their representa-
tive or the statutes to be enacted We are
glad to see so powerful u journal as the New
York Herald rise equal TO the emergency
and administer merited rebuke to the gen
tlemen composing the republican congress
sional committee, although its hide is too
tough for the arrows of public criticism to
penetrate. The Herald says at might be
supposed that the two machines would, un-
der the circumstances, stand aside and let
the men and their followers fight It out, par.
ticularly rs the affair concerns only the can
didOtes and the people of the second dis.
trict of Tennessee But the lluEUELL com.
mittoc does not seem equal to such de
gree OF dcccncy. 'Such insolcncc is rare in
the political world, but SO are lluuuEiL
committees; still, II would seem that u
gang of men that have 80 large job on
hand as that OF Matchmaking all tho GOV.
ernment employees might be satisfied with
its plundcring facilities, and not stoop to
the meaner trick of trying to rob some
thousands OF citizens of their right to vote
for whom they like" While it is "a matter
| of direct interest to us IL cannot but be
notifying to n good citizen TO see the af
fairs of the country in such corrupt, shane,
less and unpatriotic keeping. We should,
therefore, like to SEQ the republicans of
Tennessee resent such an intrusion upon
their rights in the safest, quickest and
most practical manner, viz; by ovcrwhelm-
ingly repudiating their candidate and self
constituted authority to interfere in their
local affairs. In the meantime we con.
graduate ourselves that il is republican
fight,
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| Tus population Of New York city must
be very easily imposed upon. When some
rough or boor or counterfeit gentleman
takes up all tho room in an elevated car,
or street car, that three men might occu.
by with ease, or indulgesin rude boisterous
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