The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-06
mo. IRELAND on THF STUMP.

A Little Advice to the Sage of Seguin.
| Judge Ireland is a reader of the LIGHT, and
we never despair Of correcting bad morals or
vicious habits if we can reach the offending
party with our advice and counsel.
We had congratulated ourselves that Judge
Ireland was partially reformed bourbon, and
that in the present contest he would bury the
past and stick to the text furnished him by the
Galveston convention in the way OF plat
form. We fondly believed Judge Ireland had
learned lesson in his contest with Coke, and
had softened in his feelings towards the radl-
| Gals, but it seems that we are mistaken and
Judge Ireland goes back to the republican
state administration for his text to preach
from in his present race before the people.
He makes a number of broad assertions,
which we might answer by simply saying to
Judge Ireland, the republican party is not
asking anything at the hands of the people,
and its reputation is in nowise involved, hence
your attack is unreasonable. and we believe
only for the purpose of forcing false
issue upon the people and to awaken again
the passions and prejudices that blinded the
democracy of Texas, in order that they
may not be drawn away with more liberal
views and fairer methods of reasoning.
Let us take up the several assertions that
form the basis of Judge Ireland's campaign
harangue.
"When General Hamilton came here un
der the administration of President Johnson he
levied tax Of az cents on the dollar"
1t was IS cents, but it was more than was
needed and if the military government con-
tnued, it might have answered yet. Does
Judge Ireland want US to understand he ia
vored the military government on account OF
the low tax?
"Texas was then free from debt and with
$500, Davis was inaugurated. When
his administration closed taxes had run up
from I2H cents to ST."
The state tax was never over 50 cents, and
if Judge Ireland don't know it he ought to
post himself. The present democratic state
government collect now in the way of occupa-
ton tax, drummer tax, and Office fees alone
more than the Davis administration did from
all sources Of taxation. Don't you know it,
Judge? and it wasn't $500, 90, it was about
5000, 900 that was in the state treasury and
Texas owed more than that amount; OF course
you ought to know this, but accuracy amt
one of your failings, it seems.
NO. ).
can this was squandered and stolen by the
oflce-holders Of the Davis administration"
None OF Invent for legitimate expenses, such
as paying Judge Ireland for his services as a
law maker! Not dollar was stolen from the
state during Governor Davis administration
and Judge Ireland knows it better than any
one else, because he was chairman of the
smelling committee in the legislature that
smelt into every hole and corner to find out
something rotten. The only rotten thing
was the legislature, and out of all the demo-
Gratis in it only two honest men were actually
discovered. Both Of them are dead now.
NJ. q.
"Besides that he bequeathed to his success
sor debt of S. ooo, 900 or $1,000, 900 due to
Wall street, besides obligations of doubtful
validity to the great railway corporations"
Now, Judge, ifyou are right in these figures
then Darden published a big lie when he sent
in his report of the debt due, of all kinds,
when Davis went Quit was somewhere in
the neighborhood of ST. 600, 900, half million
being the revamped Confederate debt under
ThrocAmorton. You are thinking about your
friend Coke-that's about the way it stood
when he went out.
NO. 5.
"Those Of you who lived here at that time
remember how you voted; how you walked
between files OF soldiers to the ballot box"
The Judge is certainly talking fguratively-
if anybody ever walked between files of SOL
diers to the ballot box we never heard of it,
the Judge has his mind on the Confed. times
evidently; it might have happened then.
NO. 6.
81 said much of the money was stolen, and
l remember one instance Of a state policeman
named Davidson who was a defauter for
$40 ooo. Only think of it $40, 90 entrusted
without security in the hands OF policeman"
Now, Judge, you recollect Davidson was
adutant general of the state, the same office
Gen. King holds to-day. He wasn't any
better than one of his policemen, it is true, but
he never defaulted to the state for single