The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-10-31
Why no one Should Vote for Ireland.

inst. says: In order to enable those who are |
yet doubtful AS to which of the two candi- |
to make the right selection, we will eev lew both
once more
We claim that no true patriot should vote for
Ireland; our reasons are as follows:
The governor of great state with a great
and prosperous future before it, should be a
man with firm political principles, of pure char
land possesses none of these attributes.
Let us first look at his political career; on
coming to Texas he became know-nothing,
neighbOrhOOd of large German settlement,
where he had a chance to see and learn the value
OF German industry and frngality, and he re-
litical speech. they should take their shoes and
go from whence they came and had he and his
party gained the day, there would be no Ger
many in Texas, and New Braunfes and Fred
ericksburg would have been Americanized long
ago.
If Mr.. Ireland says to-day that he left that
party when he got an insight into its principles
he acknowledges his own weakness, should he
really have been stupid enough to join a party
and defend it without knowing it's principles:
Whenever John Ireland found that he COM
mitted folly he always found means to eXtri-
cate himself and condemn the very thing for
which he had been enthusiastic before. We do
not be lieve in such quick conversions We be-
lieye that the old spirit of know-nothingism is
in Ireland to-day and for this reason no Ger
man should vote for him.
He was one OF the fanatical SecessiOnsts that
brought misery and misfortune to the state,
he was colonel in the army but all his war
glory amounted to was that he had some I'M
fortunate young men hung near Corpus Chris
ii, whose crime consisted in the fact that they
were from the north; the next morning he
pointed with his sword to the still han ging
bodies exclalninR: Thus may it be to all trail
tors" If traitors had all gotten their Just re-
ward, where would John Ireland be?
Immediately after the war he was district
judge; the grand jury were investigating some
| murders committed by cOnfederates on Ger
| mans; he adjourned court suddenly in order to
prevent an indictment against the murdcrers.
Again for this reason no German should vote
for him.
During the reconstruction time John Ireland
| lature, and was opposed to the resolution to
inter dead Union soldiers in the state cemetery
and wouldn't touch dead Yankee with IL
| twenty-foot pole, he wanted to again buckle
| on the sword and play rebel. Possibly this was
only theatrical staggering but more certain
blind fanaticsm, and any man who becomes
of u German.
Gov. Coke made John judge of the supreme
| court, and as such he distinguished himself by
declaring an act of the twelfth legislature, the
subsidy to the international railroad, uncon-
stitutiOnal, but Immediately afterwards recon-
| mendcd subsidy in land by which the state
domain, and at the same time creating great
and powerful monopoly in the state.
Shortly afterwards he made another jump to
the other side and became bitter opponent of
railroad building in Texas, and hence his nick
| name of OX-Cart Ireland. He declared himself
| as opposed to the monOpOlies accused Schlei-
| cher as the tOOlO mOnOpOlies and mOnied men
because the Sunset railway had put an extra
train ut his disposition on his return from
| Washington.
Shortly before the Galveston convention he
declared that he was under no obligations to
| railroads, and to-day he travels on free passes
over the state and accepts an extra train of the
| Sunset railroad from Galveston to Seyuin. SO
| consistency, thou art u jewell
We have already described the role he play ed
| in 1877 while a candidate to the senate. If
| every thing is true that Coke says Of Ireland
as yet Ireland has not put in denial is i'm
possible to imagine how any man who has the
welfare of his state ut heart can vote for Ire
| land.
Next comes the dirty Hobby affair, in which
John Ireland was the chief actor. Gov. Hub
bard in a public proclamation declared this
LOBBY tr Sns IL as huge shameless
| of theft from the state. But the Odium of this
whole matter was put on the then land com
| missioner GrOOS.
And for such man you Germans want to
| vote?
The campaign against Schleicher we have
formerly described, but the indignant flush of
just anger should rise in the face of every Ger
man who recOllects the shameful treatment OF
Schleicher when sick at that time.
When in ISL. Guadalupe county made an at
ward us decided prOhbitiOnist and declared
| saloons as the sources of all crimes, but local
option was voted down. John had made mis-
take about the public mind, and he turned and
| swallowed his words. Does any one think Ire
land will defend personal freedom if the pro
hibitiOnists have any show for success?
| And for such Il tickle man you want to vote I:
We have published the platform which Ire
land published shortly before the Galveston
| convention, and which was well received by all
| liberal, thinking men. In il he took open issue
| against the politics of the .. A. but at Calves
| ton he stepped like lamb, piOus and free upon
the democratic platform, which is Just the ol-
pOsite II what he previously pub lished as his
confession OF faith and even made u motion to
endorse the policy ii the o. A,
The sad and pitiable role which he plays in
| the present campaign, his sandering of the
| DaEl administration, his lodging from Jones,
| his defeat and rOut at Sherman are fresh in
fthe minds of all.
Whoever can vote for such man must pos
sess conscience of India rubber and lack thu,
| pride OF Texan.
| SAN ANTONIO, Texas Oct. 30th, 1882
| Editor EVENING LIGHT:
| SIR: Kindly allow me to state that Mr.. Wal
ter SCOTS statement made to the British Asso-
citation on Friday that he had told me that
business OF lmrnrtane roncerning myself
false. He never mentioned any thug OF the
| kind to me OF even to the president, and by
that subterfugc alone induced the association
| to consider the question of my eligibility for
| membership in my absence.
| l also HSk your kind permission to state that
| resigned honorary membership of the Land
| League some time ago and have not since at
| tended any OF its meetings. have to-day sent
a registered letter to Mr.. Patrick King, secre-
tary of the Land League, requesting an nc
! acknowledgement to my first letter, or In case it
has miscarricd the second letter may be acted
| upon. shall be in my place next Friday, and
will answer Mr.. Scott then as he deserves to be
| answered.. Yours faithfully,
HENRY RYDER-TAYLOR,
In 1855 Hancock was the leader of the Bit