The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
Trouble at Houston.

4LOuD4C OF 1lOuobOus |
The sage of Seguin is certainly to !
lave trouble at Houston this bout
There is call out for all the delegates
rom the west and northwest, all fire Q /
grass men, and all others opposed to
he denomination of Ireland, to meet
n Fort Worth on their way dow n, to
organize the opposition and to take
to secure the defeat of the
governor. These men are all demo-
Gratis, heretofore of the strictest sect,
but they will net vote for his NOM
ination, and the most of them will
vote against him if nominated, no
matter who opposes him. They
will not vote for him under
any circumstances, and the eff
fort to cram him down the Threats of |
the democracy another time will end |
in disaster to the party beyond a |
doubt. There is heavier free grass |
element in all the western counties,
especially near and on the frontier.
than is generally supposed in any
other part of the state. Among these
people there is but one sentiment and
that is bitter and unrelenting hostility
to Ireland. There are fully twenty
thousand votes among the free
grass men alone. These Joined
to the sore-headed, those democrats
over the state generally who dislike
Ireland will make a force which
will shake the party to its
deepest foundations and it will beat
Ireland before the people, if the Hous-
ton convention will not listen to rea-
SOD, and will persist in the mad in
tent to nominate him over the pro-
tests of the people and to the plain
hazard of the result afterwards. We
are playing in this matter on the very
brink of the precipice. There is dan
ger on all hands. The democracy.
notwithstanding the doctored conven-
lions and the doctored delegations, is
most woefully split up-worse indeed
than ever before in the history of the
party in Texas.
1t is sick of the ring.
1t is sick of boss dictation.
1t is sick of the eternal fix up.
1t is sick of ring handled mediocrity
It is sick of the dragooning of the
selfish bosses.
1t is sick of John Ireland, the shady
sleek sage of Seguin.
1t is sick of the idea that our prim
aries are directed by the ring.
1t is sick of having its policy di
rected by a few men in their own, anC
the ring, interests and if.this matter il
not settled in some other way thai
the nomination of Governor Irelant
at Houston, the great democratic
party of Texas will be split into {
thousand factions and the re-
publican or Independent candi
date whoever he may be
will be elected to dead moral Ger
tainty, and if the opposition has tn
wisdom to nominate Wash Jones, i
will be ."good- bye John," for on
time. The Ireland men are cheatin;
themselves with regard to his strength
They are cheating themselves will
regard to the weight and and force o
the opposition. The feeling agains
; him is growing to be tornado. 1t i
now even well nigh uncomfortable
twill not subside after the conven
ton if the party is so unfortunate q
: to nominate him. But it vii
surge to the ballot DO,
and there will be uttere,
such another protest as the democrat,
of Texas has not been in the habit o
hearing. 1t will be deafening. /
will be exasperating. 1t will b.
dreadful.
: Perhaps there are those who vii
regard these utterances as the raving
of distempered feeling against thu
governor. There never was create
mistake made than that would prov,
: ITO be. We have been among the PEG
| pie. We have taken extraordinar.
pains to be informed as to their feel
|, ings, and we give it as an honest an
an intelligently based opinion, tina
- if he is the nominee he will b
beaten by a considerable majority
We have no interest in the matte
, other than sincere desire to guar
the democracy of Texas from the cor
sequences of a mistake which, if nc
, Immediately fatal, will eventual
prove the lever to hurl the state int
the republican camp, proud and gran
as is its democratic majority to-day.
Even the most devoted friend O
Ireland does not claim that he is
statesman.
A great man in any way, or that h
is entitled to the nomination for part,
services.
They concede his unfitness, blu
claim his nomination under the two
terms rule.
He is vast dullard in statescraft
He is vast failure in governing
people.
All these things will tell power
fully against him at Houston, an(
there will be able and devoted dem
ocrats there to urge every Legitimate
objection possible to urge. They are
going there to beat him, and beat hin
they will if it is within the range Of
human possibility. The fact is John
Ireland will strike rough water al
Houston, and plenty of it.
The Arctic Horror.