The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-27
A PET FORSAKEN.

How are the mighty fallen, indeed!
But yesterday, as it were, the Hon.
THOMAS PoRTERHOUsE OvmLTREE, as
the pet of the great Galveston News, be-
decked and painted by the fine artis-
tic hand of the News, in all the glory of
a statesman, could have stood against
the world. Now there is none so poor to
do him reverence; no, not even the
News. 1t was a pitiable fall to descend
from the companionship and loaded
tables and gilded salons of the great of
Europe and America to the humble sur
roundings and pack-horse duties of Il
simple Congressman, but being man
with a destiny and mission, and that
mission the gigantic one of deepening
that portion of the Gulf of Mexico imme-
diately around Galveston and his every
step and word faithfully chronicled in
glowing headlines in Galveston's ancient
daily, the fall from the lobby and the
back door of the White House to seat
in the House Of Representatives, was to
limited extent relieved, The cmcum-
stances constituted kind Of padding,
so to speak, upon which this statesman
fell.
\ few days since, when Mr.. GRAIN
was nominated at Victoria, the News
bolted OcHLrREE with blast upon its
bugle horn that would drown all the
puerile tootings of GEORGE VIII
LIAM CURTIS and CARL ScHUR2
at the University Club Theatre
and sums up THOMAS services to the
State in as tcrsc and mastery form Il,
they can be put in ordinary journalist,
English, Here is the News record o.
its Congressional jewel of year ago:
"The present Representative wa,
elected as an Independent, but ere ht
had warmed his seat in Congress h,
made himself conspicuous by Ollie,
jobbing for Republicans, and voted
when he voted at all, with the Repub
lican minority in the House. Besides
he is n relict ofGrantism, has been booI
companion of heightened satellites an,
treasury-tapperS about successive Re
publican administrations, who hay,
contributed so literally towards dis
grazing the National name. At the pres
ent time Mr., OCuILTREE
an ayowed supporter of BLAGNl
and LOGAN with all that thei
candidacy implies, including pro
tective tariff iniquities, official venial
tiles, prostituted civil service, and al
the rest. Certainly it could not b
agreeable to the Democrats of tn
Seventh district to SEQ returned to Con
gress again member who has show
that he in no sense represents their sen
timents and principles in National POI
itics. 1t is abundantly safe to say tina
there is a Democratic majority of 800
in this district If every Democrat eXer
cises the right of suffrage"
How ileeting is famel How migrate
full are Congressional districts and OF
gans, especially by the seal Whom tn
whole State outside of the Seventh Cor
gressional district was protestin
against Mr.. OcnTLTREE's election I
Congress as one unfit to represent /
any capacity the people of Texas, tn
News read the State some Caudle lee
lures, as it were.
All's well that ends well, howovol
and now that the News has displaye
good taste and good sense, even at tn
expense of its consistency, much will
forgiven and forgotten. Texas will here
after do what she should have done bt
fore-send a solid Democratic delcgatio
of truly representative men to Washing
ton. II makes no difference whether
Is selfish or patriotic motive that move
Galveston. If the selection is a goo
one, little deep-water-on- braln-by
fair-means-or-foul, will be overlooked.