The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-29
SOME REPLFCTIONs on THE COMING
GUNERNATORIALC ANXASS.


There seems to be a disposition on tie
part OF several Of the press to groom some
body for the next aubernatorlal race TO be
run against GOVERNOR IRrLAHp. some OF
the papers are pronounced In their oppo'
sition to a second term for the present
executive: others again intim ate that they
are Indifferent about the matter, at The
same time disclosing a preference Tor
change. oae journal says 1t would not
erieye 10 sec the "old aloilds" again At the
helm, or worried /, record the el'vatlon Of
GENERAL Rois. OF Waco, nor yet disturbed
n IaRLASD shall be returned" Dat the
oppos ton appear - be ut sea ~ - whon
10 sci c. TO defeat the nomination OF lRt'
LAND. This was about the condition OF
things Just prior TO the dem )cratic conven'
ton that met ia Dallas in 1880. 1t was
then ANYBODY to beat Gov
.sSoR RoBERrs" LIEUTENANT GovxRHon
JosEPH SAYEsI was pronouncedly
In the ntld. But from some
cause his following wss extremely limited.
There was organization OF forces on tue
old mans" side; there was concert OF aston
Ia { fToit and methods; there was point OF
rally and principle Of cohesion; there wss
enthusiasm all through hi, cohorts. We
hsll never forget the appearance OF tina,
little ba I'D that met in the Grand Windsor
hotel rooms, the "S,YgRs Headquarters"
They were slim in numbers but resolute in
purpose. Every few moments the door Il
the room opened and entered picket
guard or a scout that had been ont to sur.
vey Inc field and bring In news to that Dc
moralized crowd. But no glad tidings came
with the gliding hours, until at last hope
for SAYRts fled from the visages OF the de-
iectei min GRITTY. Messages few with the
lightning to TnRocKNoRroH, to HubBAEr
an the rest urgently asking the use 81
tier names. But oil in vain, 10 thsm "nc
h, ae returned with the lmorning," ant
they went into battle only 30 exper'erse
sn oyerwhelm ming defeat in the evening.
And here was the lesson tlst was read by
the thoughtful: GovEGNoE RoBEnrs had
made at any rate good executive. lie
may have been q litlle ostrsy on the
school ques ion, he may have erred In
his public iand policy, bat he had safely
plotted the shin through seas as rough and
breakers as numbcriess ss any she had en-
coun cred in her past. Those facts we're
| patent rs facts, while the objections were
on matters OF opinion which had to be
tested as 10 their value by results 10 thu
hereafter. The accounts were cast in thai
spirit of fairness which the American mint
always fna ly resolves itself by, the bal
ance was struck, and It was agreed that thu
Old tlcplde had averaged up "a faithful anc
efficient official, taking his acts as whole
II would seem that q divided democracy
are now about to rt-enact similar condi-
lion of al iirs. The outs wonld be ins, and
any body to beat IRgLAHB" 10 the strange
device inscribed upon the sheets that futteI
Ia the wind as the opposition Haunt them
now and then 10 test the value or accept
ability of their cause. Not ouly, therefore
an immense amount az grooming TO be
done, but an equal amount Of icckeying Il
| t. be resorted TO. A Dallas horse Il
entered to-dsy, Waco horse tom orrow,
T,rson next, and 20 it goes. Aud yet !
| /. no, denied that the one who shall be pi'
id in the pools against the Seguin nag
tn one race already won and his rsoort
good, is to be slaughtered, in order that
dark horse SD all come in at last ss the favor
tie aud insl winner.
We have but little patience With this sor
OF gerrymandering. 1t 10 none tho mor'
right 10 do 1t with men than with districts
We want no dark hoVss. TIT
people are heard as they setsl'
on one or TWO or more men
| Tt q pre.eminert fitness OF A or " shown
whether it be for q governor or constable
treasurer or any one else oonsenting O
Offering to serve In some public capacity
AMI II is only right that their preference
should be respected and eonformed TO, AM
not that some unknown or undesired char
,ctsr .hould be flashed aud fois.ed upo
them. II GOVERNOR IRELAND has commit
ted blunders unworthy Tho executive o
Texas: " he has exhibited an inehicienc!
that makes his replacement desirable II
he states future interest, let tn
acts be put fearlessly on exhibition
IL the Ia too ,hst announces the c'os
o, mis- work puts to shams the promise tina
n- gave when the reveille at Galveston pre-
claimed his rise to duty, then In the nam
Of iustics to the state place him on the lis
n; ,ne "a !f-disable tend him 70 The real
But, /, on the other hand, he has sverss,
up a taiily good governor. II will be OBJ
an act Of simple Justice 70 fellow the psHy
cuso on Of courtesy. But. II again, be b
evi ,enced himsslf through trying event
a, tried and true, and to Re tae right ma
m tie right place, i.e, let the party ss
linz asa unit not only conform - sAss sd'
TOM with becoming grros, bat cease th
undisrifed effort to seduc. somebody int
the .hambl.s aud slaughter "cn'y to bea
IRELAND" win a somebody elss.
RIpICULOUsLy ISOONsIsrnHr.