The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-24

/ the move. But for the fact that
lere was strong restraining influ-
ace behind Ross he had been anounc-
long since. If he had been, Ireland y
yould not be heard of to-day as an
spirant. This announcement of Ross, .
oming as it does, as a corollory of
,oke's return from Washington, may :
,e read as significant of very de-
.ided change of sentiment, and pur-
BOSE at the home of the great Texas
senator. AT all events, if there is any ,
mistake about it now, it will all come
out at the Houston convention. The
of delegates chosen to that
convention were at the time in favor
of the governors denomination, the
mass of them only because there was
at the tina, no one opposing him
There has been wonderful change
going on in the public mind since the |
county conventions met, and this |
change has affected the delegates to
Houston no less than other people.
With Ross in the field and an open
revolt in North Texas, Mr.. Ireland
will find rough sailing indeed ere he
makes port this time. The tendency
Is strong in the public mind now to
d al a crushing and whitening blow at
the ring organization which has
Sd long controlled matters in
Texas, and controlled them too
at the expense of the people and
over their protests. The reins have
been drawn too tight. They have not
| allowed play enough and now the
logical effect-revolt-is had. Auto
cracy will carry black eye from this
encounter beyond a doubt. 1t would
be unmanly to longer wear the collar
without a protest, and the only effec-
tive one possible to be made is to 60
into the Houston convention with
every man of the opposition present
to work for the defeat of the barn
acles. Texas can no longer tote ig
norance, narrowness, prejudice, anti
school, anti-university and anti
progress generally, even when i
masquarades under the guis
of young democracy or otherwise
Now is the time to work. Their
are thousands upon thousands of earn
est democrats in Texas who believe il
l this matter as t them, as
we do, show their faith by thei
works. Let them organize and go t.
Houston and defeat John ireland fo
l the nomination, if possible. 1t can b
: done, it ought to be done, and it wi
. be done, if men are in earnest and d.
g sire to see this pretense of Statesman
= ship supplanted by a real man, by
. real statesman and by a man #
whose intelligence, or rather for til
= lack of it, the state would not be Gale
# upon to blush.
u The littleness of Governor Irelan
. in some things is illustrated by reca
II ling the incident of the attempt of tW
Il members of the Insane Asylum boar
to prefer charges against Dr. Dento
Without touching the question of rigl
u or wrong in the case originally, y
% when two men as respectable as we
DR.. Burt and Col.Rutherford, brougl
" specific charges, great outrage WI
committed when the governor ne,
q day superseded them without war
:! ing or explanation. The circuI
. stance illustrates the tyranI
10 and overbearing character {
u the man,as hardly anything else conl
" Here was Denton, the governors a
u pointee, no matter what he had don
" no matter what the ground or natu
. of the complaint against him, he mu
~ not be interfered with, only becau
IL the governor of Texas took a friend
interest in his fortunes. 1t is SUI
H. record as this which is sickening
" manly democrats of Texas, and t
. sick condition has only commenced
so IF the Brennan Banner will re
is the card of the printers" discharg
er from THE STATESMAN Office, it W
re convince that paper that the m
lie were paid and had no cause for col
plant, and that too much importan
Fl. has been attached to the usual d
~ charge of workmen who had m
IL behaved. THE STATESMAN has do
.. nothing in this affair but what a
= other publisher would have done,
=" has done, scores of times, in his c
nc perience.
lie ACCORDING to this mornings d
Sc patch from Taylor, City Marshal Nj
VI gan died of his wounds yesterd
L morning. Whatever the facts in t
IN case, whatever the provocation of t
r slayer-if any-the question arises,
IN there no power in the legislative
~ judicial arm of the state governme
j. to stop these unfortunate homicid
in and shedding of blood?
ii THE governor of Kentucky W
&c hardly justifable in calling out Il
>; militia in connection with the Owen
:, boro trouble. That the negroes talk
: excitedly over the hanging of one
70 their number was quite natural. B
= they must have sense enough to kno
. that, in Kentucky, as in Texas, an u
u rising against the whites would be Il
f signal for their humiliation.
is THE popular. voice is right Away
= according to the Express. Becau
S the claquers and papers are clamorin
t for the denomination of the governo
a it is right that he should be so re-non
f mated. That is funny morality, an
s it takes partizan indeed and in trut
e to see it in that light.
THIS morning there is fresh bate
of telegraph about negotiations be
u tween French diplomats and Tsun
!, Ii Yamen, or some other Chinese dig
nitary. If the French and Celestial
are going to fight let them get at il
and cease talking.