Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-11

ANY honest intelligent Republican

Any honest intelligent Republican
will confess, in coming over this cata-
logue, that ! have stated the fact with
perfect fairness. The question il
whether we shall endeavor to carry
Indiana, California and Ohio, or nomi-
nate New York candidate with the
absolute certainty staring us in the
face that the Republicans have most
money and can always buy the bal
ance Of power in that state. II Is
welded by one man. One of the three
governors commissioners of this city
holds the Office as "A reward for services
rendered in eilecting the dicker with
John Kelly, by which New York, in
the last presidential election, was
transferred TO Garfield aud Arthur.
There is not the remotes possibility o.
carrying New York while the Repub-
lican national executives. committee
can pay million dollars, and
the Democratic only 10000, for
the vote of this single state.
1t is infinitely more difficult
to corrupt Indiana or Ohio or Illinois,
and easier for the Democracy to. effect
the conquest of Iowa and other West
ern states because of free.trade predi-
lections of the people, by vigorous
campaign, than 10 overthrow the Re
publican god, always triumphant
when gold may win the day, IN the
state of New York. If Democracy
does not attempt to carry the state, II
il nominate n presidential candidate
without special reference TO the action
OF New York, Republican distri-
butors may refuse or fail
to award largesses or promises
within the domains of Tammany, and
then New York will surely be Demo
cratic; but New YORK will never be
Democratic at the close of presiden-
tial contest which everybody knows
must be determined by the vote OF
New Pork. The only possible road To
shame he ii spoken. will be discovered
when there is no blow struck TO open
such highway. The nomination of
Hewitt or Tilden or Cox would only
be the transfer of a million dollars
from hangers-On of the federal
treasury To the owners of the pur-
chasable vote of New York slums.
The only mode of carrying New York
consists i'm making no effort to tri-
umph there. We can't bid against
our competitors, and therefore should
have no auction. The multitude, for
all that, are honest, but always sold out
by their demagogues. Tammany's
elements are honest, good
men, but each is "A helpless part of N
remnrseless machine, moved by u few
who vote Ii as they choose.
However honest these chiefs" may
be, they have their price, and however
great the price the place-holding party
and "protected" capitalists and banks
are always able to pay.
HON JOHN II. REAGAN.
Judge Reagan represents the Pales-
tine. or Holy Land, of Texas. 1t en-
braces Nacogdoches and San Angus
tine. the Oldest American towns of the
whilon republic, and central seats of
Texas and Mexico and the United
States. But the judge was born in Sc
vier county, East Tennessee, In which
here were never more, after he left IL,
han twenty or thirty Democrats. The
Heath of the party there may be as
ribbed to his kdt0bdsis into Texas,
,hough ut the time of his hegira he
was only twenty years of age.
The judge found u wife In Texas
who shared with him the tolls and
hangers of life on the frontier. She
oiled and spun and wore while the
udge pored over Blackstone and
chitty by apine-knot freight. At
,he same time he mastered the
art. He went TO the
oar in his 2sth year and
-apidly won land and reputation.
He was soon made district judge.
Meanw bile he had been engaged In
the public lands of Texas for
our years. He was captain of com
lany of militia. colonel of militia, jus
Ice OF the peace, judge Of the county
.ourt, captain OF a company in service
Iginst the MeXicans, and from 1S47 to
$40 IA member of the legislature of
Texas. He practiced law until 1857,
when he was elected district Judge.
lie resigned this Office IN 1865. and
vas reelected 10 the same position.
This resignation was caused BY the
augmentation If the sala
les Of district judges from VI, 100 a
'ear to 81, go year. on the ground
hat then existing salaries would not
ecure the best professional ability on
he bench. When this increase of sala-
lries was made. for this
eason, Judge Reagan issued