The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-14
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SectIOnallsm.
The way things are being conducted
by the democracy o: Texas the align
ment on sectional basis is as newt
able as is to-morrow's sun. It cannot
be STAYED off by any sort of sand
throwing for much longer. This state
is an empire, and its several widely
extended sections, filed with indie
pendent and self-asserting, intell1-
gent men, must be handled not only
with judgment and care, but with the
utmost fairness Also In this thing of
the selection for governor since the
Davis regime went out, north Texas
has not been faily dealt with, and it
has become FESTIVE and dissatisfied.
This feeling will exhibit itself at
Houston in very unmistable forms, or
we are much mistaken. This next
term belongs to north Texas by all the
rules which the democracy has ever
operated upon since republicanism
reeled off the stage in Texas. The
governship has never once gone north
of Waco. 1t is true, Hubbard is a
Tyler man, but that is east Texas, and
even Hubbard was never elected gov
ernor, only lieutenant and served out
Coke's unexpired term. Now, why
southwest Texas, the most sparse
ly settled section of the
state, should have two terms
in successession we fail to see. Ger
tainly she cannot claim it by reason
of the supreme fitness, great services
or other quality in the incumbent be-
fitting time above all the other men in
either his section, or in the state.
The next term belongs of right to
north Texas, and as we said yesterday
Judge Han or some other good man
from the northern portion of the state
should have nomination. It is time
we considered this subject little, for
where with Texas, starts into con-
vention on sectional idea alone she
will handle it to suit herself and the
southeast and southwest without
gloves. A little bit of graceful con-
cession now would be very timely and
it would serve to stave off the evil
day for for sometime.
The dog and the shadow in the wa
the water would be a fable for us to
study these days, and with care. In
grasping for too much we may loose
all the substance. Doubtless there
will be men at Houton who have been
turning this mat4er over in their
minds, and perhaps to the extent that
they will be able to accomplish some
thing in the way of practice.
JUDGE HANCOCK had a letter in
Fridays News regarding the inter-
view published last winter, wh1c h
kicked up such muss. The letter is
followed by Mr.. O'Brien Moore's state
ment. Both the letter and the reply
simply re-state substantially what
was said by both gentleman at the
time of the original dispute. Both
documents seem candid and are earn
estly projected, as though the writer's
had implicit faith in the correctness
of the positions taken. Perhaps both
are, and yet there is very wide dis
crepancy. Thus it is that men differ
in this life.
WHAT the London dispatches call
English cholera" seems to be rag
ing IN Lancashire. 1t is stated the
doctors attribute the epidemic to bad
food and intense heat. T
is intensely stupid. Why was it the
intense heat and bad food" had not. the
same effect in other places and other
seasons2 There are 200 cases in
Lancashire and there have been five
deaths. 1t is just possible the Lam
cashire people have a touch of the
Marseilles and Toulon contagion,
which the doctors and dispatches are
under another name.
ACCORDlN6 W d 1cCtu1o ny Gu0
celebrated DR.. Koch in Berlin, yester-
day, the home and origin of the |
cholera is in the Delta of the Ganges,
whence it is chiefly spread by the re-
ligious pilgrimages belonging to the
Hindoos and their system. Koch
thinks the best means of checking the
disease is an improved water supply
pure water, in fact. These are i'm
portant statements, coming from the
source they do.
THE world goeth along notwith-
standing Rutherford B. Hayes has
been "run in for repairs" Now if the
hing which is pending ever comes to
! seven by eight affair. old Rutherford
night again prove to be useful.
THERE is one paper which one al
ways reads with pleasure whether he
Igrees with it or not; it is the San
Antonio Times. It's very sprightly
md readable.
UNCLE Dan'l lives at Houston,
nd of course the administration men
viii be held in line, and not be per-
nitted to move.