The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-31
Eternal Fitness.


control of the executive functions of
Texas is the theme of themes for the
thick and thins, and yet nowhere ces
it appear that they have urged, adj
vanced or established one single good
and sufficient reason for their clamor.
THE STATESMAN and the News have
been energetic for three months IN
urging sound and very cogent reasons
against continuing him in office. Not
ons of these have been answered. In
deed no attempt has been made to an
swei them. They have been met only |
with personal abuse of the real or |
supposed writer's on either paper. As
though it made a particle of difference
in the character of the objections as
to who Urged them. We have found
fault with the breadth and character
of his craftsmanship and policy. We
have shown that his policy and con-
duct during the fence-cutting troub-
les establishes his unftness to direct
the destinies of this state in times of
emergency. We have shown that
even when apparent trouble comes he
is still lacking, as witness the Gauze
affair, when upon the report of sin
gle panic7stricken, lonely telegraph
operator, of the rising of the negroes
in the Brazos bottoms, he. without even
an effort to inform himself of the
gravity of the situation, rushed off and
with piteous appeals implored the
protection of the United States
soldiers, The denouement in this
case placed him in a ridiculous light,
and made Texas the butt OF the ridic-
ule of the country. We have shown
that in times of profound peace,
when everything is working along in
a jog-trot, hum-drum, every day way
he is incompetent to Supervise the
business of the state, as witness his
permission granted the directors of
the Agricultural and Mechaical
college to draw $4,000 from the
state treasury contrary to law, and
put it to the plain hazard of
deposit in private bank in Bryan
We have shown that his democracy is
at fault; that he is more a greenbackeI
than democrat; that he holds the
widest and most dangerous theories
in finance; that in party matters the
same narrow incompetency prevails
which signalizes his official course
and conduct. We have shown that
his alleged popularity is but myth
a snare and a delusion. That his as
cendancy and power in the party has
been rather the result of a close anC
expert organization than due to any
personal or other quality he may
have, or assume to have. That while
having the :party in Texas boun(
and helpless at his feet, he is yet thu
most cordially hated and dispised in
dividual member of it in the state
We have shown that his ignorance o.
state-craft is as deplorable as is hi.
want of information in literature, il
law and in polite matters generally
We have shown that his prejudiceI
are narrow and veteran. We have eY
idence of the strength of his enmities
but nowhere CLEANS out of his asher
back ground, his dull deadwall of sci
fishness, even the suggestion of ;
warm, generous, unstudied act o.
graceful consideration for the WOES
the weaknesses or the good Of others
We have shown that for all thes'
reasons he is unfit to hold thu
position he does, and yet no single re-
ply has been made by any organ
speaker or club, which could be digni
| fed with such name.
There is singular similarity be
tween the man and his chosen defend
ers and illustrators. "Like master
like man." They either were cast il
the same mould, or they have thu
happy faculty of adapting themselves
to the requirements of both the maj
and the situation. Such devotion is
most touching. 1t is as rare as it is
weak. A little vigorous kicking on
the part of the thick and thini
would be vastly relished by
The STATESMAN. 1t would
serve as a spur to bring
out higher grade of effort. We have
looked for it, hungered for it, but
alas! it cometh not. This forbearance
on their part, or rather this apparent
forbearance is due to two causes. One
is there is no defense possible; We
have charged facts from the record
and they are irrefutable, and the other
is the organization understanding,
Elk up" or whatever it may be called
is so perfect, so all-pervading and so
admirably arranged, that were this
blessed governor of ours to be caught
waddling away from the treasury door
| with the cash on hand now,
on his shoulder, he would
be nominated at Houston and
elected in November. Such is
the force, the binding, binding force
of political organization.
Such absoluteness will after while
produce its sure and natural result
in a widespread detection from the
ranks of the party. Men do not relish
being blind-folded and sold about in
this way forever, They will "kick
out of the traces" and then the party
will find out that it has stuck to its
modes just little longer than was
good for it, or for it's petty beneficiar-
les. A little quiet reflection on these
subjects will do nobody harm, and it
may result in line of policy which
will lead the party away from the
results sure to follow if it is persisted
in.
THE STATESMAN had the pleasure
of call yesterday from Senior Catari-
no Erasmo Cara, late of Brownsville,
who proposes to start here paper in
the Spanish language, to be called the
International, for circulation both in
Mexico and the United States. Don
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