The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-20
Ross for Governor.

We desire to INT orm the Waco
EXAMINER that the Chief has no OBJ
jcciious to its candidate for governor,
and IL no better man comes ont, we
will cheerfnlly give Waco's candidate
a cordial and honest support; but II
occurs to us that all of its pulling and
blowing is little premature, and
would be of more real service to the
distinguished gentleman few
months hence. We trust the EXAM
INER will not take too seriously whas
we have said jestingly. General
Ross is brave, generous, true pa
triot, and purer man does not exist
in Texas. If nominated tor govern
to regret their choice.-Comanche
Chief. r
We give the above as fairly repre-
sentative of the large number of
objections we have yet seen to the an
nouuccd candidacy of General Ross
Tor the governorship. they do not
object to the man, to his statesman
ship, ability, morals, standing or any
thing other than what they are
pleased to term his prematureness
Now this is either very unfrank or
II is the merest of nonsense, green,
immature, gourd.hke nonsense. If
untrank, then the Chief and the pa
pers which il follows in the matter,
have some other man in view and
deeming him not able to stand the
strong light of long campaign they,
instead of bringing him out on his
chances and taking chances. limit
their efforts TO horning oil Others
who are prepared to meet all the de-
campaign. 1t is the merest of non
sense to say that IL Injuries the
chances of man lit for the place TO
bring him out year in advance. The
man liz to be governor of Texas is
able TO make a ten, year canvass. If il
is required of him, and
surely the great prize at the
end of the race will
amply repay him for all that he does
in the long set-to with his rivals.
AS politics are arranged In this state
considering the jug-haudlc condi'
tions prevailing--there being nothing
but democracy--sucha vast numbered
democrats must have many men
worthy of being governor, and these
all have such vast number and vari
ETY. of opinions that ample time !:
necessary, not only to pick out the
men, but TO examine, weigh and pass
upon the qualities, OF both head and
heart, emitting them to step up to the
governing position over the heads o
their fellows. II would be worse thai
idle folly to claim that the democrac!
of Texas is an unit on every article o
party faith. They differ on the tariff
on silver, ON the land policy, on tn
capitol question, on the general polio!
J OF the state in thousand and one un
) mentionable cases, and they differ oil
prohibition, or local option, or what
ever the thing may be called. Tn
people, then, being principally demo
! Gratis, must have time to determine
which one of the thousand and on,
candidates for the honor combines
] within himself the greatest mum
Der of good points, or VIII
. most nearly ILLS the bill
? of their requirements-fo no singh
man of them has them all. 1t woul'
be sheer folly to expect 1t.
Now, then, we go upon the theor!
that Sull Ross combines more ofthes
necessary qualifications than any
other man spoken OF, aud we have tn
fullest confidence in his ability t.
e maintain himself throughout so We
bring him out with confidence. IT.
cannot maintain himself, let him go t.
l the wall. lie has firm, clean an'
statesmanlike views on all question
!, pertaining to the good Of the stat
, and the more time he has to acquain
the people with them, the better wi
be his chances for election, or, rathcI
the larger viii be his majority.
The Chief may calm its apprehel
e sions from this source. Ross prema
tureness viii not hurt him. II 1t doe
not too severely strain the paiiene
: of the Chief aud papers ofthat ilk, bu