The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-23
Oixzy Two-Horse Act.

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That noble patriot and illustrious
citizen, the second officer in the state
just beats 'em all at the
business of straddling the difficult
prohibition nag. Barney sees just
what every other open-eyed expec-
tant sees, viz; that prohibition with
all of its sores aud blisters, with all of
its unrest aud trouble, will he an ele-
meni in the next campaign, not only
in the aute-convention worry, but
after. The prohibitionists will un-
doubtedly have man in the race,
aud the voters, from double-breasted
democrats down TO 'bobolinks, will be
asked, nay, commanded TO "choose ye
this day whom ye shall serve" aud
this the astute Barney sees, and he
would gather from the top rail the
luscious votes on both sides of the
fence. We have a rugged friend in
Colorado. Dave Day, by name, who
would say, "blast man on the fence"
We adopt IT. We are a pronounced
anti-prohibitiouist, from principle,
but we bad far rather vote for a pro-
hibitionist, dead out, than the sort of
u democrat who is in favor of one
governing principle for the state and
another for the local communities. The
only difference between prohibition
and local option, that we can see,
is, state prohibition prohibits
in the state, or attempts to,
while local option attempts to do so
in the local community alone. 1t is
only the difference of degree. A
difference in the field they operate
on.
Barney says he is in favor of local
self-government and therefore will
not interfere in the right offs local
community TO govern itself. Bah!
Barney, if that is SO, how comes ii
that the liberty of the individual IL OF
less value than that of the commu-
nity-with this important difference,
that the individual does not propose
to interfere with the right OF the COM
munity TO do as IL pleases, and the
community does propose to interfere
with the right of the individual to
take drink if he pleases to do so
Here is contained in small package
loud sample of the merest bosh that
was ever wrapped up in a politicians
loose opinions. As though aprinci
pal could be right in one case aud not
in the other. If it is not right to
prohibit in the state, and As u stat'
measure, how eau it be right rs ,
matter of local policy? 1t is no
right TO take from all the citizens o
the state the personal privilege t.
order their lives as the!
D please. Yet it is right
) vide Gibbs, to take it from hin
and them as member of local com
munity. Ali Barney, Barney, it vii
Z take all the resistance in the New
Office to make this fact jingle pleas
antly in the ears of the voters @
Texas: So pleasantly as that they wi
vote for Barney in the future with til
same singular and unanimous blind
. ness they have done in the past.
This act of Barney's lie the maddei
: and dlzziest thing of the kind we hay
ever seen. Barney mounts loft
: nag, in the gallant trim OF a eli
Gus hero, with spangles, paint an
elaborate makeup. When he cont
down from the position, or is tor
from il by some rugged democrat I
u the old school, and exposed fully, tt
y "make-up" and tinsel will seem yer
cheap indeed. Now we like Barne
Gibbs. lie is fairish sort of a youn
p man, but with such platform, such
double back-action, anti-prohibitio
-, pro- prohibition attachment as this,
will soon cstrange every friend
ever had in politics, or in any person
y. capacity. 1t will strain liol
o'Moore's friendship TO the la
gasp to keep the dark-browed Dali
, statesman TO the fore, lying such
banner TO the breeze rs this. Com
% Barney, dearest Barney, yon mn
really get down from the fence {
one side or the other, and do il quic