The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-04-14

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In the calculation of political posi- |
bilities in Texas, the man who leaves
out of the count altogeth-
er will be badly left; and geography
amounts to something in a state
which has 274, 1000 square miles of ter
ritory. Texas is not only an empire
in and of itself in point of territorial
expanse, but it is an empire in popu-
lation and productions as well. In
determining questions of political
character, then, it becomes necessary
to take into the account, not
only who man is, but also
the service he has rendered,
his ability, the population of the dis
trict in which he is located, the ma
ture of their interests and the general
fitness of the man in all other respects.
Texas Is now state. She is no long
or q wild, unkempt, frontier terri
tory, with more reputation for law
lessness than business, where desper-
ADDE'S give the law to her people and
control her destinies absolutely. She
is law and order state. The per
cent of crime is no greater here than
in any other state. Her interests are
vast and valuable. Her population
active, enterprising and intelligent,
and she is peopled by justice-loving,
kindly disposed race of men. They
value justice in politics as well as in
the courts, in business as in social lite.
The day was once when the popular
iavorite was man who wore
big spurs, n wide-brim-
med sombrero, and who was
always just little more uncouth
profane and reckless than his fellows
but he was always generous to the
point of lavishness, brave to fault
and strictly honest. These are by lie
means bad foundations for good 20
litical superstructure. And now sine,
the dawniug of the school day, the
opening up of the state by railroads
and the supplying of the modern ia
cilities these old favorites have grow
with the growth of the population
and rank among our best aud mos
useful citizenship. But we no Longer
elect men because of the old traits
Shine men bsGa a they are rel int. s
how long they have been here, aftel
they have filed the requirements o
citizenship.
This opens a wide range to III,
nominating conventions of Texas
They need not do any "pcnt up Utica
business unless they prefer to do SO
or unless the spent up" candidate i
the best man within reach. The gen
eral character, not only for intelli
gence and fitness, but for courage
cleanliness of life and geograph,
Is what tells. No one distric
of Texas must furnish all tn,
favorites, because in population
distributed as is ours the excellence o.
the state has not all drifted into one
neighborhood. We are proud to say
that 1t Is found all over the state
North Texas has to-day large NUN.
Der of able and devoted gentlemen
who are perfect eligible for the pub
lie service. Many of them have and
are now holding office, and worthily
discharging their public duties. The
same is to be said of east Texas.
of south Texas, of west Texas and of
central Texas. Nor do we ignore the
federal offices held in these sections
They are.all to go into the general
account and to stand for what they
are worth.
Texas is far too wide country to
be thrown into the hands of a mere
ring when it comes to parcelling out
the patronage she dispensos. Ii does
not matter II the ring is an Austin
one or a Washington combination.
The people must be permitted to say
whom they will have, whom they will
honor, and they will no longer tame
ly delegate this power TO state ad-
ministration or to our delegation in
Washington. Indeed, we see very
palpable evidences already of the
coming kick against the rings. The
which assemblies to nomi-
nate the next governor will take into
account all of these things, and we
will have pretty nearly an even break
all over the state. let no one sup.
pose that mere numerical strength
will be sufficient to place the crown
where the other virtues are wanting
I will be interesting to note the up
Irowth OF sentiment on this subject,
Turing the next year-aDd-a.lalf