The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-31
Give us a Statesman.

The Gazette aud number of its
weak imaiators have been filled with
ridiculc OF what they term "wah boss
craftsmanship" The Gazette copies
the opprobrious term from the bitter,
sectional, third-rate, south-hating pa
pers of the northwest, where it is uni
versally hurled at the south aud al
ways to belittle and beioul southern
leaders and people generally, but
more especially those who rose to
distinction during the late war. For
the nonce we conquer our disgust at
these indefcnsible modes long enough
to show the people of Texas just what
is meant by the weak imitation of
radical spleen when its modes are
adopted here. The papers assume
by these tactics that because man
rose to distinction in the military SER
vice of the south-this Parthian shaft
is always leyeled at southern men-
therefore he is not only incompe-
tent and lacking in craftsmanship but
he 10 weak, empty, vain, pretentious and
altogether unfit and unworthy. This
is going to great lengths. This is
bold in those papers seeking patron
age from the very people laughed at
through their leaders, and 1t is also
excessively weak, dishonest and con-
temptible. Do they assume that be-
cause General Ross flor 1t is he who Is
struck att made soldier above fear
and above reproach, therefore he lack:
in all the essentials of the statesman.
ship necessary to make him fitting
chief magistrate for Texas? This Ii
indeed what is intended and the Of
fort Ia as weak and contempti
bic as ii is false and unjust in boil
conception and in utterance. Tn,
argument is rather the other way
When man springs from the people
without previous education and train
ing, as a soldier, and by his own un
aided genius, places himself at tn,
head of armies, il seems to us to poin
to him as man of sufficient menta
grasp 10 be able TO solve the pro
foundest depths of craftsmanship
the obscurcst problems of our ciyi
economy. In this case we arraign til,
reasonablcness and consistency of tn,
Gazette and its small satellites. Their
is not a single man offering for tn,
place Ross aspires TO who las not ,
soldier, and for the same term Ros
was; the only difference being tina
Ross, by his alacrity, by his courage
aud soldierly qualities, all of thes,
marking his greatness, rose to dis
tinction while they Jagged back among
the mediocre crowd who could an,
did shoot bravely, but who did no
possess the ability to lead. The dit
ference is only one Of degree. This |
I going further than ever did the orig
majors of the sentiment, who only In
tended il to be ieveled at southern
leaders, while their weak reflectors il
Texas intend il asa reproach to al
general and private alike, who serve'
under the southern cross during tn
troublous days when men indeed
we're called to lead as well AZ couns,
on both sides.
Wah-hoss craftsmanship is responsi
BILE for a large proportion of the evil
in Texas legislation. Again we re
peat IL, the wah-hoss must go.-For
Worth Gazette.
This disgusting bit Of coarseness, O
nest-befoulment. Of latent hostility +
southern ideas and men, is written All,
published In a journal which draw
ninety-nino cents In every dollar o
revenue il handles from southern
men, most of them warm personal AL,
political friends of the distinguishe,
gentleman ut whom 1t is leveled-an,
who will support him enthusiastically
II is shameful. To meet this ridiculou
onset it Is only necessary TO point I,
General Ross distinguished record u
a member of tho constitutional con
yention, and in the senate OF the state
At once he became leader in thcs
grave and ststesmaulike bodies, as Ia
did on the bloody fields where armie
struggled for the mastery. The fac
is the old machine people in politics
the doublers aud the twisters fear AM
dread Ross directness, his fearlessnes
and his ability. They do not want I,
tackle him before a convention nor be
fore the people, because they well
know him to be invincible In boil
places. Hence they must endeavor B,
laugh him out Of the race. They littl,
know the man, and fearfully mistak,
the temper OF the solid masses o
Texan democracy, which have silentl,
but determinedly ranged themselves
up under his stainless and victoriou
banner.
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THERE isn't much of an issue in tn
libel law, II must be confessed. Iii
only the exalted character of II