The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-03-30

DALLAS, March 9.-.EDlroR HrRALpl
As an old aud successful hurs..trader
ann more or less nmlnr w.,b DO. pro.
cess OF "giugariug" This 1r...., Dam.
sirts In the application ut ariG
oiM warmth To- seus.fIy.
portion OF the hnr,e's anatomy Tor m.
purpose ui melting tbpu1imal 70 uuGur
lriskiness In the prcaoucoui the intend
iug purchaser.
ihy conventions only organized to
'tlNEt sunt worn Out uN- of tine 100.
hurN turf I'm Ord1r to piva
him an uir OF vitality nu4
arctpubulty before tho pguufr
WON'T work. Tho trick Is too OF /. ana
,o % man who see, through rrnistou
Tar as any ono, ul
I'll lphaupus' But joking aside,
conventions ace sometimes % uo5l tbi.l
,h tncir way, Where part es are Ovotlv
balanced and priuri To- worth rnuto.d.
iug for nro involved % rs prop1r Tor tba
plrty TO close up r1ukg. tom "a
elbow 90 elbow, and move, toward
WIN tnnt orEl li2'i uUitv OF purp,s.,,
essential TO success Even whore .he
taso Is entirely ot the 'Jug.hindl,d"
SORT turN U4 we Do .ND.
IN TvNaS, state convent
ate IN u certain ,ons1 desirable. M,
selection they make uufs ana tfTrr.I. O
quiotus 10 Rll rival claims, saving dr..
necessity ola proui cu0ns aud, 40 tN.
various candidates, q costly race. 10
CANVASS such an extensive state .s
Texas woull involve horcul0an lah r
hnd no iuclusdebblu eNpru
and it this could be- uhvi,fod bv Tho
lection, by fnw hundred intellirpu,
mon, representing every locality In D.. q
state OF acceptinlo and honorable rl,i.
IONS for state offices, much good won d
cOniossodly loo accomplished But tlo
case presents an entirely diflaront aspr.
/ IN respect To city elections, where 81,
| Democratic prln 'iplos are involved, ANA
Whoie, A. Is too frequently the ease. do
signing clqucs pacNOd conventions. IN b
| with cpmplaceut couHdpnro al A..
mand that the machine shall over.ril Ia
tho conscience aud intelligence OF tho
| people, In such elections thoro IL M,
| good reason why ID mocrats should
~ held by party discipline
IN moral letters tougher aud
moro calling than tho chains
uI the galley slave, no Intelligent rea.
| SIN why reasoning man shall bow
| down before tho hrlEen artifco OF n can.
Gus with the reverence 0r a uindn, b",
/ ioro his idol, no honest rnosnr
| why blind obedience 10 canon
dlcta'ion should bo held mora
l sacred than lUdopondoncNo Of Thought or
the right ol individual chnlro and 40.
ton, OF all miserable desnoiism, thai
ct machiue politics aud politicians h
the most dosplcablo Nothing soon.
or suhvyrts Independence OF
spirit and a man ~ DO
| turmina ion 10 not In accord with
ones own judgment than thn "m,
cn,uo' In politics. Party trlmp. AND
/ political mendicants may submit ~,
and glory In "ring" aud "m,chinne
methodist \ though loss ninh
may be- swayOd by scnempr< and usnd
for evil ouds, but that cultivated, reason.
ing, roaiing class OF meH, whD know
wnat iooty has los, who have
descended from race that Inns
endured moro AMI suI,tad longer to
maintain Freedom ol speech. thonu5t
AND action than any other on ;be
globe, thia Glass of mon will not he
found intimtlelct hya caucus or ,,hln.
Pc hy tho party lash int, tho sunn,,t
~ nnh or measures against uhiohtb.ir
incllnations aud their Wills revolt.
OLp Hoss.