Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-24
TEXAS WAS NOR DAFT ON THE
SUBJECT.

There Is very general and positive
sentiment in Texas that II Cuttings i'm
prisonment and sentence were unjust and
in violation Of treaty provisions and In
ternational law, as Secretary Bayard as
serted was the case, that the United
States should have demanded and insisted
upon the prisoners unconditional re.
lease, even at the cost Of war This was
the situation, In a nutshell, so far as
Texans were concerned. Somebody has
been sending out very foolish reports
about the state OF feeling here, and II all
the accounts published in the Eastern pa
pers find credence the people of Texas
will occupy very ridiculous attitude in
the estimation Of the general public.
Take, for illustration, the following dis
patch which we clip from a highly es-
teemed contemporary, the New York
Star.
WAsHISGros, Aus. l5,-Truttworthy private
advices received here from the South explain
the more pacific sentiment prevailing now In
Texas as to tn Mexican imbroglio. The matter
II appears, entered very largely into the recent
Democratic primaries, and was made to serve
the encs OF aspirants for ofice. Many OF the
candidates clamored for war because II was
cry likely ~ catch the young mon, who very
largely composed the local military companies,
and, with tho ardor of youth, were tnirs,ing for
gore. They we're likewise the most active OF
party workers, and their support, as rule,
meant success at the polls The nominating
convention has now been held, and, with the
abatement OF political excitement, much OF the
fury and passion that for time attached to the
Cutting affair has disappeared.
THE GAZETTE can inform the Star, and
Eastern people generally, that the
above, TO give 1t the mildest des-
ignation, is simply folderol THE
GAZETTE keeps pretty thoroughly
posted concerning Texas politics, and we
do not know nor have we heard Of an in
stance where the matter entered into the
primaries and where II added a feathers
weight to the influence and prestige OF
any candidate. The inference is, from
reading the above, that the question was
an Issue in deciding nominations at the
recent state convention. 1t is true that
some OF the successful candidates in that
alluded to the Cutting case
and they indorsed Secretary Bayard's
course. 1t is fact, however, that this
was a side issue and very trivial one. 1t
lid not play any part In the nomination
oi any man whose name is on the state
Ticket. Gen. Ross would have been nom
mated for governor even II he had not
opened his mouth on the subject. The |
governor Of Texas, whose term expires
n January, is generally understood to be
IN aspirant for seat in the United States
'enate. We have heard intimations that
his energy and zeal in calling Mr..
3ayard's attention to the Arreusis
Ind Cutting cases were not al |
.ogethor dlsinterested. But reputable
journals have not taken much stock In
such rumors. 1t may prove that his
course, In an incidental way, Will help
llong his senatorial boom, but even that
'upposition ls more or less problematicsl.
We can tell more about 1t when the legls-
ature gets to balloting. The people of
Texas, as we have said, have some very
we'll grounded opinions about the Mex.
can complications and it will require
more than mere words to
'hange those opinions, but nobody in
Texas has lost much sleep over the mat
er nor has it played the part in politics
me is led to believe by reading such fres-
'oed statements as that given above.