The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-30
"TERRELL is THE MAN"
AND FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
To the Editor of THE STATEsMAN:

AN ID EOR SEW EhA II hEASONS.
To the Editor of THE STATESMAN;
Col A. w. Terrells advocacy of the
tariff reform, his pronounced opposition
to monopoly in all its protean forms, and
his timely assumption of the original and
striking position, that the illegitimatc and
surreptitious fluid should be at once and
incontinently squeezed out of all sorts
and sizes of watered stock all these have
combined to commend him irresitably to
the intelligent farming and working classes
of the country. Nor should any of these
positions-not even the last-necessarily
array against him what is called the "rail-
road influence" of this state. The railroad
mcn, so far as we know and believe, are
intelligent, just and patriotic, and surely
there can be no doubt or question among
them, that all these positions are emil
nently Just and tenable, according to every
principle of justice and fair play among
men. Nor can they doubt that Col Ter
rell is by somewhat long odds, the ablest
and most eloquent statesman and orator
now in the field for senator, and would,
therefore, make more useful and credit
ably figure in the upper house than any
of his opponents.
There are points, indeed, which friends
and foe alike-all, not utterly blinded by
personal pique or spite-either openly or
tacitly concede, for they cannot be &C.
Gently denied; they are too palpable and
Glaring to be overlooked. Terrell's ability,
his mastery eloquence and craftsmanship
and his patriotic and conservative views
on all economic and domestic questions of
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could and would do more for the best in
terests of all classes of Texans, but parti-
cularly for the farmers and laboring men,
than any public man that has appeared
among us for long time.
Thus, in looking constantly over the
field, we have been irresistably driven to
the conclusion that our recognized Travis
county candidate is better qualified to
| represent the great majority of our
| people-our agricultural and work
ing classes-in the senate of the United
States than any other available candidate.
We honestly think that the time having
come for brave persistent advocacy in
all our halls of legislation, of the rights
and interests of the agriculturists and all
the industrial classes-the millions who
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ing, we should take pains, in every IN
stance, without Partially, fear or favor,
to send the man best qualified by pat-
ural gifts and requirements, to do our
behests, and, therefore, in this important
case, we say, Terrell is the man.
We say SO, further, because in his late
splendid canvass over the state, he showed
himself to be more nearly in perfect
occord with the industrial classes, than
any other candidate. On the three or
four great questions in which those
classes are more interested than any
other-the tariff, monopoly, and revenue
as we'll as financial reform there is
not hairs breadth of difference in senti-
ment. Add to this the important consid-
Grafton so agreeable, not to say fiattering
to legitimate and laudable state pride,
that he has shown himself by marked
odds, the orator of Texas, and the con-
clusion is irresistible that "Terrell is the
man,
As nearly everybody in this fair land of
Texas loves fair piay-and "may the best
man win"-there is another cause that is
having and no doubt will continue to
have its effect upon the general assembly.
We allude to certain most wantOn, I'M
called for, and utterly groundless attacks
which are now being made upon the
states growing favorite, Colonel Terrell,
by the apparently half crazy press organs
of the Ireland canvass at San Antonio
and Laredo, and echoed more or less dis