The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-10-21
Mr.. CHRISTIANS CANDIDACY.


fed himself in this matter because he did
not know Mr.. Moore was in favor of Judge
Terrell for the United States senate. Then
he stultifies himself because he is opposed
to Judge Terrell If he is opposed to
Judge Terrell he favor5 some one else for
the United States senate. The Office Judge
Terrell seeks is political Office. The de-
mocracy want democrat for senator,
and of course they want democratic legis-
latOrs to select a democratic senator.
| They do not want independents sO-called,
to represent them in this business, espec-
tally when they are yoked together, one an
ex collar democrat like Mr.. Christian, who
ran as q democratic nominee for county
commissioner at the last election and the
other an out and ont republican like Mr..
Wren. Mr.. Christian accepts a convention
or party nomination for the non-political
office of county commissioner, but gags
at nominations when it comes to the legis
lative Office which is wholly representative,
and therefore political. Mr.. Wren, repub
lican, ties on to this ex-convention demo-
crat, and would pose before the demo
cratic voters as one eminently qualified to
select democrat for the senate. If this
is not cheek it is phenomenal innocence.
But, who does Messrs. Christian and
Wren favor for the United States senate?
If they oppose Messrs. Moore and Smith
because these gentlemen favor Terrell, it
follows they favor Ireland Maxey or some
other candidate. Then let these indepen-
dents say who they favor. Here is duty
as legislators, they have to perform
which is purely representative, and of
course the voters have a right to know
how they are to be represented But
these independents answer not; they add
to disqualification the frigid assumption
that the people have no right to know
their sentiments, Talk of dark lantern
ism in politics; here is an instance of per-
fidious concealment in candidates, pledged
in gloom TO some candidate for the senate,
but studious to deny voters a knowledge
of their obscure intentions. This implies
greater obligations to the candidate for
the senate than to the people. 1t is un.
like Mr.. Christian, and The STATESMAN
may well persist in its first conclusion that
Mr.. G. has been imposed upon and placed
in false position. Mr.. Wren, republi-
can, is not only to be trusted by demo-
cratic voters to vote for a proper demo-
crat for the senate, but he is to be trusted
in the. dark without pledge or promise
to vote for any named democrat
He wants democrats to vote for him
with the understanding that he is to vote
according to his own sweet republican
will; that he desires no expression of the
people on the subject, and that, in fact,
the less the democratic voters have to do
with the selection of United States sena-
tor, the better for the voters. Such q
course is better for Mr.. Wren and his can
didate for the senate, but it is a practical
abandonment of the representative idea
and the democratic principle and practice,
and is consistent only with dark lantern
politics, as exempliied, first, when the
were organized; next, when
organized their loyal leagues,
and lastly when trade unions and farmers
are tempted TO go into poll
lies by such republicans as Mr.. Wren.
Who in this community, having known
Mr. Christian these many years as an
open, frank and consistent demo-
,rat, would have anticipated
hat in his old age he could be deceived
md lured into this deputy loyal league
party yoked with republican? This is
'ery unlike Mr.. Christian, but it is very
mach like Mr.. Wren. Is it not apparent
hat the more INSCRIPTIONS republicans
Who make it rule at every election to
organize these claudestine independent
movements aim solely at the disorgani-
alton of the democratic party? Weak
need democrats are by the hope of office
'aited and caught by these men. They
hange the democratic" collar for one
marked independent" but on the inside
is marked with the name of the true
wner of the wandering innocent and it is
Should Messrs. Christian and
Vren be elected they know that republican,
otes decided the contest in their favor,
lr. Ed. Christian seeks election with this
independent collar about his neck, but
e knows that he thereby seeks the votes
# republicans cast for him to defeat, de-
noralize and disorganize the democratic
arty. Is this like Mr.. Christian?
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