Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-22

| like this: Vote for Martin, 10000 Re-
publicans, 10000 Prohibitionists, $4,000
dfsconten' Democrats, 10000 Green
hackers; total, 145, 900, to which WAS to
De added the votes OF 80 army Of farmers
and laborers, the numbers Of which even
I Mr. Martin old mot d2re to estimate. AL
! in all, Candidate Martin wss as firmly as
suEed cf receiving 175. 600 votes as tbst
cats, peas, beans and barley ere grown sue
cesstu!Iy in Texas. That wss Martins
foreknowledge. Tie returns will scale
down his figures something Ike 80 per
cent, sly 5O.CCO votes. II he should
receive $4,000 votes he will hsYa ex-
coated the vote OF Wash Jones, for gov
eracE, N 1882, Is. goo votes. Jones was
JoCes' nominee, and Martin WAS the
Candidate Of three separate and distinct
organ ltion5 besides receiving the
hearty aud unanimous Involvement OF the
S~Emp Fox himself. To Mr. Martin the
ratu.us must sppesl a5 indu5itsble proof
Of lie stupidity and stubbornness Of
mankind. His first impulse must
be Ike Z disgus!ed monk Of Toiden
time, TO retire to the ssnctity
Of Tscluss life, ard pass
the bsIsBce Of his days, unspot;ed from
+ worl6, given ever irredeenably to
wicked heresies.
Candidate E. a Jones began the can
vsss with the firm intention of being
elected to congress TO supersede Nj.
Mills. We violate no confidence Wher
We state that Mr.. Jones did not make
the race for the fun CT the thing. Mr.
Jones is not thst sort Of 8 man. He is 8
practical mar, business man; one Of
the sort Of men who expect 70 dig
.dozen potatoes where they plant one. It
w.s queer freek OF politics
tina: put Jones at the head Of
the oppoaliion 10 Mills, A broader
chasm never existed between csndi-
date and constituency than between
Jones snd his supporters, if we except
the little cotsrie o2 prohibitions Is that
clustered around him. The leadership OF
political odds and ends is usuallY given
to bush1hackers, and zsalotq, men Of
IUnge and brass, Inc JacksoEF, R1nkins
and homans. Il would be z crest in
justice 10 ex-CGIdidate Jones to class
him with sucn specimens CT the genus
politician. II would be nearer the truth
70 write hin down with the kid-gloye
the select set thst, to kvoid the
mud, never walk out when II rains and
keep to the by-ways e1d side-streets to
sVoid the crowd. Some people, with
sharp tongues and wicked instincts, might
sven csll ones 3 P1ritSr, which would
simply mesn thai he trains with those
persons VINO think the
world is a great deal verse than i: Js and
VINO would force 1t by legal process to
become great deal better than it ever
lss chance Of being. Ia an evil hour
Jones lent so audience to the artIesg
apostles Of an issue. snd By some strange
,s:uity wss deluded into the belief sIat
destiny has chosen him to uEborse the
leader CT the F.ttieth congress.
be waa induced to eat the apple of
ambition and following tie disastrous
example CT our common arcest0r-he
ell.
We would nc: disturb the unhappy re-
iections Ct these two candldxtes. We
simply point to them to adorn s moral
which may pc useful for msDy dsy5 to
;ome TO embryonic statesmen in Texas.
The morsl Is: that the political mos
lsusllY leaves rs leaders in the ditch AID
he enemy in possession OF all the bag
gage that can be conveniently discarded
IN the run.