The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-02-11

~ democrstic committee recon-
s s,.na. nominations tor every Office
~ yesr, from alderman up. We
w. mare are those who viii critl-
~ ..t condemn this position of our
~ .hv chairman. They wi say
rb.t has politics to do with local
AIR. ~ We have been running for
without nominations why not
,irne it? True we may have been
4 ,nr well enough but we should re-
"mber that principles spring from
hoso1n OF the people. That there
IA Iva no national organization with
.,ate no state wlthoutcounty, al d
oonoty, without primary organiza-
Non HINGE, if we would present a
md aud uuDroken front to the enc
rozt fall in the national election,
must be organizized 10 a local ca :
o,,, This is presidential year
se cannot afford 10 go into the
u+asf shattered and disorganized
!, NAV he laid that Texas is 80 over
vbelmiugy democratic that 1t is folly
!. folk about defeat, remember that
H. GRE. est bat les upon land or sea,
4 moon the political arena have been
,ost through over weaving confidence
!, Numbers, great .as is our majority.
,eror WAS Texas so dem 0ralizeu a.
Il. day. easy victories have rendered
n unnecessary to discuss and eSplsin
Z M cardinal prlncip los of democracy,
md the party has grown ignorant of
,syen i.s own principles. The easy
sycsd ii offers tor SUCCESS has attracted
fhe office seeker, knowing nothing
md csreing 3ss about the principles
81 the psr:y, so he eau draw full
fstions OF caves and fishes. We find
sopc man in the party advocating pro-
Aibitiou, another opposes 1t, one is
Protective, another free trade,
.ope wants hard money, another
areenback8, one a single
elandard another double, one favors
aud the other supports the Blair bill
md so on through the entire cata-
logue of living issues uut ! the pain,
smpla cltiz lis begins to eXclaim, with
Webb Flanagan, What are we here
for The prohibition campaign of
a. summer demoraized the party.
The long dehy in tariff and monetary
reform, and cou,inued expressions OF
the m .sses by favored monopolists
AMI snbsdiscd manufacturers, has
loosened the ties of the party upon
many who are casting about for new
nominations to protect them from
The apprshensions of power centr4!-
bed in the hands of the few.
20 pS'co the party in. lighting trim it
must DO reorganized from the groui d
~ In the primaries and local cleo
lions the masses must be educated in
tbe principles of The party, The sol
dier is unfit for COMPANY drill un il
Dc hiss prssed through the awkward
gnuad. Dr., Moore is right III Wautin =
= little awkward squad drill thi,
iprlngin our city election.
\. The only party OF imp )rtsnce with
which democracy is confronted t.
DAY is the prohibition, ID that
party city and county offices are OF
more importance than state and ms
suOnal onos. Il is through the local
ohcers that they are enabled to atll CT
'he people with all the petty annoy
alce', and prosecutions incidental to
sP'ohI6ition principles. 1t there IS
Iy"herc this h9rcsy should be hit OF
'ae head 1t is wherever hat head az
pears IN Iocsl politics. That it has az
Peared needs NO further testimony
.usn the IMITATION OF the party il
waco y victory or even what might
pe claimed psa victory by them ii
waco waud be sufficient, warn
q Hae 'cotchod viper to life again in
fhe state.
II we would keep it out of democ
3rScy IoIu crush its head whenever
f'Fn' even though democracy hay
sHAve Its heel bruised
1t ma been 50 long since our city
democracy has made figh that it i,
MI probable Al officer OF the party
oAn De found. Ia this contingency i
would be proper f,r DR.. Moore t,
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