The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-03-14
THE WAR HORSE.
nhos. Moore replies to the Ac-
- cusation that he Bolted the
Democratic Ticket.
waco. March ~. 1883.

.ordAY, ! reau VII OC Va WI SuitpllhlS
!ieoreIstion to the action ofthe Gemo-
IL nstc executive committee and my |
I, with sincere regret and astonish-
rt Believing ~ | ito, that you do |
not desire 10 .rjure me personally in |
.phne-,imalion OF your readers and |
m,t your sense OF common Justice |
Vii allow me hearing before your
1"aodors. desire to make my defense
,ajr.t the cruel and warrnnted at
'a7.l,- mat have been published in the
spnmns of The EXAMINER against
.ss mau and as u dcmOC at-DV
ononvmous writers aud by editorials
am CHARGED with voting
AGAINST Mills, the nominee Of the DE-
n17ncracv of this distr ct for congress.
Tbis il not true. did not vote against
MILE IN the election OF lS86-uor in
any other election when he was the
nomiuee of the democratic party In
1854 the Galveston State conven-
tiou" met and declared as follows: -
We do not believe that the views OF
any citizen upon the question of local
ontion should Interfere with his
sanding in the democratic party, and
we declare the question to be one in
which every democrat may indulge
hin own views without affecting his
democracy. In MIR. Mills canvass for
congress he openly maue war up
on this plank of the democrat
lc platform, aud in violation of
the positive declaration of the dem
ocracy of Texas, in convention as
4 aud ha hot
for prohibition was undemocratiC,
thus boiling from the express sent
ment of the democratic party of our
state, aud for tits reason | scratched
his name from my ticket, and | did
not vote Tor him. nor did / vote for
the gentleman who opposed him for
reasons hat were entirely satisfactory
to myself | did not vote for COZ
gresham IN that election. AS dem
ctrat cau say that have not II great
deal of admiration for one who has
been represented TO me (whethcr cor
rtcly or not | do not know as being
first Whlg, second, knownothing
third, a prohibitionist, fourth, a dem
ocral, fifth, greeubac&cr, sixth, q
bel er from the democratic platform
stNtu II, a ~ ONLtbOl VI w CNlCl iltll VI
facturers at the expense of the wool
producers OF Texas. have no fault
10 find with those who voted for him
COuscientiUusy, that is their business
not mine.
md 1t is svercd on the tcsti.
mony of "they say" that voted
against he nominee for iudicin
office This Va wholly untrue, tav,
aDihrmly voted Tor the democrat
nominees tor Judicial positions il
every election since have been II
Texas.
Srd At the convention of The
Democratic party Of McLennan count,
Oh the 22nd day of July, 1856. the fol
loving proceedings were had
"ln nomintairg DR.. Thomas
Moore for chairman of tn,
democratic executive commit
tee, Judge l.. q. al Xander sal,
the old democratic war horse Wa
honored and would always be hon
Ored by his county and the state o
Texas. About twenty seconds wa
made to the motion, and the docto
was elected by unanim JUS vOt
amid rounds of applause" aud afte
the democratic executive committe
were selected, and the tolhng pro
Ceeding5 took place, the iollOWiu
resolutions were offered by Mr.. 9
W. StubbIefield ana adopted by
rousug vote. Resolved;
/, That the system of nominatin
county officers by primary election
is uudemocratic aud dnes not prof.
erly express the sentiments of tn
party according to democratic usag
3 THAT the executive committe
appointed by this convention
hereby instructed to cali count
convention III the usual manner
make such nominations before tt
next election TO lake placc two yea
hel &C.
No~ this WAS one OF the large
couh conventions eyer held in NJ
Lennan county, aud every precin
mad full representation. 1t may
amatter of some interest for tutuI
reference 10 know who the delegate
We're from this county iii the stu
convention when the twelfth or loo
9pton plank WAS adopted wi h Il
OSlance of the platform, wi'ho
anulSsentlpg vote. Here they AZ
breIauH. L yOmacE, y + Roe
IN Bruce, p Nailor, f VI Dunkli
" u Orr, j E Brown, John b Mic
oal', + W Punchard, 5 III Smith, j
SaIdWeJ, Z a Wtstbrook, John
93pooner p NJ Kuykendail, II h RI
w = Mils,J a Metca.t, J Clabaug
9H,II Rogers, + A Cadonheai, "
~ BRYAN, y ii Cram, ii { Mills. L