Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-09-05

~ delegates were guilty Of q like ofense. Mr..
Burrow argues that there were no instructiohs
re , and q qualified recommends
ton at that. The disproof Of this position Is
found.upon consideration OF the facts. The
county had then Instructed her delegates to
vote as a unit for A W. Kincaid. If Limestone
desired MIR. Kincaid they had but TO adopt SINH
lar and his ns an w1s ss
stone county convention was verbatim as fol-
lows: 1--WE further recommend that our dele
gates to the Judicial and PICTORIAL con-
ton their pro rata of the votes they received In
the primary election held In this county July
Ia, 1883, and that they continue to vote for
s9e their ,oms sne's HmonS other re.oS
lions adopted by the same convention was
one as follows: 1--WE endorse the administra-
tionO viii It be argued that this last was no
instruction for Gov. Ross, because the word
"favor' Is usedP yet no one will contend that
that Att the s above resolution, adopted after the
Falls and McLennan county convention had
met, was not binding instruction to the Lime.
stone county nssbs to 1 MS5s
that carries with 1t its own REPUTATION Nor am
l alone in this position, The Limestone. New
Era, published at Groesbeck, and the Mexia
Democrat both condemn In the severest manner
the action Of the Limestone delegates anG de-
nounce them. without reserve, as having vto-
lated instructions
1t Is true this disobedience of Instructions,
isolated and alone, constitutes no Justification
for like action ON my part. admit the general
rule, that delegates should obey Instructions;
but this rule has its exceptions whenever the
the violation unless it appear that the instruc-
lions have been abused. The chief aim Of q
delegate is to subserve his peoples interest:
Like any other officer he has his latitude and
an IMPLIED discretion to do that which will &C.
complish this aim. at all times, however, an
swerable for the abuse of this discretion.
is NOT charged Sas S BY amy one that acted as did
from venality or to crafty. any anger or ambi-
ton of my own. l honestly believed that any
Other action on my part would nave been an &C
quiescence in fraud and rather than stain my
hands even under the sanction of the democra
cy, preferred to adopt the course did, trust
ing to proper understanding of the circum-
stances by the people for my vindica,i0n. 1t
being district convention, felt that owed
duty not only to McLennan county but to the
district. have proved by the inexorable logic
of the district. have set out at considerable
length facts, which will be undenied and are
undeniable, showing that Mr. Kincaio's friends
foist him on the district to the detriment of the
party and the jeopardy of the ticket. The ac-
tlon of theIimestone county delegates dissolved
instructions Edmund Burke says: 1.-THE ODE
.iience of instructions is matter of reason and
Judgment What sort of reason Is that in
which determination precedes discussion, in
winch one SET OF men uenDerate anu announcer ue-
eide, and where those who form the conclusion
are one hundred miles away from those who
hear the arguments and know the circumstance?
There is another matter connected with this
memorable convention which requires some no.
tice and that Is the impression that has been
fastened upon some minds that this was a pro-
hibition and anti prohibition fight. This ru-
NOR has been strengthened because in the late
wet and dry campaign Mr.. Camp was probi-
bitionst and Mr. kincaid an anti. have to
say of this that do not know who has given it
attla hrrt
absolutely false, as rancorous falsehood as
the most malignant motives could invent.
The personei of the participants shows such a
statement to be utterly groundless. Opposing
the nomination of Mr.. A. w. Kincaid were
Capt. G. w. Richardson, Capt. b. d. Clarkson
and D. H Hardy, all antis; on the other side
prohibitionists, and am reliably informed ma
jority of Limestone county delegates were pro-
hibitionists. 1t would require no Edipus to
solve the reasons and judge the motives Of the
were mere puppets moved by other men, and
the part they played, together with some Incl
dental facts, that wonld tend to throw light up
on the subject and expose the true motives OF
the participants are known, and II necessary
the proof can be adduced As to Mr. McCui-
loch' IS card understand that the voice is the
voice Of Jacob but the hand is the hand Of Esau.
But after all the question is not who killed
Cock Robin9 but was Cock Robin ktlled2 My
guilt or innocence have nothing to do with the
question Of Mr., Kincaids nomin ton. In de.
termining that question 1t is not material
whether This delegation or that delegate disc
beyed instructions. Napoleon WAS none the less
unfaithful to his trust. Mr.. Kincaid none the
less failed of nomination because delegation
may nave been recreant to their instructions.
feating man by adisobedience of instructions
But when that same man thought that at the be
ginning OF his campaign he could be silent as to
the candidacy OF man whose services to the
state have been as conspicuous as Mr.. Kincaid's
lie has been obscure, who finding that his de-
f feat was Inevitable thought proper to resort to
t st., acus OF trimmer and tuIn-coat and who
still discovering that the prize was beyond his
reach, adopted in the convention the expedients
q dupicity and Wrong-the last sad refuge OF
disappointed ambition, In the case of the candi-
his claims to q nomination before listening to
cSSmpla,iants from his friends which only expose
tne artihGe OF those who were wicked and the
haste OF those who were deceived.
At the tenth ballot the chairman, b. NJ. Bur-
row ruled that the chair had no right to order
| the vote of McLennan county cast as a INIT.
with the declaration that an appeal might be
| taken to the house and that he would take the
vote on the appeal, not by counties but viva
yoce. This too, let 1t be remembered, in the
lace aN, OF dne report OF the committee on perms-
nent organization, which IquOte verbatim, that
Falls county shall have In the Convention on
all questions votes, Limestone votes and Nc
Lepnan iovStes 1.-THE motion was never made to
ieconsider this resolution, which had been unan-
imously adopted and the appeal was Suggested
70 shir the responsibility Of such unpariiamen-
tary anu outrageous ruling to the members of
the convention and make them partceps Grim.
ms; 10 properly appreciate its rank Injustice
icy u De recalled that Limestone county had a
iuii, while as before stated McLennan and Falls
nad put meager delegations. Had the conven.
ti9n been called at any other point in the dis
srict TINS outrage could not have been success
July perpetrated, as the McI.ennan and Falls
COUNTY delegates were no doubt deferred from
lance and expense.
MI. Burrow further says, that after the viva
the MeLennan county vote was ordered To he
cast as unit and Mr.. Kincaid declared the