Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-20
DEMOCRATS WANT HARn0NY.

The people have lots of common sense
as well IS isirDess-far more, in fact,
than some politicians give them credit for
therefore there are many healthy and
encouraging signs as the Texas Democ-
rscy progresses toward the campaign OF
the present year. Nearly everybody In
Texas hiss heard OF Lorens, in McLennan
county. 1t Is little bit Of a village, q
few miles south Of Waco, but hundreds
/ Of sturdy farmers, Democrats ell, vote in
the Loreua precinct, and the little town
was made famous as the place
where General Ross delivered
his much quoted speech during
the local option campaign Of 1885. An
expression of sentiment from the Demo-
Gratis Of Lorena is fair expression of
Democratic sentiment in McLennan coun-
ty, and, indeed, OF almost any one Of the
prairie counties of Central and North
ern Texas, where Democrats are
largely in the majorty. The Democrats
1
legales to the county convention, and
took occasion while in session to pass e
few resolutions, which we find printed in
the Waco papers es follows:
Whereas, the people of the state o. Texas
have recently passed through an exciting cam
paign In which there was much bitterness en-
gr,ndered; and
| Whereas, one party claims that the question
then involved Was on-politIcal, and The other
ps2ty denying; and
whereas, voters on both sides of The old po-
litical PARTIES voted both pro and con; there
fora
Resolved, that we ignore all questions which
was then involved, and will dscountenance
am oppose every effort to lunge Into any po-
litical Democratic canVassing of she issues In
yolyed In that canvass. regarding the unity and
integrity of the Democratic party In the near
future as of paramount Importance to eVezy
other cons. derationi
Resolved that we will resist all efforts from
whatever source they may come, as disturb
snces Of past differences.
This is Democracy of the broad, COM
mon sense, live and let live kind. 1t is
the Democracy thai aspires to put out Of
sight every disturbing element, to make
mutual concessions and to keep the
party intsct, strong and powerful. It is
fair warning to those who, for reasons
best known to themselves, would keep
up and intensity sgItstion, that the
people sre doing some think
ing for themselves and do not de-
sire a re-opening, under any pretext
Whatever, of last years Issues and bitter
ness. It is very healthy sign snd sugurs
well for Democracy that this expression
comes from McLennsn county. At the
same hour, on last Saturday, that the
Lorens Democrats were enuncisting these
sentiments, the Democrats OF another
precinct, in Parker county, were passing
almost identically similar resolutions,
only more outspoken and emphatic, clos
Ing with the declaration: "We will not
support any man for cffice in the coming
election who makes either pro OF anti his
slogan" And this resolution, by the way,
was Introduced by a gentleman who was
the lesding anti in Parker county last
year. To complete the work, the gentle
man who WAS the chairman of the
county anti committee last year Of
fered resolutions indorsing Congressman
Lsnhsm, and urging all Democrats to sup
port him for reelection. Lsnhsm, 1t will
be remembered, was Prohibitionist last
wear. And these are but sample instances
of growing sentiment that is making IL