The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-03-27
THE SCHEMES UNFOLDING.

Sometime since THE EXAMINER
took the position that proh bition WAS
honelng its knife for every anti demo
crAt in Texas, that Coke was being
used as y cats paw by themto pull the
chestnuts out of the fire, that they
were posc,ng rs his champions for no
other purpose thln to sacrifice him or
force him to accept Office from their
hauds upon such d4h0n )rable terms
as to forfeit the respect OF oil hon
orable men, pro and anti. Judge
Clark sent out his warning note to
the state. That the warning was well
timed needs no further testimony than
the screed of the Rev. DR.. Burleson
in Sundays EXAMINER, but this
creed together with dispatch from
Austin 10 the Dallas News indlca es
that the mask is sb) ID be lifted
and war TO the knite. This dispatch
SAYS
The greatest danger to Senator
Coke is from different direction.
The next legislature is in danger of
capture by the political Farmers al
lance leaders. assisted by the laborlng
mems guardians. There is a move
ment OF this sort in view, aud the can
didates tor Cokc's place are in some
| instances assisting and in Others
| watching it.
The contest also il complicated with
the prohibition question. There IS
expected 20 be enough prohibition III
| the next house to hold tho balance
! between Coke and his opponents.
A leading officer OF the Farmers A.
| lance and also as'rODg prohlbitlon'st,
passing through Austin on Tuesday
last, said that the next senator to be
elected would be man who would
| pledge himself to submit to the people
the que. tIon Of national prohibition,
and to vote for governmental aid to
public schools and for a postal tele-
graph bill. From this party's convcr
sAtiou, one would suppose the farm
ers are opposed to the Mills tariff bill;
at any rate the idea OF placing wool
and sugar on the free list. lie at
tributed Reagau's election to the sen
ate more to his position on prohi-
bition than anything Else, but intl-
mated thore was formal and under
stood arrangcmenr
This party lives in the west, aud is
prejudiced in favor of u western can
dldate
There is nothing new in this dis
patch to any mau of any political
accumen who has taken the trouble
to post himself upon the Political
situation. THE EXAMINER has seen
il for two months. Judge Clark full
ly understood 1t when he wrote his
letter to Mr.. Vincent. The letter OF
the Roy. DR.. Burleson is bat the open
declaration of war upon anti domO-
Gratis that the pros have always pro-
posed to wage and for the prosecution
of which their executive committee
has preserved its organiz 1tion in
tact. Into this part of the scheme no
doubt the pro leaders of Waco have
been admitted, but we are willing to
believe that they are not parties to
the deliberately laid scheme
to betray Coke. We are in
clined to believe that they
are honestly inclined to support Coke
for reelection, but the party at large
have no such intention except upon
condition of total surrender
not ouly upon the prohibition
question but also upon the Blair bill
aud the tariff The same schoo
teachers and preachers who used pull
pits and camp-meeting of the coun
try last summer to preach prohibi
tioI are the same who have usel
their scho is and school convention
to teach devotion to the Blair educa
tiousl bill aud stock conventions t(
denounce tariff reform.
There il nothing more absolutel,
ridiculous than to presume that the
political preachers and women hay
forgotten the rasping they received
at the hands of Coke, and he littl
knows their temper who imaginet
thy can fD' give or forg it, Already
they smile as they fee lis scalp dang
ling q. their belt.