The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-03-13
MR.. JAS. E. HORNE
,;,s TO The Examiners Criti-
Rep ";sms Upon His Action as
Member of the Executive
Committee,
Committee.


SdN0' - saturday, the 10Th inst a ma
.,'y of the executive commit ee
PRIV I,,cd taef LOVING resolutions
''00P2ssoNed. Tuat we, the executive
h'mi,t.r. ieel Ito be a duty incum-
Cl.n.nnon Us to carry out the inst NC
Veu' me convention a-semul d IL
u y a.. indjcu'od in the resolutions
!',onIed by that convention, as t,l-
OT solved, / hat the system Of nomi-
,tng county officers 10y primary
pH',t 7ns.os conducted in the recent
t.,ons is undcmOcrali and does
rrop.rlv express the sentiments
nv .tbe Marty, according 10 democratic
u.sge. nv, .I,o oxoo,.i,o ,,
mittee appointed by tm' convention
!. hereby instructed II ca cou ty
,vention in the Usual ma amer. to
.,to such nominations before the
avt election to take place two years
voted for the resolutions, and in
aoug SO followed u PLAN duty In
the Hngu4 age OF the resolutions the
orScn,iye commit .e," is hereby i'll
s,ructpd. etc" beiCve the en-
fro committee acted in good faith,
and felt that any other course woul 1
have been the eXerc SO OF an arbitrary
power .,o.c
OF in in.tructiug their executive com
wittee what to do in 1883, but having
dome so. tho committee had nothlng
N do but obey their instructions.
Whether the people OF 1888 are salts
f.d with their decision in 1886 re-
mains to be sett ed While | favor u
convention | voted for the resolu-
lions from Il sense of duty, not of
,hoice. preferred to ca the demo
cratic voters of my precinct together
and after fair expression of their
vii. vote the sentiment OF the ma or
ity, be it primary or convention.
There is no better dem ocraCy than to
vote the viii of the majority OF true
democrats and 10 precedent more
dangerous than for the people OF 1856
to dictate to The people of 1883,
The decision of the people OF 1856
was III favor OF convention. II is
the last authoritative instruction from
tho peoll l. and their servants hsye
Obeyed IT: aud until the people rise up
and revoke their last decision it Is au-
thoritalivG sud should stand.
THE EXAMINER admits that the
committee had 10 right TO order any-
thing but convention, but in the
same column imputos their action to
prohibition ana impugns my motives
because kiu-man o. Senator Coke.
lis asperslous are personal and Wi be
treat as such | am moi represents
ing senator Coke, he is able to take
care OF himself; bur the people lder-
stand The EXAMINERS cry of prohlb-
itiUn aud its porsonal assault. THE
Examiners editorial is not anything
new, Senator Coke has long since
discovered that the pOjlcy of his 0pp0-
'itlOn Is to poison the MINDS Of the
ants against him by prociaimiDg that
the prOhib.tionists are running Coke,
Will don't suppose Senator Coke,
attending his duIi.s in Washington,
knows anything about our local pro-
Ceedings will at least say i'll his be-
half, as his friends al know, that he
has always Trusted the peopIe, favored
tree ballot and abided by the re-
suits, SO if it is in accordance wi h
the policy of The Coke opposition to
relegate the senatorial issue to the
people, Senator Coke is willing If il
ha primary TIE EXAMINER seeks, its
unfair and unmanly iusinuation that
the decision of the committee was
first blood for prohibition" was en-,
'lrely out of place, an appeal to "auti-
prejudice II we adopt convention
prohibtioniets are III The minority and
have nothing to gain. The excessive
MAJ 'rity of ants leaves nothing fol-
them to fear, favor the ehminstiol
prohibition from our county affairs
here is no good reason for its preseu
Interference.
again repeat, that if it is the viii
olmy Deopl fairly expressed, | vii
'oe their honest sentiments, be !
primary or convention.
JAS. i. HORNE.
in imperative Necessity