Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14
JUDGE COOKS POLITICAL
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Hon. Gustave Cook refuses to play
any more. He can't boss the game
and so snatches his pIaythlngs and goes
whimpering to his granddam, the COM
bine. Well, we are sorry for the Hon.
Gustave, for he is at heart good fell
low, but this last outbreak of petulance
this childish tgntrum into which he has
fallen, is not calculated to increase the
sympathy for him that his defeat in the
convention would naturally arouse.
We must take the liberty of telling the
Hon. Gustave that his declining to go
before the convention after being de-
feuted in an honorable contest before the
primaries, and by anticipation boiling
the action of the convention, is ungal-
liant, unmanly and undemocratio, es-
pecially so in view of the reasons as
signed for such conduct. Now what are
his reasons?
Firstly-A portion of the delegates to
the state convention are not Democrats.
II that were SO, it would constitute
equally as good reason for Gen. Hogy
or Mr.. Wheeler declining to have their
names presented to the convention.
Are they not as genuine Democrats
as the Hon. Gustave Cook? If as
many of the delegates favored Cook
as now go instructed tor Hogg, would
the Hon. Gustave refuse nomination at
their hands, because, in his opinion,
some of them may not be Democrats
Secondly-He cannot endorse the
action of the executive committee. etc."
as that? II the Action of the executive
committe, Us announced some time ago
by Chairman Finley, was so outrageous,
why did not the Hon. Gustave make his
protest then? Why did he not say to the
comm ittee, elf that is the rule under
which am to fight the battles of Demo-
cracy, 1 decline to go any further. -
That would have been manly and
straightforward. Having oondoned by
his political fight under the rule what he
couceIves TO be the bad policy of it, is he
not now estopped from pleading it as an
excuse for "ratting?''
Thirdly-He "can not act with a
that will result in the disinte-
grafton of the solid Democratic South. -
What dire movement is that? What
awful measure is on the carpet
to disrupt the solid
South aud turn US over naked
prey to our political enemies?
The commission amendment? What
rank and unmitigated nonsense; what
clap-trap. This is positively
TOO silly to discuss.
The allusion to the memorable contest
waged by the "glorious Sam Randall In
defense OF the liberties of the South" has
as much pertinency to the case of the
Hon. Gustaye as it has to that of Pres
ident Barillas of Guatemala.
Fourthlv. He can't train with thoss
who favor openly or acqulesoently the
bill. Who has asked him |
to do so? Does he think the convention |
will lndorse that farce? If he does, he |
wants the sagacity and discernment that |
should characterize the governor of |
Texas. Such talk from an aspirant for |
public honors is rank poppycook.
Filthy. He can't accept commission
that will be endowed with executive, leg
slativs and judicial powers. We know
Of no such body, and neither does he. |
Under the constitution such commits
sion is impossible, as Its every act will
be amenable to judicial scrutiny. More
clap-trap.
sixthlY. He refuses his assent to an alb