The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-09-04
FOR THE NOMINEE.

With some it seems to be morbid
desire to turn from pleasant scenes
and in the charnel houses OF the past
gloat over crumbling, dry bones.
Their calbre is of the nature OF the
inert and lifeless, ghoulish things they
love to handle. Such spirit is not
bleathed out by the genuine energy
of these times. The nineteenth cen
fury is nothing if not opposed to such
retrocession, and The STATESMAN
would have it as its proudest boast
that it is.in full accord with the spirit
of the latter half of our glorious CEN
fury. We would have this 80 not
only as regards the progress of the
arts and sciences, but in home and
educational culture, in business adj
vances, in governmental publication
and political stability. 1t is especially
to the last we would refer. The sore
head politician is even a more pitiable
object than a hen.pecked husband.
He is burden to himself, thorn on
the side of his friends. The stability
of party life is to be gauged by the
loyalty OF party members under any
and all circumstances. A party is
founded on principle and should exist
for its sake. Cordial and hearty cup
port should be accorded all party
action. 1t is in following ont this line
OF thought and as warmly endorsing
the purpose of the article, that we
would reproduce the following edito-
rial from the Houston Post, paper
so bitterly opposed to the fundamental
principle underlying the campaign
through which zen. Hogg so calamity
fought his way to victory. The Post
says:
A few State papers, professedly
Democratic, or at least not profess
edly un-Democratic, are still opposing,
directly or indirectly, the election OF
Gen. Hogg to the governorship OF
Texas. They predict that his admin
istration will fall far short OF his
promises; that before the end of his
term the people will realize that they
have made mistake. This is not the
proper spirit. 1t partakes of the ma
ture of snarl. Gen. Hogg is the
nominee of the Democratic party.
The Post opposed his nomination, not
because it did not believe him COM
potent to fill the position with credit,
but because it believed that there were
others better qualified by experience
to discharge the varied and oftimes
difficult duties of the Office. The
Texas Democracy in convention as
sembled decided that Gen. Hogg was
the proper man for the place and he
was nominated. What is of more
Importance, he will be elected. If he
lives rntil January he will be the
next governor of Texas. That he has
ability, that he is honest and consci-
entious no one can doubt. With the
hearty support of the people he will
be able to give us All efficient admin
istration. Without such support,
with an element constantly antago
nizing and harrassing him it may be
different. 1t is, therefore, the part of
wisdom for all friends of Democracy,
for all we'll wishers of Texas, to yield
him hearty support, to make
smooth his pathway, to cement
public confidence. His record is
known. With that record in full
view he was chosen. To criticize it is
, now useless, actually hurtful, for it
can serve no purpose but to irritate, to
drive opposing elements within the
party to still greater extremes. to
make satisfactory administration
more difficult. The Post stands by
Gen. Hogg The past is closed
book it looks only to the future. II
his administration should not prove
to be even more beneficial to Texas
than even his most earnest partisans
predicted it will be no fault of the
Post.
If is true that consistency is the
yirtne of fools then do MANY news