Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-08-25
The Texaa Break-Up.

me TSxdS Breakup.
The Texas Democrats have divided |
into warning sections and each has
nominated a full state ticket. One
has selected for its gubernato.ial can
didate James S. Hogg, the present
incumbent of the chief executive of
fee of the state, and the other, George
Clark.
Governor Hogg was nominated on
platform substantially the same as
that adopted by the Peoples party at
Omaha It indorses the scheme for
the government going into the pawn
broking business in somewhat mod
fled form, but just as dangerous. Mr..
Clark is presented as the representa-
tive of the Cleveland sentiment, and
will be advocated by his friends,
doubtless, as the representative of the
strictly regular Democracy.
That the Texas democracy should
ultimately break in TWAIN and per-
haps into pieces from the very nature
of things is inevitable. They were so
strong that they could not help
breaking apart, as it were, by their
own weight. Their united nomina-
ton was the same thing as an cleo
ton. Hence their nominations were
eagerly and fercely contended for.
And there were necessarily developed
personal r1valries that became enmi-
ties and factional differences that
grew to implacable contentious.
Then, there have long been very
material differences among the Texas
Democrats upon the questions of in
dustrial and financial policy that
make the live issues, the issues of real
interest of the times. And it was i'm
possible that they should be forever
held together by a groundless fear
and an unreasoning prejudice-the
fear of negro domination and the race
prejudice. Some of the leading Dem
ocratlc papers of Texas, notably the
San Antonio ErpreSS, really believe
IN the protective policy. They can
not remain forever organs of the ele-
ment of the Democracy of which
Cleveland is the chief
The divisions in the southern De-
mocracy, which have appeared al
ready in Texas, Alabama and Tennes-
see and which are threatened IN other
states, are the beginning of the
breakup and disIntegration which
will be the first part of the political
revolution destined to take place IN
that section. It will be a peaceful
revolution, but for that reason none
the less radical and thorough and
also none the less upsetting to the
plans of the old autocracy that has so
long maintained so absolute rule.
After the present political order of
things in the south is broken up and
the people see that no harm results,
see that they are reduced to no hu-
initiating subjugations to the negroes,
then will come reorganization. Then
the people will range themselves in
parties according to their real beliefs
in matters of principle and according
to their best ideas of their own mater
ial interests.
Those who believe that protection
is the policy best calculated to pro-
mote the general prosperity will take
their appropriate places in the party
which advocates that policy. Those
who think differently will fittingly
arrange themselves with the opposing
party. So it will be as to all other
questions that make living issues of
principle or interest.
In this REIMBURSEMENT those preju-
dices and traditions that have worked
so much of injustice in the past will
disappear as influences in politics. 1t
matters little. though, through whom
or what or how this breakup and
this disintegration comes, so that they
come and work their legitimate re-
sults.-CoIorodO Sun.
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