The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-05-05

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Attention is called to the following.
noints relating to qualification OF
parties participating in the primary
meetings: ...- sc
Travis county should be allowed to
vote in Democratic primaries. Inc
direction of the political affairs Oh
county belongs to the cltlzens alone.
2. The county Democratic coh ,ona
ton that assembled on July 70, lo7o'
adopted the following: =.
"Resolved, That the chairman ol
the Democratic executive commiIlee
of the county be instructed to alrecV
the chairmen of all primary Denlo-
cratic meetings hereafter assembling
for any party action whatever, to re-
quire ali parties participating in sucn
primaries, before the organization
thereof, to enroll their names as Dem"
ocrats, and pledge themselves to sup
port all nominees of the party maze
in convention, before they shall be al
lowed to vote in such primary meet
ings: also to subscribe to the
principles of the Democratic party"
This resolution was UNANIMOUSLY
adopted by the last county convention
as the basis for organization OF the
Democratic party
The Democratic executive COM
mittee of Travis county at meetlng
held on April 16, 1892, adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions: ,e
"Resolved, l, That the only qualitl-
cation necessary to entitle one TO VoIe
in primary is that he is we'll known
Democrat. ~.
"Resolved, ., That it shall be the
duty of the chairman holding each
primary to notify the voters that IL is
Democratic primary, and that no
others than Democrats are entitled TO
vote therein"
1t is deemed proper to present both
the rigorous rule established by the
last county convention and the rule
laid down by the county executive
committee.
The aim of both rules is to purge the
primary meetings of such persons as
do not belong to the Democratic party
and who do not enter such primary
meetings with intention in good faith
of acting with the party in it's
political workings as agreed
by the party in convention
assembled. 1t is an established prin-
ciple that should guide every Demo-
crat who participates in primary
meetings or county conventions; by
implication he pledges himself to sup
port the nominees of the Democratic
party. Any Democrat who acts with
a primary or convention with the in
tention of supporting Democratic NOM
inees only so far as he may choose,
acts in bad faith with those with
whom he affiliates.
The disposition of some Democr ats
toexercise full liberty in their choice
of candidates after they have particl-
pated in primaries, and to ignore the
implied pledge they made, has been a
standing reproach. 1t is the duty OF
every Democrat to support the NOM
inees, if they be Democrats and hon.
est and capable men; and especially
is it the implied promise of every
Democrat participating in primaries
or conventions.
1t is the duty of true Democrats
who assemble in primary meetings to
protect themselves and see to it that
their meetings are not controlled by
strangers to Democratic principles, or
who will not give their political allie
glance to the Democratic party, or
who will not assist by at least their
votes to make the party ticket sue
cessful. True Democrats, who wish
the success of the party, can in pri.
mary meetings exercise such precau.
tioAs as they deem best to protect
themselves from being ruled by ma
jorities who might enter primaries
only to rule; and in case of failure to
carry men and measures according to
their own views cut themselves OIL
and submit to no party allegiance.
The state executive committee, the
last county convention and the
county executive committee have laid
down rules calculated to purge the
party of the unfaithful. The rules are
advisory and lay down methods that
are salutary; but the primaries COM
posed of Democrats under the custom
of party usage are supreme judges as
to their own membership, and
the matter of determining with whom
they will affiliate is left to the
Democrats themselves in primary
meetings.
1t is hoped that the we'll tried
Ill CdCh pllhohJ
will take such precaution as will pro-
tect themselves from being ruled or
interfered with by parties in whom
they have no confidence of honest CO.
operation and fair compromises of
choice in candidates, ana who are not
Democrats.
f There should be chairman tor the
executive committee of every box in
the county, as named in the call, who
is ex-officio a member of the county
executive committee. AS it is OF
the highest Importance that
i the party be we'll organized for the
, coming campaign, the chairmen OF
all the voting boxes will please send
in their names and postoffice address
, to the undersigned; and in case there
be no chairman for voting box some
well-known Democrats will please
send to the undersigned the name
! and postoffice address of some suit
: able Democrat, who will be appointed
; to the position.
Particular notice is given that diff
, ferent voting boxes can not consoli-
date and hold one common meeting.