San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-01-13
A REPLY.

4 Bro. Burns begins by saying Il
was not m intention to go into
1 political discussion and it is no
now" Wei then, what the deuce
), was your !, tention? The News
= published az article of advice t.
' all politica PARTIES and especially
{ to the Popalist party, to lay down
. their weapons, peacefully ABIDE
, the results o. the last election and
await furthe developments. Bro.
Burns answered that article in &
5 political kind Of way, and now
says that was not his intention
to go into a political discussia<
Well why did he 90 into it? Did
, he think that when he spoke, all
/ democrats would stand awe-strick-
en-, with mouths aghasp and
tongues immovable? Or perchance
he thought his arguments were so
weighty thai none would attempt a
reply. Although there was much
political truth in what he said, yet
he by no means said it all, as
there are more things in politics
than Bro. Burns ever dreamed of
yet.
In the article of last week Bro.
Burns quotes me as saying that
the army of invasion was made up
of the common people" the which
he denies in to to. If Bro. Burns
will remember, he first used the
expression himself and that [
used it only to show him the folly
of his own argument. I still main
tain that of the two armies as Bro.
Burns divided them, viz: army of
invasion, and army of volunteers,
the army of invasion is the true
representative of the masses of
the people by net majority of
not less than 100000. But Bro
Burns used the two expression
which somewhat tangle me up. He
uses common people and mass
es of the people" as meaning the
same thing. As 1 under stand the
two expressions there is a vast
difference in their meanings. To
To illustrate, Bro Burns might
be a good and fair representative
! -af-the @eaIa.aan-naanlA,,, lint he Is
long way fron being a good and
true representative Of the masses
of the peopls." He uses the ex-
preston Common people" to rep
resent the populists, and giving
the populis all the votes they
gained by f1-,on with other par
ties in Cole ado, Idaho, Kansas,
Nevada, Wyoming, North Dakota
and Oregon yet with all these
the populists or as Bro. Burns
calls item II q Common people,
are short 100000 votes of being
the masses Of the people"
He asks what part have the
common peoT le taken in the na..-
ional questions for the last %
years." 1 maintain the common
people as [ understand the ex-
preston have taken active parts
in our government affairs. l main
tain that each and every free voter
has taken an equal part, that he
enjoys the same privileges, and is
estitled to:his pro rata part in
making the laws of our country.
If then he has not done his duty he
has none to censure but himself,
and because the majority or mass
es Of the people refuse to pacify
the whims of the dissatisfied is no
reason why that majority should
be branded as traitors and accused
of accepting brides, etc. In the
history of our nation, when either
of the old parties was defeated at
! the general election, the defeated
party did not issue any demands
nor declare any mandates as to
what the party in power should do
or shoald net do. But here We
have something new. The Popu-
lists have done battle, they have
fought a good fight, but were de
feated, and already they are send
ingout their demands, and dictat-
ing to the party in power. After
the Populsls had established
their platform of principles, and
after they had declared their pur-
pose and lead their army of volun
teers'' to the political battle fields,
and il this country especially
waged war against the democratic
party and were honorably defeated.
We fail to Sc upon what grounds
they can iss7e their demands or
+ proceed to d late to the very par
ty against whom they fought most
) bitterly as to The course they must
pursue.
Again b. Burns asserts that
bribery anl corruption enter our
Legislative halls, and influence our
IIaoic1aturps Does Bro RurDs