The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-02-09
A PLEA FOR A UNITED PARTY.

that their places can not be filled by
any other man. One Of the most c,n-
spicous illustrations Of this fact is in
the person of Senator Hill Of New
York. His inflated idea Of his own
| importance minirtered to by accident
al circumstances has betrayed him
into treadiDg upon ground that
others with halt a century of success
backing them have not dared to ven
turr upon. His temporary success by
doubtful political methods has spur
red him on to even more da ger
Gus grounds. He is u MN.
Der Of tho Democratic parry
and he is indebted for his present pO-
sition in the United States senate to
that party, and yet hs has not been
content to be governed by the es,ab-
lished customs of the party and work
in party harness quietly. He kicks
out OF the traces and is now, animated
by his overweniEg vanity, about to
put himself, lance poised, as an OPP
pDnent Of the present administration.
1t is to be regretted that he has so
much confidence in himself as 10 be
blind to the power of others. No man
yet in the same party as .he admins
trstion in power has succeeded in
making successful war upon that ad.
ministratiou. A political administra.
tioh is the organized power of
the party, and although a
president may be weak he is able
to summon to his aid the power OF the
party to crush his opponents. Conk-
ling was a very superior man to Hill
and he carried into his fight against
n weak administration the prestige of
great intellect and an uusullied
name, and yet he dug his own politi-
Cal grave with hardly an effort OF the
nish him with spade. Senator Hill
will find himself in the same Political
cemetery unless he readjusts his line
of battle and becomes aligned with
the administration of Mr.. Cleveland
A number of Texans who will agree
with this estimate of Senator Hui
and the prophecy OF his down
fall and who lament his Oh
stinacy are really treading
upon quite as dangerous ground, ut.
terly obliViOus to the fact that they
are attempting to organize a party or
rather utilize al organization OF u fac
ton of party now in Texas with the
very same object in view, tO-wit: an
attack upon tho power of the national
administration in its basic Organiza-
ton as embodied in tho silver plank
OF the national Democratic platform
These gentlemen are pursuing the
very same course that Senator Hill is
pursuing, with the exception that
Hips attack means to be general all
along the line, while this party n
Tex IS propose to attack aud make IA
breach through one of the found ,ti0n
stones OF the Democratic citaueI.
We had hoped that when the silver
plank of the successful wing of tn
Democracy in Texas had served It's
purpose to allure Sufficient Popuist
vote to elect Governor Hogg that il
would at once be relegated to obscuri-
ty deservedly and SIMPLY because it
was in direct opposition to the princi-
pie laid down in the national platform
of the party. Just as the administra.
ton at Washington can get along
without Hill and men of his ilk, can il
get along without any sat of men who
array themselves in opposition to it
and who insist on pushing this state is
sue against the national adopted prin-
ing Of the breach between the
party factions in Texas, it means
"a war upon the Democratic admins
tration of Mr.. Cleveland, which would
be most lamentabI g to the Democratic
party. Cannot these gentlemen, who
are so clamorous for the integrity OF
Democratic state organization and
claim to wear the robes OF the priests
officiating at Democratic affairs, ad
ntstering holy JUNCTION to one and
refusing it to another, recognize that
they are guilty of the gravest incon.
sistency in denouucing union of the
party on the silver plank of the state
and then formation in line of battle
to attack the liver plank in the
national platform
1t Is useless to kick against the
prlcks. 1t IL useless to keep
up this unnatural and inconsistent
fight in this state. Every
sep taken by the advocates of the /
state silver plank is alternating tn m
farther from the national admInIstra-
ton and has tendency to force Mr..
Cleveland to ok for allies to the sup.
porters of the silver plank in the ma