The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-03

glorious light of honest trntb Ma
You ever differ AS to the proprietv md
duty OF the state to exercise ;ts no,or
and jurisdiction in these ,n.,tars5 NJ
Never has Democrat denied to his
s."'e 'he authority and iurs fiction to
regulate It's own people. We have diff
ierea on details in the application of
principles which were conceded b,t
certainly those differences can be made
to disappear How? BY patriotic
resolution and determination on the
part Of every Democrat to relegate
them to Democratic state convention
composed Of Democrats exclusively. If
there be any objection to that
1t is beyond my ken to discover
1t. What else: Now let us be
candid with each other, inspired purely
with spirit of patriotism. What has
produced this division in the Demo-
cratic party of Texas. 1t can be an
swered III single word -populism.
Popuism invaded the household and
sowed dissension. This is the condition
that stares Us i'll the face. What is es.
sential to Democratic unity? That we
purge the party of Populism. That is
all we ask. We ask the condemnation
of Populisin and of Republcanism. Is
that an arrogant demand from one
Democrat to anotherI When the time
comes that Democrat cannot con-
denim Republicanism and Populism "a
inimical to Democracy and destruction
of free government the time for Democ-
racy to die has come. What else. A
proposition that we take the Demo-
cratic vote for the Democratic presi.
dent in 1892 As the basis of our
reunion. Where else can we go
for all Democrats for the Demo
cratic vote? | am laying no blame
on anybody Where else, re-
peat. can we 60 for Democratic vote
upon which to base representation. 1t
strikes me have heard or read some
Where-l cannot exactly rccolect the
! place or time--a suggestion that we
take the Democratic vote for governor
in $3.50 as a basis. Why. these We're
the dies irae, the beginning of the vital
conflict. u time when Bill Farmer and
Stump Ashby and Harry Tracy were
Democrats. No; we cannot 20 back to
1890; we ought not to be required to do
SO. but we will 90 to the vote of 1892
when every Democrat i'll the sound of
my voice can make affidavit that every
man i'll Texas who voted for Grover
Cleveland was Il Simon pure Democrat.
There can he no mistake made in that
because it is based upon the solid, reg
ular Democracy. But what difference
really does it make in this matter of de-
tail except to secure the purity of rep
resentation
Certainly it occurs to us that Demo
Gratis can agree upon this proposition
that we make Here is the whole law
and the gospel Point out to me if you
please. one single paragraph. word or
syllable in the proposition that casts
humiliation upon any Democrat We
commend it 90 the Democrats OF Texas
with our prayers, and may God give
them the right spirit to see and appre-
ciate tie spirit III which the offer is
made. To recur for moment to the
question of the national Democratic
marty which feel ought not to to be
passed over without some comment
upon existing views. We hear it openly
said and perhaps, too frequently that the
south and west ought to get together and
ignore the national Democratic party
Turn our bachs upon the national Demo
cratic party 'irayheaded men who
sit within the sound of my voice can
not be hoodwinked by any appeal like
of lay,rtb do