The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-08-02
THE CAUSES OF JUDGE REA-
CAMS DEFEAT BY A TYRO.


An intelligent citizen whose CONVEX
sation with a representative of THE
STATESMAN was given the other day
in the local columns of this paper, de"
clares that Judge Reagan sis getting
very touchous" and that chatting un-
der the poor race he has made that
he will have to be handled extremely
carefully at Dallas, else as intimated
by this gentleman, he will smash
things into smithereens. Judge
Reagan has reason to chate
under his defeat by o
mere stripping, a tyro IN
politics on his first legs. Ii is enough
to harrass, chafe, and fret the very life
out of o veteran in politics for beard
less youth to go before the people and
leave him so far in the lurch, but this
would not justify Judge Reagan in
spirit of personal humiliation and res
venge to attempt to disturb the har-
mony of the Democratic convention.
There was an almost irrecOncilable
difference between the two factions
of the Democratic party in
Texas on the silver coinage
and It became evident that If some
compromise was not effected the state
administration of Texas would be de-
livered into the hands of the POpu(ists
and that Texas, in all its material in
terssts, would take a great stride
back wards. Under the circumstances
the patriotism OF the party was arous'
ed and the two state committees met
to make a peace and reform the party
into an unbrOken line for the cam.
paign coming on. Whatever the ex-
press terms Of that agreement may be,
1t is well known that the underlying
cause of salvation to the party was in
the pretermission and the elimination
Of the silver issue from the campai gu
1t was silently agreed that it was a
national question that Democrats in a
state convention could not settle one
way or the other, and it was wisely
and periodically determined that it
should no longer be bone of conten-
ton to the Democracy of Texas.
1t is also well known that
Judge Reagan was unwilling that
peace and harmony in the
party should be obtained on such a
basis, but his opinions were overruled
by the constituted authority of both
wings of the party and in accordance
with that agreement Mr.. Mstlock, the
leader OF what was known as the
national or Cleveland wing OF the
party, surrendered to Mr.. Baker laid
down his arms and moved his columns
into line, and at shoulder touch with
Mr.. Bakers wing OF the party.
Mr.. Baker, as the rep
sentative of his former followers
and, by this agreement, OF the
whole Texas army Of Democrats, as
the only official representative of the
united Democracy has been true to
the terms OF the surrender. That any
politician has attempted to break the
ms of that agreement is TO be re-
zretted and has been condemned 10y
the fact that a mere youth has heater
the veteran who has attempted to dc
so. Ifthat is not the reason that Cul
bersou is so far ahead of Reagan il
the instructed vote at the primaries
what isit? Does any man believe tina
under ordinary circumstances when NJ
such disturbing elements divided TIT
party and an agreement to ignor,
them bad been made and violated 10y
Judge Reagan; does any man believe
that Culberson would have had the
smallest possible chance of defeating