The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-01
ATTENTION, DEMOCRATS!

congressional district ana Oh LILO 9'"''
olTexas, your party calls upon you u
fall into line. Let the line Do Solo
and dress upon the colors OF tint
marty. Democrats owe as much latin
full allegiap CO to their party as they
do to their country, for they believe
the peace, happiness and prosperity
of their country men and the smooth
and unobstructed running of the ma
chinery of government depends upon
the success of their party. However
good q government may be in lis iuh-
damental and organic principles, II
these principles are not carried out III
its administration its objects are per-
verted and it's usefulness to lts cit'''
zsns des,roy.d. Democrats so hrmly
helieve that the principles OF their
party are the natural outgroWtn Oh
This republican form of government
that with them loyalty to party Is
loyalty to government, law, order
and equal privileges Of all classes OF
its people. Tnis ieaity to party can
not be unaffected 10 but one way by
the private citizen and that ID oy
sustaining from the presidency
down to a constable the NOM
ine,s of the party. You
Democrats of Travis county have par
ticipated with your fellow Democrats
in tho primaries and in the county
convention, aud the nominees OF that
convention are your individual noml'
nees agreed upon by and between you
and your neighbOrs, and 1t becomes
an honorable duty OF every Democrat
I'm the county to vote the straight
Democratic ticket.
The same thing can be said OF the
congressional and state nominees.
Every Denocrst is pound in honor TO
TO vote the straight ticket without
single scratch. You have no right in
this matter to scratch single
name. II you dislike some man
who IL on the ticket, others wanted
him. but perhaps disliked others that
you wanted upon the ticket, ana IL
would be bad faith in you to scratch
his name and expect others to vote for
men that you preferred, Besides 1t
ia not matter 50 much of men as the
object of sustaining in tact Demo-
cratic organizations. What would an
army be worth on the field OF battle
coming To it in d nisorganizeu ano
halt hearted manner? What lie aparty
worth without organization? Every
true Democrat will keep step with his
file leader. Every true Democrat
will vote the Democratic ticket, the
whole ticket, and nothing but the
ticket.
Even outside the demand for thor
ough organization, where Will you
find better set OF men, each one of
them more adapted to the Office for
which he is running, than the ticket
for county officers which you have
nominated?
In all this canvass we have not heard
one disparagipg thing said about any
man on the ticket. 1t Is the very
hest icket that could have been se>
ltcted in Travis county.
And now when we consider the
congre, sionAl race let us remember
the eyes of the whole country are
upon US. Ii the sense of even the Re
publican party of the United States
could be ascertsined, we believe it
would be an expression of preference
for the election tn congress of Major
Joe ID. Sryers. He has become i'm.
portaut in congress to both parties, to
the whole country and his deteat
would 10 deplored all over this coun-
try by both Republicans and Demo-
Gratis as q national calamity, but there
Il Ia danger of his defsat if the people
Of tho Ninth cong ressional district
discharge their duly by voting for
him as they are expected to do by the
people of the United States. Napoleon
said A. the battle of the pyramids,
when his columns were drawn up to
receiye the charge Of the splendid
Mameluke hUrsemeb: "FrOm yonder
heights 40 centuries are looking down
UPON your From all over this broad
land the eyes of the Democracy and
the hopes of Democracy are looking
down upon the Ninth congressional
district of Texas praying that the
great economist j. d. Sayers be
sent back to congress-. Fellow
citlzsns do not fail in electipg him.
The stale ticket is safe, but there is a
danger that the Democratic majority
in the state may lull Democrats to
inactiop, Let not the folly of such a
calamity befall US. Let every Demo.
GRAFT be at the polls and cast his vote
for the whole Democratic ticket and
keep Texas at the head of the Demo-
cratic column, the banner Democratic