Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-04
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State Chairman Dudlcy's argument
that Democrats. oOJpslGs 70 n D"ni-
'crttic noiniHqe 1n tad Gfoiiui
II his esaeartdl unntrszs, sn 'ild
nevertheless Legally support Film
fr the good ot the puty v
another migiAks OF di&chronisn. IL
benfa the niarl,s OF AT Jnse3ory an-
tlguity ana apparently crops W by
infro force OF bad h.blt "a every dis
oussion OF the attempt Of soiGe set o.
party managers'to force Upo1 ;hs sup.
ptit Of party voters nominations OF
platforms which these voters for any
reasons 1lay diem not 1T 10 be made.
The argument 10 always pcst strenu-
oufly urged when the nomination or
the pir torn ~ most ilngrntiy oEsoS-
louF. In fact, II ~ not heard OF al all
when the work Of party eoulclla IS
open 10 no charge OF unatnesa. Let i
be understood, FOR the rsst, that this
ancient plea for the Implicit accept
nuca uf the vicious work OF some as
cendanf party machine IN order to Hayc
the party from dcfcut rests u3nn
false and exploded theory OF duty to
pnrty.--Dallaa News.
This and similar utternnqcs In the
News from day to day evidently spring
from n purpbfo, tho nature Of which %
not lott to Idle conf 7cture. Ia
This particular. .ustanoe the News
defends the course Of the so-oalled
Democrats OF Galveston who oppose
the election OF Crowley, ogienaibly be-
cause they claim he is unit for the po-
sltlonr really because no came up from
the ranks Of the manual labOrcra, and
they fancy he would bring dlsorodlt to
ltu - nnfasrafnW t.. s.Ff lee
stanceB the News has put forth the
contention that the "ClqyclandT Bono.
eratg are not obligated to vote for Cul-
berson. claiming. IN substance. that no
has holtod the platform ana TINT this
gives them the right 10 bolt the ticket
In general. Ia has sought ana 10 secls-
Ing to encourage Democratic to scratch
any name on their ticket with which
they are dissatisfied The argument
for this 10 that It responds to the de-
mandH OF good conscience. II IL eaAy
TO convince a pcrac. who Is looking for
prcteSt to bolt that II Is his COM
science mud not prejudice ot spite that
moves upon hln Inclination In 800
cases out Of 1000, however. the ticltot
soratchor does hla scratching because
his fuyurite was not nominated on be-
cause the nominee 10 Objectionable 10
him FOR purely personal reasons, This
~ wen Illustrated In the Indignant let
tor written by Fruuols Farquhnr and
II II. Koonnn, mcmbcra OF the New
York Reform club, to ChIrlqa S. Buir-
cid, Who has assumed 10 speak for
that organization in hostility TO Hill
They say;
"As we understand ,he situation. nix
hundred thnuEhnd u lmocrats In this
Htlin ordered Senator Hilla nominal
tlon pelhnpa nine thousand oppose him
h. l.. Wheeler W, therefore. the candl-
date or nine thousand rnncurouH. self
righteous mnlconlenta-sevc In ton "
whom vote Republicans ,util tic tarlT
became tht laguc. Now. if there 10 be-
tfiyal In politics, IT secmn 10 "a that
you ana men like YOU, who mistnkc
your cnmitles ttr principles, arc the
traitors, the bctruyerH. Thtrc ~ not u
Democrat who knows what the name
implies IN the state ut New Noek WIN
/ ~ not stirred paaslonptoly. chivalt rug.
| ly atirrnd--hy the conduct. the CRhdl,
dncy, Of David H. Hll"
This presents n:-uliarly rank case
OF false pre,cnHc. but IN principle Il (.
paral!clcd by almost every case OF
formal boltug from any party. The
dcloelable bnReI'a dozen of hypocritcs
who are now led By eX-9cor1tary Fair.
child Includes several pmlccu;enta wiz
boltod the Republican party bocaun
of the alleged mutneas of James O
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