The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-27
THE COMMITTEES ACTION.

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Dallas. Texas February 2e.--The Texas
organs OF the Mckinley Md society are
printing much gohhcry gosh about the tcsi
lately adopted by the democratic state cx-
ccntivc committee. and, as usual when they
discuss things democratic, they rarely
touch side. .dge or bottom of the truth.
Their reports OF the committees proceedings
were SO doctoreh and colored for partisan
purposes as to convey but dim idea o.
what happened here. In IN effort to snow
that the protection issuc was saiscd, Mr.
Robson was madato say that he did not in
dorsc the decorations as to principles pro-
posed by Mr.. Blake. when. on the con
trary. he said that he did indorse them put
1 that he regarded an Enforcement OF the
Chicago platform as sufficient for the pur-
| poses OF the meeting. Mr.. Eovejoy said III
! his reply to The chairman that the diilet-
! cnces between the majority ard Mr.. Stake
grew out OF the deusion entertained by the
| latter that he was Tie committee. Inc
| leading muFwunip ursisn carefully revised
| Mr. Lovejoy's speech and made him say
that the chairman thought he was COM
mitteeman. These arc but typical cases of
| the fIagrant craftsmanship aud hostility TO
stawaIt democracy shat characterized tne
entire report made by the News. 1t placed
| n leading democrat of East Texas IN re-
ported caicus of the friends of certain
candidate FOR governor and made MN say
| that East Texas was wild and woolly Tor
| that candidate, when the gentleman ic-
fcred to is supporting another candidate
and the raputed proceedings were wholly
| imaginary.
| Fortunately, the people OF Texas know
! Just how much reliance to place III the
political matter of the News. Under the
rule 1t has adopted of refusing to correct
Measurements OF facts Il hopes to conceal
| the clovon foot. but tue public under
stande.
| Despite the wallings and mouthings OF
tho mugwump organs, there was but one
issue involved in the consideration OF tost
| That was whether The Palmer Bucknerites
| should he invited TO participate In the
primaries. Everything else that was lugged
| in was intended tn muddy the waters. On
one SIDE II was proposed 10 repent the ''har-
mony" experiment that has given the DEM
oGratic party of the State so much troupe
in three campaigns. On the other 1t was
contendod that the boys In the trenches
arc tired of this sort of foolishness, that
| the purpose oil the chronic boilers Us not to
become members Of the rarty, Tut TO make
opportunity TO do il injury, and hat 1t IS
better 10 fight them in the open than TO
permit them again to get under cover.
That is the whole story of the light over
the test, in a nutshell 1t VIII uot ne
doubted by any observing person that the
rank and file of Texas democrats viii heart
lily indorse the action of the State commit
tee. If it had done otherwise. an indig-
nnnt protest would have gone up from the
| one galius democrats all over the State.
Outside nf the rnuv1yun,p orpaps there
was no attempt to conceal the game the
goldbug boilers were attempting TO play
The end in view was the control of the
machinery of the democratic organization.
The plan was to slip in on delegations TO
tho State convention, through discreet
| silence as to the paramount issue, and
after reaching the State convention to trade
everything in sight FOR compro Mise plat
form and power in the organization. a
small number OF delegates, one hundred or
even fifty, with this single purpose in view
might accomplish wonders The same thing
WAS done in 1894 The result was that the
candidate for governor of the odds and
ends in the preceding election. Judge
George Clark. wrote or dictated the dem
ocratic platform adopted by the Dallas con-
vention, and by wire congratulated hs
friend Grover Cleveland on the recapture
of the State by the boilers. After such an
experience It would have heen strange In
deed II the trustees Of the rarty should
have permitted it to occur again.
The rancor OF the Hardy leaders made
1t impossible to deny their real purpose
with any sembance of sincerity. Nobody
pretended that they were repentant Of pas
ofenses and sincerely desired TO come back
10 the party proposing TO stand by 1t
through thick and thin. In ludicrous con-
trast with what was called 1.-The liberal |
test stood out the interview with Mayor |
Fly OF Galveston, member of Mr.. Hardys |
committee denouncing the regular denoc- |
racy of Texas aud declaring eternal hos
uity to silver, but Graciously Offering to
vote with the democrats on a State ticket |
this year II they would convert their or
ganllation into a sort of citizens move
ment and ignore National issues That
was the Eist of the terms offered nv the
tlardyites. Chairman Hardy gave it out n
few days before the meeting Of the State
executive committees that It's action would |
determine the course rf his followers. The |
so called liberal test involved the ac-
ccptnNce OF their terms. a democratic |
test was recognized rs a polite refusal
on the part OF the democratic party 20 have
anything further to do with them That
was the issue and the State committee
voted. 10 to 10. to put al end to negotiation
with the irrepressblo and noxhaustible
boilers of whom Judge Rufus Hardy is now
the official chief Who can deny that this
decision voices the sentiments of the dem
ocrats of Texasf
1t is contcnded that the doors of the party
should always stand wide open. They are.
But those doors are now swung where they
always should have been. not on the pri-
maries, but on the ballot boxes. For six
years the goldbus boilers have been partici-
pating IN the primaries and in nominations
and have voted with unvaryipg regularity
AGAINST the ticket. Nothing but sheer folly
in democratic leadership has tolerated this
state OF things. Hereafter the man who
votes himself out OF the party will get
back Just as he went out. That is right
lhat Is common sense. 1t is the only way
10 preserve party organization. Talk about
making converts in the primaries is palp-
ably inslnrere. What has party 10 oyer
q voter who has been acaips, II as M in