The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-04-03
LET DEMOCRACY RULE.


OF the political situation in Texas
influence as represented througa
friendship and allegiance to our re-
firing United States senator, Joseph
Weldon Bailey. as opposed 10 pen l.
ing questions OF vital import.
If the political fate of the present
it4nior senator from Texas was in
, volved In the settlement Of Ques'
lions now confronting the people al
this state We might be able to at
: least partially understand how, in
! an extremity, friendship for Senator
i Bailey might outweigh convictions
r as to other matters We have seen
! how this can occur But no such co-
t casion now exists Senator Bailey
, has, of his own volition. declared
, that he Is surfelted with political
i. honors and now desires TO devote
his energies to the practice OF his
chosen profession and the gratlfiea-
Ition of personal ambitions. an In
aspiration that is as natural as Ii Is
justified At his request he will re-
tire from political service at the ex-
ptration of his present term, then
why should even the friends of the
junior senator feel called upon 10
perpetuate a condition that they
| have tolerated only because such
liberation was necessary to his po-
litical welfare? Must we understand
that the personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT |
of retiring political character |
shall overcome logic and call forth |
a slavish following to the beck and |
call Of former revered leader?
These are serious questions If |
matters have reached that pass In I
Texas when the welfare of the COM
monwealth must be made subsery-
lent to the direction of single man,
then truly has political power be-
come dangerously eentered and de-
mocracy is but a myth. Must the
mind of the masses be merged in
the personality Of one man, ana
that one man a retiring figure from
the political stage? Surely we are
not expected to accept this as tho
present day definition of Texas in
In each of the several contests
now on in this state are to be con-
sidered in connection with the var
ious candidates., not friendships
either of the present or of the past,
but doctrines that have to do with |
the moral anG physical welfare of
all the people. We have accepted
the resignation of Senator Bailey as
an act of almost heavenly inspira-
4 ton, accrediting to him desire 70
u remove from the state to which he
(professes allegiance reign OF
demagogism that must always foi
low in the footsteps of PERSONAL
n ties rather than politics We hay
y reloiced to believe that the tim
had returned when Texas coult
: choose those whom she desired to
serve as public servants aceordini;
to the sonndness of their faith as
to things pertaining to good govern
| ment and general prosperity rather
than because of the eandidate'J
friendship or opposition to some
personality. Much is at stake in
Texas this year and measures, not
men, must be considered We must
get this in our heads and keep 1t
there
We take it that never in the his
tory of the American people has
the nation and the state been con-
fronted with more vital questions.
Following after false lights the ship
of democracy has drifted danger
ously near to threatening rocks and
shoals. We must change pilots, our
preference being given to the can
didacy Of one who. being impressed
with the seriousness of the situa-
ton. stands ready to assume the
responsibility for progressive ae-
tion rather than depend upon
time worn cable and an insecure
anchorage to hold until we shall
see what others can accomplish
The occasion is one that calls for
action, not meditation, and that is
why we are for Woodrow Wilson for
president And If this condition il
true as to the presidency it is equally
true and applicable as TO the senator
ship. The senator to be elected frou
, Texas must be this peoples part in
/ the control of the government Oul
, senator must be such a man as viii
help TO lift up the hands of the
president against those things an
in opposition to those policies whicI
q are fast making to the destruction