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T.xAs. City of Houston) Jan. l2Ia' IS4o
HORACE GREELEY: Our state eiec'ions ''e
LII, M, that before this will reach you, the
49, - H.. country will be received. The election
IS henderson bv so large vote is partly owing TO
his own standing and popularity, and parity 10 'te
fact that his opponent delayed his canvass 100 long
il was not generally known that he was candidate.
The election of Darnell as 1t. Governor was unex-
nec,ed. The fact that he was candidate was not
generally known and besides this, be has not
been in the State since his canvass, being The
messenger sen. on by this Government TO W ash
ington, with the Constitution and the oiciai VOC
nnon il, But Horton, his opponent, who was
running under easy sail on the same ticket WIN
Henderson stood charged before the country Win
bon deserted the unfortunate amin In his last mel
,ncboIv campaign. Horton commanded the only
comnanv of cavalry about forty attached 10 MS
bettalion. and having been by some means separa-
ted from the infantry, the approach OF the MeHl-
GOOD OF his General. Whether this be true or not
the people believe it, and repeat II from one 10
another and lie which is believed is as powerful
10 the prejudice of man as truth ITSELF 1nis les
son we have been taught in the history and fortunes
of Henry Clay. The complexion OF the Legislature
renders it certain that Sam Houston Will be returned
to the Senate of the United States. There IS more
difficulty in naming his colleague. Gen Rusk at
present stands most prominent in the list OF com
petitors; but the number of asplrants darhehs 'he
whole political atmosphere. Party lines are drawn
as tightly here as in the United States-Wl!h inns
difference, however, that here the contest Is ai'c
eether and avowedly personal. Houston and Anti
Houston. like the Green and Blue factions In the
Hippodrome of Constantinople, divide the people
of this country, and rage with redouoed lury'
General Lamar heads the Anti Houston party,
and wages fierce but unequal warfare against
the hero ~ of San Jacinto. The Houston parry
under Doctor Jones' has the possession OF the GOV,
eminent, and consequently the irresistible lever OF
Public Patronage which is more potent IN these
DAYS, than the far-famed lever OF Archlmedes. Inc
Ants make up in bitterness what they lack IN pow
err and delight violate the rules OF clvilized war
fare by dipping their arrows In poison. houston
doubtless, is vulnerable many accountants lie
has not been such as decent man could at all tunes
approve but his enemies have utterly tailed OF ther
object in dragging before the public with the most
disgusting details, his private offences agains,
morals and decepcy. Their rancor has armed
the common svmpathies of the country In his
defence, and resting upon the brawny shoulders
of the common people, he towers above MS
enemies-the Mount Ararat OF Texas A very
amusing anecdote Of Houston has been told me by
man. who in his own person witnessed the truth Vi
il While Houston was with the Cherokee Indians
at the time that he abandoned his wife, and turned
his back as he said, upon civilization, he was
married TO q daughter of one OF the Chels oil
that Nation In his sullen pride he discarded the
robes of civilized life and covered his nakedness
with skins and blankets. He visited the trading
houses with the Indians, and refused to hold any In
tercourse with the whites except through an inter
prefer When addressed in his native language, ne
would grunt out some Indian cultural, with as much
grave simplicity as an Indian himself; and then nc
would sit wrapped in buffalo rug, and hold long
conversations through interpreter. Ia one OF his
visits to the trading houses he like the other Indians
drank too deeply Of the hreacdter w nile IN
der the influence of liquor. he committed an
offence, which seriously offended his spouse
The consequence was a blow,up In the morn
ing and this child of the woods revenged upon
him the wrongs of her white predecessor, who
waited his return in the sad silence OF her deserted
home Houston then left Arkansas and moved
to the Red Lands of Texas and there associated nm
self with another branch Of the same nation From
among these, he took unto himself another VILE, IN
the endowment of whose charms he forgot his recent
sorrows and misfortunes At the breaking out ol
the war he emerged from his semi barbarous state to
head the armies of Texas. This anecdote has led
me farther than | intended ! was speaking oil
Houston colleague. l am inclined TO believe that
Rusk will be the man. or this there would be no
doubt save that Houston is little fearful of Rusks
LOYALTY Lamar has no chance. Jones, the present
executive is thought be tne avorite OF Houston,
but his known opposition to Annexation makes the
attempt 10 force him upon the people hazardous
experiment.
tlemcn are already before the people. Gov Run
ncls Qate of Mississippi Sam'l NJ. Williams OF Gal
weston. DR.. Pilsbury Volney f. Howard, and Gen.
Green. All these gentlemen reside IN w estern
Texas. The East, famed for its political 'ecundlty,
will swarm in due time. If the West is erected into
an independent District, OF the gentlemen named
have no doubt the contest will fall between VII.
liams and Howard. They all LocoFocos, and
it cannot matter much who is chosen.
The lust of office is the prevailing epidemic oil
-ot1n
doubt that the name of every man, woman and
child in the Republic has gone on to w ashpgton,
on some one petition or another for Office. Ii Is be-
lieved here that Houston will exercise good deal
of influence in the distribution OF public patronage
at Washington, and in consequence thereof.
some of his enemies have crawled up with
his friends their hungry bellies, TO lie down
at his foostoo The Office holders instead OF being
the soldiers of the Republic, are the Prihtorean
guards OF the Emperor-instead OF beng the ser
of the People they are the slaves oil the fres-
dent. To what we are fastening God only knows
If there was only virtue in the administration OF the
public Offices, doubt not there Is metal enough IN
the country yet, TO bear up under the increased
weight of this extension Of empire. Texas is safe.
Cuba California and Oregon are the next great bat
tle-helds, upon which Gen, Polk and the Democra.
CIV are TO as,onsh the world by the of their
evolutions. Enough for the present-you shall
hear from me again. WAYNE.
The Death-PenaIty in Frnnce-Letter from
NIr. Rantous
BosToN, January 3ls, 1916.
To the Editor Of The Tribune:
SIR "A friend has pointed out to me paragraph
in The Tribune which repeats statement that had
said public meeting in this city that all distinguished
lays IN France had petdoned for the total abolition OF
the death penalty should be sory to have it supposed
that deal in assertions quite broad this may
do no harm the facts they Truth is al
ways more eiectua than exaggeraton.
spoke OF the petition presented to the two Chambers
in 1880. l, was signed by Charles Lucas, Mevihon,
Benvie Bernard de Rennes, J. Bernard Charles Rem
Guard Vvien, Decrusy, V. Largunas, H. CaTnot Levi
deler Folk Charlton Glais Bzon, Vaschevan, Robil-
lard Lebive, C. Bsileul Ncard, Mermlod and twenty
one others
The Journal des Debas OF the sth of September re-
marks that these signatures include all the disin
guished names of the bar OF Paris that time filling i'm
portsn, posts" parmi les Signatures les de
les nota5iliGs du barreau de Paris occupen qui
moment les plus enineutes foncions.'
In his report o. the 7th Of October 1890 in the