The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-28
Texas Politics.

will contest the election.
W. W. OXsheer comes to the Legis-
lature from Milan county.
MCCALL is elected to the Legislature
over Quinn in Cherokee county.
Cass, Camp, Delta and Gregg couu-
ties gave msjorities for O'Neal.
Cooke county gave the ambitious
Daggett 81 votes and Welborn 274S.
Mayes, negro, was elected Represen-
tative in Brazos county by 20 plurality.
According to the official count Wal
Ter county is Republican by 473 ma
jority.
The vote in Bell county for Cover
nor was, Roberts, 5000; Hamman, SO;
Norton, Al.
Gen. Hamman carried his own cour-
ty, and this speake we'll for his person.
al popularity.
John A. Kerlicks, at Houston, will
contest A. X. Taylor's right to the
county clerkship.
Montgomery county gave Roberts
s53 votes and Hannah 1915; Savers
1045 and Raines 1888.
Majorities in Williamson county
were Roberts, G54; Slyers, 700; Lub-
book, re; Jones, rs.
At the recent city election in Mar
shall, the Democratic citizens ticket
Upp tTium mia ntlv elnctad
Miltoa Brown is the newly elected
mayor of Comanche. He received 115
votes and had no opponent.
Mr.. Clemens, of New Braunfe's, a
prominent merchant and intelligent, Is
elected to me Legislature.
COmmercial: "The trouble about
solids Is that the solid North is big
ger than the solid South"
Col. Grassland takes a seat in the
Sixteenth Legislature from Nacogdo-
ches and Angelina counties.
Wellborn is elected to Congress from
the third district, over Daggett, Green
hacker, by about 1000 majority.
Mr.. Cochrane, of Dallas, is urged
for the speakership of the House of
Representatives by the Commercial.
Robertson, Democratic nominee, de-
feated Burke, independent, 1857 votes
for judge of the seventh judicial dis
trict.
Hon. J. d. McAdoo, formerly of the
Supreme Court under E ]. Davis, is
nov county judge of Washington
county.
The Democratic State ticket carried
Brown county by a majority of about
900 to 1000, while Hancock's majority
was 500.
John NJ. Duncan, OF Gregg county,
bricklsyer, defeated Parson Chad
dick, the Democratic nominee, 5000
votes for State Senator.
The Republican ticket did not re-
ceive vote in Brazos county. The
county was carried by the State Green
back ticket by about $50.
Wilson county gave Roberts 1921
votes Norton, IA; Hannah, %; Ire
land, 999, and Schleicher, 207. II. E.
Lane is elected to the Senate.
Culberson's majority over O'Neal,
Greenbacker, is II, 500, being an in
crease of 1900 over the Democratic
majority at the previous election.
Many sore-head Democrats in Fayette
county would not vote at all in the
congressional contest. They had prob
ably been perusing Flournoy litera-
ture.
The official returns Of the vote of
Guadalupe county are: Roberts, 1905;
Norton, 1873; Hamman, COZ. Rob
erts's majority, COB. Ireland, 1880;
Schleicher, 632.
The citizens OF Harrison county
have taken steps To contest the cleo
tion of the Radical officials in that
county, by getting ont al Injunction
on the county judge.
Education and the school teachers
of Texas, it is conceded, win find q
stauuch friend in Governor Roberts.
And he will be found the fast friend
of every honest man in Texas.
The twenty is here, and
Professor Tice Is wrong again. Texas
never had more beautiful weather than
in these three days, when in his WIS
dom we were to have severe weather.
Commercial: There it no use beating
about the bush in regard to Hancock's
defeat. He was beaten because of his
war record, his hard-money views and
the disappointment of Shepard's
friends.
The official vote of San Saba county
gives Jones $40 ma ority over Hancock.
For district attorney = Acker, 4S4
Wilkes, 230; EstelI, 81. For repre-
sentative - Moore, 263; Moses, 202;
Ramsdell, 1888; Bennick, 104.
James T. Policy is elected to the
Legislature over Henry Loggins from
Sabine and San Augustine counties by
majority of 90 votes. Policy is q
Democrat and an excellent gentleman,
and, better still, he beat in close dis
trict an avowed Radical.
The Texas Legislature meets the sec
ond Tuesday in January. After Its or
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caEvassed and the Speaker Of the House
announces the result. On the first
Tuesday after organic alton the Cover
nor is inaugurated.
Hays county gave the following
votes: Roberts, for governor, 500;
Norton, 235; Ssyers. 9Gi; Allen, 231
ireland, $50; Schleicher, 800. For
representative = Homes, Independent,
sol Delaney, Greenback. 453; Hutch
ins, Democrat. $50; Nixon, Demo-
crat, 392.
The official vote OF Barnet county
gives Jones 1872 majority over Han
cock. For district attorney - Acker,
446; Wilkes, POS; EsteIl, $50. For
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, S13; Moses,
210; Moore, leo; Bennick, 347. Ter
rell's majority for State Senate Is 226-
O'Hair's majority over Posey Ia "a.
= Bolton Jossrzal; "Hancock's defeat
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