The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-12-10
scHEMING TO DIVIDE TEXAS.


The Democratic Leaders OF TIE xns Plot
ting for Political Purposes,
A Galveston special dispatch TO the
New York Times, dated November %,
gives the following interesting informa-
ton of the scheme of the Democratic
leaders Of the Lone Star state to make
three states out of its territory, and 10
fix themselves in good fat offices:
The plot of Gov. Roberts to get him.
self put into the United States senate,
and ut the same time to secure a per-
manent Democratic majority in that
body, leaked out prematurely few days
ago. The board for applying the 1885,
600 acres of land, recently located, TO the
construction of n new capitol, wished to
proceed in earnest and have the building
erected, whereupon Gov. Roberts was
forced to urge them TO go slow, and To
give the true reason that impclled him
to seek to have apparent action but real
delay-the contemplated division of the
state. II was thus that the scheme got
out To make il Ineligible, attention
is first called to the joint resolution for
annexing Texas 10 the United States,
which provides that "new states of con-
vcnient size, not exceeding four in num-
Der, IN addition to said state Of Texas,
and having sufficient population, may
hereafter, by consent of said state, be
formed out of the territory thereof,
which shall be entitled To admission un-
der the provisions of the federal cOnsti-
tuition" (Hartley's Digest, page 49,
AS New Mexico, or rather that part of
It east of the Rio Grande, has since been
sold for 0,0O0, 900 to the United States,
IL is held that now new states not to ex-
In in, adj a.,
Texas, may under the resolution be
formed out of her ample territory. The
late census shows that she has popula-
ton enough. If Texas make three ad-
| dItional states, these states would elect
six new Democratic senators, and the
| United States senate would be captured
and controlled for years to come.
The plotters aimed To act with secrecy
| and dispatch. Though only two-fifths of
the voters of Texas are Democrats, they
are thoroughly drilled. Their leaders
have been in Office all the time aud I'M
der all governments, and now I'LL most
national and all state Offices The late
election, when considered with reference
to facts easily ascertainable, shows that
all the elements of opposition to the
Democratic party in Texas amount in
the aggregate to not less than three-fiflhs
of the entire voting population of the
state. The vote for Davis and Hartman
combined exceeded that for Roberts,
| both In Smith county, where he resides,
| and in Travis county, in which Austin,
the capital of the state is situated.
The organized Republican party of
| Texas, knowing the condition of affairs,
attempted to get. the majority to COM
bine and elect an independent ticket,
| but failed. Thereupon, to prevent the
Republican vote from beng merged, il
nut forth, at the eleventh hour, y full
| Republican ticket, with ex-Goy Davis, q
man OF unQuestioned ability and of high
| character, At its head. When Gov. Davis
was thus nominated he was en- route
with his family for the north, where he
remained as long as he could canvass
/ ing, by request, for Garfield. On his re.
turn home he was called away by pro