The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-08-12
TEXAS POLITICS.
Lee county goes for Roberts.

Lee county goes for Roberts.
Cook county instrHcts against
Roberts.
-Erath county delegates are un-
instructed.
Montague county ha sinstructed
against Roberts.
jefferson county delegates go to
Dallas instructed for o. VI. Roberts.
Walker county sends a full dele
CATION 10 Dallas instructed for Rob-
erts.
-Aransas county sends a solid
delegation instructed for the Old
Alcalde.
Geo. r. Reeves and NJ. E. Math-
ews Of Grayson county, are nOmi-
mated for the Legislature.
Robertson county instructs for
Roberts and for Mills, and for Nc
Leary for attorney general.
-BOsque county Democrats in
Struct for Governor Roberts. l.. C..
Alexander and r. Q. Mills.
Judge j. Q. Chenowith is a
candidate for nominee for the legis-
lature from Grayson county.
The meeting at Galveston to
ratify the nomination of Seth Shep-
ard was indefinitely postponed.
The western counties are solid
for Upson for reelection. and his
nomination is foregone conclusion
The Democratic delegates from
FriO county to the convention are
in favor of Governor Roberts and
Col. Upson.
Gonzales county Democracy in
struced for Roberts, Storey and Billy
Pitts, and chose G.. w. l.. FLY as
candidate for the legislature.
CLAY county delegates to Dallas
are instructed not to favor any one
in harmony with the policies of the
present state administration.
-Erath county convention is said
to have chosen anti-RobertS dele
gates. But a resolution indOrsing
Sayers was voted down by large
majority.
1t was the Fourth ward Hancock
club in Galveston that refused to
support Shepard, not the John Han
cock club, rs some insisted upon
having it.
In spite of Mr.. Lott, Col. Epson
will hardly be turned into pillow
of salt at the San Antonio cOnven-
ton. 1t is said the Nueces county
delegates will support Judge Upson.
DIR. l.. NJ. Bruce is the nominee
of McLennan county Democrats for
the legislature. j. X. Street. j. E.
Elgin. and S. p. Mills were candi-
dates, Mr.. Street running next to
DIR. Bruce. ,a
Charles Fred Tucker treats Col.
L. q. Bower cavalierly, but sarcasti-
cally through the columns of the
Dallas Herald. He evidently does
not think Col. Bower treated him
fairly in party caucus for the legis-
lative nominations.
- The MeXia Ledger says: . If our
nominee for representative will Op-
pose, when elected, the giving the
Legislature powers to tax one class
of people for another's benefit and
help modify the present Sunday law,
he will be one of the most popular
men in theb ody."
"A member of the Duchess of
Marlborough's Irish relief commit
tee says that there is in Ireland a
class of persons who have traded on
the suff'erings of their fellow-coun-
trymen, and that by them any signs
of returning prosperity are looked
upon with dismay.
"A grand ratification meeting
and barbecue was held at Bryan on
Tuesday, nearly 5000 people being
present. Capt. Beall, Hon. John H.
Reagan and Hon. Roger O.. Mills
made speeches. Judge Reagan said
that Greenback orators were either
ignorant of the plain facts shown by
the political history of the country,
or that said orators were lying and
wilfully deceiving the people. Now
it may be expected that the Green
back orators will up Mr.. Rea-
gan's record on the financial ques-
ton.
The Democratic convention to
nominate a candidate for represen-
tative from the sIXty-seventh dis
trict, met at Liberty Hill on the
third. The contest was long, and
not until the second day and the
one hundred and seventy-fifth ballot
was nomination reached. Robert
son was supported by a majority of
the Williamson county delegation,
but the adherents OF Judge Chess
Der, from the same county, united
with the Lampasas delegation to
prevent his nomination, and sue
ceeded, when Robertson withdrew
and his friends united on DIR. Arm
old, of Lampasas, and finally forced
the opposition to give up Browning
and nominate Arnold by acclama-
ton.
The animus Of the anti-ROberts
politicians is clearly shown from
their behavior in the Dallas county
convention. The delegates in that
convention stood "a for Roberts and
Sc against him. The Roberts men,
to keep down dissensions, offered, as
they were in small minority, to ac-
cept one-third of the delegates to the
state convention and give the oppo-
sition two-thirds. This more than
fair offer the anti-RobertSites insO-
lently refused, claiming that their
two majority gave them right to
all the delegates. The disfranchised
delegates Withdrew from the con-
ventiOn, which act had the effect of
bringing the majority TO its senses,
and they speedily agreed to give the
minority the representation they had
asked for.