The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-31

~ SOANA AAeeh lOSdItueSS OF any
hlng may have said upon the street s
IT elsewhere to an aspiring self-nomi- i
In behalf of Judge Glasscock / de- s
IRE 10 say that he is my friend, and j
hat ne Is honest in his conviction,
md L assert that people out side are
long much more to stir up differ.
5nces between us than anything he has
SAID: Judge GlaSScock will you be so
kind as to lend me the letters from
MAJOR Strange and Major LeSueur to
you?
Judge llsscock-certainiv.
Now fellow citizens listen to this
letter which Judge Glasscock relies
upon as showing pledge to him.
GEORGETOWN TEX, July 3, 'S4
HON. e. w. GLAssCoCK.-DearS Sir;
Yours of the End inst is to hand. In
reference to the conversation referred |
to which took place between yourself, |
A. 5. Fisher aad myself, can say
this, that you and Mr.. Fisher were |
discussing the candidacy of some one
from this county to represent the
counties of Williamson, Burnett and
Travis, IN the state senate next term.
4ou had just come up from Austin and
said that you had talked with some
parties there concerning it, and you
thought if Williamson would run
some one that was an average man
that they would not put out man
against him. You said to Mr.. Fisher.
L want you to run and / will support
you, and 1 think l can do yol some
good, as l am well acquainted in
Travis having lived there and been
raised there. Mr.. Fisher said "no
can't run, l can't spare the time, you
are the man and L will do what | can
for you, and the conversation ended
with the understanding that Mr..
Glasscock was to be the man in the
race and MIR. Fisher would use his in
tluence for him. Respectfully
B. A. STRANGE.
Now, how do you construe that?
Do you construe it as if Strange was
standing by participating in tho con-
versatlon going on between Judge
Glasscock and myself? The truth is
Mr. Strange only passed by and stopped
second or two beyond us, having
been called to stop by Judge Glass
cock who stated that he was going on
up with him.
Mr. Strange is just man, and
neither wishes to place Judge Glass.
COCK nor myself in false position.
rms letter was shown me only a day
or two ago, and l called upon Mr..
Strange and spoke to him in regard to
the letter and he said "that letter does
you injustice, because in fact | did
not participate in the conversation
and heard hardly anything that oc-
Cured" will now read letter from
Major Strange to myself, qualifying
the one have just read.
GEoRGEToWN, July II, '84
A. S. FISHER, EsQ.-Dear Sir
Some time since at the request OF
Judge G. w. Glasscock, 1 gave him a
letter containing what l understood
to be conversation between you and
him some time in April or May. ]
wish to qualify my statement to him
by this letter to you, as am convinced
the letter to him standing alone does
you an unintentional injustice on my
part.
l.. L did not hear the whole of thi:
conversation between you gentlemen
as you had been talking together some
time before came up and when 1 die
come up was simply passing by, anC
only stopped few seconds at the re
quest of Judge Glasscock who in.
formed me he was going part of tht
way with me and asked me to wal
and go with him, when l stopped a
the request of Judge Glasscock, [ haC
passed the point where then you gen
tlemen were, some little distance, ant
do not know but very little of Wha
was SAID between you and him.
Yours Truly,
3. A. STRANGE.
You will observe that there is
marked qualification Of his letter t.
Judge Glasscock. The fact is Mr.
Strange heard nothing of the CONVEX
satlon between Judge Glasscock anC
myself, except what he heard in pass
ing the point at which we were stand
ing.
Here now is the letter from G. M
Leseur to Judge Glasscock:
GEORGETOWN, TEX, July 3, '84.
HON. CIV. GLAssCoCK.-DEARS SIR
In reply to your letter of this date vol
say that called upon Mr.. A. S. Fisher
! at your request with this proposition
$" Can you or will you be candidate
| for the state senate? if SO, 1 will not
Mr.. Fisher said to me: "No I am
not candidate and don't want the
office, and tell George that if he is
nominated will support him." This
conversation took place in Mr.. Coffee's
office in Georgetown before you had
answered. Some time during the lat.
ter part of last week Mr.. Fisher
came to me at the court house in
Georgetown and said he had PROPOSE.
ton to make to Mr.. Glasscock, which
was for them "both to withdraw and
sign a call to A. w. Terrell TO run
L carried said message to Glasscock,
which he refused to accede to, and
so informed Mr.. Fisher.
Yours truly. etc.,
9. M. LESEUR.
Here you see the construction
placed upon that by Major Leseur.
[ told Major Leseur that if Judge
| Glasscock was nominated 1 wonld
support him, and 1 tell you to-day
fellow citizens, that if Judge Glass
cock is nominated for office by the
democratic convention, I pledge my
self to support him.
Now as to that part of the letter re-
ferring to Judge Terrell. 1 did see
u uuS0 1OlIO1l Ill AuSGlu duu GOlu MIN
L did not want to make the race. /
said, Judge, you know that as be-
tween Governor Ireland and Colonel
Jones this district went against
the democracy by one hundred and
thirty-six votes. You know that if
they bring a strong opposition candi-
date in this district it will require
strength, talent and ability to cope
with him and carry this district
against the combined opposition to
the democratic party" I stated
further: Nothing in the world but
popularity, your strength at home and
in Burnet and Williamson counties
has enabled you to carry our district
against the opposition" 1 asked him
if he would permit the use of his name
for the Office, and told him I felt nv
inability to make the race, and I had
neither time nor the inclination to
undertake the canvass, and asked him |
if Judge Glasscock and myself will |
withdraw and sign petition will you
consent to run2"
He replied: upon these condi- |
lions l WILL" 1 conveyed this propo-
sition through Major Leseur, but
Glasscock would not accede to it. [ |
said all L want is TIE success of the
democratic party, and he said 1 want
the Office and will not get out.
There is another matter that 1 can
not permit to pass without mention,
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