The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-23
Gregg County Politics.

LoNGvIEw, June 2.-LSpecial. The
political pot is sinmering, but with the
fire tanning to n bright flame, 1t will, ere
long, he sccthing cauldron of trouble for
the many who think they are called, and
are not among the few chosen. Our
greatest interest Is i'm the .judgeship,
naturally, for II citizen of Iongview is
not a candidate. for the sense of the dig
nifty of the Office would Keep n good
Judge from n political scramble for u
judicial position, but our fellow-citiZcn,
Judge +. J. McCord, the sitting judge,
is suggested by his friends as fitted for
the place, and his claims will he actively
urged upon the convention. His rival,
most feared, was Hon. b.. &. kilgorc, but
il was learned from letter received by
T.. NJ. Campbell, IN attorney of
Longyicw, from Mr.. kilgorc,
~ stated in II dispatch to the ilERALp,
that MIR. kilgorc had not authorized the
use of his name for the position and was
not Il candidate. Now comes the Tyler
Democrat, the paper that first proposed
Mr.. kilgorc for the judgeship, and says:
"lIon. u. G.. Kilgore, of Van Xandt
county. has consented To allow his name
to he. used as candidate for judge of
this judicial district" Now, which is
correct, we would like to know, for the
gore, Gregg county, would doubtless
like to know, for they will probably give
him complimentary vote II nothing
more. To still further complicate the
matter, Hon. II. NJ. Cate, county judge
of Wood county, is suggested
by :, his S Local paper @ for ,h, the
expected Wood county man would he
in the field, maybe he is the one the
Wood county people have selected. The
vote of the district would be thus divi-
dcd: McCord-Gregg countv,2; Cpshur,
4; and probably haltof Smith, 3. Total,
o. Kilgorc-Van Zandt, 3; half of Smith,
3; and Rains, !. Total, Wood,
1. Grand total, -; necessary TO choice,
li3S. From this showing il Us yet any
body's game. Ofcourse claims are diff
ferent by the sanguinc friends of either
of the gentlemen named, III, for in
stance, claiming Rains, and II may be
Wood has good chance to carry 1t, for
Rains, which has the floater in coniunc-
ton with Wood, Is entitled by rotation
to name the Representative this year,
and Wood county's four votes are
needed in the nomination. McCord's
friends also claim Rainss
For Congress, Hon. James II. Jones,
the present member, is suggested. He
has not said he is candidate, but we
presume he is. Hon. James ii. lIogg is
also SupStSltu, OI'IiuSth W tiit oht
who may receive the Democratic nomi-
nation is Jack o. Byrnc, n Grcenbacker
of the national labor or socialist type.
lie expects to combine to his support,
all shades of Republicans, lndcpend-
ents, Greenbackers, Socialists. Commu-
mist, lily-whites, jet-blacks, and, in II
word, all the elements of opposition to
the Democracy. If this could he done
he could not be elected, for Jones did
not poll the strength of the party and
he was elected by some 1900 votes over
a man very popular in parts of the dis
trct-S. H. Russell.
Fayette Camp, jr., of upshur coun-
tv, has monopoly in the
State Senatorship, and while Democrats
do not advocate monopolies, we will all
support him.
Hon. j. &. Buchanan, of Wood county,
has practically no opposition for district
attorney. If he is elected, even If he is
q worthy successor to the present dis
trict attorney, james ii. llogg, he
would have to work hard 10 keep up
the reputation this judicial district has
had made for ii by Mr. lIogg -one of the
best in the state in convictng criminals.
Hon. Sam Cundiif has no opponent for
representative. unless n local politician
of Iongview, Nose Dudley, I, run by
the Republicans.