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believe that the Houston conven-
ton should fix the basis of repre-
sentation for the Succeeding CON
vention at one delegate for every
FIVE hundred voters for governor
at the coming election, otherwise
the number of delegates will make
the convention unwieldy.
The Fort Worth Gazette threat
ems that if the Democracy does not
adopt a free grass platform at the
Houston convention, that Wash
Jones will come out as a free grass
candidate for governor and that he
will have very strong following.
Perhaps he will, but the Democra-
cy will hardly be dictated to by
the free grass men.
The San Antonio Express is as
mad as wet hen over the Fort
Worth platform, and it says that
10. Sayers has politically killed
himself in signing said platform as
chairman. The platform repre-
sents the sentiment of majority
OF the people of Texas on the tariff
question and the Express has a
we'll bow with such grace as it can
to the will of the majority.
TIE st. Louis Republican wants
to have Tilden nominated at all
hazards. 1t says: "Nobody ever
heard him say that if elected he
would not serve as president"
But he has said most positively
that he is not a candidate, and the
party has taken his word for it.
The great Democratic party has
certainly come to a pretty pass if
its stability and preservation is de-
pendant upon one man.
HERE is the Fort Worth Gazette's
plan tor distributing the state
Offices: The best-balanced distri-
button of state officers is that
which gives the governor to South
Texas, the acknowledgement to
East Texas, the comptroller to
Northeast Texas, the treasurer to
Southeast Texas and the land CON-
missioner to North Texas. Will
somebody name reason why this
motion shall not prevail?
SOMEBODY has written to inform
the New York Sun that Blaine's
name is composed of six letters
that he was nominated on the sixth
day of the week, the sixth day of
the month, and the sixth month in
the year. The importance of this
discovery will be felt in its fullest
force when some old woman with
a wart on her nose looks at the
grounds in the bottom of her tea
cup and tells US what it all signi-
fed.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR is known as
a man who is by no means I'M
grateful. He has about nine
months more of official career and
it Is said that he will make the
best use of his time in rewarding
those who SO faithfully stuck to
him at the Chicago convention.
1t is thought that many official
heads will tumble off among the
Southern Office holders. Malloy
and DeGress, of Texas, are in
Washington advising Arthur.
The New York Times compares
Cleveland and Bayard as available
candidate for the presidency, and
of the two it thinks Cleveland the
most available man, as Clevelands
would bring out the
great issue of honesty and reform
against impurity and political job
berry. 1t is also stated that Carl
Schurz would take the stump in
favor of Cleveland. Bayard's char
acter is above reproach, but as a
reformer Cleveland is regarded as
the strongest man,
THE Houston Posts Washington
special says that the impression
prevails among the members of the
Texas delegation that the Eads bill
for the improvement of Galveston
harbor does not stand a ghost of
chance at this session of congress.
The scheme is regarded by many
as visionary and several engineers
are in Washington who express
the opinion that the Improvement
of the harbor should be let by con-
tract to the lowest bidder WHO
the work
AN Austin special to the Calves
ton News, says the publication in
full by the News of Terrell's ad-
dress is considered a piece of great
enterprise on the part Of the pa
per. Those who ars cqpyersant
with such great enterprises know
that the publication Of speeches is
paid for by the parties most inter-
ested in having the speech made
public. Of the general run of
not one in ten has
either the time or the inclination
to read long speeches, and no one
knows this better than the newspa-
per publishers.
JAMES WILSON WEBB, a distin-
guished American journalist, died
a few days ago at an advanced age,
80 years. He was cptemporary
Of Thurlow Weed, Horace Greeley
and the elder Bennett. Mr.. Webb
was born in New York state in 1902
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