The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-11-05
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Inteiviss win osvsrssr fhreshinof'
ten aas Lsttrrs frsn Coks, "sein'
ursgss ssa stewart, Ssoeh-
log the News asd iis
poot CanAr1 aliy.

ex-Gnrennr ThIockmoIton at his
hono Ia AcKlunoy AID made the iol-
Lowing inquiries Of him;
Repprtor--Goyornor, some time since
In az nuYviow with ono OF the
reportcfa OF Tan HsRALp You
stated hat there was NO "pooP
OF D. Texan delegation made
In w,,1isglon TO control Federal np-
poala.stte In tina State. l suppose
You nave .esn the statement made by
q Dslion correspondent In q recent
Issue o. ipa News, which quotes let
ter from senator S1ko ia proof OF the
charga ulade Nv the News, and Will oh
isrelied upon by both tho Monitor aud
News 10 sustain the Sherge. l hand
YOU the at Gle OF the o1rrsspando at
for your pssu-al, also tas Dom ments OF
the N0ws ou that srtiess whan 10 pub
lisheo 10.
TIM CONGRESSIONAL PooL.
DENroN, Dc Bon tne S.h or OH
OF MMcn, 1850, tho Washlngton CORES,
pondent ot tto Galveston News named
aIumber ot persons upon. ghon the
TexaA Delegation or spool" hsu united
for sploiuiment To Federal position.
1 clip "a tho utsnaichos from tha Now
and eco them 10 Governor Coke, aud
asbeb aiin whaGner the 0orrospon tent
had s.u' The facts in tho rase. His
reply waa dated Washington, March
10, 1888, as follows: 81 hsys
10 say, in reply that thu
fact, fr nroba0illtioz, aB stated In tne
dis Ken. arc Rs | understand them"
Pleas produce she dispatches ro-
ferrtd fn. l think every person
ma a ua3 been appointed except Ju-
Han Field, OF Fort Worth, who Will no
doubl ai.O recaive his appointment ss
pos tul 81 Yfof Fort Worth and thus prove
beyyn ne possibility OF q douo. the
ext ienCe OK congregational combine
ton spool" the onjsot OF whloh wls
20 exclude ali apple sutS GX1ep5 the
rel sliVar. partners and "pers" o tho
res .~ enestiyas and SenatOts. u.
THE spool"
A cOrfes ponGent writing from Den-
to- furnishes some evidence OF Fhe OK
isic;re OF II congressional POSI- ~
Texps just az though any evidence were
neeu,, u. asks for the production Of
the Wellington special 10 the MOVIE
pub j, he'd i8at March. This is not
niece ssrt. the News correspondent
was safifsly csrrecr In his statements
and eunr.usions. Events since thon
hava prUvru it. Their only bresk in
the po 4 ai4re iirst promulgated by the
News Washington correspondent
was taa appointment of Poarre,
district attorney Tor the northern
district, i2stoad OF Stephens, Congress
man Lanham's partner, and the mp
pointment Of Baiiy collector At Corpus
Christi, instead OF some one h1Vins
specific indcrsemons by tho pool.
Baily, who had general Endorsement
frOm Congressman Cram, Senator
Coke and Others, applied Tor the Cor
pus Christi coliectorship. There was
no application on file for the place.
thou - pool had n man ia road
ne & came TO DO understood
tb WAS 10 DO bounced, end
til eaily got the appoint
~ rad something to do IN
CO Searre's appointment
Tia would not care 10 see
w present, although ms
nc 20 case was entirely
cf.l ~ regards Julian Field
TO .4laster at Fort Worth, the pool
w. uns ananimous. Senator, Maxey
favored steorge B. Loving and Com
gresham Weliborn favored Field.
that time MIR. Loving controlled tue
Fort Worth Gazette. Since then The
situation has chan9ed. Tho Gazette
has passed from Mr.. Loving's CON
troll. Kleberg and McComb have not
vet been appointed district attorneys,
but as both are in every way compe-
tent, anu would be acceptable to tho
people, they pru9aDiy VIII be. But the
point our correspondent socks 60
make Ia that there is or was congress.
sionai pool, and there 10 no doubt that
he has made it, Galveston News.
HIS REPLY.
Governor 1hrockmorton - Yea,
have seen both statoments refarrcd 10.
Some DAYS since | clipped tnea from
the Monitor, which repu b!ish6d them,
and ne at 6hsm to Governor Coke, with
the reiuark that asI had not seem tAe
letter a,idras sed to him by his Dsnton
eorrespnBdept &c." could not tell
what IL wAs he had nssented to as in
dica.ed by tne extract from the letter.
At the same tinie / wrote out for the
governors psrussl my recollection OF
what occurred ut The nseauce" In my
rooms n Washington, aud asked h,m
to writs ,ns II it accorded with bis
recollection OF wha, occurred there.
Ihava his answer racsiysd yesterday,
and A. / .sn authorized to MAKE any
use OF u sas proper you can nave IL
AM wonld be glad THs HERALD
would .,aoish H., IN order that bi,9
News SUD III +, Monitor may nave their
pains ora9srd to the "poop' essed.
Here is the letter.
Reporter-Governo this letter 10
certainly ciincher and puts the mst-
ter wholly o. rest, bus may / inquirs1t
you have seen the charge that Rssgan,
Steye' ~ CrAi9 had entered into q
barge Dy oh the two former wers
to 81, ir. Kleburg tor United
Statc e ~. attorney and in turn
Crmn oport their favorites for
otber Il
Gay y !, Clipped that out
eleo asf > ~ Is to Colonel Stewart,
an Z, s. wt,Lt, Qua O state nent OF my
recollection OF what occurred az my
roo i,-, no 4 requested OF him response
o. 10 is correctness.
IL porter Have you received an
answer.
Governor Here is the answer.
Rsaorter-rnis seems 10 be clear
and explicit; am st lierty to use IT?
Governor = Perfectly, air. l an
sur Co;ouel Stewart will not ohjocti
but yai publish it, 1 would beglad u
the ord Of Mossrs. Reagan and Grain
should be published with II, az have
nor seen taein copied into ANY OF the
pspeIs OF this section.
II sDorter--I rec that Senator Coke
and Mr.. Stewart say their recoliections
of what occurred at your rooms agrees
with ysjt.r a atsm5iit. As their answers
do giut state what did take place, and
as tho pub 10 doubtless feels on inter-
est III tho occurrences OF that now
ce! ebr.tsa 50 nce, doyOu feel at lib
erSy n sssto tbs facts as they really
ocourTsd?
g Cover or--l can zee no reason why
the whsle matter may not % 1uily
stated. Our meetings were mol secret,
ana ultr ffieudsiu Washington (appli-
cants f,r offie~) were informed that the
delegation eouid not agree In their rec.
demonstrations. The facts are that
about ths time of Mr.. Clevelnnd's insu-
eurstion, within few days Of Y, tns
delcggtion mot 1t myrcomsfor the nur'
r,osea ~ stased In Senator C0ka's let