The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-10-14

has over 100000 votes, but ten per cent or
more of them never turn out.
The contest will be closer in this Junty,
and in the adjoining counties than in any
other portion of the state. in fact. the re-
suit here is doubtful. The democrats are
gaining now, and by vigorous and ag-
gressive canvass cali elect all or nearly all
of their ticket. l was present at the last
meeting of the executive committee OF
this county, and they are determined TO
do their full duty. The impression is that
our ticket local will carry this city by a
1000 majority, which will over come any
majority the county may cast against US.
We have good legislative ticket in this
county and district. G., W. Finger, esq,
reading clerk in the last two legislatures,
is the democratic nominee for representa-
tive in the county. He Is worthy and
popular young man. j. j. Jarvis, esq
the democratic nominee for the state
senate, is one of the ablest men in North
Texas. He married daughter of Col.
Van Zandt, one of our ablest men of anti
bellum times, and cousin of Capt. l. y.
Davis, of the general land office.
l have found some distinctive principles
VI pOllNlOc III al lhO lOSollbASc
where l have been with the opposition to
cur democratic ticket. In this county the
Knights of Labor and the Farmers Ali
ance have mainly united, and the organi.
zation is called the peoples party" but
generally dubbed the dark lantern" party,
and they are fghing the democratic local
ticket. In Dallas and some other counties
they principally went into the dem ocIatic
primaries, in order to influence the re-
suit, and are mainly supporting the ticket.
| refer to the labor organizations. In
McLennan and other counties in the
Brazos valley the opposition has assumed
the shape of antl-mOnopoly, and will, in
part, support our ticket, and in part will
not. The prohibition element (proper)
is generally small. but the larger part of
the temperance element will oppose or
not support the Hon. Roger Q. Mills, in
consequence of his bitter attacks on not
only prohibition. state and national, but
on local option also, the latter of which
all know to be democratic measure. AL
most nine-tenths of the temperance men
have met are opposed to the prohibi-
ton party movement in our state, and en-
dorse the local option plank in our state
platform. Local optionists are democrats,
while the prOhibitionists, per Sc, are not.
The Hon. L. L. Foster, speaker of the
house of representatives., and editor of
the Dallas Herald, one of the leading
democrats and local optionists of the
state, expressed these views TO me-sO did
many others of this class of democrats.
l visited Senator Coke while in Waco
and found him in good health and spirits.
He is now canvassing the state, and will
do good work for our party. He is one
of our ablest men. 1t does an old demo
crat good to listen at him expound the
doctrines of the party. We hope he may
serve rs many more years yet in the
United States senate. We called on Lieu
tenant Governor Gibbs while in Dallas,an
found him hard at work in his office, and
as calm and cool as if he had never been
in an exciting canvass. He says he aims
to devote himself to his profession now
and make some money. But Governor
Gibbs is one of those men that can't be
put on the shelf or tlattened out. and in a
few years more. he will doubtless be in
the United States congress, and if so he
will made his mark. We found our old
friend John Henry Brown in fine health
and spirits. He has made a very popular
mayor and will doubtless be reelected.
But cur stay in this city For. Worth
has been very pleasant and We were while
here mainly entertained by our old piny
woods friends. Hon. R. NJ. Wynne and
Hon. j. W. Truitt Both are well-known a
Austin as leading members of the Seven
teenth legislature-the first as senator
and the other as representative. Col.
Wynne Is doing large law practice and
Col. Truitt has a lumber yard in the city.
Both are doing well and are very popular.
When they so desire ii they can be pro-
NOTED TO high and honorable public posi-
tiop. We met Judge George Clark while
gone and he is still welt pleased over the
nomination of his friend and neighbor,
Gen. Ross, for governor. We need such
men on the supreme bench of our state,
and the Judge will ultimately land there.
We saw Senators Glasscock and Harrison
during our trip, and they are beginning
to look forward TO tall preparing for the
next legislature. They are both in fine
health and good spirits. The latter is re-
covering from the severe spell of rheuma
tism, with which he was confined TO his
house for several months, since the meet
ing of the last legislature. More anon.
Respectfully
W. y. r.