Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-31
1T NARROw DOWN.
Maxey and Reagan the Racers FOR tho
united states ssnatorship,

nfaxey and Reagan the Racers FOR tho /
united states ssnatorship,
DALLAS, TIN, Dec. 70, 1856
To the Editor Of the Gazette.
II newspaper discussions axe reliable |
"signs of the times,n the race for United |
States Senator in Texas has narrowed
down to Maxey and Reagan, with the
odds against the former. That must
have been warm-water bath the Judge
took In Washington the other day. Some
thing has certainly raised the temperature
OF his boom, and IL begins 10 look as II
the heat will make Senator Maxey's seat
too warm for him 10 occupy. On the
ances on the Sherman prop
osition 10 remove the tax
from whisky, beer and tobacco have acted
as a Christmas toddy on his Adherents,
and they are whooping things up pretty
lively. Moreover, he had secured many
pledges before the Reagan candidacy was
authoritatively announced, SO that II
Judge Reagan gets to the senate, he will
not 90 down ''primrose path Of dal-
liance.n Every inch OF the way will be
contested, and Maxey will not be the
only opponent. The political SPECTATOR
must not imagine that Terrell Is dead, or
that he even sleeps. lie at least has n
sufficient following to ho'd the balance
OF power, and may be heavyweight
enough to sit down on somebody mighty
hard. AT ell events, he is man OF great
talent, long political experience and
strong personal magnetism. Exactly
what influence he will WELD over the un-
certain and untried grauger--a consider
able element In the next legislature--it is
difficult to estimate.
II the members OF the legislature are
anything like as stubborn as were the
delegates at the WaXahaehie congress
sional convention, 1t is quite probable that
the honor will float around several days,
aud finally light on the head of another,
! Who knows how many T, xas politicians
are now preparing acceptances for the
nunexpected honor2n And IL the Maxey
men are determined TO keep Reagan IN
the lower house, and the Reagan men have
sworn 10 retire MaXey, aud both agree To
do anything to beat Terrell, and Terrell
refuses any "tntanging alliances" then
there will be triangular tie-up, hard tC
undo. In contemplation OF such state
of affairs (by no means improbeble) th'
legislator should scan the horizon for an
other star to give his second faith to
In modest way permit rue TO call the
attention OF incoming solons 4
q Dallas light, which has already giyeI
promise Of future greatness. A tempo
raTy cloud has recently tloated across "
but no larger than mans hand, and o
exceedingly thin texture, 1t will serve a.
a happy contrast TO the undimmed bril-
lance soon TO reappeAr | allude to nt
other than DIN Wellborn. The cloud
you know, WAS little gauzy fiction hell
~ by Barney Gibbs. But Barney's arm
is pasied now, and the z I. Is dissolvini
into thin air. Mr.. Wellborn happened Il
be In greatly disturbed district. Out o
local pride, much Of the sensible and reg
soning part OF the party went over u
Judge Beckham (And 1t is reall to be re
GREETED now that all did not do so. Slmi
lar opposition prevailed all over tn
country Morrison went down. Car
lise barely escaped. There would hav
, been more defeats II there had been more
Glbbses. (Let the country draw o lon
breath and thank God that there Is bu
one, though, and he is dead, dead, dead
/ think the entire district has no,
reached the conclusion Of ce tain Eli
county politician, VINO for three week
, prior TO the convention, wound up ever,
I conversation, whether political, social Q
religious, with the righteous verdict
,sDamn Gibbsn Nobody ever qnostione
Mr.. Wellborn's ability. He lfas lon
been recognized as the strongest man j
! the Texas delegation, and alongside Nor
rison, Carlisle, Randall and Reagan In til
leadership of the party Whatever Sins
: omission or commission he may be guilt
of, his recent defeat, to quote anothe
Ellis county man, has madeHhim opium
pious." A born leader and a fearless ad
yocate, q broad statesman and soun6
.. Democrat, young yet experienced, ambi
! tious vet conscientious, he is just the ma
to represent Texas and the South 10 TN
, senate. In the words OF correspondent
In the Houston Post, ITO the ma
, ton he would be Webster
! without Webster's sectional prejudice
to Democracy he would be
Douglass, without Douglass radicalism
TO the South he would be q Calhoun
without Calhoun's extreme animosliy''
. Under all circumstances and at all times
: he would be, as he is, the little giant
am not he agent Of Wellborn boon
- have no personal acquaintance with Nj
= Wellborn am not political ]ourna
n list. | merely desire, as a humble elllzei
i. TO give expression TO honest conylenonl
. and TO pay q Just tribute TO one VINO y
u sembles him Of whom II Is said
/, Nature made but one such man,
+" And broke the die In casting sheridan
yonrs truly, SIZE EMO.
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