The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-05-27
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POLITICAL HITS.


WHAT THE STATE PAPERS ARE
SAYING ABOUT THE
CANDIDATES..
Texas Commercial Reporter.
John ID. Mccall will, unless a stampede
of dark horses occurs, be the next comp
troler of this state. Politics is like the
wind, change every twenty-four hours.
rhe result of the race cannot as yet be
decided.
Hon. Alexander w. Terrell, of Travis
county. so far as brains, intellect and gen
eral ability is concerned, is head and
shoulders above any man i'll the state of
Texas. Politicians, sore heads and such
may kick as much as they like about Te,-
rell being demagogue, and so on, but
none of them will dare cope with him in
open field. BY referring to his record
while serving us a member of the legis
lature, or to his capacity rs scholar, il
will be found that he has but few supe-
riors in this or any other state. Hon. A.
w. Terrell if elected United States SEN
ator, with his power of eloquence and
ability, will take the lead among the
southern senators.
Alexander Tribune
Colonel SWANS speech at Alexander
last Tuesday, was his opering one in the
campaign. and his views presented here
were quite different from those attributed
to him by an unfriendly press. He dis
cussed the issues of the day in a plain,
practical, common sense way, defending
his course as chief financier of the state,
and at the same time ignoring side issues
and petty and spiteful charges made
against him. One thing is certain, Swain
has none of the demagogue in his make
up, or if he has, he lost splendid oppor-
tunitv of showing it. He is not what
would be called brilliant orator, but a
substantial, sensible business man, who
has worked his way up from poverty to
high position of trust. He made many
friends by his visit to our county.
The Kyle Review.
We noti5e that the name of Mr.. John
d. Mccall is frequently mentioned in
connection with the comptroller's Office.
AS Mr.. Mccall has been chief clerk of the
Office for n number of years. it is certain
that he understands the duties of the Office
thoroughly, and will make good comp
troller. And, then, too, he is one of those
generous hearted men whom the people
he is the man for the place.
Paris Balance Wheel.
The Wheel notices in the public prints
in various portions of the state that its
old friend, Prof. Oscar H. Cooper, now
superintendent of the public schools at
Houston, is strongly urged for state super
intendent of public instruction, and it
does not hesitate to say that no better
man IN the state could be found for the
place. Prof. Cooper is not only thor
, oughly educated man, he having learned all
I man could learnat Yale college, and having
/ also taught several years in that grand in
stitution of learning, but he also took a
course at Berlin, and his large practical
experience in conducting institutions OF
learning, renders him peculiarly fitted fol
the position of superintendent of public
instruction in Texas, and the democracy
will make no mistake if it selects him fol-
| this important public trust, and ii reiter
/ ates that no better man could be selected
D for the place.
! Lockhart Register.
. There are four candidates in the field
! for comptroller, all good men, but w
Z favor Mccall for the Office because he hal
had experience and is in every way worthy
He has been chief clerk in the department
for long time. The people should show
their appreciation of merit by promoting
him.
The Daily News
. The Mccall boom is rolling on, and j
gathers moss continually too. This j
one instance in which true merit will b
. recognized and rewarded.
San Antonio Express
Swain made some telling point
against Gen. Ross Sulphur Spring
statements, in his speech at Alexandria
the other day. A comparison of tn
two speeches suggests that Gen. Ross
best chance for the nomination would b
to quietly work his war record for wha
it is worth, and pose in dignified silenc
as "good, plain and blunt man." If h
should enter into series of joint dis
5 cussions with Swain, he would be so badl
entangled that he would trip and ia
/ long before the convention is likely :
d be held.
j Houston Post.
Judge Terrell's statement of his cor
nection with the capitol building ought q
least to be sufficient to stop the tongue
of those who oppose him for his conne6
ton with that measure, while they favo
Others who voted away ten times as muc
land and have nothing to show for it e1
cept railway corporations. The state car
, itol when completed will be pride to a
, Texans, while recent events show that raj
road are viewed by many as means {
oppression. The one is an ornrment an
a blessing, while the other is also bic
/ sing, except when backed by the federI
N courts, when they become a curse.
Col. VIM. Louis Shelley, grand secretar
1. o. NJ. grand lodge, Maryland, found Re
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