Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-25
COKE'S SUCCESSOR.
How the Senators and Represen-
tatiyes Expect to Vote.
No Opposition to the Reelection of
Senator COke-HiS Return to the
Senate Certain.
Voting when the Twenty-First Legis-
lature Meets at Austin.

Special kilograms appeared in Eastern
papers the latter part of November to the
effect that strong opposition was organizing
IN Texas TO defeat the recollection of Sem
ator Coke. THE GAZETTE addressed let
tiers to its correspondents in every sena-
toral and representative district inquir-
ing rs to the first and second preference
of the senators and representatives who
will compose the Twenty-first legislature
to meet at Austin, January 6, 1889. Out
of several hundred replies received, the
fOllowlng-ar arranged according to the
senatorial diStricts-are printed. These
letters show that Senator Coke has no
rival in the field, and his recollection is a
foregone conclusion. noticeable fea-
ture is that only two members-elect
designate Il second choice. The others
have no second choice or are non-com-
initial. The great majority are for Coke
first, last and all the time
FIRST DISTRICT.
LivingstOn-HOn. X. Is. Scale of
Jasper, senator-elect of the First district,
says: ''After Il careful inquiry [ am
sure that Mr.. Coke is by far the choice
of the people of the First Congressional
district for United States senator, and 1
shall take pleasure i'll voicing their
preference for him to succeed himself. -
Hon 7. S. Cochran of Polk, repreSen-
tative Second district, writes: 81 know
of no man i'll all Texas that 1 would
sooner support for United States senator
than Coke. am an uncompromising
Coke man. -
The above expressions think are fully
people.
Beaumont-S enator-elect X. B. Scale
and Representative Jerome Swinford are
both for Coke S reelection to the United
States senate.
SECOND DISTRICT.
James NJ. Ingram, senator from the
district, and John p. Childers of this the
Fifth representiye district, were both
instructed by the convention which nomi-
mated them to vote for Senator Coke as
his own successor. L. z. Wilson of the
Fifteenth representative district, of which
Shelby county forms part, and who
resides i'll Marshall, Harrison county and
nominated by Democratic convention
was not instructedas far as know though
he may have been, if at all it was for
Coke.
OvertOn-I have not heard personally
from our representative and senator, but
it is the current opinion that they both
prefer that Senator Coke should be his
own successor.
San Augustine-Captain James n. In
gram, senator-elect from this district,
favors the reelection of Senator Coke,
and Honorable John p. Childers ex-
presses himself the same way, neither of
them expressing any preference for any
one else in case of a contest.
Nacogdoches-O representative, for
this county and Angelina, is in favor of
Richard Coke for his own successor, and
also our senator for the counties of
Nncogdoches, Rusk, Shelby, San Angus
tine and Sabine is in favor of Coke. All
of our conventions during the summer
instructed for him.
THIRD DISTRICT.
Marshall-Having noticed that there
would probably be an effort to bring out
opposition before the next legislature to
the recollection of the Hon. Richard
Coke as United States senator, your cor
respondent has interviewed the members
from this county and tlotorlal district
with the following result: Hon. w. II.
Pope, state senator, is for Coke against
all opposition.
Hon. A. Pope, representative, will
vote - LOT coke 10 SucCccu ullIlStll.
Hon. L. p. Wilson, tloater, is for =
Coke, first, last and all the time
1t was the wish of both conventions
that these parties support Coke.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Texarkana-HOn. W. L. Armisted of
Marion was elected senator for this dis
trict two years ago for the long term.
He is brilliant young man with an I'M
usual amount of discretion and reticence,
and it would be difficult to learn his
preferences in the coming senatorial con-
test, except on general principles. He
was an earnest supporter of General
Maxey two years ago and not given to
going off ''after strange gods. Under
the present existing circumstances 1t
might be safe to place him among the
supporters of the present incumbent.
Blair McGee of Boston, Zone of the