Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-18
MONT RELY.
He Has Returned from the East and
Talks About His Trip.
He VIII Not Make the Race Against John King
for County Clerk-Texas Stands
High Agricul turaIly.

Among the first to return to bis native
heath of all those Fort Worth citizens
who went North for the summer is Mr..
E. Mont Reilly. He got back yesterday
morning, looking well and feeling in
good spirits, and talked entertainingly
to q GAZETTE man about his travels.
81 visited Washington, New York,
Philadelphia and other large
Eastern cities,' he said. "In
the national capital met
many people known to fame and many
people from Texas. l visited President
Harrison, who is a cousin of mine, and
chatted with him for some time very
pleasantly. He is an affable
man personally, and has the
faculty Of making visitor
feel at home. 1 met Congressman Alb
bolt, who is plodding away for the in
terests of his constituents. talked with
many members of congress about
Judge Abbott, and they all
asserted, whether Democrat or Re-
publican, that he is the most
generally popular Democrat in the lower
house. He is regarded as conservative
and brainy. He knows the right thing
to cay and when to say it, and he is
always active in committee or other
duties.
81 met the only Bill sterrett up there.
Bill wears the same stubby beard that
he had in Texas, and he can expectorate
more tobacco juice at one time than any
other man IN Washington, in or out of
congress.
Gin the cities l visited 1 found Texas
has been quite well advertised, and the
amount of Ignorance remaining in
the Northern mind about this
state is not so great as 1t was
some years ago. In the manu-
featuring suburbs and cities there is
general inclination toward Texas. The
manufacturers will be here in force soon
to look around and size up our advan-
tages.
''The corn crop in the North is fail
ure this year. In Kansas, Missouri, ILL
nois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, New
York and Massachusetts the corn is not
worth the gathering; all little stunted
stalks which the drouth has pre-
vented from maturing. During nv
trip l visited twenty-one states,
and found them all in the same condi-
ton. Texas has not suffered half as
much as any of them. The oat crop is
there will be famine up there, and
many eyes are already turned IN the di-
rection of Texas.
''ln the North the two great political
parties are wild over Grover and Jimmy
Cleveland and Blaine. No other public
men are mentioned beside them in their
respective parties. AS the game now
stands they are the next presidential
candidates. Blaine has many adherents
to his reciprocity proposition among his
old friends
Mr.. Reilly was reminded of local af-
fairs and asked how the result of the re-
cent county Republican convention suited
him.
1.-THE nominations in nearly every in
stance are completely satisfactory to me
except that of myself as the candidate
for county clerk. l did not know any
thing about being nominated for that Of
flee and will have to decline the honor.
1 am sorry l was not present at the
convention so that l might have de-
clined when the nomination was made,
as understand there were several other
men competent and worthy to fill the
position who were anxious to receive
the party Endorsement. But my
business is such that l cannot
accept; besides, the present occupant of
the position, MIR. John King, is q person.
al friend of mine, and has been such for
a number of years, and 1 would not dis
possess him of the office, even if l could.
have addressed letter 20 the county
committee to that effect -