The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-08-20
SAYS TWILL BE TERRELL.
A LIVELY TALK ON STATE PoLITICAIa
MATTERS.
Mr.. Houlahan Thinks the Knights of Labor
and Farmers will Secure Judge
Terrell for a Leader and
Elect Him Governor.

| Houlahan, better known to his friends
as "Billy" Houlahan, disengaged,
and, what was more to the purpose
of the reporter, quite willing to talk.
It's dull man who can't get point,
or several pointers for that matter,
from Billy every day in the week II
he is lucky enough to meet him, and
Yesterday was no exception to the
rule. He was loaded, and loaded for
big game, too.
II don't know who the next gov
ernor will be-" he said in reply to a
remark made at random by the re-
porter. at may be Hogg, and then
again it may not be HOgg. l think
the latter more probable of the two
PROPOSITIONS. There is one candidate
that I'm pretty sure will be in the
field-that's Judge Terrell. He will
be in the field as sure as you and | are
standing here now"
"What makes you think so?"
"Well, there are many things. You
know that | am close student ofpOli-
ties. Nothing escapes my observa-
ton. [ am in sympathy with the
Workingmen and take great interest
in all that concerns them. While not
| a knight of Labor, many of my friends
and associates are. This leads me to
study politics from the Worklngman S
standpoint. know what they want
and what means they are likely to use
to get it. The workingmen and the
Alliance are drawing closer and
closer together. They have many
interests in common and all their
interests can be easily brought in ac-
cord so that they can work together
i'm harmony. Such an alliance as the
Knights of Labor and the farmers
would be irresistible. The trouble
has been in the past that all such
movements lacked intelligent direc-
ton. There has never been suita-
bic leader, and defeat has been so GER
tain that all attempts such as this
have been abandoned before they
We're half begun"
But where does Judge Terrell
come in?'
care you so blind as not to see?
Has not every utterance of the judge
been in this direction? Has he not of
late been very bold in showing his
tendency to the third party move
ment? Has he not pandered to the
farmer and the workingmen? He
sees the avalanche coming and is pre-
pared to ride down the mountain side
on it. l can't speak by the book be-
cause / am not knight of Labor nor
an Alliance man, but | will stake my
reputation as a prophet that before
long Judge Terrell will be invited to
address meetings held by the knights
and Alliance men,
"Do you think he can meet all the
requirements"
~ certainly do. He has larger
brain than any man in Texas today.
He is capable and able in every way,
and the working men and farmers
would be only too lucky to secure
such a leader. / have known Judge
Terrell for years, and | am not alone
in saying that he is today the smart
est man in Texas. Listen to one of
his speeches or read one of his letters
if you want to enjoy elOquence and
poetry combined. He is the leader
above all others for the third party in
Texas, and / think he realizes that
fact himself"
"Now,r continued Mr.. Houlahan.
81 want you to understand that
this is no opinion Matched at a
moments notice. / have been in
Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Houston,
San Antonio and in fact all over the
state and / am positive there is going
to be the worst mixture in political
circles at the next state election that
ever occurred in Texas. Hogg is too
much of a Democrat for the Alliance
men. and too much of an Alliance
man for the Democrats. The Alliance
men and working men will scarcely
trust him again. Had he gone on as
he promised to do and carried out the
platform he outlined before his cleo
ton, no man in the state could have
downed him next time. He has
been found wanting though, and
so far as the farmers are concerned
he stands no more show than
| do. The Democratic element
land it is powerful one, too) wants
leader that can be trusted to carry
out its views and not his own. In my
option Judge Terrell is this leader.
All his recent utterances show him to
be either in accord now or tending in
that direction, with the desires of the
third party. With him as leader
success is almost certain. He is a
shrewd, keen, far-sighted politician.
He knows every trick and scheme
that the old party would be apt to at
tempt. He can defeat, in advance,
most of them and can successfully !
combat all of them. He is above all |
men the one to take the lead for the
farmers and Knights, and I shall be
proud when he is made their stand
ard bearer, as feel sure he will be-