The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-09-14
AN EXCITING TEXAS CAMPAIGN.
tc;x. State Tickets Now in the f1eld 9"1
Another to be Nominated.
New York World.


,;,.e or the we'll remembered cam 8
3sipn of 1857, when prohibition |
was the foremost issue and so many
,ld-time Texans were unable 10 Tell
swhere they were at"
There are now five complete o'ale
f;nkets in the field-two Democrats
each claiming to be regular, people s
party ticket, prohibition ticket ana a
ticket known as the Lily White, rep
resenting, when it was putin the heio'
the majority Of the white Repuellcahs
Of Texas, who think it is not IN sooo
form for them to be subject to the IRON
clad orders of q negro boss. On tne
18th instant another State convention
will be held-that of the regular kepuo,
lieans. whose organization is controiieo
by Boss Cuney, colored, who IS MI
Harrison's distributor OF patronage ID
Texas. and who cast the thirty votes
at Minneapolis for Mr.. Harrison tna1
practically secured his nomination.
The Democratic row in Texas Is
purely a family affair in which tne
World does not take sides as far as tne
State issues involved are concerneo'
and It is good to know from excellent
authority that it will not have tne
effect OF reducing the Democratic pres
idential vote, as both Clark and dogg
men are to a man jealous and true sup
norters of the national ticket. IL Is
quite likely, in fact, that the bitter COZ,
test between these two factions Will
serve good purpose so far as tne
national ticket is concerned, in that
it. will draw to the polls every stralgn'
| democrat in the State entitled to vote,
and thus in large measure Offset ana
| very likely over-balance the vote mere
tofore democratic that the peoples
party will secure. The lowest estimate
Of Cleyeland's plurality that has been
made by any man whose judgment is
worth anything is 100000, and that Is
T enough for all practical purposes.
Mnch interest is taken in the action
of the forthcoming straightout Repuo
lican convention. AS before said, DOLL
Democratic factions are united IN I'M
8 earnest support of Cleveland and Ste
I yenson, and no trades will be mao'
: with Boss Cuney or any other leade
of any party or faction that will be cal
cn,ated to cause the Democratic IA
0 tional ticket the loss Of a single Vote
e But all Texas are interested IN Cuney'
, convention because of the bearing II
8 sction will have OF State politics
q The St. Louis Globe Democrat, Wnlc
'' is really the organ of the Texas Reput
/ licans, urges the convention to lnoo.s
o George Clark, one of the Democra1'
n candidates for governor, while man
e. Texas Republicans favor the nomin'
st ton of a straightout republican ticke
'e and others still, notably the negro POI
y ticians, would prefer that Govern
es Hogg should be endorsed. ;,
ID But it really matters little Wn
newspaper organs or individuals m:
desire, because the long and short OF
will be that this convention Will slmp
register the will of Boss Cuney and
will do whatever in his Judgment "
" most tend to increase the bitterness a
st widen the breach in the Democra
ranks.
"a The outcome OF the State election
no problematical. The Hogg men ms
me that their favorite will be reelected
ow a large plurality, the CLARK men ma
nal O. similar claim for their candid'
lei while the peoples party claims
ass earth and incidentally the election
Geo their ticket headed by Judge Nuge
&C Each supports the claim by an imI
'ne ing array of figures.
sh- The campaign, although lntens
ates hitter, is not without humor. ju
az Clark, who is a dignified gen
Il be man and a lawyer both brilliant
10Th profound, is pictured by Hogg ora
ing to rural audiences as great corp
cto- tion shark and as "the attorney Oh
the railroads in Texas but one"
'een ;s declared to be the arch enemy OF
'een udear people" The Clark orators
t'er' the country people that Hogg
pas worked enormous injury to the :
stop BY organizing and fathering legisia
ana that has driven capital from it and
time tailed immigration, notably the,
'ires' land law, and the radical railroad
'nlty mission law, which has recently
ana declared unconstitutional by the
quite, tad States circuit court as the
3lcn- land law was not long ago by the l
ssS supreme court.
hun' In the large towns and cues
'Vern Clark orators add to their tale OF
burg, the charges that Hogg eats viii
ana knife. and that at a mass meetlr
Dallas. the metropolis of the Stat
Lime, drank out of pitcher when he 4
ckest sa-o ,eod . tnmbler that was p
u op- beside the pitcher.
rkets. The Lily Whites have for a c
with date for governor, Colonel Hous
sleep .or ~ The immortal hero OF the A
ost as He was nominated some month
as a protest against negro domin'
and stands on q platform one pls
which denounces the force DILL
,oa,,a vote will be very light, as the
The politicians look upon him with
.eased, ering contempt and declare thai
,ro,;on merely the figure hesd OF "a
'ss;oto white trash" Of the G. 0. z, WI
49, sore because Boss CuDey has not
,ad IN them the Offices they wanted.
saant thermore, many who enrolled