Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-16
Capital Talk.
Special to the Gazette.


AUSTIN, TEX, March 15-The leaders of
the Chilton-Culberson factions, or some of
them at least, are keeping a stiff upper lip,
and claiming that Mills has no sure thing of
II. They are putting themselves in the atti-
tude for a hard fight, and are busy infusing
courage into some of their followers, who
yesterday betrayed signs of weakening, if
not surrendering. The indications are that
q coalition OF the two factions will be made
in the hope that If Mills can be kept from
going in on the first ballot, his defeat can
be comprised. II does. not seem probable
that either Chiffon or Culberson can deliver
10 the other the whole of his forces, and so
capture the senatorial plum. Failing in that,
they may try 10 agree upon dark horse,
and even that seems impracticable to an
impartial observer. The fact of the matter
is that some of Chiltons friends who swear
by the governor feel at heart, and do not
hesitate to whisper 1t audibly that 1t would
be nuts in the governors basket if Mills
should be elected. They fear that his de-
feat would react upon the governor disas-
trously. They fear to add anything more to
his burdens and consider Mills defeat as
straw that may possibly break the cancels
back.
a senator who is uncommitted, and does
not want his name mentioned, said that the
election of Mills at this time, brought about
to a certain extent as 1t is, by forced and
irregular primary action of a half and half
style, would react on the tariff reformer in
a stunning way that would cause the people
TO elect an anti-Alills legislature this fall.
The Alliance is dead against Mills, said he,
and will be found working the primaries
against him, If his friends succeed in fore
ing him to the front. The Mills people
pooh-pooh the idea, and point 10 the present
popular uprising as proof of his great popu-
larity with the masses.
The friends of the governor desire it
stated that he is taking no dish in the sena-
tOrial fight, and that while a good many
members have ca ed IN and discussed the
political situation viii him, he has re-
Trained 70 nsl SIM his influence for his
friend Clinton. However true this may
be, certain of the governors friends have
been mixing very freely with members
and interesting themselves in the senatorial
f ~
The action of the senate Monday in dis
pensing with the reading of the governors
message was construed by some house
members as highly discourteous. Senator
Tyler who moved to dispense with the
readiugs disclaimed any such intention, and
said that the object sought was economy of
time. The message in printed form lay on
every senator's desk, who preferred to read
il at his leisure. and besides, said he, there
were preC edents for what had beer done,
citing the case of the "Old. Alcalde," the
reading of whose message in the Seven
teenth legislature was dispensed with
The action of the house in voting down
The resolution inviting Senator David B.
Hill to address the legislature during the
special session, is regarded by many as
very unbecoming. The resolution was
suddenly sprung upon the house without
any warning whatever, and many received
an idea that it was a covert blow at Mills,
and resented it as such.
Some very warm Cleveland and Mills
members regarded the whole thing as very
unfortunate, since no one should object 20
an invitation to 4 man so distinguished TO
appear before the Texas legislature.
Representative Connellee of Eastland is
talking up Clark and says that he viii down
Hogg in West Texas. He claims that the
commission is likewise distasteful to his
people, and that they want as little of it as
possible Grain and wood are about all his
people have to ship and under the COM
MISSIONS rates they cost more to get to
market than under the old rates The
business men of Eastland are, said he,
against Hogg and the commission.