The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-12

James u Vincent of the Weather
ford Euquirer this morning just as he
was finishing up few days stay in
Waco. The News has been expect.
ing for several weeks some signlfi.
cant publication in the Enquirer,
but somehow its edit.r has been
"feeling of tne pulse" saying very
listle, but saving wood.
"What is the outlook, queried
THE News man.
about what?" asked the Enquirer
man.
about the condition of the
country" said THE NEWS man.
'Well the people In my neck Of
the woods" said Vincent, "are all
right, with cribs full Of corn, bacon,
in the smoke house, bales of cotton
piled up at home, wheas fields green
schools Furnishing, etc. But they
want some factories and they want
a tap railroad from the Texas Cel trail
to the Erath and Palo Pinto Goa.
fields and l came down here to see
your people about it,"
What do they say?"
81 have seen only Mr.. McLendon,
Mr.. Rotan, Superintendent Hamilton
of the Texas Central, and few others
all of whom declare it no use to
try to get money for railroads or
oiher industrial enterprises in Texas
now. The restrictive legislation of
the present regime has simply par.
alyzed industrial progress"
$50 you get no tap railroad2"
"No, and Waco gets no cheap
coal"
what about politics?"
"Politlcs is all right in
fact lovely, lots of fun
coming-the biggest dance you ever
saw in Texas"
How is thst2
"Well, Mills will be on the stump
for United States Senator and Clark
will be on the stump for governor,
and Culberson, backed by the combine,
will be on the stump for United States
senator, and Reagan, | guess, will be
on the stump for governor, backed by
the combine and there is going to be
fire on the prairies and music in the
atmosphere -
Do you know this to be the pro.
gralnme?
'Oh, no; 1 know nothing. But the
boys away out here at the forks, you
know, are going to stay 10 the Demo.
cratic party in spite Of the rulings of
the combine, and they have called,
and are calling, upon Mills aud CLARK
to make the fight for them"
Do you mean to say that Mills will
be the candidate of the boys at the
forks?
"Certainly I do. Did you see
Mills interview in Sundays Dallas
News? That puts him right not only
as to the industriously circulated lies
against him about silver, but it also
puts him right with the farmers as te
FIJI ley's kicking out devilment."
What makes you think Reagan viii
be candidste2
"Oh, don't want to say. You
know several of these good old farmers
will write letters aud they will show
them to an innocent fellow like me-"
What do you think of Culberson'
late conduct
"That's easy. He simply went DAT
and became the chestnut for the com
bine. Me and Horace couldn't ge
the plum and a sharper old cuss thai
Me and Horace got Culberson in it
odd Dave could have served Texa
effectfully on the Interstate commits
sion and at the same time robbed tn
Republicans of one club with whicl
they will maui US with the civil ser
vice mugwumps, But he yielded IL
the hour of his imbecil ambition an
he is gone. That is to say, he
gone unless the great and good prohi
bition apostle of Kansas, the Hon. S,
John, who is now canvassing Texas
can save him"
Do you think st. Johns canvass a
this time Significant
"Do 1? You don't take me to be
political fool, do your"
Not exactly, but how will such
campaign go2
ut will go red hot, l told you, an
Mills and Clark, as representatives O