Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-18

tNIOR SENATOR
/. n Mills Might Get Some
pointers From Coke
II MANY MEN HAVE TO SAY
A. Position on Questions IN Which
Teas I; Interested
f
s,,l,,l Changes in Laws -S'ockmsn
4 s,laI,r, al Inc Capital TO Lobby
measures interesting 10 Them.
committees al Work.
4 Many MEN HAVE TO SAY

~ Ian. 17.--(Specinl.)-
lh s,andpoiut Of practical p0hues
NIIs made q great inlstnhe ~
N come to Texas ana haAe au
~ the legislature after 9 feso-
4 MN heen passed inviting MN 10
VA uill of course, have nothing
MI senntorinl election because
w hcsn MS good ns settled from
W ~ bis endorsement of the neg
Tho feeling among a good
.tnuistration men Is that That
81 the senator created a oebt
he marty which can only pc
4 H.eharsed by bis reelection. lt
H., fbere existed at one time an
ZION lint he would 80 with the
"A Esll element an understanding
was committed ~ It's platform
Inst The platform of the regulars
y his reason it is felt that he
personal sacrifice in tho. cau-
+ ior which he should be rewarded;
view ~ The matter he Is indebted
= tact that he has no opposition
!. senatorial race OF last year, with
|ndiintQs and circumstances, were
made over agnin, IL Is very, very
M whether II would have the
resnlt A careful estimate of this
mrs gives Mr.. Mills about sixty
betyp supporters out Of total
rsbip OF i59. Some Of the others
iIArrent; about forty are pOlitl-
hostile 10 the junior senator on
.roand that be has been alienatod
I'M people 81 Texas and that he rs
. Of a New Highlander In politics
Texan.
IA dis feeling which is growing and
bere and there shows a tendency
,elf itself, uf which, Mr. Mills
y beware. That friend would do
"A Qryice who revealed TO him tho
a. Of Il. IL darkly mcnaccs his
e and his future. No man can
rq his prestige in politics without
sastic support nc home. Roscoe
ng whose fall was due To his
M indifference 20 the personality
constituents and to his assump-
oi power over them, furnished a
hg example Of the uirwisdom of
rpit eagerhess to cultivate a ma
REPETITION at the cost Of state
3lly
most Of those who are Classed here
lUfeuts Of Mills are proud of the
lioa be has made abroad. On ac-
Of that they are willing, as things
N now, for him to 20 back to the
II, hut they look with anxiety 10
ulufe Oufsp. They will tell you. If
reN them upon the subject, that
10 not expect him 20 reflect tho
x qi Texas on certain issues which
lhnE 81 great Importance. They
hlm politically with the Democratic
esinen from Massachusetts, Rhode
and Pennsylvania, men who are
. with Texas Democracy On
lssIies Of the tariff and the
bill, but who are as alien
y as Republicans from the
region with respect TO policies,
are specially favored 10y the agri-
ral classes.
alor Mills could, il he would. do
TO Offset this feeling, which may as
F styled a growing opposition by
l.l popularity gained by niingling
ne people IN this, however, lac
'nng tue mistake which has re-
~ SO many political disasters ia
Iog9l ranks--the mistake Of virtual
esldence.
ne last campaign Senator Coke
on a new lease Of political life 10y
liying himself with the people
laet win survive him when the
men have forgotten the luminosity
now feel toward him. The junior
ioi should profit by the example OF
|enlOr senator. Is a =