Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-22
REAGAN is THE GAMER.
TRICKS AGAINST HIM Do NOT re
SUIT IN FINAL INJURY.
The Primnrie. on June 80 VIII show
Some Startling Facts-Tbe Inside
Facts of the Combine in He'll
County-other Political News.
Special Dispatch.

FDNSlul i)lspHtcu.
Austin. June 21.-Those who think
the gubernatorial race is settled every
time Judge Reagan is tricked out of
county, as was done In Bell. do not
understand the temper OF the people,
Judge Reagan can, Of course. stand the
loss OF county here ana there. wrest-
ed from him by questionable methods.
lie can stand defeat as a candidate for
governor by the employment of such
methods. but the question Is: How
long can the Democratic party survive
the stlhlng OF the honest voice OF the
people7 II Is Just such work that has
driven thousands OF good Democrats
from the party ranks and caused indif-
ference to party success in the minds
OF other thousands, until now IN many
counties the Democratic maJorlties have
dwlndled away to nothing. and Popu-
llsts or independent officers fiji the off,
ces. That the people Will repudlote
the action of those who thus suppress
their voice In the selection of their
candidates for office and rebuke the
perpetrators OF the unrlghteuus act has
often been demonstrated, Judge Reu-
gan can, therefore, well afford TO rest
his case with the people, who Will soon
tF VI lulHT 40 JUSTICE 10 hll lutll uN-
cordlng to their lust deserts.
Observation-Disclosures all that IS being
done and said against Judge Reagan.
that he is pushing to the front and Is
regarded as the man whom the sue
crssful candidate must defeat In shown
by their Joint efforts to hold him down,
The ground swell is no longer u matter
Of Jest and Ia destined by the primaries
on the Goth TO reach an altitude that
Will place II "out Of sight as the
street gamin would say. one thing
can be said Of Judge Reagan's race,
whatever may be the outcome of his
candidacy. II is clean race, made
on principles dear 10 the Democratic
heart and free from complications
and entangling alliances. 1t is race
to elect John H. Reagan, not simply to
defeat some one else.
According to careful estimates made
by persons well posted'as TO the public
sentiment OF the several counties TO
hold primaries next Saturday, Judge
Reagan Will get about thirty votes,
Mr.. Culbcrson about forty, II he car
ries Cochran's home county; II not.
then about twenty, md Mr. Lanhnm
will not get exceeding ten votes. on
Saturday. the 30th, Judge Reaguns
friends are calculating on the lions
share Of the vote, after which they eX-
pect the Sage OF Palestine to start in
cnnter for the home run. One thing
ham Is leading a forlorn hope. Satur-
day last he only captured three votes,
and the next two Saturdays primaries
give no promise of much greater re-
suits, His chance appears now to be
In qunrrel between the Reagan and
Culberson forces, which would throw
the strength OF the one or the other
side to him.
Another thing has also been made
Main IN this campaign, and that is
Judge Rengn has n powerful general
following. The chief difficulty is that
II Is not organized. His friends appear
to think he win somehow or other
come out ahead without any SYSTEM
attic canvass FOR him. n every man
who ~ really friend to Judge Rengan
would go to work for him as the friends
OF other candidates are doing he would
sweep the field Several Reagan coun-
ties have been lost, particularly in
east Toxins, by neglect and indiffer-
cnCo.
The race for attorney general Is be-
Rinnirg to attract considerable atten-
tlon on account OF the development OF
strength or the part Of Mr.. Henry II
ccmcs mainly from the Culberson fol-
lowing, The Importance TO the people
OF the office Of Encouragement IL
only second to that OF the governor-
ship The check-relns put on corpora
tons by this department by Governor
Hogg when he was at Its head brought
II Into notice as n branch OF the eNecu-
tive machinery OF the government. and
the nttorney-generRl who let's II fall
Into nuocuous desuetude will himself
| quietly pass Into oblivion.