The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-05-17
REAGAN TO WYNNE.
Ii Nominated he Will Make
the Race.
Would Announce But For Promises Made
70 Other Candidates.


following correspondence, Of inter.
est to THE News readers generally,
is self explanatory:
Railroad Commission of Texas,
Austin, Tex, May 10.
Hon. r. nj. lynne, Fort Worth:
My Dear Friend-I have read
with much interest and feeling of
profoundest gratitude, your address
delivered at Mansfield last Satur-
day. If l lacked an incentive to
manly and honorable conduct and
to a pure and noble life, such an
address from citizen of so high a
character for patriotism, ability and
integrity ought to furnish the IN
spiration.
Along with your words of com.
mendation | am in daily receipt of
large numbers of letters from prom
inent citizens in every part of the
state expressing strong approval of
my views as lately given to the pub.
lie on political questions, and urg.
ing me to be candidate for gov.
ernor. / cannot tell you how strong
ly such evidences of confidence and
respect from the people who have
known me go long stir every fi1er
of my being and causes my heart to
throb with emotions of gratitude,
and how all this cause me to wish
that | were better and wiser
man, more worth of such conf
dence and respect.
l am much embarrassed by the
position in which | find myself.
did not intend to be candidate for
the office of governor, or for any
other Office, and | SO said to.some of
the candidates for that position, and
if l should become candidate they
would have reason to think / had
not dealt sincerely with them. They
are men for whom l have great re.
spect and it would be Notifying to
me for them to have reason to think
1 had been uncandid with them. l
am afraid, even now, they may sup
pose have been instrumental in
causing my name to be so often
mentioned for the office of COVER
nor and that embarrassment ia in
creased by what seems to be very
general demand that | shall allow
the use of my name.
1t has been my wish to quit the
public service as soon as the litiga-
ton about the railway commission
law is settled and the commission
placed in good working order, so
that | might enjoy the rest and
quiet of my home, hence my declin.
ing to be candidate for governor,
and | would like to avoid the strife
and the labor and expense of such q
canvass.
notwithstanding these objections,
if | had not said TO some of the can.
dldates, in view of the present poll.
tical condition and of the demands
being made all over the state, |
would declare myself a candidate.
But in view of all this | do not
see that | can do otherwise than to
say, as | have TO many, that if
nominated by the Democracy with.
out my agency | will accept, but
that | am not candidate and shall
be glad if our friends can select
another standard bearer who will
bravely and earnestly make the fight
for the principles which have gov.
erned them in the past. Very truly,
your friend,
john Ii. REAGAN.
Col. Wynne replied to Judge
Reagan as follows
Fort Worth, Tex, May l6 -
Hon. John III. Reagan, Austin, Tex:
My dear friendly of the 18th
at hand, in which you say, in view
of the pressing demand upon you by
the people from different parts of
the state, you would announce your.
self a candidate for governor but
for statements made to some other
of the candidates for said office to
the effect that you would not be a
candidate. ! trust that no man
more highly appreciates candor in
politics than | do. But your