Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-07
AT REAGAN's HOME.
Admired for What He HIS Bcen-Re-
newcd Hope

Palestine, Texas. June 5-This is the
home Of Hon. John II. Reagan, the pres
ent chairman Of the state railway COM
mission and candidate for governor.
I he grand old man who has spent more
than half a century among the people
OF this county OF course has hundreds
upon hundreds OF friends who are anx-
ious TO see him honcred with the
executive chair. not because OF
any certain principles he advocates nor on
account OF any stand he has taken. but
because they have known and hoEored
him 80 long and so often that he has a
place in their hearts, that no one else
can MI. In short they love him and are
determined TO honor him, not for what
he is doing OF VIII do but Tor what he
has done: not for what he II VI Will be,
but for what he was, One OF the cabinet
officers OF the southern ConfederAcy, a
man closely Identified with the Lost
Cause patriot and statesman, are
some OF the qualifications ex-senator
nCagan haa that make the people OF his
home county love him and with this
feeling In their hearts the democracy
OF Anderson county has done and -
power TO advance his interests and be-
stow upon him In his declining years the
Office Of governor and the Sratiiloatiop OF
It is claimed by many and Ia probably
true that any other man IN IeSas
WAS 10 take tine Stllu JLukt HtdBdu
in this campaign they would be dead.
! politically. forever. MIR. Reagan has taken
u very unpopular stand. esecially In his
| tionsi platform and his dissatisfied feel
| ing over the harmony meeting but he Is
a man who panders TO no certain rlhss
| dictates OF his heart and when man IL
so jealous and 50 honest IN his political
Views he at least commands the respect,
| IL not the support, OF his people.
The popularity OF Judge Reagan
| throughout the State caused his friends
TO believe that when he enters, the race ace
| favor. As each county holds Us conVen-
| tions and tho report Is heraldei TO the
world II platn 10 10 see Sou taa' or ne a, least S
his friends expected him TO, altholsh ne
| is receiving good support ana ms
eS oar last i0 saturdSy lis friends expected
| him to carry everything ana wnon the
returns came In that he had lost Hraysoli
| with her twenty-five votes and Cherokee,
| one OF his old congressional counties his
| friends were discouraged. In special
Tie Post correspondent sad rs much
| the race he was running that i was
! predicted by some Of his warm friends
he would withdraw. But this isenng Mas
ment. Since Saturday the aftermath
shows that the judge ran little be; ter
carried Collin and Navarro and has a
| divide OF Tarrant and Van Hhnut ana
several other small counties. which In
| creases his Instructed vote considerably
and makes his chances more favorable.
| This has caused his friends to rally.
| ing for the swell which did not come.
but when they started TO rise ane give
M the race they heard Hlmblins as OF
The earth again they listensd and they
heard the "groundswell" and they claim
that from now on 4 Will continue TO
| Reagan are more sanguine today than
thew have been for a month, notwtth-
standing the fact that a rev uayA ago
| thsy were much exasperated.