The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-15
Is laid at Cleveland's Door by Some of
the Texas Democrats-A List of the
Texas Congressman Who Will
Represent Us in Congress.

Whites ana GrOnlDltlOnlSt only pOllcu
1927 between them This year shows Il
marked change in every respect.
The change lies in the fact that the
vote shows large sized decrease this
year The vote, as estimated for about
three-ffths of the state, give Culberson
124,S00 votes, Nugent 92,G15, Makem-
son 22,035; CulberSOn plurality 81, ISL.
1t is estimated that the vote when the
remaining counties are heard from will
be as follows Culberson 100000, MI
gent 1JS000, MakemsOn $4,000; Culber-
sons plurality $4,000. The Democrats
wanted the big majority pulled down.
Well, they got it,
Quite large number of the Demo
cratic faith in Texas are blaming Cleve-
land very severely for the loss of the
DemOratic majority in the house. They
claim that he disrupted the Democratic
party on the silver question. The first
crack out of the box he called congress
to deliberate on the silver question.
When congress met Democracy was
united from North to South. When she
adjourned the ranks were as badly
broken and as widely apart as the yawn-
ing gates of hell. The Democrats in
this state who consider Cleveland in this
matter claim that had he called congress
on the tariff and left silver alone until
the regular session of the Fifty fourth
congress, Democracy would have tri-
umphed in every state in the Union.
They also attribute Hills defeat in New
York to Cleveland's Overbearing vanity.
They COntend that political jealousy
caused him to refuse Hill any assistance.
He readily saw that if Hill was success
full in his gubernatOrial race he would be
an applicant for presidential honOrs in
1896. The Texas Democrats claim that
the possible race of Hill in 1896 did not
suit Cleveland for the reason that he
aspires TO be a third termer himself.
He had evidently cast over the situation
and saw that if he remained neutral
Democracy would he lost cause. In
its present condition it will be 50 badly
disjointed in 1896 that Cleveland will
have fair opportunity of throwing him
self in the breech and getting the presi-
dental nomination for third time.
These criticizers claim that personal van
ity on Cleyeland's part and nothing else
has lost the cause of Democracy. As an
organizer Cleveland is considered col
lossal fraud by many in this state, and
to whether that inability is through in
competency or mercinary motives the
critlcizers are not slow to say that it is
the later.
On the other hand it is claimed that
the general defeat of the Democracy last
tuesday is due to the fact that the
Democrats in the North are mad be-
cause the legislation of congress was in
the interest of the Southern and not the
Northern states manufacturers. The
admirers of Mr.. Cleveland contend that
had the Democrats and congress followed
his leadership they would all be smiling
now over II sweeping victory.
One thing that can Justly be said with
reference to the congressional races lust
closed is that it has learned the Demo
Gratis severe but needed lesson. 1t
has shown them that they must come
closer together and work more in har-
mOny else they will lose everything. The
congressional race reveals some potent
facts also and they can be easily shown.
W. II. Grain, candidate for congress in
the Eleventh district, was the only man
who showed an increase in his vote as
compared to the vote of 1892. All the
balance of the candidates have suffered
Il reduction of from % to - per cent.
The race has been exceptionally close in
Abbotts, Pendleton's, Sayers' Hous-
tons and Crowley's districts.
Grain has the honor of being the only
candidate in the congressional race that
came out unequivocally as II supporter of
Cleveland. and spoke directly in opposi-
ton to the Interpretation of the plat
form as Xoiced by GOvernor-cect Culber
son. The hardest fight in any of the dis
tricts, with the possible exception of the
Twelfth, was made on Grain, both perso-
nal and practical, and yet his firm advo-
cacy of Cleveland and Democratic prin-