The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-16
"LILY WHITES" AGAINST "BBACK
FLAGGERs.O
Ths ois Parties r. Texas Be-orsIissa ~
POpuiist 0siss.

FHAHHH AN@N
Of 2,234.1 08 scattered through GAS counties.
OF this population 4ss,iTi are Afro-Amsricnns.
The white vote In 1890 was 434,Ot0, while the
black and colored vote was 1ol.832. OF the
white vote not more than 10000 are placed 10
the credit Of the Republican party. In the No
vember election the usual Democratic majority
of 8 10000 was so shattered that the Democratic
managers are stnl diminishing 10 ascertain
where the particles went. Culberson, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor, crawled out Of
the fight with only about 5000 plurality, and =
majority OF NO more than 3,000. The Republican
vote, on the other hand, slumped from sl,447 in
1892 to something like 10000, while the same
vote In 1884 was nJ.l4l. Indeed. there has
been n steady decline In the Republican vote
since 1884. in SO far that those anxious for
the future Of tho party have no patience
In discussing the causes OF the pre-
valllng GENERALIZATION The Democratic leaders
are in the same predicamsnt. The only happy
politicians In Texas are the Populists. They
spread themselves all over the State, and are
happier in defeat than the Democrats are with
u victory bearing much tho resemblance OF a
rout. The Republicans blink both eyes at once.
and seek to convey the impression that the
future Is theirs; that the Popullsts arc bound
to turn to them when they get tired Of fighting
on their own account, because they have so
abused the Democratic party that they cannot
go hack to 1t; but the fact remains that the Re.
pubiicans are the most demoralizcd Of all the
political forces in Texas. They are split In the
centre, and the line of demarcation Ia the most
dangerous Of all such, as II Is based upon color
and caste. Every olive branch extended by
either faction contains In It's leaves a big thorn
with a sharp point.
The growth Of the Populist party In Texas has
astcnished all the natives, especially those OF
the Democratic faith. EuRent ran like a wild
deer. The Democrats have never feared the
Republicans. but there is an undercurrent OF
feeling that In the next trial OF strength the
Populists will carry everything before them.
They are thoroughly organized and confident,
1t is understood that the Populist craze Is more
q protes. against Democratic Encouragement
at Austin than anything else against the dicta-
torship Of Gov. J. $. Hogg and ex-senator John
II. Reagan, who have attempted to impose their
dictum on the Democracy Of the State.
just how much difference there Is in the polit-
zeal creed of a Texas Democrat and a Texas Pop
ulist was illustrated in two encounters had
upon the same day In q sleeping car.
where mought you come from 7" asked a
long. lank, and bcwhiskered Texan.
New York. said !.
"Oh. then. you be one O. them Wall street
Goldbugs!"
perhaps, II you wish"
" on fellows tnlnR we IcxanS wear horns
! protested that this was OIL color.
You can't fool me; I know!' he exclaimed.
I'm n Texas Populist, and you think we all have
horns: you sho' do"
"What Ia your political creed 2"
You want to know that" Ire Kissed. You
profess not { knowl That shows your ignorance.
All you New Workers is ignorant! | believe in
free trade. do you understand; free trade, not
the Wilson milk and water business, and the
free coinage of silver at 10 TO l and I am agin'
the Democratic party and the Republican party.
DO you understand that
! did, I Ind heard Il before. Then came a
ance Of his provoking cxordium, and asked:
"Whatd do you believe in what is your creed p"
pocket and, placing his right best digit on his
left best digit, began TO count as follows:
believe In tho free and the unlimited coinage OF
silver at ~ TO and am aG'in the Republican
And this is the exact difference Between Texas
DemVcratic twecdledee and Texas Populist
f finSnaiSl poiie Gss and Gf the lns% tnr II ffP pP @ to a s scSsd
sary tn the prosperity Of the republic. There
may come a time when the whole country viii
tocombine against the Southern Democratic and
Populist craze for the apotheosis of humbug in
When we turn away from the Democrats and
Populists and A. our attention upon the kepub-
Of another character. but perhaps OF equal
gravity. tits q difference OF degree rather than
no difference; but ali things are not equal on
The Republicans OF Texas are divided into
three camps. III" one is white and the other
two are between the white and coiored. The
division Is drawn by the whites sharply on the
is known as the Lily Willie IihIdisEendcnts?, TISy
hay a REGULAR organ!zati3n. The regular ma;
Galveston. Nr. Harrlson's Collector Of Customs
at TINT point, who Is regarded as, the boss of
iui Shh Is reprcs rSli.iGG' b ts ' Z. ii Si" FERGUSON u u 'o OF Paris ,as,
Who used to be Ss SHS ,S q Mr. TTiy fSWp S|,. Esst %Iisqtsn:
in the state Convention, Mt Dallas. Aug. 20. and
routed them at every point. They left the Con
nominated a state ticket 10 suit himself. The
DALLAS daily TimcS-IIerdld drew the following
pen picture Of Quincy On Aug. 80:
quincy made aspeech, and it was a corker. He
had been resorted TO TO down him in Texas poll
tics.. Quincy is u born orator and trained clocu-
Zionist. HIS English Is perfect, his delivery is
free ard unidentified, hts manner deliberate
and magnetic, and his gestures always extreme
ly dramatic. but never wild and winamilly, lie
was at his hest last night, because his blood was
the victim OF, lie fairly Kissed out in bitterness
and Indignation the words, in his own defence
lenged them to come forward and point out one
CORRUPT act in his twenty-four years asa pub
'G Is f !. tSis man an 's sn8 RI the m al hsxs he has bull,
up against which the Lily Whites have hurled
themselves. They resent his leadership, and re-
fuse TO follow him. They style his following
the Black Flaggsrs,", who rule the roost IN
Convention that is held. A great many OF these
do NOT Ike his methods, but they know they
cannot rival him in the elements OF leadership.
and 81 follow where he leads. In no other Stale
OF the Union do va lind such a condition. In
the main. black men prefer 20 follow white men
in politics, and do; but in Texas the rule Is re-
versed. When Quincy cracks the whip the
"Rlack Flaggcrs' fall into line.
When ! was at Houston, early this week, had
a long conversation with Judge Henry Cline,
who was born in Adams county, Pennsylvania,
ard has been In the South since 1881, and IL.
j. MacG rPgor, a Nermonter, who represent the
Lily White.sde Of the question. MI. MactiregOr
Is the author NJ the proposed basis Of represen-
tatiOn. basel on the census OF 1890, with which
the CuRsyites will have nothing 10 do. Under
Mr.. Muctireg0r'a scheme o state Convention
would contain S2T delegates. 49U OF whom would
be Lily Whites. IL is claimed that on This basis
OF population the blacks would have 40 per
cent. OF the delegates, while they have only ~
per cent. OF the population. The Lilly White
scheme Is as follows:
Two votes for every organized county 10 be
represented By two delegates at large. 20 be d-
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