The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-26
The Campaign in McLennan
County Moving Up.
4 Lively Contest for Representatlye','Dem'
ocratic and PopnIlSt Speeches
for Saturday.

The political fight Ii warming up,
and unless all signs fail it Will grow
into regular battle before the sum
mer is over.
The candidates for county offices
are ubiquitous, all pervasive, all
persuasive, and from their several
accounts each one has q lead pipe
cinch, aud his opponents are buck
ing against certainty.
Next Saturday there will be meet
ings at number of points IL the
county. Judge Gerald will speak
at Robinsonville, Culle2 f. Thomas
will debate with Popu.ist Douthitt
at Lorena in the afternoon, and at
night Mr.. Douthitt and Russell III.
Kingsbury will hold Joint discus.
sion at Bruceville.
Tonight j. w. Chapman will
speak in this city for the Populists,
and on Monday night he will repeat
the performance.
The race for the nomination for
the Legislature is going to be a
very pretty one between Cullen F
Thomas and Russell III. Klngsbury.
There are two 'esentatives to be
chosen, and it goes without saying
that Seth p. Mills will be chosen
for one of the places, leaving the
other to be fought for by the two
young aspirants mentioned above
They are both bright, popular,
good takers, fine still hunters, and
possessed of legions of friends.
This contest will be harp, but
clean, and the outcome is ex
tremely doubtful. McLennan
county would be we'll represented
by either
The promise is fair for a hard
fight in this county after the nomi.
nations are made. The Populists
are alert and aggressive, and with
the dissatisfaction now existing il
the Democratic ranks, are liable to
poll much larger vote than ever
before. They will not win, but
they will make the work exces.
sively warm for the Democrats.
Chairman Baker, of the state
committee, has appointed w. G.
Miller chairman for the Fourth
congressional district, vice w. p.
Leach, resigned. He has also ap.
pointed A. L. Mckinney, of Walker
county, chairman for the Twelfth
judicial district.
FOR GOVERNOR.
The race for governor is begin
ming to awaken some interest among
the sovereignss here. Colonel Lam
hams splendid Grafton during the
Confederate reunion made a great
many friends for him here, and
Colonel Stewards San Jacinto day
address won favorable consideration
for his claims from many people.
Charlie Culberson has a great many
friends here, and John Cochran ia
expected to develop considerable
strength in the country. The an
nouncement of Colonel Giddings'
candidacy has aroused considerable
interest among the voters in Waco,
but it is not thought he will have
much strength in The county outside
the city.
In fact, it would be hard to tell at
the present writing which of the
candidates for governor stands the
best chance Of securing McLennan
county's vote in the convention.
FOR SENATOR.
The fight for United States
senator will be scrapped out among
the people of this county, for it is
proposed that the representatives
elected to the legislature be given
positive instructions how to vote.
The Democratic executive com
mittee has decided to put the names
of candidates for the senate on the
tickets to be used in the primaries,
and the voters will thus express
their choice.
Horace Chiffon has made friends
here now, and is expected to max
more when he speaks here in the
near future. Seth Shepard is also
strong among the people of the
county, and Dave Culberson has
friends everywhere.
No man can tell how the cam.