The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-25
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son TO be proud of his pull"
There are at least twenty patriotic
statesmen in the eleventh congressional
district anxious and willing to inherit BIZ
Grains shoes. yet every last one Of them
declares that he VIII not try for the dis
carded pedal accessories II jim Wells
wants them
In the meantime, the democratic boss OF
the lower Rio Grande valley remains silent
and no one seems to know whether to
figure on MIN as a congressional possibility
or not. Some of his close friends have
of late been asserting. however. that he
will not be candidate that he can not
afIcrd to be from a business standpoint
that he Will support Rudolph kleberg, oil
Cuero etc, and this talk is beginning t.
have It's effect. First. 1t don't take with
everybody in Cuero. for there are other
aspirants In that burg besides Mr.. klcberg.
Fob Peasants, for instance Bot is an
all-around good fellow, quite popular and
tho wieIder Of considerable influence, and
his friends are sure to tldmor for his
recognition " the fight for the Grain Sue
cexsicn be Jmes Il free-for-all scrap
In the next place. tho western end oil
the district Is growing restless uIuer VIM
II calls tho domination OF the Cuero
crowd" and is beginning to suspect tina,
jim Wells silence is being maintained To-
give the Dewitt county politicians tline 70
agree on somcbody-klebuig Gleasants OF
some one else-so as to present soid
front In the convention, backed up by TIC
Wells cohorts. As the suspicion grows the
chances that the western counties viii SET
together on n candidate of their own grow
also, and The prospect uf Cuero losing Its
grip on the situation becomes brighter
Already Il good sized boom has been start
ed for Judge Matcellus Lowe of Frio col!n-
~. ana his friends assert that II he makes
the race he can count on the votes Of
Atnscosa. FriO, Dimitt, Zavalla. LaSalle,
McMullen, Live Oak, San Patrlcio and
possibly Uvalde counties the first turn out
of the boS. Wilson. Guadalupe and Karnes
which are put down as Dibbrell COUNTIES
II the gentleman from Se9uin enters tie
ring. are also claimed for Judge Lowe as
second choice, while ii Is figured out that
webb and Iincinal would naturally come
TO him by virtue Of geographical location
II for no other reason, II the man of their
Original choice failed 10 develop enough
strength 10 keep HIM in the race. With
this array of strength at his command
Judge Lowe would he In n position to de-
feat the uero-Brownsville combination
nomination il he failed to obtain it for
himself.
Judge Lowe was born and raised In the
eleventh district and Is now Il resident OF
Frio county. He was once n cowboy, but
quit the saddle for the court house. He
has been n member of the legislature aud
aitcrward became county Judge and then
district attorney. He Is now serving his
second term as district Judge, and has
tcVer been beaten at the polls.
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The failure Of the Twenty fourth legisla-
ture to provide statutory method by
which the State shall determine which
survey 1t elects to take for the school fund
when surveys are made for the location
OF Confederate certificates, has led to the
teius up Of some 100000 acres of land
NhiG N f,RYfNrea off
ket or rather, assume n non-revenue pro-
aucing attitude until some legislature
comes along and iniects a business prn-
ciple or two into the procedure incidental
10 obtaining patents under the certificates
IN question.
Added TO this vast area of supposed to
be dad territory the State has a choice
iot on detached section art' land on it,
I HaN Us nS Well as many acres of Otherwise
,ias lied air., to which q is in no position
! 10 slfe unguostionable tiile, so that uniet
| ING present condition OF delightful unCcr-
thnly surrounding much Ct the sacred
MhtIitanGe OF NE children OF Texas" # is
mighty hard TO figure cut ivst where logis-
[ iatiNc iucapnri;y has left the state al IN
school land matters. General Validatug
acts ha{e been proposed In the past as
~ remedy for the accumulatin1 evils OF
| years OF insane land legislation. but non,
/ Of them hive vet succeeded in running
| tho gauntlet of the executive departrncnt
! tho ,.,.nr.a;tt, H.. ,.1i'''t' ~ - - uuu
/ narcnt bov.ey,o,r ,glq =. ucti2n 50 ap
re-, .,o nav i Is possible that tn
| fnr 'rr,-, ~, az IurI.n 20 recommend tt
general yalid ,ttnrs snt 'u l tat IT pas;
AZ, ELI '%' ecias,i on me ,slqte and STAR
rs ,ie rt iCt'i'h on ai school lands
/ a. al 4 nIVn"nihtX or II not thaL m
iar, 't , -, ,'''"l ~ on tne market sui
( al. 10 CuIrsHt lna,ket quotations at q
/ '''''''''""' P''o vi 81 per acre.
,,,,,o,, 49,. -;
"Heh inc neeting called by the railroaf
| commission i 20 week for the purpose of
hearing the cotpnlaipts az tina ,,ai,.a.
Z ,,, ... -. -. 1'e i'' Nc9'"'
SNIP agents against the railroads Of Texa:
broke up temporarily the hope was OK
pressed that the Southwestern Urn fflc nc
! -, " N'''i' '"ii'N 10
s"N-''loH """id s''Ne lhe row next mont
at It's proposed New Orleans meeting. and
( indeed. both sldcs seemed to bo v,liio,
.n,,, Ga. -. g.. ,,,t,.-to.i -,
'l'"l we matter De adjusted tnat way.
ihe Post correspondent has 1t e.,
cathelrn. however. that the cnmnissio,
.
pipposts 10 so on 'fith the Investigation
no matter what Is done AZ New orleans
ana IL may be mat the next TIM TN
HuNtSl1h Pialnths show UP here the!