The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-06
COULDN'T STAND FUSION.
Major Walton Withdraws as the Pop
ulist Nominee
WILL SUPPORT BRYAN AND SEWALL.
He Urges All Populisis 10 Rush to the
Rescue and support tho Democratic
National Ticket.

populist bosses In the State have agreed to
fuse with the renubIicans and h,virf,
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80 - ''' "'''
Known aversion To s"ch scheme. ar
ransements werc being made to substitute
Rufus Handy for hi,neelf on tho ,,,,,,-i,,
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ley as iolIoWs'
j. $. Brady. Esq, Chairman ropullst
Party of Texas
Dallas. Texas.--Dear Sir: While I re-
gret the necessity which forces me to the
stop. | am constrained to Withdraw my
name from the popuhst ticket Tor the place
of attorney general.
The nattcI'ng circumstances under
which thr nomination was bestowed on
me were gratifying, as they would have
been to any man. being by n unanimous
vote and without opposition; l,,. II is N
longer possible for me to remain n cnndi-
date viewing the political situation aud
surroundings AS do and. such being the
c,,,, rooa fat., ,,ir do,lt.,.r a, ,,..,.r 49,,
9NV' ." ''' $50" '''''@ """ Pc'' ~
candof move me 10 state In you and my
ropulist friends the reasons which aetuato
,,a
III loJi, When joined the ranks of the
'opuist party tie democratic partV in
~ iud,,,nont tbrnuoh has i,.,,,,.,,t,, AVA
Wv ""N" VA" i''ne'SlP ana
we 'IIHu i"ho"lhS on majority OF IT'S
nm mbers. had driftad far away from us
anofont distiuci and constitutional tn,5
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mtIhf' Whl'h hfa iueh'inea IL as the tie
fender of the constitution and the friend
Of the nc~,nlc in for,nnr ttn,cs If like
80 Inv.
V' ropunil'an purity h'h l'come one OIL
apo.ls, and practically allied itself with
trusie syn1ic,,,cs aud other combinations
Oh '1l"aI "ht+epE uhlaNlul gains were
permitted to lie gathered IN the hands OF
,bn rn,.. and thro,,p, i,,ott,, ...eura In and
49,, ,.o,,.,aea =. 49,. i.,..,.t,a,,a.1,,
hoH-rcS'S'ihce 10 'le NUS III V"'p"s cI''sS
ut .'glslatlon the people were brought lntc
financial slavery p-aced under burdeusome
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olp' SUN "'n' ''' NV 'o" u 70 "''
oil rum Inc TWO Oh parties had wcll-hsh
grown by practice into what appeared to
lao , rrinons rnitv Of ,,rnoea aud 1vhetber
VI f'' az " ''' Wv
Intentionally anu d'Hieneuly OF not ieaoh-
cd for and Substantially attained the same
obiecttvc uoints Whether the one or the
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other was in power. and administered the
buNelhlHo1l, lhc great i1HSS.S %; me pep
PIE, composed of the labcrcr and tne toll
81 siIl et1l var ny Hril tner suleIlnbs
h1u uce"ine S'altcl u stchtv'' a.i.t V'iSu
niuenS n|"y y nH mea, .ct, INN lin me me
toNt.hlLent hau peeoint as 20 lnsna ilp
eNcrnnenl pu' an ''E' "c VI oipirss'oi
almost into.ran!e~And so 1t cohtliiles 10
ne "iVt ttils uaS o,,to,, or,irs .r,,
At ms Juncture OF po.ltcal aialrs hn',
ccol'oin'S cohpltio',s, W'VnEl9 MtVuS',, a ~
ny eNH pfouShf apoit' M pDiu"s' p"'tS
sprtlf mo existence RON t,c ,"l lih,9 oi
iAnof, n PfolcStat'ph asaIhSt hau govern
IHeHt that preS$Yh tpl un"h, thu, III IN,
WY pi iIop9Sc' Itl3Iihs nSseIn", AZ II
claimed, ana as ! hehcNe, IN" rue ptI l,
SllH's OF rtpupilcti' soNgi!il ~ 20 "a ~ ~
~ mos WHO NJ iiis,tW,sVu n,,t - So e''s
'ui,S 11neh.sl%F'ah n ON lhls con s'ni',
ne tuHo as",,.se ~, vtn! ' -, ~
.oVti"t Il'r "d'Iic O. licVuOiH' puN t'iS''
WIS Mtre npt Ehe supStnnre.7 ul -" Y WI
a. N'unpt, =" WIN ~ ,'''tN NV. <N''i, M.
~ re,iStu nay N.Y. ro.n and NJ u,
tHcHLy -uute vars, NY toeV an. 80, 80
81 WIN ar,IS poya'se vi IN on 1 "i 49,,
VIZ lhpositot on i Stalul, un.S ot T.,
Wltilut the CoIollles ,o'us ,e't 81, ~ -, "a
u-,h ,'" ,, io'j ~ o,,r s,i,stoncn vas
nsng eaten Away pE NJuS' i"WS, ~ "
nnamiIs or Wiiich we i1at 10 MANU. ''''
vas me 10 net anu TO- ao' MI ,n',N ~
en'rty' uecEioh anu PuIpuSe, iyIliG VI
sum consent ana o,'neu, ~ No
ellulnal wrongs anu ueNVu'D'e"' Wy III
- sdI'! ilc popuhS, ~. y! -, t ~ q, ' ~
iunfS "a tnn n.li,l'iun nr'i,H ,,,,,, ~
thu humble daily nlfr. m Af.,,,1am, me ne
-,n4su nv ~ M, lawn NO
fhe ploW. ana WAose sweat ,u'' upmu Nv,
handle OF the noe, me wrtNn mdheIa -
Oh NE wealLh theS err t.'l, ~ IL" -,
npteS' 70 Nn" Wroi'Es vi ivSiSin,,V',, ~
me III Just ana paft'al aiil.i"ls'' i,a.n "
we iAWs una the lo",tnss T., -" ,snos,t
IN ~ IN IT'S humnie DIV Dran@ 1880;
III INC interest al me GOWN l"uurt n',t
Sl'Iressed. II defidi me Two ola ,'ItlsJ ~
nav u dciied AL me rlW o. vn' M
cplnn0atlnns, en'rFnch"l prlliiu iaMH ~
!dt'd ny themselves. l'S "dI We
lusllce III government ana .'s ,iS"'s %
nan rs ohJt ct T. eqnallze tne Law ~,
uI'fi freomtn from iha'r prone comm tl9h
a the feet OF wrongdosrs WhS coz
oelNed IN honesty, nourish'd ny i,u.i
ISiii, and exists iaS IN Nu'lou .p ~ W.
W mar II the many. us lnslt ra'.oH i"Scc
uce ltselI ana us Aspfat"h ~ E"rt ~
, IN, great mass OF me ?, 3Pi,,' ,,, ,nds
ranoplied under tho eye of God VI 9foH
TO the cid of conflict. Thus It was IN.
ssupltct OF scof ana sHorn anu r!ulcule ~
ne two "a parties But az - apploo'9
th'N tremhled. Power, capita! Hau greco
moN0i INTO closer compaoi and b1rFiuiieI
ihomS Ives under tlte protect On OF N
hauEhty cohorts of hos democrats who
had dehnuched the old party OF jefferson
ana ircEso1 and sought to mstlll INTO II
treason % the cons" tuition, TO = ID goT-
Srnn 1t, and to the grea. body Of ne
people, on whose shoulders rest ths de-
tense OF he country in time OF wa ana
Is us gfreDutl ard proSppTltV IN time OF