The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-19
"WHERE ARE THEY AT?"
That Is What Some of the Populists
Want to Know.
ELECTORS MAY BE REGULATED
who VIII Not support Bryan Need
Not Expect The support of the
Rank aud ftle.
r. ,,o Editor of The Post.

,..t Mr.. $. c. Mccormick of Ennis, Texas,
,,os Interviewed by the local reporter Of
\ ,ha nallas News. The interview was on
,ho, date sent to the News. either for pub
,ioa,,on or for immediate return to the
1 rsrson interviewed. After holding II four
aoys the News returned the interview with
the statement that room could not be
4 given to it in the columns of the News
n on account of its length.
The Interview is now sent to The Post
Il for publication. 1t was not sent to The
Post in the first instance because of the
j fact that the statements g! Presidential
rlector Woods upon which it is a com
mentary, appeared in the Dallas News, and
il was thought best to let that common
,ary also appear in the same paper. Here
is the interview:
Ennis. Texas October Your CORE
snondent today called upon Mr.. 5. &. Me
Cormick and drew from him the following
expression OF opinions in relation to the
interview OF Judge II. u. Wood of Green
vile. published in the Dallas News OF
this date.
Mr. Mccormick is the nominee of the
peoples party for the office of county
il. are in substantial accord with those
Of the great body of his party in Ellis
county and will be of interest not only to
the members of the peoples party. but
to all those readers who are watching the
various moves aud countor-moVes that
are being made on the political checker
board in Texas The attention of MIR Me-
Cormck was called by your reporter to
the published statement of II. u. Wood
that be would not under any circumstances
vote for Mr. Bryan for the presidency. In
relation to that statement here follows at
large what Mr.. Mccormick said,
Judge Wood is one of the presidential
electors for he State at large on the pop
ullst ticket. IN the Interview to which
ny attention is called | see that Judge
Wood is reported AS saying: You can say
to the Dallas News that will moi vote
for Bryan on any conditions" Judge
Wood said other things not regarded by
me as material | wish to speak only of
The declaration of purpose contained in
the sentence just quoted:
Does Judge Wood mean that as an in
dyldual he viii not vote for Mr.. Bryan in
the popular election on the third DAY of
November, or does he mean that as an
eector for the state at large he will not
vote for MI Bryan at the State capitol
on the first Wednesday in December. in the
event the populist electoral ticket Should
receive plurality of the popular vote of
Texas. and the fifteen populist electors
should assemble at the State capitol on
the day named for the purpose of casting
The hfteen votes to which Texas is entitled
Tor president and vice presidents
/ IL ne means that as an individual voter
ne VIII not vote for Bryan in the popular
election, ] ooncede to him the right to re-
ram from doing so. The vote of the in
dlvldual is his own and he has the right
N f. ,,t.
10 consult ANYBODY. lie is not the agent
o. ANYBODY He does not stand in rela-
ton Of trust and confidence towards any
A body
II Judge Wood means that as prcsi-
GENITAL elector. nominated by the populist
4 parry he viii not cast his vote, as a mem
4 utr-elect OF the electoral college. for Mr.
n'san' 'he populisi NOMINEES tor president,
,nen most cmphatically |. as a pOptlist.
deny his right TO refrain from voting. not
vuN lor watson. hut also for Bryan. II
ne VIII not as an clector vote for Bryan
,o' president, whom will he vote for? Ii
he was nor nominated as an clector to vote
,vr INC presidential candidate of the Ma
uonal populst party. for whom was he
nominated to vote?
BRYAN is the nominee of tho populist
party Tor president. He was nominated with
h'ealer enthusiasm and by larger ma
!VFlly than Tom Watson was In nine
1 az -,
The ' no, VI ,ne states OF the American Union
nor, h,pu NJ, are loyalty and zealously sup
Wood Mr' bryan ask again. if Judge
vo,o 70, noTS not as an elector. mean to
he ,na 'on n'yan for president, whom does
oI ni'1 an 10 vote for:
bolt sn w PROPOSES individually to lead
s yn. anu repudiate Mr.. Bryan, I have no.
| for =, " say bnt II he means, as an cleo
wi, 10 repudiate the trust reposod in him
| TVS Nominee mon a., t'''or tor tne par
nav ,' hai. protest As an individual he
ppt t oo,r, As me appointed agent of others.
| has NO. NO. w s 10 perform certain duty, he
"IuG,, ''S ,r 10 bolt.
an I eie1'o wood possibly may mean that as
Brvsn s wi ne VIII refuse ia support Mr.,
mean , ot president. But If he does SO
a ' nnt, would he not do we'll before making
Tho 'u ,p.'' declaration of unfathfulness to
wjsbo auS, Ieposed in him to consult the
tba, n VI ,he great populst constituency
4 his r mal'a him as an olcctor? Prior 70
copst niV,il'laiion as an olcctor that great
and 1ir,' mad held it's precinct. county
delegst 'SoFlet conventions and named its
tsten to the National convention aud
10 snnror n''uSe implicitly II not expressly
nees Of M, VSInes'ly and Loyalty the nomi-