The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-30
THAT FALSE ISSUE "

TO 'he Editor of The Post.
'onaales, Texas, Sept. 2j-The Calves
''h INhune. t9c alleged Democrat news
Phner' nut the thick ard thin organ of r..
- lfhWiey. republican candidate FOR CON
bfeSs from the Tenth district. undeli .,tes
10 dc'hd galveston against the charge of
S9-'FhneFS IN supporting Hawley for con-
treSs, on the ground that Galveston has
Sea@?ad deep water and Is not asking any-
tAlhE OF the government. 1t may he that
thn strand farmers" wore the democratic
mask long enough to get democratI, Texn.,
10 support her deep water scheme and nov.
tHat IL Is no longer needed the disguise is
cast on and they have appeared il, their
true repuhb can colors. The "StrdnI farm
tfs are business pol.ticllns--,ol rs
ior revenue only, If you please. When they
tntIAh congress Will be republican tney
want a republican congressman, but II it
IL llhly 10 he democratic they prefer "A
democratic rerras entatlve. and to provide
against accidents they would not spurn n
popullst; but in either case. he he republ,
can, democrat or populst, lr must always
anu forever be a Galveston mamma o,it-
sluer need apply, Their want oil pol.tlral
!u.tst4ty Was nrst bi,ougnt To nubbc al
tehtion by the election OF Tom OchIltr,e
- -huc'hl, u'tr George rln.ay oi.uori,
&c NOMINEE, because things LOOKED republi.
do M, ma they th5I- e he sd
~" tm"m me most good. But In mis-. ms
III an other cases s4nce, they ran no riS;S
Oh lung any man go to congress from
"uoth1r part of thn district, because both
candluates lived in Galveston ''
since the very day when the Tenth die
1t,ct was created Galveston has furnished
u.s. us, rv,ia'asentatire In congress. and does
it"t propose 10 tolerate any innovation ,his
ysar Jonathan Lane OF Fayette nnuyDii
ilsiy aspired to 20 to congress on the M
b2sltion that Galveston was not the whole
Instruct, ana that other interests nonJna
representation as we'll hut Galvs,t[,'
slaughtered him. ''''"'
In ms campaign Galveston put out three
r'a1.,,ii a democrat republican and
poPui,.t-it bait. so TO speak, on each
hook. Mr.. Gresham ran FOR the demn'
T,.",c nomination. and his friends an.
i iISr,Sra mat u he was, not nominated
ndwley would be a candidate and tina
salvation from republican repn.sent a HIM Han
I Iiy 1nly IN his nomination. "If I rtln,
ii'"wieS Wont be candidate" was tho
s",fS "a OF ms campaign everywhere, ana
trict." w" s"eep the Wis
IT, question arises. why wonld ,h.
against Jim Shclbournep Roth men or 49,
.aln the same. views on the money nnes
roh, ana as democrats mus. subordinase
the light of their past hlstorv We ~ ~. IN
,tnerylore, conclude that il is hennnse
H SrSsn'tm a Galveston man and Shel-
-. ~ 'A'lh ~ llN Ffiu- Y. For rt.,..
me democrats of TIRE district had Tho -,
lily 10 go outside OF Galveston for n
T TAsnd'nate; and nominated Jim shelbovrne
rs,,,i,h dssult was, Hawley announced ~
~, ,utvf az once, sought and obtained
~ nb"nncan nomination, and now IN,
VIII, 1h,pa No. farmers. with few exception.
Greshan,,; % active IN ,heir etfnrs to secnr,
Hawley. are supporting
IN But this is not all. 1t is a slipperv ,,
- 'oAUcs' ana the popuiists are sroW VIM,