San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-16
ANSWER TO ONION.
State of Texas, County of Bexar;

of the 10Th congressional district,
of Texas, which has been publish
ed in this city, TO the POpulists
of this district, stating that GER
tain propositions had been made
to the Populist executive commit
tee and rejected concerning the
congressional race in this dis
trict. We. the undersigned exec
utive officers of the Peoples par
ty of BeXar county, in reply beg
to say: That if such PROPOSE
tons were made they should
have been made to Mr.. A. b.
Surber, of Center Point, Kerr
county; the the chairman of the
Peoples party of the 10Th con
gressiOnal district, through Mr..
f. T. Thompson, of San Antonio,
the secretary of the 10Th congress
siOnal district, the only authOriz-
ed parties to receive and act up
on matters affecting the interests
of the candidate, and no other
persons were authorized to act
for the congressional committee.
The executive committee of the
Peoples party of BeXar county
have no authority to act alone
in matters affecting the whole
10Th congressional district. Mr..
Thompson, secretary of the 10Th
district, states to us, that no
communication whatever has
been received by him from the
Democratic executive committee
of the district, or has he any
knowledge of any such cOmmu-
having been received by
Mr.. Surber.
The only proposition of any
character whatever that was
ever received by the executive
committee of the Peoples party |
Of BeXar county at any time, was |
to the executive com
mittee of the Peoples party of |
BeXar county by the McRae local |
campaign committee, at a regu-
lar meeting held in Meyers hall,
San Antonio, Sept. Goth, 1896, !
as follows:
At a meeting of the executive |
committee of the Peoples party |
Of BeXar county, held in Meyers |
hall, Sept. Goth, 1896, the Nc
Rae campaign committee made |
the following report:
Your campaign committee APP |
pointed to look after the interests
Of our candidate for congress,
to meet a representative of Mr..
Taylor McRae, received a request
Slayden for consultation.
On August % at 10 a. m. your
committee, met Mr.. Chas. A.
Denny in Bro. McMinn's private
office in the French building.
Mr.. Denny stated that he had
net with the committee to see if |
some arrangement could not be
made for the withdrawal of Tay- |
or McRae, our candidate for con-
gress, in favor of Mr.. Slayden,
the Democratic nominee.
Mr.. Denny stated that he was
authorized by Mr.. Slayden and
his committee to propose to us,
that if we would induce Mr.. Nc
Rae to withdraw from the race,
that in the event of the election
of Bryan as president and Mr..
Slayden as congressman from
this district, Mr.. Slayden would
assure Mr.. McRae the appoint
ment to the cOllectOrship at Ea
gle Pass, a cOnsulship or U. S.
marshalship, whichever Mr.. Nc
Rae might choose, and stated
that any of the positions were
worth at least $500 per annum,
and further, that if the with
drawal of Mr.. McRae could be
accomplished he was in a posi-
ton to pledge the influence of
Ex-Governor HOgg and Gov. Cul-
bersOn in obtaining any of the
above appointments for Mr.. Nc
Rae. I
The proposition was not enter
tanned and Mr.. Denny was assur-
ed that Mr.. McRae would stay in
the race until November Bird.
On motion, the above report
was accepted and ordered record
ed in the minutes of the meeting.
San AntoiOn, Tex, Oct. IA '96.
l hereby certify that the above
is a true transcript from the re-
cords of the meeting of the PeO-
pies party executicve committee
of Bexar county, held Sept. Goth,
1896. A. J. MILLS,
Sec'y Peoples Party, Bexar
COuntv Tayac