The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-20
Joe EAGLE SMOKED OUT.
The Letter to Rnnb Calls Forth an
Explanation.
HE ANNOUNCES FOR Mr.. M'klNlEY
Of Woes Would ie an Nnnotsblo nnu
Legitimate Means at Whining.

ms lctttf prlntcu IN yesterday Y l'ust, ana
addressed to n. Raub of Montgomery
county, said that the letter explained il
self: that he wrote 1t aud intended at ;hc
proper time that his position should be
fully known to the public ana that the
only mistake was that the letter was print
as was intended,
lie then went on TO say: "a large num-
Der Of my party In six of the dirrercnt
counties Of the district over which have
Travelled. have repeatedly urged me TO do
what | could looking to such an arrange
mout. They all realized that the Rryan
ana Watson electors MIL not be elected iu
Texas, and they unanimously assured m,
that they would prefer Mckinley aud 10
BARI To old Scwali aud his crowd. who had
StVleu our platform, so far as they have
any platform at all, and WHO have brokcn
iaih with Us ON the ST. Louis oNprcss and
implied agreement, and who have refused
our honest proposition Tor fusion. made 10
them al Their Fort Nora convention. ThoN
further recognized that the legislative
branch of government is the most import
ant To new party, and they desire ahaNc
all things tie election of their conrross.
mon They further recognize TINT both
republicans and democrats are lmbuod az
va, ''a WIN 'h' 'nva ihai naiism ~ tarcl-
~ an" Hldt me NuN uiuciehre hetWtpn
them is MS to whether one metal or both
S'"' "| 'h' S'"n""''' 'h"N would th"pc-
iorV' WIN Few exceptions, whose opin
ions The Post $50 assiduously uriuts as
soon see Mckinney elected as old Scwall
share that sentiment fully ! believe In
free silver but do not think it goos tar
enough so that they urged me 20 see
What could bc donc Every man 81 forty
seven 10 whom have written, enters
hoHrtllY mo we ARRANGEMENT have
"""rh hhl Two oaihS IN my ne one was
never TO taho diop of liquor. and the
other was never to vote democratic
ticket Will keen them as ! have done.
This fuss about fusion your uonsensi
cal corrcspondonts OF democratic pcrsua
sion roll under their tongues as a sweet
morsel II IL amazing their stupidity and
lncndacitv Thcy hive ,.t,rss,d rvorvthtu..
under the heavens ami accused nus of every
crime poltticnIlv their avn nrnrtir, at tho
craft teaches the use of. want ma more of
it, / believe In heinz, raudid THO le,dcrs
could moi .s,u mn, ,h., r,,,l ana al, II,
thev wore disnn.,d ia ,o, ,hn ,n,s,n ,hat
c.ch local ro',,, .yoc,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,.t,,,,. ~
n,,. ,'o,'Ia, ,a,,, ,. INN va
al ,',, ,,it H. w." 49,,
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49,, ~ Nv
ul'a',N anu nrFAs' Is Hnoul t"hl,h III 'ne
,uouL". 'na' '"oI'.N tn'5 WV u'iNe "'d"
Nloou Iopu'iS'h mo ,h' u'uo'rh,'' pn'N
ioin ~ heV are 'ha' easy uuba'aheoU
am WlulhE 'h,N Shoulu 20. II Is wholly
lmmatcrial to me whether win or oso,
did not solicit the nomination, nor nave
l asked man To support me ! Intended
10 do as ! have done. c1nNAs5 the district
aOd run every democratic speaker of the
/ stump. and let every sovereign do as he
! liked uunfucnced by ne as To how he
would vote. believe The world must come
/ ,o nntisn Free silver is half fatism but
when those who profess the free silver
/ faith abuse us for an honest advocacy Of
( hntism. will not aid them MS against an
/ honest consistent pnrty Ike The repub
I ltrnus or The national democratic party
| ",The truth is IL is only here i'm Texas
q, ,bie limo ,ho, fusion is regarded ng IN
/ nod In In Colorado ,,hore danorracv Il,
/ M, ,onrligu, In Trvas ,ho under dog
,rI, lac 60 ,,,,, an ,on ,bo dcnnrr,ry This
S.n ha, trs,d ,nitb ,,,,rhlir,rs In dawn
i,~,, 'r,,o lcr,ncrote ,rl MS that IN
l"r"''7 ',, ,,,1'1in,r. is ,trtnous for dom
s'uu WIN e'-,'i,n ,,G ,h,, - snrnosrd
"'i"'N III "iV, "lY' "'r ,"h,,ca,. ia
! fusion WIN popullA's 'u' 'l."',,', NJ"