The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-25
FROM AN OLD CONFEDERATE


To the Editor OF Tho Post
LAGRANGE. Texas. October 22-Tho pres
ent campaign, which is happily near its
close. will be remembered In the history
of our country as campaign Of incousist-
encies. so far as Texas politics are con
orrned We find men who have always been
looked upon as democrats. who assert That
they viii not support Brvau and Scwall
for the reason that the convention which
nominated them at Chicago rcpudiatcd aud
condemned President Cleveland and his
acts For this these gentlemen are loud
ma bitter in donouncng the Chicago plat
form and the nominees Of that convention
tut strange Ia say many of these coniIo-
men say that they will support tho ropuh-
ican nominee for president and the rcrub-
hcan candidates for congress. who stand
upon platform which condemns President
Cleveland and which dcnouncos every act
of his administration. Not only this hut,
by their acts and words they say that they
Will, by their votes, nlorsc republican
principles and seek to fagtcn upon the
people four years of republican rule
against which they have so nobly bnttlod
for thirty years.
In regard to the state government these
gentlemen give us various reasons for re-
iusing to support our present able and
honest governor. Among them are opposi.
ton to his views on the financial question.
ana objections to an invisible monster
created by their imaginations. which they
can capitol ring. Now TO defeat Gov
ernor tulbcrson they are ready willing aud
anxious to vote for Jerome Kearbv and
his fellow candidates. though ty SO do
ing they indorse the doctrines Of fiat money.
government ownership of railroads etc
There is no consistency in this and these
gentlemen might as well admit that II Is
not ON account of principles but because
of their personal hostility to the governor
that they are willing to turn Texas over
to horde of hungry populists -Four years
ago these men were bitterly fighting Gov
crnOr ilogg. because they asserted that he
had become a populist. and NOW they are
wagug the same bitter. uncompromisiug
warfare against Culberson because he is
not a populist.
The last phase of this inconsistency
comes from Green. Huston. lIawley, Quincy
and the old wheel horses Of the republican
party. aided by Evans Claiborne and few
ex Confcdcratcs who have joined said party
for spells. They are now raising great
cry about Governor Culbcrson having criti-
cised the gcneralship of General BuCkner
and call upon all old Confederatos to vote
against him on that account, Now | would
ask uhen ,yas IL that Croon Huston of ia
omnes genus hogan to see awning Ia
praise in "onc who wore the gray" Me
Kinley and the leaders of his party with
| but one or two honorable exceptions, have
always abused and vilifed us and have
| found M honor or courage in any of orr
| mon or leaders "unless thov had become
! ron,hlicans " The mon of Tho South have
| ol,yays hoon bntcd bitterly bv them. and
| tbov have always oppressed our section
whenever they had the mower
ADM, that in the heat Of debate Governor
| cu,horson critic{eed Tho ac,s of General
| puckner is II any crime 10 do so? Have
NOT o,r own loved trusted and honored
.,ora,s ori,io,s,d zach others acts of ,,e,,,
! e,aishin and have We not ALWAYS conceded
| ,hat rIoht To our ueorlep Did not General
| To,roe, and nthers disagree with General
pucl,rcr regarding the surrender of Fort
i,o"io, r. ali mon mo "old suard,'
- ,,oto against Governor Culbcrson because
~ ',.ra, tna,. chnrro no sail a, Fort worth
W 80, Co,orror c,,,horson IA, a
,. ,,,i da,,o,od son NJ ,hc south rIo
,s ,r,o f. how traditions and loves and
| - h.,r sacrod ,,omorios. clorios On
thc Endorsements Of her heroes and honors
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enois :" ,ha o''' .nrc oScr morsbnt,od IN ,hc
| oir,'' -, No oo,1td nnr ,ar roir.
heia o' n'' w. ,,,,cronco of his which dnns
10 one op' ,n W ,hn boort ~ a ,yor,b, son
ho' CONF ',Tmo o ~" who was one Of thai i,,,
OF hoplv n'', NO So,,,h Can II ' hn n ~
hl",ta. pt'nS =" rosroc,abie nmn,hor y, ,ho
sible that any r'Fpociap'e hummer OF ,he
ami kirby s'",," enu , vpfG n '0u,r ~
r r"aH r 1s and Cunoy in striking down
such man as Governor cnlherson? say
mo- There may be rev VINO are now
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