The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-08

For Lieutenant Governor-H. =. r.
Ashby.
For Attorney General-w. NJ Walton.
For Comptroller--E. o. Meit1n.
For Land Commissioners c. Gran
berry.
For Treasurcr-S o. Dawes.
For Superintendent OF Educatlon-A. y.
Francisco.
For Railroad Commissloners-w. W.
Nelms. Evan Jones and T.. p. Alsbury.
Galveston. Texas. August 7.--Thero IL no
longer any attempt to conceal 1t. Fusion
Is the word. For three days 1t has been
discussed In whispers. now Il Is talkei
about openly. The bosses who have, like
os,rlches. been labor.ng under tho dclu-
son that because they had hidden their
heads In the sand the balance Of thtr
anatomy was also concealed. THIS morning
awoke to the fact that everybody was
aware Of thoir purpose and that echoes
Of the conferences they have been holdine
down at the Reach hotel had reached the
perEpiring rank and flors who were on
gagged In pulling out the American eagles
tail feathers at tho convention nan
mile away. And they came up town to
zee about II. As they found II the yi'ua-
;lon was cnlneuuy satisfactory 20 them.
Thslr heuchmen had worked things IN q
mighty smooth manner ana had the con.
,enttnn well IN hand The nte.hr.,rds were
under control and There was litfle chan
for the Introduction or passage ~ ans
resolution which might prove an obstacle
10 Contemplated alliances
For n week or more tho leading spirits
OF Texas popui.sm have been Hgur nr
on fusinG with the republicans and she
uarlvitas WITH tho li,iiers;aug.u- ma
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VIC io'"fi F"a4' i'''" lH' '''''''' am
the latter the judges ni 'nt courts
Roth r.puhunana and Har5yttes hive
-, mn, - a., ,.,.h . .c,,t,..,,,--
pes" MINIS 1" "-'' &c.
but it was quesi'on as 10 whether tna
popuiis-s could BE- made TO appreciate
$50. ~, r.
'He ''''''.s~ VI d Ut pa '-'' van '0''' ! %"
immortal l04 wfr- IN Tor n. but no : AN
eo,,id toll ho,g ;b. rank and tue y.e.ii1
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No. - '"'" ''0''7'''01 "aS s@'"''.'ivo 10
them without preparation. To avoid a.
cSdents II vas de, !ds,d Tint ,.othin. should
A., 80. -, =. ~.
' "' "''"' . III w" V"nNeh''"h' A"T
plan Of relcea.ug the matter 10 a COM
u.tte,s was kt uten Tn. delegates ,,,rs
49,. g.. -
y" '"' "'S' "'' "a '''' VSH'tHNp" "sNe
10 vote 10 authorize tho executive com
u.ittee 10 appoint n campaign commit
80, -, 20,
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ING Questions Nothing Was said about
The powers "a ha eouf.,r,.d ,,,.,n ,,t- .,,.
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Hnp u" "hN'H "ete pia'el upon .i= lu' ~
dict'pn. Tho executive committee VIII give
them their instructions ana when ne
tim, arrives FOR action they viii how
their hands. and whom tho show down
comes % ~.l b. found that they alr play
ing tus on cards
a. fgu Lea
the confidence OF the hospes talk h ia
learned that thr fuslon deal wu moi
eycnt,'ate Until a fcw weeks hsfote inr
election. Every arrnuscmcnt FOR It's con-
summation viii be- made M advarr. ana
1t is expected thot when the time comes
the way will nave been cleared vi Oh.
work withrn n hfch wa
The leaders Of nout,iiao, INA ,rex,s t..,.>
resolved upon taking a derpcrHte "t.,,
th.,T Nationei nrea,ni1t ,o, "' NJ rom IRON.
headlong INTO Tho MrKtnlav ,nnl H. H.
hope OF succeeding in their nght for tho
Etate oflc.a II they lose 1hs-r ."v
Will 40 10 pieces ana sucb of 'ns s c, rn,,S
as can NOT again as-inilal. Vii t
democracy viii ma refuge n thr r,nks
popuih,s tho ren,hi,ct,s t,nh WIN me
lose ard evyrylilns, In wtr ",pp'",-k 10
iail in delivering enough pomiils, vo'.s ~
they viii M icn.t hn NV. n,J Ne ~ my olec'ots
vote Tor "a, Natinrai IN ~. W. ii,vi.aae iir
To the extent INA e. +, ~ i'"',I"" lI'kut
ever cast that a., W" ~ 'e w lAts"st
the Sherman sraf..,, 'tN"N a,u GA "le
for the honor o1 hand,,, :" ,iunl sr'dt
creGsea the r.puiliN,n ~, H'hP ,''il M
II the combnntinn y.f,', III ms STATE,
come a hero in the 80, 'l|'n WIN he
and pothinr ,y'u H. ,'u' ~ ny people
Any vav van Tx IL ,,r,a, S,VW lnl MN.
lie dopan't csr, on, ,"m, VIII ~ winner.
Offices. His parr, "a tnn'E hnoni state
them In any sv,.t ~ =" hull OF getting
happens t,s orenn,y,ttn, w. inAt,'F WI u
on the other HIND Inc , ~ {nr''ivWd.
must win or Ioln thc ron popuuSL bosses
This they know w.it aavvrho"Sah party.
studied the situation c,rvs,mn lhcy have
have proceeded sinwi, ''au'S ana ihsy
wards fusion The Grs, ,,,,o n silently TO-
Ink itself to them Was 'ths,eh present
safe to try IL on th.ir ,mmether u was
have about disposed of V,ho ~, ana they
Now ii remnins for that, Ia. successfully,
goods Can they do ~ w, NllVer the
them WV" not all OF
Talking about fusion n q.
to note how the iJ"a h,"s interesting
among the repubicana il PROGRESSED
while ago Grant was sunnos.di, hhori
80 fusion, He talked ngains, ~ yhpos'l
also Il candidate for r,.sio.,,C ne wl'
office OF chairman Of tho n,pu6iI"an, 10 g IN, M