The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-20
Cyclone" Davis and ". ". Nclms
on the Stand.
THEY SPEAK on COURTHOUSE SQUARE


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| helms. closing at hNe minutes 10 ihluh'hA"
The speakers stepped upon the platform
recommended nv n l. Rcnfro candidate
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LOT county Iuuse' 'uuse pu' MILO" "Ni'
known republican. j. W. Lewis and L.
| p AIsburv All of this city. the latter
-''9y .'.,,, 81. -,
"sp'''us 'O' '''e AVA
| the ponulist ticket.
| >.,,,,s mob. ~, ITO cor,o to,dod win
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documents Wnich he carried III grip.
| Cyclone" came charged with funny
storios With froouent brrsts NJ oratorv
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~ "'u'u iii"Ne "a" ~, 90 tN -
! mem were nearly All II uoV all mucous,
lie caiied ior democrats 10 come Io' MAR
ana OHer iaVts IN I'iu'utloH 10 "'S
statements. lie read letter purpoluus 10
have been written ny chairman bldhe 10
}. ;. Bradley OF Dallas, VINO refused 10
make appointments Tor joint discussions
| between democratic and populist nominees
for the railroad commission. He read from
the fourth annual statement Of the rail-
| road commission tending to show there
y as a conflict in the report and Judge
Storys letter. by reading from page
| that the business increase of Texas roads
| VAS l7l9 per cent for 1885 and tho in
| ,r,nEe in profits was I6 pei cent for The
SAINT. vear The rate on cotton. ne claimed.
| Mad NOT beer reduced as the commission
| claimed. Kansas had lower rates on corn
! fro,n comnlon notnts to the gulf than Tex
! a. y,, mo forr,er STATE has no commits
| H.
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luS'Sl.N' IN az Rehabilitation had
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/ peeh ,N-I'' So -, 49, tz0o NOR con,
SINCE Io'9, nS uro.". 5,.,o'ro, ~ derv il
anu ne uaieu any -, a ton no.
| laNes per oaPlta ia ltNHS "&a g. ~
cent higher imam any olne' ~ 49,
| excepting Louisiana H,Hee 80 Wv IT,
! capita tax had lncfeased 'u" per 'vn., ~
paid his RESPECTS to the Noluul'l law, I"
the state administration III men 1pP No
reign OF Governor Roberts.
MT, ,, nan ucnonold and uender
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A.. ,. o,o vino would
.,,, ,,a, YOU'D woe carhunclo nm
-, w. ,l,o,,oa "a vote
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talked n, in regular order.
At this iuncturo Mr.. Nelms was asked
by a man in the audience what the popi-
lists Of Texas were swapping votes with
the republicans for
He said whether with seriousness or not
is not known. that he did not know OF such
being done.
Another asked him If he would vote for
Bryan. whercupon he replied that when
the petition was returned from the lunatic
asylum to which it was referred by the
Fort Worth convention he would give his
answer Here there We're whoops and
howls
AS soons as helms finished his TRADE,
Cyclone Davis took his stand amid wild en-
thusiasm among the colored voters. "Cy-
clone laid aside his black hat with six
inch brm He wore Prince Albert coat
striped trousers and boots He opened by
quoting the Declaration Of Independence
constituting that portion OF it to mean that
the body POLITICS created had Il right 10 coin
money. aud coin enough to transact the
business OF the country, With system
so that all mems money could be coined
equal. The United States had enough land
etc TO make everybody happy and pros-