The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-29

will vote for Bryan and Sewnli II elected.
As enc DISTINGUISHED gentleman. OF mo cn
nhan culinary prominence. put IL. IN IN,
promise with anybody"
jerome ktarby Is reported as ha',ns
supplemented Barney Cabs Talk on me
occasion mentioned above with the re
mark that there were too many ofhcious
silver miners On the floor Of the iopul,l;S,,
National convention. Noticed along WIN
ss;Nl,'ossfcns OF late heard from .o,he,,
Texas ponmist leaders to me effect tnat
the rehabilitation of silver isn't micl
Of IN issue after all Kearhy's tax r "
GuYntly mao, by some of the demoera,'ss
leaders that the Southern pnDulists. ana
irce'e especially the Texas ropuis'a. orc
not slneere advocates of The rem onetiza.
ton Of silver In spite of that worn-ont
cry Of theirs that the democrats Dor
rowcd from them their silver planss.
The middle of the readers at st. LOUIS,
Ct which Kcarbv and other Texas REFORM
ers were the reputed captains, were ar
rayed against the Western contingent.
which had nothing but tho success Of the
silver cause in view. and 1t Is very plain
now that instead of forming a close ALI
ance, as was done in the Chicago con-
vennon. the South and West had part
ing of the ways ut st. Louis.
1t seems TO lao generally accepted now
that in the exercise Ct that plerary rowte
conferred upon 1t at the last moment the
National popul.sst executive committee,
whnh is controlled by the Westtrners.
VIII siietrack Watson, the vice presi-
dental nominee put up by the Soulh-
erneis, and adopt Sewal, the dem crat,
ana that the Texas popuists ana those IN
sympathy with them VIII support some
one else for lsessdcnt and nun him alJns
with Watson. In Texas this viii have
ne effect of greatly d.minishing the pop I
u'ist vote. as it will drive out of the
tofore marched in it's ranks unoer the
deln@on that II was the white mciats
only friend. There isn't the s.ign'est
probability of fusion between the demo-
Gratis and the populists In TINS state. and
,hose Who are ruhp.nE the ohm e the
latter know T. With charaeterls',o mn
pudence they have made n great display
~ the disappointment which the st. Louis
convention was TO them ana with wneor-
ons irrnt'encs, they have hurled curses
NJ the Texas democracy and announced
themselves really to combine with repub-
lioans, tories and what-nots. fr the pur-
pose of doing up its nominees
They arc coming home prepared TO aban-
don silver or anything else and prepared
to meet Quincy or any on half way who
promises to help them assault the State
democratic organiza tion. That they ma,
finally make an alliance ~lth Cuney ann
Hardy is probable. and when they 10. tile
Texas populistc paa'ty viii g ny ,lie
board. \ coalition OF pops. black ana
tang AND Hardy.tcs would bc WORTH 5o,unJ
votes nj least to the democratic ticket. as
it would disgust many self-rcsltoet'lig re-
pubicans. besides opening tilo eyes of
all hor"st populists ana sincere so-oallri
sound money men who sill nave Turk
ing faith in the corsicaua proihpt. As
matters stand now, Bryan VIII get not II
few republican votes in Texas. anyhow,
rs thorc are a great many az we'd friends
of silver in that party which iCi.tical
prornosticators have boon oyerl1o%us IN
casting up their barometrical figures
LA T.