The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-01
TEXAS FOR SOUND MONEY.
Col. Crawford Sanguine that McKin-
ley VIII Carry the state.


Col. L. M. Crawford, of Dallas, delegate
at large from Texas, registered at the
Bates yesterday afternoon. Col. Crawford
dresses in gray, wears a soft hat with droop-
ing brim and has a pair of keen blue eyes
that twinkle merrily behind his eyeglasses
as he discusses the political situation in
the Lone Star State. Aged about fifty, he
is altogether a typical Southern gentlemen
of the old school. His views are very OPP
timistic and his belief that Bryan will not
carry Texas is infectious as he discusses
the situation.
In answer to the assertion published in a
morning paper to the effect that the Texas
delegates will bolt the convention if a can
didate is nominated and that body does
not adjourn after simply indorsing McKin-
ley, Colonel Crawford says that for one
he will not follow such a course. He be-
lieves that a third ticket is necessary.
'Who will Texas favor?' he was asked.
1.-The delegation has held no meeting and
we have come to no agreement. Personal
ly, l favor Villas or Bragg"
When the Colonel was Informed that
Villas was not a candidate and that he was
coming here instructed to support Bragg,
he did not indicate who his second choice
will be. He expects the delegation to ar
rive to-day and is confident that a con-
ference will show that the delegation favors
the nomination of candidates. Watterson,
he says, he will not support, as he still
remembers the great editors course during
the Greeley campaign, when things Were
said that were offensive to Democrats.
"Any sound-money sentiment in Texas,
Colonel?'
Plenty of it. 1t is very strong and is
growing"
Whats it's extent?"
II would not undertake to measure it. /
should judge that there are from SC, 900 to
70, 900 voters in the Democratic party OPP
posed to Bryan. If all the sound-money
sentiment can be utilized-if it can be
turned into the proper channel, there is not
a particle of doubt but that Mckinley will
carry the State"
Col. Crawford believes that the Repub-
licans will fuse with the PopulIsts. There
are 140,0 900 Populist voters, 100, 900 Republic
ans and at least $4,000 sound-money Demo-
Gratis. He says that If the Populists and
Republicans pull together and proper steps
are taken to keep the sound-money Demo-
Gratis from voting for Bryan, Mckinley will
easily carry the State.
THE h-onest-money men in Texas will
not vote for Bryan, not a singl one of
them" he declared emphatically.
The sound-money sentiment, he says, is
permeating every class of Texas society.
The talk about the railroad companies of
the State bulldozing their employees into
supporting the sound-money cause, he says.
It's not necessary to bulldoze them. We
have 1000 railroad employees in Texas and
over the State"
Are the men forming the clubs or the
companies?"
NH man n ~ n ain or Tho r-Dvir -
The companies have nothing to do with it,"
He says that the soft-money sentiment
reached us nigh tide at the St. Louis Pop
ulist convention, and since then it is be-
ginning to die down. People are becoming
enlightened, he says.
have read Coins Financial School"
ne continued, and we nave come to the
conclusion that Bryan has been educated
in that school. He has not advanced an
idea that that book does not contain"
AS an illustration of the growing senti-
ment in favor of the honest standard, Col.
Crawford referred to the fact that recent
~ one of his friends received an urgent
request to deliver sound-money speeches al
Pilots Point and Denton. signed by 215 vot-
ers.
mo one suspected there was so much
of the sentiment in those places" said he,
and any sound-moneym man would not have
supposed that there were over fifty sound
money men in the two towns. L am in
formed that in keating's implement store
there is but one free-silver man. while there
are none in Sanger's dry goods store. one
of the biggest establishments outside of
ST. Louis, where there is an enormous
crowd of men employed. EVERYWHERE /
have noticed that the sound-money idea is
taking hold of the people. / hear it talked
on all sides"
How many Republican assertions are
there in your State?"
None. have not heard of a single Re
publican who will vote for-hold on a mo-
ment. there is one, Lock DanieIs-down
In the southern part of the State-he is a
free-silver man. He's the only Republican
L know that will not vote for Bryan"
Colonel Crawford says that a fusion of
the Populists and Republicans is almost
sure to be made. If such a contamination
is brought about. and If campaign funds
are furnished by McKinley's managers, ne
says that the Populists will stump the
State for Mckinley" The Pops have no
axle grease or they would be at il them
selves. All they want is money to pas
travelling expenses and they will be in the
fight"
The Democrats at their State convention
recently treated the Populists with the ut
most contempt when the latter party Of
fered 10 fuse with them, providing Watson
electors were placed on the ticket. There
is great antagonism between the two par
ties and things have gone so far that the
Democratic State committee would prob