The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-10
NORTH TEXAS WEN,

NORTH TEXAS WEN.
DALLAS Texas, April a-Cstaff Core
spondence.l-rAe cutting down Of the GUS
toniaiy majority OF j. {. Arnold. chlef OF
police Of Dallas. and the defeat OF tAe
old liaormen by the business mems ticke;
proved genuine surprise
the result showed = change OF about
liui votes. and tho question IS WHAT
wrought the change?
\ ropulist replies. 1T is the revolution
OF reform We have Inaugural TED;
Tlfs viii not account for Il. The failing
Off .n chief Aruoi'S vote WAS due to tle
fortultcus combination against him OF
Iauuauy, the American Protective as
sociution and lahorng men, the TAT
ter worked upon by pohccmcn wac
had boon put OFF the force lonn' any has
not oyvr score of members. hut taey
magnify their strength IN a way That
makes them respected. The birth OF the
American Protective association here
date, from, the shootinE at B3tn,ity
erIng a lecture in the city hail. The or
der u llttle over year ago had about
l0oJ mcube.s, but it was then dashed To
and surrondered us charter Traynor tHe
National head of the orgn n!2atlon, came
to Dallas to pour oil on the troualed
waters. but he failed to do so, ana aficr
home. Since then the order has been re-
chartered. but its growth has been slow.
~ vas strange 10 l'nt liz members dslN
those Of Tnmmany working together. but
politics like misery makes strange bed
fellows.
Hainey Gibbs. popul.st candidate for
congress in this district. today received
challenge from q. II. Dashell, chairman
of the blmetallic organization Of Kaufman
county, 10 divide time in joint dehate
with Attorney General NJ. NJ Crane at
Kaufman and Terrell on the 18th instant
The challenge closed: should some
emergency prevent the coming OF Mr..
Crane ~ Will have some other distiu-
euishcd democrat to meet you IN joint de-
bate"
Governor Gibbs replied. in substance.
that the hime tallic candidates for con-
gross In this district Were not dividing
limo with anybody, that the timetable
league had no political status at this time
AID mat the populists had no fight 10
party made it's nomination and adopted a
platform he would divide time with any
he record of the democratic party ana It's
platform; otherwise he would not.
-.
1t is the policy of the populists not to
divide time with any democrat w-o vii!
not agree to defend the record and plat
form Of his party. Tho advantage of this
is apparent. 1t places the democratic
purity oiA Atlf AflfiANAN't MllIt t4l' ItifhASk
party. not having been in power. has no
record TO defend The popultsts Will pa
rade all the mistakes of ths democratic
party, charge that party with all the mis-
fortunes OF the panic. including i-ccnt
cotton. and VIII argue that there Is no
hope of infusing a new soul in such an
old machine. The popullsts VIII nave
plenty of pledges OF the platform descrip-
tion and some to which it Is proposed 10
give effect with the least delay possible
fho latter include the construction by the
10.
Red river To the Gulf OF Mexico.
| have positive Information from a very
prominent and reliable popuist that
committee of merchants and pcpulists are
catherine data III relation to the constitute
Ton of this road, which, II Is hoped. viii
largely solve the local freight question.
tlie proposed railroad, viii be submitted
to the merchants and farmers Of Texas
rs Part Of the ropulist campaign argu-
ment.
This novel undertaking was the subject
of an important meeting here n few even
ngs ago of which the consensus OF opin-
ion seemed to be:
L That amy railroad. city or firm
should he allowed to run trains over tho
road, paving toll to the state for the use
of the tracks.
factorilv the state should own and run
the rolling stock.
s. rho road TO he built by convicts. the
ties secured from school lands and made
by conVicts. ana the rails to he rolled at
lsusk bN conNicts
The funds to construct the rond on this
plan estimated AT about si00o mile
could. Il VAS stated at the meeting 10
borrowed from an English syndicate at 81
pcr cent ror nnnum.
The populisls believe that the circurl-
stances of cominrrfc would attach to the
construction OF this road the qualities OF
sanolity and snhllmity. should they come
forth to build tho ROAD which nOpui,sts