The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-19
SHORT LOCAL STORIES.

me partisans OF the political parties
are unloading the faggots and ere many
Gays nave passed the local cnuldron Will
be seething and bubbing. w. c, I,ailev.
secretary of the republican club div
whites). stated yesterday that the repub
leans Will put out fun city ticket. The
club VIII call n meeting In a few DAVIS for
the purpose of discussing the situation
All republicans. through Tie Post will be
asked TO participate IN the movement d.
NJ. Angle is president OF the club In
connection with mayornity honors Major
X. u. Baer. Sam L. Swinford and d. NJ.
Angle are regarded as excellent material
and Mr. Bailey intlmated that one of the
trio viii be called upon 10 head the ticket
and wave the party banner through that
which promises TO be II red-hot campaign.
Senator w T., McComh and his law
partner Nj. $. Cooper. OF Conroe. were
In tho city yesterday. Senator McCom3
held conference with a few of his most
intimate friends during the day and re-
turned to his home last evening. 1t is
authoritatively stated that the silver
tongued orT tor of Montgomery Is squarely
in the race for tho congressional nominal
tion to succeed Congressman j. c. Hutch
cson.
The memoirs OF Senator John Sherman
caused excruciating agony in the political
household OF General Russell A. Algcr
of Michigan, the millionaire. who
had a presidential hce eating away his
brain cells few years nyo. Senator
Sherman. In his memoirs charged Alger
with debauching negro delegates from the
South by the lavish use OF funds General
Algcr made hot reply and branded the
memoirs" as unworthy of credence.
Senator Sherman wrapped himself In his
naughty exterior and bit his lip. Last
week well known citizen OF Houston was
in Washington. OBrien Moore. Bin Ster-
rett and the visitor were discussing tho
charge that Algor had corrupted the negro
delegates. Tho TeNln said: George
Hawkins was noted negro politician,
who served In the legislature with Colonel
w Il. Hughes of Dallas, and afterwards
when Colonel Hughes purchased the Hotel
Windsor he made George chief porter.
Geo ge attended the convention that NOM
mated General James y, Garfield. Sher-
man and Alger were the leading candi-
dates for the nomination, II Will he re-
membered. After the convention George
returned to Texas. rugged out in gaudy
attire and displaying roll OF greenbacks
as large as an oyster loaf Surprise was
expressed at his rapid strides towards
prosperity in SO brief a period. George
remarked: That's nuthin. i was only
an alternate. You should have seen dem
fellers dat war full delegates. II Is un-
necessary to state who received Hawking
support In that convention BIZ Sterrett
did not use the story--O Brien Moore dld.
IL appeared In n recent Issue of the st.
Louis Republic, giving the name of tho
Texan and also tho name of the colored
,,rotbor the latter ia now n. citizen of
California. A citizen of Houston IL now
anticinntInq. n warm letter from General
Russell A. Alger and all on account of hts
storv.tellinr proclivIties and hts friendship
en-. Two ted washington correspondents.
rarsral AIper is very touchy on the Sher-
man charge. and. as they say on the Rio
Crande borders. he viii ride his critics
raw.
,Ion Tom Rail of Huntsville departed
,o. home Yesterday morning lie said
Ia II POST reporter before boarding tho
train: ct am a candidate for the con
rrcssional nomination to succeed Hon. j.
G Hutchinson and will endcavor TO win
the prize I'm in 1t to n finish"
Ex-Governor Frank Lubbock is in the
as "a man of thirty
governor" said n Post reporter. what
about barney Gibbs great transformation
octY What Is the trend of political thought
in the Capital city,"
"yYn all know Barney / am out of pol
,tics and / am glad Of 1t. The truth is
I am ont of politics forever"
81 object. " remarked Major Tom BraclS-
enridpe "Here | have been voting for
vou for the last ninety years and | want
Won TO round out century of political
activity
even Tom. [ may crafty your Wishes
+ shau attend the next political caucus
boId In Travis county"
civ Marshal ], II. Pruett, George Davis,
W ttoover. Sam January and ]. Il.
Zoo hava returned from the Big Thicket.
,rhe cttv marshal is authority for the state
,,ort NAT the mighty nimrods killed a
,r,,,,, heor a polar bear and two white
5aoy fhn latter rare animal, now almost
oStinot IKE the Indian and the buffalo,
,r,a hood NJ the police department says
,a.. ,,a,,,e ia more plentiful than for years
s, srd ,hore were signs of elephants
oa,ohroke that they visited. The
~ IN .,,r.e refused to come out into
r,a,, 0eld howevcr. and the hunters
-, 81 I,,h, calibred guns.
N'''''
o., ,,,,ar tho late DR.. r.. il. Boxley
ia Coionol A, S. Richardson to
W. W. ,'orter ~ me, him when he first
u9' y, roxas from Alabama. In 1852
T"l,e ,,,.,.-a, In Andorson Grimes county
" q ,.,a,a1 hero and began the prac-