San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-02

That SeduceS the blaCh anu ian.
Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 2.-(SpecisD
There is a great deal Of stir among
local Republicans over the conventions
to assemble here next week, and pre-
parations are being made to accomo-
date a large crowd.
E. II. r. Green, son of Mrs. Hetty
Green, the richest woman in the world,
is slated for chairman of the Repubii-
can state executive committee.
There is so little doubt of his selec-
ton that it amounts almost to a fore
gone conclusion.
1t has been understood for some time
past that steps were being taken tow
ards a contamination of this project,
but not until very recently have the
developments been such as to warrant
anything like a positive announcement.
This information is derived from
sources so authentic that there can be
no doubt of it's reliability.
The gentleman who thus comes into
marked prominence in Texas politics
is not yet 80 years of age, but is pos
sessed of a great deal of personal mag
netism or something else which has
drawn the Republicans close around
him like a band of brothers.
Among his strongest supporters is
William Mcdonald, the well known ne
gro politician, who is power among
his people, and who was for a long time
formidable opponent of N. w. Quincy,
the Galveston mulatto, who has so long
dominated the affairs of the party in
this state. Quincy has made. up with
- fe,
that he has said he will do nothing
in opposition to Green. With the &C
tive support of Mcdonald and friends
and the acquiscence of Quincy, Mr..
Green is believed to have secured the
colored vote in the convention almost
absolutely.
This support of the colored men may
and may not have been the beginning
of Mr.. Green's great present populari-
ty and his apparently certain predes-
tination to the control of the affairs of
his party in this state. The accounts
of his sudden rise to power are differ
emit. Perhaps some of them are exag-
gerated, but one thing seems certain
and that is, that his ascendency is
complete at the present time. What
| influence it may have upon the policy
| of the party in the future can only be
conjectured at present.
What he might do as representative
| of combined railroad interests in Texas
can be imagined. 1t cannot be de-
scribed or forestalled in any manner at
| the present time.
If he has any oposition when the con-
vention meets 1t will probably materi-
alize in the person of Mr.. Grant, who,
it is understood, resigned under pres
sure in order to promote harmony in
the state, but 1t is not believed that he
will make a contest for the place un-
less assured of much stronger support
than he seems to have at present..
Among other matters of gossip in re-
gard to the coming convention it is
said that the Republicans are going
to make an extremely modest demand
for representation on a fusion electoral
ticket, the Populists to have majori-
ty of the members. It is doubtful If
there will be any further formal flu
sion and it will probably be left to the
Republicans Of the state to support
the entire Populist ticket or part of
it, according to their individual prefer
ences. The white Republicans will
convene here simply for the purpose of
putting themselves on record for har-
mony in the party and for advocating
such measures as they may deem ex-
pedient to accomplish that end. They
have no hope Of any substantial recog-
| milton from the black and tans. The
Republican league, which also meets
her at the same time, will make an eff
fort to draw the two factions closer
together. But the ascendency of the
black and tans is so complete that it
is not likely much will be accomplished