The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-18


the past been the most bitter In Tho Sal.
III announcing the republicans and he
pops Russell has drawn the most ne.,ti.
~ pictures of the days Of remuneration
wa. nave ever been painted in words ~
al u, itlS'ic arrangement on the stuAIp of
ro.as' ana ne has held up to the pa,ri,i.o
leNahs the trials and trbulatio1s % those
VINO were coerccd by the minions of rd
ENhd j. Davis. Now he l. one OF the
ciahs OF cattle he formerly wanted quaian-
.h'su On account OF very coat lsiDus p.,u.
,'d' uiaoase and is making speeclas N be-
nd. OF that party. This is a change
sun the republican leaders insis, Their.
is 10 Doodle.
viewed from here 1t appears tina, The on
position to the democratic ticket & nm Tho
run. With all the boast of a comb ,e.,or
oil strong forces. the fusionists ,in not
COMBAT the strength of Governor Cube,
sen. whose administration has been clean.
ana for the benefit OF the whole ,eapl..
rms is admitted by some of tue Oldest "a
publicans in the State to be true. aud with
Drake on the stump putting in work for
me present democratic State alt inistra.
ton because 1t has been clean. and mn
M'loHaid saying much the same Wherever
ne goes. the fusion;sts are hasiII a htrd
Time. The moro sensible Of them re: LIE
.ne ueieat mat starcs t,om in tho face bat
vi course the leaders are urging ;hsm on
10 liEht Tor victory. One of the hes. kpown
republicans In Texas renarked "a ne. -,
Know we are beat We can not win Il 4
any circumstances, but still must go on
me stump and tell the dear PEG ,,lo VIII
nave landslide" There are otners Va
oelleVe TIE same thing but tho,. others
are not talking too much A r,,ubiicIu
Mlp fnTCSuNN til, ,,r
IN 1872 long before the Clark leaders real
yea IT, sought to convince them that the
Little Joint was n dead cock In the pit
but they would not believe H. He row
says the same thing of the fusion itt4me.
bryan and Sewall and Culberson a.c tie
names written for victory in rrNas be
desperate game that IS being lllyed to de-
feat If, to the contrary Notwithstanding;
What OF Dr. John Grant? Poor fel ow.
He has been whipped IN tins fight and
believe he is almost ready 10 thtow no the
sponge He sees that he has lost. aud
dishcartensd he is about prs?aycl 10 give
up the ghost. politically speaking. Why
should he held on? While he is very c,oge
TO those in the National Organi lition. he
Is outclassed in The race for honors with
millionairos entered in the SAN, ,yeD,.
ir. Grant would have CONDUCTED a different
kind of a campaign, but irocn y, the job
and Green and Huston together ave iun-
ming ii, "by and with the advice OF hose
who hold the barrel
NJ. c. McLemore, Jr OF Gilves'on. sec
rotary of Hawley's campaign, VAS here fer
day or two The report was out that
$4,000 had been sent to the Tan,n to mcip
out Iiawley, but McI.emorc denics ~ lie
he EupWs ro'l1psf "a At nd a,fl
II it was true he wanted to tnoN it an
Immediately hunted out Huston. and they
went off for quiet chat,
heard a good one on Barney G,tbs
Barney Gibbs and Trinity River is his
campaign slogan. You can see it in the
street cars. Well understand that Sin
Killer Griffin sought out Barney, and had
this to say:
Mr.. Gibbs. prayed for Governor Tocg.
ana he was elected. | prayed for MIR Con-
nor and he was elected. / haven't mPdo
w my mind who | will prty cor in this
race. have moved MY tent up in your
Loighborhood anl haNc mover socu you
at NY meetings. "
Barney assured Sin Killer that he would
come around To The mceting mi he next
night tie Was there. He aeurd Sin Killer
all the way through. AMI after the scr
vices Sin Killer took him aside .,ua said
MI. Gibbs. YOU are mighty nice Atau.
and IA smart man. like on Can You
tell ne how can get close 10 these TEL
lows in ne ropuhlicaan campaign who Ia e
got all TINS 2ncy
Up to dat sin Killer has received no
reply,
General Huston says ne viii pay no a,-
ten,ion to the very personal rcflo lion .on-
tanned in tho interview with Mr. Drake of
Fort Worth 81 have moio important lisi-
ness to attend to than to be noticing every
oao who is opposed to mo
That is the way the impol' leader of
the republicans Of Texas dismlsses the
thrust from one of his own party, one who
is supposed to know a great deal about lo-
publican campaign work.
John Henry Kirby Of Houston who
would al one time have accepted a demo-
cratic nomination for congress in the First
district. had il been offered on silver
platter. has written to the sound money"
headquarters here that in response to an
invitation he VIII make an address in pal
las. lie cnclOscs one of the dodgers an
nouncing that he would speak on Market
square in Houston, october %. The sound
money people VIII fN date. some time
ne ~ Ntth' ana H0N' inc views OF rue large
holder Of Last Texas property here to air
his views.
The republican candidate for corgrcgs in
the First district is TO be pulled TO leave
the opposition to Hon. Thomas H. Ral.
solely to Mr.. Eagle. That is the statement
to-day. Il was talked of some time ago.
bur it is drawing to reality now, and
the gentleman can be prepared 20 at any
time draw down his sign, IU.Q.
THE NINTH DISTRICT.
Harris Accepts the Republican Nomination
FOR Congress.
austin. Texas. October III T. Harris.
SOLICITED last nirht nv the republican ule-