The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-17
REPUDLICANlSM IN TEXAS.
Significance OF the Election of Green
as Chairman.
HE IS EXPECTED TO RAISE THE FUNDS
Surrounded by the Same Ola Crowd OF
Polite ans who Have brought the
Parry Into Disrspu.e.

Austin, Texas, September 10. --(Staff Cor
respondence. 1.-THE election ct H. H. IL
Green TO the craftsmanship of the repub-
aican state executive committee ~ being
made much of In some quarters AS giving
evidence of an intsntion. or at least ne
sire, to appear respectable and attractive
on the part of the Texas y. 0. p. Atten-
tion Is called TO the fact that Green is
young business man who has ialth In
Texas and who has invested his money In
Texas enterprises; that he can not be
accused OF being In the chase after spells,
oiyd that he Is worth more to the state
than dozcns OF s0-1alled statesmen Ar-
cordlng to his panegyrists the worst mat
can be eaad about HIM Is that he is
wealthy, aud they suspect that he will he
attacked for that because, according TO
their lights, IL is Il crime In the eyes of a
democrat for a man to be prosperous
So far as responsibility goes, Green Is
all right but IT can not be said that the
mere fact of his bong It's state chairman
Will charge the record of his parts IN
that regard, Associated with him in the
management of Its affairs the same on
gang remains. trhnt. quincy Ferguson
Ogden. Makemson. Mccormick. Burke ct
al are stil at the helm, aud until they
give some evidence OF having reformed
There is no ground for the violent assunlp-
slon that lovers of good government ana
clean political methods VIII ma conScnlai
company In the republican ranks. When
Grant turned down Quincy at Fort Worth
last week the shout went up that the re-
publican party was about to be fegen-
Grated in this State and that a new set OF
men would take hold of It's organization.
Green was elected state chairman and Sc
lectcd cabinet as 1t were, to help Ian
run things and 10 ard behold, there has
turned up in SAID cabinet not new leaders
but choice assortment of the has becna|
whose very names are suggestive nj po-
litcal mtasina.
And Quincy lacks a great deal Of hring
the most Questionable man in .he bunch.
I'm the list are the names Of white men
who have lone more to bring rcproaci
upon tlpeir party than ever did the sable
hued statesman from GalvesiolN-white
men who have in the past taken active
PARTS IN the unrty bro Is rhGr'a '', 80
Quincy, and who were ready at Fort Woftl
10 heir him create Aotner uistulpAA.D
and not Joan Grant be On too much for
tLcfn
Neither Grants victory nor Green's cleo
tton has changed Texas repuhilrlulsm in
the least. Peace among rs cniei voiurlfs
has been nominll.y restored In the lace nj
thu possibility OF there being some Federal
Offices To divide this fall hut tnO re has been
no change of leuIcgsup. ao rrhuing of
principles no abau1oume M Of brutalzns
influences. The ilct ihal the elevation
of Green was purey a commercial tiau~-
action proves that those who aver, Tor
effect moStly. that there HAS been a roc
"
1t * no crime Tor Mr.. Grecn to have
money neither wall it bo charged during
the campaign that 1t was breach al de-
ccucy to clect him chairman because he
Is wealthy. 1t cam aud win be advanced,
however. that TIA. placing OF him at the
mead Of the republican machine was no
earnest OF reform. because his elevation
came bus as the result Of mis- readiness to-
In plain ft'ellsh, pay for H..
-.
He WINS not made chairman because he
..g..i
he was ''dccentr but bccause he had
dough" and would give II up. In fart,
his Willingness to contribute OF his wealth
If elected chairman was urgebi in objection
TO HIS election nj the beginning of the
convention, and It was charged that hrs
tiie't husineSa listerrsts would naturally
incline him 20 oppose certain a,hemes
which have hcon on foot Tor some time,
why should Green Toe so anxious To put
up s25.00h to be elected state chairman,
was asked. II there isn't II bug under the
emp? There's nothing N the honor 10
make 1t worth that amount, his opponents
reasoned. 80 they came to the courlu-
sion that there wnS somr1 hing h!ldcn be
hind his candidacy ana tha, ne was run
n.ng az the representative o. 80. railroad
interests of the state and 50, H. II
chosen. oppose fusion ,yth the popuhsts
because the railroads dlI not want Ecp-
ullst Railroad commission elected.
After National Con'u,ttsemsn huston
Hih Ailiiifl w NIlt Ht"lt. itbN nNflt anu
announced that the National campaign
managers favored Green bocalsc ne could
put up and raise campaign m,ney. and
that unless he was cleo .ed no funds nocd
b. expected from headquarters, there was
q weakening Of the oppos ton % Gtcrn.
The Grant faction was pto,i"d With as
turancCs that the elce.lNu %, the man
from Terrell would not a, tturh thc man
from Sherman's pull with Hanna and II,
further objection was rA al 10 ttrrn, m,
business man, becoming Green, tine trliu.
cal sucker, With Grocn Toy chairman
the repuhl can PARTY N Texas no NOR,
appeals to the man huntlng = SAFE pullt
cal refuge than II ever did or undpuht
cd integrity and honesty Of uurpose, Greoi
has fallen into the bands u gr1cClral
and shameless cnhal, which VIII lead
him into the most dcvsous mathis AMI hell
him to realize heyoud his most sau,u M
expectation upon his Investment.
II Is said OF him that ii's political eX
pcricncc he wants.
Well. he'll get It. Lap.