The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-27
ClRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

NiNN tHS ANllAL ENlDENCE.
Austin. Texas, September 6,-(s,an Cor
respondcnce. while Major Walton and
Chairman Bradley are protesting that no
steps have been taken by the popullsts In
the direction of fusion with the rrpub-
lIcNns In this State. there are others with
seemingly considerable authority In the
reform organization who are talking and
actlns as II the contrary were the case.
ANA Mossrs. Grant and Green anu Quincy
evidently believe that Messrs. Walton and
hIau.ey are mistaken, for by circular
ana word Of mouth they repea; Ia 80 macy
words almost that fusion y a go AT the
ippu.lst state convention at Galvcslo
some OF the most prominent republican
leaders In the State were present and
!tiS'on was openly discussed, lis possibla-
~ 80 Vathed ABOUT ana its Feasibility ar
huVu' yel no olhcial declaration was made
AGAINST H. Al The republican State con-
Venuon at Fort Worth maay Big ponli.
Hst bugs showed UP and spec.hc con
domination Of fusion Vas upruAriously and
almost Unanimously voted down. At ;he
galveston convention a stud cd and sue
ctsHi VI EFFORT was made TO suppress any
eApIess4on mat might be construed into Il
ray liGulloh OF the action OF the National
popuhst convention with regard TO presi-
ncntui ana wee presidential nomina LGns.
temporary Chairman Ashhy going so far
as TO cal down the Hon. Noah Allen
when, in his address of welcome. the int.
yer remarked that II the populsts could
no. rearh forward aud take BRYAN he did
not understand how they could lean back
ward and grab Mckinley.
And further thnn this, Mr. Chairman
Ashhy would not let the typewriter copy
Of Mr. Aliens speech, which thar gentle
man held in MS hand go TO the press un-
I'll 1t had been revised" And further
| still a m
! dispense with speeches Of acceptance from
| nominees Tor fear that Major Walton,
| VINO !Ihd Dcen nominated for attorney
| general. would give expression 10 his well
known inN-fuSlon views and decline to
accept TIE nom. nation unless the conVen-
| uon put Itself on record as being opposed
TO an ALLIANCE with the republicans. And
| on top of all this. although two electors
| n large We're selected, no ratification OF
| district electors was ever had, and when "A
| request was maze that the names OF said
| district electors he read 10 The convention
| 80 that The popuhsis might know who
| the + electors were. the explanation was
made from the stnge by some one evident
| ~ IN authority that Il was not necessary
TO have such reading, and the band
| played on.
| -
| The convention had adjourned. the Hon
| orable Barnett Gibbs. who had moro to
do with directing Its course than any
other man, remarked that I'VE were now
In the finest kind Of a position TO trade"
and smiled with evident atsfaction as
| he thought OF the way things had worked
| themselves out.
| Within ten days of the date on which
| the popullst state convention had PASSED
| into history Marion Williams and Harry
| Tracy showed up at Fort Worth with "A
| of the democratic State convention, which
| proposition was offered for the purpose OF
| putting the democrats In hole" and
| which. from what Major Walton and
| Chairman Bradley say now, was made
| solely upon the responsibility of the two
| men offering II. without the least expecta-
| on If Obtaining favorable consideration
| thereof and with the distinct understand
| ing that they had not tho slightest an
| thority TO bind the popuAst organization
to It's fulI,llmcnt in case OF lts acceptance
| by the democrats
The democratic state convention having
become thing Of the past Harry Tracy
| Grant he mixed with the government by
| Injunction attorneys. otherwlss known a.
the Hardy farmers or Mchlnlc demo"
Gratis, and assisted W convincing Davis
| Matlock, Clark. Hardy et al that the
! proper thing to do was to omit the MONT
nation Of "A State ticket so as to be In a
| posit on to help down de ring.
-
Later on the republican State conven-
tion assembled at Fort Worth, and once
more Harry Tracy appeared on the scene
and Williams. Ashby. Gibbs. Mallett and
Far.ey and other popuhst Bosses along
with him They took lively interest IN
the proceedings, suggested planks for the
platform, chuckled when the Formally of
nominating a State ticket was omitted,
came and went from the sacred precincts
known as headquarters at Will. clinked
glasses and smoked cigars with the bosses
and talked SO significantly that when.
late on the last night of the powwow,
Tracy walked out OF Chairman Green's
At ne Hotel WORTH - dlIh'
Charlie Hedges, secretary Of the repub-
liCan plenty power comm ttee OF three,
rushed down sifirs and confidenila!y
whispered 70 all VINO would listen that
everything was al right now ana that
something would drop' N a Few days.
The above ~ history, knowing wincn
IN. renuhl.ran bosses must certainty won
der how Major Walton and Chairman
BIndiey can say mat they 40 not under
or les cont.dsntiy mat there - fusion. u
il history which can not be explained
away. and which certainly lusut.es the
presumption that great d"al hua neeii
zone towards getting the popuiists ana
NJ X fuleyitra 20 nAkc common cause IN
Trx9s. aud VIII ch requires more man on
SHINE. !itlie note from Mr. Bradley 10 me
enett that no official fusion PROPOSE
ions have been made or received 10
date" 10 contr vert esp" idl{ e tis n,s-
patches from Dallas contlhuil.y I,i',n ,,
tf.i said Mr.. Bradley WAS "A prominent
figure ahou republican headquarteIs 'o-
dTV'' or that mir. Bradley rs known 10
49,, bed a long conference with Air. Hus-
ION this evening" and so forth ana 50 or
-
Major Walton has an abid ns faith IN
Nr bradley and refuses 70 entertain the
fd.a ina, he would deceive HIM, and may
lie his estimate Of that gentleman Is Inc
corroct one. Yet Things have come 20 that
piss where the conclusion can not be cs-
caped that both Major Walton aud Mr..
bradley arc either b.,nd To the situation
ar past tniSters 81 the ART Of political ier-
glyerfat on. FOR there have been fusion
PROPOSITIONS exchanged ana MF. Bradley
knows u. . -, a., 9, 80. b..
v,iiI hariiy deny that he mas heard from
some Of Ibis people" that the repabieins
''.ire anN Gus 10 trade WIN US. neltnet
v,pI lac deny that While opposing rie1
Iugfon. he = ~, uverse 10 entering nto
most any KIND of 40 alliance to Smash
de- ring" provided some way can bs
,ofrt'd out Tor ihe delivery Of the popu-
III vote TO Mckinley wltnor. :eiung u
1rr.sr that the reform org ln'ztipn
It..,1 ba@dS with tho party OF truhta.