The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-12
A POLITICAL PoTP6uRRl.
Texas Democrats Not Harmonious
on the Silver Issue.
WHAT SENATOR BOWSER HAS TO SAY
He Relieves in Adhering to Past Usages.
Farmers Endorse the One Primary
Two Conventions Plan.

Dallas, Texas, February n.-(Stan Cor
respondence)---The gold standard mon
will send strong delegation to Calves
ton TO attend the meeting of Judge Rufus
Hardy's honest money committee on Feb
rliary 10.
Judge George n. Aldredge has already
announced his determination TO attend,
and Colonel w. L. Hughes, Colonel W. L.
Crawford and other well known advocates
OF the financial views of Cleveland anu
Carlisle win be present.
Senator O. p. Bowser VIII be delegate
Senator Bowser is n straight party man
and he is ON the warpath over tho action
OF the Dudley committee In ordering two
conventions and one primary. Today he
said to The Posts special commissioned
or believe that a. majority of the demo-
Gratis of Texas are for free silver at The
present time, and that they Will win In
The urinary election. Hence / have no
objection to free silver delegates going
TO the National convention. The National
convention will declare agar vt free silver
and when the second convention takes
place in August, after the National con
vention has been held. the silver demo
Gratis will declare that BECAUSE the Juno
primary declared for silver 1t wiz never
do 10 retfnrm the principles euuueiatcd
by the National convention. u iH a Gun
ningly devised scheme to force the Ma
tiondi democrats the gold STANDARD men,
TO eat dirt or holt the ticket. | shall
go 10 Galveston and counsel modora Ion.
There are thousands Of silver democrats
In Texas who will rcfjse 70 set at de-
fance the National platform. This thing
could have been avoided by two primaries
and two conventions ana the loyal DEM
ocr'ats OF this county favored rigid aI-
hnr a ftrrggttufE and
usagcs Of the past. want ia SEE tie
democrats u Texas stand together in
the coming campaign. irrespective % past
differences. but the outlook for harmony
~ not promising unless tho nat OF the
National convention Hhnll be accepted ln
good faith by nil factions. There is no
talling what VIII be done until the Gal
weston conference has been held"
It is announced here that as between
Governor g. a. Culberson and Judge
John II. Reagan the gold standard men
will vote for the latter II they decide
to participate In the primary called by
Chairman Dudley. The leaders Of the
silver democrats. Bryan T. Barry. Judge
u. r.. Burke, George a. Garden. John
Brookout. DOT Gubter ana others Hs we'll
known indorse the action Of he Dudley
committee and are delighted with the
PROSPECT They say they are confident
that the primary win he lnrgey AZ tended,
that the silver forces win elect two-thirIs
nj iHi fEIE la.
and that ne dlsSenters VIII make nore
noise than ANYTHING else
In md c0ni,ortion thav ,su ona Of
Colonel BW Cruwofr,I's famous storiep
in The camnaien oiebf ar ten vtars 40
nnd made many speeches. The cold water
peopis h.ld PRAYER mSet'hts' great ri
nej,rn of ms md featbcr,, ,,,t ,ie roie,'si
Imagined that the entire population had
EN- 6rAced prohibition Election Jay cane
~ wnnt o,1r,. b IN. ~ si
day following tho oAtastronl4, in, nov
j. v. Cmrdl met the colunel comm,
out Of his office
"Frother Crawford" said he '',rc yycro
worstod. bur wru try thom ar1ir. "
The colonel was IN an ugly MOOD ana
veiv wAspish
"CrannU," he fairly biggnJ "vou nro
hibltionists prny louder and oft1nrr ma
vote less than any id snt nf peor,la
that ever mixed with"
20 hide hls frrler The silver lsadsra
assert that the gold standard men are