The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-29
THE STRAND FARMERS,

! Are Seeking Information.
LaGrange. Texts August 27.-(Special
| Corresponience)- Thc gang of sanctified.
SILK stocking, kid glove political farmers
| who do business on the Strand down at
/ Galveston are the most innocent lot of
/ representatives, of patriots ever turned
loose upon an enlightened public. Here
are such well to do farmers as Marconus
T. Mott. who has becn blowing with his
Jaws Tor 10. these many years, then there
| IS Farmer kIcberg. whose whoa" and
ehec' can be heard on the mainland as
| he sings it out in a bass baritone voice TO
thc mules on strand and o.d Farmer Las
hci, whose pioW handle is his pocket book
anu whose gall Is his harvest then there
Is that other farmer. young l}alllngar.
VINO Is kept sweating by the frequent and
constant use of his tongue. There ar, sun
othtfs-the little ielloWs-who lease. REM
am sup-ieAt their farms from the Strand
farmers.
rhese farm rs, their hands. mule drivers
&c. all loit theil crop on strand and HE'D
themselves away to Waco 20 speak for
tm5 rS,I OF inc tdliners OF this great agrl-
Iices, these. patriots. OThecs are 100 Wi.
gar. YOU know They are the patriotic
dnl ihteilisent part OF the Tenth congress
nh. n5 uistrict. And why shouldn't they
DC Don't they live on the Strand: Thel5
isn't a farmer-a sure enough farmer-in
, ora rayette who doesn't know that War
congressional district. but that ii belongs
to the Eleventh.. The very kindersarten
pupils ont here know that. 1T does seem
that the farmers who farm on the Strand
Touid Know II, 100, hut they evidently
dld not AT the recent meeting of that
hla glove =, odor cologne scented throng of
iarners--in which the farmers from the
great farms OF Fort Worth Dallas and
VOL Thy Waco locked hands with our own
Sweet farmers from G.llveston-el electors
We're nomuate1. or course The tenth Ma
70 nave one ana these sanity farmers
went into historic old Wharton county,
INTO the Msl entl dA'rlct--an1 nominated
Lawyer l. \. Dennis to the Job.
Now, 1t Is but right ind Jus;ice 10 the
l,Halmers VINO hailed from Dallas, Fori
Wofth ana Waco, AND others farms of
mat KIND. that the farmers from the
Icnfh SELECTED their clector themselves
ahd me th,lre gang aid the ratifvng act.
~ Is mol believed that lawyer Dennis.
VINO Is an astule sharp lawyer, viii i'm
nosH upon the innocence of the strand
farmer. Put was this done purposely or
thcir bearings? There Is ono ming which
gan be said ~ the credit Of these farmer,
from thc strand. The whole gang Is Will |
NE 10 TAKE q week of ana ride In II
wagner coach to Indianapolis, sin soda
water. eat nlck-nacks and save tho Gown |
try ny ndVislns their countrymen to vote
!ot M'NimleY, but not Il blessed one of
en- Is Willing 10 he put on the ticket to |
hNe me sure enough farmer a chance 10 |
49, W" ivr h.hl-to stay or the Strand |
nVIH Is the roasted patriotism of these |
steht farmers. 1t Sc ms a. II the sure |
c'rugh farmer will have to be content IA |
WI, unti the farmers OF the Salty Isle |
9Sei!u iorth their man liawlcy To SHOW the |
larm"ra Of the Upland counties how io
t.ath' but the Strand planters need not |
ieAr,the former lads IN here will NOT mo- |
iest TINS man Hawley They Will NOT have
10 lose his company. lie win be permitted |
10 stay on the Strand while Jim Shelbmrnn
80 500 IN. ms nrst trip out OF Texas to repre-
i. cut MAT is depressing from the sub
j', nav 'Iese sure enough TURNER'S I'M |
~ wan To Know is whether the horny |
u; ,,'t .hc. sons OF the strand were innocent
vi. a III ij, S'eclon OF a nominee for elcctor
81" .Nes IN another district. whether they
Wy IL purposcly or-"GoI save the IN lrltH
m'H meant 1t as "A declaration Of sees
slS ~ OF the strand from the Tenth cen
country are waiting ga Wv
,i 10y mo n.y. speaking of these Strand
I '"rntels brings back the fond re,ollectlous
~. uc a'M "-,kS "So when the democrltic
Ky J., oS-VNhI convention met m Latii angt
~, ,'i,, = Hrh,r kieherg came up TO that con-
Vtnuon In the committee ON nlatfornl h.
ti.eu 10 talk the sute enough farmer ami |
~ ~ tNt country lawyers into repidiat
ns 'nt platform of the party. There was
.b,. ,',,,u'eni country llwyer-Lyt Moore
'"t.u' VINO hal's from the county of
rnN,te' who In his unsophistIcated In
.VlPi,r nut query 10 the big farmer
Muo unttu much on Cleveland to tho 81
a. iHSusNhei Farmer i\leberg would vote
hIyaN or not Il is said that The
itrmer waNe1 wrathv. as If stuna ~ the
,ru!th ny me circumstance that any coun-
- i'Mycr should lare lmpugn his LOYALTY
~, u" ~Inovrdcy, Yes sir raid he IN n
an" WY iI5,oh ,, Vol, WIN vote tor Brv-
H,e1 the ienpter Tho sting of tLr thrnst
x ne country lawyer is forgotten and ali
IA 80, ,ll,ls 10 Inc interior ARE resting in
''''"l pateA' waiting for--nexti Il