San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-02


fit of his experience.
"Experience, hell % said Bill.
"I've got all the experience / need,
and you are not wanted here"
ais it the sense of this commit
tee that l shall leave the room"
asked Easton.
ats the sense of the chairman
that you get out" retorted Melon
aid.
"Mr. Quincy says"
damn Mr.. Quincy. If you don't
quit bothering me I'll send in a re-
port unseating Quincy" said Bill.
Easton couldn't stand that, so he
hastily withdrew and hunted up
Quincy and reported his experience
with Mcdonald. Quincy listened
to his tale and remarked that it
was no use bucking against the
man from Forney and sent back
word to the Allison crowd to give
Bill everything he wanted, as he
was going to take 1t anyway.
When Trynham and Brush,
Allisonite contestants from this
county, got before the committee,
they Jared no better than had
Easton. Mcdonald decided their
case for them in double quick time
and fatty informed them that the
Hancock (Reed) delegates would be
seated. And so it went, all along
down the line. The commit
tee did Just as Mcdonald die
tated and seated Reed men every
time. And while all this was go.
ing on, Dock Clifford and the other
scattering Cuneyites on the COM
mittee played the very "conspicu-
GUS" part Of standing around with
their mouths open in amazement
at what they had run up against
and meekly voted "aye" whenever
Bill indicated that that was the
way he expected them to vote.
In the meantime, Quincy was
staggering around on the outside
telling how "Me, Cuney," had
scorned Grants proposal and pos.
ing before his admirers as "still de
boss. " 49, f..
ssMcDonald was the real boss
however. He was doing the work
that counted. He had permitted
Quincy to become chairman, but
had forced him to hand over the
committee on credentials to the
Reed people. How well they
manipulated it may be judged
from the fact that IL the work of
the Quincy convention Is approved
at st. Louis, Reed will have 81
votes from Texas, Allison five and
Mckinley four.
Mcdonald and the two Fergusons
left the city Saturday, and Quincy
and his strikers, Web. Wilson,
Sam. Mccoy and "Whiskers"
Easton, hied themselves away yes
terday. Mcdonald went to Cam
eron to confer with Wilbur Craw-
ford, the white Reed sachem, and
Quincy went to San Antonio to con-
suit with "Ruling Spirit" Clifford,
"Conspicuous" Ellis, "Floor Mana
ger" Terrell and other stars Of
his troupe, no doubt. and to figure
out, il possible, just exactly where
be is at. No one better than Quincy
knows that as matter of fact he
got the worst of the deal last week,
aud thst his continued supremacy
is a myth. Since the convention
adjourned, he has been talking
very softly, and it hasn't been "me,
Quincy" any more with him, but
tive, Reed and Allison people," He
has even gone so far as to say that
The McKinleyites were more
numerous than either the Reedites
or the Allisonites, but insists that
the last two factions combined
were in the majority. He now says
that his election as temporary
chairman was largely due to his
personal popularity, and did not
necessarily mean an Allison, much
less Reed victory.
On the other hand, Mcdonald,
Ferguson and hancock insist that
they really Inundated Quincy,
which was all they were after.
They call attention to the fact
that they obtained full control OF
the committee on credentials and
fixed things there to suit them
selves. In accepting the chairman
ship at their hands he fell into a
trap-a trap which he would have
easily discerned four years ago, but
which he was now too dull to avoid
they say. According to their esti-
mate, the "boss" is weakening, and
has lost much OF his former politi-
cal shrewdness. One thing which
tickles them especially is that they
made him swallow Henry Fergu-
son, one OF his most implacable
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