The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-03
ALL THEIR SCHEMES Fh|LLD.
THE WATCHERS AT THE WACO
CONVENTION SLIPPED
A COG.
THE i. CONVENTION sat UPON THEM
And Would Have Nothing to Do With
Second Ticket-Waco Conven-
ton Advances Cause of Nc
Kinlcy and Kcarby.

Waco, Tex, Aug. 26.-(Special.) THE
sound money convention adjourned
shortly after midnight last night, and
most all the delegates left on this morn
ings train. There were about 800 dele
gates present, and they were in every
respect representative. | noticed this
afternoon when The Statesman arrived,
that u bull on the part Of The telegraph
operator caused the figures of the con
vcntion to he placed ut 1900. This is
wrong, as the number of delegates was
in the ncighbOrhood of 800. The crowd
of sight secrs numbered about 800 also.
This matter would not ordinarily Occa
sion any correction, but for fear that the
ring might take Offcnsc at my saying
there were so many more here than at
Fort Worth ! correct the mistake and
call attention to the fact that there were
only about 800 delegates here. And
good Lord what difference between
| this crowd and the one ut Fort Worth,
| The Fort Worth crowd were all Office
seekers and Office holders, wnlie here not
n single man said anything TO me about
an Office. The deliberations Of the con-
ycntiOn, as noted i'll yesterdays dis
patches, were harmonious IN the cX-
! IRENE. The convention was convened
| for the purpose of righting wrong done
| the cause of democracy and thcy did it.
| Their deliberations were brief but most
| effective. That it will rebound to the
interests of the state is made manifest
| by the hearty enthusiasm displayed on
| the part of the delegates. | talked with
some of them today before they left for
their homcsand they say that tl2y intend
TO carry out the instructions of the con
vention. return to their homes and tell
every man to vote his convictions in the
coming election. They realize that all
this rot about party adherence and party
loyalty is to be passed by Us campaign
| talk by interested parties, and they will
vote their convictions in November and
| tell their friends to do likewise regard
less of the fact of whether they have to
pass the sO-caIlcd democratic ticket in
doing so or not. Many of the men in
| attendance upon this convention told me
last night that they intended to vote for
Mckinley and Kearby, and while the
convention left every man mfettcrcd |
| really believe that nine-tcnths of those
present, and they voice the sentiments of
10000 more, will vote for Mckinley and
kcarby next November.
In this connection 1 will take occasion
to state that Culbersons friends did
their best here to win the battle for him
| by making this convention put out
! state tickle. and while they came within
| an ace of getting some of the leaders to
| father their cause they were chcckmatcd
| in time, and for the second time the
friends of the young governor have
slipped up on n gold bug crossing.
These watchers" and Wire-pullcrs
were here in force Monday night, ana
| they began sowing seed early in the ac-
| ton looking to the getting out of state
| ticket and the splitting of the sound
money vote, so that they could walk into
office without any further trouble, but
| they were doomed to defeat that at once
engulfcd them to that extent that they
were never heard from after the first
| night. This same crowd have appeared
ut all sound money meetings in times
past. and while they did nothing, save
ut the Galveston convention, they tried
to get in their rabbits foot here and
failed. They worked hard and were de-
serving of success for their zeal but that
they did not win was due to the fact that
the delegates TO this convention are not
fools and saw through their schemes
without II bit of trouble, thus check
mating them early in the action. AS to
the results of the convention, | consider
that it is but another stepping stone to
the election of Mckinley and Kearby.
The delegates i'll attendance are not fet-
tered by any rules of the convention.
They go forth free TO vote their scnti-
mcnts and try and prevail upon others
to do likewise, and il is believed that.
being thus without hindrancc, they will
all vote for Mckinley. As set forth in
the PLATFORM the convention holds that
they are not bound to any action of the
Fort Worth convention and can vote
their sentiments the same as though
there was no ticket of any kind in the
field. believe from what | heard
among the delegates here that the Me
kinlcy and kcarby ticket will be their
vote ut the polls in November, and if
they adhere TO this principle the Nc
kinlcy-Kcarby ticket will win with Il
whoop. As above stated, Culbcrson's
friends tried to get this convention to nut
out Il straight ticket which would win
the battle for Cubcrson, but the crowd
here would not stand it. and the result
is that another nail has been driven into
the coffin of the young governor who is