The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-25
, ,nlo the senate, there the man hayir. IN.
largest number of votes will bo cboson

we nave heard something up our way
about 'his fusion The republicans. non
uiiS's ana tadpole democrats have eon.
iusou FELLOW citizens That he has fused
WIN the republicans is a serious cbarpe
| w o'ing against person Your leadors
| want 10 deliver you to the renub,ica,.
| Nhen We elected Grover Cleveland 10 a..
| highest Office in the land and no GO ,,s
uisregarded the people as in dir, ,rn,r
..nou,atlc doctrines, we repudiated him,
Ahu When your leaders do Won likewise Il,
10 ,.'le LOT you to do the same
nete stump Ashby saying he will not
.o's ior Bryan or Mckinley. Then who
-. ne so,hg TO vote for? Certainly not
rainier. And Joe Eagle. who writes ,o,,ors
and says. address me as Hon tosa,,h y,
Eagle, he helps to bring abou, this dnI,v,
cry we have an abundance of r,roof n,
th's fusion business. There was a nonuIis,
convention al Galveston. but John Grant
ana George Clark didn't know anvthinq
ABOUT H. Just before meeting both Grant
anu oiark were sliced with desire TO
,ake bath at the sea shore. They didn,t
know convention was to he hold Tba,,
went 10 motel and in dark room brought
ABOUT fusion. Kearby and Gibbs made
speeches Then at Fort Worth Gibbs and
Hearty while Watson was in Dallas
preaching against fusion. were seized with
desire to see the town and in dark
room they fused with Grant ct al. The next
DAY Grant and Quincy made speeches.
lhon when the tadpole democrats came
together at Waco Barney and Jerome were
again seized, this time to take bath In
tire arteslan waters. They didn't so to the
wagon yard and register as they would
have their friends believe they did. but
went to the best hotel instead and there
fused. The next day Clark and Rufe Hardy
made speeches. This fusion is not be-
tween the rank and file, but the leaders.
who want TO deliver you body and soul to
Mckinley to beat Bryan and the State ad.
ministration. Many OF the rank aud file
nave become disguised and are coming
back TO rcsrectablity.
II gives us great pleasure to turn to
the history and principles of the grand
old democratic party; that party that we
have stood by and that has stood by us,
that party that was designed by the same
man that wrote the Declaration of indie
renconce. before whom historians. poets
and statesmen bow in homage and recog.
nize m-Thomas Jefferson the greatest |
man the world has ever produced. tpro- |
longod applause.) The rain drops carried |
10y evolution TO the skies. purified and shed |
back in an April shower; the combination
Of the rose and the jessamine perfume |
floating with an oxhilarating breeze from
the sea. or the soaring OF mans mind up |
INTO the infinite realms to its allotted des-
my were no puter or glorious than this
man. whose head and brains wrote the
declaration SO sweet to us and organized
he party so dear to us-Thomas jefferson
NlEht and gloom have gone and bright,
reSh born hope appears when we recall
he image Of that man, and churches may
iiHer as TO the apostolca succession. but
10 man can doubt the Jefersonian. Jack
oniAnism OF William Jennings Bryan
/ mere W. have man In private life a.
'ure as the snow that falls on Mount
" Washington as an orator ranking with
lenry Clay; MS a statesman equal 10 Mad-
on or Jefferson himself as a patriot as
rue as Washington or Robert e Lee.
There is man in your State who has
zen vilified and slandercd by his enemies
or no cause except that when nominated
or governor in 1871 he interpreted the
'ational platform the same before his
domination as after, because he would not
How brutal prize fight to occur in the
tate. They sncerinGly call him the
'hristian young governor. lie may not be
|
one, he executed the laws OF Texas and
TODD against the gamblers and said. you
ant come in my State and disgrace my
eoplo.' The people OF Texas should
ind themselves around Charlie Culberson
nd protect him from slandcring and Will /
wing enemies.
If Bryan is elected he needs congress $
, stand by him or he will never have an I
nportunity to sign free silver bill. Send ,
i'm good congressman. You have one in "
lis district, Thomas II. Ball All should
mite TO send him there. (Applause). b
With a very beautiful peroration Mr., =,
earco closed. paying apostrophes to the n
'mocratic nominees, after which the h
'owd rushed forward, showering upon II
m hearty congratulations. r
At the conclusion of MIR. Pearce's speech a
hartman Hutchns read dispatch from o.
aptain j. g. Hutchinson, expressing his d
gret at not being able 20 be present.
TO FIX THE BALLOT.
Notifications We're sent out yesterday it
ON the sheriGs office TO the chairmen a.
the various political organizations in r,
9 county the candidates on the fusion OF
rket and to the presiding officers of W
action In this city to meet with the COM n,
isslonors court tomorrow morning at 10 e.
,lock to participate in the arrangement 10
the official ballot to be voted in this o.
y on November g. ~
The notification is sent 10 the candidates er
the fusion county ticket for the reason ~
at fusion ticket is not recognized as to
longing to paltical party and no ticket We
the official ballot can be headed by any VI
CHI caption as "Fusion Ticket ana the OF
ndidatcs on this ticket will have to have
,ir names placed under The head OF some OIL
'ognized political party.
As the republicans have not put out wa
lnty ticket. AS the fusion candidates We
part and parcel of the republican IN
pulist fusion aud will have to have their
mes placed under one or the other of no
,se heads they have already by petition,
sod that their names he placed on the S 5i
publican ticket No,withstandng this nu
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