The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-14
BILL M'DONALD is OUT.
GREEN AFRAID or MS 'oLoHnp
po,IriCNI. BROTHER.
,, v.,utmnu County Republican
won't work for T"si""' nv"
Green Is Afraid of him.

DALLAS. Texas May l2.-The Post cofle-
spondont has pumped from reluctant p"1
reliable source the fact that black bill NV
Donald OF Kaufman, the negro republican
leader. Ia not II member OF Green = "'n'o
oxneutiye committee. as Was widely re
ported a month or two ago. Az hevuue
of the advisory board II was deciheu 10 i'-
instate him AS executive committeeman.
und tho board so voted But all acts OF
this prtvy council of the roSah rcpub'ie'a
have TO hc approved by Y, u. u "fo'h'
and this Is one he not only did not approve
but Kicked against loud and long
Personally Chairman Green rather like'
Mcdonald and haH high regard Tor ms III
tclIigence. But ever since hlli refused t'
be bound by his party associates IN lheil
fusion agreement with the popullsis lie has
been afraid OF him. After the election me
black lenders pronounced antBgonsm To-
wards nr Grant caused Green TO thlhk
more kindly of him. The advisory board
went further than Green In their feclihR
and voted 10 rive BIN the right hani OF
fun fellowship and place at ihe coune',
board Green hnH vetoed this action ana
Meponnld's place on the state committee
VIII he filled by n white republican whose
LOYALTY 10 Green is uudoubtcd and VINO
swallowed Mckinley and keafhy together.
jus, who this Viii he Is not yet known,
II is The intention OF the Green i'ahers
IA place a nnmrlcss state ticket IN the
teld next year with Henry y. Mcdonald
OF Paris, n gold standard domocrnt, at It's
hend. Bnl Mcdonald is known as con
sistont republican, but as between mon
yrel ticket anl the straight democracy Re
prefers tho latter Holding place ON
Grecn's executive committees. he would IN
case he desired to fight the tlcltot the III
slonists had put out, be In position 10 rnt
hoo ehnrn enough
10 understand thia. and for that reason bli'
Mcdonald viii not he State committee man
from the Kaufman district
Dallas republicans expect Mcdonald 10
fight their fuaI0n efforts IN 1888. ana 'ho
worry thought gives them the blues ''dooso-
neck Bill" as they termed nm durihS me
last campaign, Is, with Cunoy ont, me
brightest negro republican In Texas. lie
has great Influence With darlios through
out inas State and can line than up by the
hundred. He win exert this strength
against anything but regular republican
Ticket This reflection haunte the dreams
0f those who would ltsc to geo Colonel Nc
Donald Of Paris succeed Governor cntber-
son
A prominent Groom nian said 10 The post
man last night: "Blll Mcdonald Will
stand shoulder to shoulder with Blake next
year and the frowned) MS going 10 hurt
us
BIZ, H. 10 said. doesn't llFo the inet VI
being left off the state committee ite II
having more fun than any other republican
IN tho country. Like all the rest. he IL nm
applicant for Federal office Running
for office is regarded as huge Joke by
him
lie recently asked Chairman Green:
Amt you going 10 indorsc me oricollcc-
tor Of revenue in this district"
MOT by DID sight" Groen laconicaiIy
replied. ,.
t;rosn and Bill are said 10 be tho only
living republicans who are not anticipating
the fall Of a plum.