The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-03
S OF DEMOCRACY
Ina to Create Dlscord 10 the
Texas Organization.
ACK ON CRANE AND OTHERS
hen Up 20 Bring Discord in
k.rty Ranks, but 1t Will
rail OF Its Purpose.

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Texas. October 2.-(Staff Cores
ITO the watchful looker-on the
nfolding Of a political campaign
no subject Of most interesting
4 the campaign now in state
ION In Texas Is no exception to
Il ia only an embryo, but 1t is
10 excite the customary in
a has already added to the CIR
,cal literature at least two most
he documents. I refer to tho late
10 the st. Louis Globe Democrat
q 70 be from Mineral Wells. rola-
The compromise Of the Southern
railroad suits, and the enc last
n the San Antonio Express. pur-
10 be from Fort Worth. relative
Fney General Cranes explanation
said compromise, and / wish to
eial emphasis on the word "pur-
as used in both instances. 1t
ful IL either OF them was written
point named as the place Of Its
land the best that can be said OF
that they "purport' to be from
les named.
for the purposes Of this article.
ce of their birth is not material.
mention 1t for the sole purpose OF
the democrats OF Texas CT the
q and unsettled habits and char
IL certain anonymous writer's, who
tuming to speak for the democrltlo
The tone, tenor and general char
q the articles referred TO negative
ba of democratic parentase, and
.tmilitude in these respects Is such
Fender the suspicion that they are
&iants Of a common ancestor well
b. Evidently the good OF the DEM
/ party in Texas was not their Wits
5bject. Each is stamped as the pro-
of morbid imagination. spuh
manner and style to serve some
other than that of promoting the
It's of the democratic party. or pre-
! the unity and harmony which now
among its members. In this last
hlar, however, it is believed the
sarticle outstrips the first, and these
lie and anonymous, as we'll as in>
IS and jayhawling productions, which
he impress of the handiwork OF the
BIS OF democratic harmony and demo.
ascendancy in Texas, desire to
and directly review the Express
), and incidentally the Globe Demo-
article also.
khe outset / want to say that thit
is intended for the Information
enefit of loyal and faithful democrats
be good of the democratic organlza.
b Texas. Its object is to expose thu
ptitious and undermining methods
certain class of newspaper writer's
effusions bear on their fnce indis
De evidence that the welfare OF tn,
IL not what they are after. Will
! the candidate for governor, l an
lncerned, but with Crane. as a p.omi
member OF great political party, ant
! as the attorney general az grea
and the servant Of a great ant
|tic people, / am very much concern
the sequal will show.
assert without fear OF contradiction
the article to the Express Is mis-
Of the attorney general'l
nation and a Justification of facti
beginning to end. Nobody cares any,
about what the writer has 10 say II
ance to "boomerangs" and "predic
4" and "olive branches" and "sensa
y and long faces" and ''prominen
(" and "sanctuaries," nor even tn,
,ction hour" and religious homage
,ther things equally as senseless, al
,ich everybody knows Is the essence
I, and was put in only to take III
and serve the double purpose o
ing strife and injuring the democrati,
Nor is the general public partic
Z interested in the question as t.
her or not the attorney generals ex
tion was temperate or intemperat
e language used to express himself
fact Is clear that there was grea
'cation. Crane was the man aimed a
le Globe Democrats article, and Gran
1t. Hence his vigorous answer. TIL
was one which deserved heroic treat
!. 1t got It, and the dose has had
Ding effect. 1t was a settler, and n
apt has been made to answer 1t.
the animus and real object of tn
or of the article under review ar
ly apparent in the purpoeed miscon
'tion placed upon the said explana
and the vigorous efforts he makes I
Ifacture capital out OF nothing. Fc
nee. he says. after remarking tha
,le are wondering why he lost hi
'er:" "They recite that he used sue
uage as Creatures liars 'freeboo,
n" And again: what Mr.. Crane
cs particularly object to is his de
iiation indirectly OF every man WI
orts Blake or Sayers, or Jester {
me as freebooter and an enem
his country" Now. the malii
h permeatss these quotation
be perfectly patent, and the self-ser'
juggling OF words and consequent mil
esentation will be perfectly clear 4
mind OF the inquirer after the trutl
n We see just what the attorney ger
did say on these pongs. Here is h
t language: I'm order to render n
nation impossible, they (the can
n liarso have determined tn;
democratic primaries in cities like Da
must be filled up with lot OF creatur
did not vote the democratic ticket
last election, and who will not vote
he nsxt election" And again: 81 shs
the public to remember. however, tn
! desperate gang of freebooters WI
making war on me in this campaign
again: But as before stated, l I
expecu them 1.-THE tfreebooters who a