San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-08
HE IS SEVERAL STRONG AT
PRESENT WITH H0N0RS
ALL ABOUT EVEN.
Savers. Blake. Jester Leading But
Neck And Neck For A Place.
The Eastern Press Try
ing To Take A Hand
In The Game.
Special Wire to Sunday Light.

Special Wire to Sunday Light.
Austin, Texas, Aug. THE guber-
Material race, so far as the Demo-
cratic party is concerned, is gradually
| narrowing down to some place where
the sports can place their money
though even, VITA the possibility of new
horses being entered and all that must
be taken into consideration. Howey-
| err the situation stands now about as
follows: Sayers and Crane are out in
the middle of the road for office. Jes-
ter is trying to get in the same posi-
| ton and it is believed by many peo-
pie that Blake will eventually land
along side of Jester. As to Col. Tom
Campbell, he is entirely out of the
deal both as to the governorship and
the railroad commission job. This
statement is made at the instance of
himself and friends. He cannot any
longer be looked upon as possibility
according to his latest utterances.
AS to Blake and Jester they are
keeping the people in about as much
suspense as did the Waco powwow.
| 1t is presumed, however, that their
platform will be out very shortly now
| if they are coming at all. 1t was
| generally talked up at the Waco con-
| ference that the reason that Blake did
not resign there was that the Crane
and Sayers men had the situation
loaded on him and had he resigned,
one or the other would have gotten
| their man in for chairman, thus tax
ling the party machinery away from
Blake and his aspirations for guberna-
torial honors. Mr.. Blake possibly re-
allied the situation the loss of the
party machinery would place him in
asmuch as it would throw him out
on his own resources and at the same
time give the other fellew who cap
tured the craftsmanship a great adj
| vantage over him. At any rate he
declined to resign and hence the
whole matter was left in chaotic
state.
1t was further stated at the Waco
! meeting that Mr.. Blake proposed to
call a meeting of the executive COM
mittee at some subsequent date when
he had matters cooked and primed
along the line he thought they ought,
when he would resign and at the same
time get his own man into the office
of state chairman. The politicians
are watching any such movement
and if it is made they will be on
hand very promptly to try and prevent
it being carried into effect. However,
that is as yet prospective.
Messrs. Savers, Crane and Jester
are all in the race for governor. If
Mr.. Blake comes in he will COM
mand good support. If he stays
out where will his support go? Quite
number of politicians say that it
will be divided between Sayers and
Crane; others that it will all go to
| Crane. Jester, however, is not being
figured on in Che coming race as
should be done, for information along
| down the line is that he is being back
ed better than great many politi-
clans think.
As to support, however, it is well to
note that the eastern papers are TAX
ing some interest in the Texas cam
paign even thus early and in more
than one instance has it been noted
where they were congratulating
Texas upon the possibility of elect
ing Joe Sayers governor.