The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-10

| stock In IL In . halihearted way. Instead
| o. putting the comm lssiou IN hole the
| railroads got 10 4 hoie themselves for hey
were called uron 10 make showing In
support Of their application, which hey
| could not afford 20 produce. The traffic
| r1en knew we'll eaouga thai II the chow
| down came reduction insteAd CT al n
( crease ~ rates would b. the logical i,soi'.
hut he lawyer contingent. which ~as '-isR-
1 Ing a SluG for political effect soiciJ. Etpi
lun 4 xrea9 show OF nerve uE:!l the DAY
for hearing arrived and preassdr3 10 ec
| ready for a tgh, 10 finish. The Lttilns
| vas never had however. On melton OF Er.
| Campbell. backed by the praff.c ricr. 10
was indefinitely postponed. The abroad
LAWYERS who had worked their E.Gein
pcsses up 10 the belief that LEY raj
clnch on obtaining ep increase IL rates
/ had to make an explanation. % c'drSa ana
! ihey laid all the blame on Canp3ell- HAD
/ s; lot been for him. they asserted tue IN
crease would have been granted. Whine tn
! ;ru-h Of the matter Vas that II they bad
| had thelr way 3 decrease would have re-
suited.
! Abou, this time Colonel Huston Q, In
dana showed Up IL Texas. He came here
10 carry the State for Mckinley. and
opened up shop N Dallas. where be held
audience with the middle of he roadets
Aaa dolea on; Doodle where it would do
The most good. lie also met the railroad
lavyers who had Il In for Campbell and
Tho we're Organizing the railroad men O.
he STATE into sound money clubs, They
sad Huston soon came 10 an understanding
art I: wasn't ioag before the RECOGNIZABLE
Hoosier, who smooth as he Is. talks TOO
much on occasion, proclaimed that Mr..
Hanna would see 10 IT ihet Tom Campbell
Ice, bis job az soon as the election was
over The election came and went and Mr..
Campbell is out Of a Job. He didn't ge;
AIRED. but the ex might have struck him Il
he had waited long enough After the fell
so~-se-y2lt bill had been defeated OF thc
"a suier session Of the Tssnty-ff;h lee.s-
latu7c be kent East 70 md out whore he
Was q; and learned thst hls political a.
nlai'ors had proven embarrassing to Mr.
Gould N course. George t!dn't care him
sef What NJ Camphell's political views
we're, bit The tondholiers were kicking and
others associated with Mr.. Gould IN his
various enterprises were making remarks.
T. didn't transp.ye that Mr.. Hanna had
saa anything to Hr. Gould about Mr.
Campbell. bat Mr Gould had found d; diri
cult 70 Tslsa she wind on more han one
occasion because il VS. known ihA. lie
Kept a man o., NJ Campo us czHoer on
bis ray roll Bong a man OF firm lorvic-
tons and uot wishing 70 further cramp
George. who is no, as flush AZ h. used 70
be. Of COURSE Mr. Campbell resigned Had
b" Nor done It there Is no aoub, sat vha.
be- would have been requested 70 30 50 Cor
here Is no room for i ieaisl @. the fact
That every man o. prorouncc3 views IN
oggo- Son Ia Eastern political IDEAS IS 10
be let olt OF any position he may hold In
this Suction under corporation controlled
In New York.
when the news Of Mr Csmpbeirs
resignation reached Texas most people at
once sarmised that politics was at the bot
'ora Of i bua The Texas and Paeihcc legal
department denied this and asserted that
he had been let out because he refused TO