San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-11
SOLONS ASSEMBLING.
TEXAS LEGISLATURE POURING IN
TO THE CAPITAL.
Graphic Description of the Lone and Hop
ing But Hopeless Office Seeker of
The Day-Personals.

year. 1t is generally understood that
their hardness is due to the fact that
they are afraid, or are rather adverse
to meeting the army of office seekers
that are here waiting their coming. 1t
is in order for the people to speak
lightly of the men who are here seek
ing office, but there are two sides to
the question. The side that represents
itself most forcibly at present is that
most of these men are here not through
choice so much as necessity. They
say that the hard times of the past
few years has driven them to seek any
means possible to get offices. The
matter of the office seeking the man
has long since past. 1t is the man
seeking the office and they are seek
ing it with a vengeance just at pres
cent. There is not a parallel case on
record. There are three times as many
here seeking office as can possibly be
given positions. There are many here
who have come a long way and have
no more showing of getting position
than a dead man. There are quite
number of candidates here who do not
know a soul and from their present
mode of proceedings they Will not
know anybody when the legislature
opens up and yet these men actually
think that they have a showing of be-
ing elected. Some of them sit around
the hotel Hobbies all day and when
night comes they are exhausted with
waiting They still sit around, how
ever, until midnight and then slowly
wander to their cheap boarding houses
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sumo their tireless vigilance. They
never speak to anybody, they know
nobody, nobody knows them. They
are here seeking office and they have
had their cards printed, but they will
in all probability not get single vote.
1t is true that there are not so very
many of these unknown candidates.
While many are not widely known
they have some few friends, but
there are some who are actually I'M
know. Their case is almost pitable.
They are after that which they will
never get. They have been here since
Wednesday and they will probably re-
main until Thursday and will then
disappear. They came here on false
hopes built on their own imagination
and they will find that it is all
dream. Some of these men who have
not a ghost of showing, are old men,
too. 1t is something that thouches a
man to look at them but it shows what
the world is made of. The presence of
all the horde of candidates is, howev-
er. what is keeping the legislators
away. 1t is anticipated that quite an
additional number will be in here today
and others say that Tuesday morning
will witness the biggest influx. They
seem to think that all those who can
possibly do so will keep away until the
very last moment and in that way
avoid the candidates. The offices are
there, however, and they are to be
given to somebody. The people have
ing to the applicant as he makes his
should give at least courteous near
ing to the applicants as he makes his
wishes known. Many are doing that,
but as to how they will vote is another
thing and it is believed that many
saddened heart will leave here next
Tuesday and many a man will talk
feelingly of men who are prone to tell
lies in this glorious 10Th century OF
ours.
Senator Stafford, who was a member
of the last legislature, is here. He is
a hoId-over senator and was kept busy
shaking hands with his many friends.
Senator Goss has arrived. He was
a member of the last senate and was
re-e1ected at the November election.
He is a very popular man among MS
colleagues.
Senator-elect c. V. Terrell, of Deca-
tur. is on deck. He is first timer ana
spent the day in securing acquaintance
with the members, new and old.
Representative elect T. F. Vaughan,
of Collins county, is here. He immedl-
ately began mixing with the delegates
and candidates in the lobby. He looks
like a man capable of holding his own
and will doubtless prove quite and ad-
dition to the House.
Representative ]. w. Robbins, OF
wilbarger county, came in looking
about the same as he did when he left
here last year. He was reelected this
time over his Populist opponent by
big majority and comes back prepared
for anything that comes up.
]. T. Curry of Van Zandt county, is
here. His county is known in the leg
islature as the free state of Van Zandt
and he will doubtless look to its inter-
est while serving the people at the cap
itol.
Representative-elect F. Lotto, of
Austin county, is here. Mr.. Lotto is
a new member but that is no reason
that he does not know the ropes and
he will be ready for the fray whenever
1t opens. -.
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