The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-11
FOR SAVERS.
or Anti. Admins.
tration Candidate.
fORD AS FRIEND OF SILVER
Has n Bcttcr Record for un-
ring Devotion TO the Prin-
ciples of Democracy.

ment In relation to the campaign
tuor was given to the press today
Foster. who has general charge d
RS campaign.
not intended at this time TO an,
for publication In regard to th,
for governor OF the Hon. Jos
rs. but there are a few facts thai
be stated plainly at once in tn,
of truth. and in fairness 10 al,
ndidates.
pert Is being industriously cIrcu-
et Sayers Is an "anti-administra
iidate," thereby leading the pee
elieve that there is an admins
candidate" in the field. by com
~ usage the present democratic
ration in its entirety expires with
rement OF Governor Culberson
executive office, and will cease
II will be the end of two con-
terms and every democrat, is free
to any nomination within the
he party, without infringement OF
y law or precedent. There Will he
pistration to perpetuate, but one to
18th the people as creators.
The use OF the term "administra-
Is sought To create the IInl,rcs-
I either of the candidates has
nir to the united support CT The
us composing the present admin
the claim is equally groundless.
persons now holding official POSI-
der the Culberson administration,
porting Sayers for governor, as
found enlisted under the bonner
of the other candidates.
ition to these facts, the assurance
rnor Culberson that he ia tai ii. z
for or against either OF TIE candi-
ither in his individual or repre-
capacity, should set ar rast the
at there Is any candidate FIR gov
efore the people representing the
1etration.
eople are also being informed that
payers secured the appointment to
nder the Cleveland administration
= men known In political yartarce
- aSulOIi dto. re Ill
pr appointment to office some cid
federate soldier. friends and COM
q arms OF that element, who were
elmingly Endorsed by their Neigh
q friends. but IL that were an I'M
tble. political sin, II has been COM
more frequently and with less
Ifion by Others in official position
piTe to be governor, and Major Say
fady to balance accounts with either
Competitors and appear before the
democratic Judgment on that score.
lime will never come in the South
emucrats will consider it serious
offense to have extended a help
Dbd to an Confederate soldier.
differing with him on questions az
Rolicy, much less when extended 10
DO barred their breasts to the foes
|bcracy and jeopardized their lives
hse of the party during the days of
fuction.
|scare-crow of the campaign, and
rs intended to be confirinatcry Of
(gestion that Savers is an ''anti all
htion" candidate. Is that the So
4 Sound money democrats" the
element and the '.populistsi' are
|him. / think could name few
little off color In politics. who are
hng other candidates, nut assuming
could not. and that the classes
|are supporting Sayers. they are do
with a full knowledge of the fact
was for the free and unlimited
of silver, before the democratic
u convention ever uneuu.vocaily
q for TT that he voted against tile
pf the purchase clause in the Sher-
i on the ground that nothing better
cred In its stead; that ne has unl-
voted for the free and unlimited
/ of silver at the ratio of IS to /,
ninst every substitute proposed for
ito; that he Endorsed and supported
,didates and platform put forth by
lcago convention; that he st;ppcrt-
Hogg and Cuiberson policy. and the
ION administration: that he las COM
himself to the faithful execution
railroad commission. and stock and
Tvs. and that men now behind his
gn, were original Hogg and com
men. who were, and are. the earn
porters of the policies of both the
nd Culberson administrations. Their
Is, therefore, based on personal,
political grounds. and is n COM
OF which any man might justly
,ud.
In or out of Texas has a
record for unfaltcring devotion to
nciples OF democracy, as interpreted
State and National democratic Flat
than Joseph ID. Sayers. AMI II. ly
of his spotless private ard public
! amiability of character, his stead
itical integrity. and his answering
n to duty as a soldier, statesman
villain, men of opposing political
5 are drawn to him. 1t seems IN ME
reason for rather than against his
ton as the standard bearer Of de-
J who think that any candidate now
thin his grasp the democratic POM
for governor, should disabEse their
II that idea at once. The tin,a has
when the politicians can pledge in
, OF even the formal an aonncement
idates the votes OF the eoplr and
them. The people Themselves ale
o take a hand in the selection OF
ties and 1t Is before Them in yri-
assembled that The friends
II Savers will order his cause. and
Endorsement. He can count With
BILE certainty On more votes ut this
at either OF the other candidates.
5 friends confidently believe lis
for further acquisition o. strength
least equal to those OF any other
tie.
Pops Are Going 10 Work.
lsrt, Texas. January 10.-A meet
lhe populist county executive com
'f Caldwell county was held at the
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