The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-25
WANT The CLERKSHIPS.
Newspaper Men Apply for Places where
Trained Ability Is Necessary.
GOVERNOR SAVERS IS now At PEACE
lie Ale HIS Thanksgiving Dinner In
Comfort-Childs and Prince Both
Confident Of speakership.

Austin, Texas November 23.-The news
| paper fraternity viii be well represented
| among the attaches Of the next legislator,
| IL the Efforts of the many members there
| or who are endeavofing TO secure clerk.
ships and other positions are ut all Sue
cessful. OF the four candidates for chhei
clerk of the house three are newspaper
men, namely: John H. Cullom, w. o..
Peety and Lee j. Rountree. The other
candidate for this place Is Chester Halle
who served In that capacity in the TWEEN
" fourth legislature.
j. X. p. Shirley, Weatherford news
paper man, is out after the assistant secre-
taryslhip of the senate; while John Dale.
a Decatur publisher seems to have a
cinch on his old job as doorkeeper. j. M.
Kennedy OF the Marlin Democrat is un-
derstood TO BIO willing to accept an APP
continent from the senate and there are
others yet to hear from.
Probably the most important gift within
the gift OF the lower house is that OF Journal
clerk. Marshall Burney OF Amphion, who
has held it u number of times. wants IT
agsGn, according TO current report. IL
there is one man who has his business
Gown fine 1T is Burney. and 1t is not an
easy business either, as 1t takes up all
the time OF the man who undertakes II and
requires an Unusual amount of care and
accuracy in the successful transaction
thereof.
J. l.. Robinson of Taylor. who was Bur
ney's ASST :tant in the Twenty Fifth legis-
lature, is a candidate for reelection
poole of Victoria, who was secretary Of
the senate before the last, seems to have
"a clear track for the Secretaryshlp OF the
next at this writing.
N. w. Flcyd, a bright newspaper man
of Houston, is candidate for engrossinS
clerk of the senate, and indications point
TO his election. He held the office in the
last senate.
Representative Childs of San Antonio
II notice in The Post OF November 22th
your staff correspondent from Austin, On
speaking of the speakership, says: 'Childs
labOrs under the disadvantage of being
opposed by the two local Representatives
from Bexar county This statement is err
ror. | will get the support of all the repre-
sentatives from my flotortal dlsrictas well
as from my section. l see in the public
press of this day that outside of my dis
trict, Hon S. V. Pfeuffer, representative
liNlii 'oH!RI' anu iruii. Leu HS''''' -, -,
from Caldwell, rave both announced their
support of my candidacy. Other members
from my section have given me private as
surances of their support. This statement
is not made in the spirit of boasting, bit
TO correct statement which does me as
wen as my colleagues an injustice"
The statement TO which Mr.. Chdlds OBJ
ieots with regard to the Bexar county
members was MAIDS upon the authority of
two reliable gentlemen who Informed The
Post correspondent that they had it dust
from the LIPS of said members that they
would not vote for Childs for speaker. II
said statement is erroneous. there is moth
ing to prevent the two members from Bexar
county fropa denying in priht the language
attributed 10 them.
Captain Barrett of Clay county, who has
been reelected to the lover house, has
written that he will support Cbilds.