The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-14
TEXAS POLITICAL MATTERS
4 Hard fi"ht Is Now Raaiuo Ia
N r;h Texas.
speculation ON THE PRIMARIES
Counties rodny--T. y. smith Gives
Out Some Figures.

Dallas. Texas. May ls--Tomorrow the
counties OF Dosque, Cooke, coryell, Gray
son. Hill. Mills, Montgomery, Nacogdoches
and Taylor, having an aggregate OF 20
votes In the democratic convention 10 he
held at Galveston next August. VIII hold
primary elections to select and instruct the
delegates who VIII represent them at the
big roundup on the gulf. partlsans OF every
candidate ooncedc that these counties al
though naming only small per cont OF the
total membership of the convention viii
have much TO do with Determining the II Il
OF the party's standard bearers. For this
reason news from tomorrows battle will be
eagerly awaited by almost evcry democrat
in the State. Especially is interest in the
outcome intense about the various bead
quarters In Dallas.
Scores OF workers, managers, etc, have
gone TO the different parts OF the political
battlefield and no candidate Is sparing o.
forts to win Colonel Wynne and Attorney
General Crane, between whom the fight
In Cooke and Grayson is admitted To be, nro
both In Graysoa county. Tonight at Sher-
man they are scheduled TO meet In Joint de-
bate, an event that has excited the Keen
which will undoubtedly attract thousands OF
voters. Both Crane and Wypne claim
Cooke and Gray ~ counties, and II reports
that have reached Dallas arc truo.the strug-
gle between them viii be unusually sharp
and severe with the result hanging loosely
In tho balance.
The Sayers forces have made no flgh;
in either Cooke and Grayson, On the con-
trary they have aided and encouraged the
friends OF Colonel Wynne, II has been
Colonel Fosters shrewd plan to rout Gen
eral Crane with Colonel Wynno aud then
turn every gun In the Sayers camp Oh the
latter. Tomorrow Will in great measure.
show how this movement Is working and.
while they know their candidate viii have
no show, nobody win pay more acute at
tenton TO the results from Cooke aud
Grayson than The supporters OF Major
Snyers.
Not so much can be said of the other
counties that hold primaries tomorrow.
There appears TO be q throe-cornered tight
In Nacogdoches between Crane, Wynnel
and Savers, with the chances fayorins
Craue, Hill county, With It's hftcen woes.
Is the home Of Hon Thomas $, smith, can
dldate for attorney general and no other
thus. for the time being, eliminating that
county from other contests.
Coryell county TX claimed for Saycrs.
Manager Foster Ia looking after the Bias.
trop candidates interests there, and ~
expected TO VIM Very little Is known
OF the conditions in Mills. Montgomery and
Taylor, II IL the impression, however,
that Sayers will capture them.
Taking Hll county's fifteen votes from
the seventy to be instructed tomorrow,
fifty-iive remain 10 be fought for. Seven
teen OF these are regarded ns reasonably
certain TO 20 for Sayers.
Bosque's ilve votes are conceded to Crane
and Naoogdoches ia put In the same col
umn, giving the attorney general eleven
votes he may depend upon. Both Cooke
and Grsyson may go for either Crane or
Wynne. or the result may be divided.
kind OF bifurcatod skirt arrangement, one
county going TO one the other 10 the other,
Colonel Wynne's friends admit That un
less he makes landing somewhere tomor-
row his prospects for receiving the nom
nation Will have been largely dlaslpated,
The situation Is fraught with great mo-
mcnt and IL dividing the interest that
has been given the war for the last month
Farmer Shaw, one OF tho most valiant
OF Major Savers supporters refused TO
90 10 Grnyson county this week. II am
for sayers straight he said. "but will
not speak In the interest Of any combine
ton. After Sayers IA be for Crane"
Anxiety Is written over the door of every
political headquarters and on the face OF
every politician.
Denson. Texas, May l3-The supporters
of Colonel Dick WINNIE held big rally to
night at Forest PARK, Tho principal speak
ers were Judge J. II. Wood OF Sherman ana
Judge MosIey OF this city,
Dallos, Texas, May f3--one OF the mos,
heated county campaigns in the history OF
Dallas county closed tonight, The primaries
to nominate candidates for the various
county Offices tomorrow VIII be closely
contested In most instances. The canvass
for county attorney and theriff has been
exceedingly acrimonious An unusually
heavy vote is expected to be poled,
sartartla, Texas. May 10. A precinct
convention Will be convened here tomorrow
Tor the purpose OF selecting delegates 10
the county convention To bo held at Rich
niond No one doubts but thar Joe sayers
for governor and Wharton Edtes for con-
gress VIII get a solid delegation from this
precinct.