The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-03

" nepiits To- Rssest Letter from
Ar. Poster.
1ne sN.yER REcOpD OF Aa. CRANE.
Ne Goes gsss zee waiter rsipy $50
Also Calls AssessEos - ssne Of
Mr.. rsStes's Statements.
ID the Denesrats d regas:

DsfIzs. Texas, AgsfI 2--On March 10
ssitcr was ssst oG from the head.
ousssers df ths sayers carypaisa club al
Austin. 10 the editors OF TFxs< newspaper
sirped BY 4. l. Fcsser. in which Il was
ase.rtxds
The record shows that Crane voted
assfrst tree silver Ia ste State senate IN
1857. 49, ana hnxIly that Crane becanna
an sctlvs advocate Of silver. oaIy when
the sxnsinrent ia Texas became cverwheln.
Ing
Mr. Foster, who signed this statement
ard who "a the raraseg Of Nr. Sayer'4
campaign, pubglshsd 10 the daily newspa-
rers OF last Sunday an ztracs on Mr.. Craze
a1d the rzanagers Of hls campaign Ia whten
u Is declared shat They have wslfuily sn1
deliberately rnssrepferented sayerx- posi-
sion IN regard to 10th State AMI National
issuts.v
i, IL f9rther stated therein wc ean
rot eoatrcl she friends Of Major SaYers in
EST or expression. nor wifi We undertake
70 40 40. bHs 70 far al We are concerned.
no document Will 90 euf from headqrar+
ssrs containing any nNssprsse ssStgong u
snc puaitf5s Of avg candidate. it se Know
IT. and We shall deal I'm facts ard notnias
else. What IL Cranes silver record Hay.
irg utterly failed 70 End . Eas ia S1yers
ssecrs on the silver issue. L a psEsiasrt
10 lnFnFge whether 81 not .heso charges
sssErsi him were rFpmpsd up Tor the pns-
rexs Of d.ysitEps attention from cEaae's
awh shcEtiivea AID vUsnera9In reeort oa
silver X We may draw Inference ff0f.
fscts We are iIattfed Ii asserting thar
thai vas oue CT th@ purposes in view.
This IL the erIfairation Of repeated
charges 81 nature similar 70 shove. by the
Savers management directed at VIZ. Crane
and IRE campaigning that Il being dnae
In bis Sehsif Notwithstanding t1e pub
LEFTY mat has been given 10 them and ta
rrany othes charges and rarncFs pgIs Ia
circulation foF the pvrpoae 81 zrcasing
prejudice against Hr. eranes candidacy
bic representatives have hitherto preserved
I'm unbroken nilcnce tn tho face OF un.
warranted attach The spstefgI sscusttioE
that thsy have been wanting 81 rgcrtssY
ard fairness 10 ether Candidates has been
crafty employed as prstext ~ ex-tts=
a continual COW 81 unjust and sBtouUded
attack npon Ny, CRANE Lest his silence
shotli seem 10 the anirformeA 20 give
cTedeucc % the can1rdS that have bHen
pni afioa. to work injury to his iaterest..
II becomes nscrENary, once fos all, TO mako
reply 10 SONS Of them.
His rssfetable thn this campaign should
not have proceeded 10 sts sai without ~
INCIDENT 10 mar the good feeling that ought
TO have attended #. That Il should be
othcrwisc. Is NOT due u NJ. Crane or his
representatives, have been participant,
IN some degree. IN eyery political contest
that has occurred In Texas since Issg--
meyer ia candidate for office, and sl0Hys
ON the side with which nov stanh 1ad
have never Witnessed in Va abort .lrIe
as many Inventions ard tricks OF politics.
and shafts OF caIuinny Ieyeird sgaipr, any
candidate for tho purpose Of preventing
the nomination OF ar. Crane.
The first step In this campaign was the
and circulation, through the
81. Louis ricbe. Democrat q niost vicious
enemy Of the south and Of he der1rsratie
Ynsty OF foul and irfan sus lhef. based
or the sills Instituted by Mr.. Crane agaips;
the Southern Pacific fniiwny wbien ut
tsthgd the onieiaI faith and HcFaoaaI ig-
fegrity Of the rallronl commissioners, John
II Reagan, T., Story and Allison May.
ftld and Attorney General Crane THAT
was carefully Planned With ret.
orence 10 the campaign nog u presrtss.
| do not Wish to b. Understood as sus.
40 With Il. or knew anything about is
origin, do not believe re did but do
know thar that vile falscheoa, which had
Its beginning rs have Indicated. aud |
whosc suthnrs do not Dare 10 HI tho vile /
OF secrecy that covers their irtffIng. s. |.
hcing quietly used all over Texas agains, |
MIR. Crane, and here put every man Upon |
notice who receives or repeats II that he |
~ lending Sountenancc TO slanGer WhOse |
paternity It's authors are not honest or |
raaly enough 10 ayow.
Attacks upon Mr.. Cranes executive con |
duct and capacity, upon his legislative |
record upon his gobrlety. upon his polll,- |
cal and personal friendships. have come !
thick and fast. and prcjndicra growInE out |
Of loyal conditions In remote localities. |
with which he had no more 10 do than |
with the seasons OF the planet Mars. have !
been invoked TO array voters against him. !,
Among the fatmers he has been represent |
ed as railroad candidate, AMI ia The |
bankers and Conservative generally he |
has been denounced us IN extremist" |
who. II elected. would trightru capital add |
keep out foreign Investments, We have
in our possession copies OF letters sceking |
to srraign county officials against him on
the charge that hs Is partly responsible
for the fee bill legislation. and OH the
other hand. the people arc told that he Ia |
the representative % official rings aud
eliqu.e. He has been formally accused by |
one candidate OF DOSING as the heir ap. |
parent OF poiliit1l trnHf al the State \
capital Of which the peopir have heard |
10 much from the middle -cf. the rold popu- |
Hat leaders especially during the cam. |
naikn Of 1886. while Mr. rosieg affirmed |
With much warmth al the beginning o. thiv |
rampaign thai there was no admlnlstratlou
candidate Ia This racr. that Mr.. sayers has |
O. nsrr supporters among the members o,
tha prtssn, adniin!Atrasiou As Mr.. Crane,
and thai be Is ~ much entitled 10 be RAJ
vardsA ~ N administrator candidate a.
Mr. Crane.
n has been charged BY Mr.. Foster ana
others that Mr Crane dominates the State
execHtIve committee. and dictated lis .lte
sftien IN the adoption Of tbs, state iest.
Tho ffequ<nt repetition .; this charge calls
for = rsaaemsnt that vim show no, only |
hat n r. unifne. but that u u inninecrsly
rs only vii 4 tbs S,nte executive |
ccm1littee a. the yubernatoriaI race that
4xIr xaw. Ana thai MAS .ver made, ts
~ q knsNs w&a made by L. L. Foster.
Atc1 ~ Nh bsfore the State executive
.eqWe )ltee ~ n Dallas 10 exhibited whxt
I'M tc4 p be poll Of this eonmittse al |
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