The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-22
ALREADY WARM AT DALLAS.
Five Hundred Democrats Have Al
ready Assembled.
THE CONTESTS ARE WAXING WARM
rourtccn Members Of the Committee
Have stated Their Position.
ON the Tcst.


many prominent democrats as are within
her gates tonight. Not since the State con-
vention of 1894 when Governor Culbcrson
and the ticket he headed were nominated
have so many Of the clansmen assembled
here The streets and the Hobbies OF the
various hotels remind one of convention
days. Fully 500 well-known democrats
\ are in town and more will arrive tomor-
< row This list includes Governor Culbcr-
son, General Crane, Allison Mayfield.
Comptroller Finley. Lieutenant Governor
Jester, Colonel r. NJ. wynne, Land Com
missioner Baker, Chairman Blake. nearly
all the State committee and host of
others.
Interest in the meeting OF the commit
tee tomorrow Is intense. All day long
members OF the comittee have been impor-
tuned by supporters of the rigid and lib
eral test to vote their way. They have
been begged by the Galvestonians to vote
to take the convention to Galveston and
BY the San Antonio delegation to hold the
big round up there. Nobody knows what
the COMMITTEES viii do TOMORROW on either
Of these propositions. The greatest un-
certainty prevails.
The entire membership OF the State com
mittee with the exception of R. NJ. john
ston of Houston and Judge James b. Wells
OF Brownsville are already present Mr..
johnston will reach Dallas tomorrow in
lime for the meeting. 1t has been rumored
III day that Judge Wells will not be pres
rnt. Manager Foster wired hun tonight.
bit has received no reply.
The Post correspondent has polled the
|pf them express their conviction. but
few will not state how they viii vote
Fourteen members of the committee pub
Ilicly state that they will vote for rigid
F test. Sixteen of the others are supposed
| to favor a liberal test. though Manager
Foster OF the Savers forces admits that
shree Of them are very doubtful. Chair
nan Blake favors the liberal test as pub
| ikhcd exclusively in Sundays Post. He
had prepared a statement of his position
| for publication tomorrow but at the re-
quest of some of the opponents of the idea
declined TO give 1t out The consensus OF
opinion tonight is that the vote on the
test tomorrow will be very close--su close
that Chairman Blake may be called upon
10 cast the deciding vote. 1t is generally
believed that the contest will be so sharp
that some kind of compromise will have
70 BIO agreed upon.
Chairman Blake urges harmony and is
using his best efforts to keep down any
feeling between the various followings.
The struggle over the location OF tho
Convention Will be very hard, and it is
Impossible to make even Il forecast of the
result. Both Galveston and San Antonio
claim to have it now. But few pledges
have been given, however, and nobody
Knows how the committee will vote.
The battle over the test is SO hot that
Phe date of the convention mas been lost
light of. 1t is agreed, however that If
Governor Culberson wants an early pri-
harry he will get 1t.
Tomorrow will be a memorable day In
Ne history of Texas democracy.
Dallas, Texas, February 2l.--An effort
rs made late tonight to compromise the
nd sayers on the test question. A pri-
ate conference was held in Chairman
'ekes rooms, at which both managers.
amsey aud Foster were present. 1t was
euhd impossible to reconcile the two fac
IONS to anything like harmonious agree
Etnt
committeeman Brooks of Beaumont has
= lesraphed his proxy TO Chairman Blake.
uage Wells of Brownsville sent his proxy
4 John Loyejoy of Galveston. The latter
7 soTr rigid test.
WYNNE's FRIENDS WILL ATTEND.
for Worth, Texas, February 21.-The
lends of Colonel Wynne will attend the
nocratic State executive meeting at Dali
tomorrow in considerable numbers.
eY evidence not a little concern as 10
y manner In which delegates to the State
a'ention are to be selected and the man
nde
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