The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-08
TEXAS POLITICAL SCHEMES.

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: return to the democratic fold OF an atpre-
), ciable number OF Rufus Hardyites. The
: majority of them are gone for cool and
, they do not hesitate to say that these is
r but one way to get them back. and that Is
to place them in control of the party. J. hey
are not seeking for concessions o. looking
for compromises. They are done With the
regular organization and their only study
now 10 to Xix UP some sort of comblla-
! tion that promises to defeat the dentotj atic
ticket, They are In favor Of an indepsna-
ent State ticket, on which all the opposi-
ton elements shall be represented
Generally speaking, the popltists wall
not join the democracy. About ten per cent
OF them VIII come into the primaries where
the opportunity Is afforded and vote the
democratic ticket. The remainder will con-
tinue to show fight. An independent COM
blnation ticket will catch them.
/ The republicans have on the whole been
too busily engaged In the scramble for
| Federal pie to have given much thought
| TO the fall elections, but such of them as
have had the leisure to pay some attention
to the matter view the combination ticket
| scheme with favor.
| pretty good idea of what the intentions
OF the bosses OF the populist machine are
1 AN"y bc obtuilitu ny NdtNliiDG tue UluHeu-
vers of Citizen Gibbs. He has been writ
ing to local middle of the road leaders of
| late and advising them to keep out OF the
democratic procession. The test prescribed
by the democratic State committee means
the nomination of Crane he tells
them, in which event, in has opin-
Ion, the enemies OF organized democ-
racy can get together and make winning
| hight. AS to Sayers, whose chances are
| gone now, according to his calculate
| Gibbs writes that his nomination would
nave the effect of breaking the backbone
OF tho opposition us he Is the least ob!eC-
tionable Of the democratic candidates :r,m
his point OF view. Taking it for glan.ed
that Gibbs is sincere and knows what he
is talking about it would seem that the
proper thing for the democrats to do would
De TO nominate Sayers. But that is OK
actly what Gibbs does not want. He eX-
poets TO run for governor himself at the
mead of composite ticket, and hopes for
Sayers' defeat under the impression that
his followers will become disgruntled and
decline 10 give the ticket nominated that
support which is expected of party men.
Or course. Gibbs mistakes the temper end
character of the Sayers people. He has
judged them by the standard of few
noisy recalcitrants who have tailed onto the
it'JVi - pVolii, tNlitttlnb 10 ne lllteu lack
into the party thereby. while doing him
the incalculable injury of pretending TO
support him and threatening to make tiou-
Bile II he fails to get there. a little re-
Election Is all that is needed 10 dispei the |
notion that this class is representative OF
the genuine Sayers sentiment mt reflec- |
tion is not what Gibbs expects his crowd |
to Indulge In. Trading upon middle-or- the
road luminosity to Crane, who has most |
vigorously fought populist vagaries in tie
past, and figuring upon stirring up trouble |
IN democratic ranks In case of the 6cfeat |
OF Sayers, the Dallas Machiavcli wants |
Crane nominated so to have something !
to roar about. His proposed north and |
south State railroad, to be Built with the |
aid OF the school fund. and afterwards sold |
out to private trunk line operators at a |
profit to the promoters may be a catchy |
issue for awhile but IL can't stand the ,
strain of hot campaign. He must have |
something else TO run for governor oil and |
nothing better has occurred TO him than
the possibility of making the fight upon
the basis of aroused prejudices revived
animosities and ill-concealed disappont-
mont. which, to his mind will be possible
If Crane wins out
Tho mugwumps must be In great pain
If the roar they are making over the test
prescribed ny the state executive committee
aging The Sayers campaign has said that
he is satisfied with 1t; Mr.. Jemison. secrc-
tarysof the Sayers committee, sees nothing
Objectionable therein; Mr.. House. than
whom Major Sayers has no better or truer
friend. says there is no kick coming; Mr..
Hardy. chairman of the McI.ennan county
Sayers committee, goes on record as being
of the opinion that it Is not disadvantage
GUS to his man; Mr. John of Williamson
county, who Is n recognized Sayers leader
is not disturbed over IT. Mr. TESTERS friends
are raising no objections thereto; Colonel
Wynne's friends are making no sign of
disarproval; Judge Reagan says that IL is
the work of duly constituted party au-
thority hence not to be antagonized. yet
certain noisy recalctrants who are handi-
Gaping Major sayers by claiming to be
his friends are over exerting themselves in
an effort to convey the impression that the
executive committee was dominated by the
machine" and thar tne course II pursued
was In the interest Of Crane and Cuberson.
Had the so-caled Blake test been adopted
II would have been NIL the same to these
kickers, for nothing that could possibly
rave been done by the committee would
have met their approval. Trouble In the
ranks Is what they want and how to breed
u is their only study, They have but lit
tie real interest in Major Savers hut I'M
fortunately for him they are trailing be-
hind his bnnd wagon and endeavorlng to ,
use his music as an accompaniment to their
inharmonious song ,
There seems TO be disposition in this
county to follow the example OF Dallas ]
and hold two primaries this year, one for I
county otfieers and one for district and
state Officers. The only purpose that such
method can serve is TO enable the setting
up OF two standards by which the democ-
raoy OF persons Offering to participate in ,
me primaries can be measured In other
words. 1t might be laid down under this
ran mat man Is a democrat for county
purposes and not a democrat for distrlot I
ana state purposes, The absurdity OF this {
proposition Is too apparent to need extend
ca discussion, but II Is burdened with a J
danger 10 the integrity NJ ,ha lo,,,sa.,.., | 1