The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-03
Hon. T. S. Smith ADDRESSES ths
Gathering in His Owa behalf.
ABLE SPEECH OF CAPT. HUTCHINSON,
In which lie Eioaucntiy Champions
Hon. Joseph II. savers for the
Gubernatorial Nomination..

point OF representation was above the
average
At about $3.50 o'clock Captain J. G.
Hutchinson stepped to the front OF the plat
form and moved that the Hon. j. W BELL
act as chairman. The motion was carried
by reclamation, whereupon the venerable
president came forward and thanked me
audience for The honor conferred, said ne
was proud OF taking part In any meeting
intending 10 compliment Major Sayers, and
then introduced Hon, Tou S. Smith OF
illsboro, who wished TO say a few words
on the occasion.
Hon. Tom $ Smith who is a candidate
for attorney general made stirring
| sI,eech on National and State politics at
every stage OF which he was applauaed.
lie was both witty and eloquent in his re
marks. and made for himself hosts OF
| friends before he closed, Incidentally, oi !,
| course, he referred to the fact that he
| was IN the race for the Office mentioned |
i and said he would esteem II AZ great ais
tinction and valuable indorsement " tue
| voters at next Saturdays primaries IN Har~
rls county honored him with an expression
| of their confidence
Hon. j. c. Hutchinson was next intro
duced and WAS welcomed with ringing ap-
pleuse. Captain liutcheson is good speak
err and is not entirely unconscious OF that
Pleasant fact. lie started out by saying
| that he was n Sayers man iitst, !ast anu
| all the time. and wound up by Thoroughly
establishing the general proposition, liaV-
| ing quaifed goodiy drauSht OF Houston
aqua puris, he drew himself up TO his fun
height, and, harmoni1ing his voice with the
action, proceeded to criticise the speech de-
li,ered b. Hon. Nj. NJ. Crane at Pythiau
hall last Saturday night with all the
adroituess OF the lawyer rather than the
Judge. In that speech General Crane sara
this campaign was not and ought lot 10
be personal That was true. But ii IL
, | was personal, who made II soY He charged
that it was Mr., Cranes friends. lie was
not here to say that MIR. Crane himself
did that kind Of thing, but inasmuch as
1t was made personal By his friends, ana
that he did not contradict the slander,
then he should he held responsible for
whatever personalities his friends injected
into the canvass. He met Mr.. Crane AT
| Livingston In Joint debate. and had the
Il attorney general then seen fit to deny the
e slanderous innuendoes and charges made
!: against Major Savers. he Uhe speaker)
y would not now deliver the speech he pro
d posed to speak but Crane did not do so
u and hence he took It that The false ac-
o cusations made by those who assumed tt
e represent him were iniorsed by him. AUD
u when MT Crane or anybody else came tC
]
e the honor, The patriotism or the truth o
1t Joe Sayers, he and they rode upon bill
II lowy ocean and the voters here would taxi
"a the earliest occasion TO sink them beneath
70 the waves OF their false delusion. Say9r
= was always for free silver at the ratio .
y 10 to l. and more than that, he did no
e. claim He said he was for the railroad
l. commission. and here the speaker argued
ia support of the two claims. But his on
S, ponents. In order to Islander him, had &C
J. cused him OF being a gold bug. and Judg
~ Crane echoed this SANDER in his FIT
If ward speech Saturday night He told hi
as hearers according to the Houston Post
g. report) that up where he resided the PEG
NJ pie did noi have to instruct him as TO hoN
q he should vote on the money question
~ that they all knew where he stood. ian
OF that that was more than could be said 10
cd Major Savers The speaker then went o
he | TO sav that Sayers had always been ahea
II and In advance of Hon. NJ. Crane O
ed TIE silver question and In saying inns Il
"a did not want the audience to understan
* that he (Hutckesnll was now stating as
X fact that Crane was silver man. Hel
a. the speaker referred to Cranes vote o
" what was known as the Bland bill oil -
In and said he supported the rider VINE
m, Buck Searcy attached to II and Nhic
is: afterwards syrangled It'll G.. that silv'
iii should be subordinate 10 the tarif. Thu
M was the policy upon which Cleveland WI
ot elected and every man knows who vote
lev with Crane then are for Mckinley al
to. gold up to this day. How did Savers vo
ne, on the same question: He voted In COZ
the gress for the straight Bland bill witho
any rider
), Al that Filth ward meeting continue
Cantain Hutchinson. there was somethil
said in The Post about drawing tei
on gram on Sayers." MIR. Crane read tel
60. gram sent TO Savers by the people oil 5
WI Antonio, asking him TO use his influence
Guy | ba trDOpg mDhiliIp1 IN III
this city, and another In reply, stating III
tico Savers would do So Did any one In iou
60 ton ask Joe Saycrs TO use his influence
AIR get these troops here? Did any man a
ttie for the mobilization Of the troops in Hoi
49,, ten until after Austin had been name
*, | Did Houston expect that Savers wo'
IN, write down here and ask us If we desii
~, ~ TO have what San Antonio requested him
ass" get for them? How did Savers know Il
ias Houston wanted to get the troops mopilii
here when nobody asked him 10 use
Influence for this place, and should he
So, blamed for promising to help San Anio
, when san Antonio was the only city u
asked him 10 get them for IL? When "
well press nor your people did not ask his
hing ilucrce for that purpose, should he
,reb censured for agreeing to help the city =
did say they wanted lhese military? cri
tne says he Is charged with preventing
10 troops from coming here Nc person mi
tne such a charge, for II he WAS wanted
-, do 20. nobody could nnh MN AZ ms poa'
'aly duty in Austin, for he was constantly nv
ilta' hunting w the support By which ne no
ser t. be elected The speaker hen hum
ously suggested that. before Crane sho
run fer governor, and as he was 100 yo'
in the last war to have a Confederate =
Mo ord. he should lose no time in present
himself for service IN the present war.
was not barred. like Hogg for having
us9s much paunch or too much age, and W
are he serves his country as savers an
tive returns 10 the people with AZ galan
the record. they would all say, 'Well Dc
now YOU can go 10 the front" hit u
then he will have TO keep where he
itle- longs Captain Hutrhesen closed in U
wo- eloquent effort, bespeaking for sayer
inti- grand Endorsement in every ward
very precinct In the county next Saturday.
nose In closing he introduced Mr. Joe J
high as the eagle orator Of Brazoria. that
able, and independent principaIity which bore
low allegiance 10 any other state or matt
'dge, atty. +" Mr. Duff in brief but happy ter