The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-21
NOTHING IS YET KNOWN.
Cuessers Arc Still at Work as to the Ap
pointmcuts.
SOME RESULTS THEY HAVE FIGURED
Governor Sascrs Is Keeping uis own
Counsel stricti, and Is Say
Ing Nothing.

Austin. Texas, November 2o.~ Most OF tho
crowd from outside points which has been
here since Wednesday, watching for Gov
| ernor-clect Sayers 10 talk to him abont
| appointments disappeared today and 1t was
possible for him to move about without
being buttonholed at every step. Worry
was detected on his countenance, however,
and 1t is becoming more and more apparent
! that he does Not relish his present situa-
ton. The number Of Original Sayers meu
| who have endeayored 10 attract his #atten-s
tion since the election Is simply appalling,
t,Sybe the host of personal friends" en-
! TITLED to something at HIS hands which the
! lNirth congressional district In general
ana Travis county in particular have de-
velored would terrify most anybody NJ
tEsi4 l-z%. ~
Just how much progress has been made
in the direction of selecting those who
are to stand under the plum tree when 1t
Is shaken is a matter Of conjecture. One
Of the few gentlemen who know What is
going ON stated to Tho Post correspondent
tonight that while Major Sayurs Of course
had his predictions. the truth about tho
matter was that he had as yet In hardy
more Than two Instances finally made up
his mind.
"A great deal of ground has already been
gore over" said he, but 1t depends upon
matters which arc 10 develop within the
next two or three days whether what now
seems to be a certainty will stick
Another gentleman belonging in the same
class as the one above quoted asserted this
evening that matters had gone SO far IN
some cases that several applicants whose
names have appeared on most OF the states
sprung to date were as good as appointed.
They will not get just what has been
picked out for them by the public though.
he added and you may say that the rea!
slate will be a sure enough surprise.
Pressed for further Information. this
same party asserted positively that Super
intendent Whatley of the State penitentiary
Would rot be reapponted, but that Hill OF
Dallas would not be the man who would
get his place.
Contingent upon Whatley's turn down,
said he. hangs the reappointment Of Peni-
Tertiary Inspector Durham as well as OF
j, G. Smither, assistant superintendent in
charge of the Huntsville penitentiary.'
Asked as to who would get Whatley's
place, he said that Joe Rice, present fln-
anclal agent OF penitentaries, would get
1T II he would accept.
With regard to this Rice proposition, y
story from another direction relating there
to was In circulation this evening 10 Inc
effect that the gentleman named would be
moved up to make room for Zoe Lee jane
son as financial agent.
Bob John OF Georgetown, d. Fl. HARDY
of Waco and Joe Lee jameson are all three
put down In the class which is sure to be
taken care of John and Hardy both want
to be assistant attorney general ana Jane
hn pfS ST
gets what he wants Hardy will have 20 be
provided for some other way. The only
other place that would fit him Is the one
Jameson Is after, and the only way to ac-
commo5ate him is to give Jameson some
thing equally as good or better. To do this,
the financial agency now held by Rice viii
have 10 be vacated for his benefit by eaevat-
ing Rice In case Rice does not take The
superintendency, some other plan will be
adopted.
George Burgess of Gonzales, who is an
appIcard for assistant attorney general.
believes he will win. He is one OF those
who are entitled to being taken care Of and
for whom those who think John Will lana
are trying To make arrangements that will
provide for his recognition. To do 80,
though, John will have to be switched off
ON something else, as BURGESS has no am
bition to fill any Other office than that OF
assistant attorney general.
So far as Governor Sayers himself is con-
eerned, he has indicated to none OF the
many applicants and their friends who have
accosted him what he will do.
To The Post correspondent he said that
he would return TO Bastrop at noon to-
morrow and give out his appointments from
there. To others he has said that he would
devote eight days TO making up HIS slate,
and that finally he may have TO toss up
coin to determine who most OF his APP
pointees will be.
An effort was made this evening to com
muneato by telephone with Mf: House 10
inquire after his health, which has not
been good for several weeks. and an an
swer was r,we.ye'3 TO tho effect that his
nerves were as yet too unslrling TO admit
of his holding conversations with any one
with safety.
NJ p. Finley and Ben McNulty came over
from San Antonio this evening They would
like 10 zee Dr.. McGregor hold his place
as superintendent OF the Southwestern
lunatic asylum.
Or. d. Il. Wallace Of Waco, who wants
luraiIc asylum superintendency, came in
tonight,
Judge cheshire OF Gecrsetown is being
mentioned as possibility for the superin-
tendency of the State reformatory. Those
who are interested ia Johns appointment to
The assistant attorney goneralship, fearing
that because ha Is from the same town as
the latter. his appointment would prac-
tiGally wipe out JONAS chances OF landing
insist that he il not IN II ard that Sayers
squared accounts with him when ne p
cured the Georgetown postoffice for him
four years ago.
Gus Shaw of Clarksville. who has been
here for several days, Is understood to be
an applicant for the assistant attorney gen-
eralship.
I.and q. N. VIII shorten Time.
Hsarne, Texas, November 2o.-- De-
cember 2 the international and Great
Northern Railroad company WIZ inaugu-
rate another fast train to st. Louis They
expect TO shorten the time from the City OF
Mexico 10 ST. Louis about fifteen hours,
Passenger train M. 4. which Is due here
a.ou x.t1l minutes later