The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-28
TRACY STOCKED THE CARDS.
WAS GOING TO PULL RUSSELL. po,..
WHETHER OR NO.
scheme WINS to Ring In ..e,,
e" on Election Day .nd TO
swap Votes Wholesale,

Beaumont, Texas. October 81 s,n. =.
coming of Harry Tracy. the ,,sno,. sA'
nopui's'' 10 This city last SUNDAY niys,
rue Fost correspondent has been endaa,.
omng TO penetrate the mystery Whit,
snrouded the conferences which ha ma
WIN local popullsts, but until this morn.
ing all efforts failed in this a,ras,,,,,
True 1t was definitely Learned tb,, -,
vas pending between the popuist and re-
pupiiean leaders. but the schemes so thor-
ougniy guarded every movement ana rttar
ance that 1t was impossible to ssenre any
cnihg definite. Rumors were plentiful ana
'nere were many who profossed IN h,ya
ihside Information. but all that bare IN /.
stamp of reliability was that rraev wa,
e'rueaVorlns to make trade that would
! secure votes fc= Barney Gibbs. the re-.
publican candidate for governor, aua ths
republican supposed leaders were endeayor
ing to negotiate so as to secure votes for
! McAyeal. the republican candidate for con.
grass.
sucn u proposition necessarily embodied
lhe Withdrawal from the race of T.. j.
russell. the popu.se candidate for COD
eress, and as late as yesterday afternoon
Mr. Russell assured his Beaumont friends
tnat ne did not intend to withdraw vol
unfairly and intlnatsd the inability OF
Harry Tracy to force him out OF the race.
But Tracy and the republicans have mads
trade, and the deal provides an ex-
change OF populist votes and support for
the republican candidate for congress for
republican votes and support for the popu-
list candidate for governor.
This Is rather a bold charge, but 1t Is
Aavertheless based on facts They are
not speculative facts. either. but cold. calm
facts. embodied in a letter written ana
eigned by john A. McAyeal. republican
candidate for congress. and which letter,
through the kindness of democratic
friend in Liberty, is now In possession OF
The Post correspondent. A verbatim copy
of the tell-tale document is as follows:
Mr.. Baird. Liberty, Texas.
Beaumont Texas. October 90. DEAR
Sir: l have by aid OF friends made Il
deal whereby the peoples party put
my name on their ticket and withdrew
Mr.. Russell. I wish you would kindly |
see that 1t Is done in yonr county and
e5at get the full pop vote. II you can
In return we agree to put out a ticket
headed Republican" with their State
officers or II. If We can make this
thing work all over the district we can
spectfnlly yours. John A. McAyeal.
p. S,-Please notify our chairman
over there also to keep on the lookout.
This afternoon The Post correspondent
called on Tom ] Russell. the populist
candidate. and acduiinted
him with the contents of the lehter. He
still denied that ne was a party to the
trade. but said the information in the
letter was very positive evidence that
Tracy had made some sort of a deal with
the republicans. Hs protested that he was
still in the race for congress and would
continue his canvass. and he was very en-
phatic in the assertion that Tracy was
fully acquainted with HIS intention when
he left the city.
During the visit Of Harry Tracy" CON
tinuei Judge Russell, "a proposition was
submitted to me asking that | withdraw
from The congressional race. This request
was accompanied by promise that In the
event / accepted the name OF r. J. Nc
Mimi, tins pcpulist candidate for chief fus
tice of the supreme court. would be with
drawn from the State ticket and my name
would take the place. I refused TO ar-
cept the proposition II I have been
withdrawn from the race for congress am
ignorant OF the fact. There is nothing
more that can say"
THIS impression here Is that Tracy ana
his republican allies intended to keep this
trade a secret until election dag and quiet
ly fix the tickets as suggested In Mr. Nc
AySals letter hoping thereby to deceive
the colored voter and bunco the unwary
,opulist. Tracy Is a great political archi-
tect, but he has got Southeast Texas sized
I'D wrory