The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-10-03

they have of living beings in this dis
trlct, republicans. dogs, cats. monkeys
and mules combined The fact Is that
there are not more than 10000 or $4,000
legal voters In the entire district. II is
from this district that every assassin
that has dlsgraced the State has come
In 1896, after amending the returns
four or five times. this Eleventh dis
trict sent up a republican majority sur
fcient to give Mckinley a plurality or
PSI votes out of a total of 900 votes
cast in the State. and he secured twelve
Of the thirteen electoral votes. The en-
tire election machinery was In the hands
of the republicans and the democrats
didn't have a ghost of show In 1899
Cleveland had majority In the State
OF 10000 votes the populists had Ma
tional ticket In the field and polled $4,000
votes In 1896 the returns showed that
Bryan got all the votes Cleveland got
in 1892. plus the $4,000 popullst votes.
and plus 1900 in addition to the votes
given to Cleveland and the popuist can
didates. Hence. on the basis OF the
1882 vote Bryan should have carried tho
State in 1896 by 10000 Instead OF that,
u went 20 Mckinley by plurality OF
EST.
"AlI we ask is an election law that
VIII clothe some one--I don't care Who
with authority to canvass the vote OF the
state. and that ths canyassing board
be subject to review by the state courts
on up to the supreme court. Such a law
viii be satisfactory to all democrats.
or course. 1t won't be satisfactory to tho
republicans, because II win nut an end
to the domination OF tho other congress
sional districts by this one mountain
district with law OF this kind, espe-
cially reserving the right OF appeal 10
the courts OF the State and making the
action of the board of election canvass
ers subject to these courts. there is not
particle OF doubt as to the situation
IN Kentucky. II is democratic by not
less than 10000"
Senator Blackburn was asked as 20 the
relative strength of Mr., BRYAN and Mr..
Beekham. the democratic candidate for
governor. He replied:
'Mr. Bryan is 10000 votes stronger
than he was In 1896. That year the vote
was abnormally large. due. no doubt, TO
the activity OF the ballot box suffers.
why in this same Eleventh district alone
5000 tissue ballots we're found. And they
were counted. too. The republicans
needed them 10 their business and az
they had the election machinery they
didn't throw one Of them out. The cleo
tion laws OF Kentucky provide that tho
official ballot shall be printed on paper
Of such thickness that no letter, mark,
sign or inscription car be seen from the
back OF H. Yet there were ballots there
so thin that you could could read every
word on them from the back at dis
lance OF nifty feet.
"As I said. l believe Mr.. Bryan is
10000 votes stronger this year than he
was in 1896. and that he will carry the
State by at least 10000. provided the
ballot box suffers are prevented from
getting in their work Mr.. Bryan is
probably 10000 votes stronger than Mr.
Beckham, but I atm satisfied that the lat
ter viii have enough votes to elect him,
Win some TO spare"
VIII the republicans get the support
OF tho Brown yote?" Senator Blackburn
was geked
John Young Brown received 1900
votes last year" no re- ted II would
be dealing LITERALLY with me republicans
TOO Hoerally-if ! said they would get
50 l-S per cent OF this vote OF course
all the men who were conspicuous In the
Brown movement viii be lined up with
Tie republicans this year, but the republi-
cans VIII not get 1000 OF the Brown Vote
IN answer TO a question regarding the
conviction Of Janes Howard. charged with
the assassination OF Governor Goebel. the
senator said
The Howard verdict will be generally
approved In Kentucky by law-abding cih-
zens- 1t Is worthy OF notice that both
Powers and Howard were convicted by
nnn-partisan iuries and that bath juries
sgeed unanimously upon verdict on the
nrst ballot. Powers was tried ia Scott
county. on the Jury were six men who
voted for Goebel and six who voiei
against him. Howard took change OF
venue 70 another county and the Jury
Was made up Of seven men who voted for