El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-03
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| The democratic convention of the
thirty first senatorial district OF Texas
met at Denton. and nominated George
". Savage, of Montague county, for
| senator.
News from Waco Is that in the
primary elections in Limestone county
r. L. Henry got 1000 votes over Tom
S. Henderson, for congressman from
the seventh district.
The populists of Henderson. Texas,
met at Athens last week to depoupce
republicans, democrats, and fusion
populists. They instructed their dele
gates to the state populist convent on
to favor the Cincinnati convention.
Texas gives every promise of coming
out strong for expansion. Most of her
democrats, except Bailey. are expan-
sion democrats and most of her popu-
lists are expansion populists ard It Is
likely that her delegates to the Kansas
Ci.y convention will be the last TO vote
for any proposition to withdraw from
the Philippines. Elk Governor Hogg
and Judge Reagan are both expan-
sionlsts.
In Hill county. Texas. where the
Honorable E. E. Burke ran for con-
gress as an expansion dem ocrat agains t
the Honors BILE j. d. Pitts, snti-ex pan
sioniss, the expansionist had an easy
victory. Over 1900 voters who went
over to the populists in 1896 returned
to the straight democratic fold. Dem
ocrsts count that of the ia, 955 pop
ulist votes cast in Texas four years
ago, three fourths will be returned to
the democratic party next November
provided the democratic party Is ex-
pansionist.
Last week four powerful states, Ohio,
indiana, Pennsylvania, and Massachu-
setts swung into line and at their con-
ventions the republicans unreservedly
endorsed President Mckinley and his
vigorous administration of public af-
fairs. Indiana argued at first against
the Porto Rican bill, but when it came
to voting, recognized that that mea-
sure was the best Immediate policy,
whatever may be the future CONNER
cisl standing of our newly acquired
possessions. Pennsylvania did not hold
any grudge against the party because
OF Quay's defeat by Hanns's vote and
Massachusetts was not swerved line
from the ranks by the protes tations of
Hoar and Atkinson and her other loud
voiced anti-expansionists Every
where Ia harmony in the republican
ranks.
General Grosvenor, of Ohio, esti-
mates that Of the vote of the next
electoral college. Mckinley will get
260 and Bryan ia. There will be 447
votes in the college and it will require
224 to elect. Grosvenor gives McKin-
ley California, 9: Connecticut, 6: Il
linois, "a; Indiana, Is; Iowa, ID: Maine,
6; Massachusetts. Is: Michi-
gan, II: Minnesota, 9; New Jersey, 10;
New Hampshire. (; New York, So;
North Dakota, 3; Ohio, %: Oregon, a;
Pennsylvania, %: Rhode Island, 4;
South Dakots, 4: Vermont. 4: Washing
ton, 4; West Virginia, 6: Wisconsin,
II; Wyoming, 3. Total, 26O. TO the
democrats he comedies Alabama, IL;
Arkansas, s; Colorado, 4: Florida, 4 !;
Georgia, 13: Kentucky, ID: Idaho. 8:
Louisiana, 8; Maryland, s; Mississippi,
9: Missouri, II: Montana, 3: Nebraska,
8: Nevada, B; North Carolina, IL:
South Carolina, 9; Tennessee. II: Tex
as, Is: Utah, 3: Virginia, II; total, ia
In his estimate Kansas and Delaware
with their total OF 13 votes are classed
al dOu btful