The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-08
THE PROSPECTIVE Oppos'|

,,a, :, .,s Nas' February 7.--s,., Y
in the public mind that co,s. ''lH
seeking IN his attack on ths I'M = =
ted by the tax comml.s,o- ~ A>>'
predicate for entering the De,, : Y
governor Of Texas, it can 10 N
in justice to that gentleman I. ~ G.
In his speech last night as,,.. = -
vast audience In the house VIM : /.
granite capitol. Colonel Mills s' ~A
declared that at no Invitation = \
any circumstances whatsoavs. ~
be persuaded to seek the r.0.,::''g
nomination. This emphatic d.r I. &
must. therefore. be accepted :. 49,
ncient to remove all speculation. n \
affect the entrance into the ruh.s.''
race Of an opponent to Goysrno. n 4
reelection In the person Of MN,
But while all this is undouh, ", N
there is absolutely no questIon Y.
men OF prominence and poslt,on I n
party counsels are carefully rro,,,.'
man VINO at the proper time. they Z, Y
announce himself candidate -
ernor. in the hope of defeatin, q.
Savers aspirations for a second ~
II
These gentlemen when told tA,t ~.
and tradition alone make a Ta.a.
almost invincible as a candid,,. !, &
ceed himself. confidently shako Nv, d
emn and stubborn heads and Co.,
answer that the most venerated Az,
and the most hallowed tradition. =.
necessity oftentlmes hammered \. !,
ments on the tempered arrival 4, ~
exigency' This is the way thev Ia.
It, These may be put down, In The n,
as the Representatives Of corpo,,. i.
business interests that are invo,v.
the tax measure with which N. q
session is wrestling as an untrain,a E
lete with veteran giant Of the ~
But the truth is that there are M, !,
considerable few who are ina,srss,
their opposition to the present admIsss
ton by no motive Of self-interest !;
prompted to the effort to bring out ! N
didate for governor against Mr.. Ssv,n
no corporate consideration, iucldsnu,'
nor otherwise. However all this M,
| can not say. ! can only chroni,l.
situation as it appears to me, who j,
quiet onlooker on a sort OF spoutlnr NJ
ieal geyser that may subside "a sudA,a
as 1t has burst forth or may keen Oh ~
bling and heaving until the whole n
shall come to pause, look on and eyeutT
ly come to consider as presaging rtsd3
ton in Texas politics out Of which N
come the bitterest and most daprs1
opposition 20 a second terra gubernstr1
candidate In the history OF the State
~
The man to whom this opposite.
looking. as wild cattle caught ID I
swirl OF stampede look for lesd9,
Hon. William P. McLean OF Fort wxa
congressman, ex-district Judge and B
railroad commissioner.
have been told by what appear
be indisputable authority, that McLeaai
nursing the ambition TO be governor d
that he turns listening ear to ,ia
enemies of Governor Sayers who AZ w
pering softly and seductiyely their 4
citations that he fling himself Int
fight. VIII he yield? am told thsl
will. 1t looks to me as II he will u d
1 can not figure 1t out any other n
have talked with some Of Governor 81
ers' friends. They, too, with ma, klss
that there is a strong probability. aln14
an absolute certainly. that the Fort WI
man will soon bound. all booted y
spurred, into the fight for the Dsxtdss'
cratic nomination. 9' s;zE
II he does, however much hts ifn'
may disclaim It, he will have to 4;
against the public impression thai
the champion OF the interesls Y
sailed in the measure evolved
che tax commission. Nor will Tbs ~;
cation OF his record, distinguishes \
honorable as 1t Is, be able to destroI y.
Impression. In the meantime Gowis
Savers friends say that his counsaa
With the tax bill Is but manly reipea,
70 democratic party demand, ana 7.
whatever faults the measure may pla'.,
Governor sayers' integrity loyalp =
devotion TO the cause OF the peops ~ "
anjustly sustaining an inequltahs -, \
OF the burdens OF government caa ~
questioned.
SO runs the swollen current 81 o.
and counter comment, as nea, Y n
what 1t will result do not KNOWN Z
dared to clothe my crude speclis1lom, h
the garniture of prophecy, ! xcela u
that within ninety days from lma y,
Governor Sayers will have an sa! s,!s.
in the person OF Hon. William Z 1T 1T
Of Fort Worth. h