The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-07-19
SOME STATE POLITICAL GOSSIP


porary Craftsmanship OF the coming state
democratic convention to be held In Waco
and will in all probability receive II.
Az 10 the permanens Craftsmanship moth
ing has as yet been said ahich leaves
room for she suggestion that the Hon. 2.
Z. Prince OF CoFsicana could no be inn
proved upon for the place. As presiding
ofhcer he ranks with the best. and there
Is no reason to expect anything but q
unanimous vote in his favor II he is placed
il nomination.
In answer TO growing sentiment in
that direction the last State convention
adopted resolution that placed it on
record as favoring the uniform date sys-
TEN in the matter Of holding she primary
elections and conventions at which pref
erences for the different candidates for
state and distric, offices are expressed.
Taking notice 81 said resolution the
State executive committee this year rec
commended that such primaries be held
on June 9. Little attention was paid
to the commuters action In this respect,
however. and the old method Of strlnsiug
cut the primaries from week 80 week was
once more pursued. In or years the
practice Is not necessarily Objectionable.
but when there are three or four candi-
dates out for each office. such as VIII
! undoubtedly be the case in 1902, it begets
unwholesome excitement and keeps the
State In a ferment for an unnecessary
( length OF time. Bands Of strikers travel
! from county 10 county IN the interest Of
\ the numerous asplrants for nominations.
adding to the expenses OF the campaign
! 10 such an extent that a man Of small
means fnds it impossible to face the
music unless he is ready and willing to
depend upon the bounty Of his friends or
! incur obligations to meet which may Sc
riously embarrass him should he subse-
quently land the Office.
Owing to this another effort viii be
made al Waco 70 bring about an aban-
dolment OF the successive primary sys-
TEN. the idea this time beisG to get the
convention itself to fx an arbitrary date
/ for ehe holding OF the primaries instead
of contenting Itself with passing resolu-
lions declaring the uniform date propo-
sition good thing
/ ~
Some few counties nave passed resolu-
I lions condxaniug the Rangers. expecting
doubtless to get the Waco ocnvenuon 20
take up their quarrel with these very ef-
hoient and necessary peace promoters.
But they will fail as the disposition is
TO discourage the habit some people have
Of running 10 the State convention every
two years with heir grievances and esk-.
ing tor the passage of resolutions voicing
their animosity towards whatever or who
ever may have incurred their displeasurs
So far as the Rangers are concerned
there are plenty Of people who would
like 10 see them wiped off the face Of
the earth. Il can not be said OF them,
however that they ever shirk duty or
yield to unwholescme influences.
4 It's peace and not trouble they are
always looking peace at sny price
That being the case, treuhle makers have
no use for them. All this talk aboui
their usurping the authority Of local peace
officers is bosh. Their habitation is on
the frontier, exposed to perns from which
their detracrors would fly at short notice.
and they neysr make their appearances
elsewhere except at the requst of the To-
cal authorities or upon the representa
tions of reputable citizens that an emer-
gency exists requiring their presence.
The law governing the Ranger service
Is in need of amendment all RICH. enough.
as it was passed years ago and to ct con
ditions which 10 longer obAin. Modern
lied, the Ranger VIII be all right.
About the only real contest to come IN
before the Waco convention will be tbat
over the railroad commi ssIonership. judge
Storey. the present incumbent, 3elts bis
opponent to some extent in the matter
Of instructions. but is by no means out
of the woods. as he lacks some atty
votes of having a majority Of those which
have been Instructed and the returns are
about all in.
To overcome storey's lead Curtiss viii
have some $50 unlnstrueted and aouptful
/ votes 70 araW from, and that he VIII mako
the attempt to capture his balance need
not be doubted. Furthermore, Curtiss
VIII to some extent haye the advantage
over Storey in the convention McLea-
nan county, in which It is to be held. ana
which viii naturally s. represented by a
fun delegation. was carried by him. az
we're the neighboring counties of Bell.
coryell, Hill, Navarro Milan, Dallas. Tar
rant. etc. All Of these viii owing TO their
proximity to McLonnan show up in full
force and throw ~ weight Of the in
huenee OF big representations 20 curtiss.
In addition to this the Love element.
which in the main is favorable to cs-l.ss.
viii dominate the convention and necas-
sarily help him OUT wherever the oppor-
tunity offers
In other words, Storey is face 10 face
with the danger Of being cutmanaged al
every turn unless he can between nov ana
August perfect an organization that Win
wake up 20 the situation.
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