The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-10
THOSE BRUTAL MAJORITIES
GOV. SAVERS VOTE IN HARRIS
COUNTY SHORT OF 1sos,
HIT Harris County, win Lose hut One
Vote in Democratic Conventions
Other Majorities.

An analysis OF the vote of Harris coun-
ty as polled at last Tuesdays election
shows that while there was big demo-
cratic gain on the presidential ticket the
vote of the county for MIR. Sayers for
governor fell 1871 short of the vote given
him in this county in 1898.
This failing off of Mr.. Savers vote in
Harris county may be accounted for by
the fact that in 1888 there was no re-
publican candidate for governor and the
democratic opposition was divided up be-
tween the populist, prohibition and So
cial labor candidates, all OF whom COM
bined polled but So votes, while the
vote this year for the republican candi-
date alone was 1853. The conclusion Is
that considerable of the republican vote
in 1898, having no party candidate, Went
TO Mr.. Sayers.
This democratic loss on the head of the
State ticket is not sufficient, however,
10 very materially affect Harris county's
representation in the differeN democratic
conventions that will occur between now
and the next state election. On the ba-
sis OF one delegate for every 300 demo-
cratic votes polled in the county for gov
ernor and one for every fraction over
49, Harris county. upon the vote OF 1904
for Sayers. will be entitled to twenty
delegates at all democratic conventions
| for the next two years, which is loss
of but one i'm the representation the coun-
ty has enjoyed since the 1898 election.
But when 1t comes to brutal majori-
ties Hon. Waller T. Burns, the republic
can candidate for State senator, feels like
he had been hit with a club. and what
makes the sting all the more severe is
that he was so thoroughly confident OF
his election that a few DAYS before the
contest he had a roll OF long green OF
very large and symerical propositions
that he was carrying around very anX'
ious TO loan to any friend who was will
ing to stake II on his election. or with
odds that he would carry every county
in the district AS matter OF fact the
result was just the reverse; Mr.. Burns
lost every county in his district, except
Fort Bend. where the negro vote was toe
heavy to overcome in its entirety. but
even here in the banner republican
county in the district, his majority wa:
cut down TO 352 VOTES. In Harris coun-
ty, where Mr.. Burns, with tho influence
OF the Eagle club, a reputed democrati,
organization behind him in 1886 suc-
oeeded in defeating the democratic nomi.
utt ny lou NOles, ne mas Deen ueled ttt
this year by a brutal majority of i31t
votes. The Harris county vote as between
Mr. Burns and his democratic opponen
being as follows:
Lipscomb ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1Af
Burns '.,...',,...... 49, ...........,...l,9l SIT
Reports from the other counties in tn
distinct, Waller and Austin. show ma
jorities considerably larger than the ma
jority given Mr.. Burns in the Fort Benz
:. hue
, phatic as to somewhat shake his conf
, denGe.
As between Messrs. Bali and Tracy 70
: congress the conditions were entirel
different. Nobody ever believed that Nj
Tracy would be elected nor did he him
self entertain any such idea: in fact, be
fore the election Mr.. Tracy remarked I
4 the writer that he expected to be Dc
feated In the distric: about 5000 vote
= Had MIR. Tracy admitted this defeat
- Harris county alone he would have go
ton credit for being a remarkably clio.
guesser, as MIR. Balls majority for ccI
5 gress in Harris county is exactly 30
0 votes, the totals being;
n pan ''-'....'''''. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT D, CT
tracy ......... .....,.............,..2 2, 6t
From other returns thus far receiv,
= from the other counties in The First di
n trict Mr. Balls majority exceeds 5000.
z MIR. Tracy, however, has lost nothiI
:, as the result OF this election, He new
expected to be elected TO congress He
, young man of growing popula -ity
= could not be other than a republican
I. Inheritance. being the son OF the la
z! James &. Tracy, and he feels that h
candidacy has accomplished some good
least In bringing him more thoroughly b
C. fore the public.