The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-23
THE FIGHT IN THE SIXTH.
SIX Candidates Are Now in The Race
for the Nomination.
II IS ODELL AGAINST THE FIELD
Inc Gentleman from johnson Is in the
Lead Owing to the Conditions
Which Now Prevail.

Dallas, Texas, June 22.-rhe death NJ
congressman Il. H. Burke n few weeks
ago made Imperative special election iu
Tue sixth district for the burmese Of ehoos
lns MS successor As Is known thro,,rhout
tne state Governor Sayers has resienated
saturday, July 13, as the date FOR The
uV'uius OF the election, The district demo.
cratic executive committee was named July
Us the time for the holding " A con
'ehtlon to nominate candidate to sue
''eu Judge Burke, aud as nearly all tho
Voun'F democratic committees have acted
t"o issues may be said 20 be squarely made
up ana the contest entered upon In earnest
as the district Is overwhelmingly demo
cfauc' the doings OF the democracy's oppo
nehts are Of little interest, so far as the
nnal result Is concerned. Indeed, little has
oeeh done outside the democratic ranks
ana the little that Is doing amounts prac.
hcally to nothing
There are six candidates for tho demo
ocrauc nomination to succeed Burke. or
lhese Dallas county furnishes half OF
them. The candidates arc. Farmer Shaw,
Dudley G Wooteu and W, n. Clark Of
lallas State Senator d. w. oden Of Gle.
hurnei Jack Beall Of Waxahachie ana w
G. Wear Of Hillsboro Several other eau
ddates announced or threatened to an.
nounce, bur they ara all out OF Il save
me gentlemen mentioned above
me counties of the district and the
number OF delegates each viii he entitled
II Meridian on the Nations birthday. are
Bosque 8; Dallas so; Ellis 10; Rim 10;
johnson u; Kaufman Il and Navarro Is,
making q total Of ITO, with SO votes neees-
Eary to q choice.
The situation is hot and doubtful. No
mortal man can tell the result, Here In
Shaw and Mr.. wooten The chances seem
10 favor shaw, but no man can tell what
VIII be the outcome at the primaries on
Mr. Beall will carry Ellis; MIR, Wear will
sweep Hill and Senator Odell will. of
course, carry Johnson. The Cleburne
statesman will, It is expected also carry
him This leaves two counties, Kaufman
aud Navarro, TO be contested for. Wooten,
peall and odell are in Kaufman county
today and the others have friends there.
All will try to work rabbits foot In
Navarro.
Briefly summarized the nomination is
apybodys and nobody's. II viii, In all
human probability, continue this way to the
hna wind up. Senator odell is regarded
as the strongest man in the race. His
reputation as fighter and slayer IS
Statewide. He may be able to knock the
pcrsimmon. It viii certainly not be the
fault of a host Of enthusiastic friends II
lie fails, The nomination Of either Beall
or Wear would be In the nature Of an
accident and yet either is entirely pos
sible.
ON the other hand. whoever gets the In
structed vote of Dallas county will have
an Immense power behind him The Dali
las politicians, when they are united, are
well nigh inyincihle at convention. This
time they are wide apart II Farmer Shaw
carries the county, he will have nearly
an OF the countvs influence at his back.
Mr.. Wooten will not fare so we'll; It's
to get his home county. IL Wooten wins
AT home, Odell stock VIII rapidly 20 to-
ward par Truth compels the statement
that the race, so far, Is Odell against the
field II may be said further that Farmer
Shaw Is the only man In the race against
Odel who Is candidate all over the dis.
any one Of them may win. The Spanish
"quen sRhe" was never more expressive
than at this time and place.
~
Kaufman county is an element OF much
doubt in the struggle now on. So Is Ma
vnrro. What will Mr. Garrett do and what
will Speaker Prince finally conclude are
questions the politicians would Ike to have
answered So far, they are sphinxes.
te-up at Meridian is reSalucu as pelhs
almost a certainty. No congressional con
yention IN the States history ever had
more Of the absolute naming Of congress
man without regard TO the people Of the
district than the one soon 70, assemble az
slx Of them at least--will be monarchs of
ali they survey. Both Kaufman and Ma,
varro are expected 10 send noninstrueted
delegations. II the man who carries Dali
las county can get them Into hss esSm ann,
he will be nominated. Thet IL, now,
eareerous than was the sword of Damo,
cles. Talk is heard about Mr.; Gossett and
Mr. Prince playing the role OF Dark
Horses" AS before "quen sabef' The
platform, every indication y, win re s9l
The district, state and National platforms
~ 1900, The democrats OF the sixth aus
tricf are tried and true. There may be
departure from last years declarations,
6nf nobody who viii be instrumental IN
RE shaping OF the platform Is talking OF
any changes The most Of the gossip ABOUT
tnat may be termed rot. u D. A.