The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-11


as to give them hope Of eleetius their candidate
for president in 1904 They are claiming New
York upon the ground Of republican frauds, but
whatever may be the result Of the contest they
have demonstrated the fact that New York Is so
close as TO make it favorable to them IN 1904.
They are having red-hot time in Colorado.
In the legislature elected last week the republic
ans have a majority OF the house, the democrats a
majority of the senate, but the latter have a
majority on joint ballot A seat in the Federal
senate is at stake The republicans threaten to
unseat enough democrats in the house TO change
the complexion OF the legislature. The Denver
News says
Bluntly stated, the proposition Of Mr.. Wolcott's
! friends with regard to the Arapahoe house dele
cation is to unseat all the fifteen members; on
the charge of fraud at the election without
making genuine investigation 70 determine how
much fraud committed and whether It did
or did not affect the result With the Arapahoe
/ house delegation unseated, the Wolcou party
would have a clear majority on joint ballot of the
/ legislature and Mr. Wolcott would go TO the
\ senate to replace Mr. Teller. The scheme is
/ simply to steal Mr. Teller's seat from him and
/ give it TO Mr.. Woleott. AS there will be re-
/ publican majority of 80 to 20 in the house when
/ it meets. the majority will have power to unseat
/ any all OF the members OF the house minority.
! The News doubts, however. If an arbitrary use OF
/ that power to take Mr. rellers scat from him and
give it to Mr.. Wocott will be tolerated by the
/ people OF the State even though 1t should be
necessary for considerable number of citizens
| to visit the capitol personally and express their
opinions to the house in forcble terms.
The democratic senators have had caucus to
discuss the threatened action OF the house re-
publicans, and gave out the following counter
threat:
The democratic holdover senator's held meet
! ing yesterday morning and decided to 60 to the
extreme in opposition to the proposed revolution
The senator who acted as spokesman for the
meeting said:
III any representative to whom certificate
! will be given secures his election by fraud we
have objection to his being expelled and the
lawfully elected member given his place; but
! If the Wolcott crowd shall by revolutionary OF
| arbitrary measures eNpel the democrats elected
| from Arapahoe county we will meet revolution
with revolution, even though the entire session
( shall end in nothing
He further said "If to defeat Senator Teller
who has clear majority joint ballot the
| republicans shall expe the Arapahoe democrats
I or any others who have been regularly elected
we will to defeat the crime. expel every republic
I an senator from the senate body There will moi
be a republican senator left to enter joint session
with the Wolcott revolutionary house. We want
the public to distinctly understand that the demo
| cratic senators will not be the aggressors. We
| will simply stand on the defensive, and if Il
/ is necessary to defend the constitutional right
OF the legislature to elect United States sena-
I tor the majority favors we will proceed to the
last extremity 1t is now up to the Wolcoti
members OF the mouse 10 say Whethcr thcre VII
be an orderly legislature this winter that will
transact the business of the State or whether
there will be chaos"
This simply means that if the Wocott people
go to the length Of trying to steal majority
in the Legislature to give Mr.. Teers seat tc
Wolcott there will be no legislature. No ap.
preparation bills will be passed nor any other
business transacted.
John Mitches signed statement that nobody
is in a position to say whether he is q demo
crat, a republican a socialist would seem tC
imply that he is John Mitchell man and vote.
about he pleases and circumstances suggest
This is better than wearing a regular party col
lar, anyhow-BoSton Herald.
And the returns from the anthracite region,
would tend to the belief that circumstances
we're on deck with Suggestion" the day oil
election.
If what the Albany Argus says is true tn,
republicans in New York were in no lack o,
funds for their campaign The Argus says tina
J. Pierpont Morgan and John d. Rockefeller CAV,
$2so,ooo apiece to help re-elect Ode and com
merits; Even at present prices that amour
would buy quite a little OF King Morgans Goa
or Of King Rockefeller's Standard OIL
And yet the silly report was heralded through
republican newspapers just before the election
that Morgan was supporting Coer for governor