The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-24
On HOT CAMPAIGNING
AND THOMAS WARMING UP
aENH rue ELEVENTH. DISTRICT,
o.,,,.s His Critics to Silence on
Henry S.,..,,spierce Affair-Thomss
~s Would Stop Pensions.

spondenVe that the people have lost
snd nv ao,,tics and are too busy with
ire'es' and other things to care what
tae' ,,s,tes are saying or doing, have
tsc o .,s ',,acn studying the situation some
edeh'g han in the Eleventh congress
4 sonal district ..,nnor,,orr,cpt
SUI eleventh, under the reapport'onmeht
~ the Twenty.seventh legislature Is
Hsu' mostly of counties that we're Tor
II the seventh district represented
FHH Horny of Waco. who is candl-
=" 80 elerfion. lie has an opponent IN
a'~ 80 Of cullen +. Thomas, county at
~ ucI.cnnan county. and Just now
ivIuT Engaged in a joint canvass OF nv
thEs They spoke at the opera h"uSc w
cuhw rn Yesterday afternoon to crown
tbs toNnJ tho capacity Of tile building
/ NnNh in,cst and about rs many people
70 y" enable 10 gain admitthncc as Su'ceeu
VIZ rrttinr within sound OF the speakers
ed " There we're at least 2Vn voters
sohfs anxious to hear the debate.
70 l"Nm arv of when failed to do so, owing
TIN lack of sitting room Sucn OF Ihem
did manage to got WITHIN nearing OF w
a. ~ Us listened attcntivcy. and from the
f,,n their faces II could be plainly seen
eohS Wv wore Interested and had come
tua' va nass Judgment nj close range upon
y. candidates. unwilling 10 form an opln-
a n either al second hand.
,rd SO IT has been all over the comfy
ince Nessrs Henry and Thomas oegan
h.ir debates week ago at hillecn, tue
w hsid here Yesterday hcing the htth OF
hs csmpalgn with ten more to come.
-
No., a.,,to ot KilIceu was much
.,,rer than any Of those that nave fol
100 howeyer At that place Mr Heury
~ .,t.rrod 70 certain reports that have
holly 'eieli'" wv IL, mi oo,,r+r
been circulated against MIN IN iulH county
,..,rr,red ia force the Issue from the
ut''' .,ror+s r-era IN the cfect
sur" ,.,,s,hi,- IN the
that he had a,i'n rtt' l'. i'1 1tt+inr IN
natter Of me waters W ~ - -, t,-
augulated by himself IN McLeIa III rot ~,
some seven years or s" ~ 80 At ~ stnte
he had accepted ~ pIlu dao,orod maj
and from Pierce. VT. hVhiI uo' ili Iu ,oa
as matter oI iact ne nau t ti, Ito,,dant
IRON neither the Sli9 nor 'hS " W. 49,,
and that he had nnaiN "l.uu.a " ~ ~ 80
The ease ana turned II over T." " u"tii'S -; \.
who had lost II III me insurer t'n, ~. -"
Nclennan county. continuing, nc quoteu
from Mr.. Thomas testimony before tns Wv,
legislative committee when lnNeSllSa leu
senator BsilcyS connection with TINS same
litigation which testimony was To the el
lei mat tho dcponent could not say that
ipnronor means had been employed to in
snre Kin, ia compromise the eases against
t ype Waters Nat pierce company. Next MIR.
tIsnrv addressed himself to the retailers of
~. hargo mat he had taken fec from
Nh sidSs and denounced them in ian
.u.u No would ,url asbestos. winding M
H. sbollsnciur Mr. Thomas or anyone else
~ sne,ifr wherein he mad acted unprofcs-
sPrnh, 'tnru.iso rcnrohcnsiblv in inc
In reply MIR, Thomas denied all roSp"nsI
Nity for the ''Trn'anon OF me. Inc o Sg
Sohg,a,usn w w ,,,io any direct charge
against that gentleman in So far as his
connection With the Waters Pierce lltlga
Ton vas con'srhrn' pu. s" una T., ti,st
Nv Yarinr ,bat he wonld leave il t.
Ms hearers 10 Judge Of the proprety OF
Mr. honry's conduct therein ON inc Wn"le
the discussion Was WA, IT, 49,, trd,,iccd
in mi foclin,, ram biph and il became an
parent the ,.rg;,tione thereof must lead
10 denlorahc consequences -,
,ri, r5 "u- ,u.c nn,,stiic for tho inioc.
lon ot inc Iirrre ,nInr. t , IND
S d1.Ii "S'" .,',ti'o roentin, rnon
H. tT,- i ~ rti,,tn, Tbc cffc"t oi
tbosc dIsc,,Imor. bu. hocm Tn arnduaIly nj
o 1,aI Issues 20 conc to ga ne ,t Tura@rT
ona G,,sn w. 1'5intr h orn vcsterlav brt
ILL., rnf-7oo q III 5,sda 20 +ho W,+crs
picrco sji vac
TN "u Nm ,,,, ,,,,,,.o,.,,. +bot tho rn
was sun evident, novel,, dha' unV 'y
Straincd NV, t,., o,i,"t has nrcyioW.ly
bccn said 'n nn ,m' onI u,i1l NOT he rnrgot
,On " ~" nnn m.' nnn MI m"r ia tos Il,
nv, srnot tho, ~, ana f. ,voui,
no, t.to n,,,,b t,iii,fo son,nthinr
mare I'm v.or,Iy h.ttio Lctuocn thrn,
'" "N''' ' w
y
At this place the record or MI Thomas
as comfy attornnv nr NIrIcnnan count,
ga,
Vs. Wv ul"'n .1Su NJ h'nrE a''"'Nr'
office Mr. Thomas had promised TO sunnrcs,
csmblinc ord ,o,,,,i,, ~ ,,,co,.o,,,,i, d.
IL. - ''"' ''f"''' Wy 'ni''V .i"e"' "
t"e SUNDAY law. y ct he had made no eff
lori In that direction ON the contrary II,
had accented ~ nle,y of ,,,;ltr fon
ran,tj.., pteu2 "a s"'''' ''o''
""'''S VINO were sun running openly ans
u pam violation of law. vet when prodde,
about II no n,o,1., ~, -, ~
forco IN, 'u'u ny Va
M '"c law BECAUSE pubic sentiment u
IN 'dLHnhah county would not sustain hin
:" uollg so.
Mr. Thomas declared that he was not re
Sl"hsble for the fact that a minimum lin
as accepted from continuous Offenders
~ t1e county Judges likes the amount q
'ur une.
90 uilS MI, Henry replied with a tee
Som from County Judge Gerald Of Nc
'uuah county, stating that MIR. Thnma
10" heFef called his attention in any css
w. the fact that the gamblers pleadm
snlIlI In his court ware second offeudcj ;
su1Wlng full We'll that If he bad dour 5
qonhle or treble inc as provided fo
Jaw would have been imposed
IN othcr particulars Mr.. Hrnly'S Suecr
was devoted 70 Notf,,at {gc,,,. Nr,.,. .,,