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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-13
DEMOCRATIC MAJoRlTlEs IN TEXAS
Culberson Developed the Vote When He
Defeated Jerome kearby.

Culberson Developed the Vote When He
Defeated Jerome kearby
Austin, Texas, July ia little political
history Of Texas since 1894 would not be
aniiss just at this time, us big political
event is to take place Mt Galveston this
week.
While a big vote was poled for governor
In 1904, the entire voting strength OF the
State was not developed until 1896, when
Hon Jerome G. Kearby of Dallas made
his race for governor against c. A. Culber-
son, who was running the second time.
Had the republicans been out of the way
In 1894, the first time Culberson made the
race for governor, the combined vote of the
republicans and popullsts would have come
near electing Nugent had he been Endorsed
and voted for by the republicans. How
ever. the republican leaders in the State
were anxious TO get out ticket themselves
and they did, having nominated candidate
for every State office and w. X. Makemson
| of Georgetown was their standard bearer,
| ,rbe'r object was to get In the game for
| Federal pie, which they calculated was
| bound 20 come two years later, and as a
| result some Of the leaders by virtue of hav-
! ing Il ticket in the field were officially rec.
| ognized by Mark Hanna when the time
came.
In 1894 Culherson received 207, 161 vote.
| T. l.. Nugent Pon) 1921 vote, and w.
| X. Makemson (Rep) $3.50 votes. the
! combined vote against Culberson was 2OI,
! 271
In 1896. when Culberson made the race
| for reelection. he received 29S,52S votes,
against the fusion vote which went to
! Kearby, placing his total vote at 23s,6g2
and giving Culberson a majority of 59s36.
| The votes which Kearhy failed to get went
to the two labor tickets which were In the
! field at the time.
In 1898 the populist vote fell away be-
| hind, as the result was. for Joseph d Say
ers 291,54s. for Barnett Gibbs l1i,oS5,
Gibbs made hard campaign during the
year and while he said that he was in the
race for his health, his friends thought
differently and said so at the time.
In 1900 Governor Savers got 303.5s6, Han
nay 112,S 64 and r. ]. McMlnn 26,579. The
democrats regained their old time majority
last year and the result this year will place
the figures far In advance of the majority
given to Governor Sayers two years ago.
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RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.

The longest and warmest Of all the con,
tests was the one for the railroad commits
sionership to be vacated ny Judge Reagan.
There were three entries in this case in the
persons OF o, b. Colquitt OF Terrell, d. b.
Curtis OF Temple and John w Hornsby OF
Austin Coquitt got In the lead early in
the campaign but his opponents made a
showing sufficiently good to Justify them
In remaining In the race and keep him
guessing At one time the Indications were
that tie-up was probable over this place,
Gradually however, Colquitt increased his
lead and with It his chances OF finally win
ming out and Curtis withdrew. This left
Hornsby, who was third man In the race,
with little, If any, show for the nomination
and he too stepped down and out
On the whole there was no great interest
taken IN the campaign for state officea.
though It Is true that large votes were
poled in most OF the counties, This large
vote was In many instances attributable
to the warmth OF contests for local Of
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THE FIGHT on ROBBINS.

State Treasurer Robbins met with deter
mined opposition at the outset In the person
of John H. Beckett. ex-sherir and present
county treasurer Of Milan county. Beckett
is strong man and a hard campaigner
and for awhile il looked as IL he were GO
ing TO give Robbins trouble. The contrary
happened and Robbins has clear field The
ease with which he pulled through Is at
tributed to the fact that great majority
of the voters of Texas are firm believers in
his integrity and rallied to his support
this year because they wished to show tina;
they did not approve OF the attempt made
by certain members OF the legislature 10
dishonor him because the First National
/, bank Of Austin got into trouble while It
held state funds, which funds have, by tnv
way, been restored to the state treasury
IN full.
Comptroller Love had the semblance OF
opposition for a few weeks, but 1t died out
early, Mr. Ed Kaufman. who started out
after him. having promptly quit his trail
as soon as the primaries began to show him
that he was not In 1t.
Mr.. j. j. Terrell, the candidate for land
commissioner, IL the only candidate for
state office who started IN without oppon
eEts. There were several gentlemen with
a desire FOR the office he will get, but they
did not submit their names to the pri-
marics, hence received no votes.
Senator George ID. Neal of Navasota, who
VIII receive the nomination for the lieu.
tenant governorshlp, felt easy until after
the first county or two had held primaries,
when Hon r. b. Allen of Dallas announced
FOR the place. Mr. Allen made q vigorous
| though brief campaign, but lost some OF
the largest counties In his part Of the State
and abandoned the race. Van Zandt and
one or two small adjoining counties have
instructed for Judge Ed Splnks for lieu
tenant governor, but this was more comph-
meutary than anything else, MS he was
never considered seriously in the race.
| Prof. lie Fevre. State superintendent OF
I public instruction, is another candidate who
| had TO 60 out md fight hard for n brief
| space of time Prof Cousins Of GroesbeeJk
| being his chief opponent In his case as
| IN the others, the contest was soon over
| and he had the field to himself after win
! ming decisive victories In some OF the big
| North Texas counties
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name the characteristics OF S. W. T. Ian.
nam which would be likely to appeal most
strongly to one meeting him for the first
time' the reply would probably be: oils
moaesty and his deepseated appreciation of
religion and everything pertaining to reli.
gion"
AND having received such an answer the
0uestioner would no doubt be considerably
surprised. 1t is not essentially a reflection
on the whole body of public men at Wash.
inston TO say that only a comparatiyely
snnal percentage Of them are really and
genuinely religious. There are many men
10 poiucs-as well as out Of it-who regard
.ne matter OF going to church and Of lis
lenins sttentively and respectfully while
prayers are being pronounced. as a sort
OK uuty owed to society and not an obliga.
,ion 10 higher Power. and there Is proba.
oiy an unusually large proportion OF such
men TO be found in the two houses Of con.
sress' Therefore. when one meets a man
VINO lmpresses one with the fact that he
ID rsngious because he believes In religion.
one may be somewhat surprised, but tn.
surprise will be agreeable and the stranger
wiz no doubt feel all the better for having
met such man in a body of men who ara
denotes '' fehsious ten
leaving the matter Of Colonel Ianha M.
vsneI GOOD qualities out Of the ouestjon "a,
.as tine being II may be stated that M evsr
"ss IN earnest about religion he Il
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THE ADVANCE GUARD TODAY.
Democratic Delegates VIII Begin to Al
rive at Galveston SUNDAY.

Democratic Delegates VIII Begin to Ar
rive at Galveston Sunday
Galveston, Texas, July IL, The advance
guard of the democratic convention Is eX-
pected to arrive here tomorrow night. The
convention will not convene until Tuesday,
but number OF the political leaders will
want to be here a day in advance to dis
cuss their plans and secure pleasant quar-
ters while here The fremont hotel has
been receiving orders for several days from
parties desiring rooms during convention
week While the indications do not point
to a large attendance compared with that
Of previous conventions. there will he sew
eral hundred people in the city during the
week
The citizens have made very urgent eS-
forts 10 secure cheaper railroad rate than
the ordinary convention rate of one fare.
plus 10 per cent. but this they have failed
10 do, The attendance will probably te
lessened to some extent on this account
Among the prominent men who have al
ready engaged apartments at the fremont
hotel for the week are the following: Gov
ernor Joseph D. Savers, B. f. McNuty,
Joe Lee Jamison. DR. George R. Tabor
George e. Mendel Jr, Austin; James B.
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NEXT STATE ADMINISTRATION.
All Nominees Known and the Work at Gal
weston VIII Take Little Time.

About this time eight years ago Colonel
s. w. I. Lanham was figuring on a locked
convention. With hardly 200 Instructed
votes to his credit he had hopes Neither
Cuberson nor Reagan had lead sufh'
cient to insure nomination and with both
OF them remaining In the race to the finish
there was chance for a third man. Ian
ham had made good impression during
the campaign There were great many
delegates who had him booked for second
choice. The undercurrent In his favor was
strong and 1t was safe to wager that in
ase Of a lock the nomination would ult'
nately 20 to him
But the Culberson managers were TOO
alert to allow such contingency TO arise.
10 begin with, they made certain Of the
sbrogation OF the twothirds rule. Then
hey set to work to bring about the with
drawal of Judge Reagan. This accom-
pIishad, they had tbiugs their. own way and
Colonel LanhaIu was out Of It, lie nad
given AIR Cuberson's friends scare, how
ever. At one time ne had almost siam
peded the convention with q speech when
will be remembered by an those who heard
ls as singularly appropriate 20 the occasion.
II attracted attention to him when mas
never since been diverted, and PRACTICAL
assured him the goyernorsmp for III III
ture.
Time wore on until It brought about the
opportunity Colonel banhau was waiting
for jumping into the brehch M ls9u
when the populsts republicans and Nc
Kluley aid soCietariaus fused into solid
mass, were threatening the demoeiacy with
disaster. be came 10 the rescue OF Culber
son. his opponent OF two years before and
carried the Eighth district foi congress by
a handsome majority over c. Ii. Jenkln.
by far the nblest OF the populist lead
ers Of the State In 1928 and 1900 he mad
clear sailing. returning to Washington with
out difncuIty
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C. /. RRAcHFIELD NOMINATED
For the Senate from the Eighth Distric
Cnllina AMlthdn...aa.

For the Senate from the Eighth District.
Collins Withdrawing.
Carthage, Texas, July s.-The senatorial
convention of the Eighth senatorial district
has passed into history as the noisest and
most enthusiastic that has ever been held
In Eastern Texas. The two candidates.
Hon. Jasper Collins and Hon. Charles l..
brachheld. each had instructed for them
two counties. Harrison came $50 strong.
practically instructed for Brachheld. and
attempted to control the convention by
noise and numbers. They were met In the
convention by Pamela county delegation
superior to their own in numbers and en-.
thusiasm and equal In noise and Instructed
Tor Collins. Collins realized that II was
useless to prolong the agony, and In a most
graceful and forceful speech admitted his
defeat. The platform was adopted favorina
uniform primaries and reatfirming All,
legiance to the Kansas City platform. pr.
Blalock OF Harrison county was elected
chairman for the next two years After a
pleasing address by Mr.. Brachreld, the
convention adjourned
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Ing him to do SO. A careful study OF the
situation did not satisfy him that the plum
was within easy reach, however and he
dropped the matter. Mr.. ]. s. Rice could
have rallied great following had he been
willing to make the race. Without his
knowledge his name was proposed and he
was overwhelmed with kilograms and let.
tiers urging him 20 become candidate and
promising him a most loyal support, but he
refused to listen and smilingly passed the
temptation up, preferring the enjoyment
Of the fruits of highly successful and
ment end honors OF life in the public serv-
ice.
Tho only man 90 get squareiy in the race
against Coiinel Lanham was Hon. r. NJ,
Campbell OF Palestine. Mr.. Campbell has
icng been a prominent hgure In party coun-
cts and IL was expected that he would
develop considerable strength and make the
his friends, however he did not remain IN
the race long enough to test their loyalty.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
Like Colonel Lanhnm, all OF the other can
dldatcs for State offices started out with
opposition. both passive and aetive Messrs.
Tuilcy Fuller OF San antonio and Ned Nor
ris OF Henderson were looked upon as pos
sihie candidates for the attorney general
ship. while Assistant Attorney sSenera' n.
A. John Of Georgetown and Hon. D. A,
MCCALL of Austin were avowed contestants
for the nomination The two first named
COX occasion 10 early announce that they
would pot enter the lists and Mr.. John
Withdrew without. entering actively into
the campaign. Mr.. McFall made few
speeches, depending upon attacks Upon tia
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and that any interference with them In the
premises Is violation Of the principle OF
local self government. The ACCESSIBILITY Of
passing laws to provide for the purity of
primary elections Is generally recognized.
but when II comes to statutory Interference
with the right Of the people to call them
whenever they see ut the question OF pa
terndlsm and unwarranted meddllng with
affairs not legltlmately subject 10 leglsa-
tive review arises.
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sssssesssssssSssss coo seseesssses.s.

Wells, Brownsville; John II. Reagan, Pal.
estlne; John q, Tod, Houston; W. II. Pat
terson, Dallas: Frank Andrews s n
Lanham, Weatherford: j. F. Walte5s, In
Granger Ward rempleton, A. j. Baker. San
Angelo; Judge McClain. Fort Worth; A.
Rio; George c. Pendleton, Temple; Messrs.
Storey, Hoyt and Webb, Austin; j. d.
Mccall, Fort Worth; Joseph Faust, Rich
mond.
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such a date wer6 one fixed. There are
many also who would hesitate about de-
nying seats In state convention 10 dele
gates sent up by lcountles who might re.
fuse To adopt the uniform date.
II has been suggested that the legislature
should pass a law requiring political par.
ties TO hold their primaries on a uniform
date, but this. tooA is Objected to By old.
time democrats WHO insist that this 4. a
matter n VISA tSe counties are supreme
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-13

waters-Pierce oil company, the Kirby
Lumber company and such State officials
as had incurred his displeasure to arouse
so disappointing that he soon quit the field,
leaving It in undisputed possession Of At
torney General Bell, who will succeed him
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committee, Judge Wells opposed this on
calculated to create trouble in the marty,
ana now Mr. Cockrell and the other adyo-
Gates OF the resolution. who charge It's de-
, Isat up TO aim, are seeking TO retire him.
holding state primaries on a uniform date.
put tnere are many who doubt the author-
w o. ,ns executive eomraittes 10 .ostra.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-13
COLONEL S. w. T. LANHAM
A Christian Gentleman.

If one well acquainted with men and af-
fairs at Washington were to be asked to
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-13

ices; though, there being no great Issue
involved In the State campaign, all Of the
candidates running strictly on their merits.
Under such conditions the State conven.
ton, which meets In Galveston Tuesday.
could easily get through Its work In one
day II II wanted to- No balloting will
be required on any OF the nominations,
which could be made and voted on in a
lump, and by reclamation, as easy as not
AS to the platform there Is no reason
why there should be any great time spent
over IT. There Is nothing, really, over
which to resoiute practically and the fate
OF past platforms Indicates that the Iegls-
iature Is little inclined to pay any atten-
ton 70 anything except instructions from
the district conventions, which nominate
their members. Public sentiment, In It's
present condition, is such that It would
best be satisfied by platform confined
TO pointing with pride to the record made
by the present democratic State adminis-
ration and promising continuation there
OF, without attempting TO legfslate In ad-
vance or the meeting OF the legislative
branch Of the government.
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STRENGTH OF cHARAc1n

As has been stated, Mr.. Lahaa~
strength Of character to BACK W
liglous bellies In the proper "@'
same strength Of character 10 "
everything he does. He has ""
convictions and these conv!cuon
ed, as they are. by the mans W
nge, have often proved to be VIZ
sing for his opponents in the ~.
Of congress. 1t may be thar "
ham Is sometimes too modest aas
ing and that on occasions 20 =
more plaudits were he to sav.
push aud self nssertiveness; wv
that may be, he does what Nc ~ Il.
he thinks 1t right. he does ~
position until he is satisfied va
proper one. But, once sucn ~
teen assumed, 1t will not % ay 80
less 1t can be demonstrated
hams entire satisfaction that assss
wrong. The fact that ne 10 wouM
shown to be In the wrohs IA atss,?
speak we'll for the care s.sns al I
gives a subject before arrns an,s neij
conclusion concerning IL Il tts
| Just after the supreme coui sdseIslc
States had handed down ~ ~
so-called Illinois antitrust ~ a lrt
decision was thought TO Jas r'st IN
bearing on the Texas antl'u dsis'
Lanham declined to express MA a
ion In the premises until ns bsfi:;
examIned the matter from ,sr,A
end. Then he did give an KIDD ops
Is interesting to note tnns shs Tssa
| borne out In every way py uthe d
and other authorities. 10 "a 10 "
others who had gone on iv tss case
ises without having given sf hdi
careful attention, founu onIy oat
were erroneous. This Is lied "!
OF many that might pe a,nor o.
show that the future. rcuss,sl
nothing II not careful ana a s rpAl
] that the people Of the sts portss,
/ snred that any matter az nragnsdn
comes before him IN his g,.ufsa
ernor viii be given the ei0
and that when he hnally - III
I'm the way he believes " N IN
a way for which tsos WY
rant. ,,,ser!ty
be absolutely no quesuou. 10
sihle that he Is not so poPnshw ~
personal sense, as SOME conf
the Texas delegation "a Arrcs
there is no doubt that ne inrs5
spected by every one Il ~
Warrington, not only w.
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apparently that man. This stateusa
be accepted by some who do not kfj
future governor of Texas-and uh 4
that in the case of public men NJ;
and namby-pamby Tendencies 70 hx|
hand-as an evidence that Mr.. LsrArl
lack In other directions what hslnlhj
in religion; but to any one who n1H1
for what he really Is the matter vi
peal In an entirely different way.
Mr.. Lanham's religion 10 Of tie
sort, II one may Judge OF such rizl
the works Of the man himself. y 4
the cloak Of religion appears TO y
used merely to cover thfngs dlsrtsI
worse. but those who know LanhiH
that he is honest and sincere 10 III
ter of his religion as he Is In other a.
II is easy for a man to profess felss
BIS own household or even In hs vN
munity; but to profess Il In pse Il
religion is not regarded with any Y
Veneration or respect takes real mon
and moral courage, and both Of 'ash
acteristics are possessed by tne nA
is to be nominated within ne nu.
days as the democratic candidaR
highest position In the gift OF me ~
Texas,
1t must not be understood, BY sq
that Mr.. Lanhnm's religious BELIEF !
the kind which obtrude thems,sl
others, or which are In any. way W.
to others. They are Of the. nm
command respect and admiration w
those who might be inclined . y
religious tendencies In one WIN
strength Of character than NJ. ", y
And they are of the kind, too, wn1
the bright side of life out as
as possible-not ignoring the oina W
still keeping 1t subordinate Lsn
ligion impresses one, on tne va0, VA
Ing of that sort which TENDS T.
world better and which goes ~
destroying the argument o. tnos' Y,
about hypocrisy In the churcDss x
say that Few men are religious iu
of religion.
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cHArRMANsHIP FraHr.

About the only thing which at this time
promises to disturb the serenity OF the
convention is the State chairmsnship
Judge Wells. the present incumbent. is a
candidate for reelection. but Mr.. CockreI
OF Dallas wants the place also. Mr..
Cockrell's candidacy grows out of the de
feat before the state executive committee
at It's Dallas meeting of a resolution seek
Ing the acknowledgements In the State con.
vention OF such counties as had held prl.
mariss IN Advance Of ths data nxsd by shs
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No returns from Lavaca county IN 1900.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-07-19

Congressional candidates as well
as for all other candidates IN IT,
ture elections.
The argument is advanced that
this is the only manner by which
the people have the selection OF
their candidates for the different
Offices, as by their votes they elect
the candidates of their choice,
while i'm conventions the candi.
dates are always the choice OF a
few INSCRIPTIONS bosses who al
ways pack the conventions to do
their own bidding.
The Messenger has not given
much thought to this matter yet
but we are of opinion that prima-
ries, are the manner, the only way
by which the masses of the peo-
pie can have way of expressing
their choice for or against the can
didates, we are therefore in favor
of primaries. because we believe
the people should select their can
didates, and not be imposed upon
by few bosses who care nothing
for party success as long as they
can get the Offices.
The people should revolt against
the bosses if they insist upon rul-
ing the people, it is time to crust
out bossesism and we believe the
people of this state will not tole
rate any longer the trampling up
on their sacred rights by Few un
principled bosses.
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STORE ROBBED.

Sunday morning Mr.. Frank Ro-
bin discovered that some one had
entered his store during the night,
and immediately suspicioned his
landlord, JOS. Lovas who occupies
the second story of the building.
with his family and Messrs Luc
BONN and Frank Robin occupy
the two stores Oh the ground f1oOr.
Mr.. Robin made the required
affidavit and a search warrant was
placed in the hands of Deputy
Sheriff A. ID. Roy and Chief OF
Police Ernest Beslin, who made
the search for the stolen goods.
After careful search a bundle
of goods wrapped in green leaves
was found upon the roof OF the
barn shed, upon which the limbs
of China tree are resting, max
ing it dark and good place to
CONCEAL the stolen articles, but the
searchers were SO sure that they
were on the good tracks that they
searched every where. In the
chimney they found the only green
shoulder that was missing from
the store.
Mr.. Lovas who is hard work
ing man, about fifty years of age
having a wife aud several chill
dreu, aud having good property
here, was arrested aud jailed IN
the morning and in the evening
his older boy, Joseph, who is aged
about "A years, was also arrested
aud jailed, supposed to have beer
implicated in the robbery.
| The boy was released and Mr.
Lovas adoitted to bail in the sun
of $3.50