The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 59, July 1955 - April, 1956 Page: 459
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Concerning Hempstead and Waller County
The general tendency of the political scene is revealed in 1892,
when the Republicans were content, by and large, to give their
endorsement to the Democratic nominees. Benjamin Harrison
still carried the county by a 214 majority over Grover Cleveland;
but with the exception of the county judge, sheriff, tax collector,
and county attorney, all other county officials had both Repub-
lican and Democratic endorsement, a type of "cross-filing," as it
were."
By 1894, the county administration was firmly in the hands of
the Democratic party, with only one cross-filing: "R. A. Gladish,
the present incumbent, and an out-and-out republican, was en-
dorsed for tax assessor on the ground of expediency."1
Third party movements in Waller County were local reflec-
tions of the larger trends. There was some Granger activity, with
a Grange being formed in 1874. The members did not attempt
separate political activity, but they were in favor of encouraging
immigration to the county and, at one time, they operated a store
in Hempstead.20
With the possible exception of the Prohibitionist activity, the
most formidable of these movements was the Populist party.
Although the Greenbackers elected one county official amid the
confusion of 1878, they did not make the concerted effort that
the Populists did in 1892. The Peoples party effected a complete
county organization under S. P. Norwood; the six precinct chair-
men were James Armstrong, Sr., S. A. Hamner, W. H. Hutchison,
D. S. Betts, D. L. Clapp, and J. H. Kirby. Seventy persons in
their local convention chose Captain N. P. Houx, the editor,
and James Armstrong, Sr., as delegates to the state convention.
"We believe the time has arrived for independent political
action," they said, and they nominated men for every county
position. The nominees ran consistently in third place, the Demo-
cratic-Republican combination of that year proving too strong
for them.21
,Hempstead Weekly News, November i7, 1892; September 29, 1892, gives
Republican county convention action.
lllbid., July 19, 1894.
20Houston Daily Telegraph, July 19 and December 22, 1874.
2lHempstead Weekly News, June 2, 1892, for organization; June 16, 1892, for
county convention and resolutions; November 17, 1892, for election results.459
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