Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-18

is better qualified to iii the office.
Willis Index: The Galveston News
seems to have turned its attention to
Attorney-General Hogg a great deal here
or late. Does the News want to make
Mr.. Hogg governor of Texas9
Tyler Democrat and Reporter: Judge Reagan
would find it hard job to walk over Maxey
Tor governor OF Texas Paris News.
Who said that Reagan wants to walk
over Maxey for governor? There is big
lot of gratuitous stuff in some of the
newspapers.
Dallas Times Herald: The Times Her
aid has been pleased to note all along,
besides those who express first prefer
enee for Exall, quite number of other
papers of the state, friends of Hogg,
Throekmorton and other candidates,
favor Exall as second choice. Among
them is the Crosby County News, from
the last issue ef which we clip:
Already the state campaign of 1890 has opened.
Candidates for the different state offices are be-
ing suggested, but the governors chair seems TO
lead IN interest. If Throckmorton should not
appear as candidate, our next choice would be
Exall. There win be lots of music and lots Of
run between now and the next election.
Dallas county should prepare to honor
Exall with a hearty Endorsement at the
primaries and in the county convention.
La Grange Journal: Attorney General
Hegg is going quietly along enforcing
the laws he finds on the statute book;
performing his sworn duty and nothing
more, yet there are great newspapers,
the Galveston News, Houston Post and
others of smaller caliber criticising his
acts and making all kinds of unfriendly
thrusts at him. Things have come TO
pretty pass when an officer can It dis
charge his sworn duty without having a
portion of the press misconstruing his
motives and attributing to him ignoble
purposes. Such a course will have the
opposite effect from that desired by thest
critics. He should be applauded instead
of criticised. If the laws are obnoxious
the prompt enforcement of them will
hasten their repeal.
Tyler Record: The Bolton Journal,
one of the most widely circulated and
influential papers published in its broad
section of the state, speaks fayorably
of Attorney General Hogg for governor,
and its county man, the Hon. George
G. Pendleton, for lieutenant governor.
Tins would, we rather think, make
very strong team. Hogg is good man
and so is Pendleton; but it is by no
means positive that they care to fill the
Austin Statesman: We have in one
instance seen another name than that
OF William b. Workman mentioned as
that OF the next state treasurer. Such
ambition we think futile. If ever man
deserved +, as he has faithfully earned,
promotion, that man is William B.
Workman. He would now be state
treasurer had not Governor Lubbock
stood for rp-nInat1On
people know him, and universally have
perfect confidence in him. No one
else need apply for the state treasury
ship in 1890. William b. Workman has
it grabbed.
Waco Day; The Days levity in con-
neetion with it's Endorsement Of Miss Bet
tie Brewster as the successor of Com
missioner Foster must not be taken TO
mean that the Endorsement was not made
in good faith. We hope Miss Brewster
may get the place. She is certainly COM
petent, and the recognition of a lady's
right to hold such an office under the
state government would be step in q
good direction. There are hundreds of
good women thrown on their own re-
sources to struggle for advancement in
the world, and to them all avenues
leading to wealth and honor should be
opened as far as possible.
Gonzales Inquirer: The attorney general of
Texas has been charged with burning desire to
) become governor of the state. Not being in his
confidence, THE GAZETTE is unable to Judge the
truth of the charge; but IL Mr.. Hogg wants to be
governor he Is making the qHeerest canvass in
the annals of politics. He has managed to in
cur the enmity OF railroads, of insurance and big
land companies, of leading newspapers. of the
San Antonio saloon interests, of Austin street
railroads, of the drummers, and now in all hui
man probability, the sheriffs. Mr.. Hogg may or
may not have gubernatorial aspirations, but if
he has he certainly shows little regard for the
influences that are usually deemed all powerful
by the politicians, viz: Corporations, newspa-
pers and, county officers. Perhaps, after all,
Mr.. Hogg is not to be candidate for governor,
but simply desires to perform his duty as the
law determines it.-GFort Worth Gazette.
The Inquirer is as ignorant as THE GA
ZETTE as to Mr.. Hogg' IS desires as to the
governorshlp, but it Is confident Mr..
Hogg would have a strong following
He has shown himself fearless officer
in executing the laws, and es-
pecially so i'll handling the grasplng cor
porations of the state. THE GAZETTE is
eminently correct when it insinuates that
the attorney general has shown less fear
than most officers of the state in carry
ing out policy and executing laws that
will incur the displeasure of the corpora
tions and their following. For this he is
to be admired, and should receive the
Endorsement of the people. What con-
stitutes good officer if it is not to exc
cute the laws of the state? He is not
supposed to use his Judgment in the mat
ter farther than seeing the laws exc
cuted. Despite the great influence
brought to bear in the favor of monopo-
lies, he has shown himself TO be wise
and fearless officer, and in the time of
need the people will stand by him, and
the great dailies of the state that are nov
hurting their shafts-under the direction
and influence of these powerful corpora
tlons-so constantly and revengefully will
find their cause unchampioned and for
saken by the people.
Notice to Ex-SoIdiers.
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