Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-05

L don I DeueVe that It Is democratic to
look only to comforting benefits OF cap
ital. We can embrace and treat capital
fairly without hugging it to our bosoms
as the only thing on earth, or without
letting it exercise privileges which will
strsngle public interests. When Gould
comes to Dallas the dIgnata-
ries, political and commercial.
flock around his special car
by day and by night, and the grass
hasn't yet grown out where they
tramped it down. When two or three
car loads of sturdy men and strong and
virtuous women come to build up a city
and country and work in the factories
and on the farms, they merely send q
justice officer to see if there are any sus-
picious characters among them.
Capital and the drummers' association
and the underwriters association and
the shsriff's ASSOCIATION are entitled TO a
part of q governor, but not whole
governor all by themselves in state
with two million people in it. Jim Hogg
will make a governor big enough to go
all around, and whatever may be the
opinion of his enemies, ne is neither ga
fly UP the creek - or ''sardlne. Envy
and malice never yet discovered q virtue,
and even in Christ found more to be con-
demned than praised.
THE COMMISSION.
don It see why a man opposed to a
railroad commission can't support jim
Hogg. He don't create q commission
aud will not have the appointing of it,
unless required by the legislature Its
powers and duties will be fixed by the
legislature and not by the governor.
He is an honest, capable man, who
will continue the policy of the Demo-
cratic party in Texas Low taxes and
an economical administration of the state
government" He belongs to the 'fpay-
as-you-go' school of Democracy that
has ruled this state for sixteen years,
and ruled 1t so we'll as TO attract the
world. If was anti-cOmmission to tue
backbone would still support Hogg for
governor, because of the record he has
made in officesand his well known honesty
and ability.
If l was anti-commission would still
organize Hogg clubs, because know
the people by their votes and the legIslR-
ture in their wisdom control this policy
in all of its details. He would enforce
commission law 10 stronger than any
other law and has said so in his speeches.
He DOM believe, like the progressive
Democrats, in issuing interest-bear-
ing bonds, abolishiug the homestead and
exemption laws and throwing everything
wide open to corporate capital.
He belieyes in thrifty and happy peo-
pie, with homes and household goods,
rather than state whose people, towns
and country Is peoned and pawned to I'M
controlled capital. If these be extreme
views, then the "pawnbroksr, progress
siye Democrats, can make the most of
it - and will succeed in oruoifying Jim
Hogg Just like the United States bank
Democrats succeeded in crueifying old
Andrew jackson when he said: by
the eternal, this bank monopoly must
GO - If there are not some other con-
cealed motives, why should any man
oppose Hogg simply on the commission
question:
Very few men have been q more fire.
quent visitor to my own city, in or out OF
fair season, in or out OF office, or taken
more pride in its growth than Jim HOgg,
yet there are men who will go around
saying that he wants to ruin the whole
state aud especially thai city. All he is
the people have made him, and all he
has, even to the grave of his worthy
father, is on Texas soil. These oroakers
and false prophets do Texas more harm
than Jim Hogg will ever do it. When q
LubL sOLuC OlAC Ahah u
policy is more in accord with his views,
these capitalists who think that finanoier-
ing consists exclusively 'in fawning
upon brokers, - tear their hair and say
he is going to 'fruin the country -
Many of us fail to get in q money max
ing line and otherwise what we want,
yet Texas moves on to greatness with
majestic tread.
Texas was neither made nor will it be
governed by "shoddy Democracy or
. 'shoddy aristocraoY. - It did not set
I'D the golden calf at its birth, and when
it worships it then will come death with
out resurrection.
1 believe more anti-commission men
will support Jim Hogg than viii support
any pronounced anti-commission man
that can "fbe brought OF made to stick. -
1t is these 'small-fry'' worshippers of
the golden calf that "skeer'i "Jay
Gould and the timid capitalist by fore
telling things that Will never come to
pass. All the same the Wizard OF Wall
street, laughs at them when their backs
are turned and takes their heartrending,
EXPLANATIONS just as he does
the smile of his lacksy. They fool no.
body but themselves, for in the midst of
their tears their trunks remain unpaeked
and their goods unsold.
Texas has by honesty and bravery B
fought her way to prosperity, and always
in Democratic days, under the leadership
Of strong men, and God save her press
and her people from the 'boot-lioking
politics. of the effete East. 1t was the
grasping capital of Europe and the East
(which wanted two for one If they could
get it and per cent. if necessary that
IN an evil day seduced us from the actual
settler policy, and that now looks with
The eye of greed on our homestead and
other exemptions and our "anti-bond'
policy.
Fellow oitizens, 1 believe that the
Democratic party in the August conyen-
ton will nominate Gen. Hogg on the first
ballot. We have until November to dis
suss the railroad commission question.
I have no political ak to grind or per-
sonal favors to ask. The health Of my
family requires my absence for a few
weeks, but upon my return will accept
the invitations to further discuss this
question. While absent 1 will try TO
>ounteract the false impressions sought
O. be made by opponents of Gen. Hogg-