Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-20

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HoGG CLUB AT MOUNT CALM.
Special to the Gazette.
MOUNT CAIN, TEX, June 10
Speeches were made at Mesquite, near
Mount Calm, to-day by Capt. w. W.
williams of Hubbard City, and G. w.
Belcher of Whitney, Tex, who spoke in
behalf of HOgg and the commission.
Dinner was spread on the ground and alI
enjoyed themselves hugely. After the
speaking and dinner Hogg club was
formed consisting of about fifty to
seventy-fiye members. There were no
speeches in behalf of any other eandi-
date than Gen. Hogg.
COOK AT BRYAN,
Special to the Gazette.
BRYAN, Ten. June l9.-Hon. Gustavo
Cook addressed quite a large and intelli-
gent crowd of people at the courthouse
last night. He presented his cause IN
q very statesman-like manner. The VoN
populi Is "'giye US Hogg. -
THE SAGE OF sEGUIN TALKS.
Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX. June l9.-''I am
not IN politics now, q" said Ex-Governor
Ireland to a reporter to-day, land
think that 1 have given enough Of my
| life to the people; therefore L don t eX-
| pect anything and don't want anything.
! am not Hogg man by any means, but
| l tell you that 1 believe Hogg Will be
nominated for governor on the first bal
lot and the people will elect him by big
| majority There is no man who can
stand against the commission idea, 1t IS
communistic, but has got hold OF the
people and, like an epidemic, Will run
| its course in spite of all opposition. Then
there will be a revulsion of feeling and
| the commission craze will die natural
death. -
COOK CLUB ORGANIZED AT GONZALES
Special to the Gazette.
| GONZALES, TEX, June 19.-W. w.
Glass, county organizer, and others, or
ganized Cook Democratic club in this
CITY to-day The club numbers 100
strong. Mr.. Glass will organize another
Cook club at Waelder on the 2Sth
instant.
WHEELER AT BEEVILLE.
Special to the Gazette.
BEEvILLE, TEX, June 19.-Lieu-
tenant-Governor Wheeler addressed
large audience at the courthouse this
evening in support of his views on the
leading political questions now before the
people His eloquence was received
with great applause, aud doubtless some
were added to his list of converts. The
governor has always been popular in this
section.
| Special to the Gazette.
BEEvILLE, TEX, June 19.-Lieuten-
ant-Governor Wheeler spoke for an hour
at the courthouse in Beeville this after
noon to a large audience, amongst whom
were manv lauies. Governor Wheeler
euIogized his opponents personally, IA
vored a change in the laws regu-
lating hiring county convicts,
working of poor farms; favored
issuing bonds at the option of countie:
to improve public roads, and the issuing
of bonds by counties to build school
houses, the money to come from the
state school fund now idle. Governor
wheeler favors q commission with lin
tied powers, complimented the ladies anC
} made very favorable impression.
/ large majority of our people favor rail-
road commission without the powers adj
! yocated by the speaker, but the count!
convention, which meets on the 21st, Il
sure to instruct for Gen. Hogg for gov.
| ernor.
r A BIG EVENT FOR HENDERSON.
5 Special to the Gazette.
, HENDERSON, TEX. June ia meet
ing was held at the courthouse IN tnl:
= city to facilitate arrangements for
t grand barbecue to be held in this cit.
t on July II. Prominent speakers on bot
: sides of the commission issue, including
the guberntorial candidates, are ex
8 pected to be present. This event will b
3 made one of the prominent features
r the campaign in East Texas. Ex-Gov
i Hubbard is engaged in eanyassing TIL
= county at present.
SENTIMENT AT FLOYD.
= Special to the Gazette.
FLOYD, TEX. June I9.-We are all &c
Horg and the commission. Cook me
are very scarce here.
SENTIMENT AT MILFORD.
a Correspondence of the Gazette.
It MILFORD, TEX. June 16.-The polit
d cal pot has not boiled here yet
# hut the kindIing has bee
It placed and doubtless will soon be touche
off. The day for holding primaries
: this county has not been set as yet, br
= will doubtless soon be ordered, and the
i the people will speak out in meeting
AS far as l can learn up to this writir
every nine out of ten men are for Hogs
In fact, only two men out of my e.
tensive acquaintance are pronounce
1T anti-Hogg men, and they are both il
o terested in a railroad. The free-pa
> business has been cussed and DISGUISE
rs by all compilations, and there are no iii
on Hogg. He will be al go K"
this box.
FREEsToNE COUNTY.
" Correspondence of the Gazette.
D. FAIRFIELD, TEX, June 1.-Sta
2: politics is warming up in this county al
3, Hoge grows stronger every day. YC
O. can put Freestone county down as sol
q, for Hogg. In fact if Cook or Hall has 6
r advocate in our town he is afraid
T, sneak out for his man. It is now for
Sc gone conclusion that this county W
D. send solid delegation 70 the conventi'
D. tor Hogg. The county is also solid fl
u the Hon. william H. Martin. The
IL, are a few would be tricksters that q
n irving to work up an interest in beha
n, of n. G. KittreIl, but their forces q
10 too weak. Martin is heard from t
he' lips of every farmer. In fact no III
gg can point to the record of William
in Martin and condemn it or eensure it
e. any way as not watching his post VII
he in congress. Freestone county Is satish
d: with him and expects to instruct