Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1890-06-05
LEADxR OF THE FoRLoKN HOPE.

LEADER OF THE FORLoRN HOPE.
A bakers dozen of anti-railway
commission George Clarkites got to-
gether at Dallas on last Saturday,
and styling themselves the Simon
pure democracy of Texas after the
manner Of the three tailors in Tooly
street, nominated a candidate for
governor and Illuminated an address
to the people which is an insult to
their intelligence, and Of which those
who fathered it were so ashamed
that they dared not sign their
names to it, but simply nominated,
constituted and appointed Barry I.
Bryan as wet nurse and left him i'll
full control. after which they adj
iourned. Two or three gentlemen
in Brennan supposed to be i'll sym
pathy with the George CLARK move
ment received urgent invitations to
attend the cabal, but did not res
pond. They had previous engage
ments. The sacrifcial ram selected
for the slaughter at the dictation Of
George Clark was the Hon. Gustave
Cook, of Houston, and he has accep-
ted the nomination and signified his
willingness to oppose Hogg. Know
ing Judge Cook to be an honest
man and democrat, it is not be-
lieved, however, that his race against
Mr.. Hogg will go beyond the nomi-
mating convention, even If he is the
candidate of a non-partisan party
which invites persons of every shade
of political opinion to rally to the
support OF its candidate. Judge
Cook is too honest a man, too tue
and tried democrat to make the
race Independently. He is not only
an honest democrat, but he is true
Texan and representative South
ern gentleman. As man and as a
citizen the BANNER entertains a pro-
found respect for him; but while 1t
does. not charge him with being the
''hired tool Of monopoly" he has
made his political bed, he has
chosen to become the leader of a
forlorn hope after such a distin-
guished gentleman, unselfsh citizen
and far-seeing statesman as Hon.
Seth Shepard had declined in the
most emphatic terms, and he must
not think hard of the democratic
party for refusing to accept him on
the platform which has been con-
structed for him. There are honest
men in the ranks of the Clarkites
with sincere opinions and honest
convictions. But the great rank
and file of the democratic party and
of the people of Texas are undoubt-
edly in favor of the railway commits
sion, while it is a noticeable fact
that the political hacks, wire-pullers
machine politicians, bosses and ring
sters are to be found fighting
within the ranks of the Clarkites.
The nomination of Judge Cook is all
right as far as he is personally con-!
cerned, but creates no enthusiasm
because he is already recognized as
the leader of a forlorn hope. The
Waco Day, which is one of the
strongest anti-commission papers
and a friend of George Clark, makes
the following half-hearted, dreary
observation, otter theoretically ad-
hitting that the case has gone in IA
vor of Mr.. Hogg by default eff an
anti-commission candidate of char
acter, ability and popularity had
come to the front two months ago
he would have been formidable
to-day, and Gen. Hogg
would not have been going around
like the Irishman at Donneybrook
fair, begging some gentleman for
the love OF God to tresd on the tail
OF his coat"