Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-17

charge me with next?'
No doubt with stealing,'' replied the
correspondent, at which there was
big, hearty laugh.
The rapid instruction of the various
counties for Hogg published in Sundays
papers has demoralized the anti-Hogg
party here. Lawyers from different
parts of the state in attendance on the
supreme court to-day say Hogg will go
into the convention with over 500 in
structed votes.
POLK COUNTY PROBABILITIES.
Special to the Gazette.
LIVINGSTON, TEN. Jnne l6.-The con-
vention for ColitR precinct, held Satur-
day, instructed unanimously for J. S.
Hogg for governor, Charles Stewart for
congress and T. s. Cochran for repre-
sentative, and endorsed James c. Feagln
for district attorney. Polk county will
instruct for HOgg.
DEWITT INsTRUCrs FOR HOGG.
Special to the Gazette.
CUERo, TEX, June 16.-The Demo-
cratic convention for Dewitt county met
Saturday at the Casino hotel. A large
number of people from the town and
county were present. The convention
was organized by appointing John Posses
of Mission Valley chairman and o. L.
Croch of Cuero, secretary. Resolutions
were passed that j. S. Hogg was the
choice of the convention as q candidate
for governor, and the delegates to
the state convention be instructed
to vote for H. E. McCulloch for state
treasurer, J. D. Mccall for comptroller,
E. d. Linn for commissioner of the land
torney-generaI. V. Weldon was nom
mated for state senator, and delegates
to the senatorial convention instructed
to cast their votes for him. Several
speeches were made pro and con as to
the proper way for the several delega-
lions to cast their votes, and the ma
joritY vote predominated. Everything
passed off harmoniously, although your
correspondent noticed several disap-
pointed faces among the people present.
HoGG AND COOK IN JOINT DEBATE AT
BELLEYILLE.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
BELLEvILLE, TEX, June 14.-Gen.
Hogg spoke at BellveilIe on Friday, the
18th, IN JOINT debate with Judge Cook,
to the largest crowd ever assembled at
Belleville. Many ladies were present.
He was received by those staunch old
Democratic leaders of Austin county,
Senator E. G. Maetye and ex-senator A.
Chesley, both strong Hogg men. At IL
o 'clook the Cat Springs brass band
composed exclusively of German farm
srs, came into Belleville with Hogg flag
flying and serenaded Gen. Hogg who re-
sponded, saying this was the first purely
agricultural band he had seen and been
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applauded at every period by the vast
crowd collected. The appointment was
Gen. Hogg's, made by him three months |
ago, and as he was IN no way consulted |
by the managers of Cook about meeting |
him at this place arrangements had to |
be made on the ground about the de- |
bate. The Cook men conceded it was |
Hogg's day so he opened with one hour. |
Cook followed in an hour aud @ half |
and Hogg closed in half an hour. |
Gen. Hogg spoke in his usual |
bold and manly style, in the |
same liue as his Rusk speech, |
and was so vociferouslY applauded by |
the great crowd, he had to beg them to |
stop and listen.
Judge Cook followed, and took the
position that railway corporations had
the same rights as the citizen or individ-
nal; that he was opposed to the amend
ment soul and body, because it was an
invasion of personal liberty that it pre-
vented controversies between the citizen
and the railway. He SAID the issue was
the same as in the prohib ition campaign,
when he was an anti-Prohlbitionist. In
fact Judge Cooks speech was the same
sxactly he made in the prohibition cam
paign of 1887. He didn t say what state
policy he was in favor of or against.
From the speech no one would have
known he was running for governor of
Texas. He created good deal of laugh
ter by his anecdotes and mimicry, and
good deal of Indignation by his statement
that the commissioners when
appointed under the law could be
bought, and that it would be hard to |
get three honest men in Texas to exc
cute the commission. He also made the
astounding statement that So per cent of
the S2S 900, 900 yearly earnings of the
railways in Texas went to pay employees.
Gen. Hogg, IN the half-hour close
allotted to him, tore Judge Cook to
pieces to judge by the effect on the
,rowd of his speech. Hats few in the
iir and the crowd left their seats and
crowded around the speakers stand.
The speaker eulogiZed Judge Cook as a
oldier and man, but he said Cook must
De judged by the crowd that brought him
,ut. The crowd yelled when he said he
vas running for governor as Jim Hogg of
smith county, and that Cook was run
ling for governor at the dictation of
George Clark and other railroad attor-
leys of the seven-county combine. He
iddled with statistics the few figures
Judge Cook produced, especially the
amount paid to employees, showing it was
bout 20 per cent. instead of So. Never
lid Gen. Hogg appear to better ad-
-antage than as he carried the audience
nth him, explaining what paternalism
vas and what personal liberty really was
md how it had no connection whatever
With the regulation of railways. He
'listered and scored Cooks idea and |
ooked Cook to the immense delight of
he people. The pressure was SO great |
nd the excitement ran so high Judge |
,ook left the room. After the speaking |
shook hands with Gen. Hogg.
,ook men came up to HIM and openly |
eclared they had been misled on the is
ne and that they were for Hogg and a |
commission. Even the railway agent
eclarsd himself Hogg man, though he
Tas red hot Cook man before A gen.
Ieman who was against Hogg remarked
hat the Cook men had 'played Ii"