The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-06-12
FREE PASSES.
SHOULD AN OFFICER OF TIE STATE
USE SUCH RAILROAD COURTE-
SIZES?
Sbould a Candidate Assai1ing Railroads
Travel on Free Passes

There has been some discussion o
the matter below treated at length
and this telegram sent out OF Houston
Sunday night is self explanatory.
Many of the hackers here OF Gener
al Hogg in his race for governor, say
that he does not nor ever did ride on
free passes over railroads. There are
many others who do not say, but be-
lieve the same way.
The following request and answer
explains the matter beyond all doubt.
LONE OAK, Tex, May 27.-Colonel
A.. Faulkner, General Passenger and
Ticket Agent, Houston, Tex.-My Dear.
Sir: To settle a dispute want to
know whether or not Attorney Gen
eral Hogg rode out of Houston on a
pass over the Houston and Texas
Central? 1 heard that he abused the
road and then rode out of your town
on pass. Yours, very truly,
]. Y. SoHENcK.
Houston, Tex, June 81. Y.
Schenck, ESD, Editor and Proprietor
of the Lone Oak News, Lone Oak.
Tex.-Dear Sir: l have yours May 80
asking if Attorney General Hogg rode
out of Houston on free pass after
making his late speech at this place.
In answer I will say he spoke here on
April 26, and left Houston on our No.
l Sunday morning, April q, and when
the conductor collected fares he, Gen.
Hogg handed up annual pass No. 527,
and it was honors d for his transporta-
ton.
did not hear his speech here, but
think you must be misinformed about.
his having abused the Houston and
Texas Central. He, as far as know,
has always in private conversation ex-
pressed friendly relations toward this
company, and has always rode free,
whether on his own business or bust
ness for the State. If he has ever
paid dollar fer his own fare on this
road since he has been attorney gen.
eral do not know of it, and therefore
cannot believe that he would abuse
us, as you say you understand that he
did. If he did abuse us he is the first
gentleman to do such thing under
similar circumstances. Years ago
Tom Ochiltree carried pass over the,
Houston and Texas Central and, fall
ing out with the company, returned
the pass with very nice letter of
thanks for past favors, and then
opened up like an anarchist, giving
the company a world of abuse which
they did not deserve.
No gentleman ever abused this COM
pany and afterwards kept and used
their annual pass over its lines. Your
information is correct about his dead
heading over the Houston and Texas
Central, but must think you wrong
about his abusing the company, asN
the pass he has been using mo. 527(
has not been returned.
A. FAULKNER,
General Passenger and Ticket Agt.
The above correspondence appeared
in the Lone Oak News of June 6, pub
lished in Hunt county by Mr.. j. Y.
| Schenck.
In addition to the above, statements,
by another railroad men in this city
show that he not only travelled over,
his road with pass but on one occa-
sion when he didn't have his pass
with him, without paying.
The facts are given in the interest
OF truth, and it is just such facts that
are now causing such change in
public opinion on the gubernatorial
contest.
Workingmen in this city who have
almost committed themselves are now
getting at new facts and are doing a.
great deal of thinking. The change
is coming fast and Harris county will
not break her record by going back
ON one of her citizens