Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-19
FACTS IN THE CASE.
Attorney-General HOgg-ExplainS
the Free Pass Business.
He Never Suspected the Central In
tended to Bride Him-Never Drew
Mileage and Rode Free.
Rocky Mountain News Pleads for Change
from New York in the Selection of DEM
oeratIc Standard Bearer.
NOTHING TO CONCEAL.

NOTHING TO CONCEAL.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX. june 1.-Attorney-
General Hogg to-day addressed the fol-
| lowing note TO the editor of the States
| man:
The following dispatch sent to the pnb-
! lie by your Dallas correspondent does
| me an injustice.
| DALLAS TEX, June I0-Since the publica-
| ton of the fact that Attorney General Hogg has
| been and is prancing around the state
| free railroad passes, there has been great
revolution in sentiment here and the opponents
| of Hogg confident that Dallas viii go against
| him. The change OF sentiment is intensified when
| it is understood that Hogg hes been drawing
| mileage from the state while riding free ALI
| ance men especially are disguised and = strong
| and prominent Hogg man was heard TO say this
| morning, he ought to be beat.
The facts are these: Out of the thirty
| five railroad companies IN Texas, six of
them have sent me free passes. Since
thai time 1 have travelled over four of
these roads free. Two of the passes 1
have not used. for the reason
that had no occasion TO travel on these
roads. It is a well known fact that the
railroad companies of Texas for many
years have issued passes to the executive,
the legislature and most of the judi
| cial officers, including sheriffs and
| district attorneys. They have
always oontended that such
practice was from good motive growing
out of gratitude to the state for granting
them liberal charters and 80 900 900
acres of land, together with other dUna-
tons, while it did require them by
law to transport these officers
free. l have not been supplied
with very liberal number of
passes, but have used the ones sent me
aud shall continue to do so except that.
from the Houston and Texas Central,
which seems to have given rise to the
libel contained in the dispatch above
quoted. So if if is a sin to accept a
free pass 1 plead guilty to
it. The following quotation from your
dispatch I deny and pronounce as false
in every particular: "Mr. Hogg has
been drawing mileage from the state
while riding free. -
This 1 have never done, as the records
of the comptroller's office will veri Y.
Always in attending to the states bust
ness while passing over q road free /
have omitted from my expense account
railway fare. During my official terms
all the expenses l have put the state to
attending its business away from
In every instance where l charged
mileage it was the amount L paid for
fare.
wish to state further that 1 never
suspected that the Central railroad in
tended to bride me by sending the
free pass. Since learning about
two weeks ago the motive of that
company, which has been disclosed
by the newspaper publications, 1 have
not used, nor shall l again use it. That
company voluntarily, and without my
solicitation, sent ii TO me. I'M
derstand it was to give me free
transportation without any condition
accompanying. am now convinced,
however, that l was mistaken. 1 was.
never offered bride unless that was one,
and if the people believe would accept
one knowingly they ought to defeat me.
j. S. HoGG.
PARTY APPEAL.
DENVER, Col. June 1.-THE Rocky
Mountain News, the leading Democratic
paper in the West, contains a double
headed editorial this morning which
takes strong ground against the nomina-
ton by the National Democrats of either
Hill or Cleveland or any other New
Yorker for president. The News states
Il Try to either of these gentlemen, but
the attitude of party in going to New
York for candidate ever since the war
has sectionalized the party. The South
and West has been compelled to submit
to New York, and New York to Wall
street. Until these bands are broken
the Democratic party can never claim to
be what its founders made it. Since
1873 the country has been suffering from
the evil effects of silver characterization.
1t was partially restored by the Demo-
Gratis in 1878, and ever since the masses
of the party have demanded its complete
restoration. The tariff issue is insufIi-
Gent in Importance in this financial IS
sue. The Southwest and Northwest are
in favor of the restoration of silver.
New York alone dominates and controls
the whole party in this great financial
struggle. Democrats in congress are al
most all for free coinage. In national
conventions this candor vaDishes in SUI
perstitious fear that only New York
candidate can be elected. New York
will never cast its vote in convention for
one not bound in bonds of gold to Wall
street. Even before Cleveland was in
augurated he shocked the oouu-
try with letter in oppo-
osition 10 silver. II Cleveland or Hill
were nominated neither could escape
from his Wall street environment and
the convictions of the St. Louis conven-
ton which nominated Cleveland, and
were smOthered. The Democratic party
by conceding it can win success only
through q New York nominee admits q
fatal weakness and almost merits de-
feat.
The News concludes by an appeal to
the party to give the West and South a
chance.
SOUTH CAROLINA POLITICS.