Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-12
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
Ocrahc Standard Bearer.
NOTHING TO CONCEAL.

Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, June n.-Attorney-
General Hogg to-day addressed the fol-
lowing note to the editor of the States
man:
The following dispatch sent to the pub-
Ilo by your Dallas, correspondent, does
me an injustice.
DALLAS, TEX, June IO.-Since the publica-
tlon OF The fact that Attorney General Hogg has
eeen and Is now Prancing around the state on
| Tree railroad passes, there-has been a great
revolution in sentiment here and the opponents
OF Hogg are confident that Dallas will go against
MN. Ihe change of sentiment is intensified when
| is understood that Hogg has been drawing
mileage from the state while riding free. ALI
anGe men especially are disguised and strong
! and prominent Hogg man was heard to say this
| morning, he ought to be beat.
Inc facts are these: Out of the thirty
I'VE railroad companies IN Texas, six of
them have sent me free passes. Since
that time l 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. 1t is 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 contended that such
| practice was from good motive growing
out of gratitude to the state for granting
| them liberal charters and So 200 900
| acres of land, together with other dOna-
| 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
i'm. a
| from The. Houston and Texas Central,
kteasseems to have given rise to the
{s7fbel 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 l have never done, as the records
of the oomptroller's office will veri Y.
Always in attending to the states bust
ness while passing over a road free 1
have omitted from my expense account
railway fare. During my official terms
/ allthe expenses 1 have put the state to
attending its business away from
the capitol aggregates only S3OS.
In every instance where 1 charged
mileage 1t was the amount I paid for
fare.
wish to state further that 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
mot used, nor shall again use it. That
company voluntarily, and without my
solicitation, sent it to me. I'M
derstand it was to give me free
transportation without any condition
accompanying. I am now convinced,
however, that was mistaken. 1 was
never offered a bribe unless that was one,
and If the people believe would accept
one knowingly:they ought to defeat me.
. j. s.. HoGG.
81 CooKAT BoNHAM.
Special to the Gazette ~,...
BOWMAN, TEX. June 11.-Hon. Gus
tave Cook spoke at the courthouse last
night to good audience. His address
was well received.
HoGG CLUB AT ELMO.
Special to the Gazette.
TERRELL, TEX. June 11.-There was |
q OiS AO65 SAuO OLsdulZSu at hlnO lhSL |
night. Nearly all the town belongs to |
it. Hogg men are numerous in those |
quarters.
MILLS COUNTY FOR HoGG.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
GoLDTHwAITE, TEX, June 9.-This |
county will instruct for Jas. S. Hogg
for governor, and in further evidence of !
ne intelligence of this community the
writer will say that THE GAZETTE is the
popular daily here.
WILL SPEAK AT HUNTSVILLE.
Special to the Gazette.
HUNTSVILLE, TEX, June 10.-Cspt.
J. C. Hutoheson of Houston will make
his first speech in this campaign here
next Saturday, the I4th inst, Hefs a |
very popular and able orator, and will
have large audience. He is for Hogg
and the railway commission amendment.
This county will go for Hogg and the
commission.
DALLAS COUNTY ANTI APPOINTMENTS.
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, Tx, June 1.-THE anti
commission people, will open tho cam
paign in earnest in this county on next
Saturday. The following appointments
have been announced - AtHutchins at s
p. m, W. E. Hughes bsGarlaad at 5 d.
M, ]. W. Brown .;,EorHay at IS p. M.
Seth Shepard; Cedar HUI at D.. G.
[. Evans; Lancaster, evening, Richard
Morgan; Richardson, p. m, jim
Knox; Oak Cliff at s p. m, A. It.
Watts.
THE MAN THAT LANG MADE THE STATE
MENT TO.
Special to the Gazette.
DENTON, TEX, June 1I.-An article
appeared in yesterdays GAZETTE stating
hat Hon. W. W. Lang mad stated to a
Dentonite that he thought Attorney
General Hogg would be the nominee for
governor by the Democracy of Texas,
THE GAZETTE reporter sought out Mr.. o.
P. Poe and queried him thus: HIs it
fact, Mr.. Poe, that Mr.. Lang
tated to you that it was
lis opinion that Attorney-GeneraI
8ogg would be nominated by the Demo-
ratio party of Texas for their governor?
I you say yes. please state to the re-