The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-01-23
DINLY FALLING ATHwART THE POLITI.
CAL HIGHWAYS AND
BYwAYS.
Some Prominent Names Mentioned fol
the Highest Office in the Gift
of the People,
This is election year.

prominent hotels, and your doubts
will take wings and fly away at once.
In such groupe you are certain to
hear politicians, and you are certain
to hear familiar names mentioned for
The Office of governor.
If you only meet one prominent
gentleman the chances are before he
let's you leave him he will, in a very
modest and meek and child-hke way
endeavor to learn what you know
about future political prospects.
Lieutenant Governor Wheeler was
in town yesterday, and he was
seen by STATESMAN reporter.
He was just recovering from a
severe attack of vagabond grip he met
with in San Antonio last Saturday,
and he looked weak and felt weak.
He was not much in mood for
talking, but he managed to answer
question or two.
To one he answered that he more
often heard Mr.. Throckmorton and
Hogg mentioned for the goyernorship
than any others. He, Mr.. Wheeler,
was not giving politics much study
Just now, and he had no political opin-
ion to give or preferences to express.
He alluded to the prospective dam
enterprise and said he believed it
would draw manufacturing industries
and place Austin on the highway to
prosperity. Mr.. Wheeler stopped off
here to see Major Walton, with whom
he had some legal businesses, but the
major was out of town and Mr..
Wheeler, with his grippe, left for Cisco,
his home, last night. He didn't say
so in so many words, but he left the
reporter under the impression that he
would like to return to Austin
some time next January and go
through the formalities OF being
inaugurated governor.
SOMEWHAT LoQUACIoUs.
The reporter met another gentle
man, however, who would talk, but for
good and sufficient reasons his name
is withheld.
He is prominent man, however,
and he has state reputation.
He has travelled a great deal, too,
and his opinions on political matters
are worthy of the highest respect.
He stated in substance to the re-
porter about the following:
Hon. J. w. Throckmorton is can
didate for the nomination for governor.
He has not publicly announced the
fact, but his intimate friends have for
him.
"Some weeks ago." said this we'll
posted gentleman, "the name of Mr..
Hogg was freely mentioned as can
didate all over North and East Texas,
but / assure you that during the
past four or five weeks there has
been wonderful change in regard to
him and you meet men now openly
declaring they will not support him,
who six weeks ago were vehemently in
his favor"
"How do you account for this
changer"
81 don't account for it. They
count for it themselves. They say
is evident he is too rash a man t
place at the head of the govern
ment. Too easily led off after a
shadow, and too careless of the
dire results which might follow.
AS an illustration of this haste of his
he some days ago demanded of the
land commissioner an impossibility.
He demanded to know the names of
owners of lands for which the COM
missioner had issued patents, and Mr..
Hogg could have ascertained that fact
by asking any land agent or buyer who
has had dealings with the land office.
Some years ago there was big batch
of patents in the land Office which
had been made out twenty or thirty
years ago. Some of them, / remem-
Der called for lots here in Austin, but
the patents had never been taken out
of the Office. You remember some
four or five years ago the legislature
passed some kind of law, or bill
was introduced, l believe, at the in
stance of Capt. Walsh, to compel the
persons to whom these patents had
been issued to call and pay fees and
get them. Now, if these persons
called for their patents and salts
fed the commissioner as to
their identity and paid
the fees they got the patents, not
withstanding the lots or land called
for in them may have changed hands
dozen times. The land commission
er issues patents on the records filed in
the land Office, and on no others. II
l buy piece of land from you and You
have bought it from some other per.
son, if / wish his deed to you demand
it of you. So, too, if you have bought
a piece of land from the State and
buy the land from you, demand Of
you the patent, and you must get it
for me and pay the fees, and you can
get it, Notwithstanding you have re-
linquished all your right and title
to the land. Now you see, 1 hope,''
said the gentleman, "what an error
Mr.. Hogg fell into when he charged
that the land commissioner should
know the actual owner of lands and
issue patents only to actual owners.
Well, all this has very serious
ly injured Mr.. Hogg, and to
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