Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-16

Said a warm, personal friend of At
torney-General Hogg to-day in response
10 au inquiry concerning the generals
policy as governor, 81 think, sir, that
he will give US clean, honest and able
administration. l have no doubt about
it. l happen to know something about
him and his course since he became
a candidate tor governor. You will hear
il said that he has promised offices TO
men in all parts of the state, aud that ne
has already selected the fellows for the
commission. All lie, every word of it.
/ tell you nothing but the simple truth,
and l say 1t fearlessly and boldly, know
ing what l am talking about, that Jim
Hogg has not promised au office to a soul
from the first until now. He has not
made a promise to man in the state,
and does not now know who he will name
to single Office in his gift. No man
ever made cleaner or fairer canvass, or
kept hi self clearer OF all pledges and
promises than he did. l don't
sag that he may not have some
few men in view for certain
Offices, for that / know nothing about,
but he has not told them so, and Is at
perfect and entire liberty to dispose of
every Office at his command TO the man
who in his judgment is best qualified to
fill it. Merit, aud not Partially, will be
the test of fitness tor office under him;
and no man will get an office from Jim
Hogg merely because he happens to be
his friend, or worked for him in the
campaign. He must have something
else besides those things to recommend
him. Neither do | think, as II is some
times said, that he will put weak or un-
fair men on the commission, il COM
mission law should be passed. He will
select, not bitter partisaus and radical
anti-railroad men for that Office, but
able and honest men who will execute the
law without fear or favor. He is not an
anarchist. He recognizes the fact that
any injustice TO the railroads Is an in
justice TO the people, aud as such. Is to
be carefully avoided. But he feels that
the roads, that is some roads, have been
imposing on the state and on the people,
and If the necessary law shall be enacted,
establishing a commission to prevent
that, he will appoint as the law may pro-
vide, commission that VIII execute the
law TO the very letter. That Is all he
aims at, and is not thai fair and equit-
able? He wants, as we all do, TO see
more railroads in Texas, and believes
that the quickest way to get them is to
esia blish commission that will stop the
dog in the mayer policy of the trunk
lines, and give others an opportunity to
build. Is that treasonableI Is IL conn.,
muuistic? The trunk lines and their at
torneys and hangers-on don't like it, of
course, but shall be listen to them, or
to the voice of the thousands in the state
who msnd railway regulation? So, l
repeat II, that he IS not under promise to
any mortal for an ofrice. Why, sir,
the mass OF letters iu his office making
application for places aud containing Pc
t!tions and recommendations of all sorts
of people for office, would surprise you.
Delegations call every day TO recon-
mend some one for certain place, but
never does he give the slightest intima-
ton of his purpose in any instance. He
keeps himself free of all entangling alli-
ances. and frequently puts OF applicants
or their friends by saying that he has yet
to be elected, and may be downed by
Col. Flanagan.
s.ssl
DR.. Rutherford, state health officer,
was in town lately. and said that the
general health of the state was good.
There is no quarantine between any
points in the state at present, aud the
few cases of smallpox existing are we'll
taken care of, and 10 danger Is to be ap-
pretended from them. There are but
two cases in the nest house at Waco, and
both are cOnvalescent.
saxstasss la&ss Diseases.