The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-10-20
NUGENT WILL STICK.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAVE A
FEW WORDS TO SAY.
They Warn Voters to Look Out for Bogus
Announcements Of Nugent's Withdrawal
On the Eve Of Election
Very Plain Talk.

Special to The Statesman.
FORT WORTH, Oct. 12.-The Peoples
party campaign managers have issued
this address:
To the Peoples Party of Texas:
From the moment Governor Hogg
declared from the stump that there
was an alliance between Judge Nugent
and Clark, Quincy & Co., there has
been a manifest disposition on the
part of our enemies to give currency to
the report that Judge Nugent would
remain in the race until on the very
eve of the election and then Withdraw
and turn his forces to the support OF
Judge Clark. The wish that such a
thing might occur is doubtless father
to the thought, and the only ground
for the report. AS may be seen
from Judge Nugent's card of the
18th instant the rumor is absolutely
false. There may be some withdraw
ing done before the election but you
may rest assured of the fact that it
will not be any of our candidates. The
Peoples party movement is one of
clear-cut, independent political action
in the shape of reform and is being
pressed to success upon the highest
possible plane of clean politics having
only the stimulus of pure patriotism,
and whatever other parties might
wish in the matter, these facts would
forbid, yea, make it impossible, for us
to descend to any of the crook
ed or questionable methods of
trickery. Such a course In any event
on our part would be the greatest
possible folly. We consider the fact
that from the most carefully collected
data from all over the state we can
show that nearly 43 per cent of the
entire state is now in line with us and
that the returns Of the past tw o weeks
show that Judge Nugent is more than
10000 ahead of the next strongest man
in the state 1t would be treason to
our glorious cause and the greatest
infidelity to thousands of our patriotic
reformers all over the state for us at
this time, with victory within our
grasp, to cast aside our assurances Of
success by any such treacherous
action on the part of our leaders.
No, my countrymen, you have no
tear that Judge Nugent will not re-
main in the race to the end. He is a
pure, patriot-not political trickster
and he is in this fight because he
knows he is right and he would int
it out to the finish if he knew he
would not poll 100 votes in the state.
He is man who will never sacrifice
principle to policy. 1t is not impossi-
BILE that in their desperation just on
the eve of election our foes may manu-
facture reports of this kind or even
produce fraudulent circulars or tele-
aedms purporting to come from
autge Nugent or from these
pordquarters to the effect that he
whit Withdrawn, but you are hereby
horized to denounce all such re-
8 of whatever character and from
atever source as forgeries and false.
hoods. Be prepared for anything and
be astonisned at nothing that comes
from the camp of the enemy.
Judge Clark and most of his can
vassers have been disposed to treat us
as honorable political antagonists,
forbearing to heap vituperation and
abuse upon us, while the Hogg fac
ton, from his excellency, with Coke
his chief bugleman, down to the
small fry, have denounced us as fools
and traitors unworthy of respectful
consideration or tolerance. There
fore it ought not to be deemed
strange if our batteries should
pour hot shot into the
Hogg camp all along the line with
more zest and bitterness than we at
tack the Clark forces who have been
disposed to treat us with the consid-
Grafton of an honorable antagonist.
In conclusion let me say to our
friends in every part of the state, con-
tinue to press the conflict earnestly and
persistently all along the line, relax
ing no effort or energy until the polls
close on the eighth of November and
we shall beyond the least reasonable
doubt achieve the grandest victory
for industrial freedom and equal rights
ever won in the history civilization.
Yours for Good Government,
H. l.. BENTLEY, campaign manager.