The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-10-06
HUBBARD
GIVES HIS VIEWS ON THE CONDITION
OF OUR STATE POLITICS,
He States Why It Should Not Effect Us
As National Democrats and Says
Why He Will Support
Judge Clark.

Ex-Governor Hubbard has been in
terviewed by the Gal.-Dal. News
correspondent at his home in Tyler on
national and Texas politics. Of the
latter, after considerable Introductory
he spoke as follows:
GAS neither Hogg nor CLARK will re-
pulse or insult any honest Republi-
can, Populist or Prohibitionist who on
state issues wants to vote for one or
the other land thousands will vote for
both of them) SO neither will Mr..
Cleveland nor his advisers be guilty
of the suicidal act of repulsing by
word or deed from the polls the thous-
ands of loyal Texas Democrats who
are going to vote for him because they
honestly differ and divide on local
state issues. While it is case of
deepest regret that this division Il
will not call it disintegration) took
place at Houston, all fair minded men
not blinded by mere partisan zeal and
who do not worship at the shrine of
men rather than of measures, must
admit that the said division took place
impelled by no sudden burst of pas
sion, but that both sides did what they
did and declared as they did under
well matured and conscientious con-
victions of their respective duty to
the state. 1t was a division on a
higher plane than parliamentary tao.
tics or the machinery of the conven-
ton system which though the general
mode in recent years to settle party
disputes nevertheless involves no
principles per Sc. Their object is to
get combinations OF men to advance
great measures. 1t was as already in
Dictated brought about by radical and
irreconcilable differences of belief on
cardinal creeds of political faith, state
and national.
"The difference between a formal
Endorsement of candidates for state
officers where national issues are not
involved necessarily and the voting
for said in large or small bodies of an
opposing national party is tweedle-
dunn and tweededee-a distinction
without difference. Hogg, Clark
and Nugent, every one of them are
seeking Republican votes, and will
be happy to get them. Every state
in the Union have totally distinct is
sues, while on national issues each
party have issues common to each Or
ganization. For instance, both the
Hogg and Clark divisions unite on
the same electoral ticket with about
an equal number on said ticket of
Hogg and Clark electors.
"Governor Pattison, a Democrat of
Pennsy lvania, received 5000 Repub-
licaL votes and was elected, and the
same 10000 Republicans gave $4,000
majority to Harrison in 1888. Patti
son is still Democrat, and the $4,000
Republicans are still Republicans.
This was state contest on state is
sues. So it was with Governor Ross,
and so Texas Republicans in 1890
voted for the then attorney general,
Mr.. Hogg. The point I respectfully
make is that acting together under
the Lampasas convention and voting
in mass for Cleveland as they will in
November, the Hogg and Clark divis-
ions are state Democrats as much as
was and is Governor Pattison of Penn
sylvania or Governor Ross of Texas.
ga glance at the names of the men
and their history, who led on each
side, shows it was no child's play and
demands respectful Difference and
consideration instead OF taunts and
the dirty billipgsgates of the pothouse.
Here we see such men as Hogg, Coke;
Reagan, Mills, Brown, Chiffon, Dun
can land our entire congressional del
egation) ard Ireland, Lubbock, Mil
ner, Mcdonald and others like them,
eminent in the states service, on one
side, while arrayed against these
leaders are such men as Clark,
ThrocBmorton, Maxey, Ross, Shep.
ard, Watts, Wootan, Epson, Hern-
don, Giddings, Pope, Jarvis, Peter
Smith, Boone and others, whose feal-
ty to Democracy is unquestioned and
whose fame is not surpassed by the
first array of prominent names. Their
followings are composed of Democrats
equally as honest and intelligent,
though in private stations. Under
such high contention SO arrayed,
fair men will hesitate long before in,
dulging in abuse, always the ready
weapon of ignorance and passion.
"Therefore because 1 believe in
Judge Clark's political views and
platform, and because 1 regard the
division at Houston as the unavoida-
BILE result of irreconcitible opinions,
and because of the new planks of the
first convention favoring state banks
of issue Opposed by Texas since the
constitution of 1S45) and favoring an
income tax law for FEDERAL purposes,
! opposed by the entire Southern and