Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-24
His Address to the Good Peo-
pie of Hopkins County.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE.
The Judge Pays His Respects TO Hon. A. W.
Terrell in.Reply TO
That Gentleman's Speech at Georgetown.
He Refers to Him as "A Man Who
Owns AIule'-An Appeal
to HIS Hearers.
Clark at sulphur Springs.

Special to the Gazette.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEX, March 3d.
Hopkins county people, so far as the social
features of the present canvass are con-
cerned, are disposed TO be impartial to the
two leading candidates for gubernatorial
honors. A committee of representative
Democrats has been formed for the purpose
of entertaining Governor Hogg and his
opponent, Judge Clark, and when the latter
gentleman arrived here yesterday from
Texarkana he was met at the depot by a
delegation from this committee, who, not
withsta1ding the binding rain storm which
had continued all day, had provided brass
band to receive their distinguished guest.
He was taken at once 10 the Garrison house,
where he received large number of admir-
ing friends.
In spite of the elements great crowd
gathered at the courthouse to-day tolisten
Judge Clark, whowas introduced by the Hon.
]. H. Densmore. AS the judge appeared he
was heartily cheered, AMI proceeded at
once to address the people.
He BEGAN HIS SPEECH
by reference to his right as citizen to
announce his candidacy and referred to the
fact that he had at once been met with the
charge that his platform was fraud ana
his profession cheat. With some feeling
he denied that he had ever stood before the
people of Texas in any light except that of
honesty and candor, and said he was will
ing to go down beneath their righteous con-
domination whenever he did not receive or
merit their Endorsement. He challenged
any man to recall or prove a single act of
his public career that was not consistent
with truth and right, or wherein he had
ever deceived the people on any public
question.
REFERRING TO THE COMMISSION
he reiterated his denial that he had ever
of interfering with the constitutional rights
of that body. He scorned deception, and
said that as long as he lived ne would never
hesitate to tell the people of Texas what he
believed was right. If he went down in
consequence of his views thus Conscien-
tiously expressed, he would do so manfully
and without a whimper
He then took up the subject of the appar-
ent desire of the present administration to
foster feeling OF malice and hatred be-
tween the people of the towns and those
who titled the fields reiterating his oft
quoted charge that the
PAssIoNs'oF TIE PEOPLE
had been appealed to, to continue condi-
ton which in Justice to the people should
never have had existed. If wrong legisla-
tion existed, he felt as every true man in
Texas must feel, that some legislation
should be provided which would protect
every one of her citizens from encroach-
ment from railroads or any other source.
The people could not, in justice to them
selves, turn loose and injure the railroads
or any other interest. The trouble was
that there had been a growing tendency to
a one-man power, and this system of gov
eminent would never receive his approval
NO ONE MAN IN TEXAS
ever had, or ever could dominate It and in
this connection he pledged himself that if
elected he would protect the railroad conf
mission with his life. The law creating
that board was dictated by Governor Hogg,
and the speaker, and as it was placed upon
the statute books did not commend itself to
his Judgment. He would not swallow the
commission bill as the perfection of human
and he, as citizen of the state,
had seen proper to comment upon it. The
first section of the bill was violation of
the rights of the people, and he would make
that statement even If he did not receive a
solitary vote in Hopkins county. The ap-
pointiYe feature of the bill was u
WRONG AGAINST THE PEOPLE
who had an evident right to say who should |
make the laws, and they could not afford to
put the emergency ana power thus con-
ferred in the hands of any one man, much |
less the present executive of Texas. The |
Judge discussed the alien land law and |
other subjects to which he has referred in |
previous speeches, and then attacked the |
Hon. a. w. Terrell on account OF his attack /
upon him Clark in his recent speech at
In this connection he said |
nan by the name of Terrell, who owns a
mule, and whose experiences with that
animal are well-known to the people of
Texas, had seen fit to refer to him in terms
lot complimentary or just. He would
. COMPARE HIS RECORD
with that of this man who had attacked the
yrandest man that Texas had ever pro-
luced, Governor Roberts, and other of his
personal friends, who had turned his poison
,us shaft upon Ex-Governor Ross, a man
whose white plume was always seen in the
Idvance when danger threatened. This
nan speaks Of me as barn-yard fowl and
ackdaw."
Judge Clark then said that Terrell's army
'ecord was not such a one as to call forth
he commentator of those who knew that
n time of danger when individual courage
vas required it took his comrades two DAYS
o findhim. Cheers. With undisguised
ceiling Judge Clark referred to Terrell
S a man with whom it would be-
A DISGRACE
or barn-yard fowl to associate. Laugh
er. He denied other charges made against
i'm by Mr.. Terrell, and judging from the
pplause with which his explanations were
eceived the audience We're in accord with
i'm regarding the matter.
He closed his address with an imprisoned
ppeal TO his hearers TO remember that the
interests of Texas were paramount to all
ersonal interest; that the redemption OF
be state must be the result of the combined
forts of her people.