San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-10-07
AUSTIN CORRESPONDENTS.
AUSTIN, Tex, Oct. 5, 1892


Special to the LIGHT
The Clark democratic club held
quite an enthusiastic meeting at the
court house last night. Having been
called to order by Chairman DR.. w.
H. Tobin, Judge James Sheeks was
called to the floor and responded in
quite q lengthy and eloquent way.
He could not understand why it was
that other democratic governors had
been elected for their second term by
overwhelming ma orities, while
James stephen Hogg must run about
the country, neglecting his official
duties, in order to be elected. Since
last spring he has virtually aban.
doned his office tramping over the
state making speeches asking for re.
nomination.
He spoke of barricadipg at the
Hous ton conven tion and asked II il
would have been better since he had
two thirds, to have admitted the
Clark men. He doubted the COVER
nor's truthfullness when he made
such a statement. He said that
Hogg's Houston speech was so indie.
cent that the Sunday Sun would not
ublish it and asked why Judge
Robertson and Attorney Walker did
not place an Injunction on Jim Hogg's
Dallas speech since they had found
it In their power to stop the Sunday
Sun when there was not q particle OF
indecency In It.
Hogg had said that he had started
out with his armor on, and asked
what was this armor? He then an.
swered himself by saying that it was
his record as attorney general, which,
| for the most part, redounded to the
credit of Jay Gould. Hogg had also
made him some armor out OF his pet,
the commission law. that had died an
unnatural death, and the way that he
appointed the different officers:of the
state. -
The republican party, while not
abap donlng their party organization
are supporting Clark in the spirit OF
patriotism and the good of the coun.
try and believed that it was there
duty to rid the state of His Royal
Nibbs, James Stephen Hogg. He
spoke of the state plank in the Hogg
platform and said there was the diff
ference between it and the national
platform and gave his experience
with state banks asking that the
supporters of the state banks come
down and redeem some two hundred
dollars of state bank money that he
had that was not worth q cent. He
ridiculed Hogg's legal ability and
spoke Of his foolish calamity policy in
the strongest terms.
In closing he denounced man who
knew no truth when lie would dc
him more good and the most unscru.
pilous man that ever held the office
of governor of the state OF Texas.
B. G. Giles, of Manor, was called
upon and responded In q short, terse
speech, saying that he could only
compare the Hogg contingent to the
camp followers of Olden times and
that these camp followers were &c
numerous that they had taken a no
ton to shape the destinies of the
state, and that the democratic parties
had united in the common cause
against the common foe.
Registrar, r. A. Boyce, has opened
his books at the Brugger hoff building
and over five hundred men were re.
gistered yesterday.
Yesterdays immense rain should
remind the city officials that there is
but one crossing walk on Congress
avenue and after such rains the
slushy mud Is terrible.
The Texas State university was
formally opened Monday morning bv
Doctor Waggener, president of the
faculty, in q few we'll chosen re-
marks and indications seem to point
to a successful year for the university.
"a Breezy Time" was presented at
the opera house last night and 81
though some very creditable work
was done and very literally applsu-
ded the play was not as good as II
was last year. Thu" Colonel" is on the
boards for Thursday, THE Little
Blacksmith" for Friday and the
"Hustler" for Monday. Among the
other smusements DR.. Jahu Dewitt
Miller will lecture at the Texas
Business College Friday night.
DIXEY.