Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-15
we're dashed in frenzy of fury, when
neizhbors SUI spected neighbors, and

we're dashed in q frenzy of fury, when
neighbors SUI spected neighbors, and
INFLUENCES OF FEELING
predominated In thu conduct OF the canvass7
Hogg,s stateus tent was at that time that the
railroads had been robbing the people for
years. He prCsached it from every stump
in the state, nd taught the people 10 be-
lieve that the ri ilroadS were public robbers,
and now has the temerity 10 gravely recous
mend TO the pc, ople of Texas the propriety
of loaning 10 t hese corporate robbers the
school fund of the state. In this position
there was but OIL ne conclusion to be arrived
at regarding hiss conduct. He was either
dishonest as Voyi 'ernor or dishonest IN his
promises made WI en- he sought the suffrages
Of this people n his fund, which the gov
ernor attempted o turn over to the rail-
ways,
WAS As-AoRED FUND
and belonged as ,riginators designated, to
the neople to keen ii lviolate, that hereafter
every child born in i, Texas shou.i b. sdu-
Gated free of cost to The state, but he hoped
there would be welsdom and patriotism
epeuvh in the legislas lure to prevent this
itsiflllfnmeat of the7 unholy scheme OF de-
signing and unscrupul s1ous men,
The speaker attribuI TED Governor Hogs
actions N relation TO the International and
Great Northern cases Ito too much devo-
tion to the interests of vhis friends. He had
practically. if not pun fpoSely ignored the
rulings of the highest tribunal of the state.
in that it had been ded ielded othat he had
brought the state into controversy IN
which the supreme conTSft decided that the
state had no interest.
Judge Clark said ne Wis not ashamed TO
admit that he had been -fnploYed BY rail-
roads, or that he had beef 81 paid for services
thus rendered. He was q n5awyer, and made
his living in the practice t1t MS profession,
in an honorable way. and chad no eXplana-
tions 10 make, nor apologies TO oher APP
plause. In his opinion thne question or an
elective commission would. 81 submitted 10
q vote of the people, be carrf ed oy major
ity OF 10000, but their rigtiet TO decide the
matter had been usurped b. secret eau
Gus who met IN a garrett in ~ uSttn, denying
admission to every fellow " no would not
SWEAR TO ABDFE
by the action of that self con ftltuted body
of law makers aud here again1 the governor
stood in the way. Tom Brow mad accused
him of playing tail to Mills X re. Said he;
Il have never played tail 10 any mans
kite, and never expect TO, but II 90 l
will be on to the eagle who batHneS IN the
ocean and scars ABOVE the CLOUDS, look
ing the sun straight in the fasce without
blinking rather than to the 5Pnlmal VINO
wallows in the mire."
After referring TO his eiorts tFo put ex-
Governor Throcknortou right b7efore the
people when that gentleman vast accused
o. running for governor on 4
FALSE PLATFORM, i
he stated that he had waited folf colonel
Brown. the bosom friend of the governor
for twenty years, to rise up anot defend
him, but finding that the colonel di,u not IN
tend to do so, he himself had assumed that
most pleasing and patriotic dutSg;. he
said that when he died he expected, like all
rood Democrats, to 90 to heaven Laugh
teri, and if asked by st. Peter WHIT pre- ne
desired to be located, he should reply, be
tween the two greatest men and lpurest
patriots that Texas had ever produIce
From his exalted position in the klnIgoom
of the blest he would be more GENEROUS
than Dives was to Lazarus, andlookingh over
the battlements would throw WHOLE
bucket of water on the other crowd in the
uncomfortable and torrid quarters d pwn
below. Laughter.
THE SENATORIAL CONTEST.
Referring to the senatorial contestl at
Austin, Mr. Clark said: "What do we s}eei
Kogg and Foster, with their coats on,
working to defeat the grandest Democrbt
that Texas ever contained. But the people
have started to put r. Q. Mills in tile
United States senate, and by the Eternal
we are going to do it,
parent carelessness of the chief executiv9
in failing to give proper attention to thel
business of the people, and drew the atten-l
ton of his hearers, as he has in several of
his previous speeches, to
TEE LACK OF INTEREST
lency in that he approved bills which were
illegal, excusing himself on the ground that
his signature was attached by mistake dur
ing the hurry of the closing hours of the
legislature, notwithstanding that act had
beggared thousands of the wives and chill
dren of the state.
Referring to the alien land law, he said
| that he was not opposed to such a bill if
properly drawn, and believed the people
ought to have such . Law. But Hogg had,
| by signing the iaw a. enacted, crushed the
| people and destroyed their credit outside
/ the state. His excuse that he signed the
bill in the hurry OF business was
NOT SATISFACTORY
! to the people, and under the statutes he is
| given ten days to ascertain the force and
effect Of all enactments, and to decide
whether they are good for the people OF
| Texas, but the truth is he did not possess
acumen sufficient to detect the meaning be-
tween the lines. The chief executive
simply would not let our
credit alone. He won't let money
come into the state to place Texas upon the
| high pinnacle sho occupied two years ago
when he resumed the reins of government
and by the introduction of which we could
| make Texas blossom as the rose. It was
not the province of the governor to draw
| the attention of the world TO the condition
| of the state, where if any wrong had been
committed by which her financial standing
was placed in jeopardy the legislature at
regular session could quickly legislate on
| the matter and thus
AVOID THE PUBLIC DISGRACE
| which the act of her chief executive had
brought upon her, and the had used these
attacks upon the public credit to,boost him
| self again into power.
Judge Clark closed his address
| with the promise that if elected
he would endeavor to make the
commission an elective body, and
promote such legislation as would place
! Texas in her paper position among the
great sisterhoSd of states.
RsFigefasor YOU will neeaSand ks " ban