The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-09-01

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of chief executive serious drouth had
effected large portion of our people,
necsssitating an extraordinary appro-
priation of 500, 900 out Of the treasury
for their relief, and this was followed
by the varied and multiplied necessi-
ties of our public institutions, to which
your attention has been directed.
These extraordinary expenditures
have been made upon rate of taxa
ton reduced during the present adj
ministration from rs cents to 20
cents, and for one year
Q8S8) to 10 cents on the
500, which accrued to the direct bene-
fit of all the tax payers.
Immediately upon his Inaugural
ton, Governor HOgg began an
UNPRECEDENTED AND UNRELENTING
WAR
against almost every settled policy
and existing institution within the
state; his wild and un-Democratlc
recommendations were swiftly chrys-
talized into Democratic and uncon-
stitutional laws, inimical to capital,
oppressive to labor, and destructive
to the public veal. An enumeration
of the unwise, un-Democratic and I'M
constitutional laws is deemed unnec-
essary, as they have been discussed
and denounced, both publicly and
privately, during the last five months
by every Democrat who loves his
country and esteems the fundamental
principles of his party, above the po-
litical fortunes of junto of time serv-
ing politicians and place-hunters.
We submit TO every candid and in
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self evident, that the tendency and eff.
feet of the administration and reign
of the governor, has not been to lake
from the people powers and rights be-
longing to them, and transferring
these rights to Austin. and thus
building upon the ruins of popular
and local self government, reign of
imperialism; to increase instead of re-
duce an irresponsible army of appoint
i've offices, to devour the substance of
the people; to arrest and impede the
material progress of the state and her
people; to drive money and invest
ments from her borders, destroy the
credit of our people at home, and to
impair it abroad: to irritate the special
fabric-array class against class,
section against section, race against
race, and finally, to erect upon the
ruin he has wrought, political boom
all, at the sacrifice of every princi.
pie and method of Democracy known
to him, who worships principle rather
than man.
So shocking was this state of affairs
to every Democrat who has watched
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and who dared to stand for
the cardinal principles of his
faith, through veal or woe,
that they resolved to protest against
the further encroachment of "Hogg-
ISM" and the final delivery of the ark
of the covenant of Democracy from the
enemy.
An opposing candidate for governor
was found in the person of the Hon.
George Clark,
A TRUE DEMOCRAT, A PATRIOT
and statesman of the first order. His,
campaign was conducted throughout
upon the high plane of exalted patri-
otism and craftsmanship. His every
appeal was to the virtue and intelli-
gence of the Democracy of Texas to
stand firmly for constitutional and
Democratic government, and TO hurl
from power those who had scaled the
ramparts and shattered the frame
work of civil liberty, and were pro-
flaming the temples and despoiiing the
sacred affairs of pure Democracy.
While, on the other hand, the cam
paign of the administration was con-
Quoted upon lines born of desperation,
N hry l.
upon the achievement of the
ends desired, regardless of
the means or methods employed.
This campaign being aided and sup
ported by all the power of the ma
chlnery of the party and officials of
the state government, who, while
drawing compensation from the tax
payers, left their officers in the GUS
tody of their subordinates, and
stumped the state in the interest of
their chief.
Their appeal was not to the reason
and patriotism of the Democrat, but
to the prejudice and passion of the,
voter, regardless of his political faith,
TO go into the primaries and dominate.
the councils of the Democratic party.
In many of the pretended Democratic
primaries practically no test of party
tealty was required or applied. The
rules and regulations which had gov
erned the party in it's primaries from
time immemorial were ruthlessly and
defiantly set aside, and the known
and acknowledged enemies of the
party were admitted into its councils
and allowed to participate in the Sc
lection OF candidates and the promul-
CATION of principles for the party.
AS the result of these and many
other equally disreputable and revo-
lutlonary methods, the voice of De-
mocracy was absolutely stifled in
many counties, and Hogg's nomina-
tlon made possible. Failing by these
methods to dominate the actions of
county conventions,
THEY WILFULLY PLANNED
and deliberately executed bolts in
many counties, without the shadow
OF excuse. and sent up contesting dele
cations to the state convention in
structed for Hogg, and thus practi-
cally disfranchised one hundred and
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