The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-18

Following is a synopsis of the de-
bate between Judge Aldredge and
Senator Crane at Alvarado Saturday
night:
Judge Aldredge was introduced by
Mr.. Poindexter and said:,,
Fellow citizens, Mr.. Poindexter
talks about me SO nicely that / hardly
recognize myself. want to say to
you this is purely an intellectual COM
bat. If any one of you don't like what
l say about Governor Hogg don't get
mad about it. He claimed that the
old speech the Hogg men are making
is barred by the statute of limitation,
that it has been worn threadbare for
the past two years. He discussed the
Hogg Slogan, Save the commission"
and showed how ridiculous it is IN
der the circumstances when Hogg and
the legislature could have saved it so
easily. The Austin meeting came in
for its share OF criticism. He claimed
that the resolutions were so UNANIMOUSLY
slanderous that they we're buried in
the bowels of the earth and never saw
the light of day till the Clark people
dug them up. He said they were
fathered by that veteran old railroad
lawyer, Tom Brown, whom the rail-
roads fed and clothed for fourteen
years, and who never deserted them
till political bee went buzzing in
his bonnet and visions of political
preferment fired bis vivid magma
ton.
Judge Aldredge discussed Hogg
and Clark's position on the commits
sion and the commission in all its
features. In a mastery manner he
showed up the errors and blunders of
Hogg's administration and discussed
his appointments. On Hogg's treat
ment of the farmers, he said: "Did
you ever see the fellow ride two horses
in circus? That is what Jim did
when he ran for governor. He had
one foot on the back of the Farmers
Alliance and one on the State Grange,
He rode them to the mansion and
hitched them in the back yard, and
from that day to this they have never
had a bundle of oats nor bucket of
water. And when they saw a wagon
load Of sub. treasury fodder going by
and the poor old half starved fellows
nickered for bundle his hostler went
out and kicked them nearly to death
and called them polecats. And when
load of good old democratic elective
commission corn went by they nick
cred again and Jim told them that
they did not have sense enough to
know what they wanted nor honesty
enough to keep it after they got it
They are not in Jim's back yard now
They got tired of gormandizing on
air, and the other day they broke
loose and are now out hunting pastures
new.
Senator Crane made an able speech
in defense of the administration about
On the line of A. w. Terrell's and
Tom Browns, His argument was in
genious and well.received. In regard
to Hogg's failure to send in his ap-
pointments in the required ten days
he said Hogg did not say he haG
overlooked the matter, that that was
the misrepresentation of The Dallas
News reporter, who had previous
reputation for disappearing. Mr.
Crane did not touch the text book
bill nor defend the alien land law, mol
the policy Of the governor to loan the
school money to railroads, on all Of
which questions Judge Aldredge I'M
mercifully dashed the administration,
Mr.. Crane opposed the election o.
railway commissioners and favored
their appointment by the governor
He said the appointment of Chiffon
was a good one, that Judge Clark had
held an appointive Office under Gov
Roberts and that the governor had
not consulted the people in appoint,
ing him, but the people repudiated
Clark as unfit metal and reelected
Roberts. He denounced Clark as a
railroad lobbyist and charged that he
was not now in favor of the commits
sion regardless of his assertions to
the contrary.
Judge Aldredge began his rejoindel