The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-05-12
THE SEATS CRASH DOWN.
Two Thousand People Precipitated Into a
Struggling, Suffering Heap and
Thirty People were Injured.
1t was a Disgrace to Texas and Her Political
Methods, and 1t is to be Hoped
its Like May Never be
Seen Again.
Special to The Statesman.

Special TO The Statesman.
CLEBURNE, Tex, May 1.-The gov
ernor and the would-be governor
slept well at Cameron last night.
They retired early, Gov. Hogg going
TO the house of a friend and Judge
Clark taking his chances at the crowd
ed town hostelry.
ALL NIGHT LONG
Bands of enthusiastic partisans whose
fervor was not exhausted during the
day, paraded the streets and shouted
for their respective favorites. They
were good natured and no trouble is
reported, except two or three fisticuffs
due to other causes than politics..
The Santa Fe, to accommodate the
candidates, arranged to have a
special train sent from Cameron
to Cleburne, leaving at o'clock a. m.
1t was an early hour and the tired
contestants slept the full limit of their
opportunities. BY this token they
have easy consciences. 1t was with
in two minutes of the time when
CLARK GRABBED HIS GRIP
and struck out afoot through the
sand for the depot, three quarters of
mile distant. OF the dozen who fol-
lowed him not one pulled through
that heavy sand with lighter step
than the Judge. The only thing the
matter with him was he lost
his voice. 1t is growing "small
by degrees and beautifully less"
This little cavalcade found the gov
ernor at the depot. He had ridden
down. If he had tried the other plan
there would have been no Joint de-
bate today. The governor could not
have pulled his waspish form through
that sand. b
The train pulled out of Cameron
with half dozen coaches and 5Oor 60
passengers. They wore for tn emost
part Clark badges The rivals sat in
opposite seats and passed the pleas
antries of fine morning. No incident
broke the monotony of the trip
till Temple was reached and
the brakeman called out
Twenty minutes for breakfast A
hundred sharp appetites broke for the
nearest lunch stand which was not
expecting them. In giffy all its eat
ables had been engaged, and the two
candidates who walked q little slowly
arrived to find not a cold egg or a
ham sandwich to satisfy their gnaw-
ing hunger. They joined in
sTILL-HUNT FOR BREAKFAST,
with results evidently satisfactory.
When the train resumed its Jour-
ney the Waco man took the front Sec
ton and the Governor went to the
rear. Three cars and good
sized delegation was picked up at
Temple. At Moody there was a
demonstration in favor of both candi-
dates, and both received flowers and
cheers. At McGregor the Hogg men
around che depot were decidedly in
the majority and shouted their lungs
hoarse for their favorite. The Clark
leaders winked and said it was a pre-
arranged plan omake it appear there
man in his own county. At Crawford
there was Clark crowd and Hogg
crowd to receive the train, with the
former in the majority. They dis
played several beautiful banners with
the usual inscriptions and contributed
largely to the
FLORAL OFFERINGS
20 the Waco man, The governor
also received flowers and cheers. AT
Valley Mills the governor got the bet
ter of the reception and large Hogg
delegation entered the train. A vote
taken after this station was passed
showed a considerable majority for
Clark. The brass band was out at
Clifton and did its whole duty. 1t
took passage on the train and drop
ped into a front car. chow are you?n
was asked. "All for Hogg," was the
reply. Pass on" was the command.
1t went to the rear of the train. The
butcher got enthusiastic here and
passed around bananas free.
he said he was a
Clark man and could afford it. All
ate bananas. Meridian furnished
seventy-five excursionists with a
slight majority for Hogg. One of
them was a dyed in the wool Clark
man who entertained his end of the
car for the balance of the trip with
cogent opinions, but not for Hogg. A.
the other end of the train Hogg
zealots were busy offsetting his cam
paign. The governor was advised by
a telegram to go to the rear platform
at KODnarl az the school ohiIdrap
wanted to see him. He went and got
an
OVATION FROM THE CHILDREN,
which with the flowers he had col
lected fixed permanently broad
smile on the governors face. He told
q rennrtar that he uas noinn in hu q