The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-05-26
THE CONQUERING HERO.
THE MIGHTY WARWICK TALKS DEM0C-
RACY IN GALVESTON.
And the People of the Business Center Join
Their Brethren in the Interior in Mad
Huzzahs Of Turn Texas Loose-A
Grand Ovation.

Special to The Statesman.
GALVESTON, May 24.-This was
ClSrk's day. The Little Giant arrived
at 1850 a. M, amid screeching of
whistles, blare of trumpets, and the
huzzas of hundreds who had assem-
bled at the Union depot to meet and
welcome him to the city. He was
conveyed from the depot to the IRE
mont hotel in beautiful landau
drawn by four white horses and fol-
lowed by large number ofpeople in
vehicles and on foot. AS he passed up
fremont street to the hotel he was
greeted by the enthusiastic shouts of
the mass of people that lined the side
walk. On arriving at the hotel he
was assigned to the same suite of
rooms occupied by Governor Hogg
when he was here, in which Judge
Clark held continuous levee during
the entire day. Tonight at the Tre-
mont opera house, after being elo-
quently introduced by Judge Mason,
he made masterly speech to an
audience of gentlemen and ladies that
packed every available seat in that
building.
The judge calmly and dispationate-
ly discussed the issues in the present
campaign in which he sharply dis
sected the governors management of
attorney general and the useless and
frivolous legislation he had instituted
which had resulted in casting cloud
upon the land titles of the state
and working untold hardships
and distress to the people
of the state and especially
those who had purchased their lands
from the various railways of Texas,
which railway companies had acquir-
ed q clear and unimpeachable title to
these lands under the constitution
and laws of the state. He brought
down the house in long and continu-
GUS applause when he impressively
declared that if he was chosen gov
ernor that in his first message to the
legislature he would strongly and en-
phatically urge that body to validate
the title to all lands purchased by
honest settlers from the railway COM
panies. To do this would be the
proudest act of his life.
He then eXcoriated the governor for
his intervention while attorney gen.
eral in the litigation between the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas Railway
company and the International and
Great Northern railway, and alleged
that by that Intervention Hogg had
played into the hands of Jay Gould,
who, when the litigation began had
an interest in the International and
Great Northern approXimating nearly
$500 600, but by Hogg's Intervention
Gould had obtained entire control OF
said Hogg could not have done better
if he had been the attorney of the
man he was going to put in stripes in
sixty days.
He discussed the commission and
went over about the same line of ar
gument made elsewhere; gave reasons
why he favors an elective instead of
an appointive commission, saying
that he believed the people should
have the right to say whom they
wanted for tie commissioners and not
the governor. and that he did not
believe there was an individual in
Texas but what believed railways
should be regulated by commission
that would measure out equal and
exact justice to the people as well as
the railways. He also said he was
against large land corporations
acquiring immense bodies of lands
and holding them for speculative
purpose thereby retarding the prog
ress and development of the state,
huf FOL IN
investment in the State in legiti-
mate way should receive the same
protection as home capital.
When interrogated as to how he
would treat the convict labor question
the Judge replied he was opposed to
convict labor coming into competition
with honest labor, and if he was
elected he would find solution for
dispensing with the present system
of employing convicts before he was
in office six months. He discussed
many other pertinent questions in a
convincing manner, and in closing
admonished his friends in Galveston
to stand firm and tomorrow night
assert their inalienable right as
American citizens regardless o. the
arbitrary ruling of the county execu-
tive committee that the polls should
be open at 6 and close at 8 o'clock; to
be at the polls early and stand as a
solid phalanx until they closed, and
by their votes hurl from power few
political bosses who had already ruled
this city too long. He urged them to
send greetings back to old Harris
county that she was in line with her
in the grand march to Turn Texas
Loose.
After brilliant peroration to.the
grandeur of the state, her limitless
possibilities, the manhood and chiv-
airy of her men and the lovliness and
purity of her beautiful women, the
Judge retired during enthusiastic ap-
plause. 1t was grand speech worthy
of the man and the occasion. The
Judge will spend the day here tomor-
row and take much needed rest, his
throat being quite sore.
Presbyterian Assembly.