The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-05-03
THE WAY IT LOOKS.
THE CAMPAIGN ENCOURAGING
FOR THE CLARK MAN.
Hogg Disappointed In the Failure
fihe People TO Tear Their shirts
fer Him-The Little Giant Gaining
All the Time.
Corretpondence pallas New:

MEXIA, Tex, May 1.-Gov Hogg
has been on the stump ten days. He
has made nine speeches, two at Dallas
ard one each at Wills Point, Sher-
man, Deuison, M>Knney, Ennis,
Corsicana and Mexia. He has had
good crowds everywhere except at
Ennis. He has been at all the places
mentioned accorded that respect to
which his position as governor of a
great state entities him. At ell of
the towns The News has had special
reporter to get the news free from
local or partisan entanglements. This
reporter has seen the Hogg side of
the present campaign from the point
of view of dispassionate observer of
current political events and of
searcher after the real status of the
pending canvass. The great major.
ity of people whom he has met were
Hogg men necessarily. He has talks
ed with all of the local Hogg leader
in Van Zandt, Dallas, Grayson, Col.
lin, Ellis, Navarro and Limo tone
counties.
Gov. Hogg has learned something
from his canvass. He started to Wills
Point with the idea that he would
make speech over there and then
be pulled around the state by the PEG.
pie to the tune of "See, the Conquer
ing Hero Comes He thought there
would be no more trouble after that
speech. He believed it would annihi-
late his enemies so completely that it
would take derrick to resurreot
them on the last great day. He
realizes that he has got to fight for his
mutton. He sees an opposition power
fully organized, we'll equipped and
tirelessly pursuing him, as unremitt-
ingly, to use a smile, as if ii were the
spectre of remorse. He finds that
discomfort prevails every where among
the people. He beholds the third party
in its might and daily growing greater
in numbers and influence. He finds
that complexity of local issues are
tying the hands of some of the politi-
clans on the larger principles of the
state campaign. He sees assertions
from the
BANDS OF PATRIOTS.
Who stood by him in 1890 and sees
CONSERVATION and fright in those who
remain. He learns that men in Ell
lis and in Navarro and in Limestone
counties mention both Clark and the
third party people with bated breath
Small wonder then that Gov. Hogg
has imbibed measure of this alarm
and lost some of his confidence.
Dallas county gave the Hogg FOL
lowing the worst blow they have yet
received, They counted strongly OF
Dallas, though just why they did SO
nobody has yet been able to ascer-
tain. Nobody was more confident o.
the result in Dallas than Gov. Hogg
Whatever doubts he had entertained
he believed his speech had revolution
jzed the county. A gentleman Wit
was on the train with Gov Hogg thu
morning after, he made tn,
speech and the day of thu
primaries says that when the tran
reached Plano the governor was call
ed on for a speech. Gov. Hogs
said among other things: 81 am just
from Dallas and today Dallas county
will fall into line for Hogg and tn,
commission, and she expects old Col.
lin TO do the same" Since Dallas
county went so Overwhelmingly fol-
Clark the Hogg managers have qui
talking about 1t. Now they are say
ing HOgg will carry Grayson by al
least two to one. But since the in.
cident at Dallas on the oath of Apr
the governor has been depressed and
the loud boasts of his friends and
partisans about success remind one of
the boy whistling to keep his courage
up. Some of these claims Of
strength by the Hogg people are SC
wild as TO be ridiculous. They are
even claiming McLennap, Judge
Clark's home county. They are
claiming everything. According tc
their view of it the world is theirs
These claims, however, are too empty
to be deceptive. They would be pa
thetic if they we're not so reckless as
to be grimly humorous.
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