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

men. They were doing the bidding
of Finley and with instructions tC
keep us out of the hall, and if we at
tempted to climb over the barricadt
to hit us over the head with the blud
geons with which they were armed.
tell you, fellow citizens, a grosser out
rage was never perpetrated on Amer
lean citizens There was the conven
ton hall. We were accredited dele
gates. The hall had been turned Ovel
to the Democratic convention, and we
had as much right on the floor as any
Hogg man. Where had We forfeited
it? | say we had not done it. They
say we were boilers. We certainly
had every right to bolt, but by the
gods we did not bolt, but were bolted
They barricaded us out. They were
in the wrong. We wanted no con-
flict with the police; we wanted
to engage in no unseemly
conflict, but AS gentlemen and good
Democrats we went to Turner hall
where we held the Democratic con-
vention, selected ticket of true
Democrats and adopted Democratic
platform.
The major then drew forcible COM
parison between the two platforms,
saying that platform is usually built
for man to stand on, but L say toyou
that the Hogg platform was planked
up around him at his direction.
His remarks all the way through
were received with cheers, and at the
conclusion he was rendered grand
ovation.
Colonel Gaines moved that COM
mittee of five be appointed to draft res
olutiOns on the action of the Houston
convention. The committee was COM
posed of w. M. Walton, VIM. P.
Gaines, DR.. Denton, VIM. M. Brown
and b. G. Giles.
Mr.. RIG. West moved that SINH
lar committee be appointed to formu-
late a basis for the organization of o
Clark club.
The committee was composed of R.
G. West, VIM. Won Rosenberg, ?. De-
Cordova, E. r. Mclean and DR.. Cum
mings.
Both of the committees retired, and
Mr.. Maurice Lasker of Galveston was
then called on. He said:
My friends, this is a campaign of
true Democrats against chronic Off
GERS. l am more interested in getting
Hogg out of the gubernatorial chair
than am in getting Clark in. L
want to get Hogg out for the harm he
has done the state, the harm he is now
doing and the harm he will do if he is
reelected.
Hon. r. H. Ward, presidential
elector for this district, was then cal
led on and addressed the gathering
as follows:
In the month of June I attended the
at Lampasas, composed of
true and unterritied Democrats. Our
duty was to send delegates to the ma
tional convention and elect presiden-
tial electors. We adopted a platform,
that in substance proved to be the
same as the Chicago platform. Both !
platforms made tariff reform the para
issue, and also 100 cent dollar. |
He did not attend the Houston con-
vention, but the Lampasas convention |
made him presidential elector. The
Hogg party made platform and the
Democratic party at Houston made a
platform. Cheers The Hogg plat
form denies that tariff reform is the
issue The Hogg plat
form also contradicts the national
Democratic platform and demands
a IS cent and not 100 cent
dollar. The national platform de-
nounces the force bill-but if the Hogg
people at Houston did not advocate
that bill it did worse, it practiced its
precepts. cloud cheers.) The Hogg
crowd took possession of your hall and
by the police, an armed force of con-
kept out the delegates of
true Democracy.
We find then the Hogg followers
lighting the national platform on
tariff reform prominence and silver
and putting into effect force bill prin-
,lples. What must l do as presiden-
5ial elector? 1 would be recreant to
my duty to Cleveland and Stevenson
# 1 supported such Republican
platform. He then contrasted
he Clark with the Hogg platform,
showing the sterling Democracy of
he former. 1t is then my duty to
stand by Clark, as in doing that | am
standing by Cleveland. 7 must knife
either Hogg or Cleveland, and it will
lot be Cleveland. Did not the adj
before the nomination
knife Cleveland by trying TO start q
Doom in Texas for Hill?
He cared not whether it be Coke or