The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-05-26
H0GG AND MS NAN FRIDAY.

general lanu ONCE Oh LEXIS, presents
that official in an unenviable light
Col. McGaughey is the chief of one o.
the important departments OF the
state governme Mt, an office which /:
entirely independent in itself. 1t is
part of the executive department
The colonel does not seem to have
recognized this independence, and has
sought to sustain Gov Hogg in the
implied claim that he makes of being
the executive department, when he is
in reality only part of the executive
department. When Gov, Hogg de-
termiued to reap some benefits from
his record as attorney general, to be
used in his campaign for governor,
he introduced the subject of what is
known as "the sidings and switches
suit He wrote letter to Col. Nc
Gaughey, asking him what number OF
acres Of land in the state was affected
by the supreme court decision in the
Val Verde suit. In reply Col. Nc
Gaughey gave him list of the lands
that had been received by railway
companies for sidings and switches,
the sum total of which was 1,254,S67
acres. The certificate of the com.
missioner did not say that these lands
were at all affected by the Val
Verde decision, but in making his
Wills Point speech, Gov. Hogg at
tempted to leave the impression that
the commissioner had certified that
these lands were affected by that de-
cision In this transaction Col. Nc
Gaughey, as far as he could,
played into the governors hands. He
has accompanied him on all of his
campaign journeys through the state,
appearing on the platform at all times
as his lieutenant, now and then
making bow with u corroborative
"thaps so, and in every way answer
ing the part of an auxiliary. Notwith-
standing this fact, it is very notice BILE
that of all the counties that have in.
structed for Gov. Hogg, since instruc.
tons began, only very few
of these seem to have re-
membered that Col McGsugh-
hey belonged to the Hogg kite,
as its diminutive tail. In other
words, deluded public are in part
disposed to accept the governor, but
not the lieutenant, but this does not
seem to have been enough to have
given the hint to poor old McGaughey,
and he continues his sycophantic adu
lstion, and "me too, Platt" attitude.
The last effort that Col. McGaughey
has made in the interest of his master,
the governor, is to send out from
Austin over his signature, and with
the letter head of the General Land
Office" decorated also with the star
of Texas beautifully surrounded with
an evergreen wreath, a mimeograph
letter addressed in blank to anyone
whose land titles are affected by Gov.
Hogg's crusade against those titles
that have come through railroads
which received lands for sidings and
switches. In that letter the commits
sioner says. "Have no fears. The
great state of Texas will not prey up
on innocent purchasers. We believe
that only original grantees will be held
responsible by the State. We are
with the settler and will stand by
him." The 1--WE" is supposed to be
Governor Hogg and his faithful Fri
day" McGaughey. 1t may be rea-
sonably presumed that these letters
conveying so much kind assurance,
have been sent out and are being sent
out to all the numerous land owners
affected by these threatened suits,