The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-01
TEXAS ARROAU.

TEXAS ABhOAD.
The Hon. James Stephen Hogg
governor of Texas, has been re-elect
! ed. He is ostensibly Democrat. II
reality he is Bellamyite, a national
list, corporation hater. The Hon
George Clark, Democrat and g law
yer, a man with respect for law, wal
an unsuccessful candidate against
Governor Hogg. Hogg is one of those
persons of the rabid granger type
half crank, half demagogue, one Wht
believes or affects to believe that
} railroad corporation is crime ano
wealth the objectionable sin. One
Baker, chairman of the Hogg Demo
cratic state committee, has put forth
q pronunciamiento and pecan in honOl
of Hogg's victory. He pirates about
the "money pirates who inflated our
lands hey ond the reach of acquisition, "
and AYERS that his "greatest ambition
is to hurl the federal Judiciary head
long from its tyrannical turret." The
federal Judiciary has notions about
meum and tuum which seem feudal
and antiquated to the lllustrious
Baker. The judiciary recognizes the
rights of money pirates, whereas If
Baker could have his way Cade, c. j.,
would lay down the laws, lawyers
not forswearing conservative opln-
ions would be hanged and the frame
of things would be reformed. What
are fellows like Baker and Hogg
doing in the Democratic party? Their
place is with Weaver.-New York
Sun.
The New York Sun has never been
reliable, its statements with all
persons acquainted with it are taken
"cum grano," and it behooves the
Texas press, whatever have been its
political predictions, to correct such
erroneous impressions Of the state adj
ministration.
The methods of the governor-elect
have not been approved by The
STATESMAN, but all intelligent men
in Texas know that the Sun has
exaggerated and caricatured the polit-
ical opinions of the governor. Con-
servative men and newspapers have
not charged that he was socialistic
and agrarian, but that his policy
would produce that impression upon
the constituencies OF capital to the in
jury of state that needed vast capt.
tai to develop it's resources. Gov
ernor Hogg is an honest man and will
always do what he thinks is right.
The remarks of the Sun are SANDER
and calumny upon him and all Tex
ans ought to resent and expose their
falsity.
We believed his policy at lhe open
ing of the campaign was radical in the
extreme, but the campaign taught
him enough to induce him to modify
his opinions very much, and we now
think that the investment of capital
under his administration is as safe as
it ever was.
Governor Hogg is not responsible
for the wild and foolish declarations
of Mr.. Baker. His pronuuciamento
will do Texas great damage, the fruits
oft are shown by the article wequote
from The Sun, and it demonstrates
the fallacy of placing any such man
as Baker in position to damage the
state, but we have too much respect
for the governor to fear that Baker
will have any more influence on his
administration than the effort of
few clerks in the departments here will
have in controlling federal patronage.
Many things were said in the
heat of the campaign that
might warrant the opinion expressed
by the Sun but it must be remembered
that opposition to Governor Hogg's
methods were based more upon the
injurious effect of that policy upon
capital than any real harm they could
do; for the rights of corporations have
as perfect protection in Texas from the
state and federal courts as they have
in any state in the Union. Such rep
reservations of the administration in
Texas are not correct and it is unfair
to her people for newspapers like the
New York Sun to give them currency.