The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-10-06


fore it was apparent that separation
was inevitable"
Following this remarkable ana
doubtless truthful reason Tor "break-
ing up the Democratic party" as ne
puts it, he fails in an eight-cSlumn
speech to discuss single state issue,
to recommend single state pollcy or
to commit himself to any particular
law affecting state affairs, except the
proposition to amend the state consul
tuition on the subject of state OASIS.
He deals in generalities in that speech
insofar as state questions are con.
cerned, except touching the bank and
railway commission questions, ana
Their only in manner becoming
Comanche chieftain on returning from
his desperate war path mission to the
camp ground of his friends, he dances
a jig and sings merry song over
what he conceives to be the PROSTATE
form of the commission. He de-
clares the commission is dead;
and while anvils in some parts OF
Texas by the commissions hilarious
enemies are reverberating at the touch
of dutiful hands, the "little giant"
in the inspiring presence of the federal
judge who applied the knife to 1T, in
dites a graphic obituary over its "new
dug grave.u While ne tells the peo-
pie that the cause of the bolt at HOsu-
ton could not be laid to any ruling
there, but to differences OF opinion
so deep and radical as to present an
irreconcilable conflict" he utterly
fails to point out state issue on
which his campaign is laid. The only
inference to be drawn from his failure
to discuss other state questions is,
that the difference" which separates
him from the Democratic
party arose in the commission
issue alone. On this point hs is met
more than half way by Quincy and his
crowd, which tends to account for the
singular and peculiar relations now
existing between the boss of the Re-
publican party and the uncrowned
Warwick" of Democracy, for
Cuney's platform adopted at San An
tonic two years ago denounced the
commission in the following terms:
"Section s. We are opposed, as be-
ing contrary to the theory and genius
of our government to clothe with Leg
islative and judicial powers, railway
commission, and oppose the amend
ment to article 10, section s of the con-
Strdiously avoiding any expression
on the subject of the commission so as
not to conflict with the boltercrat
platform at Houston, Quincy and his
crowd, through their last platform at
Fort Worth, declared as follows:
No 60 har Iot
of railway corporations under such
restrictions as will insure equal Justice
to the roads as we'll as the people,"
As time rolls on we gather more
light. Judge Clark has at last ac-
copied the Quincy nomination and
clearly sustains the suspicion of many
observant men that it was Cuney's
purpose to sacrifice the Republican
party for spoils, and Judge Clark's in
tention to overthrow the Democratic
party from malice, design and am
bition. Here is what he says about
the Quincy nomination as reported in
The News from Mckinney on the 21st
lay of last month:
"There is a political party in Texas,
not usually factor in politics, that
nave laid party on the altar of their
country and Joined hands with us.
Such action pronounce the sublimity
If patriotism, and L accept their sup
port with gratitude"
If Quincy has led his party to the
altar of his country, of course it was
o sacrifice it. Cuney's patriotism"
for the lily white Republican
party in this state. But listen furth-
Or. In appealing to Democrats, Judge
clark continuing in that speech, says:
"Should we not lay aside passion
md prejudice and take to each other?
Let pride in the glory of our state rise
above partisanship. Why? Because
Texas is involved, and certainly Dem
,crats can afford to be as patriotic as
Republicans"
He shows that the patriotism of the
Juneyites consist of sacrifice o
heir party for the conutry's good"
and he asks the Democrats if they
cannot do the same. Then, if the Re-
publicans have sacrificed their party
BY abandoning it, and the Democrats
are to sacrifice their party by boiling
it, and the two forces unite, new
party becomes the result. What
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That this new party is the blush.
ing child of disappointment and
hope, brought forth in conspiracy,
whose mission is the overthrow of De-
mocracy, it's fond, affectionate parents
may deny; but the godfather and
witnesses high in their counsels SOL
emily admit.
At it's birth, a bright negro witness,
Ellis, proclaimed, amid resounding
applause: =,
"Hogg represents the Democratic
party. Keep Hogg at home and you
keep Mills and Coke at home. Mills
and Coke have been the greatest enc
mics the Republicans OF Texas ever
had. The way to Republican success
in Texas is to vote for that resolution
and vote for George Clark"
Now listen to gentleman who al
ways howls against my administra-
ton. He's calamityite of the Re-
publican persuasion, and it is said he
is running as the Republican nominee
for congress against the able, sterling
Walter Gresham. Amid
bright smiles shed on him from all
quarters in that convention until they
strained his back, he said:
cit is the duty of Republicans to
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