The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-10-06
GOVERNOR HOGG SPEAKS
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men and Republicans fusing, and the
original and anti-commission bolter
heading the Clark bolt at Houston.
Further comment is unnecessary.
Politics certainly seem boldly on
stills this year in Texas. If the voters
do not find things painted in plain
colors, so that he who runs may see,
they must be blind indeed. From
the candidates of the four active pol
itical parties choice of stare offices
must be made. These parties are:
The Democratic party, of whose ticket
1 am the head; the Republican party,
led by Col. Andrew Jackson Houston;
the Third party, sometimes called the
"Populists," headed by Judge
Thomas jefferson Nugent; and the
fourth party, appropriately called the
Copulists, headed by Judge g. Wash
ington Clark.
AS a matter of course the
REPUBLICANS. PoPULIsTs AND CoPU-
LISTS
parties are enemies to the organized
Democracy and are fighting its nomi-
nees. Its overthrow is their main OBJ
ject' Evidently that which keeps
them from consolidating for this pur-
pose rests on serious conditions in no
way affecting their intent. That
they are willing enough circumstances
leave no doubt. The Republican par
ty of Texas, consisting chiefly of lily
whites, won't affiliate with the negro,
cannot tolerate the Populists, and
hale Democracy. The Populists lead
ers are ex-Democrats poisoned from
disappointed ambition, mad with the
world in general, chimerical in poiiti-
cal convictions, shifting in party
name, and cannot stay on any plat
form or with any party long.
When Judge Clark announced for
governor, Judge Nugent declared for
him. After the Weatherford speech
he kept mum until he was nominated
by the "People's party" Charged
with being a Clark man and working
in his interest, he acknowledged he
had been, but had changed from him
because of his Weatherford speech
against the commission. This is in
deed singular when everybody knows
that Clark was always violently
anti commission until after he enter
ed the campaign, when he became a
commission advocate. Nugent is for
ownership of the railroads. Clark is
for turning them loose. 1 want
neither, but advocate their just con.
Srol and regulation through the COM
mission. Clark and Nugent leaders
speak from the same platform in har.
mony. They are now smiling and
winking at each other. Will they
soon embrace and kiss? Mark the
prediction: One of them will with
draw before the election, for there is
but little doubt that they are working
in common cause. Many good peo-
pie are being deluded. Watch their
capers.
THE FOLLOWERS OF THE PoPULIsTs
Are impatient, FESTIVE and honestly
mislead by false teachings into the be-
lief that the Democratic party to
which they used to be faithful is vas
cilating and will not stand by its
platform promises. They know the
Republican party, like their own lead
ers, supports in tolerable principles
contrary to good government; and
that the copulists so recently organic.
ed are political gorillas, swinging
around the battle ground under false
colors, against all parties for political
spoils. The leaders of the Copulists
consist of disappointed Office seeking
ex-Democrats and office holding Re-
publicans playing the roll of martyrs
and patriots. The office holding Re-
publicans have virtually "busted'
their party organization, and the bolt.
ercrats tried to destroy that of the
Democracy. The conjunction Of
the two sets make up the
new party. 1t can we'll be
understood why the office-holding
Republicans have taken their course
for it has been charged on apparently
good grounds that they had nc
hope OF our gaining supremacy in
state affairs, and they did not wish tt
be "scooped" when the time rolled
around for the distribution of federal
offices. AS some Of the sold timers
put it, the northern Republicans
warts an office as soon rs he votes
Herein lies his trouble with the origi.
nal scallawags and carpet baggers
he is simply in their way. He hates
the negro, and the feeling is cordially
reciprocated. So the "white
lilly party" is organized, and
Sambo takes back seat fol
the first time in the Republican party
His color is the trouble, and his ignor'
ance the excuse which gives rise tC
his ostracism by the white brother
Selling on this condition, the bi
striped federal office holder spreads
forth the protecting wing" takes in
the colored brother, bids welcome tc
the "has beens" of Democracy, and by
Capitalization against the laws o.
naturen and the two old partyites
brings forth the Copulists-a party
whose foundation rests on the hope oi
office, and whose motto is: "Cateh
'em as they come; catch 'em as they
go; swap and trade to the end Of
time"
LOOK OUT, DEMOCRATS.
Go to your post for Wig liant, act We
service. You have willy set to con-
tend with. If the conglomerate, cum
ming crowd called Copulists fails to
to exhaust the cap. case CO.'S" in her
aiding to the world the organization
of Citizens Clark clubs, Cleveland
Clark clubs, Cuney-Clark clubs, and
Clark -Copulists clubs it will be no
fault of theirs. If they cannot get the
governorship they would like to
"a ntI1ra ana branch of the leoisIature