The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-10-27
THIRD PARTY SPEAKING.
The Patriots Of Austin Addressed by Judge
J. L. Grain Of Fort Worth.

The Patriots Of Austin Addressed by Judge
J. L. Grain Of Fort Worth.
Last night was the time for the re-
gular meeting of the Clark club but
having nothing of special Importance
before them the club at once adjourn
d turned the district court room
over to the Third partyites who had
advertised speaking in the capitol
grounds but the GOODNESS of the night
made such q meeting impracticable.
The room was crowded the speaker
being Judge j. l.. Grain OF Fort
Worth. For nearly two hours he
spoke holding the attention of his
audience throughout the entire time.
He considered that the issues that
now presented themselves to the
voters of Texas were moresimportant
than any that had ever presented
themselves In the history of the state.
Thought that it was just as important
for the voters to give reasons for their
political faith as for their religious
faith. We have long been taught by
the politicians of the North and the
South that 1t was absolutely necessary
to have two great political factions,
but that day has now passed and the
people are now waking up to the de-
mands of the times. He now found
that man could be in favor of almost
anything and still be good Demo-
crat. All things considered, things
are Fright smartly Mixed" as
Hogg Democrats, Clark Democrats
| n oil Of 81, do Of ta Had
the same opinion of Hogg as he had of
Cleveland, who thought he had more
sense than the national Democratic
party, while Hogg not only thought
he had more sense than the Demo-
cratic party, but thought he was the
sole embodiment of the party. Said
the man who could not put measures
above men and stop this man worship
ought to be taught something about
politics. Defied any man to point
out single instance in which any
Nugent man had compromised that
gentleman in the interest of any can
didate, either Clark or Hogg. Hogg
men accuse US of working for Clark.
We recognize Clark as an open
enemy, standing on a clear
and open platform making a manly
fight, while Hogg is bushwhacking
around trying to steal our votes.
Charged that the Hogg platform W 8
formed solely for the purpose of catch
ing Third party votes, but in that he
would be greatly mistaken, and in his
claim that Oh the 8th of November he
would capture $4,000 Third party
votes, he would find himself the worst
fooled man in the whole state of
Texas.
The speaker then took up the plat
form of his parry and proceeded to
show its many beauties and to ex-
patiate on them at length. Reagan's
scheme in 1878 to catch the
Third party or Greenback vote
had fooled the people and
he had succeeded but in 1892
the same scheme of Reagan, Hogg
and company, would not work and
that they would be fooled instead of
the people. He honestly believed |
that the Hogg platform was made for
the sole purpose OF catching Third
party votes-a platform like the plat
form of car-tO get in on and not to |
stand on. That is the reason why the
Nugent people are 80 bitterly opposed |
to Hogg. Why don't he stand solid
ly on q platform of principles instead
Of sneaking around trying to stab us
in the back? I would vote for any
man on earth before L would vote for
man who would try to steal
us out. The issue is not what
Hogg's aspect to capital and
the best interests of the state The
fact is that capital and the men who
have the destiny of the state in their
hands are afraid of him and his ad-
ministration and it is therefore the
duty of those who have the best in.
terest of the state at heart to discard
him and elect man in whom capital
and the people have confidence.
The Peoples party is opposed to Hogg
and I am opposed to Hogg and on the
9Th of November we are going to have
q celebration to which 1 now invite
you-a veritable Hogg killing time.
On the other hand we know
where Mr.. Clark stands-he
stands squarely on an open
and straight forward platform
and is waging fair and honorable
warfare. OF course we are. under such
circumstances, fighting Hogg harder
than Clark, and can you blame us?
He charged that the insertion of the
state bank plank in the Hogg plat
form was not placed there because
they believed it. Not at all, it was
simply placed there for the purpose
of catching the credulous.
The speaker claimed that the Third
party had 137, 900 enrolled votes. We
are getting there Eli, and don't you
forget it, and we are going to get
there on the day of the election; and
when we do it the Hogg folks are