Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-11

the same honesty of belief and purpose
that claifn for myself, and however
you and other friends and neiGhJors
may differ from mo, our mutual conf
dencc need not be impaired nor our per-
sonal relations disturbed.
desire TO say here In all sincerity
that am aetuated In my course by no
feeling OF nkindness towards Governor
HogR. Six years ago, at the request
and upon the endorsement Of my friend
Senator Chiffon, supported Governor
HogR for attorney-general and my per-
sonaI and official relations with him
have always been pleasant Many OF
| his official acts meet my approval, and
many Of his appointments especially Of
| hfgb judicial uliicerB, AMI OF officials OF
| tho penitentlary nave been most adj
mirable. have no personal grievance
| against him, nor do want any Office at
| his hands or at the hands OF Judge
| Clark. I went into convention re-
Gently as n candidate for high judicial
| position and was defeated for nomina-
| ton, and accepted the result as man
aud Democrat without whine or com
plant, and shall oheerfully support my
successful antagonists, regardless OF
whether they are Hogg men or Clark
men.
viii state also thatI will take no
stock In or attach any Importance in
this campaign, TO all the clamor and
| disturbance over the International
railroad receivership and the appoint
ment Of Hon. Horace Chiffon as United
States senator.
/ DO not believe Governor Hogg made
a dollar honestly or dishonesty out OF
i a.. In. that ha nafaA
| with any purpose 10 make money for
| his friends, however much he may
been mistaken as lawyer in the pro
ceedtngs he instituted In the case.
The appointment Of Mr.. Chiffon was
creditable 10 the state and TO Governor
Hogg, for Mr.. Chiffon il gentleman
and Democrat, a man Of the first or
der OF intellect, a lawyer Of universally
conc ded ability, and during his term
of service deserved and received the
respect OF men Of all parties.
Let me tell you, my friends, the
trouble which now confronts us as DEM
ocrats
HEoAN MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO,
and for | t. those now in sympathy
with Judge Clark are In no wise re-
sponsible. The occurrences In HOus-
ton were In no sense q cause, but were
distinctly result
When the state executive committee,
In calling the San Antonio convention,
threw down the bars and invited every
voter into the primaries, on the simple
tho nominees regardless Of his
action nt tho Immediately pre-
ceuing election, or his attitude
toward the Democratic party in
previous years, It struck blow at Dem
oeratic harmony and integrity, from
the effect Of which the Democratic
party has not yet recovered.
The executive committee, 1t may be
charitably concluded, deemed such ac-
ton wise, bnt in my Judgment no man
should have been admitted Into the
primary conventions who had not voted
the regular Democratic tsate and ma
tional tickets In 1883.
The action OF the executive commit
tee resulted in giving seats in the Dom
| ocratic councils TO open and avowed
enemies Of the Democratic party and 10
many who had been for years arrayed
in bold aud defiant opposition to its
candidates aud policies. Notwithstand-
! ing this most unwise action and deplo-
| rable consequences, a semblanc9 OF har-
mony was preserved for the sake Of
| party unity aud success, and Gov. Hogg
was elected by an overwhelming ma
iority.
When the time had arrived for the
people TO discuss the gubernatorial sue
cession, widespread and serious oppose
tion TO Gov. Hogg and his party devel-
opcd The reason for this do not pro-
| pose 10 discuss at length.
| do not charge the unfortunately
changed condition OF the state to his
administration entirely, but every In
telligeut man knows that the state has
been arrested In Its march Of develop
ment, that Investments have in large
measure ceased, that capital so urgent
| ly needed from abroad 10 develop her
resources has been frightened into
withdrawal from tho state, and it is TO
say tho least u singular coincidence
that this condition OF affairs began al
most with tho present administration
and has continued In co-oxistonoe there
with.
no not propose TO refer In detail to
all those public and official acts of Gov
ernor Hogg which have been so freely
criticised by his opponents, and think
frequently In an unkind and extrome
way, (which | do not approve, obut |
win reior only to his action relative
TO
THE SUGAR bounty TAX,
and shall make such reference In no un.
kind spirit.
He does not believe in any feature of
n tarld tax further than II may be
necessary 70 raise money 20 meet gov
ernmental expenses, nor do you. nor do
|, and none OF us believe that any such
bounty should have been authorized,
but It is the law and Texas is entitled
to two cents on every pound OF sugar
raised on her farms, which sugar had
been raised by the labor of convicts,
the expense Of the arrest, indictment,
trial aud conviction OF which convicts
had been paid out OF tho pockets Of her
tax paying citizens, and the agents aud
representatives OF these citizens by the
bill thoy passed authorizing the receipt
OF that bounty, signified their desire
that the same should be collected and
placed in the state treasury,
know upon the statement OF the
then superintendent OF the state
penitentiaries, whose word apprehend
no man will question, that the bill re-
ferrod 70 above was drawn and passed
after fun consultation with Gov Hogg
and with his entire concurrence, yet
when II passed. and went TO him as a
direction, yea, command from the
whole people 10 whom the money be-
| longcd land OF which and not OF the