San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-10-17
AUSTIN CORRESPONDENCE.
AUSTIN, Tex, Oct. l6, lS9.

AO iueo WON hOOtlhk VI lbo luChI
republican club, 1t was decided 10
have ratification meeting to ratify
the action OF the Fort Worth conven-
ton on the following Friday. Ac-
cordingly the repu blicans OF this city
met on Pecan street about s O'Clock
Friday and led by two colored bands,
they marched up Congressl avenue,
carrying torches and cheering for
Clark and Harrison.
They marched up Congress avenue,
through the capital gates and
straight up to the door OF the
capital, where they turned to the
right and marched back to the
court house, where they mad ar
ranged to hold their meeting in the
circuit court room. The crowd could
not near all get seats, and standing
room was ut premium. Several
prominent Clark democrats were
there, but the leaders in the Hogg
club were conspicuous for their alb
sence. E. g. Bartholomew, chairman
of the Harrison and Reid club, called
the meeting to order and stated that
the object of the meeting was TO ratity
the action of the Fort Worth oonven-
ton, and called on Collector J. W.
Burke to entertain the crowd.
He said he was proud of the
opportunity to address the re-
publicans of this vicinity, not
witbstandipg the fact that the
tuffed prophet of Texas had said he
did not see how 3 decent, intelligent
man could be q republican. He was
surprised 10 be called uron to speak
and thought that only the big guns
were to be fired during this campaign
but he hoped that if this was the case
that the solid shot of public senti-
ment would hit the Hogg's eye every
time.
He was willing II work day and
night aud use every method that was
honest to carry out the resolutions of
the republican convent ton and elect
George Clark. No effort had teen
made at the right time to nominate
the best man in the republican party
for the office of governor and the idea
that this convention should not en-
dorse measures that would set the
people free from the Hogg tyrauy was
absurd.
George Clark is q man of honor and
q man of intelligence and man in
every sense of the word, and if We
must have q democrat for governor
let us at least have an intelligent
one. If the convention at Fort Worth
did nothing else, they made 1t plain
to the people that the republican
party was the most patriotic and the
most loyal to the best interests of the
state of any party in the state aud IL
mil fhn hltnanu
organized and ready to stand up for
their rights
There never has been a strong
determined effort to organize the re-
publican party or there would not be
q Peoples party, q Lily White party
or two Democratic parties in the state
now.
He said that the most progressive
state In the Union were repub Ian
states and the least progressive states
were democratic states. "Why will
you hold on to your democracy
Some one In the crowd answered,
"They were born that way" He ad-
mired ex Governor Ross, and said if
Texas bad such a governor Texas
would be free where she is bound.
He scored HOgg tor refusing to re.
ceive the sugar bounty and said that
he had virtually stolen forty.four
thousand dollars from the people, and
by his action clearly indicated that
he would rather have the land of
Texas covered with jack rabbits than
with waving fields of sugar cane.
He c ed by >refe rring to the ma
tionsl affairs and said that Harrison
would be the next president as sure
as he is now the president.
The next speaker was Thomas A.
Blade who said the eyes of the god
dess of Justice on top of the capital
dome had been blind folded by some
HOggite so she could not scan the
state and see the injustice that is he.
ing done. Hogg Is very peculiar
piece of pork and you have to study
the ways of every hog before you can
tell what they are going to do. He
felt sure that this fall would be one
time when the negro vote would be
counted for the democrats wanted
their votes.
He appealed to the honor Of inteli-
gent colored men if they could afford
to desert the republican party that
had cleansed the American flag Of its
only stain and was applsuded to the
echo.
Mr.. ]. Ham pn, a venerable, in
telIlgeut IoOkfk n5olored man, who
NJ ade an earnest, sensible talk. He
said be knew the Hon. George Clark
and he knew Mr.. Hogg. Hogg had
called the colored people coous and
then tried to get their votes. The |
colored people wanted capitalists to |
come to Texas and start industries to |
give the colored men, who were not |
capilist but Iaborers, employment |
and they would not come during |
Hogg's rule.
A resolution to the effect that the |
action of the Fort Worth convention |
be endorsed by the loyal republicans
If thi. country Uaa offarad nv f.