Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-12
LOCAL POLITICS.
Nugent WIN Stick to the Bitter
End
THINKS NOT OF WITHDRAWING,
a Letter In Which He Pays His Respects 10
HIS Esteemed COnIemporarics-rhs
POpullsts still Hopeful Of Vic.
ioT-0lher News.

Following is copy letter issued
Dy Judge Nugent, in answer 10 the
reports circulated that he had with
urawn Or intended to withdraw from
the race for the governorship:
NUeENT's LETTER
FORT Worm, TEX, Oct IL 1900
nave learned from reliable sources. that
reports OF an intention on my part 10 with.
Hraw from the race for governor have,been
In circulation in almost every section N tbo
state. Evidently this has been doneto misled
our people and induce them to abandon our
ticket; out the origlnators OF the discredi-
table scheme will learn that people whose
honest political convictions caused
them to leave the Democratic
party OF Texas cannot be in
1ueed 70 return by a flimsy falsehood.
No, / will not withdraw, but will remain
in the field TO the END OF the fight Ofthis
our people may feel absolutely assured
Under no circumstances will withdraw.
One additional matter desire to call at
tention to: II is charged that | am in col.
lus OF with Judge Clark. This is abso-
lute'y false Last year, Judge Clark's
speeches indicated that his views, except
as TO the land'loan and sub-treasury scheme,
did not difler materially from those now
held by the Peoples party. When the pres
ent campaign opened, therefore, naturally
favored his candidacy over that OF Gov
ernor Hogg, more especially as the friendly
relauops existing between us prompted
me TO support him, as against the man
whose administration OF public affairs
could not approve. l have believed for
years that no Third party movement could
be successful, unless II attracted TO itself
the united support Of organized labor
When, therefore, tho labor bodies OF the
United States came together in the Saint
Louis convention and adopted platform
of principles substantially agreeing with
those previously promulgated by the
Peoples party, l felt that the time for a
Third party movement had come. Still, as
the Alliance people held the key 10 the sit
! uation In Texas. | waited 20 see what they
would do before casting my lot with the
new party. l hesitated, however, hoping
to make the fight In the Democratic party,
| but they were eventually kicked out Of the
| party management and are now jealous
workers for reform In the ranks by the PEG,
| PIES party. ] believed, myself most sin.
| cerely, that Governor Hogg was the deter
mined enemy Of the Alliance, and believed
| just rs sincerely that the Alliance was do
ing more for good governmental Texas
than all other agencies combined. / was,
| therefore, strongly in favor OF Clark's
nominatoni but when his Weatherfor5
| speech disclosed his views on the ques
| tion Of the commission law, although
| ] still preferred him 10 Hogg, I felt that
/ could not consistently take any actiy,
| part in the canvass for his nomination
| When, however, the movement for the full
organization Of the Peoples party got un
der Roadway, aud found the Alliance PEG
| pie going into it almost universally, was
| glad of the opportunity TO find in 1t al
| escape from the machine politics which
| have been n curse to Texas for so maul
Years. Judge Clark has since seen fit L
| Subordinate his views 10 those OF thu
| national Democracy, and In doing so ha,
put himself seemingly at a greater dis
! lance from the Peoples party than Gov
Hogg. Gov, Hogg's platform is quit
| meaningless, however, since IT antago
| Mics the national Democratic platform an,
could not possibly, for that reason, huv
the slightest efiect on national policy. j
is clear cass of political impotence
This, however, is Of small concern
to our people, who are not worrying them
selves over the shallow pretences o
| the Hogg platform, or the so-called "Jef
| fersonlann Democracy Of Clark's. Look
| ing to state ISSUES, we believe that Hogl
| and Clark represent extreme views, anC
! we are not responsible for the fight thel
| are making on each other, Clark deal
with US like gentleman. He hurls no vi
| tuperatiou az US, and we should not bi
| blamed because we decline 10 abuse him
| HIS Excellency and the senior senator from
Texas seemingly enjoy monopoly OF thu
| business of dirt-slinging-the senator up
| parently claiming for himself tho exclusive
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