San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-10-28
JUDGE GRAIN AT AUSTIN.
Prefers Clark to HOgg - Texas Must
Have Money - The Dam
theatrical. Etc.

the Peoples party had advertised to have
thought to be too cold and they perSuad-
ed the Clark club to adjourn as soon as
called to order, in order To let them use
the Circuit court room. About o'clock
the meeting was called to order by Mr.. q.
K Womack, who, in few words intro
duced Judge j. l.. Grain, of Fort Worth.
The speaker made very able address
from his standpoint on the questions OF
the day. rather favored Clark above Hogg
but insisted that the Peoples party doc
trine was the only salvation. He regard
ed the situation today as being filled with
more serious issues than had at any time
arisen for great many yearSlt Is alwaN 5
expected and in fact is demanded of every
intelligent citizen that they should un
6erStand the political situation and be
able TO give their reasons why they be-
i!eve as they do politically. He felt
sorry for the man who said that he was
a democrat because his father and his
mother were democrats and he had been
raised a democrat and could not be any
thing else.
He thought that politics in this state
was getting pretty badly mixed up be-
cause man could be in favor of free sill
yer and be a good democrat and he could
be opposed TO free silver and be good
Il
reform and be a good democrat and he
could be in favor of free trade and be a
good democrat: he cOnld be in favor of
national banks and be good democrat
and he might be in favor of wild cat
banks and be good democrat: he could
be iG favor of HOgg and he could be in
favor of Clark and be good democrat
He had the same opinion of Hogg that
he had of Cleveland: That each thinks
fhaf bn iS tho SOnrtnSt in the nnmn-
cratic party and that the party could not
get along without them and they would
both be defeated. He believed that every
man ought to have the right TO vote as
his conscience dictates without regard to
party and he thought that Coke had
found out when he tried To put the Senti-
ment that: "A man who scratches the
democratic ticket is traitor and ought
not to i've" he was mistaken and that
the people were tired of such sentiment.
He gave his opinion Of IIOgg for having
stolen the third party'S platform and try
ing to defraud the peoples party out of
the votes that would otherwise 20 TO it
and said that after the election if HOgg
was elected nothing more would be heard
Of his financial policy till the next election
and admired Clark more for coming out
on an open platform and showing what he
was and where he StOo !, than he did HOgg
Tor his SneaKing and 6uShwhacNing.
He then took up the financial condition
of Texas and stated that any sane man
must certainly know that Texas must
have outside capital to develop her re-
sources and thought 1t would be better to
let the money come from the east and the
north and from Europe so that the rate of
interest would go down and the people
could build and improve their farms and
build school houses and other public
buildings.
He called up the subject of wild cat
banks and gave his experience with them
and spoke for some length on the finan-
cial policies OF the day which were in
substance the same as those usually ad-
vanced by the third party. He took up
the tariff question and showed the fOllic
les of the Mills'S argument and then pro-
ceeded to trace the origin of the peoples
party back to the democratic party and
said that the peoples party would he
victorious and that the democratic party
would came over and they would once
more be the grand old democratic party.
He claims that the peoples party have
an organized following in this state of
$4,000 voters.
The Colorado river commenced rising
last Saturday night, and befre morning
had raised thirty feet. The Mexican hutS
on the banks of the river at the dam were
flooded and the inhabitants fled for the
hills. Two small steam launches belong
ing to Captain Sheppard and valued at
about $1,000 were carried away and have
not been heard Of. The waters went down
Sunday but rose again Tuesday and
flooded the dam. Hundreds Of citizens
have gone out to see 1.-THE effect of the
water on the dam and to watch it flOw
over.
Great arrangements are being made for
the big barbecue next Saturday and the |
members of the Clark club are Sparing |
nothing to make it a success. EX-GOv. |
Wright Quincy Ie are can among the Speakers
Excursions will be run from all points |
within one hundred miles of Austin.
The Fast Mail" company played here |
Monday to fair house. The play was |
something out Of the usual line of operas |
hat visit this city. Katie Emmett will |
attract a good crowd Thursday evening in |
ler Killarney. The Midnight Alarm is on |
The boards for Saturday night DIXIE. |