San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-19
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A POLITICAL CONVERSATION.

MI. Softpate-Good morning Hard
head, what do you think OF the politi'
cal situation now? 1t looks as if the
democracy is split up the back.
Hardbead-Yes, it looks that way,
hui after all the splits are democratic
splits.
Softpate-Why, don't you think
Clark's candidacy meaus q new order
of things in Texas, l had made up my
mind 10 vote for Clark to beat Hogg.
Hardhead-Yef had; and yet yer
call yerself q Republican. Why, 1t 10
only swapping the devil for a witch,
politically speaking. Hogg has run
the democracy into isms, and Clsrk's
election, so he and his followers claim,
will restore their party to Its pristine
purity of false pretences. Hogg and
Clark both claim that they represent
pure unadulterated democracy.
Softpate-But there is theThird par
ty ticket with Nugent at the head
which seems to me more revolution
airy than Hogg. We ought to beat Nu-
gent.
Hardhead-Well, softpate you
have allowed all this Clark and
Hogg row to get you mixed up. NJ.
gent claims to be as good q democrat
if not better than either Clark
or Hogg. So that in fact we
have three distinct Democratic
tickets in the field. The Clark demo-
craey only differs from the Hogg de-
mocracy ON the silver plank, in the
democracy that uns the farmers
alliance.
Softpste-So you put it up that if
If any one of the three are elected it
will be q continuance of democratic
rule in Texas?
Hardhead-Certainly, that is ex-
actly the situation. There is no re.
%publIcanism in either of the tickets.
Its all tree trade, and hide bound
democracy.
Sottpate-But would not Clark's
election be q rebuke to Hoggism,
which seems to have been q blight
on the prosperity of the state?
Hsrdhead - Well, personally, it
would be q rebuke, but the two plat
forms are Siamese twins, and there is
no essential difference. The alien
land law and railroad commission
wefe two issues that parslyzed the
state. Clark takes no issue with
Hogg upon these measures. Clark's
election would only fasten democracy
upon the state like q vice. Texas
must get rid of democracy before she
finds that prosperity her
eptitle her to.
Softpate - But what's the use Of
throwing our votes away on Houston,
he can't be elected.
Hardhesd-In this conglomerste
democratic row the republican who
casts q vote for Clark, Hogg or
Nugent, stands three chances to
throw away mis- vote while the demo-
crat who votes for either hits q demo.
cratic bulls eye every time. The
republicans should vote for their man
and let the democrats fight out their
w family row.
% Softpate-I must De going. I will
think w what you say. But say,
Hsrdhead, l see that Julius Schutze
has pledged Clark 10. 900 German
votes. That looks bad for US.
Hardhead-Julius SchutZe has al
ways been q traitor to principle. He
has been in the pay of the Clark MAJ
ager for months, and his organization
OF Germans under the guise of asso.
Citations to oppose sumptuary lsws,
was only to get the Germans in his
pocket so as to exchange them for
Clark's money. The Germans like
Clark for his labor in the prohibition
fight, but they can't be delivered
by Schutze or any other schemer
They will think over it. There
is no declaration in either
of the democratic platforms that
d%enounces prohibition It's not q
question now. The only issue now
between Clark and Hogg Is which
can convince the most democrats that
he Is the best, the purest, the most
undefiled, C k-ribbed democrat of
the two. Have the Germans any in
terest in this contest? Schutzs has,
no doubt.
S~oftpate-I must be off: we will
talk the situation over again.
Hardhead-Take care of yourself;
don't be humbugged by democratic
buncombe. and keep your umbrella
up to prevent sunstroke. Your head
ls evidently a little pssty. Ta-ta.