San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-24
AUSTIN LETTER.
AUSTIN, Texas, March %, 1892.

NObuiuS III p1lblCuidI was uOhO IL
either house today except the election
of U. s. senator. In both the voting
began at II O'Clock, or rather the
string of nominating speeches began.
In the senate Tyler nominated
Mills and Crane seconded the nomi-
nation in an eloquent manner.
Senator Kearby in fitting speech
Withdrew the name of Senator CHI.
ton.
The roll being called each senator
arose and declared his vote. Roger
@. Mills got 20 votes, Jos. ID. Sayers
and G.. w. Jones l.
In the house Swayne, OF Tarrant
county, in an eloquent manner eulo-
gized Mr.. Chiffon and requested the
supporters of Chiffon to vote for
Mills. This latter announcement
caused roars OF laug liter.
Gresham, of Galveston, nominated
Mills and was loudly, and on all
sides, applauded at the mention OF
his name.
Represent atlve Hood young man
and q student In the law department
of the State University, seconded the
nomination in rousing speech and
referred to Mills as the Napoleon of
American politics. 1--WE offer Mr..
| Mills" he said, ''as q man with con.
federate record.n Here his voice
was drowned in roars of applause,
the reference being intended 10 refer
to HOgg's remark about Chilton's
not being "stained with a coDfeder-
ate recoro.m The vote when taken
showed Mills SO, Gov. Bailey 4, Chilton
3, Gibbs 2, CrIherson l. The vote was
announced amidst rOars of applause.
There were at least 900 people in
| the hall of representatives today
Everybody in Austin who could
| get off from their duties were there,
and they all enjoyed it. though
wishing for more excitement and not
such 8 complete walk over" The
ladies were almost in the majority
and entered into the excitement even
IN ore than the men.
Judging from the tone of Chilton's
letter of withdrawal from the sena.
torial race, he didn'1 want to do 1t a
bit. In the course of the letter he says:
81 would much prefer to pursue the
matter TO its logical COR clusion by
final vote, aud feel a strong repug-
nance to withdrawal. He died hard,
in other words"
A gentleman from one of the upper
counties, who is something of a local
politician, came down TO Austin
Saturday to see the fun that he heard
was shortly going to be had in the
Capital city. He landed In Austin a
strong Hogg aud Chiffon man and
after supper went up to the capitol to
talk a bit to the representative from
his county and to see what he could
see. He found his representative who,
introduced him 10 several OF
his friends. He soon found that
the whole crowd were for
Hogg and Chiffon and he felt quite at
home. But soon he got to asking
them pertinent questions rs to the
senatorial and gubernatOrial election.
"Will you, ;" he said to all unrestricted
member, "if your constituents declare
that they favor Mills, support him ~
mo- was the emphatic answer,
well, if Clark is nominated for gov.
ernor will You support him?" An
emphatic mo" was his reply again.
THAT is enough for me- he said. "T
will have nothing to do with such
crowd" He lett the capital that
night, a confirmed and ardent sup
porter of Mills and Clark.
On Monday morning this same
gentleman went to the capital again
and feeling tired from his walk up
the hill, sat down in the rotunda OF
the capital to rest. Soon q man sat
down by him and began to elecnoneer
for HOgg, and was met with some
strong auti-Hogg talk. what's
your objection to Hogg,n he asked"
Don't like some of the under hand
work 1 see going on among this
gang" .. a-
Here he narrated the experience of
Saturday night, which so stirred up
the Hogg man that he went straihgt-
way and sought out the representa-
tive who was given as authority. He
soon brought him down and asked
him if he had said such things as
this constituent of his had asserted
ne had. THAT'S what [ did" he
owned up like a man.
The sgen tlelnan from one of the
upper counties strsigh himself
out, and looking down in q patroniz-
ing way upon the fellow who had
tried to make him out liar, as he
gently stroked his farmers alliance
whiskers, said: "Sir | may look like
man who will make an assertion
without being able to back it up;
you didn't make me out liar as you
tried to, and just want you to IN
Ge'stand Sir that you and your going
can't run q HOgg over me il L am
from the country. T. ]. Q.