Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-04
LOCAL POLITICS.
Judge Nugent Tells What He
is Here For.
SEVERE ON HoGG AND CLARK
The Popullsi Candidate Makes Pretty Speech
and Some Promises oil What He VIII Do
u Elooled-olher Pollli-
cal News.

TO an audience that went up into the
hundreds and that at times was wildly
enthusiastic, though there were many
hearers who we're not Populists, Judge
Nugent last night spoke at the opera
house on the issues involved in this
state campaign and the Peoples party
movement.
The judge said he had message of
good to the people Of Texas, but before
discussing the state and national issues
he would make personal explanation.
Two characters had participated In
every political campaign from the be-
ginning OF history-the campaign liar
and the campaign fool. II there ever
was case OF total depravity
the campaign liar had it. He
knew, for he had recently confronted
him. The first specimen was the
Tyler correspondent Of the st. Louis
Republic who wired from Tyler that
Judge Nugent had termed Judge Clark,
In substance, the blackest-hearted
scoundrel unhung. This was an abso-
Lutte; baseless falsehood. The
next instance was the Hous-
ton Post correspondent at Gle
burne, who reported 10 that paper
that in his Cloburne speech Judge Nu-
gent had said Judge Clark or his man
aging committee had proposed or had
actually made trade by which Clark |
was TO be governor and and Nugent sem
ator. His campaign was matter Of |
principle, and this alone would prevent
such compact, II he could do Clark the |
injustice for one moment 20 think he |
would lend himself TO o scheme like |
this.
He then turned his attention to the |
other campaign excrescence, the fool, |
taking Bill Shaw as tho first specimen |
Tor some writing in his paper or the
bpeakers religion. He had discovered |
Nugent was Swedenborgian and hence |
he was religious crank who should not |
be governor. They could not find he |
was horse or COW thief or ANYTHING |
that would unfit him for the position OF |
governor so in the absence OF a damaged |
character. they called him religious
lie hadnever heardthat Coke, Reagan or
Hogg had any religion, and maybe
that was why the campaign fool CON
demned him, Other versions OF this |
story made Nugent spiritualist, one
who communed with the dead, one who |
had talked to st. Paul. Ho preferred |
for himself as moro agreeable, inter- |
course with the living, but he was |
sure, could he talk with ST. Paul. he
would hear more wisdom than he could |
got from Coke, Reagan and Hogg com
bined.
He then spoke OF the colossus-like
Democratic party that at one timo
dominated Texas, but to-day could NOT
DO found, for both Hogg ana Clark
claimed TO be the head OF the Demo
cratic party in the state Hogg's chief
claim was that he was tho regular
nominee, while Clark, simon-puro
Democrat that he was, had to reach out
and hug the Republicans TO his breast TO
aid him In saving the Democratic party
In Texas. He commented on the fallacy
OF this pretense. He liked boltors, for
they were no longer collar Democrats
or advocaters OF yellow-dOggism In
politics, aud Geo. Clark and tho
Peoples party movement had done
much to emancipate the people OF the
state
The speaker denied there was any
difference in Clark and Hogg. In DE- |
cember, 1891, Clark was a Peoples |
party man in all save land and sub |
treasury ideas. He had so declared |
himself. Now he had sunk his |
individuality as Democrat |
thinker because the national Demo |
cratic platform had declared against |
free silver and other things Clark then
said were purely Democratic. II Clark |
were In his proper place he would be |
leading the mighty column OF reform- !
ers who Will succeed November 8. He |
should be the standards bearer Of the
Peoples party.
Personally Clark Is with us, politl.
cally he IL against us. Now let us see |
now the great big governor OF the |
state stands on this question. |
Hogg Is both personally and |
politically, II we may believe his plat
form, II We did not dbbolieve In his |
sincerity with us, but we with reason |
doubt him and his platform, thinking |
IL only TO be n bait TO catch 10000 OF |
our votes" He said HOgg was appar- |
emily with them, but Hogg said 80 |
many things 1t was hard TO know what |
no really believed. Both should |
logically be Third party people. He
passed hurriedly In review Judge |
CLARK campaign, that was aided, be |
thought, by tho railroad corporations, |
Tor Clark is an anti-commission man. |
Hogg was much more pretentious In |
his olai ds, but IL was u toss-up To de- |
eide who you should choose between |
the two.
Hogg had boon elected pledged 10 |
specific reforms, some OF these b,ino |
the text book bill, the alien land and |
railroad commission Ia Is. Under |
Hogg's careful supervision all of these |
were fatally defective and not one mas |
stood the test OF court Investigation. and |
these promised reforms tho people al. |
manded when they elected Hogg by