San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-10-23
DEMOCRATIC DE sPAIR.
The Texas Factions Still Wide
Apart - Hogs Still Holds
Trumps.
AUSTIN, Tex, Oct. %, 1913.

AISllNJ IGN, OCl. u, %.
Special Correspondence to the LIGHT.
1t is rapidly becoming evident
that the two factions of DemOcra-
cy in Texas will not unite this trip
at least. The HOgg factions write
able letters in which they say,
come unto me all We that are heavy
laden and / will give you more
Hoggism and more "heavy laden"
This of course does not meet the
approval of the able and inte-
lectual Clarkites who have had
about enough of Coming" and
quite too much of the burden Of
miSmangement in executive
headquarters. Each side however
is to the front with more sugges-
tons, more advice and more
schemes than Socrates could di-
gest and all to no purpose. The one
faction is not going to accept the
other sides proposition for by so
doing they would acknowledge
that they were in the wrong, and
there you are. The outcome of this
can, be productive of but one thing,
and that is that the Populists are
going to be stronger than ever this
year. The reason why they are 60
ing to be stronger is very evident.
lIOgg is hObnObbing with them
lOOkin G to his chances for the Sem
ate. The man from the forks of the
creek thinks the governor is little
short of nineteenth century sa-
ViOr, and they have reached that
point where they have almost
made him their household god.
He goes out and rOasts the rail-
roads, the able son of
the soil rubs his hands
and says that is good,
without for a minute observing
the hypocrisy that is being prac-
ticed on him. Well, good enough,
Hogg makes the Populists the
proposition: "Here, you support
me for the Senate and l will see
that your man gets the job Of gov
ernOr for the next term" The Pop
ulists, while they have no great
liking for his eXCGllency, will read
lily see, in this proposition, some
thing to their advantage, and the
proposition will be accepted. They
will support Hogg for the Senate,
and the HOgg men, away up in the
piney woods, will vote for a Popu-
list governor. Your correspondent
was informed today, on good au-
thOrity, that such a talk as the
above had already been made
to certain POpuliSt men and such
talk had gone as far as they
were concerned. 1t now remains
to be seen as TO whether there
is anything in this dicker that
is said to have been made. To
say the least the least the Hogg
men in the shape of some of the
governors lieutenants have been
hOb-nObbing right muchly with
the POpulists Of late and there is
certainly something under the
chip. The bets can be made, how
ever, two to one that the Pop
ulists will demand gilt-edged Sc
curity as regards the sup
port of the Hogg faction for
their man for governor before
they will consider any proposition
looking to support of Governor
Hogg for the United States Senate.
In the mean time it looks very
puch as though the Clark men
Will per force sit on the fence and
see the procession go by. But we
will all know more about these
things after a hand or two is
played. HOgg, however, is shrewd
player, say what you will, and his
trump card will in all probability
be among the largest in the deck.
SMOOT.