New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-03
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rrrro his rocent visit to this city Governor
,,,,n ~ Texas endearcd himself TO all with
,,,o,,, ha came I'm contact by realizing their
,doo, NJ = tyne which was supposed To De en-
tinct. Great interest. therefore, was haniies''"
hereabouts when the rumor spread 'ii'' '".
Chief Magistrate of the Lone STAR H'''c h'"
called upon Governor Flower to SURRENDER WIN
ont fuss or delay H. persons or several ho'or'-
OILS and execrable offenders against the n''Jes!
of that imperial Commonwealth. To W.T. MessrS'
Rockefeller. Flaglcr Brewster ct al. III WAS
felt that Hogg was not man to pc trlneu Wi'ii'
and that the principal owners OF the Stahu'ru
Oil Company would have to go 10 leNas. p"'
orr own Roswell Pettibone. though MS ih'''iec'
Is commonly rcckoncd 10 he several sizes sih'Ii-
er than Sir Isaac Ncwton's. Is no p'lSlllanlhouS'
chickcn. hearted Executive. That intrepid man,
without the slightest apparent hesitation or mis-
giving has caused his private secretary. the
assiduous and respectable Williams. who writes
q hold Roman hand. TO inform His Bristles of
Texos. that the Governor of Ncw-Iork wants
more knowledge Of the facts than the rel'ilsi-
ton n,ncrs furnish. Whoever knows llogg
knows that he will not let the affair end at
this point And So here we are. all OF sun
den. on the verge of another civil war. Some
hone that bloodshed will be avoided but we
confidently expect To hear the clash OF r'Souh''
Ing arms not later than ten days hence
II Governor Flowers firm AMI slightly SIT
donlc response had been the only exaspcra'ihs
circumstance of the case, martial corrcSpond-
ence might possibly have been prolonged SUM
GENTLY to cool the ardor of Governor li"sS'
But there has been too much loose ana irri'ai'
ing talk about msSpclled names and unlicehScu
punctlation In the official documents arriVihS
from Texas to warrant any rational nope oi Il
peaccful solution. In our opinion. II l. going I'D
be war to the knife. and timorous people might
inst as we'll begin to negotiate for substitutes
at once We observe that our ncighbor. ne
Ncw-Yorl; World" with lack of public spirit
which grievcs us. is inclined 10 think That u
might have been better to overlook the iechni-
calitv which Governor Flower seized upon rs
= warrant for his patriotic and spirited action
Rut that il not our view of either the moral"
or policy involved in this emergency. Inc
World" is not a wise counsellor In National
crises II seems To have too much III NINA TIC
cost Of special correspondence from the seat oil
war and possible rise in the price "t whi''
paper We do not mean 10 accuse orr coh'"ni-
porary of conscious subsection 10 sordid motives
but 1t certainly does appear to be- constitution
oIlv ovcrprudcnt The public will remember
that The World" was greatly alarmed only
two or three years ago nj an Invasion OF New
York CITY Iust before election by cohort oi
"satraps" from the rural districts under ih'
orders. we believe of Mr. John !. Davenport
We cndcavored TO calm our contemporary ON
that occasion by pointing ont that the metropolis
would know how 10 deal with -atrap' when The
hour came And 81, in fact. it did; hut II was
a long time before THE World recovered ii'
composurc.
We admit that Governor IIogg Is more
formidable adversary than any slirnp Of on
acquaintance: but nevertheless We are con
WINGED that New-York will give him scaldln-
which he will not forget the longest day h'
lives. Indeed. we don't believe he will "vei
come down 10 the Harlem; but II he does h
will bring with him the smallest minority Of sup
poricrs that ever followed a leader Ia The brink
OF that historic estuary. And the first thin-
that he will ask for on his arrival VIII be
rcausiiiou papers from the Acting Governor
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