Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-24
NO CHANCE AGAINST IT.
SENATOR swAYSE SAYS HE WAS
DEFEATED ny ILLEGAL VOTES.
A Corruption Fund Of $4,000 Raised
to Knock Him out. which Ii
Did--Cnrried the County by
Two Hundred Majority.

| Just outside the DreaStWOrka' IN tne
late primary contest, is much comforted
by the fact that though he lost the
city he carried the county. A Gazette
reporter asked him yesterday to ex-
plain his defeat. Said he; II have many
reasons for my defeat In the first
place. many of my friends wanted me
to continue in politics against my
| financial interests.
1.-THE liquor men did not think II to
their interest to elect me. hence with
a united effort they made the fight
against me-raslng, 1 am reliably In
| formed $1,000 in cash as n slush fund.
| Experienced hands placed this money
| to most excellent advantage. My
| friends had no money and 1t was easy
TO buy on my workers. 1t was no
mans interest financially to have me
elected while hundreds of men thought
1t was largely TO their financial inter
ests TO have me defeated. II II had
been any other office except that of
prosecuting attorney the liquor ele-
ment would have not worked against
me as n body. When the liquor men
and gamblers asked me what would
do in the event OF my election. / told
them I would take AS my guide the
official oath OF the office to which I
asplred. knew they would have
voted for me had given them any as
surance Of liberality but It took that
assurance at least from me for had
rpggTd M al IS ~,
done my duty. If / had to disregard
my official oath in order to receive a
nomination at the hands OF the party
for which | have fought so hard their
offices for me can go to the winds.
Many Of my friends who We're candi-
dates In order 10 be elected. thought
they had to stand from under this great
slush pile, and do you know they were
afraid to even be seen talking to me
Their friends. who were also mine, We're
told, In the event a word was said for
me that this thunderbolt OF corruption
| and Influence would be hurled against
| them. My friends who had other can
| didotes In whom they We're interested,
We're token into confidence and shown
the pile which would forever break the
| hopes and ambitions OF any candidate
who did not come into line with them
and defeat the man who said he well
coined defeat rather than success at the
| price Of his honor. Did YOU
know, sir. that much of this
money was wrenched from the
hands Of some Of my warmest friends
who. In order to be elected, had to Join
the procession, not for the purpose of
defeating me. because l know they
Were my supporters and would rather
have subscribed to my election than
to fund TO defeat me, but "self-pre-
| servatiOn IL the first law of nature"
and that support to have gone against
| them would have defeated them,
"A certain candidate for governor who
is my personal friend and for whom no
man In Texas has more admiration
than l. has some relatives In Fort
Worth who knew of the great opposi-
ton to me by this most powerful ele-
ment. and who must hive known OF
the means that would be used against
mo, In order to gain popularity for
their Nnsman, saw proper to align
themselves with this element. who
with their allies could find no words too
severe In denuuciation of me and my
actions.
mo man, however. unpopular even to
the depths Of refusing to say that he
would violate his oath OF Office In order
To receive II nomination. but who has
some friends and true ones too, who,
when his friends is abused that friend
Will resent 1t.
Il have some friends over the state
who are supporters of this distinguished
candidate FOR governor who | know
would not approve OF the course Of his
relatives. | know he would not There
We're something like 2OOO Illegal votes
cast Saturday In Tarrant against me.
and the vote cast for Cleveland in the
different wards in 1882, compared with
the vote OF Saturday shows this to be
NWNN. Na1Hl f.aal -.
number not voting on account of the
fraud. on the night of the election il
was no uncommon thing to hear men
hrag OF voting from five to twenty
times. The boys OF is did have a pic
Me, II was their first vote. and they
tried to make up during the day for
lost time.
My friends became disguised early in
the afternoon and let the opposition
have their own way There was mo- use
10 try TO stem the tide, It was more than
human effort could accomplish
haze no words OF complaint agnlnst
opponents Yet IN the county II was
told on me TINT l was receiving the
support OF the lawless element. while
In the city | was the man that this very
element We're turning heaven ana
earth to defeat, They thought IL was
popular 20 tell that | was mnltlnr
speeches for the "old commoner" I'm
every precinct In the county which ,,,og
without foundation. They said / would
close every saloon in the city II elected
when they knew l would have no ruch
power They said all the gamblers
the hack drivers and BARRIERS would
have TO hunt another abiding place
that the business OF the stores womb
be ruined and that the building wo,iId
cease In the city, thus throwing Out ~ 4
employment the laboring element /
Talking to Clark man, they wot,iJ
show how bitter Hogg man bad /
been, etc, Not even word could he [
heard Of what ! had done FOR Fort
Worth. the employment I had given 10
labor-the laws enacted at my ~
stance for Fort Worth All mia
counted FOR nothing against n 5000 co,.l
ruption fund and n liquor dealers ne.
ISOLATION OF several hundred members
"Still do not blame anyone "a
most especially the LIQUOR men T,bc,.
thought they We're working for ~.
Interests. ] thought that the in,,..,
should be enforced or repeale5 N.Y.
people say not, and 2000 frauit,ert
votes say not. You will notice AZ -
porter that have carried tho co,,,,,,
By between 200 and 800 votes ontstss
the city. So the county didn't inis
hands with the city In defeating me-
4 nusinesz Change.