The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-01-25
WHAT MEANS IT?
GOVERNOR ROGG AND HIS ALLIE:
HOLD A Lengthy CONFERENCE.
While Nothing Was Given Out as to the
Matter Discussed 1t Is Supposed 10
Have Bearing on the Next e.
Gu5ernatorial Race in
This State.

Lord, what tempest there is evil
IDENTIFY breaking in the ranks of the
HOggites. Last Friday Lieutenant
Governor Crane showed up il Austin,
come hither on pleasure trip of
course. This season of the year every
body travels around for pleasure you
know. Well, Lieutenant Governor
Crane, as has been stated came in on
Friday, be also visited Governor
HOgg They held conversation, the
purport of which while not known,
can readily be surmised. Saturday at
noon from the executive office two let.
tiers were given out to reporters. One
was from Dallas signed by IA names,
to wit: John n. simpson, o. p. Bow
ser, II. S. Kimbrough, w. H. CASTOR,
A. II. Field, H &. Robertson, John
H. Traylor, J. L Doggett, NJ. l.. Nor
ris, G. E Gilbert, VIM. Charlton, X
E. Cowart, Johu H. Cochran, G. b,
Gillaspie. This letter requested that
the governor should present hims slf
at Dallas in the near future and make
speech, the prime object
of which was to suggest some
scheme by which Texas Democracy
could harmonic On the same piece
OF paper on which letter number
one was written there was also an
other letter which might be known AZ
letter number two. This letter was a
reply from Governor HOgg stating
that h. would accept the offer with
| pleasure aud would be at Dallas on
next saturday for the purpose OF MAX
| ing a speech that would Immediately
have the desired effect. Letters one
and two werepub!ishe d in Sundays
press throughout tho state. The
Hon. Waller j. Baker was evidently
citing quietly at the breakfast table
when the two letters above referred to
met his eye sunday morning. [. is
also hardly deemed necessary at this
writing to attempt 10 de-
scribe the aforesaid gentIeman's
feeling at that particular moment.
That he was not only astOnished at
what he saw but was dumbtounded
az luo edulo was very cNlaCuu IL uo
thought at all aboat that time he
must have thought of last week in
Dallas, when he had said that he was
opposed to any plan of harmODizing,
and advised that that matter be lett
to the executive committee, which
would do all that was necessary to
bring about that result. He must also
have thought as to who in thunder
ever put it into the heads of those
Dallas gentlemen to throw down the
gauntlet to Governor Hogg, and what
possessed that gentleman to g.
rlomptly PICK it up in the very face
OF his talk at Dallas, which had, up
to that time, hardly grown cold.
The gGntlemen's thoughts were
evidently too much for utterance lust
about that time. Anyway he took
ride on the cars Immediately and
when he finished that ride he was ia
Austin. That was Sunday night. |
The STATESMAN recorded his arrival
Governor Hogg saw it. Bright and
early yesterday morning he was down
at the Driskill hotel; SO were some
other of Mr. hoSg's friends, Judge u |
L. Fillmore and others. They walked
in the back soOm of the American Ma,
ttonal bank for a few minutes and |
then walked for little while longer
Along about noon matters grew more !
serious and Governor HGgg and MI.
Baker repaired tothe governors man.
sion where q long consultation was
held that was still 10 progress last |
evening. As 10 exactly what was
the drift of this little confab
no one can accurately record. The
whole matter in a nutshell is this:
Baker has announced his opposition
to harmony and when Governor HopU
accepted the invitation to speak at
Dallas it was direct slap in the face