San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-19
=. LECTURE TO DEMOCRATS.
On the Split and Discussions Of the
Party.
For the Daily LIGHT.

1 Houston In 1892 over the nomina
ton OF Hogg and Geo. Clark that
party in Texas has had frighfuI
| experience. For over a year the
two factions were at dagger's points
| with one another and it seemed al
one time as though the breach
! would never be healed. Finally
| a harmony meeting was called last
February at Dallas. All the big
bugs of both sides went up there
and had a meeting contest in which
each side confessed to their sins,
| fell on the other fellows shoulder
and wept for joy. The harmony
meeting was a success. All the
various participants went home
and peace reigned supreme for a
short time only. The Hogg men
told their home folks that they
never backed down at all it was
the Clark men that did the back
ing down.
The Clark men swore right and
left that the Hogg fellow came to
their terms and they had to be-
cause they knew we were right.
This little exchange OF compliments
came near splitting all the milk
that had been procured out Of har.
mony COW at Dallas. This little
rupture was finally smothered and
everything went all right until the
Dallas convention. Here they had
another tussle over the platform.
The Clark men finally gained their
point as to the anti-silver question
but the Hogg people got the can
didates. The Hogg candidates
went out on the stump along in
September and the first crack out
of the box they jumped squarely
of the Dallas platform and went
sporting round in Populistic fields
advocating free and unlimited coin
age of silver.
Lord but how mad the Clarkites
got. Here they had gone to all
the trouble OF working their plat
form through the Dallas conven-
tion and yet the nominees of that
convention were no more talking
from that platform than they were
flying. The Clarkites argued the
matter with the Hogg nominees
but it was like pouring water on
ducks back. The Hogg candidates
continued to shout out their
Populistic views and ignored
the Dallas platform entirely.
This was too much. After one or
two more attempts to get the nom-
inees back on the platform the
Clark men folded their arms and
appeased their anger to some ex-
tent by swearing. 1t did no good.
Like the Old-time mule the nomi-
nees were set in their way
and continued to browse in
Populistic fields, irrespective of
what was told them. Time went
on apace and the election came.
The vote was cast and 10! Charles
A. Culberson, the head Of the state
ticket, was running behind the
ticket. An explanation was sought.
Both sides had one to give. The
Hogg faction swore the Clark men
had scratched Culberson because
he differed with them in his con-
structiOn of the platform. The
Clark men swore that the Hogg
men scratched the ticket because
they couldn't get their silver plank
in the Dallas platform, and thus
the war has waged a merry pace.
These chickering's have led to no
evil results so far, but there is
dark cloud on the horizon.
This dark cloud that has such a
gloomy look for the Democracy in
this state is occasioned by a trifle
but for that matter the whole war
OF the past two years has been
over trifles. That which is liable
to cause a rupture is nothing less
than the question Of who Culber-
son proposes to put on his cabinet.
He has already given notice that
he will make clean sweep OF the
present incumbents, and the ques-
tion arises, who will he put in
their place? Will he show favorit-
ism to the Hogg or Clark faction?
Will he appoint all HOgg men to
positions in appointive offices or
will he favor the Clark men? If
he does the former he may expect
to hear the whole universe roar.
For the Clark men can
certainly kick up world Of
muss though they can't do much
else judging from the past. If on
the contrary, he appoints Clark
men there will be most decided
rumpus in his own household.
He Is thus placed between two fires
that will burn him very badly
| either way he turns. Verify his