The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-22
GREEN CALLS HOGG DOWN
IT APPEARS THE GOVERNOR SAID
REPUBLICANS HAD NO ELEC-
TORAL TICKET.
EITHER IGNORANCE OR MtNDACTY
Was Published-Republican May
Inaugurate Bryan Style of Cam
paign in Texas.

Dallas, Tex, Oct. 17-(Special.)- AlE
indications at republican state headquar-
tiers show that Chairman Green and the
other leaders are focusing their efforts
for the final battle of the campaign. The
close of the fifth week of the campaign
in Texas finds the leaders well satisfied
with the progress of the work. Where
ever their previous plans have seemed
Intellectual they are being strengthened
along new lines and the next two weeks
are likely to develop some up-to-date-
methods of campaigning,
One of the interesting projects under
consideration, which will probably be
inaugurated in few days, is a grand
tour of the state by Chairman Green and
Gen. Huston, accompanied by prominent
speakers The itinerary of the party has
not yet been announced, but from what
can be learned it will include all the Lead
ing cities of the state. ana their visits
will be so timed as to enable them to par
ticipate ut each point in the rallies of
the republican sound money forces which,
are now being held
During the past week urgent invita-
tons have poured in upon Chairman
Green from Galveston, Houston, San
Antonio, Austin, Waco and other cities.
| requesting n visit from them during the
campaign, and in some instances dele
cations have presented invitations in per-
| SON. In spite of urgent duties here the
republicans of Waco were so insistent.
that Gen. Huston left for that city ut D
o'clock this evening to be present at u
mass meeting for sound money and Nc
Kinley. From Waco, Mr.. Huston, 40
companied by II. Ii. Terrell will pay n
flying visit to San Antonio returning to
| Dallas not later than Tuesday morning
Today was one of Chairman Green's
busiest days. He was in u brown study
when the reporter called upon him. sad
he: 1T is two days old, but have just
been reading Governor Hogg's speech
made at the wigwam here last Wednes-
day night, the printed report OF which
contains an assertion that makes me red
hot.
Governor Hogg gets up right here III
the shadow of our headquarters and pre-
tends to tell the people that the republi-
can party has no electoral ticket IN the
field. | wont stand such unfairness, even
if il is n political matter. l guess the
governor don't read any Texas paper, and
/ have today written him letter enclos.
ing list of our fifteen Mckinley and
Hobart electors, who, as every one ex-
cept Governor Hogg, knows were put OUT
on the 9Th instant"
| When asked for a copy OF the letter
which had been sent, Chairman Green
promptly complied, stating that he be-
lieved when the governor read ms let
Ter il would remove the hallucination he
is laboring under. The following IL
copy of the letter referred to:
dallas, Tex, Oct T.--IIon. JAS. )
Hogg Tyler TeX.-Dear Sir-Ihc naws'
papers of Thursday, in reporting, your
speech delivered at the Wigwam IN tiis'
city last Wednesday night credit you
with some remarkable statements so ec
roneous and apparently malicious that
can not permit the same to pass unnoticed
and without exposing either your ignor,
ance or your mendacity. You are quoted
as making the bold, unequivocal, state
ment that the republican party Of Texas
has no electoral ticket in the field. You
are made to say: Here are these fellows
with the corruption fund in this state
saying that they are going tn carry Tex,
as for Mckinley and Hobart How will
they do it? They have not got OUT any
electoral ticket at all
81 can afford to pass over your cor
ruption' charge, as the great party to
which | have the honor to belong has
never had to hire its recruits, but | fail
to see what possible excuse you can offer
to the people Of Texas for your grossly
misleading and false statement that the
republican party has no electoral tickes
in the field. Did you not know when you
made this statement, If you did make il,
that our electoral ticket had been Off
cially announced by the republican pie
no nv mil TIM ntnr m,
the date of your utterances and that the
fifteen names thereon stood for McKin-
ley and Hobart? Is this the plan npou
which the Culberson camapign Is being
pitched? Do you not underrate the in
telligence of the people Of Texas by such
notorious misstatements? Are all your
other facts no more reliable than this z.
In your campaign travels over the state.
are you banking on the great Office that
you twice held to gull the people in this
manner?
''Do you never read Texas newspapers?
| The full official republican electoral
| ticket was printed on page =, fourth col
umn of the Dallas News of October 3,
on page g. first column of the
| Galveston News; on page q, sec
ond column of The Austin Statesman;
| on page |, seventh column of the San
Antonio Express, and on page l, fifth
column of the Fort Worth Tribune, all
| of the same date. i have since seen the
full ticket published in numerous other
newspapers of the state. In truth, so
thoroughly has the matter been adver-
tised that | can not conceive of your be-
ing ignorant of the fact and / take oc-
casion to herewith inclose you an anthem
tic list of our electors. How ridiculous,
therefore, appears the remainder of your
published speech, predicted in tragic
l.. IL. al.