The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-11-11

ana SSVn a OF affairs existed in national |
snu state affairs. where some party was
responsible for all actions, and w6v NOT
nave II SO In city affairs. That If the
p p FILES were not placed in charge of the
aru or the city that some bushwhack- |
e;t,, mouiu come along, get charge of the |
thoo sly So;n,ernment and get away with all
are Independents" That in his opinion
| IN independent was not much: that he
| had rather call all such "a political goril.
ID, DushWhacker.." That in all truth
anu anu candor an independent was worse
sn ;i an hermaphrodite. The governor
SaH inat IN advance of this meeting he
nad been been told by certain parties that
oney hked him mighty well. and that he
ousnI 10 keep out of these little affairs
| wasn't going to do any such thing. That
| ne was plain American citizen, and
tnat ne was here for the purpose of being
win and for the people That if the cit
lZens or his ward selected him as a dele
gate from his ward to pass upon the quail
ity Oh two ROSTERS in a fight that he would
De on hand to serve them when the time
came. He urged upon his hearers the
1act mat unless parties have charge of
small, that they will go begging, for no
one Will look after their interests unless
II is party whose political faith is tied
10 the success of the government.
ne took occasion TO thank the citizens
OF MS ward for sending him to the meet
ing, saying that he felt that the honor
thus conferred had been the highest ever
PAID him in his political career.
lie warned his hearers that the fight
they were about to enter into was going
to be one of the hottest little scraps they
| nj in he,
bushwhackers would be around scrap
ping and saying that you ought not to
inject politics into municipal affairs like
TINS, but that this should not intimdate
the members of this convention from
working. That the man put out by
this convention for the mayoralty job
was going to be backed strong in his
race and would do his best to win out.
and would win. That the candidate of
this convention would be backed by
the democratic organization and would
have something to show the people in
the way of support for his promises for
wise administration, but an independ-
ent, if elected, could not be expected to
do anything save what he chose to do,
and he could make as many promises as
he chose and no one would be bound but
himself
The governor here dwelt on the fact
that if the republicans nominated a man
they would go to him solid, but, if not
the question would naturally arise with
the thinking republicans as to whether
they had better support the man NOM
mated by party and who had something
behind him to assure Il fulfllment of 1
wise administration, or whether the!
would support an independent who hat
nothing behind him but his word. ant
that their verdict would be in favor o
the party nominee. He urged upon hi
: hearers the necessity of every man il
attendance upon this meeting supporting
the nominee at all hazards.
: The governor, touching upon the bene
hts that would accrue from the electo
, of the democratic nominee, referred I
l the fact that the citizens of Austin ha
!. been smiling too much dust in time
;, past, had broken too many wheels o
:, rough streets and had broken too man
: shins on the rough pavements of til
:. Capital city. That if the nominee q
!, this convention was elected, all thi
J, would be done away with and the CT,
!. would be placed in the wagon of pro-
perity and improved in every particula
He cited the fact that the capitol ground
were sadly in need of Improvement q
It well as the mansion and other state pro-
% erty here at Austin, and said that whi
T. Austin needed was a man at the head
II could better the condition of the city
l. the eyes of the legislature and coul
o command some respect and attentio
d from them, as well as have infuenc
f with them. That the political gorilla
Y and the bushwhackers could not possibl
: do this. The governor said that h
t knew from personal experience what
d man had to contend with in Austi
g against the legislature. That when h
!, | wnS pnvarnnr 10 ynul1 ont tha IaUic /.
It ture in the notion of giving the cit
v something, and about the time thing
4 were propitious the members would wan
n der down town and hear the talk agains
4 the democratic party and see tn
{ spindle-shanked and wobbly-legged re
f publicans in charge of the city, and the
Y the jig would be up and nothing could b
done for the city,. The governor sal
that from personal experience he knev
y what stigma Austin rested under il
n the light of legislative eyes, and it woul'
, do the city Il world of good to have i
r placed in charge of the democratic party
The governor said, further, that h
q had hestated about coming to this meet
ing as he knew the fight that was goin'
= to be ON for the next four weeks woult
', be hot one and that in about two week
: he had to leave the city on, profeessiona
= business and would not be here in tn
: thickest of the fight, but he wanted t
tell everybody what he had to do, so tina
when he left there could be no sayin!
= that he had shaken the crowd: but i
the meantime if meeting or two coult
!, be had he would just take hand for thu
fun of the thing.
Here the governor broke off suddenly
and asked if there was a minister i'll thu
crowd Good bless him." ferventiy
calculated the GOVERNOR, for. if there wa:
he wanted him to come on the stand ano
open the meeting with prayer. There
J being no response, Governor Hogg tu1ne,
| to Mr.. Jeff johnson and asked him if he
saw any minister in the crowd. After
looking around minute Mr.. Johnson
said that he did not see any. Governor
. Hogg then said that it was not Gus
tomary for ministers to attend such
gatherings, but that one ought to have
, been thought of in time and provide
for for this occasion. That in the alb
, sence of Il minister he would call on the
) Almighty to listen and bear witness to
the meetings. earnestness in this matter
| and if He could not give any. assistance
70 sit still and watch them give the in
| denendents horrible drubbing.
Organization Committees.