The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-02
EX-GOVERNOR HoGG.


Tell Some Good stories.
Galveston, Texas. May S1-Ex Governor
J. Stephen Hogg sat Mt the entrance TO the
fremont hotel yesterday aftonoon aud told
stories to crowd OF admirers Every few
minutes he had to stop his story telling
TO shake hands with some friend OF ne
auaintance Some persons had TO look q
second time before they We're sure 1t was
the great ind only storm tossed. That was
because a ruthless barber has chopped oil j.
Stephens mGs,arhe aud lerl only about as
much chtn whisScrs ans Preston Il. Plumb
used to tempt the gentle zephyrs with.
What am here for?" exclaimed the
big man repeating the reporters QUESTION
why, Just TO cool off. I'm here On pro-
foSsional business. We third rate law
ycrs have To travel round. No politics IA
this trip STRANGE isn't IL. how they al
ways uhiuk I'm up 10 some devilment?"
A man from Daltimore reached over TO
shake hands with The big ma,, I'm tiostn-
thai from Baltimore. governor NAld the
newcomer. Hope 10 soc YOU a senator al
Washington
Thanks" said the colonel my friends
are always trying to get me into Moube 90
Somebody made a remark just then
about e SONG "A cartoon OF Governor liOgs
In some newspaper and ash--d him II he had
seen H..
NO" said the colonel, but iii tell You
ii story ubout cartoons. There Was news
paper fellow In Chicago once who got GU,
cartoon Of iue that WIS great. He had
me hulling lungs, liver and Lights over
fourteen story houses and had all sorts o,
angelic conceite growing out Of my mis-
silps.
Then tloro was man named Bill Jones
b., ~ hot arlr la, H.
Clark and | had. Bill used to CIT at the
CORNER and Nhiulo away at the cracker
boxes and expectomie at a crack and damn
iogg and the commission.
one day. however, he didn't go to The
store. one OF his Cronles met him ON the
street. and askgi him what was the matter.
Matter said Bill. Why. damn II, man,
did YOU s,g the Fort Worth Gazette? Did
you SEQ TINT pictcr OF George Clark dancing
with a coiored womau? I've known George
Clark this good many years aud it's
good picter OF him but ! sort OF dlsremom-
ber tho black woman, although ! thiqk I've
seon her too. D. my eyes n IN vote
for man who dances in public with a
negro woman"
"Tho otlsur fellow continued the gov.
ernor. tried to explain that IL was only
cartoon. but Bill Jones' knew better lie
had seon George Clark. and WIS sure II
was his pictor'
And that reminds me-" ssid the COVER
nor 'of one on ne. The carroonists used
TO draw mo very short legged md tremeu-
dously big stomached, hut the facial feat
ures were pretty nearly true Every tnle
they drew me they had me wearing big
pair Of boots.
when I would 70 out IN 10 the country
would sea my farmer f;dc1de wink around
me a couple of aiInes and then comQ for
ward. Ursially they wosild eay, Governor.
by gadilngs. YOU amt as short legged us
/ thought YOU were and you Amt aH big
around ! would say something pleasant.
and invariably the next thing the farmer
would say was. Governor. where's your
bofsts2"
Tho coierse Of admirers who hea'N the
governor tell shose stories were suil laugh
ing when the big inaD started on another
humorous narrative.
j. stcphan eays he ihinks he VIII got
cooled out in aboiit three days,