The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-01-05

AUSTIN, Tex, Jan. 2-W. j. Bryan and
wife, accompanied by ex-Gov. Crittenden,
OF Missouri. arrived here early yesterday
morning and yesterday. was rendered a
reception at the home of ex-Gov. J. S.
Hogg. About $500 people>attended. Mr.
Bryan authorized the statement by the
Associated Press yesterday. that he could
not make any statements on his Mexico
trip until he reached Fhcoln, Nsb,. when
he would give the public his views in de-
tail. He, however, expressed himself as
delighted with the countfy>and the people
Mr. Bryan and the members Of his party
assisted Gov. Culberson in his New Years
reception in the evening from to 10 o'clock
in the executive mansion, and left at mid
night for Muskogee, 1. T. There Mr.. Bryan
Will stop day or two before going home.
Behlnd the Bryan-Hogg reception of yes
terday, it is said, is the hand Of Richard
croker. Tammany's chief has often met
GOV. Hogg, in and out Of Texas, during
the last eight years. The oftener he met
him the better he liked him and the more
he became impressed with him as a political
character OF force and ability. Recently
Mr. Croker has requested Mr.. Hogg to
move permanently to New York to practice
his profession of the law and to enter
the field Of Tammany politics.
1Wo months ago Mr.. HOgg went to the
metropolis. He has been there almost con-
stantly since Boss" Croker talked to him
OF coming to New York to run, backed
by Tammaly, as the Eastern and Southern
candidate for vice-president on the BRYAN
ticket in 1900. promising him that in the
event OF Bryanism and free silver collaps-
ing before that time Tammany would take
care of him, SO far as ability to earn money
and attain political prestige is concerned.
Mr. HOgg is Immensely popular all over
the South. Mr.. Croker is ambitious to
build up Tammany that shall dominate
Tar beyond the confines of the Greater
New York. He believes such allies as Mr.
Hogg and James 3. Eustis, former minister
to France, can aid him in the ACCOMPLISH
ment of his purpose.
Mr.. BRYAN had planned to return from
Mexico Jan. and to be given Democratic
reception al Fort Worth on thai date But
Lawyer Robinson, of Austin, former Gov
ernor Hoggs partner. has been in touch
with Mr.. Croker, and had the plans
changed He had Mr.. Bryan cut his Mex
leo visit short four days, and insisted
that New Years dinner for Messrs Bry-
an and Hogg at the executive mansion be
substituted for the event scheduled for
Fort Worth. Mr.. Hogg hurried home at
Mr.. Croker's suggestion.
The vice presidency may not have been
discussed between the courses at the dinner
table, but it was in some one of the quiet
chambers OF the mansion. Mr.. Bryan thinks
as highly Of Mr. Hogg as does Mr.. Croker
He will not object to the former governors
candidacy.
Mr.. Hogg, although still a resident Of
Texas, has law practice that keeps him
much of his time in New York. He is reput-
ed have earned in the last three years
over 100000 from the Southern Pacific
railroad company, big New York book
company, an insurance alliance and other
rich corporations. He never earned a cent
outside his salary while a Texas official,
always scorning offers from concerns sim
liar to those he now serves as a private
citizen. He is ambitious to get rich but
long ago determined to make his fortune
outside Of office holding. In New York
he believes, he can do that by 1900. Then he
can go on in the high political spheres he
has already believed destiny has marked
for him,