The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-16
ISLAND CITY NEWSITEMS
Governor HOGS Remarks Concerning In.
dependents h Politics.
THE Big MAN IS ON HIS ANNUAL HUNT
sSivsn's Chrs~anthemum show NOW
In MISREPRESENTATION Court
Has Little to 10.

| Galveston, Texas, November 15..-"J. q
Hogg and Make OF Austin is the way Il
reads en- tho register OF the fremont hotel
They caIme here las evening. or course
J. $. Hcgg Is the great man that all Texas
anf good part OF the United STATES knows
as Jim iiogg. Mike" is not 20 weM known
as yet. He is one OF The big OK governors
sons. He's only Is years old. but no prom
isea to be {, lively young man.
u. s. Hogg and Mike OF Austin deesnQ
begin to describe the party. ]. s. Hogs
had a h,Drsng dog and 9 half dozen gums
and lot OF grips and furnfturc for hunt
Ing. Mike had barno duck In wicker
csgc, l'arkage Of fishing tackle ana an
absorbing desire 10 get out where the run
was going TO be-
j. s. Hogg and Mike csne down ncrc ia
so hunting and fishing. Nobody ever saw
the governor go hunting anlcas he had soma
OF his Friends thong. With him tals Sria
are G. J. Gliddcn, president ana general
manager of the Southwestern Te,eyrsnh
and Telephone compauy and president n.
the Tnsdel.s' Naiiunsl tanlr of Lowell.
Mess; III. t. Ambrose, a prominent i:ywySr
OF New York City, and a Mr.. Sstterlee.
who is described by the governor IA am Mi
around good fellow. Here iliye visitors ware.
lsiaed by Colonel w. L. Moody and Mir.
Wlll Moody and thcy loft FOR lnke SDr
ptlAse tia Colonel Mooda's YACHT PhorahIc
inns Is beautiful weather. dor duck:
said the OK -SoNernor. as he looked out n,
Tue siouiny SKY. We ought to have great
aport.ssi m deG- blamed sorry TO hear about
ri ltv,s,
body must have stolen TINT dog. Jack w,s
100 intelligent to get lost. I'm afraid SOM,
one got tho dog aboard d vessel ANA ton,f.
him eway, 4 ike Jack. We've been fo
getlier OH several hunts A GOOD dog Il
Ike good man, greatly to be admired,
Y captain Jim was so attached ~ that aos
him. g - 100 "4 4.'
w here did yo,l gct the dog you We got -
asked the reporter. ssi s1ss "a 81 I,
I've quite u issalirel. " said Governor
lliogg I've some fox terriers, some
hounds AMI a sur dog. This Is Il pretty
Food dog have with me. but I'm sorry
about Jack" s.
HoW long arc you going TO be away?n
Until Friday. i expect -
e We're YOU surprised ut the general re-
suit OF the clections2'
Wlall, m not as well pleased over Tie
result In this State az might be- The
populisis' campaign was 30 misnaps3etl
tfat they werc almost wiped off tho face
OF tlio earth Now. IL The mons hpIi
managed TO elect alhlrty or forty members
OF the legislature 1t would have been bed
TER. Ihrse thirty or forty men would have |
dome excellent service to the State as hor-
rible examples Of what populism w. The /
great majority of the votes for Gibbs were
cast by republicans.
Why didn't yon folks down hero In Gal
weston get together and nominate a !
stf,ahght defiosfsstfo ticket from constable |
up? My Understanding Is that this indie
dependent scramble for office has led 20
system of bribery and corruption that ia
scandalous. Bla2on 1t in the public mind |
that a man who will sell his vote Is worse
than slave. Get together on party lines |
Hold the party responsible faSsile conduct |
and the character OF Its nominees. Yom
VIII find that In party organization is the |
surest and safest channel for good govern
ment. When party puts ticket In th3 |
Held II is responsible for each and every |
man on that ticket. Each candidate is
in tho character OF men nsso-
riated with him on the ticket. Each Of
'ice holder is concerned In the manner
every other office holder conducts the bust
less OF the public. They know that candi-
iates must be Glenn, that office holders
must be clean, OF they can not retain the
of the public.
Shaw me where there ever was an IN
dependent movement that endured. | have
no respect for independents. Lot us line
I'D on party lines Let us be democrats
" republicans Be one or the other.
II don't want an independent neighbour
Il have plenty of meat and plenty Of I
bread and plenty TO drink and my neigh
,or has nothing. my neighbor. if he Ia an
Independent neighbnr viii stnnd aloof
rom me. don't want that sort OF
leighbor. for II ! am III and in distress
hat neighbor viii be TOO independent TO
.11f i.ls.
30 he the neighbor or the politician, is re-
;ponsible to nothing and to nobody. The
nan who honestly differs from You has
iour respect and can BIZ relied on TO do
light to you according TO his lights.
you democrats here In Galveston have
magnificent opportunity TO do good for
for YOUR city, for your county
md for your State. Get together and act
n concert as democrats. Put mon in