The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-30

o.n pa~fy--sfss Democratic party rsltca
Bad essete4 hsEn -zSsk-ror. TIE EspsSo4ac-
snS wsTu Aeus So tassr admiration . hsEas
ard tke negroes whom &c had promised
20 pFosaet IL esselr T.gaIs. stsack % AiEn 70
. mar. TIE oppossEt0ea e-yasAiiized in TIE
nomination u George Clark. % Dallas, is
tie Erdep@nAsnt candidate % Sas Demo-
cratic parry. TIE dght that followed was
alra0s1 apg2vaglelesi n tire history q any
ssate. ard yee H0gs received s5.ssss ma
5afEfg- Before thai Roger Z, Nils and
uzTs4 p. CLs.be-tson mad hesn REGARDED IS
b@5nE the oa.x forcs.sl political leaders II
TEE state. but the election male Hogg a
bigger man than either u them.
Coy. Hagg IS aisttseslvsiy man o.
force, wksh ideas of szss own He Sc ID:
iflateFafe bEt. whether through design Or
carelessnsss. be Enak~s many grauaEr.a seal
errors IN hls conversation, and makes Use
of nAany quaint bat effective Western
words ard phrases He has q wonderful
capacity as q story teller. and the quaint
turn az MS conversation makes him a com
l~n4oa 20 - sought He wears a ks-inra
cellar sports a wts5e-open shirt f~oat.
fro>k cost. and looks Western in tle rue
sens Of the word
Farmer. Hoy. Composition. Lawyer.
Mr. Hogs life aside from the grea;
political contest named. has not been IN
sFentfgi. As a boy he worked on a farr-7.
aa3 learned TO read and write at night
after his work was done. At the age %
ii f@ entered a store in Tyler as a clerk.
hut didn't like The duties. and learned the
trade Of a coFapositor. He was elected
read oYerSeer when he was twenty. soon
afterward ne was elected 10 the leg!sla-
ture and then was chosen district att0r-
ney Of his own county. The county,
Smith, Hss overr1ln with Iawless cha-ac-
teys az that time The rife and pistol
were arb.iers IT disputes. lar. Hogg At
once went 70 work. ard inside Of year
he had twelve ~ the worst characters IN
the pensfen;ary and. those who had
boastst ~ JSt loudly about he wing the
lax had 4 from the state. He became
known all over the state. and in fSSS and
ISIS was elected attorney general on an
anti-raiiroau and anti monopoly platform,
While be was attorney general he said
he would purge the state OF iawIessness il
II took every dollar in the treasury. He
Immediately secured the arrest Of law
less character who had committed six
teen murders and boosted that the state
could not stop his career. Mr.. Hogg Sc
cured hts conviction on each individual
count and he was sentenced to the pen
iientiarY for life. This case made him
famous gave him the nomination for gov
nor In isa1 and caused his election by
ma ior!ty Of ih9.@sl He at once took mp
tht cisdge 10 secure the negroes their
rights. and urged stringent enforcement
of anti monopoly and anti-railroaa laws.
This made him unpopular and brought on
the terrific campaign referred to After
the second term as governor he retired,
and has been attending TO his private
business ever since
MIR HoEg Is warm personal friend of
Richard Croker and of nearly all the
Democratic leaders In the country. lie
says BE had no intention of affronting Mr.
Croker ny the speech Re MADE. Mr. Gro
ker has been his guest in Texas. and the
relations between the tive have always
been Of :he most cordial nature.