The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-17
A FEW THINGS ABOUT HOGG.
Painters on the Style of Man Who
Stampeded Tammany Hall.

New York Herald.
That great burst of enthusiasm for VIII
liam j; Bryan which was let loose IN nam nf
one man. His name is james STEPHEN Hogg,
and he is a former Governor OF. Texas. IN
paign for the presidency that will end in
100. He upset all Richard Crokers calcu-
lations. He damaged various deputy iea9.
heart and made it lose its head. He de-
stroyed Brother Augustuss boom Tor the
presidency. He showed that Iam n
skin deep. He undid all that has peen ac-
complished by the Democratic Club anti,
all been arranged, bear in mind, that Bryan.
Cleveland and Hill-particularly Bryan
should be ignored. Free silver should not
uttered. All went well until Hogg was called
on as an impromptu speaker to take the
place of one Of the several ansenrees n
the suggestion of some of the anti-Croker
Democrats is not very clear: The susges-
ton that John z. sheehan was at me pot.
1t may. the fact has gone on record that the
Tammany organization, drilled ana Ora
the candidate in 1900 almost to a man. Felt:
ner called it a Texas cyclone. Whalen said
it wasn't much of a shower, only nobody
f haa ad to Sm EXPRESS an na Opinion WAS cr soR viii Will
have. something to say about 1T later. But
the fact remained that Hogs, of Texas. to
WHO'LL ldIIlLldHy Oflly IL lew III o6O
was offering the vice presidency on a ticket
headed by German or Van Wyck. routed the
cohorts of mammon" in It's stronghold SO
easily that everybody wondered how IT had
been done.
VIII is James Stephen Hogg. Of Texas?
He He is v a type ,sr of w the far FAR W Sesosea P sad iank
rabbits for playmates. If you frequent the
Tifth-avenue Hotel corridors you will see
him there four or five times a year, the big
gest figure in that meeting place of polti-
clans. He usually wears a SLOUGH hat and a
frock coat. and he is quite as imposing as a
conrt-martia or a dress parade because ne
looks every ounce of 1T. He is not a dandy
In any sense Of the term. He is blunt and
can fight harder than he. He has been
called a demagogue and a Populist. He did
more to injure trusts and monopolies in
NJ. Flagler, Of the Standard Oil Company.
Governors Of New York and Florida that
rendered for trial in the criminal courts.
He likes politics. and headed the Texas del
egation for Bryan in 1896. He can tell a
good story. He likes a good dinner. He Is
ffty-three years old. .f~-.a
Mr.. Hogs was born in Texas and he is a
self-made man. He began life an orphan in
was one of the widest sections of the State.
He worked on a farm owned by a widow
during his boyhood until he was fourteen
years old. and then became a clerk in a
store. He soon ~apprenticed himself to a
country newspaper Office and became a COM
positor. He took an active interest in
elected road overseer. Then he was elected
justice OF the peace, studied law and was
admitted to the bar. He went TO the Legis-
lature and then was elected district attorney
of Smith county.
That was at a time when district attor-
neys In Texas had to possess grit and deter
minatfOn. LawleSsneSs was rampant. The
rifle and shotgun settled disputes, and entire
communities laughed the courts to scorn.
Inc young district attorney went at his
OF the most notorious outlaws to prison.
The rest fed from the State. and such was
his fame as a relentless pursuer Of law
breakers that he was elected attorney gen
eral Of Texas in 1886 and again in 1888 on an
anti-railroad and an~ti-monopoly platform.
Now began the really stormy period of
Mr.: Hogs career. He fought the railroads
and he fought them to a finish. He recovered
thousands OF acres of land that belonged to
the State. Texas was very lawless and
many district attorneys were afraid to do
their duty, while the courts were paralyzed.
He made a proclamation that at once be-
lawlessness and crime or he would bank
rupt the state treasury. There was a man
in Texas who beasted that no power could
Mr.. Hogg addressed himself TO his case.
He had the outlaw indicted on twelve
counts: He tried the case in person and
convicted him on every one of the counts.
A life sentence followed. This case led 10
MI; Hogs nomination for Governor in
low I'LL he was electeu by lJ0.UyO majority.
As Governor Mr.. Hogg inaugurated a war
on trusts, monopolies, railroads, banks and
insurance companies. He got after the
Standard Oil Company and for a time drove
1t out of the State. Vested capital took
alarm and resolved TO crush him. An at
tempt to defeat him for denomination failed
in 1892 and George Clarke, of Dallas, was
nominated as an Independent candidate. The
Republicans gave him support. and he was
voted for by the negroes. whom he had
promised to protect in their rights.
The campaign tried Hogg as few men have
been tried. He was abused, slandered and
ridiculed In his W party. The press Of the
State was solid against him. Every cor.
porate institution in the State vas back OF
the movement. Every financial power in the
United States joined in. Texas was overrur
by agents OF railroads, banks, trusts and
mortgage companies. His name was used
in ribald and impolite ways. His admins.
tration was called the "Hogg''- blight. II
was said he had named his children lima
and "Ura," the same being a baseless Sian.
der. Texas never saw such a fierce cam.
paign. Its progress was closely watched al
over the United States. Mr.. Hogg was re.
elected by $500 majority. Henry NJ. Flag.
Ter never went into Texas while this mar
was Governor.
These are just a few OF the things tina
can be told about James Stephen Hogg, OF
Texas, who took mman of Tammany
Hall for a few minutes on July 4.