Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-15
POLITICS IN TEXAS
Democrats,as Usual, Have Everything
Their Own Way.
R. B. HAWLEY MAY Be DEFEATED
Ex-Governor Hogg Thought to
Have Senatorial Aspirations.
BAILEY IS HIS COMPETITOR
BAILEY IS HIS COMPETITOR
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

| Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
FORT WORTH, Tex. September II, 1900.
| The political situation in Texas this year
| is largely repetition of that of years gone
| by. Everything is in the hands of the
democratic party, and the only conflicts are
| those within the ranks of the dominant
power. In 1896 Bryan carried the state by
over 100000 plurality, Notwithstanding the
optimistic character of the predictions made
by E. r. Green, chairman of the state re-
publican committee Chairman Green still
remains cheerful in his view of the politi-
cal situation in Texas, and asserts that the
republican party has even chance of VIC
tory In this the year 1900. 1t is very prob
able that Bryans majority will be smaller
this year than it was four years ago. but it
will be sufficiently overwhelming as to cast
| no doubt upon the democracy of the lone
star state
The entire state administration, headed
by Gov. Sayers. has been renominated and
will with equal unanimity be reelected.
When the legislature convenes 1t will elect
Representative Joe Bailey to the United
States Senate to take the place of Senator
Chiffon. whose term expires next March.
Texas has now one republican representa-
tive. r. B. Hawley of the tenth or Gal
weston district as it is better known. The
other twelve districts in the state will re-
turn democrats to Congress, as before.
Hawley's district is the only one in regard
to which there is any doubt. George Bur-
CESS has been nominated by the democrats
to contest Hawleys seat. He is strong
man, and great effort will be made to
deprive the republicans of this one point Of
vantage they have In Texas. Hawley was
elected in 1898 by a plurality of only 1 295
In total of 36.S23 votes, and then only
with the assistance of a large number of
Independent democrats. 1t is a common
saying In Texas that Galveston is distinct
as political proposition from the rest of
the state. and it has always been Calves
ton against the state in all controversies
which nave arisen. Political conditions in
Galveston are looked at. therefore, from an
entirely different point of view from those
or the rest OF Texas. and generalities which
may apply to the state as a whole are al
ways excepted to as regards Galveston.
Protection Democrats in Texas.
Being democrat in Texas does not mean
always a full Endorsement of all the policies
or tenets Of the national democratic party.
In many Of the cattle and wool growing
Is strong feeling in favor of protection.
This is especially true of the eleventh and
twelfth districts, represented in Congress
by Messrs. Kleberg and Slayden. This
protection sentiment is so strong that these
two democratic members of the House
pledged themselves prior to their election
tariff on wool and hides. 1t was for this
reason that these two votes on the demo-
cratic side were registered for the Dingley
OIL upon its final passage. Owing to this
protection sentiment the twelfth district
was for several years doubtful in it's democ-
racy, and in 1894 sent republican to Com
gress. The large majority. however. by
which Representative Slayden was re.
turned in 1898 indicates that the democrats
through their observance of the protection
productions OF the voters in this district.
VIII continue to control its congressional
representation for some time to come
The forces at work in the tenth district.
from Whlch comes Representative Hawley
are those OF sound money and conservative
business interests, regardless of previous
party affiliations, and regardless of the
vote cast for the national or state tickets
III any considerable number of the indie
pendent democrats have decided to return
TO the democratic party in the belief that
1t has regained its sanity as a political or
Sanlzatlon, Texas will lose this one renuh-
mean representatve, and the delegation will
present an unbroken democratic front
One Of the interesting features of the
campaign this year has been the coming to
life of Ex-Governor ]. S. Hogg. 1t was not
SO very long ago that Governor Hogg was a
tremendous power in Texas politics. and
while he had his enemies and there was
always an anti-Hogg faction ii was large
iy I'm the minority while the governor was
actlVe In political life. Immediately after his
retirement from the executive he beca me tho
agent and attorney for many of the large
corporations either doing business In Texas
or or desiring to effect an entry into the state
w men not at home he was in New York
living at the Waldorf-Astoria wearing
evening clothes and otherwise CONFORMING
to an the degenerate practices of the effete
civilization of the east, which he had 40
bitterly denounced from the stumn for
many years.
Texans Did Not Like His Course.
The people Of Texas did not take kindly
to this sudden and extreme change in Gov
ernor Hogg's associations. They remem-
Dered how, not so long ago, he had gone
TO the huskings coatless. collarless and full
of bitter vindictiveness against the pu
tocracy and corporations and all other
hldeous monsters which threatened to
crush the life out of the people of his state
The contrast which was presented by this
stirring picture when Governor Hogg be-
came the attorney for these self-same
monsters, travelled across the country in
the private cars of railroad magnates and
kicked his heels under the banquet boards
OF the trust managers was painful to the
forth
The power Of the mans personality and
the strength Of his hold upon the people
was shown in remarkable way. however,
at the recent democratic state convention
He appeared at Waco with several pro-
posed amendments to the state constitution.
FOR which he wished an Endorsement from
the state convention. One of these was
passes; another was to limit the bonded
Indebtedness of railroads. and there were
several others of like character. The COM
mittee on platform and resolutions gave
him and his amendments scant considera-
ton. only seven members making the
minority report in their favor to the con-
ventiOn When the platform was under
consideration Governor Hogg made his an
pearance in the hall and requested per-
mission to address the delegates in behalf
of his contentious. In an apparently unani-
nous voice the convention requested him
to withdraw, and every time he ATTEMPTED
to speak his voice was drowned amid
Kisses and cat-callS.
1t was in the midst of this confusion that
some follower Of the ex-governor arose and
suggested that Jim Hogg had been a big
man i'll Texas not SO very long ago and
that they ought to give him a hearing "iust
for what he had been" The convention
finally agreed to do so, and Governor Hogg
unlimbered his oratorial batteries which
had been successful SO many times before
with these same men. Within half an hour
the audience was applauding and within an
hour his proposed amendments to the con-
stitution had been Endorsed by the conven-
ton by the adoption Of the minority report