The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-02
Ex GOVERNOR HoGG ARRIVES.
Texan Gives His Views on Parker's
Letter of Accep

>AA NV AS OH 1dIAcI .
Letter of Acceptance.
Ex-Gov. Of Texas j.. S. Hogg has
startled the American nation. We have
always thought Of Ex-Governor Hogg as
being, in a way, commensurate with his
state, which is greater in area than half
a dozen European ~principalities, and
boasts among its citizens a large number
OF the best citizens of the United States,
even though it generally goes DEMO
cratic. In the minds of the American
people, Ex-Governor Hogg has seemed
a fine but somewhat rude and rough ex-
emplifcation of the State Of Texas. We
have admired him, but we have never
suspected that he was possessed of such
keen acumen as he has recently exhibit
ed. We have never supposed that this
man down in Texas had the perceptive
qualities which could enable him to
make such delicate analysis of Mr.. Park
er's letter Of acceptance as he has done.
Here is a part of what the Ex-Governor
says concerning that remarkable letter
Of acceptance:
have been roundly abused by the news
papers and the railroad lobby about q
speech ! made at Houston during the
Houston convention. was not pleased
with Judge Parker's attitude at the st.
Louis convention, and SO expressed myself
In that speech, He has carefully pre-
pared and delivered this speech Of accept
ance, and l submit that he nowhere pledges
himself to favor the enforcement Of law
against trusts. and that he will encourage
and support the completion Of the great
Panama canal. He tells us that tariff laws
can not be modified during the next four
years because the Senate Is and will CON
time to be Republican,. at the same time
he informs us that the most effective rem
puy.hV which fn lpSfTny tho frI1stS &c ~
changing these laws. AS he nowhere prom
iseS to further enforce the United States
law under which the Northern securities
company and other trusts were dissolved.
then logically We could have but little
hope of the trusts being disturbed under his
administration in view his statement that
the effective remedy is to change the tariff
laws. and that this cannot be done because
the Senate Will remain Republican for
the next -four years.
l 90 not catch the point wherein he
denounces the mobs in different parts Of
our beloved country. for the commission
of such crimes are beyond federal le2isla-
ton and are subject to he dealt with by
the States only in which they occur. How
ever, l am glad that he abuses mobs, as
every other citizen should do, but, to say
the least, 1t looks ungraceful in a speech
Of this kind. Our nominee, however, prom
ises us a letter of acceptance and | DO
hope in it that he will be plain, unequiv-
ocal, outspoken in a declaration that, if
elected, he will exercise his constitutional
tV'NAS ~ ~ ''iNS = a
trusts engaged in foreign and Interstate
and that he will not try to
thwart, but will press to completion, the
great sthmian canal now under construc-
ton.
This is one of the most striking Of the
earliest manifestation of the campaign
Of 1904. 1t is marvellous. How thin
must have been the Cruel which the
Democratic presidential candidate serT-
ed out to the country to inspire such q
perfect expression from an Ex-Governor
of Texas. We expect big, wholesome
things from the ex-Governors of Texas,
but we do not expect from any one Of
them any such keen and delicate and
literary analysis of a political document
as Ex-Governor Hogg has seen fit to be
stow upon the letter of acceptance Of
the Democratic candidate.
Why, it's a revolution in all that re-
lates to political manifestations. 1t is
wonderful and delicious from every
point Of view. The United States is be-
ginning to appreciate Ex-Governor Hogg,
of Texas. He knows something senile
when he sees If.