The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-06

ierprise over say signature. ! had al
/ wass sent ms paper TO Governor
| Hogg free of charge. In our casual
/ meetings about the capital he never
| referred 80 anything ! had said. but
| during the convention az Galveston
Ia 1898. | was seated on the rear of
the platform Que day just before the
afternoon session was called 20 ORDER,
The Governor passed my way and on
! reaching my seat stopped fiuIe. =
he said. are sou responsible for
those little mean things which have
appeared about me In your paper re-
Gently | replied that was rcspon
sihle for the editorial utterances of
the paper but did not consider the
criticism OF his position on the gov
efnof's race rs mean We'll. you'd
better stop 1t II isn't going 20 hurt
nae. but ii viii hurt your paper
Those people know me better than
they do YOU. SO take my advice and
quit IL lie did not finch from the
criticism of the daily press. bur he
loved the country press and jab
from it wounded him infinitely more
than the scathings of the dailies
W. last tfEt %tiltAt AEfdtIoif9 NtkAt
the good Ex-Governor was in the sum
mer of 1904 aud was in connection
with the anii-free pass movement II
Is unnecessary here 10 so over that
story as 1t is recent history. Suffice
ii TO say that he sent for me as soon
as ! reached Houston aud told me
II was useless to continue the fight,
that the convention was filled with
free pnss packers and a resolution
such as our delegation demanded
could not he forced through the plat
form committee He proceeded TO de-
nounce tie practice and the craven
hess of those who could be iufluert
| ed by railroad favors In his own pie
turcsque way, and then went into de-
| tail with me of what he termed a con-
spiracy OF certain roads 10 secure the
| valuation of lot of fictitious bonds
| and fasten their payment on the traf-
! fic of the state. The anti-free pass
| resolution was adopted, but the rail
road influence in the legislature was
| too strong 10 permit its enactment
[ into law. The consultations of
which the Governor spoke were Ell
/ fected and the bonds validated.
Never will any spectator OF The
scene in convention hall at Houston
on the first day Of that convention
forget the ovation given Citizen Jim
! Hogg as he quietly walked to his seat
on the platform Ny wife and few
! lady friends sat near him and from
| her ! learned that he was yisibly af-
| fected. SO much SO that he feared
to trust himself to speak He finally
came to the front and bowed his
! Acknowledgement of the honor.
Speech, speech" came from five
! thousand throats. After a pause he
returned and promised to speak lat
er He did SO and when he had fin
| isned the murmurings against his
remarks were voiced by every speak
or who occupied the platform fol-
lowing him Time vindicated the
4 Governor S statements in a large
measure and people forgot that he
praised Roosevelt and rememberes
only what he had done for Texas, re
; membered his big heart. his BIZ
brain, his honesty of purpose, hi
sincerity of action and his clear
white soul Hts smile and his laug
7, had in them the magic to remove a
feelings Of bitterness or remorse.
!, more good humored laugh / neve
: | heard. The very purity of the man
soul welled ont In his hearty, al
pervading laugh
, While / have a pardonabie pl1de
in the fact that | was permitted tt
know the man we'll, to call aim my
friend and to have had his counsei,
his reproof. and his approval these
"reminiscences OF the man are related
because they give "a clearer insight
into his character than any euloey
OF him can possibly do Jim AoSS,
the man. is dead. but Jim Hogs the
statesman and friend Of the plain
people will live in the hearts of all
true Texans SO long as the Lone star
shall glitter from the capital dome
or be the symbol of the sovereign
state which Houston wreSted from
Santa Anna. Coke redeemed from
carpetbagism and James stephen
Hogg rescued from the clutches of
corporate greed and rapacitN.
| Peace to his ashes