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

friendship with Governor Hoeg
knew him very well and alx.yz
counted him my friend He knew
that was his friend. and correspond
enee passing between Ms ~ inter
walls covering q period of time from
his first election as governor until
the Houston convention OF 1904 will
show his feeling toward myself Al
times ! differed with him. bur he was
not man 10 treasure np wrath
against one who had opinions in CON
flict with his own. Governor Hopu
vas big man Big of stature. big
81 brain. big OF heart and big in love
Of humanity No difference ever
caused him 10 feel i'll toward his fell
bowman In his heart the Creator
implanted a sunny nature as well as
a disposition 10 cling tenaciouslv 10
that which he believed right and a
will 10 fight aggressively. earnestly.
fearlessly, but none the less openly,
for his convictions No man eyer
loved his state with a more ardent
Or abiding affection than James Ste
Ohen Hogg loved Texas The inter
ests of Texas We're foremost with him.
Where the interests OF his state con
flicted with his personal interests, the
state was favored 1t is my honest
opinion that James Hogg would no
more have profited privately at the
expense of the commonwealth than
he would have taken bread from the
hands OF an orphan This was made
plain in the collection of 100000
from the national government for the
benefit of the state He discovered
this claim and upon contract with
Governor Culberson undertook its
collection for ten per cent 1t was
the opinion Of Culberson that the
claim could not be collected At his
own expense of time and means Hogg
recovered the amount claimed from
the national government. H. was lat
er discovered thar the collection was
twice the amount actually due The
state returned the oyerplus, thus
reducing the amount actually realiz-
ed to little more than $4,000.
When the legislature, under the
pressure of sentiment antagonistic
10 the Ex-Governor, refused to ratify
his contract with Governor Culberson
he pocketed his loss and said no more
about it, The state was gainel by
$50 900, Hogg was loser by $4,000
This was the character of the great
man who has Just been called into
the presence of the Creator
My first acquaintance with him be-
gan in 1891 when, connected with
the publication of the House journal
was compelled TO call on him oe-
OCCASIONALLY. He treated me with the
same kindly consideration he showed
: to men many years my senior After
the legislature Adjourned drifted
to North Texas and into The publica,
ton of small country weekly. He
WAS to open his second campaign al
wills Point on April Fl, 1892 II
so happened that was married In
this city on the afternoon of April
90 and with my wife left on the
evening Katy for my hen home GOV
ernor Hogg was a passenger on that
train en- route TO his appointment No
sooner had We settled ourselves ON
the coach until he was over in the
opposite seat, leaving his travelling
companion He had neither seen me
nor heard from me in over wear.
He did not know where / lived or
how | stood as TO the impending
campaign. but he showed that same
kindly interest, and for half an houl
gave to myself and bride of an houl
some wholesome advice that we both
often recalled with profit Later IN
the campaign when wrote him for
a speaking date at my little town III
changed his program 90 accommo
nd
10 make "a railroad connection hned
hack and drove ten miles through
mud and rain 10 meet that appoint
ment and spoke 10 "a thousand PEG
pie who stood I'm the streets while
slow rain fell
That campaign cost him every hiu-
he had iu the world tie won. la
Jim HOGS had more genuine JON II
the fact thai IL WAS victory Tor 'h'
people of rcNa. than ior MS person
al triumph I saw him again ~h"l
he went uut of office and thas \
CuIherSon was iuauguIaicd. Bet"c"i
he and Culberson there existed
warm personal friendship. Each sd
tufrrd She other aud while hey WORK
ed along entirely different lines
w.r, more often than uih"FWt7'
agreed al. fa results iiogr was III
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