The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1914-06-26
TESTIMONY Of
EYE WITNESSES
THOMAS n. BALL DID NOT IN.
SUIT Ex-GOvERsOR JAMES
STEPHEN HOGG.
Judge buchanan Tells About What
Took Place at the Waco
Convention.

Tall trees are measured by the
shadows they cast, great men by their
calumniators. These same calumnia-
tors and detractors are attempting to
besmirch the political prestige Of
Thomas II Ball candidate for tho
democratic nomination for governor.
by circulating the statement that
Ball publicly insulted ex-governor
James S. Hogg at the Democratic
state convention In Waco in 1900.
was present as a delegate from Sour
ry County at that convention. attend
ed all OF It's sessions and heard and
saw all that publicly transpired
The minority report OF the commit
tee on platform and resolutions re-
commended that the proposed Hogg
amendments TO the constitution Of
the State should be Incorporated in
the platform to be announced from
that convention that year The ma
Iorlty report Of said committee made
no mention Of these proposed amend
ments, when this committee made
It's report to the convention, both ma
iorlty and minority reports we're read
and a motion was made to substitute
the minority report for the majority
report. This was at the afternoon
session Of the convention Il was
agreed and publicly announced that
the discussion on whether or not the
minority report should be substitut-
ed for the majority report would be
taken up at the night session Thos.
u Ball and d. W. Odell were select
ed To- defend the majority report and
ey-Gov Hogr to urge the adoption Of
'the minority report Ball and Odell
to speak first, Hogg to follow and
Ball 10 have a short reioiuder
when the time for discussion ar
rived. Ball and Odell delivered their
arguments for the majority report or
course when each speaker was an
nounced and advanced on the ros-
trum to speak he was greeted with
cheers when Governor Hogg came
forward he was checred by his friends
but the cheers were taken up by the
opposition on the convention floor.
and turned into hisses, howls grunts.
etc, and this hedlam continued for
more than an hour and Gov Hogg
was prevented from speaking until
the uproar was over
Thomas "a Ball had nothing to do
with this uproar and took no part In
10 whatever His principal speech and
his reioinder after Governor Hogg
had spoken we're courteous and gem
tlcmanly. aud contained no uncom-
plimentary references 10 Governor
Hopg. Mr. Balls argument was main
ly in favor or reforms urged by Gov,
HogF, but opposed writing them In
the constitution, urging that She same
ends could be attained by statutory
enactment Balls speeches on this oc-
casiou were arEumentive and entire
ly respectful to Gov Hogg through
out
Had it ever occurred to you that
the political element tina; In now in
sistinr that Tom Ball insulted Jim
HorF on the occasion mentioned
above is the very same olitical ele-
mont that really did insult governor
Horg at that time, and is the same
element that is now circulating un-
founded accusations against Tom
Ball9
G.. Il. BUCHANAN.
was present at the above conven-
ton and state that Tom Ball did not
make any ungentlemanly or unkind
remarks about Jim Hogg or anyone
elise In his speeches
IL. NOBLE