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VOL. LI-NO. 40.
GALVESTON. TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1892.
DELICIOUS
Extracts
NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS*
Vanilla -iof perfeot pu^ty.
Lemon ~ lof «reat strength.
Oranne "f Economy In their us©
Rose, etC.JFlavor 119 delicately
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UNDERWRITERS' SALE
OF A STOCK OF
STAPLE G-EOCEEIES
We will sell oil MONDAY, MAY 9, commencing at 10 a. m., at 2211
and 2213 strand, Galveston,
The Entire Stock of MESSRS. MOOF.E, McKINNEY & CO., recently
damaged by smoke and water, consisting in general of the following
lines of FIRST CLASS GROCERIES, suited to the demands of the
best retail trade, viz.
1000 Cases of Soap, Lye and Soda,
Assorted and Standard Brands
2000 Cases Canned Goods,
Tomatoes, Corn, Beans and other vegetables
600 Cases California Fruits
and Proservos
400 Cases Salmon (assorted)
of Latest Labols and New Packs
680 Cases Sardines,
French, Spanish, Portugese and American
800 Cases Sauces and Pickles,
Imported and Domestic
300 Cases Lard, Cottolene,
and other Cooking Compounds
450 Cases Assorted Potted Meats,
Fowls, Tongues, Etc.
300 Barrels Sugar,
Clarified Y. C. and Yellow and other grades
150 Casks of Mottled Beer,
Pilsner and othor brands
150 Barrels Rice, Grits and Meal,
and Oatmeal, Buckwheat^ Etc.
250 Bags of Shot,
Assorted Sizes
500 Pkgs Miscellaneous Can Goods
and Sundries
WOODEN WARE:
600 Dozen Buckets, Tubs, Churns,
Ax Handles, Trays, Brooms, Etc.
CIGARS, LIQUORS AH D FANCY GROCERIES.
Also about 200,000 Cigars, a great variety of
Bottled Liquors and Fancy Articlos.
All will be sold FOR CASH, by order of underwriters, to ascer-
tarcatalogues will be ready on day of sale and stock ready for
examination on Wednesday.
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you through the season, send us your order at
once for the
PEEFECTION".
Our stock is being rapidly reduced.
Died as He Chose.
Andebson, Ind., May 2.—[Special.]—Whon
Geo. Doyle went to the residence of Earle Bud-
ding, a farmer near Anderson, yesterday, ho
found Mrs. Budding and her husband sitting
ou the porch. Doyle coolly walked up and
kissed Mrs. Budding, whereupon the husband
drew his revolver and fired three times, shoot-
ing Doyle through the right elbow, thigh and
right lung. Doyle will die. Budding came
to this city and gave himself up. Budding
takes the affair coolly and his conduot is re-
garded as justifiable.
The Kane Brothers.
New Yowk, May 2. — Policeman Adam
Kane, stabbed on May day night in Grand
street by Thomas Kelly, died at Si. Vincent's
hospital early this morning. His brother,
Harry Kane, stabbed by Kolly at the same
time, lies ufc the hospital in a dyuuc condition.
INDICATIONS.
Washington, May 2.—For eastern Texas:
Fair, followed by possible shower in extreme
north portions, south winds.
WEATHER 8YNOPSIS — FORECABT
Galveston, May 2.—The following daily
synopsis of the weather and local forecast are
furnished by the official in charge of the
United States weather bureau at this place:
Conditions have changed but slightly dur-
ing the past twenty-four hours; the eliptical
shaped area of low pressure lias remained
stationary, except that its rear has dropped a
little to the south and the barometric gradi-
ents on the southern side have become steeper.
The increase in intensity of this storm has
caused cloudy weather almost to the gulf on
the south and the lakes on the northeast with
scattered showers for some distance east and
south of its centre.
This disturbance will probably move to the
eastward during tho next twenty-four hours,
fobecabt.
Galveston, Mav 2.—Local forecast for
Texas east of tho 100th meridian for twenty-
four hours ending at 8 p. m., May 3, 1892:
Fair weather except probable showers over
north Texas; stationary temperature; brisk to
high southerly winds.
galveston tkmperatukb,
As obtained from the weather bureau, the
maximum temperaturo at Galveston yester-
day was 78 degrees; tho minimum tempera-
turo was 73 degrees.
Weather Bulletin
Galveston, May 2. — The following
weather bureau stations report current tem-
perature to-night at 8 p. m.f 75fch meridian
.time, as follows;
Abilene, Tex., 82; Atlanta, Ga., 7G; Bis-
marck, N. D., 10; Brownsville. Tex., 78; Cairo,
111., 74; Charleston. S. C., 68; Charlotte, N. C.t
66: Chicago, 111., 44; Choycnne,Wyo., 40; Cjn-
cmnati, O., 74; Corpus Christi, Tex., <6;
Davenport, la., 62; Duluth, Minn., 34;
Fort Assinaboine, Mont., 36; Galveston,
Tex., 74; Huron, S. D.. 42; Jackson-
ville, Fla., 72; Kansas City, Mo., 74;
Little Rock, Ark., 76; Memphis, Tenn.,
76; Miles City, Mont., 38; Montgomery, Ala.,
76; Nashville, Tonn., 76; New Orleans, La.,
74; Omaha, Neb., 52; Oklahoma City, Ok., 76;
Palestine, Tex., 76; Ponsacola, Flo., 72; Pitts-
burg, Pa., 66; San Antonio, Tex., 82; Shreve-
port, La., 78; St. Louis, Mo., 76; St. Paul,
Minn., 56; Titusville, Fla., 74; Toledo, O., 68;
Vicksburg, Miss., 76.
Rainfall: Fort Assinaboine, trace; Char-
lotte, .16; Cincinnati, .38; Davenport, .02;
Huron, 14; Kansas City, trace; New Orleans,
.18; Oklahoma, .01; Pittsburg, .42; Little
Rock, trace; St. Louis, trace; Shreveport,
traco; Toledo, .08.
Cotton Region Bulletin.
Tho following is the report from tho cotton
region for the twonty-four hours ending at 8
p. m. May 2:
Atlanta, 8 stations; maximum temperature,
82; minimum, 62; Augusta, 11,84, GO; Charles-
ton, 0, 84, 58; Galveston, 18, 85, U9; Little
Rock, 13, 82, 68; Memphis. 14, 82, 66; Mobile,
9,84, 64; Montgomery, 7, 86, 62; New Or-
leans, 13, 82, 66; Savannah, 10, 86, 68; Vicks-
burg, 3. 84, 64; Wilmington, 10, 62, 56.
Rainfall: Atlanta, .3; Little Rock, .03;
Memphis, T; New Orleans, .01.
Mean teniDorature: 83.6; 63.6; .01.
Texas Cotton Region Bulletin.
For the twenty-four hours ending at 6 p. rn.,
May 2: Galveston, maximum temperaturo
78, minimum 73 i Abilene 90, 68; Bolton, 88,
66; Brenham 80, 68; Corsicana 88, 68; Co-
lumbia 84, 72; Cuero 90, 72; Hearno 84, 70;
80, 70 j Weatherford 84, 68; average, 85.3
69.3.
A Chicago Killing.
Chicago, 111., May 2.—Daniel O'Sullivan,
had a row with Wolf and Bernstein, pro-
prietors of a saloon opened Saturday night in
a building owned by O'Sullivan's mother.
He was caught in the saloon cellar this morn-
ing by Wolf, Bernstein and a watchman
named Lundreck. O'Sullivan was shot to
death, receiving four bullets. The slayers
profess to have believed ho was a burular.
HERNDON AT GREENVILLE
HE TALKS 0LARK TO A CROWD OF
HOGG MEN.
By His Eloquence and Argument He Re-
duces His Hearers to a Respectful
Attention to His Remarks.
Greenville, Tex., May 2,—Colonel William
S. Herndon of Tyler talked a Hogg crowd
into cheering George Clark at this place. A
joint debate between Colonel Herndon and
Judge John M. Duncan of Tyler had been
advertised, but the political excitement in
this county is so high that it was thought best
by the conservatives not to provoke a clash,
and in this tho conservatives wore wiser than
their generations, as the sequel ehowed.
Colonel Charlie Yoakum was suggested to
take Judge Duncan's place in the discussion,
but this was overruled.
Colonel Herndon spoke at the court house
and the building was full. There were be-
tween 600 and 800 people in the room, that be-
ing its seating capacity, and standing capa-
city too for that matter. At leust two-thirds of
theso were Hogg men, dyed-in-the-wool-and-
blown-in-the-bottie.
The speaker was introduced by ex-Repre-
sentative Alexander in a few remarks as a
distinguished citizen and an orator whoso
fame extonded beyond the borders of the
state.
Colonel Herndon began tho delivery of his
speech in good voice. Hardly had he got well
into the discussion of the issues of the pend-
ing campaign before some of the Hogg men
commenced yelling, "Hurrah for Hogg" and
other things. This was to break tho speaker
down.
When Colonel Herndon reached the alleged
recovery of lands from railroads by Attorney
General Hogg on account of sidings and
switches and dared any man in tho audicnco to
say that the state was in possession of a single
acre of that land, Colonel Charley Yoakum
attempted to answer the question. Then pan-
demonium broke loose, the Hogg men shout-
ing and yelling "Hurrah for Hogg."
"That's right," said Colonel Herndon. "Go
on hollering 'hurrah for Hogg.' I thought
the spirit of intolerance in Texas was limited
to the Tyler gang, but I see it has reached
here."
Still tho confusion kept up. Colonel Hern-
don quietly desisted from any attempt at
speaking, and sat down on a table, waiting
for tho throats of the fellows to wear out.
Colonol Yoakum, seeing this state of things
was not benefiting the Hogg side, pleaded for
quiot.
btill the racket was kept up.
Mr. Alexander advanced to the front and
said Colonel Herndon was present at the invi-
tation of good citizens of Greenville and was
entitled to a hearing.
Colonel Yoakum made another ploa for
peace and quiet was in a monsure restored.
Then Colonel Herndon talked tho crowd to
a standstill. His torso sentences and apt au-
ecdotes appealed alike to their sense of reason
and their humor. Once ho got thoir attention
he kept it and there was no more trouble after
that.
When he told the anecdote of Dick Hub-
bard's negro and tho commission tho crowd
roared and one fellow rolled oil" of a table on
the floor screaming with fun.
Another anecdote not in his speech else-
where was given.
"Governor Hogg," said Colonel Herndon,
"having been in ollico a long time was unde-
cided whether or not lie would be a candidate
for re-election, possibly having the senatorial
election in viow. But his friends and tho office-
holders who are sucking pap had a conference
over here at Tyler. It reminds ine of a story.
There was an old negro once whoso name was
Jim. Ho got religion and joined tho Bap-
tist church. Ho had to give in his
experience and thought ho would patch up a big
story, So ho said: "I went to sleep the other
night praying the Lord to take care of me and
I dreamed I saw a band of angels descending
from heaven. They had a long ladder like
Jacob's and they made straight for my bed.
They put down the foot of the ladder close
to my bed. Tho top seemed to reach to
heaven. They told me to get up" and I got up.
sawnik robertson was there,
[laughtor and cheers|, and ho said: "Climb,
Jim, climb," and I climbed and climbed.
The office holders were there and they said ;
"Climb, Jirn, climb," [laughtor and applause],
arid I climbed so high the people looked like
animals only a littlo different from rats,
[Cheers for tho skunks.] I climbed 011 higher
until I got to the top. Somebody shouted to
1110 to jump and I jumped and I got tho worst
fall a mortal man everrecoivod in this world."
[Renowed laughter and cheers.]
A littlo further on, when he was discusing
the school fund issue, a voice shouted: "Hur-
rah for Hogg!"
Colonel Herndon: That's right. Come up
to tho rack, fodder or no fodder. Pull off your
hat and yell: "Hurrah for Hogg!" That's
the way the Tyler gang works it. [Laughter
and choers. ]
"Has Governor Hogg stood on the San An-
tonio platform?" asked one.
Colonel Herndon: Follow citizens, my opin-
ion is ho just got on top of it, sproad out and
covered that platform up. [Laughter and ap-
plause.]
At another period of his speech Colonel
Herndon asked if there was a man in tho
crowd who did not believe the governor's
policy had set tho stato back.
One voice: No, I don't.
Colonel Herndon: You are running in a
gang to yourself. If I was a stockman I
would prescribe a bell. [Laughter and
cheers.]
"Hogg claims he made Texas," said tho
speaker, "and that ho made tho mud that
made you." [Laughtor and applause.]
Continuing his speoeh, Colonel Herndon
said:
"We seek bettor government. Wo seek that
harmony among tho different orders and
classes of our people that gives united efforts
for the common good and that never fails to
bring peace and prosperity. Wo sook to sink
out of sight hostility to classes, that spirit
that arrays class against class, business
against business, this order of society against
that and foments a conflict between cities and
country. WTe are weary of agitation, unrest,
tho presence of that grim visage, failure, pon-
ury and distress.
"A leader who embodies in himself theso
views and who is so eminently equipped and
willing to aid tho people who wish for a
change, to carry those policies into eft'oct is
the Hon. Geo. Clark. He has boon and is now
presented to the people as the logical
candidate OF more liberal views
of wiser statesmanship, of more progressive
ideas of the supreme necessities of this groat
state."
Referring to Governor Hogg's candidacy, ho
said: "Heroin seems to be a now departure
in stato politics. That tho governor in seek-
ing a second term should be unwilling to
trust his record to his friends, but has felt it
necessary to stump tho state to explain and
defend his record and encourage tho officiate
who held office under him to influence pri-
maries. I do not deny tho right of the gov-
ernor to go directly to the people 111 person,
but where ho has been before them nearly
two years and his public acts are under con-
sideration, would it not be fair to all tho peo-
ple to judge for themselves. lias any other
governor in Texas discussed his record and
re-election before his nomination! I call to
mind no governor, asking renomination, who
made a campaign for tho purpose of infloncing
tho primaries in this stato.
Tho discussion in tho governor's opening
speoch at Wills Point took a wide range, re-
quiring nearly 22,000 words to defend and
explain his record and policy and his plan for
the future. The governor's record as attorney
general, he concedes, is not a live issue, yet
he dovotos to it about 2800 words of his first
speech. He claims that the opposition has
attacked him bitterly for his course while in
that olliee, in prosecuting three cases in the
name of tho state, and concludes his defense
in theso words:
•Fellow citizens, this is tho history of the
only throe out of the great number of cases
brought while I was attorney general of
which the opposition so bitterly complain."
the cases selected for illustration are not
fair samples of tho record ho seeks to defend,
nor are they the only three cases complained
of by the country. The case that stands above
all others, and created the most serious alarm
among railroad investors and capitalists and
has resulted so disastrously to our credit was
tho state's intervention filed in tho Interna-
tional and Great Northern railway cases.
The state by its attorney general had prior to
this filed a suit against the International and
Great Northern railway company, seeking to
annul its charter and take away its franchise.
In other words this suit was aimed at the life
of this company; nothing less than its doath
would satisfy tho state. The final result in
tho supremo court was to decide against tho
stato and to preserve the life of the corpora-
tion. In this suit more than $25,000,000 of se-
curiUos were involved, held by innocent peo-
plo in this country and Europe.
this suit alarmed capital
not only that invested in railroads, but in all
other Texas securities. Pending this suit tho
company inado default and suits were filed
against it in 1889 by the Fnrinors' Loan and
Trust company, trustee of the second mort-
gage bonds and interest, to foreclose tho lion,
and afterward Kennedy and Sloan, trustees of
the first mortgage bonds, tilod a bill to fore-
close on the interest in tlic district court of
Smith county.
Tho company made no defense to these just
debts. But the state by its attorney general
filed interventions alleging that these bonds
were fraudulent, fictitious and void and pray-
ing that they bo annulled and cancelled. Tho
first and second mortgage bonds amounted to
$15,000,000 and had been issued partly to fund
tho construction bonds, and they and tho
bonds funded had been in the hands
of innocent holders for over fifteen
years. Those interventions by tho state
were pressed until the plaint ill's were forced
to dismiss their suits and abandon foreclosure
of thoir liens, although the defendants made
no defense and admitted the debt and liens.
The state appealed froiujthe judgment of dis-
missal to the supreme court and that court by
its chief justice on June 23,1801, delivorod an
opinion that is printed in the Southwestern
Reporter, volumo 17, page 60, and which evory
voter in Texas ought to read before he in-
dorses the governor in his attempt to infiuonco
his action by discussing tho increase of rail-
way debts, watered bonds and stocks.
The court hold "that tho attorney general
can maintain such suit only when public in-
terests will bo subserved thereby and not to
restrain unlawful action upon tho part of cor-
porations which will affect only private inter-
ests," and that the petition of intervention by
the stato which fairly toeiped with dynamite
allegations of fraud, neglect,corruption, viola-
tions of law in issuing tho bonds
and that the same were a burden
upon commerce and would cause
a higher freight rate, still the court said it
"docs not show such a public interest as en-
titles the stato to intervene." In other words,
tho attorney general had no legal or equitable
grounds for such suit. The public was not in
danger from any cause or condition that he
described or alleged. Tho bad effects of these
unfounded but malicious attacks upon all
corporations as associations of capital on the
part of the stato drove out of our
midst all tho money that could be withdrawn
and warned all who intended to invest or loan
in this Empire state to keep away. Almost a
panic seized the peoplo and banks of this
stato in 1801. Money was difficult to get at any
rate of interest. None but a few banks could
control money from money lenders in tho
east, and hence the stringency that followed
and still exists may bo traced directly
to tho declarations and tho acts of tho
attornoy general and legislature. Scarce
money stopped enterprise, checked all plans
for material development, plants for factories,
iniues and iron works wore closed up and rail-
road building ceased altogether..
Who suffored most severoly from theso con-
ditions? The laboring people. Tho pooplo
who earn thoir money by selling a day's
work lost thoir market. Thousands^ of
mon are to-day hunting work in Texas
and |—l are heavily in debt to those
who supply food and raiment for the neces-
saries of life. The farmer has lost his homo
market around all these mines, furnaces,
factories and mills. Every railroad in tho
stato has been forced to reduce the price of
labor and cut down tho force. Short time
and short price brings want and
distress to whole communities. Do you want
proof of those things? Do you see peoplo
suffering in a land of plenty? If you doubt
it look among those whom you know and
count how many laborers in wood, iron, for-
ost, factory and railroad want work. Ask
every artisan skilled in woodwork and iron if
the pneo of his labor has gone dovn and if he
has all ho can do? Fellow citizens, lan-
guage fails me to draw tho picture as severely
as tho truth is in all its de-
tails. Texas may have her granaries
crammed full of wheat and corn, her pastures
may swarm with fat cattle, your suiali farms
may have houses filled with bacon and lard,
but whero is tho profit if there is
no market at home and you have
no railroad to transport it to a market? How
can the vast mass of peoplo who do not farm
socuro food and raiment unless they can oarn
money to buy it? The farmer can not
afford to give dibt away.
Therefore labor must bo furnished at fair
prices or this class of our people must suffer.
Strike down money and you fell labor
with it. Drive away capital and
you drive out labor. The two, capital and
labor, are interdependent. They must unite, be
friendly and live near each other as neighbors
or both will suff er.
Then away with this foolish war on capital
and corporations. No statesman will deceive
himself or the people with such injurious fal-
lacies. Lot us have money, labor, develop-
ment, progress, thrift, contentment and gen-
eral prosperity.
With reference to the railroad commission,
which ho termed a dead issue, Colonel Hern-
don said: It is being nursed closely, and the
attempt made to breathe into it again tho
breath of political life. If Judge Aldredgo's
resolution had been heeded a short mossago
to tho called legislature would
have enacted a law to make
tho commission elective. This would have
saved tho country from further agitation and
dragging a purely business question into poli-
tics. Has all reason lied from our pooplo?
Aro men blind to the deception and sham con-
cealed in this pretended issue?
Remomber the constitutional amendment
subinittod by the Ross legislature in 1890, giv-
ing the power to regulate^ railway traffic,
was tho result of nearly fifteen years of
Eolitical agitation and discussion. If Hogg
ad lived in Mamo he would have
had an elective commission to regulate rail-
way traffic, of which no one would likely
complain. He was not necessary to its suc-
cess. But ho saw his opportunity, leapt upon
its crost and rodo safely into power.
The political and official life of the gov-
ernor stamps him as an agitator of schemes
for radical changes m all things that conflict
with his untried viows. He succeeds
oest when tho public mind is most
troubled. If ho should disappear from
the state and never return would the commis-
sion die or bo stamped out? No. It is here
to stay, and no power but tho people to whom
it belongs can take away its life. Tho
commission is in an open sea with good
sails and fair winds, and it will rido
out evory tempest. Governor Hogg could
not with all his following destroy the com-
mission. Both Hogg and Clark can not over-
throw it. Then why argue for or against a
law when it has ceased to be an open question?
Lot us segregate the one from
tho other. Drive a wodge of
truth botweon Hogg and the commission and
lot the light of reason show that the commis-
sion is sound and safe. (iivo the railroads a
non-political tribunal instead of the many
masters. From tho oft repeated charges
by the administration against railroad lob-
bies the people are persuaded that
every railroad company in the state has keut
a paid lobby in Auatin during the last legis-
latures browbeating and trying to corrupt the
people's representatives and thereby defeating
the commission. These charges are disputed at
every point and branded as false and slander-
ous. The railroads demand tho names of
their paid agents who camped at the capital
and used corrupt or corrupting methods to in-
fluence the governor or the legislature to do-
feat tho will of tho people.
If tho administration advocates decline to
accept tho challenge and givo tho names of the
paid railway agents in tho lobby business,
then tho people will brand theso charges as a
tissue of falsehoods made to slander theso
corporations and deceive tho people.
Speaking of watered stock and bonds
Colonel Herndon asked: Who carried this
vast noninterest paying debt of nearly $64,-
000,000? How much of this is
carried by our texas people?
You can not find a man in Texas perhaps
that owns ono of theso bonds, and while
859 persous own all tho Btock, ex-
actly three peoplo in Texas hold nine-
teen shares in moro than $380,00,000
of non-dividond-paying stock. What a
withering rebuke to the ignorant and ma-
licious attacks on railway capitalists! Our
people aro too poor to bear this burden. They
invest their money here under tho many haz-
ards attendant, looking solely to tho futuro
incroaso of population and tho material devel-
opment of Texas for remuneration.
Suppose just here that the Texas and Pacific
had increased its debt $100,000,000 instead of
$19,000,000, would it havo had any effect what-
ever on its oarnings or the rate off tolls? Not tho
least. Whether the debt increases or decrease
does not chouge the rate or volume of busi-
ness. A baukrupt railroad charges tho same
rates that a solvent road does. A bankrupt
road pays tho same price for labor that
a solvent one does. I will illus-
trate this: Take your woolon mills
hero: say you owo $100,000 for your
plant. You make and sell a certain quality of
cloth at 50 eonts a yard. Now, then, incroaso
your debt to $200,000 by issuing and
soiling stock and pocket the money. The
logic contended for is, you must
sell tho eamo cloth at $1 per yard
as this is the only source of revenue and it be-
comes a tax, lien and burden upon tho people
and they must pay it. Will they do it? No,
they will rofuso to buy your cloth and your
mill will ccase to run.
Take a farmer to illustrate. Ho owns a
farm, not his homestead, and owes $1000 on
it and ho is selling wheat at 75 cents per
bushel, but bo borrows $1000 more on his
land to educato his sons; this is a debt that
must bo paid and his only source of revenue
is wheat and thorofore ho must increase
tho price relatively to his customers, tho peo-
ple, and charge $1 50 per bushel. Whero will
he end by this rate? Very soon he will find
that farm itself is a source of revenue and
ho will lose it, arid those same customers will
see it sold from under them before they will
pay two prices for his wheat.
Take a merchant to illustrate this fallacy.
A merchant in Greenville has a stock of
goods worth $5000 paid forand has fixod prices
on all lines of his goods and a good list
of customers. Ho goos in debt $5000 on tho
faith of thoso goods, buys a lot and builds a
home. Now selling goods for a profit is a
source of revonue to hnn, and ho must tax
his customers, tho people, to raise this watered
stock debt. So ho marks up
a hat that ho sold bofore for $1 to $2 and
marks up the price double on his whole
stock. And the idea is that his
customers, tho people, must pay it
because it is a burden and lien on their prop-
erty. What will becomo of that merchant?
He will lose his customers and his store will
be sold for debt.
Fellow citizens, the whole idea is a rank fal-
lacy and a gross imposition on thoerodulify of
tho pooplo.
After comparing Hogg's platform as out-
lined in his Wills Point speech with Clark's
platform, outlined by 600 citizens of
ail trades, professions and callings
in Texas, feeling a necessity for
a return to tho principles of civil liberty as
taught and practiced in tho democratic party.
Coionel Herndon asked: What is tho difference
between these two candidates from tho same
party dividing the great mass of democratic
voters in this campaign? Why should a dem-
ocrat not bo an office sooker or holder of a
vote for ono rather than tho other?
Hogg and Clark aro both democrats,
each claims to be a Simon puro "unwashed,"
"wool hat" democrat. They havo among
their advisers and followers some of
the best men in the party. But
tho exact difference, tho central
idea that separates the one from the other is
that each loader holds to a widely
divergent theory of stato government,
Tho governor bolievos that tho interest of
the people is best subsorvod whon official pa-
tronage is dispersed by the executive. Clark
believes that all official patronage
should be withdrawn from the governor nnd
controlled by the people, bocause this groat
powor in the hands of unscrupulous men is
dangerons to civil liberty.
The former holds in practice that tho people
arc more easily deceivod than the governor;
that public power should be centralized at tho
capital of the stato; that power should
emenato from the executive to tho people and
all official accountability should bo rendered
to tho appointing powor. While the latter holds
and bolievos tho peoplo have capacity to pro-
tect themselves, that as few powors as possible
should bo entrusted to tho executive, that all
political power should flow from the peoplo to
tho government, and all official accountability
should bo rendered dirootly to the people.
'The theory of the first lead to a personal
government which will gradually absorb tho
powors held by tho people and grow
stronger while tho peoplo bocomo weaker
until tho officeholder will dictate the dutieB to
tho people und prescribe tho methods
and policies of administering tho
government. While the Clark theory is
tho old "bed rock" tho cry and practice of
tho founders of our creed, which holds that
tho people are tho source and founda-
tion of all political power; that they
should bo consulted after, and in all things,
and are tho solo judges of tho methods and
policies to oe usod in carrying out thoir ex-
pressed will.
Which is true democracy? What is best for
tho peoplo in this struggle? Tho principles
of good und thoir application are of greatest
concern. Honco we are moro deeply
coucerned about measures than men or their
contests. When we review the principles of
our government and its UBages and prac-
tices for moro than 100 years, coupled
with the long list of abuses thut
havo loft thoir slime on the escutcheon of tho
party. Within tho last few years wo cuu
ESTABLISHED 1842.
hardly fail to coincide with tho principles de-
clared by the Clark platform.
Why havo we so many political divisions of
party in our state? Such as tho state grange,
alliance, subtreasury and third party people,
Becking relief from actual orsupposed evils.
The tendencies of tho administration theory
of government is dangerous and ought
to bo rebuked by the pooplo. Distrust
of power lodgod at the center is ono
of the safeguards of our govorcment. The
peoplo should never part with any power which
they can exercise better. The gradual tendency
of the exercise of power at the capital that
tho people ought to retaiu has
led to the widespread dissatisfaction
and discontent among the masses of our state.
The departures from the faith in religion
leads to new associations and creeds; also it
does the same in politics.
The speaker closed with a strong aud elo-
quent appeal for the return of the several dis-
affected political divisions to tho demoeratic
fold.
STATE ORATORICAL CONTEST
To Be Held in Austin for Four Magnifi-
cently Jeweled Medals.
Announcement is made that a contest will
be held in Austin, Tex., June 16, 17 and 18.
1892, to determine upon tho most excellent
orators and most accomplished elocutionists
of tho Lono Star state, to be judged in four
classes. The winners of medals to bo for-
mally acknowledged and recoivod as tho best
in the state, and aro not subjeet to any chal -
lenge for a period of two years, whon another
state contest will bo inaugurated. The occa-
sion is undef the auspices of Mrs. W. II.
Tobiu, president of the state board of lady
managers, and under tho direction of Prof.
Gillespie, master of elocution and oratory of
the university of Texas. The contest will
take placc in the representative hall of the
capitol building. Applications not received
later than June 1. Judgos selected from ouii-
nent mon residing in diiferent sections of tho
Btate. A copy of rules and regulations gov-
erning the contest will be sont to any address
upon application to Prof. Gillespie at Austin.
MORTUARY.
Mrs. George Griffith.
Giddings, Tex., May 2.—The death angel has
again visited Giddings. Yesterday evening
Mrs. George Griffith died of poritonitls. .lust
before dying she called her husband to hor
and told him goodbyo and told him to moot
her in heaven and to raise their
childron in the right way. She then eallcd
her father and mother. Mr. R. II. Northrup
and wife, to hor and told them that they must
take her two little children and raiBe them
right, for she knew thoy could do it.
Her two children aro aged respective-
ly 7 and 4 years. Mrs. Griffith was a
native of Alabama; came to Texas
with her father whon a littlo girl
and grew to womanhood and married here,
and was a favorite and friend of the young
pooplo. Was a strict member of the Presby-
terian church. Mr. Griffith is proprietor of
the Union hotel. She was buried this after-
noon at 4.30, Rev, Mr. Simpson, pastor of tho
Baptist church, officiating. A largo procession
followed tho hearse.
lie v. M. L. Weakler.
Somerset, Pa., May 1.—Rev. M. L. Weak-
lor, reported to be tho oldest Methodist min-
ister in tho United States, diod to-day, aged
95. Up to his last illness lie had nevor known
a sick day. He was a member of the McKoes-
port conference for fifty years.
,J. S. Abies, 107.
Marlin, Tex., May 2.—Mr. J. S. Abies
died at an early hour this morning, at the ad-
vanced age of 107 years. Ho was ono of tho
pioneer settles of Texas.
Mrs. K. K. Dixon.
Sherman, Tex., May 1.—Mrs. R. It. Dixon
died suddenly to-night. She had just eaten
supper, when Bhe fell forward and expired in
a few moments.
SHERIFFS' DEPARTMENT.
Kaufman County.
Kaufman, Tex., May 2.—Strayed or stolon:
One Borrel horse branded T C, blaze-faced;
one Borrol horse branded A C with half circle
over and bar under brand; $500 roward for
information leading to the recovery of above
described stock. Address T. II. Creecy, For-
ney, Tex., or Jim P. Keller, sheriff Kaufman
county.
Fayotte County.
La Grange, Tex., May 2.—Stolen from H.
Lyondecker on tho night of May 1 on tho
Southern Pacific westbound train, between
Houston and Rosonberg, a Colt's 41 singlo
action pistol, silver plated, engraved barrel,
pearl handle with an ox head engraved on it;
pistol the size of a short 45. Value $30; $10
reward will bo paid for tho rocovory of the
pistol. B, L. Zapp, sheriff Fayotte county.
Waller County.
Hempstead, Tex., May 1.—All officers look
out for one dun horse, about 153^ hands high,
branded RC on shoulder, about 10 years old.
Will pay $5 reward. Address Dink Wiett or
K. H. Faulkner, shoriff, Hempstead, Tex.
FIRE RECORD.
IMyiiifj tlio Torch.
San Antonio, Tcx., May 2.—The residonco
of Mrs. Ella Jones, one of the teachers at the
high school, was fired at the corner of Clinton
and Marion streets to-day by incondiaries
while sho was performing her duties at tho
school. They robbed tho place and sho fainted
when told her house was fired. The fire was
extinguished with $200 damages.
Rail Fatality in Indiana.
Westville, Ind., May 2.—A northbound
freight train on tho Louisville, Now Albany
and Chicago railroad was wrockod at a point
nine miles north of Otis at 12.30 o'clock this
morning. Train No. 56, John Murrey en-
gineer, dashed through tho bridge. The en-
gine and freight cars smashed down, tho
caboose and two freight cars remaining on
tho track. Tho bodios of the engineer, fire-
man und brakoinan are buried in the wator
beneath an immense mass of wreckage. A
freshet weakened the bridge. The killed aro:
Engineer John Murrey of Michigan City, who
leaves a wife and two children ; James Bo won,
tho fireman, single, of Monon, Ind.; Elmer
Brown, the head brakoman, Michigan City.
Methodist Episcopal Conference.
Omaha, Neb., May 2.—The twenty-fourth
quadrennial conference of tho MethodiBt
Episcopal church was called to order at Boyd's
opera house this morning by Bishop Bowman
and Dr. S. Monroe was elected permanent
secretary. The entire morning session was
devoted to discussion of the proposition to
have lay delegates separate from the clergy.
ESTABLISHED 1817.
J, 8, MORRIS' SONS,
Hardware, Alaska Refrigerators
RAPID FREEZERS,
Dander Gasoline Stores, Brinly Plows,
47, 49 & 51 Main St., Houston, Texas.
TEXAS CASES IN COURT.
A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGMENT RE-
VERSED ANT! »««"""•- iFFIRMED.
Tha Chief Engineer Passive Toward tha
Wagon Bridge Enterprise—Mistaken
Applications fcr a CadetsMp.
Drowned in Dunn Lake
Litchfield, Minn., May 2.—Willie and
Thomas Curris, aged IS and 15 years, while in
a boat in Dunn lake yesterday became fright-
ened when an oar was lost aud jumped from
the boat and were drowned. The bodies were
recovered.
Washington, May 2.—[Special.]—In the
supreme court to-day in the case of the City
of Brenham (plaintiff in error) vs. the Ger-
nian-American bank leave was granted to file
a petition for a rehearing which was being
considered. It is ordered that the verdict
rendored on March 28,1892, be vacated and
set aside and judgment entered reversing the
judgment of the cin of the United
States for the western district of Texas, and
remanding said cause for further proceedings
not inconsistent with the opinions of this
court heretofore filed and the petition for re-
hearing denied.
The case of W. H. Barnett vs. the city of
Denison also came up in the supreme court
and was affirmed.
Mr. Walter Gresham of Galveston colled on
Chief Engineer Casey to-day in regard to ob-
taining the consent of the war department to
tho construction of a bridge from the main
land to Galveston island by Galveston county.
Before this work can be done there must be
consent from this department and also a sur-
vey, aud General Casoy at the head of the en-
gineer department seemed indisposed to or-
der a survey and yet waB not willing to take
the survey made by the last coast survey. Ho
wants Galveston county to make such survey.
When this is done there will be no trouble
met in securing permission to build the bridge.
To-day the government settled with the Buff-
alo bayou ship channel company, aud the sec-
retary of war informed Congressman Stewart,
who went to the department to see about the
matter, that he would at once telegraph Major
Allen to remove the chain across the channel
and to keep said channel freo to navigation.
Congressman Abbott is receiving applica-
tions and indorsements of candidates tor ft
supposed vacancy in the naval academy train
Ins, the Sixth district. There is no such vacan-
cy, and the confusion came about probably by
the appointment of Hurtzbach irom the
Fourth district to the academy by Mr. Culber-
son. In transmitting this item tho wires sub-
stituted the Sixth district for the Fourth dis-
trict, and it appeared as if Mr. Abbott had ap-
pointed Mr, Wurtzbnch. This gentleman is
from Lodi, Marion county.
Interstate Commerce Decision.
Washington, May 2.—The interstate com-
mission to-day, in an opinion by Commis-
sioner McDill, announced its decision in cases
brought by the Anthony salt company and
other Kansas salt manufacturers against the
Missouri Pari he, Union Pacific, Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific, Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe, St. Louis and San Francisco, Chicago,
Santa Fe and California, and Gulf, Col-
orado and Santa Fe railway c-om-
I panics, on complaints of relatively un-
reasonable and discriminating rates ou
salt from Kansas fields to various points from
salt fields of Michigan. Held that any ad-
vantage which inures to Michigan salt manu-
facturers from rates to points in Iowa, Illi-
nois, Missouri and Nebraska and advantages
arising from a natural situation and a low
rate to Missouri river pointB influenced by
conditions beyond defendant s control and
existed before Kansas salt was discovered. As
to these rates tho complaints were dismissed
without prejudice.
Held further, that rates on salt to points
south and southwest of Hutchinson, Kan.,
anil St. Louis, Mo., do constitute undue pref-
erence in favor of Michigan as against Kan-
sas salt and should be readjusted by the Santa
Fe system, and while observing the law as to
long and short hauls tho advantage belonging
to the Kansas salt fields shall be given tneui
in any territory supplied by lines that may
lio near or nearer to Hutchinson than to St.
Louis.
Anti-Harrison Men Anxious.
AVashington, May 2.—The anti-Harrison
dement is actively at work to prevent state
conventions which ineot this week instructing
for him. The California and Connecticut
conventions meet to-morrow; Illinois, Mary-
land, North Dakota and Tennessee on Wednes-
day: Delaware, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota,
Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin on
Thursday. By Friday it will be pretty well
known what percentage of the Minneapolis
convention is actually instructed for him, as
this week nearly completes the list, with
tiurty-ono state conventions already held.
Thirty have indorsed the administration and
twelve actually instructed, whilo some dis-
trict conventions also instructed for him. Ac-
curate calculations show nearly 800
of the U42 delegates already elected
instructed for Harrison. There is
roason to believe that fully two-fifths
of the convention will be absolutely instructed
for Harrison. Harrison's greatest danger,
however, is in the fact that such strong party
leaders as Quay, Dudley, Reed, Teller, Piatt,
Alger, Foraker and Filley are standing aloof
and looking about for somebody on -whom to
concentrate the unmstructed strength. It 18
their influence which is now being used to
prevent instructions for him at thia week 0
conventions.
Public Lands Investigation.
Washington, May 2.— [Special.]—E. C,
Waters, who was to havo appeared this morn-
ing before tho house committee on public
lands investigating tho Yellowstone park lease,
was not present, and a warrant was issued for
his arrest.
Subsequently a letter was received from Mr.
Waters saying that he was ill, and the warrant
was withheld for tho present. Charles Gibson
was examined regarding the forfeiture of
tho leases. Ho came to Washington,
he said, in connection with the
lease and while calling on Assistant Attorney
General Shields about them he had been in-
troduced to Russell Harrison, and then J! r.
Harrison had left the room. General Shields ,
told him that Harrison called tosee hiin con-
cerning a deep water harbor in Texas.
A Slap at Harrison.
■Washington, May 2.—It is likely the house
will pass the amendment to the diplomatic
appropriation bill whon it comes up again, re-
flecting, at least indirectly, on the president
for his paymont of the indemnity to Italy for
the killing of Italians in New Orleans. The
debate in the houso liaB shown a disposition to
criticise tho president's course in thia matter,
and whilo no action will be taken to reverse
the president's action in the matter, it is likely
that the bill will be amended, telling him no
must not do so again.
Rhodes on Kauiu.
Washington, May 2.—Before the Raum in-
vestigating committee J. D. Rhodes, a dis-
charged pension attorney, testified that whon
he was practicing before the bureau, he had a
conversation with Raum, jr., relative to the
purchase of a horse. Witness offered th«
i bone for $176. Uauui uflerod to nay $76 f""w '
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