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Texan Cotton Ke|>lou Bulletin,
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April 30: Galveston, maximum temperature
77, minimum 71; Abilene 84, 04; Belton, 8<i,
68; Brenham 80, 68; Corsicana 84, 62; Co-
lumbia 82, G6; Cuero 90, 08; Hearne 82, 08;
Houston 82, 68; Huntsville 82,00; Longview
86,00; Luling92, 08; Orango 84, 74; 1'alestine
82, 02; San Antonio 80, 70; Tyler 82, 62; Waco
88, 00; Weathorford 80, 02; average, 84.2;
05.9.
Rainfall: Houston .01; Tyler trace; average
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LATE HOUSTON LOCALS.
The Atlanta Officers Coming; After Several
Prisoners.
Houston, Tex., April 30.—Chief of Police
Alex Erichson has received tho following dis-
patch sent from Atlanta last night:
A. Erichson, Chief of Police, Houston, Tex.:
Hold Mr. Clifford Mason and original parties
at all hazards. Same charge against him
(Mason). Arrest any other parties you find
implicated. Officers will leave with requisi-
tion papers to-morrow. A. R. Connelly,
Chief of Police.
The parties are in jail hero and will bo held
for the officers.
To-night James Calven was arrested and
lodged in jail on indictment by the laBt grand
jury.
COMMERCIAL MATTERS.
New National Uanlc.
Tyler, Tex., April 30.—The organization of
the Tyler national bank was consummated to
day with $100,000 capital, the officers as fol
lows: Directors—W. S. Gibbs of Huntsville,
E. L. Combs of Houston, E. A. Blunt of San
Augustine, C. W. Kounz of Topoka, Kan., L.
L. Jester of Tyler, G. W. Cain of Tyler, Percy
V. Pennybacker of Tyler, J. H. Herndon of
Tyler; W. G. Cain, president: C, W. Kounz,
vice president; L. L. Jester, cashier.
Union of Safe Companies.
New Yoke, April 30.—Wall street received
to-day the official announccinont of a combi-
nation of tho great safe manufacturing houses
of tho country—Herring, Hall and Marvin,
The new firm is incorporated as the Herring-
Hall-Marvin company, and capitalized at
$3,300,000.
Mexicans CruBhed in a Mine.
Eagle Pass, Tex., April 30.—In the Fuonto
coal mines this morning at 1 o'clock three
Mexican l&borers were struck by a large quan-
tity of the slato roof giving away and
coming down on them. One was killed in
stantly, another died to-day and it is thought
tho other will not live. The accident oc-
curred in the inclined tunnel,
which is almost comploted to tho
surface, and was caused by workmen who
were coming in from the uppor surface jarring
loose the rocks.
The excursion to tho Sabinas to-day was a
grand success. Over 600 went from Eaglo
Pass and Piedras Negras.
There were more than 1000 persons on tho
grounds, qnd the entire affair passed off with-
out an accident or disagreeable incident.
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HARD RUN FOR CAMPAIGN MATERIAL.
As roported in The News tho following day,
in his speech at Ennis Governor Hogg intro-
duced an alleged intorview published in the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat and purporting to
give remarks of a member of The News or-
ganization as he was passing through St.
LouiB on route to Europe for a summer vaca-
tion, on tho gubernatorial campaign in Texas.
In reporting the incident it was stated for
The News that "tho intorview contains man-
ifestly garbled statements which wont work
as campaign thunder because tho errors,
which are too plain, would bo shown up by
the party interviewed if ho knew about them."
As soon as the party referred to could be
reached the matter was called to his attention
by wire. The result was the instant return by
wire of this answer:
New York, April 30.—Colonel A. H. Bolo, care
of The News, Dallas, Tex.: Never usod lan-
guage employed in interview. I do not speak for
News or (.'lark. Will writo to-morrow. Sail
about Thursday. R. G. Lowe.
Senator W. H. Pope is a personal friends of
Mr. Lowo—their friendship dating back to
twenty-fivo years ago, when one lived at Shreve-
port and the other at Marshall—also wired
him, feeling satisfied that he did not use tho
languago imputed to him. This was the prompt
roply:
New York. April 30.—W. H. Pope, Dalian:
Used uosuch language as employed in intorview.
Meaning and language entirely distorted by
Globe-Democrat. R. G. Lowe.
For the purpose of illustration and exposure
the repudiated document is here reproduced:
Globe-Democrat, April 20.
Mine Caved In.
Albuquerque, N. M., April 30.—An im-
mense cavein has occurred in tho copper mine
at San Pedro owned by the Santa Fe copper
company. Two miners baroly escaped being
buried alive. Tho main tuunel for sover/u
hundred feet and tho airshaft and hundreds
of feet of drift aro involved 111 the collapse.
The machinery and drills mside of the mines
are buried. Several important ore pillars
were removed recently and the places not
filled properly by timbering.
High Water at Helena.
Helena, Ark., April 30.—The river here has
risen 2 inches in the last twenty-four hours
and is now 43 feet 10 inches abovo low water
mark. The government boat Titan, loaded
with material for strengthening the levees, is
here and no danger is apprehended of their
breaking. _
Fatal Runaway,
Fort Scott, Kan., April 30.—James Mahu-
ran attempted to stop a runaway team at-
tached to a plow near hero last night. Ho
was knocked down, the point of tho plow strik-
ing him below tho hip and tearing a furrow
along the body clear to his neck. He bled to
deata.
Highest of all In Leavening Power.—I.atcst U. S. Gov't Report
Baking
Fbwder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
"The campaign in Texas is taking a surprising
turn," said Colonol Lowo. "None of Clark's
most ardent supporters hoped up to a week ago
to do more than lock tho convention with him
against Hogg and thus run in a good, conserva-
tive, broad-gauged democrat for governor of
Texas, but it really looks now as if Clark will bo
nominated himself, which would be tho groatest
triumph ever known in Texas politics. Dallas, La-
mar and others of tho largest counties in tho state
havo alroady instructed for Clark, and tho cam-
paign is not fairly' open yet, though thore is great
excitement, all over tho commonwealth. Ono
thing in our favor is that tho third party fellows
are organizing to put thoir own ticket in the
field, and we thus have removed from tho figiit
against us one of the most uncertain elemonr-s oi
tho Hogg following. The party in Texas caa
sparo them very well, a6 we havo a margin if
nearly 200,000 majority to deal with. Hogg, how-
ever, is making desperato efforts to
hold those men in line. In both
speeches he has mado since taking the stamp in
his own behalf he has been particularly severe
on tho alien dude, whom ho pictures as coming
to Toxas wearing glassos, a silk hat and ;i bag of
gold, ready to gobble up all tho land of the state,
and eats his meals with a fork. Hogg's boast n
each of these speeches is that he's no dude and
that ho shovels his food into his mouth with a
knifo. It's hard to down that sort of a 4jaj'
among tho 'nestors,' but wo will do it this sear.'
There are features of error in the abovo that
plainly make it incredible as coming from the
source to which it is ascribed. Counties aro
represented as having instructed for Clark
when in fact they had held no primarios. But
this did not matter to Governor Hogg. Ii
suited his purpose to work up a campaigi.
dodgo on the implied assumption that some
one with the quasi-authority of The News hac
made certain suggestions as to the bearing o:
the people's party movement on tho race be-
tween the administration and the anti-admin-
istration candidate for the democratic nomi-
nation for governor. And here it is pertinent
to observe that no color of au-
thority rests anwhero to speak fo.*
The News on current movements o:
questious of politics except outside of the dis-
tinctive editorship of The News, shaping de-
liverances through its editorial columns.
Here from day to day, as regularly as the
sun rises and with the frank directness
of the sun's own rays, all that may bo uttered
authoritatively for The News in the way of
discussion, elucidation or suggestion in politi-
cal relations is uttered, and here only. It is
vain for tho administration candidate to seek
elsewhere for tho material of a side issue with
The News to tho detriment *f tho causo of
Texas' redemption, which this paper soos fit
to expose. He will doubtless tontiuue to re-
peat, as ho has repeated, the uso of tho al-
leged St. Louis interview. But tie performance
will be a weak and disastrous atjempt at diver-
sion from the main issue, wkich seems to
have become a terror to tho titanic organizer
of terror. This little trick has £ono to pieces
as effectually as another little ;nck went to
pieces when ho tried to play off a sentimental
episode about a majority of The News com-
positors having votod in his favor and it imme-
diately appeared that tho alleged majority was
hardly more than a quarter of the number on
the roll of those compositors. It were to bo
hoped that the governor, as administration
candidate, would strive to dignify tho adminis-
tration by an essentially difforent course. But
it is feared that he is irroclaimaMe. If this
be so, then he is bound to go on the curiously
mingled role of Quixote without his knightli-
ness, of Bombastos without his art.stic fury, of
Palstaff without his wit and of th3 sentimen-
tal traveler without his pathos.
CLARK'S CALVERT SPEECH.
THE LITTLE GIANT FACES A TRE-
MENDOUS THRONG.
He Arouses the People to the Greatest En-
thusiasm by His Utterances—Gov.
Hogg Speaks at Mexia.
The Fiend and the Mob.
Nashville, Tenn., April 30.—At 2 p. m. to-
day a mob assembled on the square, marched
to tho jail and apparently withoutinterferenco
on tho part of tho ofticors, secured the fiend,
Eph Grizzard, put a rope around his neck, una
left in a northeast direction with him. They
hanged him at tho east end of tho bridge
across the Cumberland river, in tho heart of
the city, after which they riddled the body
with bullots.
KERNELS OF WIRED EVENTS.
At Chicago George Painter was sentencod
to be hanged June 24 for the murder of Alice
Martin.
At Dahlonega, Ga„ Hamilton A. Bee, agod
87, has petitioned for a divorce from hia wife
Sarah, agod 82.
A London dispatch says that tho Due de
Morney was not the opponent of Mr. Mil-
bank in tho duel.
The Colorado bar association has resolved
to take stops toward tho disbarment of law-
yers who make a specialty of obtaining di-
vorces without publicity.
At Yokohama, Japan, in the consular court,
Lieutenant Hetherington, who killed J. G.
Robinson, was acquitted.
Ellis M. Roberts, assistant treasuror of the
United States at Now York, states nobody has
tapped Uncle Sam's strong box in Wall street.
A story to that effect is false.
The Berne prefect of police adopted precau-
tions against May day demonstrations. This
is supposed to havo irritatod the anarchists. A
bomb was exploded in the prefect's mother's
house. No ono was hurt.
Ben Robertson, a negro suspected of arson
Maine, was seized without a warrant in
Tillsey^ New Brunswick, and sont to Houlton
jail. The minister of justice at Ottawa was
informed of the occurrence.
Calvert, Tex., April 30.—Judge Clark was
tendered another ovation to-day. Tho people
of Calvert and Robertson county were in the
saddle, and they did tho honors with charac-
teristic grace and hospitality.
The little giant arrived hero from Bryan on
tho 2 p. in. northbound train, accompanied by
a number of friends from Bryan, Hearne and
other places. He was met at the depot by
about 1000 people, headed by tho Calvert cor-
net band.
When he stepped upon tho platform a shout
of wolcomo went up from tho multitude and
the baud began to play. The party thou pro-
ceeded to tho Grand Central hotel, whore
quarters wore assigned to tho guests. Thore
was an immense concourse of pooplo on hand
to hoar the Waco Warwick expound democ-
racy, aad they all had their enthusiasm with
them in chunks. In fact it looked to tho
News representative as if ho had struck a
Clark ''hotbed." Numbers of people came
from Clarkson, Jones Prairie, Mayfiold,
Bailoyvillo aud Branchville in Milam county,
and ninB out of ten of them represented the
best element of tho horny handod of that
county. They came from evory quartor of
old Robertson, Bremond, Franklin, Hearne
and Nesbit being represented.
In this county politics is at a white heat.
Tho population is but littlo more than half
composed of white people, and the alliance is
cutting a wide swath. Thoso who ought to
know best say that thoso of the third party
cohorts who jump into tho democratic play-
ground will favor Clark or any other manly
man who can turn Hogg's toen to the daisies.
Tho straight-laced democrats, however, are
said to be pretty eveuly divided, with Clark
slightly in the lead, the town of Calvert being
almost solid for him.
That the county is badly split up thore is no
denying. Tho third party people road The
News this morning. They saw where Governor
Hogg
had 13een talking about them
in his speech yesterday, and they are tnad.
Thero is a stooly glitter in Ihoir eyes, and their
lips aro compressed in a way that bodes no
good to tho executive when ceremonies in
this section are held. They say that his re-
marks about S. D. A. Dijuean, who is an
alliance leader, were uncallfcd for. They de-
clare that it was bad enougti for tho governor
to ignore them in so llagraut a manner when
thoy asked him to place Duncan on tho com-
mission, without adding insult to injury by
ridiculing him and bushwhacking them from
every stump in Texas. They make no threats,
but they frown whon Hogg is mentioned, and
still water runs deep.
At 2.30 this afternoon a large committee
from the Clark club of Calvert, which num-
bers 160 people, escorted u.Jge Clark out to
the pavilion at the new and beautiful fair
grounds. A few moments thereafter the pavil-
ion. with seating capacity of 1200, was filled to
its limit, thero being a liboral sprinkling of la-
dies present. These Calve't ladies had been at
work and the beautiful f.oral offerings that
decorated the speaker's stand gave evidence of
their artistic taste aud genius. They had
erected an absolute bower of sweet roses.
Floral mottoes hung from the posts, too.
"Turn Texas loose" was prominent and "For
Clark and an elective commission" was float-
ing in the breeze. A confederate flag bear-
ing tho figures 18G2, commemorative of tho
little giant's war record, could also bo seen.
On tho stago sat Major P. E. Peers, Capt,
C. P. Salter and W. I. Purdom of Calvert
and Judge John E. Crawford of Franklin.
Prominent in the audience were Capt. P. C.
Wostbrook of Hearne and Capt. J. C. Roberts
of Broinond, tho latter being a successful bona
fide farmer. Judgo Clark was
introduced amid wild applause
by Major I1. Poors, a gonuine blown-in-the-
bottlo farmer, who said :
"I esteem it a groat privilege to be permit-
ted to-day to present to you a man who is
embarrassed by a confederate record. [Ap-
plause.] He earned it at the front of the fray
where the cold steel of brave men clashed.
Ho needs no eulogy at my hands. Ho has
long ago won his spurs. Ho belongs to no
section of tho stato, represents no class but
represents the state at large. I present George
Clark who, in the interest of Toxas, proposos
to turn hor loose."
Judge Clark spoko for an hour and a half.
Ho said he needed no introduction to the peo-
ple of Robertson county as ho had been com-
ing hero for twenty years.
"When attacked by tho tongue of oalumny,"
he continued, "when charged before tho poo-
plo of Texas with deception, insincerity and tho
liko, I know I oan turn to the people of this
splendid county and prove by them that it
is a bare falsohood." [Applauso and screams
of "That's what you can, George."]
"No man can say I ever talked to him with
a forked tongue, nor can tho people say 1 ever
deceived thom. [Applause.] Thero have been
many issues before you anootuig your inter-
ests since I cast my lot in Texas and I chal-
lenge any man to point to an instance where
I attempted to dodge or hide my views from
you. God Almighty never built me that way.
[Applauso and ories of "That is right."! I
could not hide my convictions if I wanted to;
I would take sides in a dog light.
"We aro here to discuss measures, not men,
with malice toward none and to cast no as-
persions ; to honestly discuss the great prin-
cipals vitally affecting your weal. You all
know that I am a democrat of the old
fashioned kind and that I never get off aftor
new fashioned issues or fantasies. I only em-
brace tho straight article as it was handod
down by the fathers for us to preserve with
our heart's blood. If wo would
preserve our cherished institutions."
IIo spoke of governmental abuses existing;
said that government was best which governs
least. He did not beliovo in immorality nor
in crime, but he did believo in giving the citi-
zen the largest moasuro of liberty commen-
surate with the goneral welfare and the rights
of his neighbors, as this was democracy and
in accordance with tho constitution.
"When I said 'turn Texas loose' I didn't
mean what my worthy friond Sam Jones
seoms to think 1 did. I didn't mean to let her
go to hell, but to heaven. 1 meant turn her
loose, give hor prosperity and peace, which
begets happiness, a heaven within itself. As
often as we depart from the good old princi-
ples of democracy, that often do we find our-
selves in a state of Htnfe and unhappiness.
My candidacy is not a personal mattor, my
friends; it makes no differanco about Hogg
or myself. Texas can probably stand either of
us. I don't know about Hogg,eithor, but she can
stand me. [Applause and yells of "That's
right."] I have no unkind word for the gov-
ernor porsonally. I havo for him the kinucst
regard and no ill-will, but wo represent ideas
in government that aro exactly tho opposite
from each other. Ho stands by his official
acts, which aro repressing, restrictive and in-
termodling, and defies the people. I am I to
proud to stand just the opposite, demanduu: a i and
government of freedom, regulation by law
and no intermedling in the rights of tho citi-
zens. This is the difference betweon the gov-
ernor and myself; that is the issue. Shall wo
go back to democracy and liberty, or go on
to perdition and destruction? Consider
whither wo are drifting. I invoko the spirit
of conservatism, of democracy, and ask you
to pause before you go too far. Call a halt.
You will find the abyss of ruin just ahead of
you. We are now on tho brink. But the
governor and his friends say we will not fight
this way; that these are not the issues, and
that he is a 11etter democrat than 1 am.
It may bo so, but wo went to very difforent
schools of democracy."
He told a laughable anecdote and proceeded:
•'When we call them down on the real
issues
you hoar a pale, small, squeaky voice exclaim-
ing 'commission.' 'He's going to kill it,' they
say. 'He'll pizon it,' and thoy roll back thoir
eyes at the idea of my nursing the baby for
two years. [Applause.] Why, I would not
hurt tho little darling for tho world ; no niothor
could nurse hor first born more tenderly than
I would nurse the commission. I would give
it soothing syrup, protect it from all ovils and
I want to see it raised to strong manhood or
womanhood. The idea thoy advance is rc-
diculous. It is silly. It is deceptive. Who
is saying a word against the commission? No
one. Am 1? No sir. Havo I not
Baid on forty stumps that I had
never doceivod tho poople and that
I never would. If you confer this honor on
mo I will carry out your wishes relative to tho
commission to tho letter. The governor told
his friends to ask mo if I favored a commis-
sion to fix and maintain rates. Lot him ask
me himself. Then I will tell him that 1 do
most emphatically. I am not in favor of a
namby pamby business in anything. No, not
even in courting. I believe in a commission
that will protect all the people—the poor, the
rich, tho humble, tho mighty—against all
kinds of discriminations from all tho rail-
roads. Hogg says I am a now eonvort, that
my heart is not bulging out with the commis-
sion holy ghost,. 1 would like to know how
old ho is in tho faith. I never heard a word
or saw a line to show that ho was a commis-
sion disciplo until he announced it in his Rusk
speech two yoars ago. He stood right whore I
did and opposed the commission, not opposed
to regulating railroads and protecting the peo-
ple, because nobody was that silly. Wo wore
all agreed on providing machinery
to protect the people,
but somo of us disagreed about tho details:
Whether we wanted a commission or some-
thing else. I was afraid of tho commission
because I regardod it as a step toward govern-
ment ownership of the railroads, and I do not
know why he opposed it but oppose it ho did.
Wo stood together on tho subject until a big
gubernatorial boo got to buzzing in his bon-
net, stinging him on tho nock. Then ho got
on the tidal wave aud rode into office while I
went down with my honest convictions in my
breast."
The speaker then proceeded to show that Mr.
Reagan, who was now tho leading spirit of tho
commission, aud Web Finlcy of "skunk" and
"motley crew" fame wore also very recent
and suddon converts. This being the caso, ho
thought it unjust to throw mud at him. IIo
was as honost in his conversion as thoy wore,
even if he didn't see the wave as quick and
switch as rapidly. Ho then repeated that
the commission was not an issue, ns the
question had boon settled by tho people and
all good democrats must accept tho verdict
renderod. He advised harmony and a pull
together to the ond that tho commission
should bo a blessing alike to tho peoplo and
the railroads. It was truo that he was bow-
ing to the will of the people, but Gov-
ernor Hogg was doing likewise. As
he had made his bow whon
the peoplo oxnressed their sentiments relative
to placing Mills in the senate, tho governor
was also bowing to the will of the pooplo in
rogard to an elective commission since ho had
heard something drop, and he liked to see it,
as it was better to bow than to pop a whip
over the backs of tho masses.
"The governor in his speech yesterday
wanted to know
what we were kicking about
if we favored a commission to maintain and
fix rates. I'll toll him. We want a democratic
commission, ono that permits tho people to
elect their own commissioners. The commis-
sion sprung from the hearts and affections of
the masses, and we want one from which all
classes alike get justice without discrimina-
tion. We also want a commission that is not
in politics, that is in tho hands of the peoplo."
lie thought it a slandor to say tho poople
did not havo sense enough to olect them.
They oiocted their governor and had made but
ono mistake in eighteen yoars, for which ho
would forgive them if thoy didn't repeat it.
[Applause.] The people wanted to elect their
Unitod States senators, no was with them in
thoir demands. He was against tho power of
public patronago all tho time.
"There is a matter that I have touched light-
ly heretofore,and it is the proposed investment
of tho school fund of Texas. It xnesents a
great question and tho issue is upon us. Lot
us meet it liku men. This school fund is not
ours. We did not inako it, we did not inherit
it. It is not tho property of this
generation alone, but of tho peoplo
for all time to come. Wo aro entitled to the
annual interost on it and tho earnings to be
derived year by year to educate our children.
It is a sacred trust handod down by the
fathers of the republic, won by their best
blood and handed down to us that
wo might preserve the principal. It amounts
to $100,000,000 and by tho exorciso of care
and prudence in a few yoars we can havo a
fund of $1,000,000 annually, and be relievod
from tho burden of taxation to this extent.
But the raid has commencod: if it is
kept up this princely fund will be
scattered to tho four winds of
the earth in ono year. Look at tho
Jester amendment, which was carried when
about one-tenth, not more than five-tenths, of
tho poople wore votmg. It provides that every
year tho board of education shall value tho
entire school fund and set aside 1 per cent of
it, to be spent as an available fund that year.
I stigmatize this as an
embezzlement of that bacred fund.
"Wo have no more right to appropriate it in
this way than we have to place our hands in
a man's pocket and tako his money there-
from. It is a sacred trust handed to us to
hold inviolate and it is actual embezzlement
to plundor. The resolution passed
the legislature with tho sanction of
Governor Hogg and with his signature
attached. [Applause.] Even this year this
sacred heritage is to bo invaded by the state
board of education. Govoruor Hogg actually
boasts of this. If you olect mo govornor I
swear that I will stand and fight this thing all
the way through. The governor and his
friends in their zeal aro invading this fund,
my friends. Got the resolution and read it
for yourselves. You will be surprised at
the enormity of tho iniquity. [Applause. J
These lands aro worth on an average of $2 per
acre, and thero is supposed to bo about
80,000,000 acrcs of thom. In addition thoro
aro several millions of bonds and a larga
quantity of land notes and other assets,
amounting, perhaps, to $15,000,000, though I
haven't the figures beforo mo and can not
state accurately.
"If this thing is kept up in six or eight years
we will have no cash belonging to tho school
fund. Tho fathers never intonaod any such
thing."
Jodge Clark referred to Hogg's threats to
"pen" the railroad kings, and said, as ho had
failed to do it, Gould must havo "hoodooed"
him. Instead of that, the first thing that Hogg
proposed to do was to tako this heritage of tho
children and turn it over to the railroad rob-
bers. Tho governor said he wanted
loan it to tho new roads
not to the old ones, aud
at 50 per cent at that. If tho governor had
been a lawyer [applause] he would have known
that of all earthly investments this is tho
poorest. It would burst a millionaire. First
mortgage bonds aro worthless when it comes
to railroad receiverships. [Wild cheers].
A voice from the audience: "Tell us some-
thing about tho International recoivership and
the Tyler gang." [Applause. |
Judgo Clark smiled and continued to show
the worthlossness of such first mortgage
bonds." This investment of the school fur <
would bo meat for tho railroads in hi?
chunks, but Hogg don't seo it. This fund
can bo made a blessing. Think of $100,000,000
of the people's money at Austin! What shall
we do with it?
loan it back to the people
on lands. [Continued applause.] If you do
this you will never lose a dollar. They do it
in Oregon and wo are just as honest as they
aro and our lands just as valuable. Tho details
and limitation for the protection of tho money
can all bo arranged by the legislature. Let
tho j»eoplo havo it on tho lowest rate of in-
terest. Tho principal will bo safe, the interest
a blessing to the masses. But Govornor Hogg
said at McKinnoy: 'Loan this money on land
and get cheated.' After which ho told tho
News reporter, 'scratch that out.' You need
not scratch out anything I say, my boy, let
it it all go. [Wild applause mid shouts of
that's right.'] I don't say loan this money to
tho farmers, but I say loan it to all tho people,
irrespective of class. I am not a demagogue
attempting to array tho town and country
against each other. Give it to the people and
let it benofit our children instead of being
packed out of the state by railroad robbers.
Tho speaker ropoatod his views on the Gos-
sett alien land law, and while ho wanted a
proper alien land law he did not want to drive
capital out of the stato and stop railroad
building. "Talking about building railroad let
me road you this commission ruling. It is a
daisy."
Ho read the commission circular which had
boon printed relative to the commission, ex-
empting a proposed extension of the Wichita
Valley railroad from the tariff of freight rates
existing or to be o&tablished. "What do you
think of it; this is the kind of road the gov-
ernor wanted to invest your school fund in. It
can not build a foot until the state laws
are suspended. What right has the commis-
sion to suspend the laws of the state? Under
our constitution no power has the right to sus-
pend the laws except the legislature. We can
enjoy prosperity, build railroads, and still
havo a commission, but not when tho com-
missioners aro guilty of such folly as this."
"Don't forgot tho Tyler gang," screamed
Mr. Hanna. [Applause.]
Judge Clark : I think the people have cause
to remoinber that gang for a thousand years.
[Uproarious applause.]
Judgo Clark said in conclusion: "What
shall we do to bo saved?"
Promptly came the answer from a hundred
throats: "Elect Georgo Clark governor."
Then the audience screamed right, some ris-
ing from their seats.
"I think you are correct. That is the first
remedy evor proscribed." said tho speaker.
"How aro we to restore confidenco and pros-
perity aftor Hogg's attack on our county and
municipal bonds and our capital if wo indorse
it by re-electing him? It can not be done.
Let us put down mossbackism and demagogy
and let Texas go to the front."
Judge Clark then closed by thanking the la-
dies for their presence and assuring them ho
was grateful, after which the ladies of the
Clark club presented the speaker with a hand-
some boquet. There is no denying that the
Warwick made a splendid impression hero
and his speech is pronounced the best ho
has made. The audienco was with him almost
from the start, and Mr. Scott Fields, leader of
the Hogg forces, complimented him highly on
the able discourse.
Judge Clark returned to Waco to-night, and
from there ho will go to Cameron.
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Says the Third Party People Should Not
Go Into Democratic Primaries Unless
Thoy Support the Ticket.
Governor Hoj,jk at Mexto.
Mexia, Tex., April 30.—Fifteen hundred
people turned out to-day to hear Candi-
date Hogg speak. The farmers were
largely in the majority and brought thoir
wives and babies along. Delegations wero
present from neighboring towns, made up of
Hogg and Clark men, as were the farmers and
town people.
Aftor the governor had expatiated on his fi-
delity to tho duties of the chief oxecutive ho was
interrogated concerning his refusal to appoint
Duncan and covered about tho same ground
occupied in Corsicana in answering that
quostion aud others concerning tho ap-
pointment of Chilton tuid tho International
and Great Northern receivership mattor. Ono
thing that everybody noticed about the gov-
ernor's speech was that ho was lest
severe on the alliance. He did not his
Sledge quite so hard and was eminently
more respectful in handling Duncan's name.
In the meantime tho alliance peoplo
in this section are not yet prepared to tako
tho govornor to thoir hearts.
His speech was frequontly and enthusiatic-
ally applauded.
MORTUARY.
General W. T. Wells.
New Yokk, April 20.—General W. T. Wells,
ono of the best known citizens of Vermont,
who was spoken of last year as likely to suc-
ceed Secretary of War Proctor in Harrison's
cabinet, diod suddenly yesterday in a William
street business house.
Mrs. J. \V. AVIggington.
Waelder, Tex., April 29.-—The remains of
Mrs. J. W. W'iggington wero brought from
Wharton and interred at tho cemetery Thurs-
day.
Augustus Kountz.
New York, April 30.—Augustus Kountz of
tho banking house of Kountz Bros, died to-
day, aged t>5.
A Remarkable Recovery.
New York, April 30.— [Spocial.] — Mrs.
Homer R. Baldwin, who was so frightfully in-
jured in tho wreck on tho New York Central
railroad near Hastings on Christmas evo, is
recovering from her torriblo ordeal. Although
sightless, handless and scalpiess, sho is past
the danger crisis. She has boon at the Gettys
hospital in Yonkers under care of Dr. Schopen
sinco the accident. So confident are her hus-
band and relatives of her recovery that they
have engagod a house and intend to move hor
into it in a couple of weeks.
Mexican Killed.
San Angelo, Tex., April 30.—JeeuB Juan, a
well known Mexican about San Angolo, was
killed on tho Half Circle Six ranch, in Irion
county, by somo of tho ranch employes yes-
terday. The difficulty grew out of a debt that
Juan claimed was duo him. No particulars.
Rough Weather in Minnesota.
Luvbknk, Minn., April 30.—A destructive
hail and rain storm passod over the county
this morning. Considerable damage was done
to the fruit trees and shrubbery. An immense
amount of water fell, washing out the railroad
tracks. No damage to crops is expected.
Killed by Exploding Powder.
Bristoi^ Tenn., April 30.—By tho explosion
of three kogs of powder at Big Stone Gap,
near hero, Search Wells and his nephew, Tom
Darnol, wero fatally burned. Darnol was
drunk and carelessly allowed the fire to reach
the uowder.
Seguin, Tex., April 30.—General Henry E.
McCulloch was in this city yesterday and is
apparently in excellent health. When asked
by a News reporter if he thought the people's
party would organize to themselves through-
out the.state or would in some localities go
into the democratic primaries, the general
waH plain and outspoken in his response. Ho
said:
"I think the people's party will be pretty
thoroughly organized throughout tho state,
and I don't seo why anyone who has united
with the people's party should expect or hope
to participate in democratic primaries. I
agree with Governor Ireland wherein ho says
that'any man who is not a democrat who
would participate in democratic primaries is
dishonest in politics, and a man who is dis-
honest in politics is dishonest in purse,' "
He said further that ho did not think that
any man who had participated in or sub-
scribed his name to the St. Louis platform
should participate in democratic primaries.
He said: "No man should go into democratic
primaries without ho expected to support tho
ticket."
Joint Dcbata at Yoakum.
Yoakum, Tex., April 30.—A crowd, variously
estimated at from 500 to 700, gathered last
Thursday night to listen to tho open air joint
debate between John M. Green and H. J.
Huck, jr., on the gubernatorial canvass. The
Y oakum cornet bund played a few selections
while the crowd began to assemble. Many
ladies graced the occasion with thoir presence
and the audience was noteworthy for its quiet,
attentive demeanor. They evidently came for
information and carefully woighed every ar-
gument. Both speakers wero occasionally ap-
plauded, but tho quiet attention with which
they wore recoivcd and the interest with which
the discussion was followed was a higher
tribute to tho speakers than any amount of
"hurrahing" would have been.
At 8.15 Mr. John M. Green took the stand
for George Clark, delivering a vigorous speech
of an hour and fifteen minutes' duration in his
behalf. As his speech has covered ground, the
most of which has boon repeatedly gone over
by the orators reportod from time to time in
The News, it is unnecessary to give it here,
but it is duo him to say that his spooch was
ono that does him great credit and would not
havo done discredit to any of tho distinguished
stato speakers. His addross was good and
fully covered the questions at issue. He went
over Hogg's record and pointed out its short-
comings and the defects of the com mission as
at present constituted. He eulogized Clark
and defended his canvass from tho insinua-
tions that he was now in the interest of tho
railroads or that the commission was in dan-
ger. He rounded up Hogg for not appoint-
ing a farmer on the commission, which, ho
said, Hogg tacitly agreed to do before elec-
tion and brought down the house by saying ho
remembered Duncan's initials, becauso they
spelled " S. A. D.," which was probably the
way Duncan felt when Ilogg sat down on him.
Mr. Huck followed with a speech of about
the same duration.
He eulogized Hogg as a man without fear
or favor, who never llinched from any duty,
who enforced every law on tho statute books.
IIe raised the battle cry that tho commission
was in danger, if not of destruction, of emas-
culation, and deprecated an elective commis-
sion as boing unfit for the work before it, and
a body which should be kept out of polities.
Ho said it was a question as to whether Texas
should rule tho railroads or the railroads
should rule Texas.
Good wagon roads, he said, wero what
Texas needed more than more railroads. Givo
the farmers good wagon roads and they will
sottle the short haul question without any
commission. Texas had given the railroads
38,000,000 acres of land to build railroads, but
was too noor to give her farmers a road to
town without going through somebody else's
pasture.
He quoted statistics to show that alien gold
had played havoc in several states, particu-
larly Kansas, and wound up with an earnest
appeal to stand by Hogg, who was fighting in
the trenches in tho causo of tho commission,
and that if Hogg fell the commission wouid
be virtually dead.
Mr. John M. Green then closed in a short
reply to the salient points in Mr. Huck's
speech, which ended the debate.
There was so little demonstration that it is
impossible to say which way the majority of
the audionce was inclined; they seemed to be
about equally divided.
Preparing lor IIokr at Flatonia.
Flatonia, Tex., April 30.—Quito an enthu-
siastic meeting of tho citizens was held Thurs-
day afternoon at 5 o'clock for the purpose of
preparing for tho coming of Governor Hogg
on May 12.
Tho Clark (as well as tho Hogg) men took
an active part in tho proceedings, and the dif-
ferent committees wore made up irrespective
of choicc of candidates. Committees were ap-
pointed on reception, arrangement, grounds,
finance, music, printing, transportation, etc.,
ond everything is moving along as nicely as
could bo wished for.
Tho friends of Judge Clark are correspond-
ing with him with a view to inducing him to
meet Governor Hogg in joint debate on tho
12th.
Tho committee on transportation is endeav-
oring to arrange with the railroads for reduced
rates from points within a radius of 100 miles,
and it is expected that a large crowd will be
present.
Third Party Orators.
Gonzales, Tex., April 30.—After a canvass
made by C. K. Walter, third partyite, of tho
county, the third party soeins to havo become
alarmed and sent out for one Coleman and
Stump Ashby to canvass for them. They still
deny that the twelfth plank in regard to pen-
sions is in the platform, although Livingston
and Moses of Georgia, Miss Francis Willard,
T. V. Powdorly, tho head of the Knights u l
Labor, and Colonel H. S. Burum of Te^as, all
of whom were delegates, say that the twel.'ia
plank was there. This is causing many of ti.-j
old confederates to forsake tho third party.
They say the pension legislation of the repub-
licans is burdensome enough, and now tho
third party wants to add at least two more
billions of dollars to this burden. Stump
Ashby will speak hero on Saturday, May 7,
and Hon. Wells Thompson, candidate for con-
gress, has boon invited by the demoarats to
reply to him.
CongrcBAional Aspirants at Temple.
Temple, Tex., April 30.—Tho opera house
was well filled Thursday night to listen to tho
aspirants for congressional honors.
The first speaker was Colonel Antony ol
Cameron. In a brief address ho stated the
principles of tho democratic partv and tho
necessity of loyalty to those principles in tho
present conflict.
The champion of the third party next took
the floor and in a lengthy speech discussed tho
needs of the people. It was an array of fa£ts
end fancies presented in a plausible style.
Lieutenant Governor Pendleton wj
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