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THE WACO NEWS, MONDAY MAY 23 1892.
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Judge Clark's Appointments.
Houston, Monday, May 23.
GalveBton, Thursday, May 20.
Bellville, Saturday, May 28
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BOt a larger kcal circulation than any
daily paper published in Waco, no
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xacnt.
Tho Hogg peoplo were hero today
and no mistake
Tho Bonner letter to Hogg is a
icmper and pleaso remember it.
Thoro were visitors from outside
counties to tho Hogg meeting today.
Clark is surprising his most inti
mato friends in tho canvass ho is
making.
Several People's party leaders wore
spectators in tho Hogg convention
today.
Charles T. Bonnor of Tyler hits the
governor a hard one. Read what he
says elsewhere.
The News gives a full report of
the convention of Hogg men up to tho
hour of going to prca".
Travis county went overwhelmingly
Jor Clark. It is proper to stato that
Hogg has lived inTrAvis county about
six years.
Hogg calls Charles Bonner a liar
nd Charles Bonner proves that ho
told the truth. Now what is tho gov
ernor going to do about it.
Tho Bonner letter faBtenB Hogg in
a place ho cannot get out of. His
connection with that International and
Great Northern receivership was a
Tery ugly matter.
The primaries in Bell county did
not settle the question of Bell county's
candidate for congress. There are
enough uninstructed votes to defert
Mr. Pendleton's indorsement.
The People's party will meet in
county convention Juno nth to elect
delegates from McLennan county to
the state convention of the People's
party at Dallas Tune 23d. The cam
paign grows more interesting as the
tk g days approach.
Gov. Hogg said a railroad agent on
the Houston and Texas Central told
3im tho railroad men who wero for
lim wero afraid of speaking out. The
elapse of ten days or less brought a
denial from every agent on tho road
"with their signatures attached.
Gov. Hogg oannot csoapo tho dam
aging effect of Charles Bonner's evi
dence. It is oonoIuBivo besides it is
corroborated by Mr. Brown, and
others. Mr. Charles Bonner was Jay
Gonld's attorney at the time. As a
Jesuit of Gov. Hogg's action Jay
Gould now . ;ns the International and
Great Northern.
Boarder to hotel proprietor "Say
tr oan't stand tho grub you'ro giving
us, I've olearod up everything in sight
md I'm so hungry now I have for
gotten tho number of my room."
'Them's my sentiments and feelings,"
chimed in a half doien drummers. "I
-went around to the markoc and stole
half oolumn of bologna sausage and
a stiok of oheeso after supper," said a
newspaper man. Propriotor to Mexi
can Btreet vendor "Ombre, Ombre,
tako thee; mon aBido and r'ivo them
all the chili they want." "Voice from
a window up stairs "Send mo up a
jlato or two." At this hotel tho
guests have all been served with
chicken not two weeks before. Soma
people aro bo hard to please.
C. T.
BONER
Writes An Open Letter to Qovornor
James S. Hogg.
HE USES SOME STRONG LANGUAGE
Ilccmifto JJovornor IIork Called lllm
it lrofolonul JMiir-lMilU tlm
Kccard on tlo CSovcriior and Ob
inliiN uit AiMdavlt rrom J. U.
Itrown Unit Whut Homier Swore
to lviwTruo.
Tylek, Tex.. May 20. Gov.
James 8. Hogg: Sir I notico in
The Dallas News of tho 19th instant,
in thrf roport of jour speeoh at Bon
ham on tho lSth instant, tbe follow
ing paragraph, to-wit:
"Mr. Bramlotto asked the governor
about his connection with tho Inter
national, and was nnswercd by a state
ment of the suits brought by tho attor
ney general. Gov. Hogg said holnd
read the testimony cfa professional
prevaricator (a stronger, term was
used) that ho had got a man to write
a letter containing statements upon
which tho injunction could bo based,
and denied that it was true. When
asked who the man was tho governor
answered, 'Charloy Bonner. '"
Tho testimony as contained in tho
printed rcoord, and to which you
doubtless refer, is found on page 60
and is as follows:
Ho (referring to you as attorney
general) told me ho desired to hvo a
letter from some party setting up tho
faots I had stated to him; that ho
wanted something to aot upon; that
he oould not act upon tho statements
I had made. I offered then to write
such a letter as he desired, but ho
suggested that perhaps I had better
get some party not oonneotcd with the
litigation. I told him I would get tho
letter. I returned to Tylor. I went
to seo Col. Bouner and I found him
down at tho orossing of the Interna
tional and tho Cotton Belt. Perhaps
Mr. Ecdy was thero. Several gentle
men wero there. They wero duouss
ing tho location of a traok oonneoting
the two roads. I told Col Bonner tho
result of my interview and Mr. Brown,
a citizen of Tyler, was there, and Col.
Bonnor suggested that he write tho
letter and he agreed. He suggested
that I write such a letter as I depired
and ho would copy it. I did. He
oopicd it and banded it to me and I
mailed it. A few days after that ho
showed me a oopy of a lotter from
Hogg thanking him for the informa
don.
Tho following is a oopy of the lot
tor referred to in the above evidence,
to wit:
J. H. Buown, John A. Brown, (J.
H. Brown & Co.) Cotton. Tyler,
Tex., Maroh 25. 1883. Mr. J. S.
Hogg, attornoy general, Austin, Tex.
Dear tir: I herehy desire to notify
vou that the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railroad company, a foreign
corporation, but owning and operating
various lines and branoh lines in
Texas, which aro oompoting with tho
Intornatioiial railroad company, aro
illegally olaiming to own about
97.28-1 1-2 shares of tho oapital stook
of the International and Great North
em railroad company, whioh is all ot
the stock of tho sid company oxcept
about two hundred shares; that Geo.
A Eddy, ono of tho receivers of tho
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad
company is now the president of the
said International and Groat North
ern railroad company, and H. 0. Cross,
the other reneiver of tho Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad oompany, is
ono of the direotoru on tho Interna
tional and Great Northern railroad
compai y; that the said Eddy and
Cross hold a power of attorney to vote
said International and Great Northern
stock, claimed by said Missouri, Kan
sas and Toxas railroad company, and
are proposing to do so at a stockhold
ers meeting of tho said International
and Great Northern railroad oompany,
to be held at Palestino, Anderson
oounty, Texas, on April 11, I889;
that tho said Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railroad oompany are seeking
through their agents and rooeivers or
by oollusion with the said Interna
tional and Great Northern railroad
oompany to get tho control ami man
agement of tho said International and
Great Northern railroad for tho pur
pose of operating the eamo for tho
benefit of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railroad oompany, and unless
prompt action is taken by tbo state
authorities to prevent it tney will do
so at said meeting on April 1 by elect
ing as directors of tho said Internation
al and Great Northern company parties
who are offioors of or stockholders of
tho said Missouri, Kinaas and Texas
railroad company.
J. H. Brown.
This letter was nulled to you on
tho day it wbb written, Monday,
March 25, 18S9, ami I think it was on
Wednesday following that Mr. Brown
showed mo your reply.
If the abovo paragraph from your
Bonham speeoh is a literal or substan
tial report of what you said concern
ing my testimony, I am foroed to Bay
to'you though "strutting in a little
briuf authority" on tho tttgo and not
pcrmitiug either "jim crow" sonators
or lawyors to reply to you in porson,
that your assertion waB not only
gratuitous, but false and cowardly and
ycu knew it was both. It is in keep
ing with your character for pompouB
bluster and brow-beating
You have called 1110 "a professional
provarioator" (tho reporter says you
used a stronger term) behind my back.
I havo no oommonts to mako on this
dirty lowering of the dignity of tho
governor's offico to vont vour sploon
upon a privato oitizen and falsely
malign and traduce his character to
promoto your on auibitioui designs.
The evidenoo you refer to was givon
before a committeo appointed by tho
legislature and was givon undor tho
solemnity of an oath and you know
that every woid of it is true. It was
dono openly and full reports contained
in the daily papers and were doubt
less read by you. Your slanderous
assertions wero made without tho
Banotity of an oath.
Why is it that jou go into fits
when tho ghot-t of tho International
appears before ou? Why is it that
you havo never denied tbo statements
contained in my evidenco until now
whon it has becomo ncocssary in order
to turther your desperate cbanoes for
governor? You bad tho opportunity
to appear boforo the investigating
committee at Galvcsttn and deny my
statements under oath it they were
untrue, and purgo your oonsoieuoo and
relievo yourself ot that burden which
is pursuing you like an angry Ne
mesis: you could have had our fellow
townsman, Mr. J. H. Brown,
whom you know well as
a high toned, honorablo man, to
appear beforo tbe committee and
deny my statements if they wero un
true, but you blustered before your
friends, niado a great pretenso of
being willing to appear and testify,
and then sank back on your pompos
ity, resting your charaoter on the
great office of governor. You knew
then and know now that you oould
not go beforo that oommittoo and
under your solemn oath withhold from
tho peoplo tho pait you took in that
wretched International receivership
business. Tho reason why you did
not have Col. Brown to testify is
doubtless duo to the faotthat it would
have corroborated my testimony. I
attaoh as "Exhibit A" hereto a state
ment from him as to his connection
with this matter.
I also notice in tho report of your
Bonham speeoh as contained in the
Houston Pest, since reading the re
port in Thj) NewB, that you havo
publioly stated that Co). T. R. Bonner
had denied my statement to tho effect
that ho had told mo that you wanted
to seo mo at Austin. I was not pres
ent when Col. Bonner testified, and
htvo to rely for my information on
this point on the printed reoord, from
whioh souroo I presume you also
derive yours, as you were not present.
I havo not been ab.'o to find any such
denial in his testimony, but on the
contrary, Col. Boancr, both on pages
140 and 15J says ho has no recollec
tion on this point, and on page 153
ho expressly says "that it was not his
intention to oontradiot my statement
on this point;" and on pace 157 to
tho following question. "Have you
stated that you remember telling
Charles Bonner that Attorney Gene
ral Hogg wanted to see him?" Ho
(Boncor) answers: "I Btated
that I did not remomber
that conversation. I remember ta k
ing with Charles Bonnor on that sub
ject. Then meeting him at the in
tersection of tho railroads, and of
knowing that Mr. Brown was going to
writo that letter, and that lotter Was
to furnisn tho basis of the injunction
of the attornoy general."
If you havo made suoh statements
(reported in the" Post), I oan only say
that you are not supported by tho
reoord, and that this, hko tho other, is
absolutely false.
With those who know us both, 1
am willing to rest tho question of
veracity between us; with those to
whom I am unknown I am billing to
submit it. with tho lottor and state
ment of Mr. J. H. Brown, and the fur
thor fact that evory material statement
of fact mado by you in tho presont
campaigd Iiub ulroady been proven un
true. Cuas. T. Bonner.
EXHIBIT A.
I, J. II
Brown, of tho oity of Tvlor,
do hereby certify that I
was prosont
on Maroh 25, 1889, whon ChnrloH T.
bonnor returned Iroin Austin anu re
ported to Col. T. K- Bonner tho re
sult of an interviow with Attornoy
General Hogg; that Col. Bonnor sug
gested that I wnto tho lettor mention
ed. I agreed to do so, and rcqaosted
Mr. Charles T. Bonner to proparo
6U0I1 a lottor as the attornoy general
desired, and I would oopy it and mail
it to him. IIo did prepare the lottor
and 1 copied it and gave it to Mr. C.
T. Bonner to mail. Two or three days
alterwards I received a lotter from
Attorney Qonoral Hogg aoknowlodging
reocipt of my lettor and thanking mo
for tho information. At Mr. Bonner's
request I havo furnished him a copy
of my letter to Attorney General
Hogg. J. II. Brown.
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