Show NEARLY A slaughtering BEE WE in this thin country can beat the world in political icil il novelties one incident of a striking character in this line is described io in a dispatch from houston texas the occasion was the democratic state convention the party is split into two factions those belonging to one are followers follower of a man named hogg and those connected with the other are attached to a prominent individual whose name is dark clark the initiatory proceedings of electing a chairman caused a rup pistols and knives were drawn and flourished and for a time bedlam reigned supreme fortunately both parties simultaneously divided divide dj the hogs occupying one half of the stand and ball and the other animals the remaining half each opened a separate convention and after trans acting some preliminary business busil lefAs ada arned it it is to be hoped the occasion will pass over without the place of assembling being turned into a slaughter house a situation which came very near being precipitated yesterday we submit that such scenes are not of a nature to elevate the plane of american politics where are we drifting to anyhow |