Show CHURCH INFLUENCE IN TEXAS the awful bugaboo of church inter ference in state affairs phantasm phan as 82 it is is trotted out so frequently here in utah that sensible people have ceased to take any notice of it and scarcely inte interest rest cau can be awakened for any phase of he be subject even where it may be an actuality we note for instance that texas whose eccentricities seldom escape the the jibes and criticisms of the arg us eyed seyed press of the feet of the country has a well developed scandal in this line concerning wh which lob hardly a word has bag been said it appears that a colored preacher in that vast commonwealth has come forward with a bom complaint plaint to the effect that governor hogg refuses to milo burse burae him for certain election expenses incurred in the gover governors nors litterest such a complaint must mard of course be based on a confession I 1 as to what caused the expenses and tb the dusky brother makes it without he not only used his influence to got get votes for mr hogg but he engaged in a mercantile transaction with sundry thrifty thrift y of his flock back by which they in consideration of a sum of money ranging from 75 cents in some instances to to la others were to deposit the tAl ballots lots supplied them by the pastor he prepared the tickets and his him followers voted teem a proceeding which according to the terms of the agreement hereinbefore stated cost him the modest sum of this governor agg now refuses to pay but whether because he be finds he did not need the votes vote or because he dis claims previous knowledge of any such bargain deponent not it if the former I 1 ustice justice loving people everywhere will say may he to is acting real mean if the latter the zealous preacher ought to be thankful it if his bis enthusiasm costs him no more than the already ia ft i out in either case however the priestly buyer and seller of ballots would seem to be upon the dilemmas dih pointed horn born and in view of his holy i professions would he not lot play the part of consistency and discretion by prying the beam out of his hiu own eye before bewailing the vi visual a obstruction of mr hogg |