The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-06-18


6nauclers OF Europe, and | might be
permitted to include In mat dls'in-
puished list Murod Eilendl ANA MS one
million dollars "and the harem,,
cried out w. ii. y. but he was frowned
into submisslOnL the tinanclerS OF tu'
rome. where would they be? In my
upon the abstract theo'
Iics of the evolution of financial PROB
lens. presenting themselves either cor
relatively TO the legal tenders OF Africa
and Sparta, which history teaches uS
was glass, OF the jewish bheKei, OF the
Allie drachma, or the false gold CONS
Of gamos that were successfully uttered
in Sparta Is. G. $40; yes, gentlemen
whether we consider AZ legal tender
the dried fish of Iceland, the seal skins
of Norway, the DIubber Of hhlhskaIha,
or the iron Of PhWnicla, or the Bllded
lrcIen coins Of Rome, the salt OF Abys,
siuin, the ten penny nulls OF Scotlanu
or tie cocoa beans Of Mexico, the
wun,uumpeOg Of the Indian, or the
comric shells OF Hindostnnee, !
hold that Bill Allen ana ms
rng, baby platform will never carry
ths Triumphant hosts Of the Demo
cratic party over the RubicOn that lies
before Us. | have deduced my ideas,
gentlemen, after the maturest reilec-
ton upon the immense financial Is
sues OF the day that bid fair To con
wise this nation from center to CIR
conference, and feel persuaded your
enlarged intelligence fully grnSps the
points that have made. Nocller'
Gus and prolonged applause 10y the
club
The next toast in regular order was
"Fort Worth, her past, present ana
future" Repeated calls were made
for Paddock but upon inquiry that
gentleman proved to be absent In the
West busily engaged in erecting saw
mills and ramiying the country with
railroads, whcreupon the Honorable
c. L. #. was yoCilerousIy called upon
to respond. Many of the most beautl'
full periods IN the speech escaped your
reporters clutch, but we give the sub
stance Of his truly magnificent reply.
Gentle Of the Lonesome Club Three
and thirty years ago the place where
Fort Worth now stands was II part and
parcel of the bowling Wilderness
cries Of good, bravo, go on Yes, gen
tlemen, three and thirty years ago, the
place where Fort Worth no" stands,
was II part and parcel Of the howliug
wilderness Repeated cheers, cres of
nurrah for i
Yes, gentlemen OF the Lonesome
Club, beg to repeat that three and
thirty years ago, the place where Fort
Worth nov stands Was II part and par
Gel OF the bowling Wilderness iinthu-
sinst!o and prolonged cheer
ing followed by IA pro-
found silence and expectancy, land
gentlemen; yes gentlemen o; the Lett
Ones | repeat gentlemen Of the Lone
some Club. Ncs fellow citizeus-l will
conclude 10y saying that | wished it
was u part nud parcel Of the bowling
wilderness now" (as the speaker took
his seat Tie club rushed 10 nln in
musse to toader their congratulations
upon his hsiriOnic elfort).
"Our Bleeding Frontier" -R Response
by w. Ii. s.;
Fellow Sufferers On the l4th OF last
month, with Il mouthful of worms u
mule and u lshing pole, ! sat out t.
explore the bleeding frontier which
proudly reurs it crest in the Wichita
mountains, Never, gentlemen in the
course Of u long professional life, has
1t neeu my fortune to address 80 large,
SO intelligent SO glorious II humanity
as that | am before now. The first
day ON Mountain Creek | caught four
whales and had shark pie for supper;
the next day had "A hand to hand
| fight with seventeen red men OF the
| forest, whose sGalps now dangle from
my smoke house. Arriving ut the
bN Sc Of the Wichita Mountains where
they empty into the Sierra Nevadas, |
tuuuriltd thea in four days and laid
on, a town called BuilaioNille. The
rica mineral deposits Of that country
w9ro AT my mercy. Ten wagon loads
OF copper, l,lOJ pounds Of gold dust
and q pound Of gypsum assert my re-
searches, The antelope team | drove
back was Iurmerly the property OF
Sitting Bull, but won them on IA lone
baud at the National Centennial game.
Gentlemen, | thank you for your at
teltIon. | did not expect TO speak to,
night and am as all public speakers
generally are, totally unprepared. Cen
tIemen, thank you.
"rhe bench and bar of the Metropo-
lis, W Response of Capt, f. G. B.
GENTLEMEN or THE JURY-The oc.
casion upon which we meet is a solemn
one. 1t tells us n thunder tones that
We are here. The possibility of the
occurrence, Is due to the probabilities
of the occasion, | will say to the De.
m0cracy of Dallas and of Dallas coun-
ty, that am. "Pdlsied De she haad
which, says too thin,' the prisoner at
tine bar, with u diabolical duplicity
which makes me shudder for my
specie, has with deviIish ingenuity
sought to insult the majesty Of the law
aud the Democracy OF the Three Forks
10y u pltllul appeal to the passions and
rtjudires OF man. Man drest in u lit
lie brief authority cutting such fantas-
tic tricks before high heaven AZ do
make the angels say, "don't get on
your ear" May it please the court
am growing old. My sands of official
life have searly run out, but before |
go hence, and am seen no more,