Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-04

which we are most directly interested.
On the question of 'free grassn we I'M
derstand him to be opposed to corpora
tons becoming the owners of public or
school land, vet he supports the lease
lay.
The people of Kaufman county will
not be found going back on the stand
ard bearers, selected by their conven-
tons, in the support of renegades and
disorganizers. The parson is a good
man, bus will never 'get there ELL"
CONGRESSMAN CULBERsoN ON MA
TIONAL ISSUES.
Correspondence OF the Gazette.
BLOSSOM PRAIRIE, TEX, Oct. s.
Col. d. b. Culberson, our present rep
resentative, and candidate for re-elec-
ton to congress, addressed the citizens
of Blossom Prairie last evening. A
large and an appreciative audience lis
tened to his speech, which lasted more
than two hours. He confined his re-
marks mostly to national politics.
DR.. M. w. Moody introduced him to
the assembly, who greeted
him as he arose to
speak. He commenced by thank
| ing the voters of Blossom Prairie and
this precinct for the very compliment
airy vote he had received in the pri-
mary election in August, renolninatlng
him for congress. He then told why
the people of this great state were
meeting together every day, discussing
the political questions of the hour, and
why they were working so hard and
industriously to carry the state by
large and overwhelming majority in
the presidential election. There is not
a ghost of chance of the Republican
party carrying the election, but the
Democratic party wanted to swell and
maintain the majority here 80 that this
great commonwealth should keep up
her credit as state giving large Dem
ocratic majorities. He then spoke at
length upon finance. His speech was
intended to show the beneficept effect
of a wise and liberal system of finance,
and a just and equitible policy of tax
alton. He affirmed that among all the
evils inflicted upon the country by
the Republican party during its con-
troll of the government from 1861 to
1875. There were none which hurt
more seriously or affected the general
prosperity of the people than the
Republican policy of finance, and
the unjust and unfair system OF
taxation maintained by the Republic
can party. He said these policies had
well-nigh brought the country in
1874 to the verge of bankruptcy, and
had filled the land with distress.
: Public sentiment revolted against the
rule of Republicanism in 1874 and a
= Democratic house was elected, In
1876 the Democracy swept the country,
oil H. 60 a
( of these United States, who was de-
priyed of his high office by fraud. The
, colonel then demonstrated how a
Democratic house had modified
the financial policy of the
, Republicans. and how increased
7 prosperity of the country followed.
He said that the Democrats in con-
gress had not been able to change the
3 the policy of the Republicans upon
taxation, though they had vigorously
4 assailed it. 1t is great question of to-
9 day. The whole country was alive TO
the enormity of a system which rob-
bed the people, not for purposes OF
7 government, but for gain of the priv
{ LEGGED classes; but he believed that the
t people would finally triumph. He
7 presented the glaring injustice o. the
: tariff, and proved conclusively that
( the American laborer ia this
a country really received less wages in
e the end, working at $l.40 per day un.
. der the protection system, than an
e English OF European laborer does in
his country, without protection, at 81
4 per day. For it takes $I.44 In this
q country, on an average, to buy that
which can be bought for 81 in Eng
: land. He vigorously assailed some Of
Q MIR. Blaine's arguments in his letter OF
d acceptance. He touched upon the
question of prohibition and said that
the Democratic party believed that the
teacher, the preacher and the moth.
er and the home surroundings
+ had more to do with restraining
: men from the use of whisky than leg
islatior would, and If those who Were
so addicted to drunkenness already
: could not be prevailed upon to forsake
g their ways through the instrumental.
q ties just mentioned, that the best thing
. to- do with such men was to slap them
into "coolerl and thus sober them
; up. This, thought was spoken humor
: ously, which created a good dea, Of
: laughter. Col. Culberson displayed
considerable wit and humor In his
! speech. He is a fine speaker, and
: seems to be prepared with something
! to say in every emergency. He stop
. ped with his old friend Capt. @. Il
! Marshall while here.
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