Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-26
JUDGE HARE.
"A Change is Necessary to Secure Honest
Government Personal

SHERMAN, Ten, July 25.-Judge
Hare was honored by large crowd Mt
the courthouse last night to hear his
speech on the political outlook and his
reasons why the people of the United
States should support the Democratic
ticket at the November election for
president and vice. president.
His opening argument was ON the
necessity for periodical changes In the
party controlling the government, be-
cause long lease of power begets cor
| ruption In the administration Of public
affairs, ana he said the same reasons
that required new election OF officers
every four years applied as well TO par
| ties NJ TO individual officers.
The present party in power had en-
gagged In Credit MobiIier schemes, star
route steals. whisky frauds and railroad
Jobs until II has become matter of
selfdefense for the people to
select other agents to restore US to an
honest system of administration. This
being true, II becomes the duty Of
every voter TO first use his influence
and vote to secure honest government,
even though he may not be politically
in full accord with the political senti-
ments of the candidate. After honest
government In restored, then we can
successfully undertake all the reforma-
tiohs I'm the policy of the government
that may appear necessary; but while
the machinery of the government Is
ia the hands Of corrupt men there Is
no hope of reformation.
As the Greenbacker. Labor-Reformer
Anti-Monopolist or ProhibitioDist
neither have the ghost of chance to
elect presidential candidate of their
own, II becomes their duty ~ patriots,
TO support the candidate and party
which promises honest govern
ment, ana after his election they may
have some chance to successfully
iDaugurate the reforms they seek.
AT this point the judge engaged in
an elaborate discussion of the points
suggested and made IA most telling APP
peal To the factions addressed In the
interest OF honest government first, as
an Indispensable condition to the re-
formations sought by them.
Touching the tariff he said that
tariff which was aimed and intended
to protect manufacturing interests,
without being limited to the necessary
expenses of government was n fraud
upon the great body of the Ameri-
can people. That 1t enriched few ut
the expense of the many; that the
census OF 1880 shows that the III nu-
faclurer pays TO his laborer annually
S3l6. or sum barely sufficient TO sup.
port life; that unprotected labor paid
that much or more; that the dividends
OF the manufacturer upon such labor
was 3B per cent per annum; that 60
per cent. Of the employees of
these manufacturers were foreign
ers; that barely five per cent.
of unprotected labor were foreigners:
that the wages OF the employee of the
manufacturer was measured by the
wages of unprotected labor that the
manufacturer was not compelled to
pay high wages to his laborer, but tue
person who imported goods into Amer
lea was compelled to pay the tariff.
An argument was than made show
ing why the tariff should be regulated
TO "a standard only necessary to meet
the expenses of the government econ
omically administered.
The Judge made much better
speech than this brief summary of
points made would indicate and was
listened to with thoughtful attention
by an interested audiences for over an |
hour and n half Even those who diff |
fered with him say that his reasoning
was good and furnished them food for
reflection until the day OF voting In
November next.
Geo. II. Davidson, member of a
large produce and commission house
IN Abilene, Tex, was Ia the city to.
day, and made arrangements for sup
plying his western trade with first
class Hour from the Eagle mills of this
city. MIR. Davidson Is live man,
and ust the sort of fellow TO do bust
ness IN our great West, now 10 rapidly
building up Ivy accessions from the
prain, energy and enterprise of the
older states He Is negotiating with
parties In Grays0n county for the con.
struction OF system of water.
works for his city, md
when this Is done will take a trim back
10 his native state, PENNSYLVANIA, TO
ENJOY once more the mountain scenes
ana crystal streams so familiar to his
earlier days, and which now possess a
romantic beauty for him that no other
place can furnish.
me notorious spiritualst. Slada. is
now here aud will give one of his
seaaces In public Sunday night next
NJ Tue opera'house.
Capt. j. III. Britton rounded IN on
nome last night and Is epjoyipg the
shady side of the Binkly house TO-DAY