Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-16
YpENN,s TENT"
The Heather Rage and Try TO Imagine
Nnio Things.

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Forl Worth secured the Republican
convention. The room which that
town can boast of over all cities makes
If peculiarly fitted for black and
inn pow-wow where oratory Is below.
inc and impressive speech il block
gnardism. In Fort Worth the con-
yention will not disturb the civ.
illged part of the state. For these
reasons, TO wit, that there Is plenty
of roam in and around Fort Worth,
and that it il the most remote point
in the state from civilized men, we
have been friend to the town in IFS
desires to obtain the convention. For
The very reasons we favored the Fort
for the Republican convention we
oppose II for the democratic convention
orr party is of civilization
and civilization il interested
In its consultations. Our party, in
convention, wants u roof to cover it
and is not composed of enough of
primeval men to be satisfied with the
frowuing vault of heaven, which
swings above the Fort as a covering.
, The Fort, though, seeing in the SUCCESS
obtaining the Republicans success in
roping in the Democrats, has conlmen-
ced making the most elaborate
preparations for the reception and
Entertainment of the latter party.
The steps taken by the citizens are
deliberate. They, with pen and
pencil went to every hash house and
private h use in the city and took
down the names of parties who would
promise to entertain the visitors, and
the number which could be enteit lined.
The figures showed at the summing up
that by each family leaving its home
stead and each bash-house refusing to
take in any travellers during the con-
vention, the queen Of the hills could
actually bed and feed two thousand
people. This of course does not in
clude the wagon yards, which are the
second-class hotels of that burg. Hav-
ing prepared for the entertainment
of the visitors during the night. the
next step was to fix for the convention
Here was difficult problem to solve
The news paper men circulated the
rru2rt that tabernacle something
after the style of the Salt Lake edifice
was to be built. Then 1t was announced
that the opera house was to be torn
down, built anew and specially adopted
all parties. The selection of the Fort
by the Republicans Us the point for
their convention put an end TO differ
ence of opinion as to what was the
proper kind of house, aud the mana
gers of Fort Worth went out imme-
diately and hired Parson Penn's tent!
They give him five hundred dollars for
the use OF ii during the Republican aud
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against the outrage sought TO be
pefpetiated! We declare that n more
dAmuing insult could not be offered
our party. Thenegroes are TO be the
Chi eff show and circus under the tent,
and the Democratic convention is to be
lowered to the twenty-five cent after
majority, respectable in raising and
honest in its record. IL has educated
its children, IL has respected its wives,
Il has worshiped at shlinesi where
highbacked chairs were in the pulpit.
Iu fact in this state, IL is emin entity
respectable in all things, and when 1t
dauces it dances on the head set. 1T
weeps, or shOul weep,
this evening 10 learn thai in
spite of all this, it is not above insult,
and that part of the state, small
part, il is true, would have it soil its
pure linen and character by going into
tent TO perform its most important,
if not RELIGIOUS, duties, and wallow in
the straw deiied by the impure orator
zeal vomitiugs oil motley. measly,
ignorant, Southern Republican meet
ing. We have been friend to Fort
Worth, but we look down Mt the delicate
hand which papprly thi4 mt