Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-17
EX-GOVERNOR HUBBARD!
Response and Letter OF Regret 10 the
Iroquois Club.
An Ontline of Democratic Pi inciples for
the Next Campaign.
special TO the Gazette.


TYLER. pril 10 AT the annual ban
o,eI of the Iroauois club of Chicago
Yesterday. as was customary, political
o,,inious as pertaining to the Democ-
racy were very fully given forth In re-
Spouse to the several toasts. EX-Gov-
ernor II. b. Hubbard of Texas had
been honored by an invitation, but he
was UNEXPECTEDLY unable to attend,
and the following is n copy OF his eX-
cuses aud opinions which this reporter
secured:
Hons s. Corning Judd, Chairman; Henry
Waller. Secretary OF Political Committee of
| the "iroq uois Club Chic,go.
The Invitation of your club to be
present on the 18th inst, ut the annual
banquet, and to respond to the toast
'sThe coming campaign" was accepted
! by me with the expectation OF being
able to fulfill my promise. AT this late
hour only two days in advance
of your meeting, circumstances arise
compelling my absence. This is my
misfortune rather than yours, as the
privilege of meeting with the repre-
Sentative Democrats OF the great West,
and listening to their counsels OF wis
dom and courage and hope, would have
amply compensated for the journey
from the gulf to the lakes, and inspired
renewed ardor for the great struggle
for power which the Democracy must
encounter in the coming campaign.
| do regret. however, that | cannot
be with YOU, to assure the Democratic
party of the North and West in person
that Cexas. and her elder sisters of the
South, recognize, as always heretofore,
the heroic sacrifices aud unialtering
| Of IN hnnnnrunU those
states, who, in the middle of
overwhelming msjorities Of their
political enemies, have alike
in defeat AS well as in
occasional triumph remained steadfast
to the great principles of constitution
al government that, after the integ-
rity of the Union has been preserved,
it Is to be hoped for all times, aud
war has ceased, that equality
under the laws and fraterual affection
rs of old should make us one people
in truth rs in name, wherever the ilag
floats on land or sea.
Such spirit has gloriously illustrat-
ed the history of the Northern and
Western Democrats since the dag
when the unfortunate war
between the states was ended
by the surrender of Lee This eX-
tended hand of brotherhood reaching
out toward the stricken South has
been grusped by our people az to an
"anchor OF hope, in dark and perilous
time.
Is IL a wonder therefore that SoutL
has returned the salutations of the
Democracy of the North and West
with so,id majorities of hundreds ol
thcusands-s save when robbed by
radical highwaymen and electoral
commissions, as when the grand
larceny of ballots and presidents was
the order of the day?
|. We Will be ready in 1851, rs N
1876 and 1850. To rebuke these "unpar
donable sinsn of the Republican part J
by u bold and united front, and by il
creased majorities at the ballot box.
. We are ready TO join hands
9 with you in an effort to reform
the corrupt practices of the govern
meut which have brought ignomiu,
4 on its civil service, disgrace Oh the Law
l. department of the government. an,
u which has robbed the treasury by un
Io punished "star-route contracts an,
I'd covered all over with shame many O
y the high officers of the land and ol
n n the American name.
lie g. We stand ready to join hand
ne with you in demanding that the COY
NV eminent should cease To foster mouoI
OF olies in whatsoever form or nam
ed owned by the favored few at the ea
I'd peilse Of the many, who consIitut
at nine teen-twentieths of the voters All
~ tax payers of fifty millions of peopl,
~ A tariff only sufficient To pay III
nd expenses of the national goverGmeI
-, economically administered, to me,
sd the interest on the national debt, an
'as Ia provide for our mis.rnbly neglect.
vs. hai bOrs and coast defenses, and nav
me whose only glory lives In the past, al
rs whose present inetliciency is the je.
~ of the Dations--such tariff, pro0u
10. ing revenues simply adequate to the.
wants, should be boldly demanded b
'; the Democratic party. We have Il
Us ready over eighty millions of surpll
all revenue, annually adding to IL
an cish balance, which should
ied given back to the peop
in the shape of lower tariff On comnlo
' u, 10 tiles of our domestic life; on the foe
~. they eat and on cotton and woolp
MS, fibrics they wear, and the iron al
rh,, steel which they use in the worksh,
om and IN the field, by our toiling mi
ions.
, ,s,, A tariff for protection
100 such has always been opposed
so the Democratic party. 1t ia
~ ~ "latter day. doctrine To advise cauti,
10 and silence about tariff reforms. ~
100 Democracy tiiumphed in the advoc,
~ ~. of low tariffs. and against protectio
ssi for nearly half u century in the bett
lol days OF the republic, aud since ri
~ ~ war under this slogan Tildep W
To- ell, cted president in 1876, and but
2ol ALTERING In its advocacy would IN,
i nS elected Hancock in 1850 The people ),
10 with the Democratic party, when m
co. openly, boldly and With no delpb
az "racles In their platforms, procini
100 that taritf--only adequate 10 4
100 actual demands OF the government
"" should be levied, aud that levy 1,
10 posed lowest or not ut all on nee,
100 -aries of life used by the great boz
in in 81 the people. II should be ma
100 the central figure in the fierce conta
10 representing, as II does, Justice M
o economy to the whole country a
so destruction Ia the party In DO wer. W
70 have fattened alike on the bad blood
g y the wartime. and as well on labor n,
10 industry Of The people. This is !,
2o1 protection they want, and the Dem,
90 racy must give.
100 4. We will join you in selecting a
200 supporting without bitterness or div
The ION at Chicago, standard.ben,,
.en,, worthy to lead in such ca'
had and in such u crisis. As proof
our unselfishness and of our Inv
oers ty to the HMM va nr,,,n, ~