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

GEN. GRANT was asked, few days
ago, if he thought the Monroe doe
trine would cut any figure, as public
question or issue, in the coming cam
paign. He replied:
al cannot say. l certainly think there Is
no doubt of the correctness OF the policy OF
:his government having control on this CON
tinent as agalnsta foreign government. II
Is strange that we should have remained 50
quiet In permitting foreign control to gain
"A footingin Panama"
Perhaps it is. But 1t should be
borne in mind that the United States
has thus far steadily and sturdily de-
clined to afford even moral, not to
mention substantial, aid or encourage.
ment to the measures which have
been set on foot to connect the two
oceans. DeLesseps had to appeal to
foreign capital, aud l. IDS, an Ameri-
can, was snubbed in his own country
and has had to go abroad for money
Those " no dance are usually expected
to help pay the piper. The Monroe
doctrine is pretty theory, but 1t may
be more difficult to put ii in practice
than some people suppose.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10
TO the Democracy OF Texas.
To the Democratic Party of Texas.
Published by AuIhorliy.l
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Rooms,
DEMOCRATIC PATTY OF TEXAS,
Galveston, April S, 1854

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ROOMS,
DEMoCRATIC PATTY OF TEXAS,
Galveston, April S, 1854 J
To the Democratic Party of Texas:
In accordance with the action of the
state executive committee of the party,
had at the city of Waco on the 9th
day of MarchS1SSi, the chairman of
the executive committees of the vari.
GUS counties in the state will call cOup-
ty conventions on Saturday, the oath
day of May, 1854, to choose delegates
to n convention to be held at Fort
Worth, Texas, on the 18th day of June,
1881, at l. M, for the purpose of select
ing a. four delegates and a. four al.
ternates for the state at large, and (2l
two delegates and (2) two alternates
for each congressional district in the
state to the national convention at
Chicago, on the Stb day of July, 1884.
To nominate candidates for the Demo-
cratic party for the presidency and
vice-presidency of the United States.
Each county will be entitled to one
vote and delegate for every 800 votes,
and one vote for every
fraction of 300 votes over 1870 votes cast
for Governor Ireland at the last cleo
ton, provided every organized county
/ VIC tlItllttu W OllG Nott anu one VOlH
for every unorganized county having
political organization of $50 or NOR.
| Democratic votes. No county will
have more seats on the floor than she
has votes Proxies must be selected
in convention and be authorized i'm
writing. All chairmen will observe
strictly the rules aud regulations for
the government of the party in hold
ing their conventions. Chairlnen of
all counties will report their names to
TO their senatorial chairmen. aud ali
other chairmen will report their names
John A. Mccormick, secretary of the
executive committee, in this city
Where there is Il vacancy in any cpuu-
tv embarrassing, report the same to
your senatorial chairman. All vacan-
cies in district chairmenships will he
reported To the secretary of the state
executive committee, with a reconl-
mendation of some proper party Ia fin
said vacancy. The rules can he had
from your senatorial chairman or from,
the secretary of the state committee
JOHN NJ CLAIBoRNE
Chm'n State Executive Com
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10
Racers From England.

me English jockey, Edward Clifford
say the New York sun Of Thursday
arrived In this port yesterday with the
race horse Charaxus, by Distiu. son of
lruiiipeter, dam Stppho by Kingston
uhu so on from family of great rae
ing excellence. Charlxus is n good.
SIZED bay, OF compact and sym-
,ne,rlcai proportions. He was foaled
10 1875. lie was proved u winner ON
.ne turi IN good company. AS two
sear-olu he ran five times. COMING
ilfst once. When Il three year.old he
won .nlee races out of nine, includinp
the worcester Welter cup, the Alex7
.'nn w handicap, aud the Wel,er Gun
at Nottingham. In 1882 he won thres
raves OUT OF eight; In 1882 he won
sessn QUE OF twenty-tbree. Lasi
season lie started seven times. win.
n'hg me Craven stakes at Good wood
oeauns a held of seven flyers at mile
unu quarter. He proved stayer
mnen ne won the queens plate nj
iainptoh' Two miles, In 1850. I'm
point OF breeding II is believed that he
WIZ ne decided acquisition 10 thi.
country. He arrived ia sonnd cnndi1
unh. IL IS Understood that he ia Ia il.
saheh 70 virginia, where efforts are In
10 maze To resume the old suprema.
ers. o huht-
a very promising two-year-old flllv
w .he famous Scottish Chief died III
exhaustion during the long and stormy
passage of ninety days.
M, Day, Of the great English train.
lng hnily OF Days came over viii
eihord aud the horse. The success If
aaInerican horses in England aid
rrance, he SAYS, has made II worth
whiie FOR. English trainers aud jockaxs
70 ste u they can pick up points a1d
Information here. Clifford il ~
heavy to ride our light-weights.' '
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10
cipal. and the state will see that the
money Is not stolen.

EITHER the newspaper must go or the
method OF selecting n jury be changed, II we
want to see Justice administered in'e''Be"''
Independent.
This is chunk of solid sense. one
or the other must go, but 1t will not
he the newspaper. An encouraging
sign Is found in the fact that all over
the country judges are laying down
the principle that man is not to be
excluded from the jury box because he
reads or may have formed an opinion
Ms to the case to he tried. II he is an
intelligent man he will hold his opin'
ions subject to revision, according to
the force and nature of the testimony
presented. 1t will not be rany years
until ignorance will be q bar, rather
than recommendation, to jury ser
vice.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10

II THE people of Southwest Texas
want to get direct connection north
and northwest, they must have rail-
roads to Fort Worth. a road from
Brownwood and San Angelo to this
point would, upon the completion OF
the Denver & New Orleans. line, NOW
an assured thing give a direct rail-
way from the grazing regions OF the
Southwest to the grazing regions OF
Colorado and the Northwest. The te-
dious and expensive drive over hum
dreJs of miles from Texas to the
Northwest would be reduced to "A few
days ride in freight cars. This is g
matter for the stockmen of San An
gelo and the surrounding country to
think about.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10

more infinitely described than 'he
gestures of Barrett or the 'ri,'9 ="
Nilsson. In everything they yie'o
recorni,ion to his proud pre'e'hihehce'
seemingly without regard to It's mature
or deserts. Here, as III "'' e''''
victor il held up for emulation, or NJ
least with uuconcealed admiration Ill
total disregard of the character OF
aimsiness of the victory, Inc man
who can walk the furthest, jump the
biphest, lift the most, hit the hardest
or turn the longest somefsauiC Is
given rank above mental excellence
with clamoring impartiality. But Mr.
Sullivan in Texas could scarcely COM
mand corporars guard NJ
any of his exhibitions. He came UNI
heralded, aud he left unwept. HIS
presence attracted two-line notices IN
the local papers, and his departure oc'
casioned no regret. In fact, Mr.. Sulii-
vans tour of Texas cannot he recorded
in the gentlenen's diary with even n
pleasing recollection, and he Will
no doubt pass it with n blank.
So much for II comparison of Sec
tions. While, as against the North,
the south need not hide its head with
shame, yet there is no cause for Phar'
iseeical demonstrations on either side,
If comparisons but engcnder a friendly
competition in the strife for real excel
lence aud superiority, they will not be
entirely barron.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10
THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 10.


The Daily GAzErrE will be sent to any al
dress, by mail only, from now TIL January
,ss5 FIR 81 in advance. The GAZETTE Is pup
llshed every day in the year, and is the largest
one of the two papers in Texas that prlh'
sovsn Issues a week. This makes the GA
BETTE the cheapest daily In Texas, ana thi'
reduction viii enable every one to take II Tor
the campaign year. The GAZETTE publishes
the high court decisions, n full line OF state
specials. full telcgraph!o report by Associ'
ated Press, ard market report excelled by
no paper in the state
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10

WITH a population in 1880 of l,6Oo,-
0O), Texas polled 100000 votes. Her
2000, 900 inhabitants, If the same pro-
portion Of them vote this year, will
poll 800, 900 votes. OF this increase of
6o,o0o, North Texas will cast full AS
900. And still we are not hoggish,
South Texas can have the offices --bu
she had better make the most of then
this time.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10
Types of Civilization,

New England claims monopoly of
the culture of the country, and it is
the fashion with the descendants of |
the Pilgrim fathers to rail at Southern |
civilization as crude and faulty, the
result of instincts rather than mental
development. Such assumptions have
been greatly encouraged by class OF
imitators who adjudge nothing good,
unless it come from abroad, and
whose only genius in the line of social
reproduction. But, to the careful OBJ
server of sentiment and custom as ty-
piled in the several sections of the
country, there is at least room for n
reasonable doubt as TO the correctness
of the somewhat arrogant claims OF
our Northern brethren. Leaving out
the colored population, which is AN
incident rather than an outgrowth of
the South, and whose vices have over
hung the virtues Of the rest, ii may
fairly be assumed that in moral SEN
ment, mental progress. and all the
OF n peoples status, whatever be their
aggregate, 1t may at least not shills
comparison with those of its neighbors.
There Is no doubt that the laxity OF
popular sentiment is far too great, but
IL Is u lanentable fact that such is the
condition of all the peoples of the
globe. There is some cause for con.
graduation, too, that with us looseness
does not extend In the direction OF
moral ideas, but results from the
frailty of the impulse rather than de
liberate calculation. Out of the very
virtues of the South her vices spring
Ihus II Is that vast majority of lii,
capital crimes committed within hei
borders are In vindication of supposed
principles, or the work of misguided
avengers. While it may be doubtec
whether the people have the same re
spect, or rather fear of the law, al
those Of the North, vel
, they show more genuine respect fol
what IL termed "the higher lawp-th,
law of inherent right and reiribution
Here public sympathy with criminals
4 exhausts itself upon those whose acts
/ however wrong in themselves, wer
committed nndei the impression tina
they We're right. In the North "A dis
position exists to make shrewdness tn
? test of punishment, and 10 Judge tn
' criminal primarily upon his tact
A convincing illustration q
a this is the character of the crimes G
a the two sections, for which public sc n
t tinient is alone responsible. Murde
&c III the North Is generally for the pui
rs pose OF plunder and robbery; in tn
:, south such instances are rare, and II
!, common representation is person,
/, grievance. The comparison might b
4 carried out TO the end OF Il,
!, list of criminal actions, an
the rulo would be foun
to continue unimpeached. Souther
- crime Is of the impulse; Norther
y crime of the reason.
70 a noteworthy instance OF the rel
i vancy of this argument is found In Il
IT tour OF that eminent Bostouian, Nj
= John Il. Sullivan, through Texa
% Among our Northern neighb,
Z he ranks modern prod
!. gy, whose qualities rend
VI him worthy to be honored al
= respected, and are to them source
70 qualification. They herald Ills pre-
10 ence with the same pomp aud clrcur
y stance AZ exhibited in welcome OF Il
A. poet aud the statesman. His feats "
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10

In the face of the hostility of such
senators rs Bayard and Vest, Coke,
Maxey and Beck, there are several Of
the Southern members who will vote
for tue Blair educational bill. The bill
Ia opposed TO the constitutional tradi-
tions of the Democratic party in its in.
trusion upon tho rights of the states,
but there is a feeling that the whole
someness of its effects in dispelling ig.
norance will compensate for its lack Of
constiiutionality. And the constitu,
ton In these days is n frail bulwark.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10

A STRIKING literary feature of the
May Century will be Julian hawthorne pa
per on "The salem Of Hawthorne In which
the scenes Of Nathaniel liswlhorne's daily
life and of his romances are described with n
personal knuwl dge audau insight which on
ly literary son could command. Incidental
ly,much new light is thrown ON the character
oft he father and ON the relations of hlsscenes
and his people to real places and persons
Harry Fem has mtde several pictures for
tho punar
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10

OUR Washington specials indicate
the specify settlement of the Greer
county boundary question between
TINS state and the general government.
A lair settlement Of the CONTROVERSY
VIII give the disputed territory to
Texas, and add several thousand square
miles of splendid grazing lands to her
domain. The result is due In a large
measure to the persistency OF Mr.. Lam
ham of the Eleventh district, who In.
trodnced the resolution for the appoint
ment OF a commission by the United
States government, and has pushed ii
to Its passage.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10
The "TraditisnaI, North Texan,

Governor Martin says he will not be
u candidate for the second place on the
Ticket any more, aud no doubt intends
to bide his time for further promotion
East Texas, in the person OF Governor
Hubbard, had the place once. South
ern Texas had it twice in the persons
of Sayr and Story, and Governor
Martin has just had it as representa-
tive of Middle Texas, and this would
indicate that the time had come for II
North Texas man.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10

AFTER an exciting fight of several
weeks, during which several impor.
tant local political questions were le-
bated with zeal and the entire city hot
~ Interested, Dallas came up to the
scratch and polled little over 900
votes. With no opposition, and moth
ing OF character exciting enough to
bring ont the voters, Fort Worth poll
ed 2,3O0 votes-and that was week
ago. We have grown great deal
since then, and could easily vote ., 500
now.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10
Too Late for ridden.
louisville Courier-Iournal.l

1t is too late. Not the presidency IT,
self has any charm or value for this
eminent man, who has served his
country and his party faithfully and
well, the record of whose career has
been made up, and who will pass into
history, when he passes hence, leaving
behind him n name and fame trans
cendng all the honors and awards OF
the greatest place and placement.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10

with. The food problem is too grave
to permit any interference with move
ments whose tendency Is to cheaper
in price and improve in quality such
an important essential as fresh meat
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10

The cry OF the Chicago morning
press is not like that of the Silver King:
''Oh, God turn back thy universe and
give us Yesterday but "Oh, God!
iurn back to yesterday and give us the
univptsNp
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10

WE note that many of the counties
are remittlng money to Austin to pay
interest on the amounts they have
borrowed from tho permanen,
school fund. And we have not
heard any renewal OF thu rum,rs
noatlng around 4 few wsslss ago to the
effect that these borrowers had de-
faulted lsome Of them) on the iirst la.
stallment OF interest. We regarded
said rumors A. sensational and unre,la-
bic and II seems that such was the
CASE, The people can rest easy as to
the solvency Of tho counties. They
VIII BE- able 70 pay interest and prln-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10

THAT "a prophet is not without
honor," etc., isa saying which ilnds
unusually forcible illustration in the
following sentence:
We Ike Capt Martin very much socially
ana personally. but we can not SEQ why the
people OF Texas should turn out so good a
governor as Ireland lust TO satlsiy tho ambI.
tlon OF our ffiend and crafty the spleen OF the
Galveston News,
This isa verbatim extract from The
Observer, staunch Democratic, and
the leading newspaper published al
corsicana, the home OF Martin Agri
colo--lieutenant.governor, etc. Evi
IDENTITY the Martin boom Is not very
loud In the latter's own bailiwlck.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10

GRANDURy, Stephenville, Dublin,
COmanche and brentwood will do
their part by the Brentwood road
Fort Worth will do hers. What more
do we need to get IL?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10
To the Public.

No travelling agent or any one but
the cashier of the Loving Publishing
Co., is authorized TO draw on this
Office. Parties cashing checks or
drafts drawn by any one else do so at
their own risk.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10
Very Happy Family.

QUINCY IIITl IItTHIu
A peculiarly happy family is the
Republican party. Grant won't speak
to Blaine; Blaine won't speak to Conk-
ling; Arthur won't speak to Logan;
Conkling won't speak to Arthur;
Logan won't speak To Blaine.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10
Oscar wiide's Good Luck.



Oscar Wilde says the American ma
Iiunal occupation is train. catching.
1t il very fortunate for him that it is
not ol-catching.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10

tSan Antonio Timcs.l
Peter Smith got there by a large
mai ,rity, and the Fort is happy,
Peter is good mayor. When Fort
Worth gets good thing it knows how
to hug it to its bosom.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10

To enliven the lull that Is settling
down over the two-thirds rule matter,
we sharpen our pencil to say that it
must 20.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10
To the Travelling Public.

Parties aboard any train coming into
or leaving Fort Worth, who cannot
procure copies of the GAZETTE will
confer favor by notifying this office.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10

THIS is Fort WOrth's season of the
year TO build railroads.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-10
A True aud Pious Man in a Naughty
uob

ATLANTA constitutional
Deacon smiths address to the mob:
"Go away, go away! I'll strike you
with nv umbrella"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-10-08
HEAR A FEW REASONS
why Republicans should Vote for Mr.
webber and Not for Mr., Sharp.

Webber supports and will vote for
Blaine.
Sharp supports Cleveland and re.
form.
Webber is Republican.
Sharp Is Democat.
Webber has had experience.
Sharp has had none of any conse-
luence.
Not ten Republicans in Wellington
had ever heard Of Sharp when this
campaign commenced.
Webber is honest as we'll as compe-
;ent. Even his enemies admit this.
Sharp may be honest but he cannot
be very intelligent or he would not
lave assailed Mr. Blaine as he
lid in his Lorain speech. If Mr.. Sharp
1ad been sharp in his own interests he
would not have assailed the character
Of Mr. Blaine, when he well knows
hat il he is elected he must depend for
nis success upon Republican votes.
Webber was fairly nominated by o
Republican Convention.
Sharp was fairly nominated by a
Democratic Convention.
The election of Sharp would be the
entering wedge to Democratic ascend.
aucy. Republicans must be disloyal to
.heir party, and this bolt has no other
excuse than that one man who
,as dictated the Republican
nominations of this county so long that
he has come to regard it as his lawful
prerogative to control its affairs as he
pleases, has determined, Sampson
like, that IL he cannot have his own
way, he will pull down the pillars Of
the Republican temple, even If it bury
him and the whole party in the ruins
made by its fall.
Republicans of Lorain County, con-
slider we'll before you commit your.
selves to such a suicidal policy. Read
and thoroughly digest the facts ant
arguments in this paper, and then de.
cide, whether with honor and q main
tainence Of Self-respect, you can bolt
the nomination Of Mr.. Webber. Th,
facts we have given you bearing on thu
questions at issue in this campaign
are absolutely true and like the ever
lasting hills cannot be moved. Ths!
will withstand all assaults by who
ever made and from whatever sourc
they may come.
We have not engaged in this contro
Versy from any personal or selfish rea
son, but because we believed that tn,
interests OF justice and politica
purity, and good administration de
nanded it, and whether the election
shall be for or against us, time will vim
iicate the propriety and justice Of tn,
course we have taken,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-10-08
Humorous Definitions.

A smart, pithy or humorous defnl'
ton often furnishes happy illustra.
ton of the proverbial brevity which !,
the soul of wit. A boy once said tha'
"dust is mud with the juice squeezed
out" A fan, we learn from another
juvenile source, is "a thing TO brush
warm oil with" and a monkey, "a
small Boy with tail;" "salt, what
makes your potatoes taste bad when
you don't put any on" "wakelulness,
eyes all the time coming unbuttoned;"
and "ice, water that staid out too late
in the cold and went to sleep"
A schoolboy asked TO define the word
sob" whimpered out: at means
when feller don't mean TO cry and II
bursts out itself" A youngster was
asked TO give his idea Of the meaning
Of responsibility" so he said; "Well,
supposing | had only two buttons on
my trousers, and one came of, all the
responsibility would rest on the other
button"
10 hit of a jury as ga body Of men
organized 10 find out which side has the
smartest lawyer" is to satirize many
Of our ''intelligent fellow-countrymen I"
The word suspicion" is, in the opinion
Of Jealous husband, "a feeling that
compels you to try to find out some.
thing which you don't wish to know"
A good definition Of "Pharisee" is ga
tradesman who uses long prayers and
short weights" Of a "humbug, one
who agrees with everybody" and Of a
''tyrant, the other version Of some
body's hero" Thin soup, according tc
an irish mendioant, Is "a quart Of water
boiled down 70 q pint, to make II
strong"
OF definitions Of q bachelor un-
altered man." ga singular being" and
"a target for miss" are apt enough.
A walfing-stick may be described as
''the old mans strength and the young
mans weakness" and an umbrella as
80 fair and foul weather friend who has
had many ups and downs In the world. "
A watch may be hit of as o second.
hand affair, and spectacles as "second
sight or friendly glasses" Fash.
ion" has been cleverly hit Of as "an
arbitrary disease which leads all geese
TO follow in single file the one eooss
that sets the style."-Boston Herald.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-10-08

else in the world to do but read and
answer them, and 1 am so intensely
pleased and interested in them that ]
beg of you to give yourself all the lati'
tude you desire. Write me book, not
o small and Insignificant one, but
a ponderous octave Of thousand pages
or so. 1t will be an interesting REM
iniscence to look it over hundred
years from now and might find place
in the public libraries for the benefit Of
posterity. j. w. H.