Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-19
Ex-Gov. LUBBOCK.
A Brief Synopsis of His speech Last
Night.

NiEnts
A small crowd who did not go 10 the
depot last night gathered in the
courthouse TO hear ex-Gov. Lubbock,
who, after repeating an old Texas
proverb, that nothing in this business
state but Gov. Houston or circus
could draw large crowd introduced
his address by advocating the impor-
tanee of conventions. Although
disappointed men are generally the
chief opponents of conventions, yet
business men frequently absent them
selves and thus lose their political in
iluence and Importance and perhaps
the candidate that they favor Some
of the les8 pOpulous Western counties
outvote the large counties of the state
Cn account of such abaenteelam. The
young men now are taking commend
able Interest In politics as they are en-
titled TO do. Gibbs, Baker, Templeton
and others are nominees from the ranks
OF young men. The young men win
have opportunity TO unite with the old
IA election OF Cleveland, the head and
front Of American political reforma.
ton, against Blaine, the corrupt opin-
ion-selilng head Of a monopolistle, eX-
ttayagant, war-fostered, navy-neglect-
speaker, Blaine not only sold an opin-
ion but charged "A second payment
of $1,000 In addition 10 the first OF 10000.
AT present the tariff Of S22 to the head
Ia imposed by Blaine'a party TO make
billionaires OF millionaires while Mrm-
ers and mechanics pay the tax. A suit
OF clothes worth $50 In England sells
for $50 In Massachusetts,, on account Of
the war tariff.
But reform generally and not tariff
Ia the cardinal issue in this campaign.
During fifty years OF Democratic adj
mlnistration no Democratic governor
ever went TO the penitentiary, nor WAS
any Democratic president ashamed TO
shake hands with eX-governors who
were In the penitentiary as Is now the
case with Republicans In Penn
sylvanln.
If the Democratic party is dead,
how did they elect Tllden and why do
the Republicans make such exertions
TO defeat II? Az for ilsenemies all up.
start parties shooting at it soon die
All men not Democrats are Repuoli-
cans, because they represent no body
Wash Jones Is like the negro's deer
that jumped so high he would kill
himself; therefore he should be let Sc
vereiY alone.
The Republicans have straight
ticket with Evans mulatto kinks in
Il for the most important Office In the
state, the land office, while long-haired,
STRAIGHTFORWARD, clever A. b. Norton
Ia for governor. An unshaven crank
Ii not tit 10 be the atate-head even OF a
party OF tariff shavers.
Asto free schools the Radicals had
complicated and extravagnnt ays-
tenn for few schools; we have more
efficient system for a greater number
OF schools and supported with less
financial Inconvenience. but the
chief Republican idea OF govern
mcnt Heems TO lie In taxation.
On the land question ex.Gov, Lubbock
thought that free-grasa principles were
no disqualification for Democracy. He
regarded the lands "a set apart for the
education OF the children, but
thought they should be 80 utll-
lied In the prosecution of this
end as not 10 iDlure the state. He
thought II actual settler policy was
pursued, IL would he long time before
much profit would be derived from the
lands, because private land owners
would compete In sale with the state.