Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-20
I'M STRAIGHT-OUTS.
|....l 70 the colorsd People to
|s,ndOn wash Jones and
aupport Judge Norton.
.,,-,l Officer Holders Arrangement
!, ,he Democratic Party
Campaign DOggerel.
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TmnrLL, Tx, oct. -, 1884.
p,nubllcan Readers OF tho Gazette;
,,ov that most all Of the Republi-
!, North and West Texas read
s,zwrE, as most all the other
arc 40 unreliable, politically,
i ueeless to read them If you
2 .nv facts, / desire to reach the
nublic through its columns.
\ n 10 state that Texas is quite
h I, POLITICAL reform. There IL no
4 nresentlnR any arguments 10
|, p,hjs as both Republl-
o and Democrats agree
. -, '"I score. but how can
h a1,crmedg Not By the old aud
n or snlid Democrats, AZ we have
u nan, for the last twelve years,
nIngs are getting no better very
U Tbis Insertion needs no other
n than 10 refer sto our peni-
80 boards actions ana the falling
q Enumeration TO the state, caused
h osbeT reason than the large
70 cratic majority In the state and
" 1901 one.sided legislation. Peo-
n ~ rad know that every state In
n |rn;on that has been any length
democratic has In every case
4 q Impressive TO it's citizens and
I ,srssis, Hence, we know that
b Srsts need Watching, and unless
" , nee people, by exercising the
4 ,lse ol The ballot, can get a
al Republicans into the leg
y we may well expect
and enterprise 10 wane In our
t. ndas consequence immigra-
cease.
d ON Republicans, now can we
~ hs waning and falling OF OF the
ratlon 10 our state2 One way |
u I,tis To show by our votes this fall
"a lhere are two parties In the state,
~ hlican aud Democratic. How
M l do that, some one asks, by sup
Y bg the slraight-out Republican
ND headed BY Judge A. B. Norton,
s1 4 who has ever stood In the inter
u \ the opposition TO boHrbonism
q The days Of Henry Clay TO the
y bit time. aud who now IL before
re n preseryer Of the principles and
~ Of our grand old Union party
of as c0noeited fool who thinks
pa M be elected over q bourbon
100 hee, simply because few coun.
pt IN the state are In favor Of free
% aud opposed to the regular
W hees The party he leads Is the
lbs Of what will eventually and
~ Don dislodge the etrongholds of
ne onism In our great and grand
Dal aleoi Texas. God speed the day
4 II may come to pass, as our
! sts are perishing for want of pro-
4 lon, a thing that has never been
Of the Democratic party since
lA' line Of Thos. Jefferson, or else his
.lIa has lied on the party, and II II has
he first time that they (the Dem
slhayc not kicked about an Inn
hliu wrong. They frequently
osl' agAlnAt the right unwlttingly, as
az afe blind on the right side Tor on
ing Tide OF progress) and cannot see
~ they have missed until II has
shown them by the Republicans;
u they claim they knew OF II.
oI Democratic party, IL Is almost
nationally speaking, and VIII
Z be sick In Texas with n malig-
" type Of paralysis. 1t has already
v rational leprosy, and that is sure
Y. ~ b in time. We, AS Republicans,
w extTicale ourselves from the
4, Of Jones aud his political fanatics
y be Democracy viii hold us back
ID the lunatie Idea, false as II IL,
sl, h. George Washington, the father oil
y fcuntry, had Jones at the end oil
anne AID that type was too scarce
y sert the Jones part. But one
" z certain, II one can tell by the
~ the straws are turned where
wind comes from that
2 v the Jones kite, the
: 9 Tain is nearly exhausted and or
y az lnoef 4 down she comes, never
ae to rise again.
" W, iellnw Republicans, when
" may term | do not mean fanatics
w. eli-bioated Jones advocates, bu
y. lnen who think too much of thell
y principles TO go worshipiDl
le en gods or old broken-down Dem
w y, Who think that we, as party
v Kasl must sneeze at their smut
ON a. our esteemed friends of great
Y ~, DeGress, Newcomb, O'BrleI
s9nefs told us at Houston
nave run the party for year
~ AnQW what Is what. They sa,
~ We have all the colored folks OF
i aue because we hold the Office
wy Ihe unsuspectlng oolored maj
~ We arc right because we holt
y Y. iia great many Of the presen
y e. rnoldefs in Texas had been II
" graves years ago the colored mai
! nave been much better of ant
. pw has.
i'' 70. here let me say few word
~ oolored men Of the state. N
W u ohlceholder In Texas when b
". Up 70 You and asks you to vot
\ n Il any friend of yours, an,
WIN vote against his wish min
y Vut OF ten you will be neare
w ~ a. he only wishes I
" ms own chances and us
Z. u TOOL TO gain some mans In
~ VINO Will never do you an
= what you and / and ever
~ "rpubllcan and enterprising eli
~ v, Il iexas want 10 do Is to hoist Tia
' ,1I' 'plean banner so high that o 70,
W, S'u men like those above mer
Y Srnnot reach IL, unless the
" ~ their allegiance to factlonlsti
w Jones, who has no low
hepubliGan party, but VIII