Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Signs OF the Times cho,uo,..,
Flower To-Day, aud Cleveland
Tomorrow.
The Leader OF the Democracy Must HIVE
aNational, Not a Local Strength.


WASHINGTON, June l7.-The ,,..
president will be Flower. Hem NAV ho
Cleveland, but Flower draws after him
the multitude in New York, Connsct;.
cut and New Jersey, and these win
california are the doubtful states
Thurman brought the lana
and railway monopolists to the bar Of
the senate and by sheer forca 80
hard logic forced the railway repressn ~
atlVes i'll the senate to assent IN tho
passage of the bill that compels than,
10 pay their debts TO the United States
lnese railway senators supposed the
piil would fail in the house; but Sunset
COX, by most brilliant maneuyer ne n
pariiamentarian, forced 1t to n vote
and the yeas and nays gave victory Tn
thurman and the people. No two man
more are dreaded by the great corpora.
tlons than Thurman and Sunset Coy
ana simply because they can't he
bought, and both are thorough Dame.
Gratis and both Of great ability. Cox
woui9 probably secure every vote that
would be given to Flower as candi.
Date FOR the vice-presidency, but II
happens that Flower toiled on n farm
W he was thirty-six years old.
HIS hair Is full of hay seed and then he
toted a hod at two dollars per day. n
task which CoX's legs could never
have withstood Flower, In fact. ia n
great burly fellow. He looks like a
tour-year-old Brshmin bull; while
Cox is wholly imponderable. 1t was
proposed last week by the subcommit-
tee on the ventilation OF the house to
supply the capital with Finerty's air
syphons; but the objection was inter
posed that Mr.. Cox might be drawn
out through the roof and the whole
matter was again taken under solemn
adVisement. But Cox's ''levity.D as I
was telling you, lies solely in his legs
ana Jests, while Flower, strong in BODY
and mind Is amazingly ponderous, and
ms solemnlty was amply illustrated
when he once printed as part of a
speech ne made in the house, the
whole constitution of the United
States, including the fifteenth amend.
ment. Tie New York Herald ridi-
culed this novelty but Flower wished
TO educ ate his constituents i'm Democ-
racy, and therefore wisely sent each of
them, at the cost of the government.
what they had never seen before and
what they read because it was part of
the argument of their representative.
| am not sure that, for its purpose, it
was not the most benelicent speech
ever made in congress, and | am very
sure, If Flower be stronger than Cleve-
land, and the Democratic Chicago
convention would win most votes from
those who do most voting, that Thur
man and Flower will be the Demo-
cratic candidates.
ABILITY AND SrATESMA NsHIP,
Then, however exalted the virtues
of Mr.. Blaine or iranscendent his
genius, the country would discover his
superior in Thurman; and Flower,
however modest, could rot object to
being placed i'll the scales with Logan
The Blaine ticket is confessedly top
heavy, and if it We're elected and
should be turned upside down by the
interposition of Providence, the masses
of the people would infinitely prefer
that the conduct of affairs were en-
trusted to the matter-of-fact, sturdy,
vigorous Mr.. Flower, rather than the
Eighty, sensational, unsteady Logan.
The difference between these two men
consists mainly in the fact that Logan
has been making deal of noise
in the world through n
quarter of a century, while Mr..
Flower is only known in New York,
New Jersey aud Connecticut He is
the choicest representative of the anti
monOpolists and knights of Labor,
having taken the place in New York
of Peter Cooper, who, however rich,
was always thoroughly, in all his acts,
sympathies, speeches and benefactions
one OF the people.
THE POLITICIANS DON'T LIKE IT.
OF course the party leaders and
place. holders do not admire Mr..
Flower, and unless he brings to Chi
cago great strength from the three
doubtful Eastern states, me cannot win.
But Humans strength is every
where, and greatest on the Pacific
coast; and while today Flowers is
local because he is only appreciated
locally, his character and history will
be as familiarly well-known and
talked about in the remotest states,
as was Frank Pierce's within
the week Of his nomination.
And may l not add that / don't be-
iieve it possible, in the present temper
of the public mind, to defeat a candi-
date for any office who, having shown
himself capable of filling it, toled
thirty years on u farm, was day
Iuborer and hod-carrier and ran a
country grocery. Luck then made
him rich, but he had already made his
mark and made money and his good
fortune has changed the man in moth
ing.
THE PEOPLE AND THE PLACEMENT.
Is said here to-day that, while
Flower VIII defeat Cleveland before
the Democracy of New York,
Flower will not be accepted ut Chica-
go. But it is only the otlice-holders
who say this. Chicago will speak for
the common people of all the states,
and Flower may defeat Cleveland,
and the Democratic ticket may be
THURMAN AND FLOWER.
But have only sought to give the
reader Of The GAZETTE, in all these
letters, the tendencies of opinion as
developed here among men whose
lives, thoughts and energies are de-
voted to the study of this and kindred
questions. Blaine draws after him all
elements of disorder. The army and
navy want Blaine. j heard West
Pointer saying yesterday, what
chance have we except Blaine be
president? He will make the world
lively" He meant to say deadly.
There Is more money" he went on,
'afioat In war than in peace and I'm
tired Of this stupid monotony. Taxa,
ton OF the next war will be added
TO taxation imposed by bonds OF
the Interstate conflict. 1t will be
heavy enough. God knows; but the
people have nothing else to do but dig
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