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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12
It Is Gone.

The two-thirds rule has gone. 1t
was never principle of Democracy,
but a practice at variance with that
fundamental principle of the party
which declares that the majority shall
rule-and THE GAZETTE battled for its
abrogation. For this the paper was
criticised rs untrue and disloyal. The
Democracy of the greatest state of the
South--the Democracy of state that
is destined to be the greatest in the
uni0n-now stands between THE GA
zErrE and disloyal.y; THE GAZETTE
has been Endorsed by the Democracy
Of Texas. Democracy is party OF
progress Of superintendent the
two;thirds rule has gone. While it was
practice 1t served to defeat the will
OF the majority and play into the
hands Of men who sought to defeat the
preferences Of the people. 1t is gone,
never more to thwart the popular
voice, and THE g AzErTE has no peace
to offer to its ashes. ls
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12
The Convention.

No finer assemblage of men was ever
seen in Texas than that which is now
in this city. Among the Democrats in
convention at Fort Worth are men
distinguished in law and famous in
politics-men who would grace the
national councils of the country-men
who are famed as orators and states
men. THE GAZETTE repeats, no finer
assemblage of men was ever seen in
Texas. 1t is n representative gather
ing and is promise that all the ma
terial out Of which has been formed
congressional delegations in the past
that did honor to the state Is not yet
exhausted, aud some of the men
who are in Fort Worth to.day---per-
haps many of them will yetbe heard
in the highest council of the nation.
Fort Worth is proud to be the place OF
meeting of such men. The state i,
proud of them-and for cause. TIL
GAZETTE will note their future careers
and take pride and pleasure in por
traying them to an admiring constitu
| ency
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12

These states represent no section.
Connecticut responds to Alabama and
Rhode Island to Oregon in their de-
mand for Tilden. From the Atlantic
to the Pacific--from Canada to the
Gulf, one universal voice goes up for
Samuel J. Tilden as the man in whose
integrity, experience and patriotism
the people of the country confide to
save them from the continuance of
Republican misrule and the infiiction
of four years of Blaine. With Samuel
j. Tilden and revenue reform the next
administration will be Democratic be-
yond peradventure. The represents
tives Of the Texas Democracy now in
convention in this city will swell the
Tilden column by the addition OF
twenty-six sure Democratic votes
Other states in quick succession will
follow their action, and the convention
to assemble in Chicago on the Sth o.
July will have only one question
before it-that of agreeing upon an
acceptable platform. The candidate
will have been named in advance by
the people. The people have Spoken
and are speaking. What says Mr.
Tilden?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12
Federal Court In Nortbcrn ,rexo.

MONTAGUE, TEXAS, June 10, 1881.
To the Editor OF the Gazette.
The failure of the bill to establish n
federal court at Paris and Denison
and Its ignominious defeat in the fed
eral senate, Is no doubt a source of
much tribulation down about Paris.
The blow that blasted their hone of
this measure came, however, from a
very unexpected source. They do sav
that 1t was all the time believed thst
such bill could never pass the house
until that district had as a Representa-.
tive In the lower house some wide-
awake, full-fledged and active. noisy
never-to-be-squelched-st atesman. such
as has heretofore made noise for the
Bots dare boys In the state senate. ,But
when the test came old "Sleepy Dave, y
from Sleepy Hollow, away down at
the head of Ferry Lake, was found to
bea potent factor In the house of zen.
resentatives and so the measure ran
through the body with a
speed scarcely eaualed bv
Simon Suggs' scared wolf 7,
and all eyes at once reverted to the
sheet anchor, Gen. Sam Bell, who only
had to go through the formal work Of
presenting this unfinished feather In
his cap to the senate before pluming.
Great was the anguish when the Der.
verse and sleeper senators referred it to
hostile committee, and the report
was that, by vigorous punching,
enough of the drowsy solons were
awaken ed to be astonished at this lit.
tie legerdermain, and prop their eyes
open until the final vote came. The
general was thus shown to be equal to
the occasion. But the drowsy crew
fell to sleep again during one of the
long prOsy speeches in its debate, and
before awakened the bill was laid out
on the coOling-board, and now great is
the mourning.
1t is now said that it is currently re
ported that there are at least two mem
bers in the national congress from the
Fourth district of Texas, though they
are not now and probably never will
both be in senate at the same time
as the chamber is too full now to admi
further aspirants.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12
Chenoweth and Culberso,.

PARIS. Ten, June 10, 1891.
To the Editor OF The Gazette.
A correspondent from Paris, who
signs himself Voice from Lamar. ,,
asserts In your issue of to-day that
Lamar will certainly furnish solid
delegation for Hon. ID. b. Culberson. -
he also says If reports from Fannin
are to be credited that is the only
doubtful county in the district, and
pretends to think that every other
county in the district VIII be solid for
Culberson. TO sum up, everything is
Tor Culberson except Fannln, which Is
doubtful. Now II these are the tactics
depended on by Col. Culberson' 4
friends to nominate him he will be
badly beaten. II Is folly 10 talk abont
Fannin being doubtful No man In
Texas could defeat the brilliant young
statesman Of Fannin in that
county for any Office TO which
he might aspire. There Is a contest In
lamar, but that county is certain for
Judge Chenoweth, and the informa-
ton his frlends have from Red River.
Bowie and Delta are of the most
encouraging character. His frlends
are not hoggish enough to claim eyery-
thing for him, but they do claim
enough to nominate and elect him.
Ey the way, Col. Culberson's adherents
object very strenuously to any agita-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12

COMPTROLLER SwAYNE accorded
The GAZETTE a brief but pleasant
chat on political matters yesterday.
Mr.. Swayne is recognized by all who
know him as Level headed man.
and keen observer. TIE GAZETTE
was pleased to hear the gentleman de.
clare himself in favor of some action
at the Houston convent on, looking to
the encouragement of the settle
ment of the country. Mr.
Swayne thinks that every patriotic
man In Texas is in favor of this, ant
believes some expression of this gen
eral sentiment would be timely a
Houston. The law relating to tn
disposition of public lands should b
that which would the more surely an
most rapidly promote their occupanc
by actual settlers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12
Thew Are For Free Grass.

Has the Waco Examiner read the
proceedings Of the recent convention
Of Hill county Democrats, held at
Hillsboro? lift hasn't, it ought to do
so, for Hill county is adjoining Nc
Lennan-in the central, agricultural
portion of the state. One of the reso-
lutions passed by that convention read
as follows:
Resolved by the Democracy OF Hill county
in convention assembled, that the policy OF
leasing the public lands is not only unwise
but detrimental to the best interests OF the
state and a barrier to the progress, advance
ment and settlement of the country; that we
favor the sale OF the public lands in small
quantities to actual settlers upon long time.
the state retaining vendors lieu until hnal
payment.
The Examiners imam with hoe''
lives in Hill county, and he is Dem
ocrat; he passed this resolution. What
does it mean, that he is declaring for
free grass? 1t cannot be local issue,
so far as he is concerned, for the stock
industry is growing less and less in
Hill county every day. The face OF
the country there is dotted with farms,
large and small, and one may ride for
miles and miles through lanes guarded
on either side with the cold, grey
barbed within the wire there
are fields of golden grain, relieved by
the rich green of growing corn or cot
ton. Hill county is farming section
and the pillow is the symbol of prosper
ity there. How does it happen, we
ask, that Hill county declares for free
grass, which can never be enjoyed
there, save nominally" 1t simply
means that free grass is, as THE GA
zErrE has contended, more than {
local issue, and the Hill county Dem
ocrats have the agacity to see and the
fairness to recognize 1t. Free gras.
populated their county and made i
what it is. First came the stockman
with his herds, then the farmer. TIL,
stockman has filled his mission and
departing, but the farmer remains
The people of Hill county, in short
are willing that free grass shall do 70
Northwestern Texas what 1t has don
, for them.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12
Let Somebody Inform Him.
BELLEVUE, June 0, 1881.

BELLEVUE, June 0, 1881.
To the Editor Of the Gazette. vi,
In THE GAZETTE Of the 18th instant
appears an extract from the Evening
Democrat which would represent me
as the owner of large inclosed
pasture composed partly of free school
land, The comments of THE GAZETTE
were entirely correct, and would be
sufficient notice of the Evening DEM
ocrat's little squib If 1t were not that l
am impelled through sheer curiosity,
to ask for information regarding this
Evening Democrat, which infer 10
one Of the champions Of the land
board, and of that cause which u 80
destitute of worthy principles and
commendable motives as to resort TO
fragrant Misrepresentation and ludi-
crOus suppositions to defend 1t Against
justiiiable attacks from the very ele-
ment which Its adherents, through
sophistical reasonings, would have the
publfc believe they desire especially 10
protect. When the extract was read
here, as 1t appeared in The GAZETTE,
there were numerous inquiries made
OF me about the Evening Democrat; no
one here had ever before heard oft. l
was unable to enlighten any of my In
terfogators, for, although ] am fre-
quently In Fort Worth and other
cities where l meet many newspaper
men, ! have never before heard OF this
Evening Democrat, this apparent pal
ladlum Of lease-law doctrines and land
board usurpati0ns.
Now. sir, claim better right 70
ask, us the editor Of the Evening
Democrat white man? and, II 80,
when did he emigrate from Arkan.
sas?" than he has to ask, How much
school land has Mr.. q. In his PASTURE
hence. ask the question. My neigh
Dor, as we'll rs myself, also desires
to know where this Il. D.
50 given to drawing upon its
dren s land In the pastures OF free
grass men, has its existence and how
long has 1t existed? We insist that tn
farmers and voters of this part o
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12
A Country Without A Navy

In his speech in New York on dec.
Grafton day Ben Butler called the at
tention Of the country to fact that is
Of real Importance. He cited the
treaty of Washington, which put coal
as ''contraband Of war;" an article not
to be furnished to cruisers of belliger-
ent powers In time of war save In such
quantity as shall enable the cruiser To
get quickly aud safely to a port of her
country. Aud then he went on to
say:ees ag ~
In case OF war. by the rule OF inter
national law to which we have
bound ourselves, and commend
to other nations to be bound there-
by, no nation can permit her citixess TO sci
to or furnish an American war vessel with n
poundof coal, except 70 bring her home.
Now, this country has not naval station
away from our own shores ON earth where
she has right 10 have a pound ofcoal. excep,
she may ouy II In the market In the time Of
peace, and that IL forbidden by the rule
have mentioned In time of war.
No American war ship has been bui I. O,
can be built. that can carry coal enough "a
steam fifteen days from nome, aud g,
back. How completely we were oyer.reached
In our diplomacy wiilbe seen when we re-
member thsi for 100 gears. nay. $50 years
England has been s&tabiishing fortified mill
tary posts and stations for coaliug aud maya
Zines for other war material which make a
sirdle round the earth. ls7
an case OF war any naval power has ship,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12

the West of farmers and turn the pub
lie domain over to the rule Of syndi-
Gates and pasture lords leasing thou
sands Of acres and excluding settle
ment by barrier Of barbed wire.
thousands of good Democrats, men
who have never voted anything but
the Democratic ticket, will vote against
IT, is Senator Fleming's deliberate
Judgment of the feeling toward the
present lease system.
Free grass is Democratic, anti-free
grass Is un-Democratic because 1t IL
opposed to the public good, and Demo
Gratis who vote against a herd law or O
lease law, by whatever party advo'
Gated, are none the less Democrats.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12
Will He Accent =?

The Democratic conundrum is,
Will Tilden accept? The testimony
need not be recapitulated-it has been
asserted by some of his friends that
he will, and by others that hewill not.
There is doubt of it. Therefore, when
the Fort Worth Democratic convention
has obeyed what seems to be the voice
of Texas, which is based upon the con-
dition that Tilden will accept, let that
convention heed the voice of Texas on
the tariff. Tilden may or may not ac-
cept-but in any event, put none but
tariff reformers on guard al
Chicago, and then will the
voice Of Texas be heard at Chicago
Devotion to this principle, with ability
to choose that man who can beat
Blaine, is what Texas wants in the
men who are sent from Fort Worth II
Chicago.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12
Free Grass and Representation.

The Fort Worth GAzErrE wants new CEN
sus OF the population OF the state taken,
holding that the legislature is now not com
posed of representation according to taxa
ton and population. Since the census OF
1850 the population In some OF the western
and especially the northwestern counties has
doubled and quadrupled, which sections
IL argues have not that voice In the
legislation OF the country that the Increase
In population ought TO give them. There
fore, II wants n new census. What ails The
GAZETTE is that there are not enough "frec
grass" members In the legislature.-Marlin
Ball.
When men oppose the right, it is
unavoidable the intricacy in which
they involve themselves. The Ball is
opposed to free grass and to fair rep
resentation that would result from a
state census. The Ball gives itself
dead away in the concluding sentence
of the above extract. That paper adj
mits that free grass has so filled the
West with people that state censu.
would send more "free-grass" or west
ern members to the legislature Il
free grass increases the population, why
oppose free grass? Isn't II actual set
tiers that the state, and especially
what the West needs? If western
people are for free grass isn't 1t becaus,
they know what free grass has don
! for the country? If western peopl
| are for free grass Is 1t more ''infamous'
than for the people Of these section
Of Texas to have been for free grass Il
days gone byg Free grass did its AZ
Z pointed work in settling other portion
4 of Texas-why should its aid be denie
d to the western portion Of the state
= MAY We ask the lease law advocate
how the population in western cour
ties could have doubled and quadrl
: pied since the census Of 1880" II II
y true that the bloody free-grass baron
y drove away the farmers with ''lin
: ridersen -
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12
Senator Fleming's Words.

Senator Fleming living in the West
mingling with the people, conversant
with their thoughts and familiar with
their wants, said in THE GAZETTE of
the LIST inst:
The people are thoroughly aroused and
alarmed. II the Democratic party -indorses
the lease system, favors Its continuance OF
wlnks at herd law, thousands OF good Dem.
ocrats, men who have never voted anything
but Democratic ticket, will vote against 1t.
Such platform would lose nine-tenths OF
the Democratic vote In this country. / will
vote the Democratic ticket as have always
done, but cannot help understanding the
| terrible earnestness OF the people In this
| matter. II liz question of vital interest
to them, and party lines will not be recog-
| nizcd.
What object could Senator Fl sming
have had i'm misstating facts in this
plain, positive assertion that IF the
Democratic party indorses the lease
system, fav0rs its continuance OF
winks at herd law" "such plat
form would lose nine-tenths of the
Democratic vote of this country?n He
Is a Democrat, honored and esteemed
by the party, proud of its traditions
and devoted to its success. His lam
guage is not threat it is warning.
He perceives the danger to his party
and entreats the party leaders to avoid
It. - ~
One Of the things clearly demon.
strated by the last state election Is thai
South Texas and East Texas are no,
Democratic and cannot be trusted II
. maintain Democratic ascendancy In
this state. To North Texas and tn.
growing West Is the truht OF the part,
committed. IL was this portion of tn.
state that overcame the Republican
majority cast for Wash Jones by South
and East Texas, and elected Gov. Ire
: land by more than 10000 majority
2 DeInocrats Of North Texas are Iowa
. ana true to tiistf party as long as tn,
3 party is true to them, but as Senator
Fleming has said, the question OF fire..
. grass us question of vital interest Il
I. Them, and party lines will not b.
recognized" II an Endorsement of tn,
! present lease law is coupled with til.
election Of the Democratic state ticket
They will not commit suicide for III,
qualification Of the herd-law ad vocates
. They know the essential importanc.
> OF free grazing to enable the pioneel
70 gain a footing and acquire start il
the Western counties, and they car
. never be made to contribute by thei,
votes TO the fastening Of land polio,
: upon the state that win depopulat,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12
MY RoosrLEr.

Where is the boomlet of yesterday?
-OssIAN.
had boomlet fair and gay. 9f'
Which bloomed awhile without dissension
Twas planted, so the papers say,
Al Dallas at the stock convention.
The seed of this my boomlet gay
carried long, through fragrant bowers;
Nor planted 1t till genial May
Had warmed the earth with gentle showers
tgrew awhile, my boomlct gay,
outstripping far each struggling blossom,
Till suddenly 1t pined away; hn
Thought, at first, twas playing possum.
tended well my boomlet gay,
wined and dined IL without measure,
No other call would obey,
That took me from my fondest treasure.
IL pinned, my boonlet fair and gay,
oh, how my very soul did dread 1t!
But pine IL would, II would not stay,
think must have over-fed IL.
Then fare-y ou-well. my boomlet gay,
'Twere vain and foolish to regret thee,
Perhaps you'll thrive1another day,
But I'll be dineed II forget thee.
GARSETr BIBBs.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12

IL an emergency like that which is
now at hand we believe in instructing
delegates. Impress it upon the heart
and mind of every man who is chosen
as delegate to Chicago that he is to
vote for a platform that contains a
tariff for revenue only plank, and
none other-and the "only" spelled in
capitals, too. Inform him that he is
to vote for candidate who is willing
to stand tlatfooted on such platform
and indorse ii.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12
Card.

10 the Editor ofths osss,, ,s'' June ll,ls
By reference to YOUR Ma,
patch Of the 10th inst, |, .l
Of I nsr n,,sa oy District Judge NH
int csse tried in said court NJ ~ ao, y
for Nv without ti, making srr,O ~ .nd
s sta sns defense e Of my cl uIsSsn5
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t tend ~ mi u. a. Pope Of Manb,sIIIn 3
m mem p Ss me matter n for me, tbs .,,s
H. = Osp, ENG. made in prsssncse w !
Mr.. = r rus is,,., mayor Of MarsbsTIl =
t ,,, morning to see you IL sss' VIA
" .ne matter. Please sdo M s, shs K!
ness 70 correct the error. Rs. ~ 3 !
Il P. Wnso]
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12

TIE Memphis Appeal says: "We have just
emerged from rude system OF labor, render
ing Introduction of new methods and i'm.
proved implements dlflicult and almost i'm.
possible. A new South has come into being
and progress is the order of the day. The ex.
position at New Orleans will do much for the
cotton businessin all Its branches.
1t viii prompt TO the development of all our
soil possesses-to take advantage of all our
climate makes possible. II will widen our
thoughts, nationaiize our notions and xpand
our enterprises, conquering that apathy and
inertness thathss been the bane of our PEG
pie, and create demand for more and better
education. The New Orleans exposition may
be the great step in ushering in this better
order of things
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12

If the Texas Democrats now here
will investigate the matter they will
find State Engineer Britton very
truthful man. He 1t was, according
to the Houston Post, who said:
more people get Off and on the trains
in twenty-four hours at Fort Worth
than at Dallas, Galveston, Houston,
San Antonio and Austin combined"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12

THE Hebrews of New York do not
appear to take kindly to Rabbi Gott-
heil's suggestion to substitute the
modern and Christian Sunday for the
ancient Sabbath of the Jews. They
say it would sweep away the most
venerable landmark of their faith and
have a tendency to wean young He
brews from Judaism. 1t is not proba.
BILE that the change will, be made soon,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12

THE Fast Oregonian Publishing company
of Pendleton will issue a special edition of
the Semi Weekly East oregonian on July 4,
1881, of 5000 copies. The paper will be printed
in colors to represent the American flag, SIM
liar to the 4lh of July edition of last year,
but Ell much larger scale. 1t will contain
matter of general interest, stories, sketches.
etc. Special attention will be given TO
Union, Baker, Grant, Wasco and Umatilla
counties aud the towns OF Eastern oregon.
1t viii be an excellent paper 10 send East TO
friends. The cost OF production being very
expensive, single copies will be sent to any
address on receipt of % cents, or fve for 81.
Stamps taken.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12

ton In the canvass until he gets homo
from Washington; but In the meas !.
time Franklin, one of the counties
into which Judge Chenoweth has
never been, had Its meeting last weeI
aud instructed for Culbersop. Con.
sistency Is not a jewel in the eves ~
Col. Culberson and his friends.
ANoTHER VOICE FROM LAMAR
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12

Worth originated the idea. The State
Wool-Growers' association has In
dorsed it. The plan is feasible. The
results for good to Texas, widespread.
The great live stock and wool interest
of Texas must have an exposition and
Fort Worth is the size Of the city In
which Il will be held In 1887.