Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-11
SHERMAN.
A Democrats Flag Raising-GOV,
Throckmorton and Judge Gil.
bert Dispense Eloquence.
A Report That Jay GOuld is Furnishing
Money to Bug Texas for the Re
publicans- Other Notes.
sne, isll 10 tho anrni,n.

spea iAl' TO the Gazette.
SHERMAN, Tx, Oct. lO.-The DEM
ocratic fiag-raising last night was a
conspicuous success, ifths number in
attendGn goes to make il up. The
platform built around the tall pole was
surroun ltd by one Of the largest and
most patient audiences ever gathered
in this city and the people sat in fixed
attention 10 listen to the speeches,
while they shivered with the cold Of
the night air. None of the
invited speakers were present
except GOV. Threckmosoon aud
he was 700 hoarse from. his can
vass TO willingly talk, in tlla open air.
Judge Gilbert of 3enisoH' was in
vited by the committee To make the
| opening address, and he entertained
! the audience with a most excellent
and sound Democratic tails Cor about
au hour anha half. Ne showed great
! familiarity with the curreKt history
of political parties and gave she Re
publicans II sound but soathiag rebuke
for theis many shortcomings
and misdoings dupng the
past twenty years of oorrUytion and
misrule. When Mr.. Silberb had CON
cluded Gov ThrockmOrton- who was
on the stand, was loudly called for
and having become sonlSwhat en-
Unused with the subject and the Occa-
sion he forgot his physical inhrmities
and, like tho valiant soldier ihat he IL
, in the Democratic cause, he came to
the front and made n mOss able and
instructive speech. Els review of
the Republican party rs seen
through Representative in congress
was most able, and we'll presented
His showing up of Bntler, who nov
= poses before the country ~ the chsnr
| pion opponent of mOnOpOlies, viewed
= in the ligh5 OF his votes In congress,
y make tho old blear-eyed demagOgue
= the champion hypeeFite of the century,
. He paid bat little attention TO IS.
g John, hut delivered q eulogy on the
: women of our cOHAtTS, and thought
" Chat BelVa Lock wood the woman
y rights candidate for president, did 9nl
y truly represent any sentiment o.
l. smbitiOn of the Sentler rex in bhS
e, United States They had alreadT al
the power that the ladies wanted ana
l. were shaping the affairs Of govern
a ment, political and social, IN tho mos
a elective way that this conld be done
Their gentle influence WAS ovarshsd
d owing the men and directing them &
re higher aims and purer purposes, whil
el they We're freed from the vulgar scPam
Ie BILE OF the hustings and hedgsd abou
with u protecting reverence that mad
u them the most sacred aud revered elt
u, ment In the worlds population.
W The governor warmed up till h for
el got his hOaTseness and when he hat
us finished IL was the common senlimen
II that his was most excellent, Instruct
u I've and eloquent speech. lie left NJ
81 the afternoon train so speak at Tn
r. grand Publication at Gainesville I,
~ morrow.
ne on account of the wreck west of Il
no GAZETTE came To Sherman IN
morning aud more than live hundre
anxious readers are disappointed Il
m day.
III. 0ne of our prominent an
no loud-mouthed Republicans sal
to-day that he had received
'h- draft from Jay Gould for the sum I
vi 1856 as fund to he used to enc0ura
ne the party In Texas TO make goo
fight Ia the approaching election. m
party to whom this draft Was e.
IN hibited, had some doubt about II
facts In the case, and reported II to
he as n probable sell on him. Stll Il
~ thing did come and 1t may be for IL
purpose named but can hardly carr
lo' Grayson for Blaine,
ior Several citizens OF SHERMAN LEFT ia
pre- afternoon for Gainesville TO partieip9
1'h in the barbe ne tomorrow.
re- Capt l.. r. Ely and o. Bound
Esq. who were fishing in Il
Nation, found their raiment too thi
TO stand the norther and the air Il
me cool for the fish TO bite, so they left Il
nil romantic streams yesterday for u
comforts OF home life aud landed
NE sherman late last evening.
Irst Mrs. DR. Psttitt who has been on
for visit 10 friends In Michigan for sever
wo weeks past returned home last zig
i. on the 9 % train, The 90
tor has been Int
at sad aud lonesome for some time pa
yht but his countenRnoe beams with an {
in. preston Of happiness to-day that,
as, his wife could note the change, won
Cor make her next absence a lhiug IA q
M remote future