Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-03
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Lock Horns at the Court.House and
Discourse on Prohibition to an
Appreciatlve Audience.
VII" was Expected 20 be Logical pebn,,
furns out to he a pnn,lcmsnium
-whca,ley on Deck.

I
Leonard, in opposition TO prohlbi.
ton and by some great light of tho oppo.
sition in favor OF prohibition. Al .
O'Clock a reporter for Tnn GAZETTE
reached the court house and found there.
In the district court room, crowd of AT
least four hundred men, nine-tenths of
VINO were anti-prohibtionisis II the re-.
porter had any expectations of having n
logical debate on the question which is
now being discussed, he was sadly dlsap.
pointed. The first sounds that greeted
MS ears when he entered the corridor of
the court house, We're series of wells,
hoots ana cat-calls. Ascending the stair.
way ana entering the room, the scribe
settled down to business.
Mr. Leonard c. Harold occupied the
| speakers stand, and was endeavorinr, in
a modest way, TO enlighten the mob (that
/ Is what the crowd was) on prohibition.
IL was only at times when "the boysn
gave their lungs rest that the reporter
could catch Il few words uttered by the
| speaker. His speech, II delivered without
interruption, may have been good one
In some localities, but IL showed nm
rather badly last night. The first words
caught by the reporter were about as fol-
lows; at is claimed by the friends of
| prohibition that whisky is the cause of
all crime! deny this. Crime Is hercdl.
tary, just as Is consumption. II man
steals, II man commits murder, IL is be.
cause II is bred In hun. 1t Is handed
down from father to son from genera
ton" Fright you are, my boy" cries
voice from the rear, aud then followed
chorus OF yells from the crowd. After
the yelling had subsidized the speaker con-
tmued: al have fought this enemy, pro-
| hibition, in Throckmortou, Denton,
Shacheliord, Parker, Wise and other coun-
ties, and intend to continue to fight it,"
Yells from the crowd, "Time!" yells one
"Come off of that" cries another;
''Maior Wheatly!" chorus dozen more !"
"Gentlemen," said the speaker, al
| had no idea that | was addressing a lot
Of loaded opponents, but will assure
you of one thing, am going to have my
speech out if it takes all night
"und you shust give II to 'em hot,
mox, nix GUS" cries an enthused listener
| from the right.
"Wheatley, Maj. Wheatley" yels the
crowd.
"If you don't know how to behave
| yourselves" yelled the speaker, 81 will
| give you lot of books and let you go
home and read them. You were not
raised right or you would behave your.
selves better Here the cat-calls and
| hooting increased, while the cries for
Wheatley grew louder and louder. The
figure OF the ajor appeared in front of
the speaker and he made an effort to
. pannl. In uta an IL,
speaker to the major, then to the crowd,
III am Il Southern'boy, born and bred,
my father laid down his life, and two
brothers on the bloody field of Manassas
in defense of principle, and am chip
of the old block No man can come on
this stand and discuss this question
while am here unless he does so ac-
cording to the rules laid down" CHE
speaker then laid down the law.) "My
time has not yet expired, and | intend
to have my rights If have
to stay here until perdtion
freezes over" Yells and cat-calls.
IL thought the people Of Fort Worth were
better raised than you Indicate tonight.
| neyerireceiyed worse treatment in my
life. These are my sentiments, and If you
don't like them come outside and insult
me; don't do 1t heren After few more
! dcsultory remarks, the speaker vacated
the stand, and Maj. Wheatly mounted it
amid perfect roar of cheers. The major
was in his happiest humor, and struck off
as follows:
"Fellow Citizens; II you will just
keep quiet, will give you the best in the
land. compliment you in calling on
me to address you. The question which
now agitates the public mind Is one OF
momentous Importance. In the glorious
circle that whirls in ever-ending revolu-
tons across this mundane sphere, | see
| that the intelligence Of this glorious Tex
as is paramount to those heights to which
the great and glorious Washington as
cended from the mountain top. Prohibi-
tion Is a great question, and ii you set
down on il, you will eternally ruin your
! great land ANY man who votes for pro-
| hibition, surely forgets the price OF lib
erty Is eternal vigilance, as the immortal
| Andy johnson said in his noted sermon
| on the mount What did ST. Paul say?
! st. Paul said, take little for the stom-
ach's sake and ascend to the third heaven.
/ Vote local-option and You will never see
another man in town, stick to your liber-
ties and your freedom, get all you can,
hold on TO what you get. AS Bill Stereu
/ says. 'liiod what you have got and you
will have plenty In the morning and lit
| tie sugar to stir up In It, This brought
/ down the house and some friend handed
the major glass of whisky which he
drank ut one gulp, smacked his lips and
struck out again. "1'm the hlgh-combed
cock OF Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Lou
islana, and the blue bird of Texas.
! lay over common stock further than q
doubloon lays over a dollar, and am the
fastest chicken that ever scratched sand
Show me a Prohibtionist and win show
you man who knows not what II is TO love
woman. tell you this thing has gone
| far enough; ourliberties are In danger,
and the republic must be saved. Rally
around the flag boys; come TO the polls
and bring your ballot boxes with you,
and we willput these fellows so deepin the
ground that when Gabriel blows his horn
they can't hear the sound, | am down
on man that Il down on himself. for
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