Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-15
WACO.
synopsis oil Senator Coke's Anti.ProIiI.
billion Rcmarks--Surprlse at
Ross silence.
The Cisoo-Brownwood stage Robber noun,
o,cr-rhc Decoy Dlscharged--A Couple
of small rires.
special To The Ga,ette.

special 10 the Gazette.
Waco, TEX., Aug. l4.--Scnatur Coke's
speech last night against local-option has
been the talk of the town to-day. The
Anti-prohbitionistS are almost ticklcd To
death over Il and that they have such am
ally. The following are some OF the blows
the senator in the course Of his remarks
gave to the cold-water party.
oppose prohibition because 1t san attack di.
rcctly upon the personal liberties of every citl
zen OF THIS county; pooh pooh thai rs much as
yonnlease, but as sure as there Is God In hcav.
emit an attack ON the personal every
man in MciNnnnn county. When You nut a
guard ON mans mouth 10 see that such and
such things do not enter " seems 10 me that
YOU are getting along right fast In the attempt
70 take away his own liberty from him. Ii has
been said, aud every school boy repeats It, that
,the price OF liberty Is eternal vigilance" Let
this thing pass and bc adopted. and the next
thing they will take tobacco, aud after that they
VIII diNidcup your liberties and bring in WON
an suffrage. Loud applauscl. After that they
VIII prescribe what you shall eat aud what YOU
| shall wear.
oppose the prohibition movement because
IL seeks TO enact a sumptuary law, What is "A
sumptuary law II u the law which regulates
the diet clothing or drink or anything OF that
sort of the individual. How do YOU enforce
such n law Not at all, except bv lndulsitorlnl
.
der our present form of government. WHY
my fellow citizens, IL they eau pass this law,
the natural consequence will he they win pass
another, by which Your house may be searched
to see IL you have jug OF whisky. or Your
pocket 10 scr II you have u bottle, because the
whisky VIII be here, there Is no uncertainty
about II.
The south has always bcon Democratic, and
/ the Democratic party has always had it, shield
/ raised, It's helmet on, It's lance poised and
always ready To do Justice In the cause of nor
/ sonnl liberties, The people who are engaged
| In this movement are good Democrats, hut they
/ do not know II l. intended to use this move.
mcnt To disrupt and break up the Democratic
party. Talk about prohibition not being DO.
ltlcal question. Haven't they distinct pollti.
cal organizations In Kansas, Ohio, Vermont and
Maine aud whenever they can muster sufficient
/ strength they have district organizations. saw
\ II stated the other day that u Colorcd minister
said he was willing TO strike down both parties
In order to gain prohibition, and as the Ropub.
/ lcan party was already down he thought Il
would not hc difficult TO defeat the Democrats.
Some of Gen. Ross ardent admirers
are surprised aud rather rcgretful that
he didn't utilize the opportunity 10 put
himself ON record, here AT his home, as
I to prohibition. Some think he made a
great mistake in refraining from speak.
/ ing, but the majority feel sure he will
come to the scratch before the fight IL
over and align himself with Coke and
/ Mills.
At : am to-day W, h. Orman's resi-
dencc, IN the southwestern suburbs OF
! the city, burned to the ground; hous,
and contents total loss. Loss, $1,000
I Insured for $1,000 in the Niagara OF New
York, and Sun of California At 1 am
1 n. c. Johnson's residence, ON North
/ Fifth street, was found to he ablaze The
occupants had barely time to escape II
/ their night clothes, and Prof. j. b
4 Crcsap, Il boardcr in the house
was badly burned ON the face and hands
/ Everything in the building was destroyed
Loss $500; insured for $1,000 in tn
Niagara of New York The origin of boil
! fires is n mystery, but accident is the gen
orally advanced theory.
The preliminary trial of j. \. Morrison
one OF the Cisco-Brownwood stage rob
bers, was concluded to-day and Morrison
1 discharged. 1t was proven that JOIN
Drake made the proposition TO rob tn,
stage and Morrison played double game
/ informing the United States marshal, VIII,
told Morrison to go ahead, act rs n deco.
and help the plot TO iruition
! He did so, the whole GROVE
working in harmony, and thus Drake wa
entrapped. The government took Morri
( son as a witness this afternoon agalifs
/ Drake and the hitter was bound over il
/ the sum of 1000 to await the action o
the federal grand jury,
Rev. Dr.. Thos, Markham, pastor o
/ the Magazine street Presbyterian church
/ New Orleans, is visiting friends here an,
will remain several weeks.