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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04
A Lesson IN Logic.
Louisville oourier.Journa'


The two ideas which the Republicans,
under the leadership of Mr.. Blaine, push
to the front as the issues on which they
hope to regain power are sectionalism
and tariff protection.
But they are not at all adroit in present
ing them so that they shall bear even the
semblance OF consistency.
Protection, they proclaim, causes and
maintains high wages; while free trade
forces low wages. And then, in the next
breath, they declare that In the South
wages are lower than in any other section
OF the country ruinously low-so low in
TACT that they ap roach the pauper wages
OF Europe. And they Justify warn the
people of the North that II they do not
remedy this state OF affairs; il they do
not take some sort Of effective step TO
compel the South TO pay higher wages,
Northern industry Will be driven from
the field by this poorly-paid Southern
competition, and Northern prosperity be
fatally crippled thereby.
And yet the South is not delighted" by
free trade. In fact, 1t "enioys" the bene-
iits OF the same System of protection
which the North enjDys-the same syste m
OF protection which these Republican
complainants tell us causes and maintains
high wages--the same system Of protec-
ton which these Republicans, while
charging that wages In the South are ruin
ously low, turn round and urge the peo-
pie OF the South TO maintain because it
Keeps their wages prosperously hight
50 much for the logic Of Brother Blaine
and his school. AS for their alleged
Facts" It Is not proposed here to CON
sider them at all. The facts of brother
Blaine and his school are always second.
airy, not to say altogether inconscauen.
tial matters. Their Logic, even assuming
tor the moment that their facts are true,
Is sufficiently diverting for one lesson In
the Republican craftsmanship according
to the gospel Of st. James G. Blaine.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

To PEOPLE unlearned in the lore of the
law there is great deal OF unnecessary
veroiage. Several bushels of phrases
might be dispensed with aud the sense of
instruments made more clear. 1t may
be, however, "the party of the fret
part, " 1.-THE party OF the second part"
warrant and defend his heirs, assigns
forever" and many such kindred expires.
slons are part Of the lawyers craft,
aud, like the physicians Latin recipe, in
tended to mystify and accrue to the
emolument Of the profession. Accord.
Ing 10 David Dudley Field the PEG.
pie of the state of New York pay
annually over 800, 600 for recording the
surplus words in mortgages, and this
doubtless, holds true elsewhere. while
lawyers lcglslate there Will not be much
effort put out for either perspicaclty OF
brovlty.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04
WHAT THEY SAID ABoUT n


THE GAzErTE's consensus OF legsla-
tive opinion, on the senatorial succession
has put the politicians OF high and low
degree to figuring aud rejecting. 1t was
not as full as THE GAZETTE desired, but
full enough to show how the wind is
blowing-a big-sized straw, as 1t were.
Nearly all the senatorial candidates have
read 1t. Senator Maxey, VINO is at Wash
ington, will get his copy OF THE GAZETTE
to-day lie will show the figures to
Coke and the Texas members of the lower
house and remark; "What did / tell you?
This proves that | know how to keep
fences in order" Judge Reagan is in
Washington, too. He will get THE GA
zErTE to-day and he viii says at almost
tallles with what heard Just after the
election. Amy way, bird in the hand is
worth two in the bush. have looked
after the bird In the hand.n Senator Tex.
state senator we should say Terrell has
read It, He is quoted as remarklng: al
am ahead OF Ireland, at all events. /
never did fancy bringing up the
tail end Of procession" II was read
and discussed at the executive office.
The governor soilloqulzedi "The Reagan
boom Isn't the big thing It was cracked
up to be, II won't be any boom at all
when Terrell drops out and &c. fair
shake at Maxey" Hon. John Hancock
took a look at the figures. lie said, "It
the people can stand it can. But the
whole gang may get left," A law student
carried copy OF THE GAZETTE out to
the state university and Prof. Roberts,
LII, D., after reading, announced his
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

opinion, from the bench as It were' III
don't see any provision made for the dark
horse. II is never safe to leave the dark
horse out" And a moment later he
added. can this is oGlciali GAZETTE In =
terylews stick. Ihave been there" And so
ali around the circle the figures have been
read and nearly everybody feels satisfied.
There isn'ta majority for anybody, which
consoles some and cheers others, and as
the sun will shine for about six weeks yet,
every aspirant will do his best to make
hay in that tune. All were hopeful, but
they didn't know exactly where they
stood. THE GAZETTE has shed some
light on the dark places, and now may the
best man win.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

THE GAZETTE IL always hoping that the nex'
legislature will come around 70 IT, free grass
notions. Vain hope TUE GAZETTE VIII never
see the day again whom the cattle kings Of The
West can use the public lands without paying
for the privilege The people Of Texas arc 700
firmly convir ced that the state should rent ts
public lands when Il cannot sell them TO aetuA'
settlers.-l Arlington Void.
The World is not printed In Eastern
Texas, and we are, therefore, a. loss to
comprehend the density Of It's ignorance
on this subject. It should be reserved to
East Texas statesmen and papers 10 howl
"bullionaire" when free grass Is men
toned. The seattle king" is IN favor OF
the lease law. Newspapers that adyo-
cate the lease law are "bullionalre or
gans." TIE GAZETTE will preach this
gospel until 1t penetrates the cerebrum OF
the law makers OF this land.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04
TEXAS In TYPE.
Clippings from state Exchanges on Matter.
OF Interest.


over 200 bales Of cotton were bought
by the merchants Of Alyarado last Tues
day
The track-lsyers on the Arkansas Pass
railway expect to be In Yorktown on
December |.
Since Lavac1 has been chosen for the
county seat OF Calhoun county, building
is going on rapidly.
Rev. j. S. Moore Of Sherman raised in
Fort Worth, for the benefit of Austin col.
lege, the SUN of 5000.
IL IL expected that copper-miniug will
begin on large scale In Hardeman coun.
ty within few weeks.
The lunch stand for the benefit OF the
Buckuer orphan asylum, run at the Dallas
State fair, Melted over $1,000.
DR.. X. w. Leach, tried in Waco for the
murder OF J A Martin, has been Judged
insane, and will be sent to the asylum
In Terrell.
a little son OF Mr. Horace Jones was
killed almost instantly by fslllng from Q
wagon, on the way TO the mill, ut Valley
View, Cooke county.
new town called Huling has been
laid out on the Santa Fe road, fourteen
miles west Of Denton and tn &c and {
half miles west OF Bolivar.
John Vanrlckle, living near Sulphur
Springs, was found guilty Of perjury tC
obtain u marriage license for u friend ant
sentenced to two years In the peniten
tiary.
The residences Of DR.. A, II. Hestherl
and l.. Il Bumpass of Farmersville wer,
destroyed by fire on Friday night Of las
week. Loss about $4,000, and no In
surance.
A man giving his name as VIM. Val
Hook entered house in Weatherford
asking foT breakfast; being refused, h
presented slx-shooter to enforce his de.
mand. He was arrested and put In tlt
county Jail
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

The Gainesville Register, in advocacy
OF Mr. George C. Pendleton for the
speakership, says
He Is good legislator on every part OF the
ground and above ali has the courage OF his
convictions The committees appointed by him
would reflect the sentiment Of the people and
no .bb,ry or iTlckery would be tolerated by
him. And above all, he is an Ireland man, and
his election to or defeat for the speakcrship
can be taken as on index TO the way the sona.
torlal wind is blowing,
The election Of Mr.. Pendleton would
not be an index 20 the result OF the sena-
torial contest, and his friends do him no
good when they make such statements
II anything defeats Mr., Pendleton, 1t will
be this effort to connect his candidacy for
speaker with the fortunes Of Gov. Ireland
II the members OF the legislature can be
made to look at the speakership contest
through the glasses OF the Register, Mr.
Pendleton will be defeated; but THE
GAZETTE trusts they can not be persuaded
to take such view of II. Mr., Pendleton
Is so thoroughly qualified for the speaker.
ship and so closely identified with the
masses, that 1t is TO be regretted his
friends take such narrow view of his
candidacy.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

THERE are no class OF women who
meet with so little charity as step-mothers,
and yet there Is no position woman Is
called upon to nj that demands such
selt'abnegatlon, such entire subsection
of impulse to a strict sense of duty. A
mothers affection guides her impulses,
but with the step.mothor all is different
Her love for their father may lead her TO
meet them kindly, but her first advance
Is often repalsed, and she Is made to feel
that she is treated as an intruder, and
Intermediates are not slow to widen the
breach which her best efforts could hardly
heal. The fathor'a selection OF one to al
the dead mothers place is sci.
dom guided by any consideration
OF the children's well-being, and
It's rare woman who can conduct the
course of that homo successfully, We're
all women who have children true moth.
ers there might be more reason for the
senseless cutlery against step-mothers as
a class, and less enmity put between the
members Of one household. Some such
state OF things doubtless Induced Mr..
Tracy Of New York to insert forfeiture
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

BUFFALO BILL not only shines as an
exhibitor of the "Wild West" but is said
to have made the best after dinner speech
at a dinner given at Lambs In New York
city His show at Madison Square gar
den drew 10000 people on Thanksgiving
day, and grave and reverend seignours az
well as street gamlns Gro wded the pave.
ment in front of the Hoffman house to see
the parade. There was a display of native
Americans which is seldom seen, but it
was not of kind to wake much enthu-
siasm, or such material as would be use
full in political campaign.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

, THE Philadelphia Recora voices the
popular demand and the Democratic pur-
pose; awe have no war, but we have a
tax-rate based upon the colossal expendi-
ture made necessary by war. Money is
pouring into the national treasury at the
rate OF 81 ZOO, 900 a day--so fast that the
extravagant expenditure authorized by
congress and the intermittent call OF
bonds which the government still has the
option of paying, do not prevent rapid
accumulation Of surplus. All of the bonds
that may be paid win soon have been
called for. What is then to be done?
Shall congress engage in extravagant
schemes of outlay in order TO keep
down the plethora in the treasury, or
shall the exhaustive drain upon the
pockets OF the people be stopped by re.
ducing our income to the measure OF
necessary expenditure for proper pur.
poses3 Upon the way in which the re-
sponsible majority in congress deals with
this question VIII depend the manner ia
which the people will hereafter deal with
that majority. The taxes must be cut
down.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

THE Dallas News tays. "Jay Gould told
Gath Dallas was the best town In the state.
How long Is Il since the News olassed "Gaih'
along with "Eli Perkins" and other professional
liarsy Consistency lin tho philosophy OF
somc) is the virtue offools ~ Alyarado Bulle-
tin.
Any liar or lie goes, neighbor, with
Dallas That place Is very slick,
smooth burg. It fought the location OF
the state convention at Fort Worth in
1884 ia order to get 1t in lss6--and failed
in both, by the way. 1t claimed the
credit OF nominating 10 Abbott and then
voted against MIN. II quarantined
against Fort Worth for revenue only. 1,
keeps lot Of burglars and sand-bGggera
on hand TO rob men who are coming TO
Fort Worth to invest. 1t utilzes every
lie and every liar conceivable 70 iniure
this city, and is now actually Boosting
that the Fort Worth & Denver is to be
taken up aud carried to Dallas, and that
the artesian wells here are also to be
moved to the place where they have no
water.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

THE Waco Day has this good word for
Mr.. Mills; "The Day does not believe
that all Of Congressman Mills views on
the tariff question are wise or practicable,
but many Of them are, and the Day be-
lieves that Mr.. Mills, in view OF Mr.. Nor
rlsou's retirement, has earned the right
TO succeed TO the Craftsmanship of the
ways and means committee. The Day Is
not free trader, but 1t believes in tariff
revision and reform, and would welcome
any measure promising to bring about
such q resultn
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

To THE GAzErTE; Come again; congratu-
late Cloburne and speak out pleasantly. just
say that you congratulate Cleb7rne upon hay
ing secured the division headquarters and ma.
chino shops OF the AtchisOn, Topeka Il Santa
Fe raiIroad,-lCleburno Chronicle,
We certainly do, and we certainly have,
on several occasions. Unlike Senator
Shannon and Dallas, Fort Worth rejolces
with all who win by pluck and hborality
Cleburne deserves what 1t received, and
should "on TO Weatherford
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04
THE BUCRET-SHOP SYSTEM.

VIII the coming legislature renew the
war On the "bucket.shop" systemp The
agricultural element will be rather strong
in the body, and II the views of agricul-
tural constituencies ore carried out 1t
may be expected that the bucket shops
will hear IRON their adversaries. With
the average agriculturlst the very men
tion Of bucket-shop Is like the sight OF
red cloth to an enraged bull. 1t Is al
together probable, therefore, that some
body will introduce bill providing severe
pains and penalties for the commercial
Philistines who essay to make livingby
selling fictitious lots Of grain and cotton.
AS law against a species Of gambling
such a measure might do very well, for,
after, all the man who deals in futures IS
kind Of gambler-he risks his money on
the decline or rise of certain COM
modify and takes all the chances
that the gamester does who risks
his money on the turn OF q
card. II is decidedly doubtful though II
the growers Of grain and cotton in Texas
would be benefited one iota by the
absolute suppression of every bucket-shop
In the state. II the Texas farmer i'm
AGNES that it is these home institutions
that fix the price Of his cotton or his
grain he Ia sadly mistaken. The futures
system has Its basis outside Of Texas,
and would move on just the same If
there were not bucket shop In Texas
1t is in New YorN and Liverpool where
the reform will have to commence, II
there is ever a reform. The Texas es-
adjustments are but the echoes Of these
great centers, aud take their cue from
them. THE GAZETTE can remember
very well, for 1t is only few years ago,
when there was not bucket-shop In all
TeXaq-not an institution where men
gambled in cotton save in the cotton ex-
change at Galveston. Yet even then
thousands Of men bought and sold futures
precisely as they do now, only they used
the telegraph and did business In New
York, instead Of with an establishment at
home. So 1t will be again II the institutions
which have grown up in the state are
suppressed. The gambling at home will
be stopped, only to be transferred outside
of the state. And the agriculturist, read
ing the markets in his weekly paper, will
find the futures market as prominent as
ever. He cannot make laws to regulate
the operation of the vast capital that is
concentrated In Liverpool and New York.
These capitalists viii fix the prices Of his
cotton, his grain and his pork as com
pletely and mercilessly as they do now.
1t Is matter Of indifference with THE
GAZETTE whether the bucket.shops go or
stay, for in all candor their moral and
business influences are not as potential,
one way or the other, as many good peo-
pie suppose. But If 1t is to be Gre
form" legislature 1t can find some evils
that need the pruning knife worse than
the bucket-shop system.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

TIE GAZETTE recalls the time when the
Houston Pos, vowed that the land lease
rate should be higher even than Car
walAh's eight cents. We ask In all hu-
mlllty whether public sentiment is tend
ing toward or away from the views that
we're held by the apostles Of the lease in
the hey-day Of their power?
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

THE close readers Of Shakespeare have
wondered that so critical an Interpreter
as Mr.. Barrett should in his representa-
ton OF Hamlet make that hero such a
youth. In the graveyard scene the old
sexton when moralizlug over YorIck's
skull, after saying, "Thls hath lain IN the
earth Internationally years." the prince
takes up the lesson, and says that Yorick,
the fellow OF innnite jest, had borne him
on his back thousand times, which would
make the speaker at least twenty five, and
yet Laertes, In cautioning his daughter,
peaks of him as ga violet In the youth Of
primy nature" not permanent or lasting,
which would scarcely apply to one who
was nearing thirty. Mr.. Barrett
iustihes his position Of the youth.
iulness of his hero by asserting
that the whole passage regarding dates is
interpolated and not to be found in the
folio of 1904. In support Of his view he
reads from dramatic criticism in the
Spectator l7C9, in which the writer COM
pnmehts tle actor OF seventy on his sue
cess In personatlng "a youth Of great ex-
pectatlon, vivaclty and enterprise" After
critics settle that Shakespeare wrote Ham
let, minor details can be easily adjusted.
just now the critical world seems more
anxious to tear the laurels from his brow
than reconcile the seeming incongruities
of his plays.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

ACCORDING TO one Prof Foster, who is to
Iowa what Virgins is to CAnada,a season
Of billiards should set In with to-day,
continuing until the 18th inst.--blIzzards
in comparison with which the previous
cold snaps will be gentle zephyrs. 1t
"turned of cold" last night, but let US
cherish the hope that Foster, a la Wig
gins, doesn't know everything, especially
when II comes to weather lore
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

philadelphla Record.

When the protection tooters In this
country invelgh against "pauper labor''
they always forget to remember that the
most aoIect pauper labor in the world is
ia those countries hedged against the
iree Interchange Of commodities by hos
tile tariffs, like China, Russia and other
more or less pronounced despotisms,
where the right to tax the many for the
benefit OF the few is still upheld in all It's
medieval responsiveness.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

WHOM the gods would destroy they
ilrst make mad, Mr.. Blaine was so mad
Mt Edmunds that he refused TO shake
hands with the Vermont icIcle at Arthur's
funeral. This is to be regretted Blaine
would be an easier man TO beat than John
Sherman.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

OhA " 49, =.
Notice IS hereby given lna' w ~
meeting of the stockhoidels y y }.
Kansas Railway Com any q a.,
of Fort Worth, in no state q ~ isas ,
day, February ], 1921, al 70 o, ,.,ss.r
purpose Of authorizing tna . 7. m,
mortgage on the Corporate ~ w., VA
chises Of said company 70 s 3. au,.r,sl
OF bonds to b. issue BY say .ss sgsl
forty years from their dsIe, IN. " w w
3 per cent per annum; pAls,p, y N 4
both principal and Interest an,,n y II
gold coin and limited 10 s wv ls5 \
mile OF railroad which sslu e ~
necessary for c0netruoun.,, ~
proving and operating Us ,i.a. us Do
w. Is STRONG, .snrv so
A w NIoKERsoN, 8 gnll
GRO SEALr, wsnsrll
WATERS s. DAVIS n
W. II MAsfhkSs ~,
As Directors OF the soulheiH
Company OF Texas, ,,.xs. AZ
AItest, . .. ....'-.........s...
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

The GAZETTE has no quarrel with Mr.
Dohoney, and will not swap words with
him any mo-e until the eight comes up on
the prohibition amendment. He VIII
hear from TEE GAZETTE then. There are
subjects Of more importance to consider
just now. We shall always be ready,
however, to afford Brother Dohoney an
opportunity to make himself heard by the
people.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

II ought TO be glory enough for Judge
Reagan TO get his Interstate commerce
bill through congress, II he can do it, 1t
seems like a pity to have him leave po-
sition where he Ia 30 useful.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

THE Southwest is becoming the OBJ
served Of all the grand railroad obsery-
ers, and without some serious derange-
ment OF affairs the next two years viii
introduce some powerful railroad strang-
ers to Texas. Fort Worth should keep
It's fences in repair; these powerful
trunk lines will seek that point that
offers the best connections.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

THE weather was 20 mild In san francisco on
Saturday that people who attended the great
trottlng race did not need wraps. Take II alto
gether, has there over been n ioyelier autumn
the country overf--T Philadelphia Record.
And people here were going about In
their shirt sleoves (the men, we mean I,
and praying for the Whit Of cold wind
that came yesterday. You call 1t loyelyi
we called It hot.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04
= Gainesville Ber,ster.

Fort Worth is going to have Mardi
uras celebration at least the wide-awake
citizens o. that city are agitatiug such a
thing. II the Fort undertakes 1t there
VIII be no division in her ranks, and the
people OF that city will do great honor to
1.-THE place where the panther laid down o
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04
SPECIAL notice.
Rnnd ThIs. Horttnil.

Have your horses clipped WIZ ",
Power Chipping Maohioe, ho's'
Endorsed by the ablesi ye.erlna ! y
eminent horsomen, as II enaol,ai .
proper care, prevents oog.h'; ". ,y.,i
mud fevers, sore and CRACKED ns W,
work guaranteed. We VIII us I. "
days, as we aru on our way y N
Houston Austin and san Aag ssN
ton Horses sent and retgln'l
wilkes & 1aust's livery staO'e
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

FoRr WORM should seek to stralghten
and improve the county roads This is =
work demanded by the interests OF both
town and country. The county commits
eioners can accomplish great good in
this direction, aud the people should petit.
ton them 70 do II.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04
nAzETIE BRANCH OFFICES.

Dailas--J. @. McNcalus, manager THE "a
zEITs il for sale by an nswsdeaiefs. hdbscrip
lions taken at 612 Sim street, Dallas,
DeniBon--T II Loan, manager.
WAco-~W r. dlenn. manager.
WeAtherford--H Is. DurHoy, manager.
pAris--.C. Is Msxoy manager.
JoGenof II, W. Cameron, manager.
Marshall Robert Kennedy, manager,
Abllenc--J u. Mintcr manager.
O1ebuTnt--W II. Byrd, manager
III paaO-J. A. stephenson, m inhger,
9ainosyille--E. T.. Hill and j. l.. Hiokson
managers
Bonham--C @. u. johnson, manager
Honey ttrOve-T. u Workman, manager.
Baird-FFank Dorsey, manager
Greenyille- II Ellie, manager.
Oolorad0--W. II Eewkirk, manager
Mineola--J, n, Mcdaniel, manager.
Oisco-A. ~. Redhed manager
WhiteBb0ro--J. q. Glenn, manager,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04

LosT, strayed or stolen.--Au Old Al
calde boom for the United States senate,
A liberal reward will be paid for It's re-
turn to the Waco Examiner, and no ques-
lions asked