Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-27

| Texas, let him rise. AS none rose. then
ali must indorse. 'A'"
Then II you indorse what has been
done by our Democratic congressman. of
what nave you TO complain You Demo-
Gratis OF Texss can not raise your voice
against single action Of your Demo-
J cratic congressman. Then what have
you to gallo BY torsakiug the Democratic
party In Texas " may be that other
congressman from other states have for
saken the principles Of the Democratic
party Then complain OF them and let
The Democrats Of their respective dis
tricts see that they be not returned to
congress. He said, that I understand
that certain citizens have formed
AN ANTI-MoNoPoLY PARTY,
consisting In part OF Knights OF Labor
and Farmers alliances. understand fur
Their that both Of these organizations dis
claim any idea that they have gone into
politics. Did, then, this anti.mononoly
party form for Itself any principles You
answer, no. And whyY Simply, because
they say Ii was inexpedient. / say
II was impossible from the simple fact
the very moment they, admitting, as they
did, men into their party, Of different
political faith, had started out to form a
set OF principles-those Of that party
who believe in the principles Of the Dem
ocratc party would have wanted those
principles engrafted into their platform,
the Republicans would have wanted
theirs, and the Greenbaokers the princl-
pies OF the Greenback party. You see an
inevitable split would have occurred that
would at once have undid the party. In
government you vote for principles and
not name. II the principles OF the Dem
ocratlc party do not suit you then vote
for the party whose principles do suit
you, and not for popular name without
principles. II the officers you elect upon
those principles do not carry out the plat
form OF their party then discard the
unfaithful officers, but not the party
which has so long been your friend. He
said further that he was not here for the
purpose OF defending the railroads or
any other monopoly; that he believed hat
justice should be done TO all; that they
should be regulated by law, and that the
Ubiquitous system OF pooling should be
stopped. My friends, do you know to-
day that the monopoly of which you COM
plain the most-the one many of you
think Is the most densome--to-wit.:
the railroads, are not one hundredth part
AS HARD ON YOU
as the Ubiquitous tariff You pay So for
shipping bale OF cotton to New York Z;
say the railroad Is entitled to nothing,
and that this IS is robbery, and then
what have you? Five dollars robbery by
the railroads, then by the time the
| Eastern manufacturer weaves your
cotton into cloth and returns your bale
to you, you pay not TO the government,
but to Eastern manufacturers $40 as pro-
lection, they call II; we think II robbery,
He advised the young men present VINO
were about to cast their first vote to cast
1t In such manner that In after years
they can look back upon 1t and say that
my first vote was cast for the principles
that thought were right
His peroration consisted in beautiful
and strong eulogy upon the actions OF the
Democratic party. His speech was well
received and he took his seat amidst great
applause.
BowLIN's REJoINDER.
After Judge Beckham took mis- seat, Mr.
W. Il. Bowlin being called upon spoke
something over an hour. He has many
friends at Bedford, and his speech was
also well received. He thought Judge
| Beckham was ungrateful to come out tC
the country to make war upon the farm
ers; that they were his friends. Said he
was Democrat, and pitched into the
"Opera-house convention pretty heavily
| Said something about conversation he
had with Judge Beckham which would be
made public in the future. The Judge
then requested Mr.. Bowlln 70 state 1t
Mr.. b. declined until future day wher
he could show proof. Said that the
bosses of the Democratic party kicked the
farmers out of their party, and that so fal
as he was concerned they couldn't kicl
him out.
That the Democrats invited everybody
to participate in their primaries, no
barring Republicans. That the FRS
ward had man by the name of Strattoi
who said in the convention that there wal
sitting by his side a lifelong Republican
who never voted any other ticket in hi
life, who was DESTROYS of participating II
the convention with the understanding
that he would support the county ticket
bu. do as he pleased in reference to tn
state and district offices; and that th
, convention said he could participate
, Jas. w. Swayne, being present, asked MI
Bowlin If he was present at the time
! Bowlin replied that he was. Swayne says
" was tDere anu ulun't SSc Jooj on
don't believe you were there" and sal
: to the audience that what Bowlin sal
: was untrue, and Bowlin knew 1t. Thu
= he had statement 10 writing from Nj
= Stratton that 1t wss untrue, and that
: could prove by hundred good citizen
of Fort Worth that II was untrue. Bow
. lin replied that 1t was a question OF vera
. ity, and spoke on In the san
strain as before, and said mi
: every candidate nominated by the operf
= house convention was either a banker
- kin to banker, except one. He took b
- seat amidst great applause and II WI
apparent that the majority OF the a.
dience believed his statements to
,s true.
y Judge Beckham replied in ten mi
~ utes' speech, in which Farmer Bowl
= was considerably tangled up.
ae He couldn't see how the bosses OF I
:, Democratic party could kick the iarme
= out Of the party when the farmers we
" y, i'm the majority, and that, too, when I
~ opposition held their convention "
rs months earlier than the Democratic CO
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