Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-27
The Shiny, Filthy Thing as DeyeI-
oped in the Campaign Of Slander
Against Mr.. Swain.
Who Pays the Spies and the Mud
Throwers that Dog the steps and
Actions Of Mr.. Swain
Professional Deoency Colleagues with in'
deoency in an Attempt to Besmirch n
Man OF High Moral Character.

OF Tour descendants oil the near luLure
q into the deep blue sea. When he goe
the moral atmosphere Of the capital wi
be so purihed that honest men can ono
: more sleep In peace. just now this cree
> ture Of slime and braggadocio imagine
: that he Is running the entire politics
!. Texas, and that the work of conyen
= tions win be Just as he maps
: out. Austin is pre-emInently the home o
! this delcctable animal. Here he lives AM
crawls because no other communjt
, , would share with him the dome Of heaven
Here he finds sufferance, not because h,
Is loved, but because he Is looked upol
as sort of necessary evil of a politics
center. He stands at the kitchen doc
OF every public man and begs FOL
crumbs; II they are given him, he
next asks for the whole table; 4
they are refused, ne initiates the
little animal from whom 1t is suspected
he is descendant. He,preys chiefly on
politicians whose shoes are out Of all
proportion TO the size OF their hats
When the legislatu c meets he is a dill
! gent pedestrian in the back alleys, but II
Is In political campaign that he bios
SONS out In all his glory. Just now he is
engaged In making governor, and when
he has finished the task the soyereigns
can look up and face their master.
1t will not be Mr.. Comptroller Swain.
Oh, dear no. He has been excommuni-
Gated already. These precious king
makers will give you their most solemn
assurance forty times u day that Col
Swain has no more show for the govern
orshlp than King Theebaw
What have these worthless against Mr.
Swain2 Listen
Said toa prominent gentleman, a can
dtdate for an important position; ",
what has - against your"
- him, he wants hunk Of beef and
ne can't get 1t from me.''
Beef; that is what they are crying for.
ANY man who furnishes il to them can get
their support; any man who refuses
II must endure their enmity.
These little whipper snappers generally
pose as literary men. They write letters
for the papers for or against candidate,
Just as he has subsidized them or refused
them money, and sometimes, strangely
enough, their illusions get into print
These fellows have united Just now in
an attack on Mr.. Swain, and OF course it
follows that he is not to be thought OF
'tSoih 40 u polltlCul pOsSlOlllLy.
III these creatures were the authors of
all the calumnies of this campaign, there
would be nothing out of the ordinary run
OF things to featureize it. They are mere
ly at their usual sport, and nobody pays
any attention TO them except their own
fellows. But wonder of wonders, men
VINO nave some claim to responsibility
have enlisted with the mud-slinsers.
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OF decency, they are seeking to
drag down men who are above them, and
are using whispered Islander To give cir
culaton to stories they dare not repeat
with their eyes lifted to the face of an
honest man.
Just glance for a moment at the cam
paign attacks on Mr.. Swan.
First came the Phillips SANDER. That
was the most infamous lie ever written |
about any public official in Texas. Its
author is entitled In fee simple to a suit
Of convict's clothing, but unfortunately he .
Jailed to leave his address at police head
quarters.
Another story was that Mr.. SWANS
Two sons attended the university and were
On the pay roll of the comptroller's office
1t the same time, The only foundation
or that was that during the HOLIDAYS of
$50, when the legislature was in SEES.
zion and the Office was greatly pushed,
he manager OF one department asked
hat these two young men, who
IRE expert book-keepers, might be
permitted to help him out. They
worked few days, their time was kept
~ the hour and they received pay in ac.
Herewith. The records have
'een rendered to the slandercrs, but they
efuse to investigate. They continue.
lowever, to circulate this lie,
Another story is that Mr.. Swain brought
bout the deficiency in order to vindlcate
Iis political wisdom. When IL is re-
nemoered that the Nineteenth legisIa.
ure had TO borrow $500, 900 from the ,
chool fund In order to tide over the
redit of the state, thus effectually prov
~ the financial foresight of Mr.. Swain. (.
ms uwindles into arrant nonsense. Mr..
wain's mistake was in predicting less
efficiency than really occurred =
Mr. Swain sounded note of warning !
uring the special session of the |
eighteenth legislature against the reduc- i
on oil taxes. The reduction idea was I
opnlar then, and his advice went Z
nheeded The deficiency followed lust '
ne predicted 1t would. His figures (
light have been made by any other plain, 4
tactical business man, but figures were I
OF In demand at that time. Now that I
40 truth OF his figures has been demon a
llated the men who were responsible for i
he mistake are squirming. To escape a
nat responsibility they have Joined the d
o1le squad OF mud-sliugers. n
There Is man who owes more TO the I
lndness of his fellow-men than any /
ther citizen OF Texas, who Is plotting /
leht and day 10 njure MIR. Swain. la $
indness now lis name is withheld. The n
lere publication Of II would indicate the @
minus OF all these attacks on Swain. 4
spy was sent to this city to dog the "a
Ieps and the Office OF Mr.. Swain, and dis /,
over, IA possible, something that might be /
Sed TO his disadvantage. IL was whls. =
cred about that he had struck a lead. II
ut u proved to be case OF FOOLS gold a
10 simply ran against the ISLANDERS which I,
Is EMPLOYERS had put In circulation. n
When Mr.. Swain went TO Alexander 4
speak, another spy was sent after him, "
Try and catch him up on some hasty
ord or doubtful sentence. An ex.
smporaneons speech was taken down
nl printed without submitting Il for re-
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