Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-26

tested in the nomination OF candidates
for local ofilces. When the leaders aud
benenclaries OF this movement saw that
they could not deceive the people Into be-
lieying that county prosecuting attorneys
and justices Of the peace could rectlfy
the evils OF national and state legislation
they changed their tacticsi the Peoples
party was substituted for the Anti
Monopoly party, as designation for the
scheme concocted In the dead hours OF
night, when ali the people, except a few
OF two classes, were asleep, and the lead
ers OF this Dark-L Lantern movement began
the evil work OF arraying the country
against the town, and labor against capt.
tai. War was made on "bankers," on
"the town ring" and on the law officers
Of the county, and every effort Of dema-
gogy and low cunning was made to ex-
cite, promote and intensity prejudice
and hostility. No lie has been too
fragrant, no perversion Of truth and fact
too monstrous, for the men who wanted
Office, and the result is just what such
miserable appeals to class and section al
ways produce.
Let the retail dealers Of Fort Worth
view their languishing trade and study its
present and past conditions, and then go
70 the speakers Of the Dark-Lantern
movement for explanation;
Let idle mechanics count back to the
time when there was work, and then go
TO the leaders Of the Dark-Lantern move
ment for comfort;
Let the people of this city and county,
whose unity In the past has been a source
of profit and GAUGE OF pride, go TO the
| promoters OF discord and learn why 1t is
that the country has been taught to hate
the town and all 1t contains;
Let those whose trade and iDtssEssst are
to be advanced hS.4As~cfty's growth and
development, go ask the place-hunters,
whSS5 mission It has been for months to
fouse class prejudice and sectional ami.
mostly, why this languishment In city
noted for its rapid advancement.
II is time for men to think Of these
things. There is greater issue at stake
than whether this or that party shall
carry Tarrant county. The Dark-Lantern
speakers have done their evil work vol.
They could not arouse the hostility
Of country TO town and expect TO escape
the most peruicious effect on the trade OF
the town; they could not array labor
against capital, and expect capital to seek
Investments amid those who were hos
tile to III the policy OF these place
hunters has EN- that Of disruption, anC
that policy has been pursued relontlessly
without regard for any interest save tina
of personal ambition.
1t Is time for men to think. II the re
cult is now evil, what will 1t be Will
these apostles Of prejudice, hate and dis
ruption In poweri 1t does seem to TIN
GAZETTE that the workingmen of For
Worth, whose homes are here have
vital interest In this matter, for 1t is Il
the name OF labor that these destruction
lists AFFECT to speak. There can b
neither work nor trade where there i
not confidence, and these men have de
stroyed confidence for sinister purposes
The confidence Of the couutry 4
the town has been shattered, an
the confidence OF capital has been shaken
where Will be confidence If the men VIII
, have done these things be put in poweri
All citizens have common interest 1
this matter, and 1t is high time they wer
asking themselves what Is to be the re
suit II men are put in Office who destro
, confidence between labor and capital, an
between country and town, and VIII
: make especial war upon the law ofIlcei
Of the country. When the onslaught {
these men on bankers and law officers
: seriously weighed, it is, indeed, time fc
all men, whether rich or poor, and
i, whatever political faith, to think of tn
result with such men In power.