Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-15
RESURRECTED AGAIN.
Yh,s Time iris burgess That Calls fer
Lazarus to Come Forth from
the Tomb.
the ola AIuaide Badly Wanted !" 20
service for Hoes and His
Bitter Enemy


item that am going TO give you Is nol
entirely new. 1t has been hinted ~ sew
eral times within the past week, yet 10 ~
iii the more interesting Just now be-
cause Of almost absolute CONFIRMATION py
the events Of the last two days.
When It was known that BIZ burgess
was here, correspondents prlcked up
their ears aud struck long rot. Ihose
,yhn ala not drop into cold trail found
naterlal for some mighty Interesting read
ING IL is perhaps unnecessary TO explain
"a The readers Of THE GAZETTE who MT
Buruegs is. II Is pretty generally recoE-
nized that ho Is entitled 70 the honor NY
the sharpest political manager IN all
Texas When at home he may be found
IN Senuin, but whenever campaign IL on
naud In which he feels Interested he ~
likely 10 bob up anywhere In the state
that offers a good opening for political
rail.yplttlng Well, Mr.. Burgess has
been here and he came here with an OBJ
iect That object was 70 tx the sold
Aicaldcr influence for Gen Ross.
How did ne do itS
II there is any man this side the silent
armies Of the dead that loves, ADDRESS
idoiizes nm Office for the mere sake OF
office, IL "A OK Gov. O. NJ. Roberts, chair
man Of the law department Of the state
university. Ever since he went out In
1883 he has been plnlng 70 get back,
Oflce-holding IL worse disease
than drunkenness or mania for gambling.
show me man who has been SIN the
service OF his country" Tor thirty or
forty Years and will show you one to
whom an office, high or low, great or
small, is the acme OF existence. In this
connection let me reiate an incident that
occurred during the special session OF
the Eighteenth legislature. Readers OF
THE GAZETTE will remember thai
about the middle OF the session
an attempt was made by the
opposition TO Gov. Ireland 10 start an
"Old Alcalde'' boom for governor. As
soon as he learned OF II Gov. Roberts
used TO come down to the night sessions
and take seat Just outside the repre-
sentative chamber, where he had good
chance to talk with the representatives
and senator's who came out TO smoke
and chat. One night u newspaper
mana warm supporter OF Gov. ireland
approached the O. A. and engaged him IN
conversation for about an hour and half.
When the o. a, gathered himself mp, lit
his cob.pipe and trudged homeward, !
asked the newspaper man the result
with an oath he replied.
"I'ho is Just dying to be gos-
ernor again.
The very next day the same CORE.
spondent sent out column article nara
ting hlg sa lSn, VIE SIa Ms S2yeEa9r and
,,nsnorahip again n II were teilderen
MIN on silver platter. Ireland nay
e,,vsn The word to keep Roberts QUIZ y,
the neld II possible because ne ioe'u'
him. ,i,e,,matanee
have been told that froi, hooOit
N very fond OF reia.lns ,an
the university Toys in tne Jaw ue apaai ,
Wy Itnited States senator from TeSa,
Ths government, 1t viii be rememoerev
.,hiac,cd 10 him as an impeachment 70 !,
sons,ruetion, and refused TO allow nun :
$40 MA seat, This failure to be adniit'e
~ inc senate after securing
alectlon. IL, am told, one
the most painful events In the oiu =
nsIaa,s varied "reminiscences. lie nu
Neon angry ut Uncle Sam ever since, "
wants 10 get back Just to show the wot
TINT he is Il bigger man than tne ieuo'
government, for which at no time mas
over felt any great amount Oh Vehe,ssAo
The state government paid ms
nenses, 1 believe, on the trip, .
he stlll has hopes, so am tolu' tnas ,
government Will allow him the SAMMY
the term II refused TO ICY MN sel'S. q
,,,ma tha mission Of Col Bill Burgc
IN nlain words, he came 10
,,ro the support OF the Old Aica
tor purpess' candidate for governor,
,he only way to capture the III
~ ,ho a. A for anybody Is 70 Gov
favor with favor, office with once
who Is the Burgess candidate
1he yerlest politician ut the eNtr'
Ia ~ the state knows that L Is ].
rane, sullivan Ross, and down
Nc heart he knows very
,yhv n Is so. some OF
Hay before the convention meets
whole story will be told and when
told the people Of Texas are gu,n
rebel most seriously against the n .n
latlon Of their highest oulees llhes =
or ,sbcar'' handles the stoek ina.NVs'
a, n he sufficient now To state 4
arSartlv well known In political CIR
NJ nurress IL the representative o
iceland interest In the Ross campwH
rrhe Ross managers have declue'
Min INIT two candidates IN the
Suain and Ross, their case u nep
,rNs,r tactics now are 20 pm
awa,n ana trust, like a lawyer IN
der trial, the future 10 take care
future .,at,a la I,
Il was tlns policy which leo y
encourage Mai. breckenridge 70
inc race. Papers openly
mittod 10 Ross tafied him day Mt'
me major, 30 use piece on !
SANG, mas about stumbled 70 the ~
rhe only thing at the end OF . y
torial campaign for him y vast
humiliation for all bis pains.
StIli, the "anything TO beat
nolIcy was Rugged all the eios'
drowning man clings 70 straw
lnst resort the "old Alcalos' ~
hit upon. ,o,aras,
IL may be noted rs an lptetcs'
mat M these latter days whenever
didate aces his case 70 De mop
al once begins 10 nsh Tor inc -
port p,,.oosa n
Yet why should Burgess, y
minister q GOV. ireland, seen !
favor With the chief pollticni
eha1atter oven for Gen. kosst