Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-24
Caught a minnow.


cast my hook into the political waters,
using synonyms for bait, and, after
waiting many days caught an anonymous
minnow which was OF the sucker specie.
He calls his name Tat-Fur. Mr.. Tat-Fur
cares but little for the pledge he took
when he Joined the Farmers alliance.
He has diyulged secret that was strict
ly kept when used TO attend the alliance.
suppose l am suspended member
of the alliance for nonpayment of dues,
and l am sorry he has degraded me
so much. will say to the public that
have not attended the alliance since the
first meeting after the 18th of last May,
and my reasons are simply because the
order allowed itself to fall into the hands
of the secret political machine, and 1t only
acted as fuel for the machine. He (Mr.
Tat-Fur) claims that neglected to con-
| fess that l was one of the committee
which wrote those resolutions from the
Sam Hook alliance, published in the Fort
Worth GAZETTE. had no right to con-
! fess something that l was not called
upon for, and the outside world could not
/ prove the same, as our secretary and
president signed 1t. / did not confess
that was once defeated candidate, be-
cause that would not heal an old sore.
Mr.. Tat-Fur is anxious for me to SYM
lpathize with the defeated candidates this
fall, which | think is an absurd and pre-
iposterous idea. | cannot sympathize
with those who are on The wrong
ticket, but there are some
whom l would sympathise with If
they had have gotten on the right
ticket, and then got left, as they will
He seems to think that l should study
tha4 I 4 foII
tau oloey of words. | will ask the gen.
tleman to peruse some kind of ology, that
he may avoid falling into anonyms. He Is
anxious for me to cite him to the history,
chapter and page, that he may learn the
Jeftersonian Democracy. Is it possible
that he will advocate something that
he knows nothing about? l shall
: have to cite him to his guide.
Read the second volume of the National
Portrait Gallery, commencing on page
|, (of Jefferson history, and read to page
l6; then you will find that you have TO
build your crib according to the size of
your crop. There were but few voters In
! the days Of Thomas Jefferson as COM
pared with the present day; therefore,
you must consider that the platform he
wrote was not large enough to hold the
people OF this day and age, especially il
you propose to tear of few OF
the doughty planks to build a party
platform out Of You may use the re-
fused material OF the Democratic plat
form and you will find that 1t will not
last long; it will be Of short standing
He (Mr. Tat-Fur) says that seem q
poet and also prophet. / deny being a
! prophet or the son of one, but ANYTHING
as easily foreto' d as that, think it would
be poor man who could not tell it.
He has done nothing but criticise
my letter, bat was too cowardly
o TO sign his name, that is all
that am ashamed Of. hope he will not
neglect 1t next time. He claims to be a
young farmer in the neighborhood OF
Johnson Station. | rather think he is a
Hugaontonchrononthealifogusanian, or
some other kind of quadruped with long
a hind legs and short fore ones that he may
!. stoop very low. We can see clearly that
: It is no longer secret In this section OF
! country, and no doubt in many others in
s Texas, COME Iteration has, and
Is being entered into between
: the orders Of knights OF Labor
t and Farmers alliance for purposes un.
: known by a great many members OF either
I order. This reminds me of dream / had
some time past. dreamt that sickened
aud died and went ato that haven Of rest
ana when got there looked around me
and saw few of every organization on
earth, except the Farmers alliance and
q knights OF Labor. asked for these par.
ties and God answered and said sol
, them know not, but II such existed on
earth they are there yet, oil
either In ILL., So He went with
Q me TO great iron door and unlocked II
1 ana said, go We and examine for Vour.
8 sell. looked through the DEVILS depart
r ment and could not find but few OF the
Q leaders there. asked the devil where
the followers were, and he said unto me
y II You want TO see the followers Of the
\ Dark-Lantern party, come follow me
de taken me to long shed that was &c
9 very long that could not see down e
the farther end, and there the fellows were
! hanging oy the seat OF their breeche:
y Just as thick as could be hung. asked
lhe d. WHY he md ihnra thnra and hl