Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

candidate for the presidency, though TO
be In the line Of election he will have TO
effect on alliance with the Democrats,
and II this can be done, and Bob becomes
United States senator All hopes to be
governor.
Anti sopepolst Means Republican.
Special 70 the Gazette.
DECATUR, TEX, Oct. 26 Stump
Asbby spoke to large and appreciatiVe
crowd In the courthouse here yesterday,
and IN justice to the reverend gentleman,
/ will say that his speech was noted for
the absence in It Of the usual amount Of
slang aud vulgar anecdotes. He seemed
TO recognize that the occasion and the
gentleman (Maj Jaryis), who was here
and followed him, demanded that such
discussion be omitted.
The speaker, as usual, rounded up
lawyers, saying 1t was not the real
lawyers that he was after, but the stump.
tailed jtck.a-napes, the little politicians.
He said a. Keller little boy had arisen
after meeting and Joint discussion be-
tween Billy PendletOn and Judge Beck
ham and some OF the Anlis and called
for rising vote, and asked all who would
support the Peoples ticket to rise, when
every mothers son OF them arose save two,
when Billy Pendleton jumped up aud SAID
he would support the Democratic ticket
II no one else la Tarraut county did.
TCries Of "Hurrah for Pendleton."
The speaker applauded Gen. Grant and
j. G. Blaine; said they were better than
any of the present Democratic party
leaders and had been friends to the peo-
pie, He gave an extended description Of
his pedigree, aud was loudly applauded
by the Ants.
lie said that there were many good and
wise men who commanded negro com
panies, and that 1t was no disgrace to
command them. He told OF the wrongs,
etc, peTpetrated upon the people by the
Democratic party, but failed to cite a
single instance. His speech was confined
to national politics and abuse OF the
Democratic party, monopolies and corpor.
atoms. He never touched stale issues
never told his views upon the land ques.
ton, the judiciary, free schools, nor any
Of the vital state issnes.
Mai. Jarvis said he expected Mr.. Ashhy
to deal with some of the state questions
and issues, but he had only made broad
charges against the Democracy, all OF
which he had failed to sustain. He ex-
pected to hear some OF Mr.. Ashby's rem
edes for the many alleged evils he spoke
Of, but not one was offered, hence the
srpposition that Ashby did not know
what remedy to apply. Mr. Ashby or
myself, whoever may De so fortunate as
to go to the senate, will have but lit
tie TO do with national politics at all, and
were II not for the fact that he has spoken
of Il would not refer to It,
The major then gave his views on the
land question.
He said he would advocate the keeping
OF convlcts within the walls OF the peni.
Tertiary, so a. not to allow them to com
pete with honest free labor.
He was in favor Of passing law to
regulate railroads and fix uniform rate
OF freight and make particularly strlct
laws against pooling aud to encourage
competition In freight rates. That the
railroads hauled great deal Of our fuel
and nearly all our provisions, machinery
etc, and had monopoly on IL, and ht
was for breaking tup.
He was In favor OF making railroads
liable for double the amount OF their In.
corporated stock. Thus where the capital
took was 100000, make them liable fol
5000, 000 This would eventually break
up their gigantic corporations. He was
In favor OF passing laws to better protect
the merchant, tie house builder and all
other workingmeu, and that the Galveston
Democratic convention declared In favor
Of all these laws and pledged the Demo,
cratic party TO pass the law.
He was in favor OF amending the ju
dietary In accordance with the Democrat
ic platform so as to expedite the business
OF the courts,
The speaker then entered into grand
and eloquent defence Of the Democratic
party, showing up every charge OF Mr.
Ashbyis, and citing facts and circumstan
aes TO show that all said charges were
false, and that the grand old party wal
really the friend OF the people and the
poor man, opposed to monopolles
corporations and national banks. Show
ing how the Democratic party had from
1901 TO 1861, only granted 30, 900 00C
acres of land, while the Republican party
from 1869 to 1879 gave away l79,000,00(
acres, aud much money and bonds. liz
showed how instead OF the Democrats
legislature OF Texas squandering the peo
pl,I, land, as charged IN AshbJ's Jacl
county platform. The Twelfth leg sla
ture did il aud the Democrats redeemed
II with money.
He said aud proved that Mr.. Ashb!
was running npon three Herent plhl
forms, one In Tarrant, one In Jack ant
one In Wise. The one In Jack told voter
to vote for Dr.. Cochran and the state Re
publican ticket. He said that when |
man ran for Office, especially Legislative
one, he should nave solid, substantial
platform, aud only one, but Ashby dix
not have one. He read an extract from
spec Oh by Mr., Ashhy la Dark-Lantefl
convention in Foit Worth, which said
8 We need no declaration Ct principles
nor platform, until we have educated "a,
people 70 vote rightn The major ther
a. W eloquent and asked had Il come &c
pMu hat The old grey.haifed siros wl,S