Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-20
COEE'S SPEECH.



done. To be Democrat during the war In
the Northern or Eastern states was to be
They fed to the woods
and TO the mountains and called upon the
rocks to hide them. But they carried the
ark OF the covenant with them, and when
sweet peace spread her wings once more
over our fair land they came forth from
their hiding places, raised again the Dan
ner Of Democracy, and rallied once more
10 the support of Democratic principles,
and TODAY we have majority OF over
tortv votes I'm the national house OF rep
reeentatives, with corresponding ms
iority OF the popular vote, Democratic
president and sound Democratic govern
lnents In two-thirds Of the states. Every
body said the Democratic party was dead
All, fellow-citizens, the Democratic
party viii never die. So long as the peo-
Die Of this country have written consti-
tuition, so long will the Demo
cratic party live TO protect and
preserve their liberties under 1t.
NV friends, would have all these new
parties that are assailing the Democracy
in front, on the tanks and IN the
rear 10 recoilect that, although the Demo
cratic party was thought TO be dead be-
tween 1861 and 1865, 1t came out as fresh
A. daisy and has overwhelmed all oppO-
sition. It's principles are eternal Do
these friends OF ours who are lighting the
Democratic party expect TO elect any
bodyf There can be but two great po-
litical parties In this country. The
whole ground Is occupied by the Demo-
cratic and the Republican parties. Every
stab they infiIct upon the Democratic
party is blow in behalf OF the Republic
can party. Let them elect member OF
congress and send him 10 Washington.
When he gets there he il the lonesomest
man on top OF ground. All the political
issues dividing the people OF this country
are framed ~ the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties, and he is compelled
to choose between them. He may
have beautiful theories, but he hnds
himself alone In advocating them. Lone
some7 He can see lightning bugs In the
middle of the day. Laughter. Your
district, with q CONGRESSMAN OF that sort,
however able, however honest, however
patriotic, would be unrepresented. When
the two great parties are fronting each
other IN battle array, he must be bush
whacker on the TANKS. He must not get
in between, for II he does he is ground to
powder daughter He don't count.
The people who send him there are with
ont representation and influence in the
halls Of legislation. Gen. Weaver, the
ablest and most eloquent Greenbacker
with whom / am acquainted (who once
ntumped the state OF Texas for the
GreeDback ticket, after brief expert
ence OF this sort In Washington, went
back to Iowa and joined the Democratic
party. and now, to make use Of the term my
Independent friends would apply TO him,
he goes TO congress collar Democrat.
He saw that he was mere superiuity,
without weight and without influence, In
the contest between the two great parties
there, and, being patriotic man and
knowing that the Democrats were on the
side OF the people, he Joined the Demo
cratic party and Is
FOUND WITH THEM To DAY.
II these people who form the various
offshoots from the Democratic party
would achieve the ends they are seeking to
obtain, II they would make their inhu-
ence felt in the political affairs OF the
country, they must not expect TO accom-
plish these things through an Independent
Democratic party, or Knights of Labor
Democratic party, or Farmers alliance
Democratic party, but they must be sim
ply Democrats, else they do not count the
weight of q feather in the determination
OF the issues upon which the people are
divided. That is the only sensible and
practicable course that any Demo-
erat can pursue. This country
has total population at the
present time OF about 6o,o00,000 people,
divided almost equally between two great
political parties. Now,my friends, do you
suppose that all who vote the Republican
ticket endorse everything contained in
the platforms OF the Republican party, or
that all Democrats are willing TO sub
scribe to all the declarations contained in
tine platforms Of their party9 OF course
not. | frankly contestant l believe
that am a pretty fair average Democrat
that I never saw Democratic platform
which could not have changed In some
respects 10 make 1t suit me better. HOW.
ever, could not have " my way.
could not ask Sbioo0,0O0 OF other Demo
Gratis in this country to accept my Views
or adopt my ideas In the formation OF
their platforms. The construction Of q
political platform means compromise Of
conflicting views In order that the party
may frame platform substantially In &C.
cordance with the great ends for which
the party has been organized Every
man is bound to make his share of the
Conversations necessary, that the great
masses OF the party may agree upon O
platform which shall IN the main repre-
sent the views OF the party adopting H.
Why, my fellow-citizens, II such We're moi
the case, what would be our condition.
No two men think exactly alike. Society
ii based upon the mutual concessions o.
the individuals composing 1t. You can
not organize church without compro
misc. You cannot select a hill upor
which your school-house shall be bull
without compromise. You cannot lay
ont public road without mutual conees
sions. Every clause in our constitutions
is 4 coFapramise, and all our laws, wheth
81 state or national, are ba5ed upon com
promise and concessions. Therefore
my lellow-citizens, II we ar,
to have any party organiza
ton at all, we must make concessions II
order that we may ali come together upoI
q common basis and work together fol
the achievement Of the great objects W,
ali nave liz view. II we do not do this, Y
We All snould stand each for himself ant
adhere unbendirgly TO our own peculiar
views, we would soon reach state o
anarchy IN which every man would be j
law unto himself. The independent who
declares that he Is the only true Jeffer
sonian Democrat, is like the twelfth juror
who complaiued that the other clever
were the most obstinate fellows he evel
Haw. n every man we're TO do as thes,
independent Democrats have, everything
exactly TO his own notion, organization o
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