Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-07

Ono OF inc state officials stated to-day
70 THE GAzRTrE representative that
a friend OF his who was some time ago
offered a desirable position by railroad
company which would require his aerv-
ices In Mexico, declined ON the ground
That ne could not stand the abuse and
Illumination heaped upon American cltl-
zens In that country.
NEW ORLEANS RAISES TWO coNrAStEs
Special to the SaEotte
NEW ORLEANS, La, Aug. 6.--Althouah
the excitement over the Mexican imhrog-
Ito has greatly fallen OF, two more COM
oanies have been organized here, the
Louisiana Volunteers and the Third Dis
trlct Rifles, for service In Mexico. Roth
new companies adopted resolutions iu-
dorsing the action taken by Gov. ireland,
and offered their services sh luld they be
needed In consequence OF trouble With
/ Mexico.
rHE I'll PAso MEETING.
The III Paso Tribune, after giving an
account OF the prelimlnaries of the
mass-meetmg held Monday night and
the resolutions offered goes on as fol-
lows,
AT the close Of the reading, Mr..
Fewell asked; "What shall be done with
themgn
laundering answer came. "Adopt
them " but there were few voices OF
dissent. Judge Edwards stepped upon
the platform and saidi
VI want to explain my position. At
your urgent request made Il speech here
tonight now want TO say that ! do
not indorse these resolntions.n
Then Mr.. Fewell showed what was In
A -. al a.. A.
eyes flashed, aud his voice showed that
he meant w6at he said.
al have lived In III Paso for ave years. ~
\ he exclaimed, "and every breeze waited
| from Mexico northward has brought the
meanings OF the dying and the sobs Of
the oppressed The crowd had been
disposed TO hesitate but this turned them
almost as one man to the support OF the
resolutions. "ln the name OF God,n
Fewell went on with impassioned elo-
! quence, ~ ask how long this is TO ben
Ihis also was received with great cheer
ing care we all cowardsan Here
Col, Coldwoll stepped upon the platform
aud said, "Here's one OF them But
| Mr., Jewell continued; 81 say when
an American citizen has got to deny
his nationality, then for Gods sake give
me some other country | think | speak
the neary unanimous sentiment of this
town" Shouts OF you dol1 awe all
remember Gollad; we all remember the
Alamo, but thank God we remember San
Jacinto, too That day at San Jacinto
gave us nation, IL gave us that lone
star that Is waving on the dag above my
head, and when that American dag that
floats beside 1t refuses to protect us, then
In Heavens name give us that old lone
star flag back agalnln
II Is impossible to describe the effect OF
these words. The crowd was ia frenzy
OF enthusiasm and cheer after cheer went
! up until the ground almost shook, In
the midst of " Col. Coldwell mounted the
stand, and began TO speak
against the resolutions. Before the
first sentence was out he was stopped by
shouts and groans and Misses lie renied
very angrlly, "This ia but the yelling Of q
mob. OF the mob / ask nothing. | can
command their silence" with great EN-.
phasis ON "command.b itBut y there
are any sensible men among these tramps,
| | ask them to- But here the uproar
became 20 great that, though he spoke
with all his lung force, hardly syllable
could be heard There were cries of
''rats," Coward, ego over TO Mexico,n
etc mingled with Kisses. In vain did
the chairman call for order. Coldwcll
tried TO state his reasons for opposing the
resolutions, but the crowd would not
listen. Jewell begged them as personal
favor to listen, but they would not,
'Are you allowing tramps TO run this
meetngp" said Coldwell, angrlly. "why
don't the respectable people Join me
and give me chance TO be heard?n He
then stepped down amid the hootlngs of
the crowd.
JUDGE DAVIS.
Maj Il. II Davis come TO the rescue
81 appear before you,n he began, "to say
something that know this meeting viii
not approve Murmurs. / cannot an.
prove these resolutions | am willing TO !
shoulder my musket tomorrow, old az | |
am, ana light as hard as any man OF you |
Texans. But while tell you this tell |
you TO pause. tell you they are wrong /
say those resolutions are reflection |
upon this government. They say that a
man must wrap himself in the British
nag II he wants protection 10 Mexico
ana deny his American citizenship. rCries
OF she mnstp'l say II any man has
denied his American citizenship he Is
unworthy Of IL. l have heard that an
American consul In Mexico few
years ago literally wrapped the British
nag around q citizen and dared
the Mexicaus TO shoot through
that flag. i say the American nag
would have done just as well. TShouis
OF "No," and they tear down the Amerl.
can flag and trample 1t IN the mud; I've {
seen 'em do II. These resolutions are
good In pa {, but don't let them reflect
upon our government and the men at the
head oft believe our government has Z
made demands on Mexico a voice /
'fhey don't amount 20 anythipgu {
they Will amount 10 something, bat see (
hat reason win be Of no avail with you to- (
light. ! earnestly suppllcate you to a
modify these resolutions before they 20 s
tut 70 the world.r I
Judge Davis, with an occasional inter. i
upton, WAS listened 20 with respect, I
hongh II was plain that his words pro. d
Iuced no effect. Mr.. Hague then moved
0 withdraw the obnoxious parts. Mr.. a
Jewell was on his feet again in mo- q
nent. y