Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-07
THE STORMED BEDFORD.
The Candidates Representing the Peoples
Party BesIeging Democracy.

Nne Chndidates representing the Peoples
Party BesIeging Democracy.
BEDFORD, Ten, Oct 4, 1856
To the Editor OF the Gazette:
At 7:40 O'Clock tonight Mr.. r.. N. Bow,
lin poured forth stream of eloquence in
the hall of our college to an audience
composed of fellow.citizens, ladies anC
children. 1t would be difficult to say
what his subject was, but as well as
could learn he was speaking in the inter
est of party Of which he is not mem.
ber He spoke Of Fort Worth ring, anc
said he had b en- called Farmer Bowlin
He had been farmer and felt honest
when he was farmer, and he was proud
to be the special champion of the horny.
handed sons of toll. He spoke of Billy
Pendleton, Judge Beckham, and / think
almost everybody in Fort Worth, whose
name he could remember. Somebody
had come to him after he had become
this great champion and wanted him to &C
back ON his action, but he had told
them he would not be guilty of such
thing. He said great deal
had been said about what the party did in
the last convention. "But we only in.
tended 1t as form" He spoke Of the
ninety or 100 bankers in the county con.
vention at Fort Worth, but think he did
not intend it. He told our people this
canvass was contest between the people
on one side and local politicians OIL
squirts on the other. He did not feel
that he was belittlipg himself in espous.
ing their cause.
Capt Blair followed in quite modest
greenoack speech. 1t would be needless
to repeat here what he said about banks.
as doubtless your readers have all heard
such arguments often. The captain
claims to be Democrat, and believe he
Is, only he has fallen out of the ranks.
BE kind TO him, he will come back ere
long. The captain gave his reason for
being at the Anti Monopoly con-
vention. He was opposed to their max
ing any nominations because ne was In
favor OF Gen. Sui Ross. Now, captain.
the reading public believe, and doubtless
will continue to believe, that the reason
nominations were not made were the
same that kept the convention from
adopting platform.
Elder II. Newton brought up the rear
with q warm eXhortation, declaring he
was an Autobiography Democrat. He
ana not intend TO be read out of the party,
because he would not vote for the bosses.
lie said; They throw 1t at you and say,
where is. your platform. My friends, Ii
the Judgment was to-day, and the
angels were standing with outstretched
wings, welcoming you on, some fool would
say, where is your declaration of pur.
posesr When we had taken the action
we did at Enon, they said we were wrong.
and we were going to lay down what we
had done and go back; but Billy Pendle-
ton said at Grapevine, II we attempted to
come In and capture the Democratic CON
Venuon we were worse than thieves and
ROBBERS. The Democratic party kept us
out. we have had no invitation to meet
The Democratic candidates in public dis
,ussion: have we, Mr.. Bowlip? Have
we, Mr.. Blair1 ANSWERS, Eno, no!1 He
made few thrusts at Mr., Carlock and
ended his discourse, which was, in many
respects, remarkable.
We felt somewhat like Douglass Gerald
when his friend showed HIM manuscript
turing one of his attacks OF sickness.
after carefully reading it he looked mn
ma exclaimed; Gam crazy, or is the
'uthor" Yet he got up a laugh by tell |
ng about an awkward young man 10
south Carolina, who went to see his |
weetheart barefooted and happened 10 !
tep on her foot, and what she said. We
ook knowledge Of him that he had been
'ith stump Ashby, for like begets like.
A DEMOCRAT,