Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-17
ALVARADO.
Review OF the City, Past and Present.
The Two Towns to be United
by Street Railway.
her Citizens Spurred On by Upholding
Fort Worth as an Example,
OF What's Possible.
a t"cunn OF tho Farmers' Alliance AT.
tempting TO Form n Coalition with
the Knights OF Labor.

Corresp ondcncc Of the Gazette.
ArvARsDo, Tx, May I4.--Goldsmi,h.
soiiloquiziug over the lost virtues of his
Sweet Auburn could not have felt It's
changes more keenly than while stand
ing upon the crest of the slight mountain
which oveIlooks my village home of nine
years ago Then Alvarado could count
It's population by the hundreds ON the lin
gers OF one hand; now at that rate II
would require ut least twenty fingers;
lhen us merchandise was all transported
| oy wagon from Dallas; now two
ilnes OF railway compete for It's
trade. But to multiply evidences OF
development would be mere waste of
words Progress has applied its mag
netic touch 80 every foot of the mngnid.
cent area knot n as the ucross tlmbers,,
and the tributary territory on either Side.
and lighted the sweet incense Of do.
nestle prosperity In mary thousand
happy homes.
The two towns clustered around the
two depots have almost grown TO
gether aud Il is now proposed to cement
their nupuals by the construction of
street railway joining them together. A
une mourning mill aud q 800, 900
SCHOOL buiiaipg are enterprises
on foot which show that the
people are fully alive TO the
necessity OF keeping up with the process
sion, One Interesting fact | noticed
The slogan used to fire the hearts OF the
Alv0radoites TO further eff rts IL are |
member Fort Worth; see what enterprise
mas done IN her case" gentleman |
from Abilene said to me: "We encour. |
ave our people by reminding them of |
Fort worthy What a tribute TO Fort
Worth, that she should serve as a model |
Tor her nelghbors and become the syn. |
onym IN II xhs for the highest measure |
of enterprise.
rs TO POLITICS.
This county | find Is undergoing pretty
much the sadie sort of political agitation
as Tafrant. One faction of the Farmers
alliance proposes TO unite with the
knights Of Labor and control the politics
OF the county. A "dark-antern con.
vention is to be held at Lee's academy,
In the southern portion OF the county, TO
morrow. The general, impression
mere Is that complete local
ticket will be nominated, and perhaps
the nomination OF Capt. Sam Evans for
congress by ,he midnight convention at
alliances are by no means unit In favor
Of this concert of action for an attack on
Democracy met two farmers and mem
bers OF the alliance here to-day, and both
of them strongly opposed 1t. One of
them, DR. Conkwrlte most
intelligent gentleman, lntimated that at
the bottom OF this attempted combina-
ton was the belief Of certain worthless
that the country would not be able TO get
along at all without their services. The
doctor was very much elated over the
Interview with Mr. Dawes 10 THE GA
zETTE, and Will read It to morrow for the
edifcntlon Of the convention at Lees
academy. The other farmer with whom
l conversed on the subject, said:
"When | joined the alliance took no
oath to forsnke the Democratic party
Count me In for a Democratic vote at the
next election"
II seems that the alliances which have
Joined In the new movement are those
close along the railroads. Those some
distance from the roads and composing
the leading farmers are ylgor-
ously opposing any deal with
the Knights of LABOR, and
some OF them have even refused TO send
delegates to The convention at Lees
academy.
Here, as everywhere else, the men who
are engineering the efforts 10 form co
alition between the farmers and the
Knights are Greenbackers. Col b. j.
Chambers, Greenback candidate for vice
president In 1880, lives at Clebnrne,
and Is leader among the knights
He IL the most rampant
Greenbacker the world ever saw, and the
very mention OF Democracy makes him
boil over with rage.
DIR. Andrew Young OF Cleburne, an
other eminent Greenbacker. who has
made several campaigns for governor, is
taking prominent part with tho Knights
The doctor is one Of the pureEt and best
Of men---a soldier noted for his bravery
among brave men--but politically
he 10 one Of the rankest OF heretlcs. So
ultra are his ideas, that don't believe he
would care 10 go to heaven unless he
thought that nat money would
pass current there. The faithfuness of
these men % cause which has been
buried so long Is admirable, but neverthe-i
less u is MT Il Sufficient Incentive for
The Democrats OF Texas TO desert their
parry.
a BRAVE POLITICAL LEADER IN RETIRE
MRNT.
Alyarado Is the hame OF Hon. |. A. Pat
ton, the fioatOrial representative OF this
district In the Eighteenth legislature, and
beyond oil doubt one of the ablest and
purest men that ever held plsce in
Texas. Mr.. Patton viii be remembered
in Texas history as the one !
man who had the nerve 70
make hghs against the ring
which manipulated the convention OF ,
1854. To win ia surh contest was as
impossible Us that Napoleon could have ;
overcome the combined ioEces of all
Europe HIS opponents, TO my knowl-
edge, admitted their surprise a. hist /
strength. After the convention at I
Houston ne returned 10 his law practice /
here, TO which he has been thoroughly /
devoted since. When ! asked him
about politics he good-Daturedly
replied, "I'm out" don'tl
consider II any great violation Of con.
hdepce, however, 70 state that he Is
strongly In favor Of Hon. w. J. Swain for !