Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-17
THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN.

SIGNS or THE TIMES wBI II SAY rARRANr rs
SOLID ron ocRACY--sPEAHiNG AT OAK
GROVE AND MAfaFiELD.
A reporter for tins 0AzErrE. desiring TO 600
the country aa well ne TO learn some political
Lews.on Friday went TO OAK Grove 70 attend the
Democratic speaking at that place. We ar
rived safely nc tho village, and wero
told that The picnic was about Que
mile IN ne pasture 81 bcn shipp, mo next
u beautiful grove. IN tho @, ntaT OF Will h was
nicely arranged epeAkcr'A stand seats o.
several hundred persona. There were come.
hing over ono hundred persons present, an
the Interested crowd WIS intefHperBcd With
many handsome ladies'
Mr.. Oarlock, In his usually logical manner,
delivered a Bpco h that seemed, from tho at
tention giyon him by tbs audience, TO carry
with II conviction 10 the hearts OF NIL present
In a mBetorly manner ne showed The origin OF
Tho "lark Lantern party" aud tho cyile to
result from secret organizations going Into
politics, Hts speech was appreciated by all
who heard u, and he audience seemed 70
think that the Democratic patty had acted
witcly In sGlecting thia gifted young lawyer
for 80 high position as county attorney.
After MIR Oariock was thr ugh, the ladles
present apTol a fOr the crowd "A dinner, 70
which no higher compliment could 20 paid
th IN % say that the hungry crOwd showed
their hi IN npprl catlon b. tho full Justice they
did tho same. This report r says the dinner
was m 81 excellent In quality and super
Alter this mort snioyablr rcpast GEO W. Tin
HNf u as IN fOuNttu W wv HhNAeHtVf tlin
speech nt OAK ,srOyo WIS most ttntesmAnlikr
production, and was delivered In most forci'
bio manner 1he speech MAS pronounced by
those who heard II as the ht Epeceh mace
during the present camp Ign.
After MIR Finger was through, Mr. Dan
HlghtOwer was called 70 The stand ana made q
speech, IN which he showed why he, as n
country man, was a Democrat, and why the
pamOctats should now W this time stick 70 the
party. The manner In which he said II, the
eaTnestne Is with which he spoke, together
with his sppr pirate illustrations, convinced
tue crowd that the Democracy was the party 20
VIII CHI the farmer should ing for relief
From Oag Grove we went 10 MAnehel where
VIC found on yesterday some Two hundred SOY
treighs awaiting the Dcmocratie speakers.
Hers -thc cit enc TOOK clNcreni iiel % iIoll
other places, and had II ARA god for the eiti'
zens 10 invite the crowd 70 their respective ros
licences, eaon eitizen TO take so many With him
70 dinner Bunlce it 10 say all got plenty 70 cat,
and this reporter Jared well fter dinner
MeRsrs. Carlock ana Finger dc iyered their
usual addresses, 10 which the crowd lletenod
Attentively and appreciatiyely.
JuGge Abbott spoke there last night, but your
scribe couidn't walt 70 bear what no said
IL rs safe 10 calculate that Oak Grove, Grow.
Icy -nblett and Mansfield VIII go conniderably
Democr tid. The Democratic are conpdeD
and jubilant at IN $50 places Enon VIII 20 TOT
the Ozark Lantern ticket.
The farmers In that portion OF the county fay
that more wheat viii be raised this neAt year "
Tarrhnt county than has ever been Oetofc, anu
they are now putting IN their Immense erope'