Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-01
Corre.poudenoe of the ,Iszette.

HtOR Labor Party C0ite6 the Ma
tional Order Of idetteS.
Correspondence OF the gazette.
CoMAECHE TEX, Oct. l7.-Yesterday even
ing and last night wa held day in manch
county Democracy and twill lon0 be r. mem
bered by the citizens, young and old, OF Co
manche and tue surrounding country. 4 CON;
mittee fro m the neighboriDg Demo ratio club
of shiloh snd Evergreen notified The men baIi
. of the Comanche Democratic Clint that tneil
cub would visit the Conan che Cub in body
1t their next regular meeting and proposed
that they ali DIN IN grand street paraoe and
torchligh' procession at night. In pursuance
OF the programme tie Comanche Club mel n
open Id the eastern suDurbs OF the town
and awaited the approach Of the visitors who
appeared promptly at 80 O'Clock, when they
formed In line of two abreast and marche1
through the PRINCIPAL streets in regular order
TO the martial strains of music furnished py
Pro essor straley's string band. The column
was about one half mile long and presented a
grand and t1posing appearance with the
United States II .gs and banners waving snd
tapping in the breeze all along the line and
torches on long poles above the head of almost
evG rider.
Tne column halted and formed circle IN ths
courthouse square, when IL WAS proposed by
the marshal II tne &c 3ssion that three cheers
be given for Cleveland and Thurman and tht
succe 50 Of the Democratic ticket at which the
neighoor ng hill reveIberated with shouts and
huzkahs fr IN u thousand tnroats. Three chez g
were p opoeed for Roger q. Mills and iarif re
form, when a similar wild outburst followed.
l. was again prop sed to give three cheers for
governor X )ss and the state Democracy, wne en-
another Wild demonstration followed. The
procession then dt.banded and partook OF the
Uoun.ifIl refrt shDent5 tpreal by the 20
manche Club for her yi,itors.s After all had done
full and complete Justice to The wants of the
inner man, an iLyiladon was given to all 10 as
senb at the speakers stand. where they
would be entertained by listening to the dis.
cussion of the political Issues of the day..
Tho Hon w q Hamilton i0trOduc Qd
and maze d very forcible and tie ling speech,
curing the delivery OF which he WAS often aaL
loudly cheered. After defending In mastery
manner the record of the Democratic parry,
both state and national, in his closing remarks
} threw bomb into the ranks of the Union
Labor party that completely paralyzsd them.
1t was Ike o bolt of lightning In clear sky.
He charged and proved tina. there existe /
In he ranks OF the MON Labor Non PARTS An
party q secret orgauf Lation or inner council
called the National Order OF Videttes, its mem
bersnip In JON anche county mum oering l00 OF
about one tenth the strength of the Union La
Dor party. to members have to attain to o
certain desIee of intelligence before they are
eligib TO membership. or, in other words they
have to be good manipulators of conventions
and elections before they will be accepted as
membsrs. There are five lodges or C ,uncils
inttnis county, otlicered and tquinped after The
style OF mill tarV organizations L. hiss Its gen
erals, colonies, captains, ieutananIs, ana or
derlv sergeanGs. They have arsensls and places
OF bivouao.
lUe OIL lsCLb VI luto Ou le W lake
charge OF and preserve the liberties of The
Other nine tenths of the Union LABOR party or
nineteen twentieths OF the whole people, TAX
ing 1t that one half should be nion Labo,
men. The natural Inference is, said The
speaker, that the nlneteer .wentieths of the
good and intelligent citizens OF thie country
are not capable of self government. reason Ing
from the standpoint of said organization. The
spesker then stid this new party, claiming to
be 60 pure. had been GenouncIng The Demo
cratic party for being controlled by Iings and
who ever knew of such secret organiza ion
eNIstipg IN the Dem ocratic p irty, and what
.'srtv Il was being run and cohuolled by rings
and cEques.
He omered as proof to ,ustain the above
chars en-, frst, the book of ms ruction. contain
ing the de, larations of purposes. the oath to be
aominietsred TO the Initiate, and the duties,
ETC.. of the members, but in orc or to be able to
, cad the buoA intelllgently it 1. necessary to
have key which he also had. He tnen pro.
duced letter written by one o. the candidates
on the Union Labor ticket notifying comra &c
(MicadoJ) TO appear at certain place on a Ger
tain time, rs they hsd special orc ers from
headquarters, and signed his name thereto,
and also designating HIS rank IN the order IS
vision, etc., anu In confederation of all the
above facts the County Judge of this county
arose and stated that he hal been guided into
Joining It b, ever per uasion and misrepreeen
tation; that It did exit and that the Union
LABOR leaders Of his county belonged TO 1t and
had been manipulating II in their own Inter
este. Quite a sensation was produced by this
startling disclosure. and greet msny of The r
best members are oveerti, their ranks ana
coming back to the Democratic party,
saying II IL good enough for them.
"As the above exposition demonstrated
that the Videt.es had not disbsnded in
1856; or, II they had dissolved, that they
had bean resurected to do duty in 1888
as political bosses, the forgotten ritual
(received In August wss naturally called
TO the mind OF THE GAZETTE. Therefore
this paper printed the ritual on the 25sh
of this month IS q piece Of important
political news and at the same time To-
quired II there were any members Of the
order in Tarrsnt county and II there were
any Videttes running for office in Tsrrant
county. These perfectly na,ural rquiries
were justified by the proof Ct the fact
hist such an order hsd Councils and
'bivoulcs' in other sections Of the state.
These ntsrrog atoTies, In some myster.
lous manner, tmpelled the Evening Call Of
Fort Worth, an organ Ct the IN Partisan
(so-cilled) party, TO deny all knowledge
Of the tx steI &c Ct any such order as the
V!deltes and to challenge THE GAZETTE
to produce legal proof OF something
this paper hsd not asserted or charged.
as q part of the history OF this very in
erestIng expose, We sppend editorials
,sken from lhe Eveping Call Of this city
MORE CAMPAIGN FALsEHooDs.
Evening Call Oct. :.
When the last general election WIS over the |
;lreiully at the manner in which he had flight |
med the pecpie into voting the $50. cslled) |
Democratic ticket by raising the ruin the town |
i are crow. He admitted that he inter tion ally |
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