Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-09

IS. Ford, g. ". Jones OF Bsstrop, George
P. Finly of Galveston and many others.
With the state government in the hands OF
q set of plunderers who seemed determined
to hold to power with death "grip"
backed, as we had everyIresson to believe,
bya radical federal administration, all
could plainly see that we were not en-
gsged in "child's play" but that stern
manhood was to be tried, and true moral
and physical courage tested. A council
was called, brave, true, conservative, but
determined men spoke, and finally when
Dick Coke was called on he addressed 8
few words in approval Of the plan agreed
upon and said: az have been elected Gov
ernor by the legal voters of Texas, and
intend to be Governor" Thomas H.Du-
vail, then United States District Judge,
said the election was legal and fair, and
no sensible man would think of resisting
! its results. Richardson, q Republican
District Judge said, you have the consti-
| tuition and Law on your side, aud the re-
suit of the election should be pesceably
carried into effect. Hon. T. B.
Wheeler, then Mayor Of AustiI,
came to our support with
all his personal and official
influence. George B. Zjmplemsp, then
sheuf Of Travis county, fell into lire, land
b and his deputies handled the armed
force under the authority of law and the
sanction OF the district judge as posses
10 keep the peace, and when
| the despot had msrshalled his
armed forces in the basement of the
old capitol, with the Twin Sisters,
q csnnon,) loaded, planted In its front,
and pointed down Congress avenue, some
of us will not soon, If ever, forget the
deep anxiety felt when the Travis Riffs
marched up the avenue led by their gal
liant lieutenant, A. S. Roberts, and COM
pany of volunteer armed citizens march
ed up under the command Of the gallant
Captain Royston, and the shout of exulta-
ton that went up from Feveral hundred
pistol armed determined men, when these
companies marched up the stone steps
and stood in we'll formed aud compacted
order in the hall, while the Legislature
inaugurated Richard Coke Governor Of
Texas. Nor did these noble men lose
their hold OF slscken their "grip"
until every officer that had been elected
by tn people was placed in possession Of
his Office. When all this was done the
men 1 have mentioned were on the
ground and many, many, true men have
not mentioned were there; and when you
could almost feel the heat of the battle
and smell the gun powder, others who
had talked well and seek to be leaders
now were not there. It seems now that
an effort is to be made to punish Coke il
a., to turn him out of the Democratic
party, because he bowed to the supremacy
Of party law against his personal c0RSic-
tons in the late canvass, and with him
such me- as MSxeY, Reagan, CalDerson,
B 1ncer, Llnham and host Of ote RI rue
Democrats who availed thsmselves of
party permission to vote their segtiments
upon great question submitted "a the
people for their action, siIaply to make
room in offices for lightefsmen. This
may occur, but If it does those
who read them out will fud
that it will take more than all
the Republicans they can gather up to
ill the places of those who will go out
with them. am tolersble old Dsmo-
crat, but knowing that this has no weight
now, without undertaking to advise,
will simply suggest that it might be well
to "mske haste slowly" let the old ship
move on, and keep the old crew on board.
HENRY E. MCCULLOCH.