Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-29

Vie " attCual OiCSr u tC6tsSS UrCeo Z ia
f1ct Hhet its nkme implied. Otgsnizsrs
w3nt 10 worz in o,her GATES, ard IL Z
snort time General ?. Ike rad captured tie
Wheel III Arkansas, had established tie
order in Kslsis, Missouri snd TIE lorth-
western states.
me fine work Of the Vide:tes WAS cp-
plrent 10 i5e & ct Peoples convention.
The msj )r::y OF ihG de!ega'es berg
Vlcettes, nnse bu! Ftdeties were
made ofi;aTg, and their noni1ksica
and election vent like Cl"oS WORK.
TIE mschire woTkeh- Smoothly AID the
members c: the "Ipne- Couuclin sst in
tss hall supremacy well satisfied at i1a
wag their dupas executed their com
msnds, issued to men who had sworn
s0!ennly to obey blindly Gil orders issued.
Sc the People's(D party wzs neEe
farce. =
THE FIRST REGIMENT.
About tfia TING the F,fsr Regiment q
Texas V.dettaI gSs crGSs Esd. :. p
Rurns of B:cwn vcrG gss made GsnsEa:,
81. D. Priest u F5tt Wonh wss :1xde
G-srd Secretary. Jllge J. E Mas,il
wSs uade CoIm1rd der q s. IF
which consisted ii 81 She CsDS
rslL5 & h,YouICs tbyoughau. INT
8 a5a. ClsFtera tOg compsEiss IA the
FIRST regIE;al." .gsIe !sauad sld L
liz. n.Ets were rapid. E7eEy pgonjnent
,ris2 n s1y C-e aEt s.. OF tie par le9 0p-
posi d n Democracy were solicited 70
GEiisv, Il. wS5 en-? g sh3TE tirn3 L IL
hire We're $50 eHMsssd Viiett - n Tsr-
c925 c9E1'E, scAllec. { ia eTer9 n.lElo0r
aGoH, manipulating al meetings in the
in.STG5s CT the Fife:.e5: Nearly every
mzL OH the Peoples ticket IN Tsrgsn :
county ~ 1855 WAS 2 Nltetse. Every
mzn pTn;p;.ena IN the party was VI
de.te. S7Ccage n ;aslir ulatirg pol-
tic, IN ct2ta;IEG tickets Snt formulating
parry platforms embJlG1red the Vldettes
AID they reached iGto tao balls OF the
Farmers Alliance alG INTO ASSEMBLY
rooms Of The Knights OF Ga0or SID gla-!eJ
all ell. srs of both nrter9 of thel1 own
choosing Every Cftlcer Of Distinct As
sambly rs, Knights Of Lsoor, was either
Vldette or entirely Satisfactory 10 the
VdSt!es; the cEder was thel Waeel
within q wheel. The candidates. CT The
Peoples party, the No -Psrtisans, the
Independents, the Greenoacker7, were
dictated scsolu:ely By the Videttes
Az tie Ye&Gss ball convention wh L
the rIssen. candidate fQr treasurer
T.s eelectad, Bedrock VAS ehelTsd
btc1use nos V.det.e aaG a3als wss
placed On the ticket. TIE iouE R3puGH-
caDs On the ticket were perUint9l to rua
FOR the Cfncss CT tits prcCiGCs probably
because the cpanca ct elac.i9a Ras an6ll
Nina o. them wete Videl:e5. EVa2 Joa7s
CT Ersth, DE- 8tciIbs O. Gar!aAt got tae'g
6-s. bcoms in the ViGe.tes- W. +
Farmer 6; M,neol5, Jtroma Kes-oy q
DaiI2s, 3 j Caanbers OF CiebIrne, NJ.
D Priest, z. Martin. Z. 3 Dsg gett, 81.
&. 2 AshhF sud J Fl Jackson st once at
ttiaeG gEsat prominence IN The state.
THE FIRST EXPOSURE.
Il Octo5er, 1855, The Is )GIe CeGss
Tiw6e:a spi TEE G.zET1E pCcAshai the
ritusl If tie order and .shere 1as co2s.er-
nation II the camp. ia Eorl Worm ta2
agreement WIS thstthe order scoaid %
d:sbsndei and - rituz!s and otaez
Gaoks bnrted. Sam3 Ct tltm ware
burned, sC0 gone O. thu ViGe,tcs
dropped aWsy never 20 JON sg4i0, III.
st!s- getting I'D, By e!iegea disasud gent,
If certain "c0mrades.S tt2 Others 8:
once 7eorgsl.z3d, bu,tae. 9!dsr slao-. as
it were, ~ sgme iftee2 m09tas. Duri1g
this period Of iEact.on, ther5 was
cIi1l:nsiioa e. d reor!m j ssion in the
slllspce, Knights oiLs3or assemblies AID
S.her secret orders. "HIait0l" and
"Jdisa" veT9 words oiieu head snd tie
digoIgRnz!ug 'tffsct % the work Ct the
Vlde.tea accomplished Tost vac jls:E,d,
csrlsiG CcasjIV2:i7e Mar I.is tie orders,
in fzcs ultimately :he Knights CT Lt;or
virlu.lis disbsGded IL ryz3s
fHaA uy- q
in the sprj9g ii 1888 ja5s p-i22 20 The city
il Jb2. Gsmpaign. al tla fac ao1a
dop9 VII nSg<E DC klCTn. Tit
V!ietsss ey22 eE'GG934sd = c2Qs~
ing division in D5nccG2;.s.c T2-ks
1rd tr;um2bed, elec'irg Ia cssii1-le
sel5e.e3 by the inner COUNCIL 10 maxi In
rzca. TIE ordar Was known then IS tie
"CGurcii Of 49," and met n J. T. L Dn'f
.flcz, he otti:s Of the Southwest and
e,ea1here. Dui2g ths suMmeg the 90
lis mens CT recruits went on vigorously.
Ead The Crdar WEs g3o2 more powerful
than ever. At the waco meeting CT the
Stale council d.. 4 S Bodies 8ss elected
general ard Il C. Whitehead grand
scribe. The Inner council for three
moatha held frequent g,4etirga, and
being made GoTe select than ever,
oply the men Of livery superior
Intelligence" being permitted to enter it
oecars3 very arbitrary, bat al its plans
hive been eX scutad ald ih3 Vlteltes cen
tiDued to obey.
TIE delegates selected st Daggeit hsll
to attend the Congressional convention
at ClebuFne we're 81 VidesIss, sld the re-
suit Wgs S Vldet:e vas nominated fer
Congress.
AT THE WACO MEETING
the programmes OF ms N1n-Psrtissa and
Union Labor c1uveDGione, which me. IN
Fort Worta in Jalg, 1883, were July ar
ranged. II viii be- remembered thst the
Non Partisan convention Wss in sessicn
July 2 and 3, end thst the Union Labor
convention met en- the 4.t, and merely
ratified the acton CT the Non Partissns.
This wss in o0ediel &c to the policy
adopted By the Vide.te jurts at Waco.
The two conventions were in fact merely
echoes OF the Waco council.
a glance a. the organization and nomi-
nations of the Non Partisan convention
will snow how plastic it was In tina hands
Of the Vidette chiefs.
Tee following gentlemen who were
prominently connected with the proceed =
iogs OF the convention hsye been initiated
!aIo The sacred