Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-02

| next week. They are being told thsS it
Is secaj1al 52aems CoGcocted ia the
/ interest Ct the south
, Tle speaker referred TO the lecord
mzde in the Legislature by Jores, who
, voted for the bill mssing it crime for s
fsfmsc 10 Sell ais cotton before he had
phtd his rent. And ye: be poses IS the
! champion of the poor msn.
! Colonel Mills attacked every position
tsKen By Colonel Jones in his recent
speecn. and routed HIN from every one.
HIS speech Wss augumen!a.ive and
Instructive eloquent, sarcastic,
, iro1ical, snd yet we'll tempered
| throughout. The above is the
brisfess outline Of i, snd only conveys an
| idea OF It's general tenor. He closed with
6 magnificent tribute TO Democ-ecy, and
"a earnest sppesl to every cl.iz n to
| stand by the psrty in che OF The greatest
fights IL hes ever made.
Aver Colonel Nils lad finished his
! speech it was announced thsE the hour
foE diauer WAS at hand, and all the peo-
pie were invited to psr!ske Of the sweet
and JUICY barhecued meats which were
seIv,d in abundance. The entire sud-
| euce proceeded to where the lengthy
tables were arranged, AMI secjoYed 8
| fesat.
oTEEH SPEECHES.
After dlnHsr CO O'Clock Colonel
Tlomas r. Bonner OF TYLER addressed
the people from one stsnd, ald n the
; same hour Judge GusIAve Geek of Hous.
ton spoke from the other. Both gentle
men delivered brief bat earnest and in.
terest!:s speeches, which were well re-
c5ived snd Loudly apple uded
| Colonel Bonner stated when he fist
sTose that very Likely some OF his Auti.
! Prohibition Democratic friends We're
surprised to sac bin here speaking in
thu beaclf OF H.n r. Q. Mills
| He added shat they need not
| D., for lie came isom the
| pine cisd hills OF Eastern TexaE over Into
! the n nth district because he Wss O Dem-
ocrs:, AID being such he deemed IL hls
| duty to render what assistance nc could
in tie re-elec0on Of the Hon. r. Q. Mills.
At hbOu. so O'Clock the Immense
brODs Of people Wlo had bsen in attend
snce al day began SO leave the scene OF
! tha fes iVl'iae, ard OF O'Clock sne bu,k
| Of the crowd hsd! parted.
And thus dissolved the largest political
gathering ever Witnessed in Waco.
AT NIGHT.
Senator S 3. Maxey addressed large
audleZcs at the District court room TO-
uigh.. The Senator wgs Introduced to
the audience by * Governor Luz lock and
WAS greeted with cheers. He declared
when he arrived IN Waco to-day
aud Witnessed the grsnd ovation
given Hon. R Q. Mills, it gave
him heart and hops. de, IS he wes
riding IN u carriage in company with
| G2vernor Lubbock s'ong the line CT the
procession to-day aud gsz,d back on that
vast column Of Democrats marching TWO
ead two, OF their way 20 give
their endorsement Of the action
81 s1e co gressionsl coDvanlion that as
ssnbied in Waco to day it recalled to lis
mind the liaes in Scripture: Chow sweet
and pleasant to see brothers GTe. to-
getlcr In peace and unity"
General M,xay elso touched upon ths
Prohibition question. He said /. wss q
dead question ana had been settled BY
| Ghs D Democratic party, and added the. it
WAS well 70 "let the dead past bury
It's dead he further STATED thst the
ninth plAaE in The plssf0rm of the Dsmo-
cratic psrsy in this stste simply meant
ths. NJ nan who called himself G true
blue JgfsersGGisn Democrat, or any othar
k!ud o. Z D noc:at, could enter the -snks
c! the Dsmocfaaic par!y a1d open a Pan
doTe's 5Cx.
General MsxeJ's speech lasted nearly
two hours, md the appreciation OF his
audience wss evidenced by repeated
rounds Of applause.