Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-21


"a 1Afnd that they are there for 8
purpose .iThey are Democrats and 1t is the
province Of Democracy to look after the
interests Of the people. Some '.sculdug-
cry" may be prEcticed oy the party in
power, but the watch dogs Of the couu-
try will be there and they'll bark too, xI6
the world will hear from them. Dick
Coke and John Reagan will be there. 10
Abbott, Buck Kitgore, Dave Cumbersome
in fact they'll Gil be there, snd they'll
work and watch closer than ever, and YOU
may count on them proving good censots
as Mr.. Jsfterson said. They may not %
able to control legislation, but their re
sponsibi.ity Will be none the iess and thev
may be depended on SIS recogn.Z ne this
fact WRit til some fellow tries to msks
5 raid on the treasury and see if old buck
Kugore doesn't raise s row in camp
Watch j. Abbott and see II he does MOI
prosecute his trust DILL and show up re
InIqiutles oil, thesepooling schemes, even4s
he be not successful in lie passage. See i
he does not get that public building
which Fort Worth needs so badly. R ger
Q will be there, and those crest philsn'
tnropis.s, the protectionists, will fac
that the tariff question still lives. De.
mocracy is lot dead. Her principles
still exist, and these faithful servants
will continue the good fight, and wher
another four years are past the people
Will better understand the Issue, apt
when they do, then good-by Messrs
Harrison, Blaine & Co. have been talk
ing to some Of the defeated candidates
since the election. lbs strange how little
some Of them cared for office. They
worked hard for months elecsioneering
Shook hands with every man in the coun-
~. Spent lots OF money "setting up
beer, cigars, etc and still SIT don'tlmsks
much difference anyway" Well, I'm
glad they are not much disappointed, and
am glad, too, that those who wanted the
offices got them. Tn Salt river steamer
was well manned in Hill. A lot OF good,
clever fellows took passage, and though
the trip may not have been pleasant &c
some 1t may prove beneficial. To the
nth, and especially to Texas. there are
questitn of more immediate importance
than grieving over the loss Of g PICS
cent. admit the bent Il! of IN adWShis.
ration in sympathy with the SoutH, bu,
there are other things needfut (which
must be looked after. III THE
GAZETTE would be heededs5; and
we had more home industries, mora d.
versifed crop |, and more unity of sstior
| Tor the goo1 Of our respective sections,
we would be far better OF. Are we no,
suffering from too much cotton? Are thsfs
NOT other products which can be raised
with less labor and more profit? Some
cotton, OF course, but mix little Of
something else slODg with It. Why do we
60 in n
we eat and veal? / asked young far.
msr yesterday how many hogs he had &c
kill. "Nos one" he said, "1 thought
would Just order my meat from some
wholesale house in Fort Worth or Dallas
Only three Of Us IN family, and 800 o1
400 pounds will do u.s." he seemed sur.
prised when told that the wholesale
house would hardly sell 1t to him. Tn1
1t would bs N injustice to the local mer
chants. Only three 10 FAMILY, and three
hogs raised and almost fsttened from TIT
waste about the place would supply then
with meat. And still he has to buy "a
bacon to live on, do without sausage
meat, eat cotton seed oil lard, and hkv,
"nsry" pone OF "fatty bread" This Il
not an exceptional case. Something i
wrong. We must live nesrer st home
Then there is the mortgage. It seem
useless to say more than has already beel
written about it. As 1 write l hea
the auctioneer's cry, selling wsgol
under q deed Of trust. The only Wagon
perhaps, and expect that man hsd t.
mortgage It 10 the grocery man for sup
tplies. He had to have them, and thi
was his only means. SILL II is deplors
Die that such conditions made 1t neces
ssry. Next year 1t Is possible he will bu
another wagon on credit and give mort
gage on his cotton crop. to get Is. Some
thing wrong here too. As long as me
want credit they'll get 1t, but the othe
fellow must be made safe. The mortgsg
is demanded, and as Is very frequent
y the case, foreclosed. The property