Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-20
CLASS POLITICS.

In q speech mSde in this city prior to the
election Senator Reagan declRr. d thst ONE
Ct he mos: alarming tendencies of the
dey was the political organization OF
classes. He denied that there WAS any
iust cause fer polI1ic4l combination on
the psrt Of any particular division Of soci-
ETY., exclusive and single-m!nded in Its
purposes.
Mr. Reagan in this expression
touched the keynote OF truth
vital 10 the preservation Of
popular government. Whenever dsma-
gogucry shall have so far succeeded IN
its baneful objects IS TO draw q political
lire between the social elements inst go
to make -up American cit zanship, 8 lorg
stride will have been made towards mon
archy. The s2itator who breaches hes
tlity to any clags or factor in society msy
give expression to g malice that he sin
cerefY feels, but he is none the less an IN
conscious agent OF 8 centralized snd ar
bitvary political system.
Intelligen. society never hiss and never
will give itself over to tue rule Of the
iconoclost and fanatic. I. Will ever see
to it thss whatever system may preySjl
shall be adequate to tie full protection
Of the life std property og all, without
Obstruction Of clsss or condition.
a gst:27ing result Ct the late election
is the stArP reocke /: administered TO 8
horde CT petty demsgogues, dis
tnbuted Throughout the Union, nrG
who, without oveT bsyipg evlde1csd
IN enDsion OF sympathy for sryboly
excapS themselves, were endesVoripg 10
perfect sn orgsn'zsti OF the manual
Iabcrers Ct the county, with themselves
and their iieuteE an!s as the chiefs sgd
Cheers If this Few p1liticsl brigade
Their appeals for recruits were Lesrd in
almost every community CT the nsior.
IagsEiously they sought Sc u!iiz. hostility
to the dominsn: party, which ever
1t might happen TO be, to er-
list the cooperation of the minority.
Seductive premises, IS incapable Of ful>
fllnent, as the prcser OF the devil to the
Saviour, were lsVished upon w,ge-
carriers. The snswer which "l.ooring
men" have made to these ins.dious sp-
peaIs Is worthy the study CT these who
are disposed to despair CT She fate Ct the
republic. o. the grest army
Of lsborers in the lArd, not
. per cent, perhaps, were daluded
BY the pEcfssalons and promises CT the
misuaned "Lsbor" crgsp' zstlons. Ninety
eight per cent. remained true TO parties
which hold in common the tenet th,t
government should know no DISTINCTIONS
smcrg its citizens. The sgitstor las
been rebuked; repudisted by the
class TO which his dangerous theo-
ries we're addressed. Close upon
the heels of this deserved fate
follows the virtual dissolution Of pollti-
ca! organizations which were bssed upon
PR jadlce. O.her organizations of sn IN
dustrisl nature, which have been perme.
ated with political purposes, are begin
risg to show the f cts Of this reaction
They must clear themselves CT ell social
Isdc heresiea or susef the fate 20 which
these Invariably lead.
To aspiring politicians the Lesson this
terches is most instructive one. The
people are not the blind slaves
OF prejudice which amateur stateE
men suppose them to be. The diTt-
begsimmed hand and the toil-wrinkled
brow age legitimate symbols CT patriotism
too lofty TO countenance the selfish aims
Of the political craftsman, and q 8 study