Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-25
THE LONE STAR STATE,
4 Aisrepresented Couniry-Mr. N. Fl.
Stewards Recent "TRIP Thsre-Thres
Things In Which the State ExceIs,
Clim ate, Soil and Water-Grover Cleveland
for President and Red ction of Reve-
nues the Sentiments of the People.
Kalamazoo Mich Gsaette

Kalamazoo (Nich.) Gazette.
Mr.. N. 81. Stewart has Just returned
from business and pleasure trip to
Texas, extending over nearly three wee De
He spent most Of the time at Fort Worth,
but also visited San Antonio and Calves
ton and other points. A Gazette repke-
sentative found him in his office yestsr-
day just as he returned from an afternoon
drive. He seemed greatly elsted over the
country he had visited. "Thls is a nice
day." suggested the Gazette. ayes, but
1t don't compare with the sights l lust
left. The peach trees in Texas are now
In full bloom and roses will soon follow,
Texas Is a great state. We think 1t quite
distance to New York city. Ii is about
$50 miles, just about the same distance it
Is across that state"
"What do you think OF the future Of the
state?"
1.-THE past three seasons have been dis
astreus to the crops in some parts of the
state owing to the lack Of spring rains,
but these they have already had and the
prospects are good. ANY crop that they
! raise there, and they raise everything,
Will mature IL they have these rains,
The surface soil Is underlaid with a
stratum OF clay which holds the water and
the heat gradually raises 1t to the surface.
There are three things in that country
which are superior to the great north
west country to which the people flock.
They are climate, soil and water. The
latter is the purest of the pure"
"Where does 1t come from?"
"They have large number of srtesisn
wells which are sunk about 800 feet and
the water is fine. There are baths eyery-
where and they are the pride of every
resident there. visited one Of the finest
and was surprised at the effect of the
water Don the skin. 1t makes it as soft
as silk. They are great"
"What about the people?"
VI found the Texan In flesh 8 very DIFF
ferent man than the Republican press
throughout the north represent him to
be. They are the most hespitable peo-
pie ever met. Fort Worth is filed
with northern people. Twelve years
ago 1t was place Of 1900 people and now
there Is 0,o00 in the city. That city is
in the center OF most productive agri-
cultural country and as soon SIS these
people are known In the north In their
true light the people there will go there
instead OF the northwest country. The
soil Is most productive. Two crops of
oats are raised and many tracts from one
sowing. Land near Fort Worth can be
had for from IS to $50 an acre and IL is
the best. Farming there is much easier
than In the north. Socislly, the people
stand as high as any country ever visit
ed. In Fort Worth they have q CONNER
cIal Club composed of 200 Of the best
business men. Their club rooms and
grounds cost $4,000. Liquors of ell
kinds and gambling are forbidden, but
any and all are st liberty to discuss poll
tics and religion at all times, but they
never have the slightest disturbances.
The club house is furnished with Grand
Rapids furniture and the finest billiard
tables. tits open every day and night in
the year"
sis Texas Democrstic?"
"Most emphaticsllY. Every one with
whom talked from Texarkana to Fort
Worth and from Galveston to the Indian
Territory, was In favor of reduction of
the tariff, and spoke ia the highest terms
OF President Cleveland's administration.
At Fort Worth they go SO far as to say
that there is but one side. None but
Cleveland delegates can be sent. I met
several Arkansas men who said the same.
Politically, the people there are most
harmonious. Much mole so than in the
north. In the general elections the Dem
ocrats and Republicans, alike, vote the
Democratic ticket because it is q ques-
ton OF the whites or blacks running the
government. Northerners, as soon as
they go there, vote the Democratic ticket.
They will not trust the business In the
hands Of the col0red people. The polit.
ical customs followed there would be
considered odd here. There man an
nounces himself as candidate. While 1 !
WAS in an agricultural implement house
Ia Fort Worth, talking with company OF
gentlemen who Of course were Demo
Gratis, gentleman entered. He handed |
each OF US card on which was printed |
mis- name and. the words, "I am q csndi- |
date for Mayor. Your vote Is solicited. ;" |
The gentlemen spoke OF him in the high
est terms. In the Democratic paper, THE
GAZETTE, saw notice published by q |
Democrat denying the statement that he
was not candidate for the office of
mayor, and adding that he was a candi-
date because he wanted the Office. This
was month before the election (which
occurs April 3. There are never any dis
turbances at the polls. The electioneer.
Ing IS all done before the election dsy.
Tne recipe L snc Minds how
they ~:. v0,e ieiGie ,.,lon day and no
.tse .np's ~ make them change are made.
This system OF conducting politics re-
suits In placing the best business men in
ne cities in Office"
"Who has the lead as a Republican
candidate for President ?"
SIT lies between Bob Lincoln and John
sherman, but here let me add that the :
'oqtherners, irrespective Of politics, are
lsfEk OF all bloody shirt business and talk. {
They want their state developed and
want the northerners to come there and {
'uy farms. They feel that they have long l
Deen misrepresented and are anxious to /
AVE sectional lines obliterated. The I
lays OF big ranches in Texas are ever and 7
he small tillers are what is wanted in 1
hat country. They want the northwest C
ystem OF farming lnaugurated at big Z
onVention recently held in that state q
hey declared that the market had struck 4
ottom and better prices would soon be g
etter. Texas is q crest state and has a a
rest future. .