Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-02
IN MILLS DISTRICT.
The Most shSmsIess CampsIgn Eyer
KnswB-A Whisky CsnEkss ia Bs.G
half Of O Prohibition Candidate.
Tte Efforts Being Made 30 Defeat the
Author OF the Tsrid Eeforn Bili-SVin
Democrats Let Il succtea?
st. Louis Republic.

ern political division Of Mills Congress
slonsl district. Washington county has
& large negro populstion and large Ger
nan populsiior, and both clements have
generally voted together for the Rspubli
can party up 10 this time. This year,
however, they will dissolve political part
nership. The Germans will vote almost
solidly for Mills, ard two thirds Of them
will vote the straight Democratic ticket.
The German Is not . protectionist as
general rule, and be is dead against pro-
nibition. AS protection and prohibition
have loined isfUe sssto beat. Mile, the Ger
mau voters Of the district can be counted
out OF the deal. But the negroes Of the
region are evidently solid for 20 Is, and
in their solidity can be seen the fine Ital-
ian hand of Wright Quincy, the Rspubn
can boss Of the state.
Quincy is the man who bossed the Re-
publican state convention recently held
at Fort Worth, and successfully sst down
upon such old-time party leaders as Col
onei J. G. DeGress, 4. J. R )senthsl, J. G.
Newcombe and j. NJ. Browp. Quincy is
now the dictator Of the Republican psrtg
IN Texas. He owns the state campaign
comuittee and is the national commit
seeman from Texas. List yesr Cuney
was q strong anti Prohibitionlst, but this
wear he is supporting Prohibi:ionist for
Governor aud has solidifed his followers
in the Ninth Congressional district in the
support of Jones. In tracing Cuney's
manipulations there is no difficulty In
seeing hat hje sections have been in6u-
enced oy the Republican national com.
m!ttee. Cungy has q tslent for managing
bloody shirt campaigns with money, and
in exsrtiDg his influence with the negroes
Of the Ninth district he is engaged in
congenial occupation.
PRoIRCTIoNIsT BoODLx.
The enemies CT Mills hsv plenty OF
money at their disposal. They are run
ming a redhot saloon campaign. This is
one OF the funny features OF the fight.
Jones is running partly as Prohibition
list, and his most cons picuous followers
are the long faced, rigidly pious, truly
good people OF the district. Jones end
his clerical followers denonnce Mills as
irreligious and ungodly. Yet Mills has
hardly ever been seen IN saloon in
Texss, and his most Intrinsic friends
never saw HIN take drink of whisky or
beer. Up TO q few years ago he was 8
strict member Of the Methodist church,
and only Withdrew from that Geuomina-
ton when its ministers and elders IL
sisted On taking q hand in politics and
making PROHIBITION tenet of church faith.
Mills during the prohibition campaign last
year denounced the political preach
ers who LET. their pulpits for
the stump, and fof this: he is now called
irreligious and ungodIy. They cannot
accuse him CT dishonesty immortality or
int mpersrce. Re HIS merely qusrIelled
with tie preachers, and for this the
preachers sre masking themselves CATS
psWs to haul the nuts Of the Protective
Tariff League out Of the fire. But the
truly pious fanatics OF the district are
not numerous enough to wre K ven
geance on anybody, and In consequence
they ara acting IS mere fgureheads, while
Quincy and the cid Radical gang are man.
aging the campaign and making the
saloon business boom with the money Of
the high tariff ring. Every colored poll
ticien IL the Ninth district has now jug
of whisky In his house, paid for BY the
high ts:if ring, while the Methodist and
Baptist preachers and elders daily ha {.
rangue them on the iniq1ity Of Mills for
opposing prohibition.
| SLIGHTLY INCONSISTENT.
| Another amusing incoDgrulty CT the
campaign is JONES' treatment Of the tariff
J question. When he speaks in railroad
town where roundhouse is located, and
he suspects some Of The worknen are isv.
.oysale to the high tariff. he declares him
seff on the tariff question in wsy thai
| would be suitable to William Mckinley
or Plg-Iro Kelley. When he addresses
s Gro sd of farmers he unblushingly sdvo.
Gates tarid reform and denounces Mills
fer having reported to the House and i'd
vocated the passage OF "Yankee BILL
majority Of the people Of the distric,
being farmers, Jones invariably breaches
tariff reform, yet at the same time his
managers are flooding the district witt
the renkest kind oi"high-tsrif literature
In brief, the campaign against Mills Ii
one of expediency. There is no principle
behind 1t. The Protective Tariff League
has merely contracted 10 put up enough
money to beat Mills, and the manner in
W ich 1t is to be done Is Of NO conse
quence. The fanatics in every commu-
nifty are generally q noisy and active
crowd. Like coyotes or, the prairie
when you hear them yelling, you could
easily think that there were millions 81
them, when careful examination would
reveal only few.
The noss interesting features Of the
campaign are confined TO the negro dis
tricts. Along the Br,zos bottoms, where
the negro voters are thick, the campaign
is very Intense. Meetings are in progress
dsy and night, snd some very slick poll.
texans are locking out for the colored
brother. It is reported that one Of the
"exiles" from Fort Bend county is dis
pensing protective tariff whisky in ths
western portion Of Washington snd
Bur, eson counties, snd that in Milan ths
circulation Of bright, crisp 81 bills hal
become very extensive.
ANYTHING TO WIN.
Negro preachers and school teacber:
are riding up and down the back district:
telling the cotton and corr field darkie:
that fresh Efforts to return them to
slavery are on foot, and that the election
of Jones to Congress is essential to de.
feat them.
Alleged declarations of Mills in public
speeches are quoted. One Of these is
thst the immigration Of Cinnamon being
now stopped, the prosperity Of the
country dsmsnfed taat the negroes
should be colonized In Alaska, or
promptly returned into slavery. The re-
tailers of this nformstion-invarisbly