Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-05
than to lecture on astronomy. How sre
these things TO be cnrrectet2 BY Jaws Of


| ignorance on these subjects in this land
wnsre the common schools make knoWl
edge as fEes as the fresh air Of heaven.
would have bosrd OF examination
seated beside the eff GERS Of registration
AID let them decide whether the loen VIII
come up to vote have any capacity to o,
monsrcEs In land where We are su mon
| aEchs. One of the most ssful foes O: tn
American bollot boX to day is populs
Ignorance. Educate the people, Civ
them al opportu ity to know and under
stand what they do. II they will not TAX
the education, deny them the vote.
Another powerful enemy Of this sacret
the ballot boz, Is spurious voting. II
! 1880, in Brooklyn, theIe were 1000 name!
recorded OF persons who had no resi-.
dence here, and II there were 1000 at
tempted fraudulent votes in the best city
On the continent, what may we ezpec
in cities not 30 fortunate? What q grand
thing Is the law Of registration. Withou
i. elections in this country would be 9
| farce. There must DE scrutily on this
subject. The law must have the keenesl
twis. for the neck Of reporters Some
thing more than slight tine and short i'm
prisonment. It Is an attempt at the as
sassination OF the republic when . ma.
attempts to put in spurious vote. In
| olden times when men laid unhol3 hands
On the ark OF the covenant shey dropped
down dead. Witness ULzIn. And when
rlen attempt to put unlol7 hands on tns
ballot box, the ark OF the American Gov
enint,
, TEEY DESERVE DETERMINATION.
Another powerful tos Of this sacred
ches. is Intimidation.
Corporations sometimes demand TIA:
their employees vote in this and that way
It is skil!iully done. l. is not positively
N SO msny words demanded, bu. the en-
pIoye understands that he will be freezer
out Of the esta5lis hulsls unless he votes
as the fra do So you csn go into viii
lages where there are estaolisnue nis
with hundreds and thousands Of employees
and having found cut the politics CT the
head men in the factory, you Can te
which way the election is going. Now,
that is dsmnable. If IN any preciacs in
the Uoited States man cannot vote as
he plesses, there is something aTfully
wrong
How do you trea. thst enploye VIA
votes diff srently from What you do? Ga,
you say You do not interfere with his
right Of Suffrage. But you call him iato
your private cfflce, snd you find fault
with his work, and after while you
tell him there is al upc.e, or an aunt, or
niece, or cephew inst must have thar
position. You do not esy it Is because
ne voted this or that way, but he knows
and God knows it is. If that man has
given to you IL hard work an equivalen!
fcI the wsges you pay him, You have nc
right 50 ssk anything else OF Inn. BE
cold you his week; ne did nos sell you
his political Or religious ipril ciples. Blu
you know as well IS / do there is some
times On that sscred chest, the ark O: the
American covenant, shadow corporate
CT moGopollstiG.
DO not worder s. ths vshemsn nee @!
L1rd Chief Justice Holt Ct Ecgls1d,
when he ssid: Let fhe people vote
fairly. Interfererce win mtn's vote
is In behalf OF this or thst party. l give
You rctice that il an oE2nder sgsinst thc
law come before ne, will
CHARGE THE JURY
20 make him pay well for IT," No shsdow
plutccrsEic, or mobocss.ic, CT CO pitslistic
Every uan voting in his oTn wEy-Got
uA-t LAO SWG SSooSAS-So hAAO SnAy O2SSa wa
Another powerful foe Of that sacred
the ballot-box, Is bribery.
You know something OF the hundre ds
OF thousands OF dollars that wsre ex-
pended 10 carry Indiana in 1880. You
know something of the vsss sums OF
money expended In BROOKLYN and New
York in other years to carry elections
Bribery is one OF the disgyaces OF this
country. And their will be more money
used in bribery this sRtumn's election
than in any previous election. Ills often
the case thst man is dominated for flee
with reference to his capacity to provide
money for the elections or with reference
to his capacity to command money from
others. You know the names Of men,
who lava 1T different times gone into the
gubernstorisl chair or congressional
Cflce buying their way all through. |
tell you no news. Your patriotic heart
has oeen panied again sni again with it..
Very often it is not money that
brides, but 1t is cffice. "You make me
President and I'll make you a Cabinet
officer; you make me Governor and I'll
make you Surveyor General; you make
me Mayor and Phi put you on the water
board; you give me position and I'll give
you position" That IS the form of 5ribe
often and often In these great cities. I
do not say it is in cur city, but you know
again end again throughout the land
these have been the forms CT bride
offered. So it is often the case that by
the time g man comes to an cfice to
which he has been elected he is from the
crown Of head to the sole Of foot mort
gagged with pledges, and the man who
goes to Albany or Washington
TO GET AN OFFICE
Is Supplying for some position which vas
given away three months before the eIec-
ton. Two long lines OF worm fence, one
worm fence reaching to Albany and the
other to Washington, and there q crest
many citizens astride the fence, and they
are equally poised, and they are waiting
to see on which side there is most emolu-
meRt, and on this side they get down.
But bribery kicks both ways. 1t kicks
the man that offers it and the man thst
takes 1t. Bribery to-dsy you will admit
to .be one OF the nightiest foes of the
American ballot box.
Another great enemy Of that sacred
chest is defamation Of character. Can
you find out from the newspapers when
two men are running for office which is