Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-12
TIE PARTY OF CAN'T.

Opposed to the Democracy OF Tartats
county, while loudly protesting msny OF
the principles Of Democracy, is non
descript organization called Non Parti-
sans. As defined by Webster partisan is
one psssionately or unreasonsbly devoted
to party or faction. II non partisan
means anything i. should mean indepen-
dence of any party organization, S stsnd-
ing aloof from any and all orgsn.z,tio
for political purposes 30 as to leave the
individusl free to decide between the
different political parties, or to entirely
abstain from political voice or action
The moment any body CT men orgsnizs for
political action they become 3 party az
distinctive and as partisan as the Demo-
cratic or the Republican psrty. The
claim CT non psrtissnahip caanot bs
maintained by those who orgsuiz3 p1rty
or tictior, and the assumption Of the
name OF Non. Psrtissns is bold, bold
hypccrisy that should be apparent to every
man Of ordinary intelligence.
The political Discrimination which
sought The concealmeut OF partisan pur-
pose By assumption Of the livery OF pou-
psrtisensnip 10 serve the greed for oflcs
in could be expected to bring forth oIl7
hypocrisy and cant. And this has b5en
the fruit OF this so-cslled Non-Partisau
tree. All OF The GAzgrTE's readers
remember the Non-Psrtisen (so-calle6)
state convention IN Fort Worth; taEf
convention appointed delegation to the
Fort Worth deep water convention; that
convention knew, Ct /. knew aDythins)
thst such delegation would be al in
trusicn CT purely business assembly;
but the purpose WAS to make political
capital By posing as martyrs to
public prejudice against the political
white-soulcd angels who made Up the
Non-Psr.issn party .(so-calleG), and The
IA ce Of de,nsndiag admission wss carried
out.
Agsir, this Non Partisan party go
cslledl affects opposition TO Dsmo-
cratic methods, and declsims agsirs.
held in open daylight
and composed CT delegates se,
lected in primary meetings held Ia open
daylight. But while rolling thel. plou5
eyes in holy horror as tie convention
''boss" and "rlng" thess political setapAs
lend their support TO candldstes-
"nsmed" how OF when? No man ouIeide
the secret convention can tell. Daylight
politics is amnable-midnigh politics is
angelic.
And, like party, like partissrs.
The hypocrisy Of the N1n-Parti-
san party (so-called) finds faithful echo
IN Non Partisan orator and organ, and |
the sniveling Of these only honest men on
earth, has filed all the county Of Tarrsnt. !
But the Men Partisan Pecksnif,
Heep and S.iggins, must how toe /
the mark, and those candidates for loca! |
office IN T&rrant county who profess to
be Democrats in STATE and national poll
tics and Nom Partisan (so-c.llec) IN
county politics, must now serve God or
Mammon-!heY must nov acknowledge |
themselves to ba hypocrites @.
proclaim themselves enemies Of De
mocracy in name, IS they are In fact. IL |
his letter Of acceptance, Marion MsTtir,
the Non-Partisan (so.calleD candidate
for Governor, SAYS:
In accepting the position of standard bearer
OF NEW PATTY, unknown IN political hist -ry. |
and Just entering The p0llsica battle field = |
contend against the most powerful and best |
parties known in the history of the |
" rid, It will be- necessary to give some of the /
Causes that forced this NEW PARIY Into exist. |
ence.
The candidate OF the Non Partisan par
tissn party for any offlce in Tsrrant |
county is as much an enemy CT Democ
racy as he would be as the candidate
Of the Republican psrty. Be men, gen.
tleulen candidates of the Non-Partisan
party, be msr, and prcclsim
your opposition to Democracy. ALL men
respec. an open adversary, and all men
detest those who stab while PROCESSING
friendship. The issue Is joined, s9aH
mask Of the Non-Partlssn party SOD
called) has been torn OF by the S7awRf
Fox as he hurries on to oblivion. Sf