Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-25

Dallas. Then each of them taking an
arm they led him down the sisle to the
stage door, and thence to the presiding
officers liable near The footlights. When
the conventions gaze fell upon the ch.ir-
man-el.ct, tumult of applsuse went up
and then subsidized after moments dura-
ton.
as there any water convenient" in
quired the doctor, IS his bosom swelled
J with emotion.
Water WAS brought, and after partsking
moderately, the temporary chairman
stroked his grey beard and wiped his
mouth and addressed the convention.
He bsgsn by thanking the convention
! from the depths of his soul for the honor
which had been conferred upon him. 81
am Republican," he said, sand it is the
proudest appellstion to be attributed TO
any city OF this republic" He stood be-
fore his co-workers not es s pro, nor as
an anti, but as true, stesdiest loyal
Republican. The prohibition question
was dead snd it must not be revived.
Democrats could not raise tempest in
the teapot by throwing the freorand of
prohibition In the Republican ranks. They
had met here to prepare to
meet the boosted Democracy.
The Republicans would not cover
even In the face of 140, 900 Democratic
majority. They would drsw their blades
ana measure steel with them upon the
living issues OF the day. The doctor then
dwelt at length upon the south and Its
people. He said they were brave, great
and noble people. They committed many
wrongs, but they had suffered for it. He
wss soulhron himself, and he would not
mallgn or trsduce the people with whom
his lie had been spent for his right arm.
He alluded to the Washington county
outrage and denounced it. The Repub-
lican party would have no reace
as long rs the negro, for whom
they had bled and died were subjected to
such outrsges. The time had long since
passed when the black man WAS to be
''smoked out OF his cabin like 'possum
and shot down like dog" He compli-
mented Governor Ross as a brave and
good man. The solid south must break
or the north would be solid once more.
He then took President Cleveland's Ca
reer land endeavored to dissect it, de-
| nounced free trade as a menace to the
national prosperity, stab at the laboriDg
man and a step toward subjecting him to
the miseries snd blight Of European p.u-
perism. The nag episode was comment
ed upon next. The! order was issued
for their return to men who had faunted
them in the face of the nation. The in
dignant north arose and denounced this
endorsement Of treason, and the order
was revoked. The Doctor quoted this
as q sample of the Presidents backbone.
The veto of the private pension bills, he
claimed, was an insult to the band OF
heroes who bore the wounds OF the
nation and saved it from destruction.
Then "the swing around the circle" was
taken up. The President went through
Oaio ON an "owl train" at midnight
He (the Presidency knew that the
Republicans were at home and
asleep, where they should be,
and he also knew that the
Democrats were awake and carousing
around. The Republican party was not
an owl 1t was an eagle, and 1t scared to
the sun at noontide. Returning to home
Affairs, he said that Democratic Leafs
lature has passed law which provided
that II man was found guilty OF q INSIDE
meanor and was unable to pay his fine, he
should work it out and receive q credit of
81 day until the fine WAS paid. The
last Legislature, In their wisdom and
humanity, had amended the section so
that man working out fine
only received 20 cents . day.
This blow was directed at the colored
man, whom the Democrats knew in most
cases would be unable to pay fines, aud
would thus be compelled to toll like 8
slsve under the supervising Of cruel over
seers. The Doctor dwelt on all these
alleged shortcomings at length, making
many repetitions, illustrating by anecdote
and then he reached his climax, about as
follows:
"Thank God, human liberty can never
be throttled again. Woe to that man or
party who undertakes it. He had better
try to stihe the leeping flames
and molten heat of Vesuvius! Better
try to extinguish the dazzling
splendor OF the noo1tide sun! Better try
to reverse the revolutions of the planets!
Better try to destroy every vestige OF
human progress than to attempt to throt-
tie liberty. For as long as the Rio
Grande coursed from the mountains to
the sea, as long as the sun arose in the
east and set In the west, as long IS the
internal fires burn, so long would liberty
dwell upon the earth, and its beneGcent
influences permeate every throb Of life.
The word itself was music, and its sweet
notes would cheer the soul in its march
to glory, and its echoes would rest upon
the tired tide of life as
1t ebbed further and further
to bresk upon the shores whose sands
were white and bare! Applause
| The eloquent chairman then nervously
swallowed glass of water, made an
other swipe at his beard, called for q
eavel, and then announced that the cleo
ton OF temporary secretary was next in
order.
At this announcement "the gentleman
from Smith" arose and plsced in nomi-
nation Professor W. A. Peace of Tyler,
who he represented was in every way
qualified to discharge the duties Of the
honorable and difficult position of tenn
porarY secretary.
The gentleman from Bsxar thought
that it would be graceful for the conven-
ten to show its appreciation Of the hes
pitality Of Tarrant county, he therefore
placed in nomination Mr. J. G. Martin Of
Tarrant.