Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-29
manipula:ions alall 81

UEulUUlS.lGEe u l d. ID -
aces, s.s!e, county, pEeci1cE and city,
with mambegs OF the eacret order or
those SO satisfactory to 1t. Jackson called
to his eli = msn named 6. ". Pike, 3
SCHOOL teacher OF jack county, who at
<once went to vcrk to iornulAte The c0rs
st!tution Ell ri.usl o. the order which
VAS rs ned the
NATIONAL CGDER OF VIDETTE5.
WIN the QsHrsciipl copy o. This con-
s:nuEot aud ri1usl "a their peseessicr,
Jackson AID PIKE Csue to The city CT
Fort Worth end CDR suited with MN il
taiacity no was Looked upon by them
50 p8asesslng the "superiof Intelligence"
kHFetBzsryt to make hiro Gaeir4b.e VidGite.
TIE risusI 1uG constitution Wera revised
same7hst and then CT gn afternoon IN
Ja,ynlSs6, the tIsa COMPANY Was orgs1-
,s,asE
THx MEETISGPLACE
Ess.s il iAe room IN the Twomoiy ouild-
irg on the pablo square
reached By a slalrwsy tlona Main street.
apd at one tiEe cccrpiec so iuztic=a
cIioe, printing I'll e, etc. 81 the time Z
Dum1er OF old papsrs and rub
bish Uttered TIE room. Five
men were crrrSer members, they
.Tere DR.. Il. S. Broiles, Senecs Mcneil,
ESan Emerson, d. + hiOuntGin aEd j. G
In. PIX, VINO YES ct CT, given tina
!l.la CT general aui fuAte nstill&l organ
izar Fas tie iEsti.u)iEg 1i2eT. The h'e
st onco YSul 10 work TO get ''recruits"
Fad a. the "hivou&c" fu.lG organz-rg tde
"Ccurcil II ld1iticp 10 GeGcIa' Pike
and tue FIVE ckSr.er mgm5srs, tisra E;rS
nnopg the membership J. E Hst.in.
Ii. d. Priest. CIV Aiexenf er. E. B.
DsygeGt, ". L Tanning, " L Robinson.
Ben Z DwggiDF, Sam Evans a1d d liza
Newton. The cEter crew rapidly, sld
after few msakng5 G1i0cG Eie Is0a6,rs
w2ye jam F. Z n; Stump Ashby, J. H
JscAsoD. James h SniIa, K Il 6oa.s,
D Hudson, Jnel B0oc, Il 7. Mere,
0. R1u dsid, j. + H,zz2rS, lad Aargg
Dumnsr OF other Ciyiz rs Il TarT9S.
county sid Fort Wcrsh. TIE Il e, C6tn
peny, Ehe one Organized IA F5r5 Worth
was Company ia" % the "S.x-l" Isgi-
ment, numbered Sc because EofG Wor 1
was in the Sixth congressional district
The brigade, which Gems later, took its
number from the Senatorial d!str,cs, the
fNc nS.5,h.
ALL THE LEADERS
CT the embryo Independently polijicsl
a..tY were the prime factors 10 recruit.
irg Videttes, and from the beginning the
V deItes entered heartily iato tae canvass
sgsinst Democracy. Enlistment Ci re-
cTuits selected only from the tti3ers and
leaders Of the Farmers Alliance sad
&. CATS u Labor WAS the first move on
TIE board, So these leaders were deemed
the msn OF superior Intelligence" tie
oTdiEsrY rank GId file were ror sought
oft fer membership. CUBS we're formed
cut Of every Knight OF LsdoE Assembly
and FsIners' Alliance in the county and
state, and delegates were elected to the
first state meeting CT the peo-
ples' party hald in JAY, 1886
From the OUTSET she VlGettes seizsd sil
rights Of the people and ridiculed the
idea thai they were " ortdy OF representa-
ttcB except through the secret methods Of
the Yidettss, It being declared pginci
pls Of the order tiat they must work in
secret 10 accomplish anything. Just pre-
vions to the meeting Of the state COZ ven
ton CT the peoples party in 1886 the Vi
dsttes had orgauiZ3t the state thorough
ly sBlvous2s were established az Calves
ioI, austin, Huston, San Antonio, Tenn
pie, Wsec, Dsllae Gainesville, FoIt Worth
and number CT other points, the mem
bership being especially lsrge in North
Texas. Three days btfore tt meeting
OF the state convention OF the psople's
Dsr,y at Fort Worth the Vi
de:tes from all the points
in tie stare where "eouucils" existed
were specially summoned TO meet IN Fort
Worth TO take steps TO coptrcl the action
of the new Peoples psriy. Over q hun
dred Vidssies assent bed sndfor two days
were in sesslon az Dsggett's hsli with
closed doors, engaged IL formulating the
plan to manipulate the convention OF the
people when they arrived. The COUNCIL
CT Vidsttes decided tbss no state ticket
should be put il the held, but EhaE all
counties in North Texas should be organ.
lad by the Videt!es through the Peoples
party snd county tickets put cut. Il Ia
needless to ssy that what the
Videttes had : determined On Was
passed through the convention.
Up 10 this time there had been no organi-
zssion in the state O. nation, bu. while
the Vldettes from ell the councils in
Texas were here, the state ceuncii and
the national council were organized, and