Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-03
THE CHAMPIONS AT KELLER.
Pendleton Pitted Against Producer Blair
and Tho Lily.
KELLER, Ten, Oct. 81.

KELLER, Ten, Oct. 81.
!. 1i.or OF the Mail:
Qaite a NUMBER OF Non-Par-
sisans, Union L.bor.tes, indie
pendents and Democrats met last nigh:
to lear pint discussion.
Blair spoke first. Ga, L3rdy! WHIST 8
sympathetic appeal ha made TO the poor,
prosecuted tanners. Seversl farmers
"cTisd." He spoke CT the "poor N.Ile
children" goirg out to p OK cotton for
their filhsr6, tne farmers. He gsve the
farmers come shsctioplte thugs" Later
on his hesrers found a!m standing tlas-
footed Ga he h publican BIS!iozm. Pen.
dles0n told MIN he hSd found out f0c the
frs. tim where ne stool and what he
"ss-l Republican. All told, Producer
Blair made nest 0iserabie failure. He
said nothing soout the "Vll3ttsa "
n x5 SPEAKER YES j II. Jackson, tie
'4ny:" introduced es such by nd &c"
Read. He handled Grover Cleveland
rGughir, sad said all Kinds OF man
things aoout him, and revived the Demo
cratic party in uamessured terms, and,
Ike his Coa'reIe, profess@d no love f0r
Democracy, and made his fgh. directly
against it.
PcEClaton (when jackson was through
held him on the 'etsge" and ca!. cniz ii
him severely; seklpg Tim if BE did not
ask Governor Ross for soma oti &c es 3
Democrat. Jackson ssYs, az did in 1873 I"
Pendle.on saks, did you not ask rim for
Office In 1888, about the 27th CT last
March?", Jackson Vas compelled to
"less up" like little man, and said
"ye-es" Then Pendletor resd Governor
Ross' letter In proof CT it.
jackson was piuole looking rness OF
humanity when Pendleton asked him if
Governor Ross hsd given him al cffica
would he not have bean b good, simon
pure Democrat; ara Jackson "vl,ted."
jackson sbused the Democratic perty
and said nothing sbusive about the Re-
publican party. He made TIE poorest
effort, so conceded by some Of his NOE
Psrt!sans, thSt he hts ever made. He
was badly ratified snd democrat I'd, for
Pendieton showed the silly" up In good
shape. II was field day Cor Democracy
here. All the farmers won't swallow his
tsf5. The letter from Governor RJes
"do2e BIN up"
PenGleion came next and last. He was
in happy mood, aud our people ssy IN
stinteoly that 1t was the finest effort
made by Pendleton they ever heard. He
showed the n ,n-Psrtissns what kind of
looking personsge Democrat WAS In
vivid coloys snc the principles of tue
Democracy. He exposed the Is aion Ls-
boz pl.;!oIm, and held his sutielce
(Which vas large spell-bound. OF, that
Governor Ross iesterl Hes resd &c we'll.
He tola Jackson he WIS Standing fat
footed on the Republican platform,
and preaching is doctrines and
endesvoripg to lead Rstray good
Democrats. He told Jackson he was
impregnatirg the atmosphere with
rotten doctrines sad trying to get Non.
Parissns to inhale them. He told jack
son that he WAS big, aurly fellow, SID
he would handle aim roughly (snd be
certainly did,, and thst Producer Blsir
was tender touch ne not, and he would
handle him tsnderly.
Many votes were made, from NonP Par
tisan5 to Democrats. Il Was demorsliz
log to the Independents. They evidenced
1t visibly to-day by their locks and ergu-
ments, Those OF "suDer;or intelligence"
seem psralyzed by Pendleton's speech.
Their maneuvers Indicate defeat. The
Non Partissns are literally afi.e ove- the
"Vldettes" being discovered. their bivou-
acs, councils, etc. REPORTER.