Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-24
"LOST CARD" TRICK.
TIE Little PeIiHesi JskeT, Mr.. Qafy,
Rev Means TO Play an Old
Philadelphia Russ to
nanufsosurer Jos,pn rehr Deserts the
Kspabnoaas-Nsws from michigan.
New York Star


that Q1ay, Foster, Dudley & Co. have
been cuncoctiDg at Republican hesdquar-
ters have turned the laugh even CT their
own associates on this precious tfIum
vir&.e OF fskirs. They felt awfllly Gu,
up yesterday when they found that their
lsses! scheme to fry the fat ont CT I'D
ing Republicans at 81 9 drip, with a sou.
veDir thrown ir, had become public prop
erty through the columns of the S.sr,
and Foster vowed that there was
traitor in the camp or
the Democrats never would have got
hold OF his souvenir circular" Now,
Mr.. Q lay has decided on another move
that ID equally wanting in originally, but
which he found to work like s cnarm In
'he long. long age, when he used to mar
shall the Republican cohorts in the Fifth
and Tenth wards OF PhilsdeIphis. In
fact h WAS Philadelphia who is up to
sill = aay's old tricks, that got wind OF
this one and advised the Democratic na-
tionsl committee Of /. In the following
letter, which WAS received yesterday:
"Ths Republican committee ere having
number Of Philadelphia politicians sent
to New York. With this iGes, which they
plsyed very successfully in Phiiadelplis:
A few d.Ps before election day, they seud
cut TO : voter q notice that they have els
covered Jaws In his naturalization papers
and ;b., II he attempts to vote he will b.
arrested. Taey will sign, perhaps, the
distr!c; attorneys nsme or that Of some
jl6ge This 10 only enc OF the many
schemes they hsve. Il would be we'll to
have ali your men warned about these
last scares They have plsyed them in
Philadelphia sewers! times and, l am
sorry to ssy, have always succeeded
Lost csrds' is their game"
The 'loSt card" game Is an old one,
but Il won't work here. Qley's bes(
hold, though, Is In the coloniz .tion, and,
being in the last ditch, he m,y be msu
enough to try the desperate game in this
city. Indeed, number of suspicious
looking colored citizens are ssid to have
arrived from Washington yesterday in
charge Of one Of Q lays Old Pliladelphis
heelers named Prlce, and theit mission
may be to assist the boss In the "purifca-
ton" Of New York politics Taeir names
are in the possession of the Democratic
authorities, AID they are known to be
temporarily domlciled in West Twenty
seventh street.
The latest detection from the ReDubli-
CANS Ia one who will be serious loss
Mr.. Joseph Fehr, formerly a mechanic IN
the leather business and now q manu-
iacEurer of p cketbooks a. No. 4G Vesey
street, up to yesterday was prominent in
the republican politics Of the Ninth con-
gressionsl district. He has been tor
years the president OF tue branch of The
American Protective Tariff Lssgue OF
that d!strlc., bat yesterday he handed in
his resignation lad will hepceforth be
found in the ranks of the Democracy.
THIS IS his letter CT Withdrawal:
NEW YORK, Oct. l6, 1883
To the President of The PrJ;es i've Tariff
DEAR SIR. Having been q member Of the
above League for the lsst eightee., months. !
wish hereby 10 ten er M reslS naticn az such
member, and also as president OF the above
League of the Mn h CO gIessi nal district,
New YORK. city for the following a.ons:
AS am ow and hive been for the asst ten
years manufacturer OF fancy leather In this
r we'd b. me or my employees by high tariff or
prot ction
sincerely believe that the best interests of
The manufactured and wor lngman will be
surely rene Rted by a reduct on OF the tariff,
an more SO by the entr of raw mater a free
of duty, tJg tler with the necessaries of life %
important TO the American wJrkingm IN and
nj family.
In conc u,ion, woulI say that have givsn
this m after ser Gus ought and Can come To no
othe; C inclusion but that tariff for revenue
only lie for the best interest of all American
workingnen. Very respectful, yours,
JOSEPH FEHR,
President American Prote We Tariff League,
Ninth CJngressi nal District, New York City.
A prominent Democratic merchant, Oh
his regular fall buYiCg tour In the east,
talked very freely with Star reporter
yesterday a. national headquarters. he
said:
"Ths change ia Michigan from Reput-
licepism to Democracy is astonishing in
It's ex'ent. 20 judge by general indlcs
tons AID by wlst we near from the up
per peninsula and from what is seen In
our own section the stxte is going Demo
cratic this year You must remember
that the reYo. ution has been some time In
progress From q Republican msj Jrity
of GO. 600 the dominant party dropped to
aspsrrow 5000 four years ago, 81 there
f1hld be no ming astonishing If the coz
version he'd continued strong enough to
result in D. mocrstic success now.
"a great many things ths. the Demo
Gratis have done, IS well IS the Damo-
cratic dccTint generally. ere very pop
ular with our people. Cor gresham
Ford has done great many things watch
help his party. and the republican ss-
saul:s upon him are Strengthening him
very much. We are proud CT Ford in cur
district, and am glad to see tlst he Is
appreciated here. The Democratic
chances ale greatly increased by the ex
treme unpopularity Of the REPUBLICAN
state government. Millionaire lumber.
mems political syndicstes do not seem 10
be at all IN love with Governor Luce. and
he appears to be trying to paddle his o wn
canoe with poor success. He WAS ex,
psc!ed to retire voluntarily at the end Of
one term, and there good many Rspuo-
iicans who would not be sorry to See him
retired by the people.
The R republican big guns ara all fgur-
Ing for the Senate, anu other coasiders-
lions are secondary with item. But the
Democratic nom NE for governor is max
ing tirst-rase fight, and will help the |
national ticket as we'll as himself. Oae
great c,use Of Republican 1npopulaIiry |
Is the enormous increase of our stxte
taxes, which have more than doucled In |
ten years under Republican control !
DuriHg this cslyass the r publican |
,pelkers and writers have been entirely |
unable to make any defense CT their off,
,isls on THE head. In national matters |
the npm0drefs are fOusIiv yell of Snf |