Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-26
Special to the Gazette.

rhLAOW SIIlLkSS-l em hSIs IL re
auess TO the Invitation OF the GsIinnd
| Democratic Ciu5, because l feel thi,
,he-a is 70 trper democracy thsn tbs'
which builds It's camp fires 90 bcih sides
! OF Duck creek fton tie gcurcs to its
| mouth. II Is sn intelligep. Democracy
which fghts for lis views and It's .svorites
IN the primaries by The p9riy end yields
grsCefplly TO the will IF The msjoIity. TIE
recorded vote OF IBIS lxTge p,eGiEct
Ia the late exciting Congressional race
srd many other elections, has PROVED 70
.he world that the Duck creek Demccrst
Is Cre thai csn nei her De read OF fooled
ous Of that party which ne believed will
bes. eu5serve tbs interests OF his couhtIy
he gets Slaughtered In conve2ticgs both
on lis fsvorise candidates aad policies,
yet On election dsy Ia loyal TO tho prInci
pie that the msi 'rity should rule.
glory in this brand OF
Democracy, for have myself made some
healthy fights in the party and been fire.
quently resd cut and killed hud buried by
newspapers aud one horse political
bosses, bus still live End have my nrs,
ticket TO scratch CT NY fret hours sleep
to lose IL the face cf defeat. believe
tonight as firmly as I ever believed in
my life, that tie best interests
Of the people are Involved ID
the success Ct tGs Democratic
party in the approaching election
II there wss anything IN the pls form, the
history or the make up Of shy other po-
liticsl party thst would justify me in the
belief, merits success, or even progress
toward succ 50, would be more beneficial
to the country, would change my poll
tics before sunrise. take 1t for granted
that in this intelligent audience, COM
posed mostly Of farmers who reed
IS well IS plow. that there is
70 msn who is Democrat
because hs has sufficient political
ambition to make him pTostituts big
political views msrely TO oe With the
stronger party, or who considers pas.
Eff lsttons sufficiently sacred TO hold him
lOysl. Ny APPEAL 6hsll be to the jddg-
meDt CT those who despair or who are
honestly wsYrriug in thsif filth to De-
mocrecy.
.. Shall contend thst the platform ard
the Nominations CT the Democratic party
ere the bes. guarsn.ee chered the psople
ST this election Of an honest,
fl ;!ans and economical I'D
n,nistrstion CT pubic 8ssIrs
IL this De true, and can so c0nvilc &c you,
then 1 hold 1t to be the solemn Guy Of
every good citizen entertaining this con-
victlOn to vote the ticket, no mater
which side he fought on In the last WsT
or the other wars, and no mater in whs:
shape ne takes his liquor, or BY what
means be earns his bread OF course, {
ne is looking for an Office in some ether
pfrty don't eIpect his conversion, or
that he should even csst glance
up towards the mourners' beuch,,
l have not come here 10 night 10 tslhsS6s
you about deaG Issues, Or to abuse those.
who differ with me-, OR to read seybodg,
out Of the party. sIc not one OF thosE
who believe the. the smaller the pssgStf
majority Is The easier menipuiated, EFnd
therefore, the better. l would ike 10
see every voter IN Texas a Democrat, II
his hoHest cohvictions brought him 10
lie party. Trusting il the sound judg..
ment OF the people l have &c fe1rstF
the deiees OF the DsmOc$Bsic
par Ia this election. 1. has besEsaio
that there Is g movement IN Ttx2s WHICH
seriously thresteas Demo crGcy, and ssSE
the lseoring men End farmers have ssEEp
UDlon LABOR jstty which will srissD
the Democracy. Some people ere always
On the eva CT every election predicting
thst the farmers. snd iabo,ing men are
going 10 ruin the party ether from
the inside or the outside, yet
when the returns come ir. the
farming prscincts AID labor wards
shcW the Demo cratic strength. The
Dam Gcratlc party ntve- has and never
will VIII victory except with L largt
mt1ority OF TIE labor and farming vote.
Its strength and victory this year will De
from the same source, because its plEt-
form snd nominations ore in the interGst
of these who ssk nothing from govern
mtnt except hcres:y, eCorcmy sld low
taxes. T1ers will be throughout the
Uaited S:gtes ole hucdrtd labor sn3
farmer votes c1st for the Democratic
ticket where there Is one cset for the
Union Labor ticket. tbs will be, Tot
because they believe Or have been told By
hot-hseded politicians that the "U5ion
LABOR" people are fools o. scsiSwsgs,
but because their judgment Is that they
have more to hope for In Democratic
success.
The farmer or lsborer who understands
anything shout government knows fall
well tina. the more government there
is and the gTesier number of
ofi3ers there ere, the greater will
be tee murder Of taxation on him, aud
the less coence he will h1ve for correc-
icn Of his grievances or change Ct SC
minlstrs.ion. You can take ten average
citizsrs snd put tbs m In xppoirtive IA :e6
and nine Of them Will become tyralts and
tPolisicsi bosses and blind adhersn;s Of
Sfths powers that be"
~ n, srtu 81 to frp M
lsborer 10 support it on platform that
cor.enplstes 81 bund.eciold increase
in the rumoer OF federal
Officials BY making every one from sec
ton boss to general msr.ger OF rail-
read, federal official. There sre enough
officers in this country now eating the
peoples substance and manipulating Eheir
conventions without having any more. l
sm jlst this much Of Damoctst thst l
wish there wers even less govsrnuen',
fewer fi;isls and all Ct these elective
No assumption by or grant TO government
OF extraordinary powers in time OF
peace IS ever yet resulted IN gcCc
TO the masses. Any man WHO has either
read history or observed recent political
conditions, knows full we'll that every sp
pointive officer is g "thick AID Ihiu"
4pppotter OF the administration under
Slhich he Is hoidtrg sud expects to COT.
Ainue to hold flee. TIE administration
THAT WIS In power when the ownership CT
~ SefrCsds went into effect would con-
tfrne in power for years thereafter, 10
matter what its short earnings might be
under our peculiar political system which
is very unlike the English. A man csn't
we'll be for or sgainst party on one SIN
gle issue, but II ever Join political