Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-22
TEXAS STATE GRANGE.
". A. Shsn Inferviswed-Ths CircEls-
tion OF funeral ss,ices Hss Start.
ed the GrsDgs ON q BEEN,
The Strange Taking no stock In Political
Observation-Disclosures Fishing
For kuckers-Ststs Fair.
Correspondence of the Gazette.


DALLAS, TEX, April 1S.-A GAZETTE
representative accidentally ran across
Mr.. ". A. Shaw, managing editor OF the
Texas Farmer, organ of the Texas StS,e
Grange. He had just returned from On
extended trip, having accompanied Hon.
j. r jse, Worthy Mister OF the Grange,
in tour embracing the couLues OF Hill,
Basque, C3manche, Ef:Eh, Hamilton,
Johnson, Kaufman and Val sndt. Tax
GAZETTE thought him 4 good subject for
an Interview. OF the cgrr ctness II this
opinion the reader may judge from The
folio Eirg:
spoTter-H3w did you dad the order
in the localities visiJsd?
S1sw-Weli, you see funeral notices
have oeen Circulating for good while on
ihe assumption that he GcAEge is dead;
II isc5 some over Jealous speakers, rep
yeseutiHg other organizations, hsve gone
SO fer IS TO indulge 10 memorial lamt mrs.
zion owe. the fac Of the Grange. This
has naturally called into action gil the
latent patriotism OF the order, which, added
TO an efficient lee u e system, hiss started
the Grange On pretty good boom. |.
may be truly said thst the Grapge is pros
pering-epjoyin in fsct, healthy
growth.
R-p How about your ate FAir7 You
are Secretary of thst, | believe.
S-Stock is being tsken by members
Of the orCer in all psris Of the state. No
d. lie action as IN location is COntem-
plated until S25, 600 co stock has been
taken by members. Il is not the inter
ton, either, to attempt to profit by work
ing up competition for the location.
Any place desiring the enterprise will be
asked to make its own estimate OF its vsl-
ue and submit 8 proposition accordingly,
without any knowledge from Jour direct
ors as to the proposition Of any other
place.
Rep I norice thst in some localities
farmers End laboring men are joining jim
poll icsl movements. Is the Grange TAX
ing any stock in this direction7
S-A1y Grange would forfeit its Char
ter BY going in 10 partisan politics in any
shape. Tue order does, however, exer-
else wholesome IL fiuence In preventing
farmers from falling into many Of the po-
liticsl traps set for them.
Rsp.-Trsps are being set for them
now, for lnslanct?
S-My friend, cleo ions are in sight,
and OF course the political fisherman s
sbroad in the land with hooks most sdrGi,
ly bated-especislly for suckers. He seems
to think the farmer sbou, the biggest Of
sll the suckers. Iregret to say that the
action OF some Of them 81 this
time does not leave this op1-
ion entirely bSseiess. Do you know
there is an a.tempt now being made In
volving the biggest fraud ever perpetrated
against them, and many are biting at 1t
with the avidity Of ca fish?
Rsp.-Plssse explain.
Swell, l fouGd wherever wsnt-
but especially in ComEnCne, VanZandt,
Hamilton and johnson counties-that
numbers OF farmers have identified them
selves with what is known as the Union
Labor party. Wherever | found mem
Der of the Grange thus stfl cted inquiry
generally proved him to be what
We term q double gesred Granger
thst Is also 8 member OF the Alliance. So
at first concluded the AIli:pce as On Or
der was responsible. But more diligent
inquiry satisfied me this WAS mistake on
my part, for 1 found majority OF ALI
ance men as violently opposed TO the
scheme as it is possible T good Demo-
Gratis to be. By keeping my eyes and
ears open and my tongue pointed with an
interrogation, formed the opinion, de-
liberately, that some very adroit and
self seeking leaders in the Alliance and
other reform organizations are endeavor-
ing to use their positions to defeat the
Democratic party at the mex election.
What may at first appear snamolous IS
that monopoly, through is crgaus-es-
peciallY the hy5ridlz ID factor st DAl!as
and Gilveston-is aiding the move
ment by givitg the greatest pos
sible prominence to said leaders.
When you think Of it a moment, however,
it loohs like "serpent- wise" policy.
Neither monopoly nor It's organs expect
to gee the Democratic ticket defeated.
Their policy is to nelp this movement to
cut away from the dominant party lsrge
enough agricultural element 10 enable
these shreWd manipulators to get control
of the nominating conventions. They
see plainly that the conservative elements
under present conditions will control the
nominations; and for this reason mo-
nopoly and its agents will encourage any
def5ction that will weaken these ele-
ments. The vigorous action Of General
Hogg in the interest Of the people, backed
as ne no doubt is by the "Little Cavalry
man" snd his "Cabinet," has thrown
bombshell into the ranks of monopoly in
Texss-ard no action will be ecrupled at
to down the people through their repre-
sentstives, and put corporate power on
top.
Rep.-That's pretty shrevd game you
give them credit for. Will it succeed?
S-Under one contingency msy-Snd
that is IL the ''crapks" smorg tie pros
and antis .re permitted to transform the
neXt convention into discordRnt oeosl-
ing rink. Otherwise the scheme will fal
for the reason that the manipulators nave
been too previous. The grange and 81
lance people all over the state will under
stand the plsy before the hand is half
out-and the msnpulstoIs Of the game
will retire with big blsck eye.
Rsp.-What sbou. the convention called
st Waco?
SO bosh. That is the best sample
of their laundering have seen. Rsye
you noticed the personnel Of the 'distin-
gulshed body that issued that calla DO
not know all of them-and some may be
hrst-class representatives Of the people.
But il all are at political parity with those
whose representatives. are familiar to the
public, II Is very novel body TO set Itself
up ass convention CALF to consider such
momentous issues. II Is inspired by one
or two political sspirsnts who have been
boosted into brief notoriety by the chsuee
positions they hold in the reform orgAfs-
gstions referred to-the leader smC -
these being BY repute German = ~
licsn, so-cslled. Ia addition, tht 50
represents decsyed GrsenoSckism, satsy
independentism, doubttal cleric ilSp,