Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-02


man In any one and sll CT the pIIiies op-
posed to Democracy were solicited to
enlist. Il vcs only short time until
there were 800 enlisted Videttes In Tar
rant county, scattered in every nsighbor-
I hood, msnipul2 !Tg all meetings In the
! interest Of the Vid3ttes. NesTly every
msn on the Peoples ticket in Tsrrsnt
county IN 1886 Was Vidette. Every
! man prominent in the party xss & vi
/ detts. Success in nisDipulsnng poll
( tics, in debating tickets snd formulating
/ party platforms emooldened the Videttes
| aod they resched into the halls OF the
/ Farmers Alliance aud into assembly
rooms Of the Kotghts otL.bor snd ele:tes
| s!l officers Of ho.h orders OF their OWE
choosing Every oai3er Of District AS
semblY 20, Knights of LABOR, WAS either
V.dette or entirely satisfactory to the
| vidct;es; the order YES lher wheel
| within g wheel. The candidates Of the
/ Peoples party, the Noo-Psrtissos, the
! Independents, the Greenbsckers, were
dictated sosoluts!y by TIE Yitettes.
At the Yestes hail convention WHEN
! the PRESENT candidate for treasurer
was salacred, Benbrook was ghelved
because rot Vides,e aud Bosls was
J pisced on thc ticket. The four Republt-
cans On the ticket were permitted to rGI
for the cecas OF this pracirct, probably
| because the chaDce of election Tas Small.
None OF them Bete Yidettss. Evan Jones
OF Er4;h, De- Broiies Of Tara nj get taeIr
| arss hoons IN thet Vide>tes ".
Farmer Of Nine0Ik, jerome" K3sf2y OF
| DalIsP, B J. Clzui6srB OF Cisourne, NJ.
! D Priest, Z. G4Ttin, e 3 Dsgg5tt, e.
| S. p abby ard u Jackson a. once Az
tanned great pfomlaehce in the state.
! THE FIRST EXPOSURE.
II Octooer. 1886, the B0Hia Cross
| Tinbsrs and THE GAZETTE published the
ritual Ut .ne order and there WAS co1ster-
nation in the camp. In Fort Wcrta the
agreement wss th&t the order shou!d be
disbanded ard She rituals End o.der
! books b1rGCd. Soma CT them We're
burned, and sone OF the ViGettes
! dropped away Lever 20 jan tgaiu, bus
after getting rid, By alleged d!sbsndment,
OF certain "comrsces," the others q.
! once reoTgGG:Z3d, BID: the ordar slept, ae
| it were, for some fifteen month";. During
this period OF inacLion there WAS
elimination srd recrimination in the
alliance. Knights Ct Lsoor assemblies sud
other sscret orders. "Trsttor" end
"Judssn were words often heard snd the
disOygsn'zing eE.c: Of the work Of the
| Videttes accomplished what WAS desire d,
certsin conservative mep left the orders,
Ia fact ultimately the Knights OF Labor
Virtu9liv disbsrded in Texas.
TIE Videttes cane to the front sgsin
in the spring OF 1888 j1st prior to tae city
election and cut very important figure
ia that campaign. All tue fne work
done WILL neyer be known. The
Videttee even succeaded in Gauss
Ing division in Democratic ranks
ard tripmphed, electiug the csDdiEste
selected by the inner council &c make IaH
race. TIE order YES known then IS tfe
"Council CT 49," aud net in J. f. HsntE
cfice, the Office e the SoutAwesS aatl
elsewhere. Du!ing The summer the chi
llstment OF rEcrC!!s went on v!gorc uslYy
and the order was 5000 more powerful
than ever. At t1e Waco meeting CT the
state council DIR. e S Brolies WAS elected
general and Z. c. Whitehead grand
scribe. The inner council for thrae
mouths held frequent meatiEga, and
being made more select than ever,
only tie men of every superior
Intelligence" being permitted 10 enter, it
heC&il8 very srhitrsry, out AL ia plans
\
tio0sd TO obey.
Tbs delegates selected a. DEg%ett hall
to attend The Congressional convention
at Cit burue were au Videltes, end the re-
sull Wss Vldetga vas nominated Tor
Congress.
AT TIE WACO MEETING
tbs prccTGmmee OF the n Z Partisan and
Uoion Labor conventions, which nat in
Fort Worts IN July, 1888, we're fully ar
ranged. L VIII be remembered :bst the
Nor Partisan convention WAS Il eeseiou
July md 3. ald inst the L 1ion L&bcr
convention mat On the 4tb, spd merely
ratified the action ct the Men psrIisGns
This Was Il obedience to TIE policy
adopted by The Vide.te jGnla ct Waco.
The tEo conventions were ia fact merely
echoes oi the Waco council.
a ggLnCe at the orgsnizI.ion And n0rni-
nations OF the Non Partisan convention
Will show how plastic il WISE IN the hands
Ct The Vidette chiefs.
TIE following gentlemen who were
prominently connected with the proce ed
icgs C; the convention have been initiated
into the Pacred
MYSTERIES OF THE vIDETTEs:
E7en Jones Of Ersth, nominee for Gov
ernor, president Stste Farmers Alliance
member of Union Labor party and vi
dette.
Il. S. B-oiies Of Fort Worth, nominee
for Lieutensn t-Gevernor, Knight of la
Dor, member OF Farmers Alliance and
Vidette.
W. Z. Farmer CT Mineols, Maste,
Workman District Assembly No. 49,
Knights Of Labor, from which he draws 4
salary Of SI25 e month, lecturer Of Farm
eTs' Alliance, Non. Partisan candidate tol
Congress against Kigore, and organizer
o. Videtts camps throughout the state.
Rev. Stump Assby Of Tsrrant, orator
tnd stste organizer Ior the Union Labor
party ard the Videttes, = member CT the
Knights OF Labor snd Alliance.
j Il. Jackson Of Fort Worth, ex-chep'
lain Of Farmers Alliance, ex-leC:ureI
Knights Of Labor, orator and organizer OF
Union Labor party and Vidette.
T. a. Butler OF Travis, assistant secre.
tsry OF convention, member OF Farmers
Ailisnce, Knights Of Labor and Vidette.
W. B. Crawford, member OF commit
tee on platform and resolutions, Knight
CT LABOR, Alliance man and Vidette.
Superintendent OF Public Instruction,
Knight OF Labor and Vidette.
Judge j. E. Martin Of Tsfrant, chair
msn Of the state executive committee OF
the Non Partisan-Unlon Labor party,
and Vidette.
j. W. BsgleY of Galveston, ex VII
dette.
C. M. Walsh CT Gonzales, ex Vidette.
J.N. McFaddin of Williamson, nominee
for ststs Treasurer, Knight Of Labor,
| AIIieura man and Vlnaftp