Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-13
a Little too solIcitous.

FoRT WORTH. TEX, March IL, lsSs.
To the Editor of the Gazette.
My attention was called this morning
to an article in THE GAZETTE signed by
W. J. B., and headed "John Sherman's
Conspiracy"
The idea occurred to me at once, that
the Democratic party, and especially W.
j. B =, was msnifestiDg considerable So
licitude as to whom the Republican party
might select in the coming presidential
contest. Will W. J. B allow me to ask
him, what's the matter? What is all this
racket about? Why does he come over
in to our camp and undertake to select
for US the horse we shall run or which
horse we shall not run?
Why does he not stay in his own camp
and attend to the grooming OF his own
steed. 1t looks as if he wanted to put
"hoss fly" or something else IN our
horses feed.
II John Sherman sis an overrsted
man," "narrow-minded and cold," and is
lacking of "msgnetism," ETC., ETC., why
don't W. J. B. just keep still and let the
Republican party nominate him3 He
would so easily be beaten by G. Cleve-
land, don't you see! I'll oks to US that
W. J. B. has corns, and they
seem to be hurting him somewhat.
Let me say to W. J. B. the Republican
and Democratic parties are both to-day
virtually Idead as a nail, although the
battle of 1888 will be fought under those
names at the heads of the tickets. But
the Issues at stake will be under another
name. The American people are too in
dependent and are too intelligent to be
bound down by theIgrooves of party lines.
A man Is not worthy to be called an
American who would cast vote against
his own interest for the sake Of party.
Now the question for the American voter
to decide (snd especially the poor
msn voter is whether he proposes
to cffer the work of his hand and brain
to open competition Of the paup3r labor
of Europe, or whether he will demand
protection for that work even though he
does pay little more for an oysrcOat or
pound Of sugar. This is the question
and it is the only one that looks the
American voter in the face to-day and is
the one for MIN to decide. The Demo
cratic party with Grover Cleveland at It's
head have declared themselves the chSm-
pions of free trade, while the Republican
party with dozen different chiefs declare
for protection. The future destiny of
the American lGborer and American man
uiacturer is now in your own hands and
it is for you to decide.
And now W J. B. lei me say to you as
Republican of the past and nothern
man, that 1 am willing and more than
willing to bury that "bleody shirt" out of
sight forever. But at the same time
must insist on You burying the "southe n
hatche (Which has been the boast of the
southerner since the war; whose "hsndle
has been sticking out" 1t must be
buried, Ratchet, handle and all. Let
bolh OF these ugly weapons be thrown
away for good by both north and south,
and let the people of both sec ions unite
and let US elect men to office who will
legislate for our common welfare.
After reading the tatiff bill prepared by
Congressman Randall which appears in
this mornings GAZETTE, the following
ticket was suggested to me as the proper
one for the American voter, and which
herewith present to W. J. B. for his care
tul consideration: For President, James
G. Blaine, of Maine; for Vice President,
Samuel J. Randall, of Pennsylvania.
a REPUBLICAN: