Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-04

ticket. Is it any wonder that the nearC
| opposed a tiske'?
| We can explain his actions withou
calling into question his fear of persona
violence, or without attriousinE to him 6
degree OF political strssgem thss he has
| never eX iblted. He knew thst II ticke,
were put out there 1ss no earthly chance
for it to win. BE knew thst if it won II
would not materially bent tit him. and il
it were defeated i: would in one sense b. q
double defest for him-while he had
fsil3d to benehs bis sO-Cslled irienda, h
would have aroused anew the political
hatred Of those when he calls his enc
mics.
do net suppose It will be said that an
earthly political campaign csn be con-
| Quoted without & manifestation OF poli.i-
cal hatred He knew thks he would be
| msrshalled against that class OF man with
| whom he liv, and hiss his being, aud
| whom he dalY locks for subsistence In
the struggle for existence. He knew thai
Gov 'rnor Ross, though G Democrat, has
done as much for the negro as R spu oli
can Governor would have done. He knew
that II any federal psIonsgs
was to be Teceived, in coase :
qlence Of CANVASS, said patron
sge would oe shared almost tx;ius;vely
among white men. Whist, then, had the
u gro to gain by tlcke2 Parties are too
u1equslly divided for him 10 be # real
benefit to either CT them, or either Of
them to BE- o: benefit to him. The Demo
Gratis did not want him, because they
knew they could win without him. TIE
white Republicans knew that they could
not win with him, and the Nm
Partissns, fusiori-te, mongrels or what
ever you may call them desire above sill
things 8 ticket Immediately white
Hence there WAS no likelihood of Any Of
them giving him representation on the
ticket. WAS opposed to the idea of put
ting out ticket, not because 1 had any
fear of "persoDal violence" or because
| wanted the north 10 be bene f: led by the
failure to do 50, but because Knew there
Was nothing on earth to be gained by the
men who would be expected to
lesd the charge sgairst the Dem-
ocrat.c phslsnx CT 10000 majority
opposed it because 1 knew the ticket
could not vic, aud because I could not
see the expetiency Of n campaign thst hsd
majority Of negroes are Of the same
OPiElOur uSll III W put
out ticket was, as usual, mis!nterpreted
BY the northern press. Probably their
sctions msY have been turned TO question
able account by professional politicians.
II there ia any DOUBT IS to the
motives Of the negro Rapu olicans
CT Texas in not putting
out tickef, they should be given the ben
eft Of the doubt.
The northern press has simply manu-
factured text AID from 1t the Texas
press, without Investigating, without
doubling, without denying its correct
ness has pious!y and zaalously preached
from it to tie evident delight oiihe north.
am in Democratic stro, g1old. out l
feel as free 10 spesk snd vote nv senti-
ments as | would feel in nn7 part Of the
world.
Fit ia known that any mar, white or
black, K publican or Democrat, has tried
to defsme the reputation and TO ipjure
the material prosperity CT Texas, let inst
ms1 be held up 20 ridicIle. Let him
alone bear the penalty Of his act. But do
not sttempt to condemn the many On &C
count Of the sctiors CT the few.
W. q. PKETE,