Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-09

intrigues. The secret, oath bound po!iH'
cal order is an authority as despot,c as
the government of Russia or CT Turkey;
the subjects OF the Cz,r OF Of the Su!tsn
have no part IN or knowledge CT the de-
bates Of their ruler until they are called
to obey; the members CT Sny political
party doninsted by the Vide:tes sre IS
ignorant OF the council proceedings .hst
outline ard dictate their "convsn !ion,"
voice and obedience.
TIE domination OF politics and off -ss
bys iunto is political snsrchY-the vi
dettes in Kansas seek the destruction OF
the Republican party and in Texas Of the
Democratic psrty-they seek to destroy
sill political parties that, under the plaus-
ible guise o; non partisanship, S
few men, seli-elected 50 Bosses, may
rule the land through It's politics. What
that rule would be, no msu car doub.
who has read Of the past with its Jscobin
clubs and It's carnival OF socisl wreck and
governmental ruin. Videttes are obi
gated to promote bad nominations in the
Republican and Democratic parties,
where they fail to put in comrade, that
defeat Of such old party may be more
surely wrought-hnd yet Videttes prste
Of treason snd Of treechery.
The mistake must not be made that ali
Videttes are bosses or thstsIl members OF
the party dominated by the Videttes have
like intent with the ''inner councils"
The vsst msiority Of ecca party, Demo-
cratic, Republican, Prohibition and Union
Labor, are intensely and equally
pstriotic. The cl3" Or elmer coun-
eli" are men OF Superior intelli-
gepce, and they misteach. misguide,
ana deceive their followers. No ert!fice
known to partisan cunning, no deception,
10 misrepresentation, no e-t ct the poll
GIcisn is spared H. binding tie resson
ard erslAHns the very minds CT men who
have been persuaded to follow those who
have organized this close political corpo-
ration. = duty rests upon every citizsn
to show to every other citizen tha peril
in secret, oath-bound political orders,
and their unavoidable tendency 20 VIC
lence because hidden from the puolic
scrutiny. The J.cohIn Ciuo Of France
o1ce numbered such men Is lafayette
and TalieyTspd-yet the reign OF terror
WAS the wclk OF the Jsco5ias. Men
should pause and reflect. Glass prejudice
is the germ Of class var. Clsss
Wsr is revolution, snd cut CT
the revolution springs thu Msn On
Horseback who rides without COM
puncsicn cyer the pro2tTste form g il
dividusl liberty. The J2cobi1s were
ps:riots-but il time they grew to give
France reign Of terror snd Napoleon.
The tends0cy Of secret, osEh"ooan1 po-
litical orders is aiTsys the came; the
appetite CT power is Eevcr WaetGed CT
appeasad, bat grows, uTre5tTaine9, 20
become ravenous ard wo,h3h. Tbs olIy
restraint on power ia pu9lic criticism,
but who sees or hears the inper coU2cI?
There cen be no Criticism and 10 re-
s.rsint en- its power. The GAZETTE sp-
peals 10 Videtssa themselves IS citlzere
to stop and think sud go no further in
cause that leads SIS surely il bas one d.
rection SIS that ws.er seeks lis level.
Freedom CANNOT live II 5 government
administered IL secret, or controlled By
men moving in secret theiz scnemcs sid
plSns to perform. Even the executive
sessions CT the Federal Senate, go neces-
ssry at times daily g-owa more obnoxious
70 the liberty loving people Of this land
Of the free. And ROW, while patriotic
purpose is in the hesrts Of 95 per cent, of
the Viiettes themselves and OF the Union
Labor party, TIE GAZETTE appeals to
them and to all other patriotic citizens to
strsngIe the viper c; secrst oath-bsuad
military political ORDERS exc it grows to
sting the very men who warmed it in
their bcsoms to life and to strength.