Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-06
JOHN B. LONG.
Nothing to be Found Against His Democracy
or His Private Life-CherOkee County
Knows Him Well.


To the Gazette.
We think you have been imposed upon .
do not know Albert White, nor have I
| found any one who does know him -,
though he may be- citizen. As to the
truth in his letter OF the 18th, others may
answer, but if there is a fact in the
letter 1 do not know it. Yet l have
known John B. Long personally for some
time ana by character for twenty-five
years, aud close friendship for three or
| four years past.
| am accused of having done more for
John B. Long in his late race for the
nomination for congress than any one
man. Be this as it may, 1 was his sup
| porter, and gave him my support, be-
! lieving him to be Democrat. l have
not been a citizen of Cherokee county
very long, yet am a citizen, and l can
at least have the privilege of saying that
John B Long is as true q Democrat as
any man in the state, and l propose to
say why am satisfied of that fact. Last
summer [ made a tour of ninety-six days
on the stump IN Middle and East Texas,
in the interest of the Grange cooperative
association. This is the business depart
ment of the Grange, and very successful,
because honestly and intellGently man.
aged. At several points John B Long
was invited to be present at the place
where 1 was to talk.
These speakings were public. We
were IN Robertson and Houston counties
together. (They are in this district
AS political topics are forbidden in the
order of the Grange the meetings were
made public so as to discuss the constitu-
tional amendments that the people might
understand them. There was at the
time grave doubts in the minds of the
farmers as to how they could right their
wrongs, and If they should form q third
party land demagogus were urgent) or
risk further the Democratic party. Both
John B. Long and myself discussed be-
fore the people pure Democracy and adj |
vised the holding on to the Democratic !
party and the election of men who would |
carry out the promises in the platform of |
the party, showing to the best of our |
ability that the Democratic party was |
the only hope. And no man not situated |
a. Long was at the time knew how great |
the danger of a split-of there then ex-
listed, and 1 now declare that then, be-
fore and since John B Long has done as
much to preserve the party intact and
to inaugurate the reform upon which the
ticket nominated stands as any man in
Texas. He literally battled for the
preservation of the principles of the
party.
knowing this for the past four years,
and knowing the fight he made for Gov
ernor Ross (under whom he fought dur
ing the war; 1 had no hesitancy in Offer
ing to aid in his election. At the time,
and yet having high regard for any
other county man, Judge Perkins, as
we'll as each of his other distinguished
opponents, l never heard IN all the hot
q single charge against Longs
and I know that he is pure
man in his private life, in fact typical
Christian gentleman, an unexceptiouable
husband father and warm friend. In fact
John B. Long has every ingredient gong
to make up vaulting manhood. John B.
Long has been defeated for office it is
true, so has Jim Throckmorton, Grover
Cleveland and better men. Col r. B
Reagan defeated John B. Long for sher-
III yet he was delegate at Palestine,
and stayed with Long from beginning to
end.
John B. Long never has been a poll
tician in the present acceptation of the
term, but John b. Long always votes q
straight Democratic ticket. Some things
have occurred in the convention that he
may not have approved to an over exu-
Deraut extent but he never forgot that it
was his duty TO vote FOR, and say nothing
against their action or nominees.
For some time past l have known John
3. Long as q worker on committees. He
s untiring in investigation, honest and
,incere, truthful and modest, yet fear
ess in the discharge of any duty imposed,
He Is no Cicero, or Clay or Prentiss as an
orator, yet his speeches are plain and
rhetorical enough for practical purposes.
md he is above an average of the mem
,ers of congress.
If Long is other than a Democrat, why
loes Mr.. White want Judge Burnett who
8, If what he (White) says is true, of !
he same political complexion as Long?
Why does not Mr.. White get outsome of
he True Blue who stood about the con-
-ention with lightning Of his name is not
White be was dark horse) rods up for
our days? These are the men White
Gems to want. Long is not an Alliance
member. John B. Long in my humble
pinion is the only man in Cherokee
ounty that could defeat James 1. Per-
inns, and the only man in the county /
hat could have defeated Mai. Martin.
Ohm 3 Long is in my opinion the best
nan for the place at this time In the dis
riot. JOHN NJ. CLAIBORNE.