Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-01
FIRST GUN FIRED.
Senator Vest Opens the Missouri Cam
pdign at st. Louis.
He Pays a Magnificent Tribute to FI-Presi-
dent Cleveland and His Administra-
tion-IsSues Discussed.
BRASS BAND ACCOMPANIMENT.

Special to the Gazette.
GAINESVILLE, Ten, Sept. 29.-Dr.
Archerson, accompanied by siXty-fve
Denison friends and brass band, came
over in a special Saturday evening and
the doctor spoke to a large audience at
night.
MISSOURI DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN OPENED.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Sept. 29.-The OPEN
ing gun of the Democratic state cam
peign was fired here tonight when Sem
ator Vest delivered an address to
a large and enthusiastic meeting of
Dem ocratic voters at Uhrig Cave. The
.senator deemed himself fortunate In
having the privilege of address
ing constituency whose servant
he had been for twelve years.
He said it was not his purpose TO indulge
in vltuperation of his political opponents.
The code of the two great political par
ties are imbued with an honest, patriotic
desire to bring about the largest amount Of
welfare for our common country. He
would not attack individuals nor assail
the motives of his opponents, but he
wanted to discuss principles. In
1884 we heard from one end of
the country to the other, in every shop
imaginable, in passionate eloquence, in
stilted vituperation, the declaration that
the return of the Democratic party to
power would be the
SIGNAL FOR NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY.
Did national bank ruin follow, he
asked. Were laws enacted that re-
pudlated the national debt. Were
shackles put on the free limbs
of the African. Let any hon
est Republican stand before
God and his country and he would take
his answer. The senator paid magnifi-
cent tribute to eX-Pre5ident Cleveland.
He brought to the discharge
of the great duties that de-
volved upon him by the votes
of the American people an honest, an
integrity, patriotism that cannot be
denied by even his bittersst enemies.
Cleveland had administered the
government with as honest and pure
heart as ever had belonged
to any human being. His admlnistra-
ton should teach a lesson to partisans
throughout the land that abuse, vitu-
peration, SANDER and false charges are
not the sort of weapons with which to
control the destiny of the American peo-
pie. Cleveland went out OF office with
treasury surplus of 500, 900 600 year.
To-day that surplus has disappeared.
II has not disappeared through legIti-
mate, economical methods, but it had
been squandered in a way that the
people
WILL NEVER INDORSE.
{ He severely arraigned the Republican
party for the admission that III order to
prevent deficit they will be compelled
TO take the sinking fund, which was a
frttS fnr bar rod nf bo
lie debt. He also censured the senate for
the passage of the shipping bill granting
a bounty to build up American shipping.
That bill, he said, sleeps in the house, as
does also the direct tax bill, until after
the November election when they will
see the complexion of the house.
He attacked the policy of the Repub-
lican party 10 admitting the territories
which have coiIs into the Union during
the present congrees without the necessary
population as provid, Il in the constitution
and refusing to hear lie knock for ad-
mission of Arizona anu New Mexico.
Senator Vests address g enthuslas-
tically received and was frequently
punctuated with applause.
MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTIONAL COM ENTIoN.
JACKSON, MISS. Sept. 29.-Ti con-
vention to-day completed its consl lera-
ton of the executive report with ''he
exception of the section relating 10
the officers of acknowledgements and
swamp land commissioner, respectively,
which were passed over for future dis
position. The remainder of the
report was then formally adopted.
The convention then proceeded to the
legislation report, which contains
seventy-two sections, and by the hour of
had disposed of thirty
four of them. The section
which caused the most discussion
was the following in the oath of office:
"And l will not vote for any measure or
person because of the promise of any
other member of this legislature to vote
for any measure or person as means of
influencing them so to do.'
After an hours debate, the clause was
adopted. There was spirited debate 4
also, upon the proposed section re-
curing members of the lower
house of the legislature to
be twenty five years of age, instead of as
now provided by law Some of the
minds in the convention favored a
change upon the theory that young
men barely past their majority
lacked the experience necessary to
qualify them as legislators. Others con-
tended that such discrimination
against young men would act as
a danger upon their ambitions. u