Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-10
URGE ME!
Judge Gustave Cook, Independent
Candidate for Governor.
He Announces in Time to Warn His
Friends Not to Lose Their Heads at
San Antonio This Week.
They Might Take the Oath OF Allegiance to the
Democratic Nominee-'rm Ready If You
Want Me''-General Political.
A CARD FROM JUDGE COOK.


Special to the Gazette.
Houston, Ten. Aug. 9.-Judge Gus
tave Cook the commission candidate for
governor, to-day handed THE GAZETTE
correspondent the following card. Fur
Their than the declaration contained in his
card the Judge has nothing to say. Whsth-
er or not his card may be taken as his
announcement OF making the race as an
Independent remains TO be seen. On
this he is on-committal.
To the Democracy OF Texas:
Wishing to relieve from embarrassment
such friends as l may have who feel
obliged to support my nomination
to. the candidacy for governor,
take this method of advising them aud
the Democracy of Texas that l decline
to permit nv name TO go before the con-
vention at San Antonio. If there were
no other reason il would
be but useless formality
and in fairnG So TO all concerned ana JUS
tice to myself deem il my duty
TO ANNOUNCE MY PURPOSE,
that those delegates instructed for me
aud delegates intending to support me
may be free 10 act as conscience and pa
triotism may dictate. l could not al
low myself to participate in the
convention, for that would commit me TO
its action, and believing as | do that
large proportion of its membership are
not Democrats, but for years have been
the most active and vindictive enemies
of Democracy, aud being perfectly
satisfied that they were not delegated to
this convention by a majority of the
Democratic constituencies, l feel that l
cannot, in fairness to the conven-
ton and justice to myself, allow
my name to be submitted.
Besides this 1 am sure 1 could not stand
upon the platform which
EVERY THINGS NOW INDICATES
the convention will probably adopt. I
cannot indorSe the action OF the eXecu-
tive committee, or rather a portion
of the committee, headed by its
chairman in deliberately turning over
the machinery of the Democratic party
to the enemies who have SO persistently
and venomously fought it for years, and
surrenderinG the party's control
to their hands. cannot
act with movement which
is hound TO result in the disintegration of
the solid Democratic South and the fatal
encouragement of the gallant band of
by US and protected US
against the contemplated destruction
of the political rights aud power of the
Southern people. The Southerner who
could forget that memorable contest for
the liberties of the Southern people
when the glorious Sam Randall,
their leader, camDed on the
battlefield and held his legions there I'M
til the enemy were beaten is ungrateful
and does not deserve freedom. L
CAN'T TRAIN WITH THOSE
who, some openly and great majority
acquiescent, yet counting themselves
Democrats, favor the sub-tressury or
warehouse bill proposed to be enacted by
congress, which is, body and
soul, the most unequivocal COM
munism. 1 can't fraternize with
those who propose to make it q test OF
Democracy that one shan't violate that
very principle which is its very corner
stone, viz: That the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial pawers of the goy-
eminent shall never be lodged IN the
same hands to be exercised over
the people. 1 can't agree that
the convention system In use
by the Democratic party shall
be emasculated of its safety and eff
thirds rule. Believing, as do, that the
judiciary is the
BULwARK OF FREE GOVERNMENT
and constituted by the people to secure
personal liberty and perfect equality be-
fore the law, 1 hold it to be not only in
dependent of. but salutary check
upon the political departments, and
so believing and holding, 1 can't con-
sent to initiate the disgraceful examples
of the ante bellum black Re-
publican party by condemning
their solemn Judgment in partisan
convention, by inflammatory res
oolutions, insulting to the bench, in
derogation of the dignity and sanctity of
the judiciary and revolutionary in their
tendencies aud effects. And last of all,
1 will not fraternize with q party
actuated by q spirit and moved by a
frenzy which would hiss Wade Hampton
from a rostrum in his native South
Carolina and refuse the same TO
hear his appeal to South Carolin-
ans IN behalf of Democracy. 1
shall always remember with the deepest
personal gratitude and the highest ad-
mIration for their patriotic courage, the
Democrats who have stood by their prin-
ciples and faced this bowling storm of
not only to destroy our present material
interests, but to tear up the very foun-
dations Of free government in America.
With the kindest feelings for
all who have treated me kindly and
without luminosity against those who
have INDUCED their natural proclivIties
by abusing me, subscribe myself your
obedient servant, GUsTAvE Cook.
LAMAR COUNTY REPUBLICANS.
Special to the Gazette.
PARIS, TEX. Aug. 9.-The Republic
can convention met here to-day for this
county. An attempt was made by the
colored wing TO indorse the force bill.
and they had TO vote TO do it, but were
switched off skilifuliy into general in
dorsement of Herrison's administration.
Us far Us 1t had gone. The following
resolutions were adopted unanimously:
Resolved, i. We, as Republican
citizens of Lamar county in convention
assembled, actuated by desire TO do
honor to whom honor Is due, hereby ex-
press our sincere thanks to Hon. d. b.
Culberson. the diligent and faithful
representative in congress- from this. the