Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-16
HOLDING THE NEGRO.
Although in Starving Condition Okla
homa's Governor Bids Them Stay.
Texas Wants Their Labor in Her Cotton Fields
and Governor Steele Wants Their Votes
The Alliance in Oklahoma.
Special to the Gazette.

GUTHRIE, o. t., Aug. 15.-The Alliance, OF
Peoples party, met in convention at oklahoms
Yesterday and nominated candidates for terri
torial representative and delegate to congress
II was thought that the overtures of this third
party to the Democrats were sincere and tina
the proposed combination would elect Demo
Gratis to these positions. But it seems the fight
will again have TO be made between the two
strong parties. Well posted men say the terri
tory is reliably Democratic il local issues can be
avoided and it now looks as if the capital ques-
ton would be eliminated and that the hight Will
be made on the principles OF the respective par
ties. The election for delegate to congress has
not yet been named, but it will probably not be
until November. Judge Lowe is grooming him.
self and If the Democrats will honor him. as
they doubtless will, with the nomination he Will
take care of the result. He believes the terri
tory to be Democratic and that he can poll the
full party vote. He is an able man, an ardent
worker and in every way qualif ed to serve the
territory in a manner creditaOle alike to himself
and his constituency. -
the capital question, or at least the friends OF
Guthrie clam they have majority OF the mem
bers elect in their favor. 1t Is remarkably eVi-
dent that business and public I'm Drovements
have taken q decided forward step since
that time and everybody is hopeful for an era
of prosperity heretofore unequaled in the city s
history Il any elegant brick and stone struct-
ures are being pushed to completion, and plans
for as many more are being drawn by the archi-
tectS. One pleasing feature OF these new auuI-
tons is their substantial character and beauty
of design. 1t is notable fact that majority
of our business houses would be creditable to u
city of So 600 people, and they certainly are the
wonders of modern enterprise, when the age OF
the city and the territory are considered
Rome was not built in a day. but Guthrie
became q city in that short space of time. and
she has kept ahead of the times ever since her
birth.
BY the way the negro influence in this
country has been frequently co nm ;,o
portance attached to the colored brother
in pol itics it is only necessary to cite what hap
pened here yesterday. An agent from the cot
ton belt of Texas was in the city and wished to
hire forty or fifty negro cotton pickers to go
with him Ne guaranteed them seveDty-fi
cents per 100, and to give them free transporta-
ton This offer was considered by them very
liberal. and without difficulty he secured prom
ises from the number desired, and they were to
have met him last night at the depot and take
the train for Texas. They did not come,
and here is tine sequel to the story.
Governor Steele and the Republican
bosses got wind of the transaction and they tore
their hair in their wild renzy: 1T viii never
do TO let them go before the election said the
governor and it is presumed with promises of
government action and q few dollars they de-
cided not to go. Now here they in starv-
ing condition if the executive pleadings are to
ne taken as literally true, and he IS asking gov
an opportunity to earn living they are not per
mltted to avail themselves of it just for the sake
| of advancing the interests OF a corrupt set OF
CARPET bag politicians. Prior to the recent cleo
ton the city was full OF idle, insoent negroes,
! but as soon as that passed most of them immedr
| ately disappeared. Had the Texas agent ap-
| pea red on the scene before it became necessary
| TO call for another election the Republicans
] would have made opposition to his taxing
several carloads, but he came too late.