Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
Speaker Reed Tries to Explain
His Party's Shortcomings.
The Southern Democrat Wants to Rule
Not Only the Negro OF the South,
but White Men of the North.
Kansas RepubI leans indorse the Free Trade
Ideas as Expounded by Secretary
James g. Blaine.
BAILEY S OPPONENT.

dispatches announced Inls morning Ludl
a DR.. Jackson of Denison has been NOM
mated by the Fifth congressional district
convention caucus held at San Antonio
yesterday. The names should have read
DR.. Alex. W. Acheson, q physician OF
this city and who by the way is man in
every way worthy the honor conferred
The doctor says that he only submits his
name for slaughter by the Democratic
nominee Bailey merely for party organi-
zation. The doctor is lily white of the
purest ray serene and will poll q full
Republican vote.
GRAIN IS OPPONENT.
Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, Ten, Sept. 4.-The
Republicans Of the Seventh congress
ioual district met together tonight
after the adjournment of the convention
and nominated Judge j. V. Spohn of La
Sale to oppose Congressman Grain.
Judge Spohn speaks very confidently of
beating Grain, whose majority two
years ago was reduced to 5000.
VERMONT POLITICS.
Special to the Gazette.
NUN DOpLs A1C A(CA4
ocrsts of Vermont think the increased
vote is due to their unqualified stand for
tariff reform, high license, ballot re-
form and retrenchment IN state ex-
penses, questions that the farmers and
labnring men are awakening tO-the
fact that tariff Is tax, and that they have
to pay that tax; that the eyes of the
thinking men have been opened to a
ha, mil
vote with the party that favOrs such re-
form. Republicans claim that the de-
creased majority is due to the fact that
this Is an off year, that the party was in
bad shape from the embittered canvass
for gubernatorial nomination and that
the Republican votes for the state ticket
were traded for Democratic votes <or
high-license Republican representatives.,
as up to to-day sixty-two Democratic
representatives have been reported
elected, with forty other towns to hear
from. Such reason is not very good.
The Democrats had only eighteen in the
last legislature. Figures received to-day
show Republican majority of IA 900.
KANSAS REPUBLICANS.
TOPEKA, KAN. Sept. 4.-The Repub-
lican state convention was called to order
at 10 80 this morning and Immediately
proceeded to ballot for treasurer. On
the fifth ballot T. q. Glover was nom
mated. The committee on resolutions
then reported a long platform, of which
the following ia a synopsis: We are in
favor of the principle OF protection as
expounded by the great leader of Repub-
licen thought and policy, Hon. James
q. Blaine; we demand service pension
and deep water on the gulf of Mexico;
we indorse the administration of Presi-
dent Harrison and the official acts of
Senators Ingalls, and Plumb; we indorse
prohibition, and recommend the passase
of such additional acts as will make the
prohibitory law more effective; we de-
clare against the alien ownership of
lands.
TOPEKA, KAN, Sept. 4.--The plat
form declares as follows on The protec-
ton policy: We are in favor of the
principle of protection, as eXpOunded
By the leader OF Republican thought and
policy, James G. Blaine, and its en-
foroement to the extent of giving the
American citizen an advantage over the
grain producer, thus enabling him to
maintain his industry and to make such
fair profit as will induce others to en-
bark in the same business, believing
such policy increases the wages of labor,
creates good home market and results
to the benefit of all classes. We
want the same degree of
protection to be given to agricultural
products that is extended to all other in
terests. The commercial and industries
interests OF the country demand tariff
whose maximum will not retard the
growth of foreign trade or unnaturallV
stimulate prices at home, and whose
minimum will afford all ample protection
to every legitimate industry. A tariff
beyond such maximum is legislation in
the interest of favored few,
while tariff below such
minimum is legislation against labor.
We believe it to be the best commercial
policy of this country to cultivate most
intimate, as well as most extended,
commercial relations with our sister re-
publics of the two American continents;
and that IL would be wise ana eXpedient
so TO adjust our tariff laws so as TO pro-
mote those relations, and at the same
time adopt such legislative policy
as will compel countries that exercise
determined discrimination against Amer
lean products to cease such hostility.
The state of Kansas, by reason OF its
position and the character
of its products, is fayorsbly situated for
the establishment of a great and remuu-
erative trade with the neighboriug re-
public of Mexico, and we favor the en-
of laws for fostering and en-
the exchange of the products
of the two countries.
While not naming the election bill, the
platform demands of congress the pas
sage of laws protecting the freedom and
purity of the ballot box and securing q
representation based upon
the actual vote cast.
The administration of President Har-
rison is ind Nrsed and Senators Plumb and
ingalls, are commended.
THE NATIONAL REFORM PARTY.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Sept. 4.-The num-
Der of delegates to the national reform
party, as 1t is called, was to-day in
creased by the arrival of several belated
to such an extent that the
total number now in attendance is about
The DAYS session was
taken up with experimenting, and the
committee on resolutions not being pre-