Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-23
THE LION BEARDED.
Governor Hill OF New York
Speaks at McKinley's Home.
The Great !ssuo, the Record OF the Re-
publican Party in lis Brief
Control of congress.
It3 AnImating Hn'Ivs the Preparation OF
Ito Own Tyran"iral Political OIL
carchy-Abusp OF Power.

CLINTON, ONO, Oct. Ex-Governor
Da&l B. Hill arrived hers at $3.50
p.ENn. to-day. A large throng
g4peEd his appearance as he
aHGf~d from the trim. An old
skati rink accommodating 1000 peo-
'rle, ii5E hich the mass meeting was held
to-uig aud ut which the governor de-
liv"red bis address, was filled to
ovrrfow8s. and as many more
PEOPLE Were trying to obtain
entrance t5Hhs hall when the governor
vas Introduced bv Chairman Welty.
Governor Hin was vigorously ap-
puuled Us he stepped 10 the front
OF the stage at 9 p. IN. and
made Il speech of which the following is
lengthy abstract. The applause at
times during the governors reInnrks was
long and hearty:
CANTON, OHIO, Oct. Ex-Governor
HiN's speech ut Caution to-day WIS ns
follows:
An important political campaign is
that upon which our country has en-
tered. No more Important has been
held in generation. The contest Is
not merely between men or parties, and
is not only between governmental
politics. The question presented to our
voters Is not whether the next house of
representatives Will be Republican or
Democratic, but whether the nature
of our Federal government is to
be radically modified ami the integrity
OF our Institutions successfully threat
ened.
is the record of the Republican party in
its brief control of congress. No party
has more rerklesslv defird precedeuts,
more 1arran,ly dIsregurded principles,
more boasIfullv overturned traditions,
more seriously invaded private
rights, more arbitrarily encroachrd
upon the preroGatves of states or more
tyrannically used the power Of partisan
minority. The animatiug motive of its
acts seems to have been only the per-
petuation of its own power. 1t
has cared nothing for the constitution.
nothing for the treasury, nothing for
the people. It's chief desire has been to
get such q firm grip or control OF the
government, that for generations TO
come its politicians may feed upon
THE sPoILs OF POWER.
To accomplish this the party has in
creased its majority in the house of rep
reseutative5 Ivy arbitrarily ejectiug
Democrats from their seats. has stolen
the REPRESENTATION of one state in
the senate, hls admitted TO the Union
states whose only claim 10 admission Is
that they will swell the Republican ma
jorities, has denied representation TO
Democratic territories much bet
ter qualified for statehood In
point of population and resources,
has ignored the lights of the minority by
the tyranical methods and rulings of the
speaker of the house, has sQunndrred
the treasury surplus by extrav4gant np-
preparations 10 cOuciliate particular i'll
Ierests, has enacted tariff bill which
will
SUPPLY CORRUPTION FUNDS
for the election, has conducted = census
denounced everywhere as wor thless and
manipulated for counting the re-
publican populations up aud the
democratic populations down, and
has threatened the enactment of II
force bill which will put an
end TO state authority in the certitication
of federal elections and make congress
not the representatives of the people
but the creatures of whatever
the federal officials may choose TO
count In. This Is the record that
cuntronis the people, and ulon which
they are asked to lass judgment. This
is the record for en- Endorsement of which
the leaders of the Republican party nre
now stumpIng the country. Long prac-
lice IN hypocrisy has enabled them 10
DISGUISE THEIR PARTNERSHIP
in patriotic language, but their appeal
after ull is one TO cupidlty and selfish
ness. Frightened by the disapprovnl
which their headstroEg and revolutionary
course has aroused in their own party,
they are endeavoring TO bolster up
their shaky position by appeals TO
sectionalisrn and party prize. No effort
will lie spared 10 retain their political
control. Ii our institutions are to be
preserved pure and intact, every patri-
otto citizen must do his duty in REDUCING
this Eraspiug aud tyrenuical
POLITICAL OLIGARCHY.
When the present congress convened
in December last the Republicans had Il
majority of three III the house OF repre-
sentatives, which was sonn increased
to eight by the admission If
the representatives OF the new states.
Notwithstanding this majority il was diff
lue tOulIoi W u
quorum present, aud the leaders iInme-
diately took arbitrary measures to carry
out policy previously agreed
upon, namely, to Dust enough
Democrats and seat enough Republicans
to give good working majority. Eigh-
teen contested election cases were sub
mitted TO the committee on elections, all
but one brought by Republicans, and
that one by q man who afterwards
ACTED WITH THE REPUBLICANS
on condition of his being seated. In
order TO facilitate the process of count
ing the Democrats out aud the Republic
cans in no rules were adopted for
o space of three months, and
then DULY when long practices of the
country made It policy not TO outrage
public sentiment longer. The house
proceedings were conducted on what the
speaker called general parliamentary
law, - but what in fact was his own ar
bitrary will. Tbs sacredest parliament
tary rights guaranteed to the minority
during century of government we're ig-
uorsd
WITH BRUTE FORCE
by the majority, and without any show
of reason nine Democratic congressman,
bearing official credentials from their
states that they were legally aud prop
Prly elected were turned ont