Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-01
PETER SPEAKS.
The Democratic Candidate for Mayor
Talks Briefly.
lie had a Good Crowd Of Attentive listeners
Seed that is Found to Bear Fruit.
What was said and who Spoke.

Last night the Demoer attic cohorts
trained their batteries upon the ranks of
the enemy for the first time during the
present maVoralty campaign, and to
! judge by the frequent applause which
went up in response 20 the utterances
made by the speakers, there is no doubt
the result of the encounter will be dis
astrous TO the opposition.
| There was a good attendance. Many
! of those present were voters of no party
! afiiliation, open TO the conviction and the
| influence OF reason. There was the best
of order throughout. Prof. Ault's band
discoursed stirring strains throughout,
! fitting accompaniment for the patriotic
| words uttered.
Col. IL. M. Wynne mounted the dry
| goods box first, accompanied by the
Democratic candidate for mayor, Col. }
| Peter Smith, whom he introduced to the
! audience with q few well chosen sem
| fences.
Col. Smith did not speak at great
| length. He made a simple declaration
of his platform in plain, unequiVoeal
terms. He said he had twice before been
chosen to preside over the executive
| branch of the administration of the eity's
affairs. Each time he had striven his
level best TO do his duty as be saw
it. He has not solicited the
present candidacy and had only accepted
the same after being convinced that he
was the choice of the party and that he
would be able to help the city If elected.
If elected he would have no other pur-
pose than to build up every interest in
the city. He considered the matter of
greatest public Importance TO be that of
public health, to preserve which the
most elaborate sanitary precautions
should be taken. In that direction the
completion and extension of the city's
sewer system should be pushed forward
with all vigor. And in the same
line the waterworks system should
be extended and brought to the highest
possible pitch of perfection. And then
the work of grading and grayeling the
streets of the city should be pushed until
not thoroughfare of the city remained
in an unimproved condition. Then the
public school system must be brought
forward, and the speaker averred he
would do all IN his power to that end if
elected. He said that he had beer able
to aid the city when mayor before, but
the circumstances are much more favor
able now tor pushing the city's interests
than they were when he was at the helm
before. He thanked the audience for their
attention and stepped down, whereat a
great cheer arose from the solid phalanx
of admirlng listeners.
Hon. Sam Furman, candidate for
alderman in the Fourth ward.
mounted the platform. He de-
voted his time to an eulOgy on Peter
Smith, who he said had been the FORE
most friend of Fort Worth as long as the
speaker had known either Peter Smith or
Fort Worth. He said that Col. Smiths
electloni to the mayoralty would
aid the city. Offices are not
created to reward faithful friends
or partisans. Public officials are
servants of the public. The mayor is
one of the hardest worked servants the
CITY has, and that man should be chosen
to the place who is best fitted to fulfill
Its duties. Mr.. Furman gave a brief
history of Fort Worth s growth, showing
how Col. Smith had been identified with
its every forward step.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Furman's
speech Col. Wynne mounted the plat
form with Con Hines. Mr.. Wynue said
Mr.. Hines had concluded to withdraw
from the race for alderman, IN the in
terest of harmony, and because of feaItv
Mr.. Hines made brief speech eulo-
giving Mr.. Furman and MIR. Smith, and
asking his friends to vote for those noble
old Romans.
Mr.. Robinson of the First ward made a
brief but earnest talk.
Mr.. j. H. Jackson made stirring an
peal on behalf of Col. Smith, pointing
out the many acts of generosity and
public spirit which Col. Smith had per-
formed in the interest of the city of Fort
Worth.
The meeting was closed with an ad-
dress by Col. r. NJ. Wynne who began
in light VEN but wound up with a
beautiful panegyric upon the clean |
record and pure life of the Democratic |
candidate for mayor.
The meeting was unusually peaceable. |
and every point made by the speakers |
WAS loudly cheered. Good promises to |
be the result.
So may it be.
Tonight there will be a meeting |
corner Jones and Fifteenth streets, ad- |
dressed by Messrs. J. P. Smith, R. Il. |
Maddox, W. L. Rail and A. J. Cham
bers, and another at Dickey's grocery in |
the Seventh ward to be addressed by R.
NJ. Wynne and G. W. Armstrong.