Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-24

devoted TO its cause aud needless Of disc
couragement or defeat. Day by day
| and hour by hour expediency and time
serving were thrown to the winds. Trail
toss were silenCed, camp followers fell
| away or joined the scurvy band or
| fioatsrs, while the sturdy Democratic
| host confidently pressed on, bearing
aloft the banner of tariff reform. II any
have wondered in the past at the
tenaci:y aud indestructibiity of cur
| party their wonders should cease when in
the light of the last three years, 1t Ia
| seen how gloriousIy it springs to the
| front at the call of its duty to the people
and in obedience to the summons OF
party loyalty and obligation.
Thus the education of the campaign
meant, as related to the Democracy, its
awakening in response to the signal for
its return TO the propagandism of
| DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE.
| The thoroughly aroused enthusiasm
and determination of the party, and i.s
allied thousands OF good aud earnest men
| drawn from the nom partisan intelligence
| and honesty of the land, saw no obstacle
too formidable for attack, and no end
which was not within their reach. In q
sublime confidence, almost amounting to
audacity, they were willing to attempts
the education of those high in the coun-
sells of the Republican party aud those
| who formulated that party's policy SO
far as such a thing existed.
j am afraid however, that if this tack
may be considered a step in the CAM
| paIgn of education, the word education,
! as applied TO those who were TO be af-
| fected, must be construed as meaning
| the installation Of such fear AID terror
in the minds of unregenerste men as
| leads them to flee from the wrath to
| come.
| But even in this unpromisiug field We
are able TO report progress. No Ons
| who remembers the hilarity with which
| the leaders OF the Republican party
| greeted the message of tariff reform,
and the confidence with which they pre-
pared to meet and crush the issue pre-
sented, can fail to see how useful les
| son has been taught them in our oam-
| psign of education.
Within twenty-four hours after the
I submission to congress of the question OF
| tariff reform sundry senators anC repre-
| seutatives belonging to the Republican
party were reported to have jauntily
! ventilated their partisan exultation in
the public press.
If it be true that Il senator from Ne
braska said: eft is a big card for ths
Republicans, - this big card cannot ap-
pear remarkably useful to him now, for
his state to day contains big curiosity
In the shape of q Democratic governor
elect.
If the junior senator from New York
declared that his party would carry this
state by the largest majority ever known
if they could be given the platform pro-
a wi bau in f.r
| days q Democratic colleague is placed by
his side.
II a senator from Maine declared "ii
Is a good enough platform for the Re-
publicans-ws want nothing better, -
how is II that he is now so diligently en-
deavoring to find out the meaning of the
word reciprocity.
If New Hampshire senator believed
that ''the Republicans want nothing
better with which to sweep the coun-
try the trouble his state Is giving him
to-day must lead him to suspect there 10
a mistake somewhere.
On board, some are still working at
the pumps against the awful odds of
opening seams; many mutinous and DIS
contented, short of provisions and of
grog, are loudly and angrily disputing
as to whether bad seamanship or over
plight, while accusations of guilty re-
sponsibility are heard on every side.
II, from this turbulence, there shalt
emerge any who actually pricked in
conscience, desire better life, they
will be gladly welcomed. j cannot,
however, keep out of my mind the
story OF the pious deacon who. having
in his efforts to convert bad sinner,
became so excited by his incorrigibility
that he gave him thorough 6rubbing,
afterwards explained and justified his
course by declaring that he believed he
had 'walloped saving grace into an i'm
penitent soul.
II a senator from Wisconsin gleefully
said he was glad to see US ''show our
hand' he cannot fail to be convinced,
when he soon gives place to q real good,
sound Democrat. that there was, after
all, more in the hand than he cared to
see.
If the present speaker of the house
sarcastically said, cit only shows what
fools all the other presidents have
been,' he may we'll be- excused, since
he has lately 80 thoroughly learned that
in the sight of the people infallibility Is
not an attribute always to be found IL
the speakers chair.
If the representative from Ohio whose
name is associated with bill which has
given his party considerable trouble of
late, said elf the Democratic party hac
hired Burchard to write stump speech ..
1t could not have suited US better.'' it
must be that circumstances leading to
his approaching retirement from public
life have suggested
MODIFICATION OF HIS JUDGMENT.
As our campaign has proceeded other
unusual symptoms have been apparent
among those prominent in directing the
opposition. Some OF them have become
insubordinate and DISCONTINUED, and at
times actually disobedisnt to party
orders. Some have left the ship. One
shrewd and weatberwise navigator has
olambered off and. in frail bark, with
the word ''Reciprocity painted on Its
stern, was last seen lowering near, pre-
pared to climb aboard again. or sail
away, as wind and wave would appear
to make most safe. at the present
stage of the campaign the unwieldy
party hulk of Bourbon Republication 10
still afloat, but damaged and badly Leak
ing.
OF course, we do not overlook the fact