Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-22
TO BE REGRETTED.
A Kansas Man, While Not Himself, Offer
Gross Insult to the South Citizens Z
Of Kansas Apologize.

Special to the Gazette.
PARIS, TEX, May a.-There was an exciting
scene at the opera house last night. The George
w. Wright post No. rs G. A. B. gave q pubic
reception. A large number of Grand Army men
prom Kansas as well as ex-Confederatesz and
ladies were present Capt. ]. NJ. Long, county
attorney, one-legged Confederate soldier, was
called on for the first speech. His address
was eloquent and patriotic and met
the appreciation Of all; BE was fol-
Kansas who spoke in the same strain, and was
loudly applauded. When he had finished, one
Theodore Batkins, Judge of the thirty second
that state, took the stand. 1t was plain that he
was drunk. He began by saying that he was in
formed that there were 40 ex.Upi9n soldiers in
Grand Army. The others were afraid to Join.
Damn such people, he sale, and following in
the same strain he 5ep9inted the Pr diane
said: Jefferson Davis signed an order
to starve Is, 200 Union soldiers, G-fStiii4
arose and denounced Batkins as an infamous
liar. Great confusion followed, and a great
many left. Some Of the Kansas men got hold Of
Batkins and hustled him out OF the house. AS
soon as order could be restored several Republi.
cans from Kansas and Grand Army men got the
floor and made speeches. They deplored the
incident and condemned Batkins' brutality in
unmeasured terms. The affair is all the talk to-
day and out Of fully 800 Kansas people
in the city all are indignant at Batkins aud
declare that he merits a coat of tar AND ,feathsf
They are deeply humiliated at his coaadtt He
is a rabid prohfbitionist in Kansas, but as soon
as he arrived here he proceeded to take the
rounds Of the saloons. Kansas people do not
hesitate to say that he is q stigma upon their
state and disgrace to the bench. They assert
that he Is a fanatic of the worst sort and made
himself odious to the people of Missouri after
the war BY prosecuting x-ConfederGte soldiers
After the meeting last night the local g. A. Z.
post issued the following:
1.-THE Grand Army people OF the city are
greatly shocked at the manner in which the
gentleman from Kansas expressed himself at
the reunion last night. II is intended that they
will publicly condemn the sentiment so ex-
pressed at meeting called for this EVENING"
The following card was issued by citizens Of
Kansas:
To the People OF Paris:
The citizens of Kansas now In Paris have been
much more Inundated BY the remarks of one,
person at the meeting last night than it is pests
Since their advent in your delightful city thsv
have had shown them every ciy1lity, attention.
and kindness, and no occasion Is too early faf'
them to denounce as unsparingly as yon might
do, speech that so long as men are humsn, Wa
brutal, coarse and cruel. OF
They hoped for the good name OF KansaaEaInd
the fraternity that should exist between two
states so intimately related by friendly inter-
ndtAe laid up in any way to the disadvantage of
anfpther citizen Of Kansas than the one solelxs
responsible for uttering them -
LStgnedl Jas. Joslfn, VIM Brennan. RIO.
G1Swaters, John Hail, L. b. Roberts, Chas.
Its stated that KAtkins Is candidate for
sconEthss in bis distEict, aad made the speech he
did ~ 5
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