Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-14

thunders of the people, and in view of the GER
taiuty of your approval even the simplest prsls
of the candidate almost taxes on the coioF Vi
fiattery to power.
All that can be done, with discretion: is to
briefly trace the record of his past, and from l's
suggestions draw the picture OF
AHorEFUL FUTURE.
The often told and deeply real story OF MS
struggles / shall not now rehearse. But point
YOU to the fact that from the building OF MS
manhood, on to this triumphant hour, he mas
dedicated his whole life to one ruling prlncl-
ple-the execution OF his country laws. Every
office he has held has been one IN the process OF
training for this grand work. Devotion TO IL
has given impetus and system to ms develop
ment, and furnishes the key to that success
which his rash and demoralLeu crltIcs CHAR se "
accident alone. -,
direction. As county attorney he carried out
his convictions of right at the risk OF personal
danger and political defeat. AS clstricI az
torney he followed the guiding star OF 1uty
with unfiagging step. As xttorney-genera he
has moved straight or through what have
seemed to be the frowning gorges OF disaster;
with eyes fixed on the same bright light, anu
his feet are now firmly shod for the Perlls OF the
future. ,..
which for more than four months mas oeeh upon
the tongues of men and women throughout
Texas. In the saw mill camp where plan
chimneys tell the tale of hardship and rowing
in the log cabin of the small farmer, whose only
stake in life is q strong arm and freeman
ballot; in the no nestead of the thrifty landhold
err whose rich fields bring yearly the Ineans VI
SURE SUBSISTENCE; e.
in the rough bed of the humblest wagon as 1t
tolls along the country roads, ana In tine poi
ished alcoves of the Pullman sleeper, moving
with the speed of the gale. Everywhere, one
name has been played upon, cursed, praised anu
pondered until everybody feels that our next
governor is an old acquaintance. al, a.
And to Texas, that we all love, ne IS All oIu az
uuaintance Ii the son of Georgia takes honest
pride in the great men who have sprung from rom
her rocky ridges, and the Virginian fondly
lie he MAJ q
born upon the bosom of the Old Dominion,
shall not the Texan, native and adopted Zee
lust delight to reward him. worthy, who from
home upon one of our own red hills first looked
upon the flaming heavens.
In all the places our favorite has filled enc
| mics have been created. 10 r how few OF US can
| he satisfied that measures which interfere wlth
| our comfort or our plans, can be adVantageouS
to the country at large, So 1t IS that spe car IN
| huences strong in numbers and in power, and
with embittered knowledge OF his vlgor as
public officer, have undertaken to defeat MN tol
| Governor. Others, blinded by the dust whlct
! clamor raised, have Joined the same bano OF op
But ali in vain. The people have sustained
| him. They have pierced motives with that un
| erring Judgment which belongs TO great masse:
! of men They have reached conclusions VIII
| the force of an inspiration. Ihey nave selzeC
hm-not he, them They have lala thelr h anu,
| upon him IN affection and confidence: me!
| have sworn him to their cause. Thanks to then
| efforts the false badges of business danger,
| .'terrorized capital and railroad conhSca
| ton have been thrown to the ground as fast a
| his defamers have picked them from the nut
| and sought to fasten them upon the banne
| which ne holds. nv,
| The people made the Democratic party. The.
| love the Democratic party. They are the Dem
! ocratic party, and its flag is theirs. They hav
| nut him in the vanguard OF their organize
| hosts and have marched thus far with trea
that echoes over and across our own wide Dor
| ders
| TO GREET THE EARS OF PATRIOTS
| in far distant states But here in this hall. re
| sounding to Democracy. our chapter OF hlstor
ends a nd our chapter of prophesy begins Al
election is d moral certainty. Then the curtal