Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-29
AN OPEN LETTER.
An Old-Time Democrat Points Out the
Error of Hon. Bryan T. Barry's
Ways.
Self Constituted Bosses Fully as Dangerous as
Would be the Admission of Few
Ticket Scratchsrs.
SANTA ANN. TEX. june %, 1890.

SANTA ANNA, TEX, june 25 1880.
Hon. Bryan T. Barry. Dallas, Tex:
My DEAR SIR-Your failure 10 SEND
me one of your circulars was, 1 suppose,
an oversight, for l see the "press' re-
ports you as saying that you intended
sending copies ''to all good Democrats
and friends generally. That would
give me two rights to the circular.
Your s'test resolution seems to me
all right so far as 1 am concerned.
would as soon think of claiming seat IN
Baptist convention upon the ground
that am q Christian, without CONFORM
ing to Baptist usages, as to claim seat
in Democratic primary upon the bare
assertion that l was Democrat without
proof that I had been voting with the
Democrats and further pledge that L
would continue to support the nominees.
The trouble with your circular is, you
seek to inject new rule of action into
the workings of the organized Democ-
racy after the greater part of the con-
yention work has been done. And now,
delegates elected under Chairman Fin
ley's rulings would not and should not
be unseated under the provisions of your
recent construction. Your circular VIII
create the greater dissatisfaction and
distrust because a man SO conversant
with the doings of the party as yourself
would naturally be expected to sound his
warning before the rights of true and
tried Democrats had been jeopardiIed by
their election as delegates by conventions
acting under the the suggestions OF
Chairman Finley.
Understand me, l am with you In re-
gard to the necessity of guarding the
| party; at the same time, we cannot al
ford to ignore the fact that the party
lash in the hands of self-constituted
marty bosses is fully as dangerous to the
! rights and liberties of the people as
would be the admission of q few ticket
scratchers" and sold fence breaks - to
| the deliberations of q Democratic prl-
mary.
! Besides, the adoption of your tactics
| this late in the campaign could not pos
| siblv affect the result without resortlng
| to methods and practices which l cannot
| believe you would sanction even, much
! less encourage and employ. You cannot
be ignorant of the fact that large ma
iority of convention Democrats are as
| determined on the election OF Gen. Hoge
| as are some of those who in time past
have jumped out of the Democratic
pasture to starve in the thistle patches
of new tangled "isms, under the lead
| ership of such men as W. w. Lang and
II. C. Mack. The present campaign has,
to my mind, been of great benefit to the
Democratic party in Texas; 1t has re-
stored to the ranks thousands of our old
conservative farmer Democrats, ano
thereby prepared the party to withstand
the shock of the great political break
that must come in the near future.
am persuaded. that men now and FOL
years past prominent in Democratic
councils, will turn against the party a
soon as they find out that Democracy il
the party of the people, and not TIT
spologist of unrestrained corporate
greed. Your friend,
JNo. C. s. BAIRD.