Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-07
THE BIG BARBECUE,
The Second Day of the Farmers
Alliance Picnic.
saHf SPEECHES DELIVERED.
Tho Gazette Very Kindly Remembered by
One of the Speakers-None of the
Big Guns Here-To-day's
Programme.

The Farmers Alliance barbecue reached
lis climax yesterday. IN addition TO the
large number which had already camped
on the ground additional Alliance men and
sub-trcasury advocates arrived yesterday
with their families ana took hand in the
proceedings. AT ) O'Clock IL was estimated
that 1000 or more people were on the
ground. Considerable disappointment was
felt by the Alliance men over the fact that
the leading men who had been advertised TO
speak had failed 10 materialize. Large
NUN berS other than Alliance men mad
gone out, thinking that Gen. Weaver
and that sOckless exponent of Sub-treasury-
ism, Jerry Simpson, might turn up at the
eleventh hour and address the multitude.
But neither Jerry nor the general have as
yet made their presence known, and
those in charge have about abandoned the
hope of their coming. The nOn-appearance
Of these gentlemen necessitated 4
change in the programme. Music was fur
nshed by the glce club, which sang famil-
lar airs. Songs that predicted the final
overthrow of everything political except
the Alliance. /. J. Brownson OF the Indus
trial Educator SpOEe first. Mr.. Brown
son only intended to start the
bail rolling. aud talked briefly of
the good that would necessarily
follow . reforming Of the national presS-a
revolution. as II We're, IN every department
of newspaper work. After Mr. Brownson,
b. f. Keis Of the Kansas CommOner took
the stand. The sole mission of this gentle
man seemed 30 be TO blight the Fort Worth
GAZETTE with his shafts Of sarcasm
ana his occasional attempts at
wit. He made OuioUs comparisons
affirming that THE GAZETTE reminded him
Of 4 Republican sheet il Kansas. He then
commenced 4 TRADE against the Democratic
press IN general, and said that II lodged
such questions Is the sub-treaSury and sill
yer questions, and kept up the cry of tariff
reduction Mr.. Kcis then condemned
the force bill as outrageous and
unjust ana as the Sp1Sm of
RcpubIicanism. The financial situation was
next looked TO- the speaker affirming that
paper was the equal Of silver certificates.
The contraction Of the circulating medium
he gave as the cause of the present depres-
sion. and denied that OverprOduction had
the least 10 do with money stringcncy.
Mi. ke!S was vehement IN
his advocacy of the adoption
Of the suD-treasury plan, and proceeded to
show by facts and figures how not alone
the farmers would be benefited, but that
every class would reap rich harvest from
it. He next gave his ideas on the railroad
question. and gave il as his opinion that
passengers should be carried as cheap
as freight, lie also advocated gov
ernmcnt ownership Of the telc-
graph systems. Mr.. KeiS closed
his speech by again handling THE GAZETTE
with ungloved hands, and wound up by
completely faying it.
in the afternoon McSsrS. Coleman Of the
Southern Mercury and Vincent of Kansas
spite Nh Coleman. vino has recently ar
rived from Georgia, spoke first. His re
marks were confined IN great measure
to the defence Of sub-reasuryism.
He IS Z fluent speaker and
interested the audience for over an hour.
Mir. Vincent of Winfield, Kan, followed
Mr. Coleman. He does not claim 10 De an
out-and-out Alliance man nor a rabid sup
porter of the sub-treasury. He spoke
mostly on the land question and the rela-
tion of the government thereto. His
SpG cch was one Of the most practical
and forciole Of any that have been made
since the speaking began.
II is not certain who viii speak today,
but there are several on the ground who
only await orders TO deliver up their ideas
on the needs of the country. Among these
IS ". Il. Lamb of the State reform press
association Mr.. Lamb will be
remembered rs the gentleman
vino demanded recognition IN the anti
suDtreaSury and anti-thiri party convention
here on July 10 and II. and who was denied
the privileges of the floor by the president.
lie has been present since the first day and
VIII probably speak to-day.
The barbecue closes to-day.