Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-07

enable II 10 allay us forces with LIe ran
roads in order to Sight the administration
That was the two-fold purpose of the con
ference. and that was practically what
il did. that, and nothing more. The steer
ing mHittce was reSoluted into respecta-
bi,ity and the governor was denounced as
an autocrat and dictator, and there the
business ended. All else was wind and
baiderdash.
. The conference had a narrow escape from
being nj least "a partial failure. While
there was present goodly number of those
who favored i third party, tAe plan OF
Tracy .S!edge, and that gang generally, was
TO keep down third partyism. Such con-
summation would defeat their plan of fight
ing the administration hand in hand
with the railroads. II compelled
TO flock by themselves in 4 third
party, they would be absolutely inpotent
and unable 10 conceal
THEIR PLAN OF ATTACK.
But portion of the anti-sub-treasuryites
seeing how it would embarrass the leaders,
voted for third party and ii is said
b. one who was present, carried it
beyond a doubt, but were counted
out. or nis-countcd SO as 10 show q
small majority of three or four against
third party ism. Thus viii II be seen how
uarrOw the escape of the consplrators from
being prccip!t4tcG into a most embarrass-
ing situation. A little more nerve or alert
ness Oh the part Of the conservative mem
hers present would have done the business
Tor the SiedgeS, Tracys, ct Al, by sepa-
rating the sheep from the goats, and com
pcllmg he latter 10 fock by themselves, i
rousummatiou earnestly hoped for by the
honest men III the Alliance.
Another thing that displayed the hollow
tnockery and deiusive humbuggery Of the
conference was the manner in which the
resolutions condemning the governor and
the appointivc railway commission were
hd1pted. As told by one who knew what
took place in executive session, 1t was in
this wise:
IT WAS ANNOUNCED
that Duncan, manager of the Dallas com
mercial exchange, would lecture Ut night
Oh The condition Of the exchange. Those
VINO were not IN sympathy with the ruling
faction, and who knew already enough
about the exchange and its history, absented
themselves from the lecture, feeling no
interest in il. When the hour arrived it
was moved that the lecture be postponed,
and Tracy mounted the stand and told in
blisterng language how he, as q member OF
the steering committee, had been huInbled
and prosecuted at the capital, and how he
had found Jordan a hard road to travel.
Never before had any man been miStreated
rs he WAS by the friends Of the governor.
After playing the part of injured innocence
10 perfection and peeling the hides from
the governor and divers other lesser light&:,
he had 10 difficulty in getting adopted the
CONSERVATORY RESOLUTIONS.
The Duncan speech. which served as
preteXt for the meeting was never more
heard of
Another naked humbug and farce was the
resolution demanding of the gov
eruor the appointment of Duncan on
the railway commission. and this
800, Immediately after the conference had
condemned an appointive commission as the
embodiment of "autocratic and dictatorial
power The very men who instigated and
voted for that demand did not want
Duncan on the commission, and would
have been thoroughly disguised if he
had received the appointment asked
Ton. SledCe was himself one of the com
mittee chosen 10 call on the governor and
formally present the demand, but went
through Austin the next day, and neither
he nor anyone else has ever APP
preached the governor on the subject.
" hIle the legislature was in session,
and Duncan was going about trying 10 pro
cure signatures to a petition asking his APP
poiuuucnJ on the commission. Tracy and |
SicdEa We're busy importuuing friends of |
the governor 10 interfere and prevent the !
appointment
UNWORTHY A SUBJECT.
They declared openly their opposition to |
him then, but when the subject came uD in |
the conference, they had not 4 fault to lind |
with him, because they knew very well no |
attention would be paid TO their insolent |
demand and they would therefore be in |
a position to say the governor ignored the |
Alliance when officially warned that it |
wanted something.
Yet it is by such thickness as that, such |
mean contriyauces that these fellows want |
TO help the poor farmer. God help the /
man tina. puts his trust in such leaders |
and God help the poor devil Of a farmer
that thinks he has found a savior when |
swallowing with opeu-nouthed wonder |
the raw humbuggcl.v of the sub-trcaSury |
He had better part with his |
little all, and
MAKE FOR THE PooRuoUsE.
But after all, what is there in this sub
treasury cry that IS al present making such
4 noise in the commonwealth, and I
what has anybody to fear from it,
or the handful of soreheads and !
political quacks that are working it
SO industriouslE2 Very little. it seems,
when the real status aud condition of the
Alliance is known. The Alliance is no
longer what il WAS 4 few years ago. |
Then its membership ran up into the hun
dredS Of thousands, and It's strength
was truly formidable But it
has since fallen from its high
rhjnations, the trickery and deception of |
demagogIsS and corInorants |
who abused the confidence of the farmers |
and took from them, through the exchange.
Of dollars that will never be re-
pIid.
Very little IS now left but the remains of |
the old irreconcileabie
GEEENBACR PARTY.
the gang who pinned its faith 10 fat money.
AID which is still ''harping on my daughter
under the altered name OF cheap money;
and plenty of IL The Official re-
port Of the secretary-treaSurer OF the |
State Alliance dated December 81, 1890, |
lbout six months ago shows that the total
male membership in the state was only IL
500. female 955S; or total of males and
females Of 21,2251, and that there were in
he state 81 sub-Allliances whose average
male membership was only sixteen. From |
hesc must be taken the number, |
arge, but necessarily indefinite, who
10 not believe in the sub-treasury madness, |
md what 4 mere remnant of the total popu-
alton of 22S5. 900 people in the state is left.
The real truth of the matter is that the
frequent meetings, the haranguing, the
Gathering and resoluting OF the
philosophers of the order
deceive the public and create mistaken no. !
ions about the Importance and proportions !
II il.
on THE FINGERS OF BOTH HANDS
IAN be named the FOUNDERS afflicted with |
he mouth disease who are responsible for
IL the clattar heard, the '.post haste
md rummage in the land If these |
gentlemen should cork up their mouths.
iam up their flow of yush and CANNON and |