Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16
DEMOCRACY OUT.
Masses Gather at Sulphur
Springs to Listen to
SENATORS COKE AND Chiffon.
The Barbecued Dinner Served to Fully sew
enty-fWe Hundred People.
The History of Democracy from the Be-
sinning-The Tariff EXpounded.
Sub-Treasury Torn Into
Skreds.
A Gala Day.


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SULPHUR SPRINGS, HOPKINS COUNTY,
TEX. Aug. 15.-EOr the past thirty days
the local press has advertised the grand
Democratic barbecue TO take place here to-
day. Committees have been hard at work
all over the county securing meat with
which to feed the multitude. Yesterday at
noon crowds OF people began to pour i'll from
every direction, and pitch the camps at the
Buford park, where the festivities take
place. The crowd to-day is variously esti-
mated at from 5000 to 10000 strong. Among
the notable speakers present are Senator
Chiffon. Senator Coke, Congressman Cul-
beTsOn and kilgore, and niany lesser lights
from all over the state. Four big excursion
trains came in this morning loaded down
with enthusiastic Democrats.
AT 10 O'Clock the Imperial cornet band
proceeded to the Garrison house and eS
corted Coke, Culberson and Chiffon to the
grounds.
After the vast audience had been called
TO order by DR.. Becton of this city he in
troduced State Senator John W Crawford,
who made short address of welcome, i'll
which he mentioned very kindly the great
Texas daily. the Fort Worth GAZETTE aud
the great work she was doing Ill the cause
of Democracy and the upbuilding of our
empire state.
Professor DinsmOre then introduced Sen
atOr Horace Chiffon in few well chosen
sentences, who came forward amid a thun-
dering applause. He opened his speech by
explaining what Democracy was, ana went
back 100 years and showed where the grand
old party had never made an error in ali
that time He paid glowing tributes to the
memory of jefferson and jackson and dwet
at some length upon the grand principles
taught by these noble leaders. Then came
the tariff question. which he held up to the
people from true Democratic standpoint.
His speech throughout was considered one
of the grandeSt efforts of his life. In the
closing remarks he took up the sub-treasury
scheme and fairly tore it into shredS. II
there was an advocate of its principles in
the vast assemblage he never showed up.
Dinner was next in order and fully 1900
people flied up to the great spread and ate
to their hearts content. The committee
have spared neither time nor money in pre-
pairing this elegant feast, and all seemed to
have plenty
To give some idea of the magnitude OF
this dinner, there We're 10000 pounds of
cooked beef and 5000 pounds of loaf
bread, to say nothing of the tremendous
quantity of other edibles in proportion.
After dinner the crowd was again called
TO the stand to listen to the Moses of
DemOcracy-SenatorC Coke.
Senator Coke, the old war-hoss of
Democracy, was introduced after dinner
and delivered a speech of over two hours in
length. 1t was characteristic effort and
was certainly one of his best. He struck
hercuean blows for the Democracy, and,
mixed with sound logic and profound argu-
ment, sarcasm that was writing to the
advocates of the sub-treasury and other
fallacies proposed by the champions OF the
Cincinnati convention.
At the conclusion of Senator Coke's
speech Col. Culberson was introduced and
seemed in his happiest mood, and though
the audience had listened to two long and
mastery efforts, vet they crowded around
him and gave him the best attention. Col.
CulherSon after few humorous anecdotes
and a few grimaces peculiar to him,
launched out upon the third party leaders
who played such n high hand here at the
eacampment few days ago. DR.. Macune
was dubbed as the gentleman who had
penchant for borrowing money, and the
colonel wanted 10 know why they did not
call Stump Ashby. Ashby Stump? He said it
would be decidedly more proper. Jeems
Davis, Bill Farmer and Jake Rhodes were
literally shOrn of their usefulness in this
district, as were all of their ilk.
The best of attention prevailed through
out the entire day, and the universal verdict
is that Democracy is safe for another hun
dred wears.