Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-27


Haynes Bayly
Lady Ossulstone's interest in the election
now dwarfed even the hitherto paramount
financial considerations. There is more of
the prize-ighter and horse-racer in the
saintliest Of US than we care to confess.
Give US a match of any kind, and We will
warm up to it as to nothing else in the world
but love and gold. This accounts for the
hateful acceptance of competition as a
necessity, and even virtue, in the purs nit
of happiness. Happier far, and wiser the
contented soul who can smilingly forego the
vanity of victory. But in politics it is VIC
tory that counts, so that numbers must be
massed to win the battle, and prizes must
be offered to tempt the numbers. Her
ladyship now began to understand the SUBJ
tie process Of testing the bias of tho nation S
mind. Intellectual tight-rope walking is not
much to the multitudes taste. 1t likes
political ballooning better, and a rafting
up-and-down set to at fisticuffs best of all
Messrs. Blarnaby, Fotheringh m and
Blobbe had arranged to give the multitude
a free show of all three performances at
once. Naturally, Lady Ossulstone, Lady
Elsie and Sir John were agog to see the en-
tertainment, as philOsophic students of the
working of the constitution, and they gladly
accepted the proffered services of Mr.. Hogg
and Mr.. Winslow as showmen.
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the National theater, which held about 5000
on such an occasion. The English visitors,
with Miss Bennison, Miss Dabchic, Mr..
Winslow and Mr.. Hogg, occupied one OF the
best boxes. Elsie was greatly tickled to
see the handsome theater hopelessly yul-
CARRIED by the magnified caricature por-
traits Of Mr. Blarnaby and his associate
and the tawdry colored rags that dragged
from every projection.
''Don't the photographers and the papers
make your statesmen's features known to
the people!" she asked.
''Oh yes" replied Mr. Winslow, "but it
is the custom of a certain class of hucksters
in this country to clap their portraits on the
quack nostrums they make their living by,
and our politicians are very jealous of their
rights under the constitution. Ours is
free country, my lady"
'sBut, l fear, not so generous in its en-
couragement of native art as your lavish
patronage of foreign productions leads US
to suppose said Lady Ossulstone.
''O,' said Genie, that's going to be civil
service reformed, or whatever they call it,
right away, for / made Mr.. Blarnaby
promise me that he will make a law that
shall prohibit the hanging of these gigantic
frights in future, on penalty of the artists
being hanged in their place" Genie was
proud of her achievement.
What amused her ladyship most was to
see the inflated airs assumed by the fussy
persons who strutted about the stage be-
hind huge badges of tinseled ribbon. She
little knew the swelling pride caused by
those gewgaw advertisement of their wear
ers' importance to the cause.
Sir John asked why on earth so many
politicians were soldiers, and how the gov
eminent came to allow armed soldiers to
terrorize the gatherings of free people.
Again Mr.. Winslow came to the rescue.
tCChnsa vn M stake for Sp1Hiarc only
youths who like to play at soldiers at cleo
ton times, as you used to in your nursery
days, guess. They save up their dollars
until they can purchase sham uniform, in
which they play at sham marching In the
cause Of sham patriotism. They are very
young, Sir John, in years and wisdom, and
are quite harmless, / assure you, except to
their ill-used drums
'sBut how fearfully rude,' remarked
Lady Ossulstone, later on, ''to come tramp
ing in with their horrid trumpets braying,
right in the middle of a gentlemans
speech"
my dear Lady Ossulstone," said Mr..
Winslow, '.you really must not judge free
and independent democracy by the standard
of an effete feudal aristocracy's manners"
The rebuke was unanswerable.
The parading clubs made grand show
as they streamed into and flooded the thea
ter. 1t must have been beautiful sight in
the streets. The party organ did the pa
rade justice next morning. 1t described it
in picturesque style, but we are only inter
ested to quote its estimate Of the numbers
who came forth to demonstrate their enthu-
siastic choice of the candidate who had
been chosen for them by the convention
that had to accept the choice of the caucus
chosen by the candidate. This is the para
graph:
ITO attempt any description OF the surg
L. 11~I H.,
to leave no space in our thirty-twO pages
for other matters. Suffice it to say that we
posted a corps of specially-drilled reporters
at every corner on the route. They were
instructed to count all who marched in pa
rade, all who stood on the sidewalks, and
as many as practicable who entered and
left the saloons. Another specially-trained
counting corps made record of the thou
sands of mrn and women who adorned the
windows and cornices, and the myriads of
boys and girls who gloriously asserted the
rights Of Young America to see and be seen,
not emitting the imps on the street lamp
posts. These reports, being duly verified
and attested by solemn affidavit in our Of
fee, prove that the spectators were liter
ally innumerable, and as the procession
two and the whole of one-half hours to pass
a given point, it shows that if only ten per-
sons marched abreast, and ten rows passed
the given point each tenth of a second,
there must have been just three millions,
six hundred thousand per hour, or grand
total of exactly nine millions $1,000, 000), not
including the banner portraits of the caudi-
date. In the face of figures like these crit
icism would be absurd. The mighty people
are with US. Who-oop for Blarnaby.'
At last the meeting commenced. A
struggling single file of badge-adorned
committeeman filed the front row of
chairs. Mr.. Fotheringham was moved into
terrible confusion of noises from the brass
band. His opening speech was practical
and short.
''Fellow citizens-You have come here to-
night to listen to ADLER speakers than l am.
mo, mol I am = worker 'good'l, a
newer of wood and a drawer of water
T'whisky']-yes, and of whisky too, as our
friend there suggests, il necessary to build
up the good old cause. Prolonged cheers.
am not going to detain you any longer,
for we have long array Of orators to listen
to, besides our beloved leader to sure and
certain yictory-De Witt Macboodle Blar-
1.-THE rest was lost in tremendous cheering
and the full blast Of the band, which lasted
five and a quarter minutes). l now have
the pleasure to present to you gentleman,
the only difference between US being that
he breaches the best politics for Sunday,
and practice the best for weekdays. The
Rev. DR.. Saywell." Loud laughter and
cheers.
The portly figure of the reverend gentle
man filed the eye Of the audience. He soon
waxed eloquent: