Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-04
Night Session.

The most of the evening was taken up IL.
speech making.
The following is the speech OF Mr. Speu-
Ger of New York:
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow LaborerS Of this Con
ventOn of the Federation of Labor of Texas.
The citizens of Texas are justly proud OF
their allegiance TO the greatest empire
state in the Union. Her resources are
boundless. and the courage, generosity and
patriotism of her people is undoubted
Under fair economic system, fifteen or
twenty millions of people could found pros
porous and happy homes upon the plains
and in the valleys of this favored part of
the world. where nature has been more
generous in her gifts than in almost any
other portion of the inhabited globe.
The industrial possibilities of Texas chat
lenge the admiration of the nation. From
no fault, however. of her brave and indus
triOus population. representatives. from
every state of the Federal Union, aud in
deed from all civilized countries. she has
been forced to sell her rich fruits of indus
try for almos, a generation past. for some
millions of dollars less annually than
THE COST OF. PRODUCTION.
II is naturally state of independent;
voters. as is evinced by the fact that HouS-
ton was the successful standard bearer of
that class of voters against the mossbacll
Bourbon candidates. And what was true
of Houston holds good as to Hamilton,
whose advancement to the highest Office in
the state was against and in spite of the
bitter opposition of the Democratic party
1t is only the menace of Republican Fed
eral Office holders, who really have but Il
handful of voting force to follow them for
some years past, that the independent
voters wish but scant eulogy or praise,
however, for mossbackism have recorded
their DEGREES, at the polls with that parrs,
the "a N Oypfslyb o M
ing power in the
DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL CALENDAR.
The cry of wolf wolf! by the old partisan
leaders will probably no longer deceive or
mislead the people of the South or OF the
North to solidify them or enslave them TO
the leaders of the old Wall street parties.
Texas will be redeemed. her suffering peo-
pie will no longer allow the money power 10
rob her great industries, and through false
system of taxation, finance and usury rob her
sons of toll and deprive her children of
their honestly earned inheritance.
An alliance Of farmers throughout thelg-
ricultural regions of this Southwestern
empire and an alliance of citizens OF every
branch of industry in its villages, towns
and cities has gathered the great voting
majority of the state under the. banner OF
reform and eSpoused those principles of
humanity, right and justice which the
leaders of the two political parties, dom
mated by Wall street through the banking.
railroad, municipal. courthouse, state and
Federal capital rings bitterly oppose and
unscrupuously contend against
IN the North they cry out that the prin-
ciples of the Alliance and the Peoples
party are to be enthroned and the Confed-
crate brigadiers of the South put
IN CONTROL OF THE GOVERNMENT.
In the South the bourbon bosses denounce
the principles OF the Alliance as an inven-
ton Of the Republican party TO break up
the Democratic party and place the late
Confederate states with their many millions
of the white race under the rule OF the COM
paratively few citizens of color.
Through these old party emissdries the
reign of monopoly is sought to be perpetu-
ated in our country. Their nominations
are dictated from Wall street, their cam
paign treasures are filled to repetition by
the monopolists. / have heard our so-called
statesmen In the United States senate and
lower house charge each other with having
upheld monopolies under state, municipal
and Federal legislation, until the great Al
lance, like an avenging Nemesis, has come
to punish them for their colossal wicked
ness and wrongs against the people And
what is more, these pot and kettle bosses
of the old party have each the full measure
of truth on their side in calling each other
black. Their quack remedies pertaining TO
tariff reform or protection, hawked out