Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-24
THEN AND NOW.

n VEAL eiSO w lSu tlC SlotC SACSuSlNS
committee ruled that any legal voter
who would promise to accept the party
platform and vote the Democratic
ticket at the succeeding election, would
be allowed to yete, iarthe pri haries, 4,
howliwentup from the anti-Hagg pr7ss,
which denounced the committeesif the
bitterest language for violati9 The.
sacredness }of Democratic principles.
Ths'D.-G G. Nswsgsared until it gdt black
in the face. What! Admit Allianearss,'
Union Laborites, Greenbackers and
the hke.to Democratic primaries? The
idea is monstrous! What are they but
socialists, communists, anarchists .aad'
confiscators? Can the simopseaTs, true
blue Democrats Of .ssstafss condescend to
a palisisas ssf1iation with this ca
ssfaSl1e? No, no, thousand times no!
The committee is mad! And so this
ardent advocate of genuine DEMOCRACY
went on from day TO day hurlingharmt
less maledictions, now at the scommN-
tee, now at the thousands of f4ryfers
who, contrary to custom, went tNe
sprimaries. apashovfng aside INF heel1
ets ar1dfoG politicians, selected dele
gates suitable to themselves. The CONF
.mittee.aad not believe that DamocEsey
Yassa sasxedsyrfnciple that could be
acquired only at birth by sort of free
hold grace from the spirit of Jeffer-
son. 1t refused to humble itself to
the political aristocracy of the True
Blues" and gave hearty welcome to
ali who would pledge their support to
the Democratic ticket. And they came
by the thousands and tens OF thousands.
They came as Democrats, and not as
Alliance men, Greenbackers or sub
treasuryites. There were no isms in
that campaign, no truck-patch politics,
no government-loan lunacy.
Now where is this exemplary Demo
cratic organ, this defender of the faith,
the News? Still battling for Democ-
racy pure and indebted? Still fighting
isms and denouncing the authors of
them? Oh, no. 1t now has one foot
in the camp OF the most pernicious
gang of political fakirs that has ever
infested the state, and enjoys the high
honor of being claimed by them as
their organ! 1t is the friend and sup
porter OF Macune in its customary half
and-half fashion, and is doing what it
can iusidiously to encourage the SUBJ
treasury abomination and promote in q
stealthy way the deep-laid conspiracy
Of the sub-treasuryites to capture the
Democratic party at the primaries and
commit it to their pet humbug. 1t
alludes disdainfully to Hall of Missouri
and his friends, who are struggling to
keep the order out of politics, as
''renegades" who are only trying to aid
the fortunes OF this or that political
party. The real crime of these rene
gades" is their opposition to
the sub-treasury. For that the
News hates them. They are Demo-
Gratis, and as such it sneers at them.
They denounce Macune, and for SO do
ing it calls them renegades. 1t has but
scant respect for any one who does not
''believe on" its friend Macuue, or who
doubts the craftsmanship of Tracy,
Lamb, Ben Terrell, Sledge and ''Meth-
odist jim" A year ago these fellows
were denounced by it as communists and
anarchists. Since then it has somehow
discovered their merit as patriots and
statesmen, and, despising consistency,
has turned from the attitude OF an en-
envy to that of friend and apologist.
1t has no fault to find with their scheme
of capturing the Democratic party OF
Texas at the primaries. In fact,
it does not appear to have any
use for Democracy anyway. unless
mixed with the sub-treasury alloy, or
good big Jumping contract for adver-
Using.