Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-18
SUB-TREASURY.
The New-FangIed Ism on the
Decline in Texas.
SOME REASONS FOR THE FALL.
Sober Second Thought Rapidly Revealing the
0eIusiyeness Of the Scheme.
0uietus on the Macune Humbug-Wii Re
duce the Third Party to = FRAGILE.
Result of the Recent Dallas
Conference-Austin Notes.
SOME REASONS FOR THE FALL
The Ants Win the Day.

Special 10 the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, Oct 1.-THE best infor
nation attainable here is that the sub
treasury is on the decline in Texas. 1t has
never amounted to great deal and at nc
time in the past six or eight months has il
assumed menaclng proportions. hand
ful OF walking delegates went about har
arguing the profanum vulgum and
making Zeal Of noise, but it was all wind
mere sound and fury. The novelty and
piausiblllty OF the cheap money fake
caught the fancy Of some unrefecting farm
ers for a time, but the sober second though,
is now revealing the decisions of it and in
fusai or the farmers of Mississippi, /, who are
said to constitute four-fifths of the people
of that state, to
INDoRsE THE sUB-TREAsURY
few weeks ago, has doubtless had 8
wholesome effect in this state, where a good
many were lowering in doubt between Dem
ocracy and the third party 1t is not the
fault OF the leaders that the outlook is less
promising than it was. They have talked
and spouted, beloved and ranted, schemed
and plotted without intermission, but in
vain. The spirit they tried to raise failed
to respond, and no Moses is found whom
the people are willing to follow into the
doubtful realm Of the sub-treasury. The
edict went forth after the August meeting
of those not friendly to the sub-treasury
The sub-Alliances in many counties sum-
moned the dlSSentientS to show cause why
they should not be
EXPELLED FROM THE ALLIANCE
In only few instances however did they
take the decisive step of eypelling mem
bers not in accord with the doctrine OF Ma
cuneism. Generally speaking the sub-Alii-
ances refused to obey the edicts of the SUI
preme junta. Even as active IN enemy as
Sam Dixon manager of the hated Dallas
World, could not be expelled from the
Travis county Alliance to which he has be-
longed for some years, although q strong
effort was made to get him out.
The only feature Of the sub-treasury
move that is at all interesting or touching,
now that its real status In the minds of the
people is known, is the charming cama-
raderie that subsistS between Tracy. Siedge
and the stalwart sage Of Waco. When three
such compatriOts
CLOSET THEMSELVES
in room for six or seven hours, as they did
at Dallas few days ago, they must find
each others society wonderfully congenial
Another cause of the fall in sub-treasury
stock is the unrelenting opposition of the
diSsentientS and the establishment of an
opposition organ. The Dallas World is
clean, fair and well edited paper. 1t does
not deal in buncombe or scandal, and gives
railroad commission, for example, is
watched with the keenest interest by the
people, but you hardly find any mention of
it in the Mercury. The sub-treasuryites
have no use for the commission, and their
paper studiously ignores it, never publish
ing ruling or rate made by it. They
would oppose it actively in their paper if
they did not know that the public would
QUESTION THE RELATIONS d
between the Mercury and the railroads.
This organization anew of the Alliance on
anti-sub-treasury lines. which we are told
will soon materialise. promises to put
virtual quietus on the Macune humbug.
and reduce the third party to frazzle or
nothing. 1t is thought, however, that the
Dallas conference, above mentioned, re-
suited in the withdrawal of the orators
from the field, and a cessation of the effort
to organize a third party.
The stalwartS could not use third party
very effectively in fight against the ad-
ministration. An open alliance with such
an aggregation would be a dead give-away
that would swamp the whole outfit The
com binationit is hoped can be yelled by
keeping the sub-treasury leaders within
the party lines, where they can be used to
capture the primaries, if possible.