Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-30
NO TIME TO REST.
Texas Democrats Idle---They
Ought to be Fighting
THE SUB-TREASURY HUMBUG.
Apostles of Macune, Polk and Company Can
yassing the Country on StilI-Hunt.
The OratOricai Walking Delegates Headed
by Senator Peffer-Chilton the
Only Democrat Combat
ting the Enemy.
THE SUB-TREASURY HUMBUG.
Movements of the Enemy.

Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN Ten, July July 26.- The feeling
is quite strong here that the Democrats Of
Texas. or the leaders of the party are making
| great mistake in lying on their oars and do
ing nothing when they ought TO be combat
ting the foolish and miSchievous sub-treas-
ury humbug. There is entirely too much
apathy on this subject. The apostles of
Macune, Polk & Co. are hard at work.
They are not going about with brass bands
either. but are making a still-hunt. The
mysteries of the order enable them to
gather large assemblies of farmers to their
cross-road meetings, where they are
being nightly and daily harangued
by the fiippant-tongued gob-mouches
who have learned their lessons
FROM A COMMON SOURCE.
The literary bureau of the sub-treasury
faction has furnished the orators and har-
angucrs with certain alleged facts and
figures which they have all got by heart.
Hear one, and you will hear them all. The
speeches are all stereotyped. but of course,
the farmers don't know that. or if they DO
they look on their sanenesS Us the best evil
dence of their accuracy and truthfulness.
These II cts sound as well in the mouth
of an impoStor, as of an honest ma, and it
is as hard to make Granger converts to Ma
cuniSm believe that Macune or any other
shining light of third partytiSm is al
arrant humbug as it is to make the Waco
Day believe that Hogg is a model governor
When those Ephraims become welded to
their idols it is well-nigh useless TO attempt
discussion. That the sub-treasury ranks
have been augmented considerably since
the Waco meeting, when Macune was given
such an ovation, can hardly be doubted.
And IL is all due % the perniciouS aCtivitv
of the
oRATORICAL WALKING DELEGATES
of the order. and the equally pernciOus
inactivity of the Democrats, who seem to
be placing their man reliance on Prov
dence or good fortune. Judge Lit Moore
of LaGrange was here a night or 30 ago
and. discussing the sub-treasury, said that
it was far more formidable than people
imagined who had not mixed with the
farmers He was hitting 1t whenever he
had al opportunity, and wondered why
others Were not doing the same. Only one
man, Senator Chiffon, IS dong effective
work in combating the preposterouS
heresy. He stated yesterday while in this
C'-y that he made il the leading topic of his
stump speeches, and did so simply because
he recognized the hold which it was gain
ing among the farmers He stated also
that they accept it, not because they under
stand ii, or fully believe in it, but because
IL affords a change from present conditions,
which they imagine cannot Ne made any
worse, and may be improved by it 1t is
therefore received and swallowed as dcs-
perate remedy. Senator PETER of Kansas
was brought down here by the Macuneites
10 assist i'll the work T evdngeliZing, and is
going about like the rest of them in quiet
way, but talking as he goes. II was given
out that he would speak here last Thursday
night, but he failed TO materialize, and some
few dozen citizens that gathered at the
courthouse to hear the great man We're dis
appointed.