The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-05-07

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A Member of the Alliance Asking Cues
lions About Democracy.
BOWIE TEX April % 1891

| A Member of the Alliance Asking Cues
lions About Democracy.
BOWIE, TEX, April GO, 1891.
Editor Gazette
DEAR SIR notice that you are very
liberal with your space and ink. 1t must
not cost you much, as you are giving the
Alliance an abundance of it.
You claim to be a Democrat and to
publish Democratic paper, which is true
if modern combination machine partyism is
Democracy, which / doubt, and will risk
my reputation at work for the whole peo-
pie without regard for party or party
lines.
But to the point. want you to explain
the following Democratic victories and
tell the people how they were brought
about, and if they arc true Democracy.
Here it is.
In 1888, under a Republican administra-
ton, sold cotton on the streets of Bowie
on grade for 10 cents per pound, and many
bales sold in this country for that price In
1856 and under a Democratic administra-
ton l sold as good cotton on the same
streets for IA cents per pound. That was
Democratic victory, was it notf In
lSS9-'90, under Republican congress I sold
cotton the same streets Tor 919 cents per
pound. That was a Republican victory,
was it not2
In 1891. April q inst, we sold ninety-six
bales of cotton, average middling for 7.65
cents per pound. This you see is since the
Democrats elected an overwhelming ma
jority of the incoming congress and almost
got the senate. May place this victory to
the credit of the Democrats Yes, I shall
do so, for it is theirs by right l know you
will say overproduction, but shall call you
to time on that. While the crop may be
large this year, it was not in 1856 and T.
as you know many sections of the cotton
producing country was visited by drouths
these years As regards these prices will
be pleased to have a notary take them un-
der oath if you wish.
Please explain this to the satisfaction of
deserving public. or else quit holding up
the claims of an old slavery party in which
the outside world has no confidence. 1t
was the slavery party of the sos and '60s
that brought on the war for slavery, and
fear if it shall continue to be thus success
full in low-priced victories on the farmers
products, that we will all be worse in the
near future than the negro was before the
war-and wish to say that | was raised in
the South, and voted the labeled ticket
after Greeley to Cleveland and helped to
elect him, but soon discovered that his in
terests We're not mine, and that his views
conceded with the wishes of Wall street,
hence gave him the G. b., and have voted
for the people since, but not with the Re-
publicans, for l am absolutely independent
in politics and expect to remain so.
And notwithstanding these changes of
prices in cotton cotton goods have, as
general rule, been higher than they were
in 1884, when cotton sold from Is to 10
cents per pound. These things are worthy
of our careful consideration from citizens
point of view, saying nothing about the one
or the other party. Millions of dollars have
been kept from the South this year, and if
there is any other cause than a change of
party you should explain it. I believe the
most OF it is, in the main, lack of conf
oence in the Democratic party, and monied
men seeing an opportunity to use this dis
trust do so. Yours for our country,
W. R. LAMB.