Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-18
BOYD'S FATE.
1t Hangs Trembling in the
Balance.
DEMOCRATS TO SETTLE 1T.
Lanham Lays Down Sound Democratic Doc
trine at Baird.
He Appreciates the Farmers Votes But He
Will Have to Lose Them Before He
Can support the Sub
Treasury Bill.
Politics at Baird.

Special to the Gazette.
BAIRD, CALLAHAN COUNTY, TEX, Sept
16.-This was the great political day at the
Callahan county fair. Lanham, Cochran
and Evan Jones met and the fur flew. A
large audience was highly entertained by
these leaders.
Judge B. r. Webb introduced the speak
ers. Lanham i'll one hour (the limit made
one of his happiest efforts in defense of the
principles apd purity of Democracy. He
said he had never antagonized the Farmers
Alliance, confineduto the farm, the promo
ton of agriculture in its legitimate sphere
He warned the farmers of the danger which
threatened and bristled around the Alliance
by the injection of politics. He very forci
bly, impressed upon them that politics
worked the disaster ana downfall of assO-
Citations and he gave them to understand
that the Sub-treaSury would be the rock
upon which their most cherished hopes
would be wrecked. He is d friend to the
Alliance, but Il bitter enemy to its political
feature He thinks the agitation will prove
ultimately useful in bringing about needed
legislation. He wants the light turned on
all discussion ana he turned on a glow of
light that penetrated very deep into some
heretofore advocates of the sub-treaSury
scheme. He thinks absolute candor must
be the motive power for all who would go
before the people in the discussion OF great
questions He knows OF no way on earth
to make men equal by legislation. He cited
many noted inventors in proof. No way 10
stop periodical hard times. Nothing will
stop the people from crying hard times.
All farmers are not universally prosperous
He feels the necessity for new and different
Legislation to what we have had in the past.
He admonished the farmers TO stick TO the
Democratic party When we were sorely
oppressed by vicious legislation we could
only look to the Democratic party for re-
dress. IN no uncertain way he told the AL
lance that while grateful for the continued
honors, and however much he might love
to keep his seat i'll the Federal congress, he
would gladly and proudly return to private
life before yielding to their demands to
vote for the iniquitous sub-treasury bill.
[Great applause among the farmers. He
showed up in mastery way the class
legislation in this bill.
Under its provisions only tn rec counties
out of the ninety-eight in his, the Eleventh
district, would be beneticiaries, and these
were not certain to be. He showed the
great fallacy and impracticability of the
sub-treasury scheme. He would, TO relieve
the people, increase the circulation in a
legal way, tear down the Chinese wall of
protection. open the markets of the world
to our products, buying i'll the cheapest and
selling in the highest market, etc. His
ideas on this line were well received. He
gave the hlgh tarlH ana Mckinney Dill some
heavy and telling blows.
He fayOrS the free coinage of silver,
wants the mints opened up, would issue
currency to meet the legitimate demands of
commerce based on gold and silver. Thinks
the next congress will relieve the people in
the passage of a free-coinage bill and other
plans not unconstitutional He gave the
billion-dollar congress hard hits. He wants
to call back the government instituted by
- h. ot,, Tvs hnrt no nd
cellent speech, and it was closely listened
to and well received by the people.
DR. Cochran of Dallas made most ex-
cellent Republican speech. The doctor was
in fine condition, talked well and delighted
his Republican friends and entertained well
his Democratic audience. He claims to be
to the manner born 4 Texan and has 4
right to advise, admonish and eXhort Tex
ans to shun the evil ways, such as marked
out by the Democracy. He wears the Re
publican badge and prizes it greater than
any that can be worn by prince or poten-
tate He fayS the Cochrans are all Demo-
Gratis and he is the only white sheep In the
flock He discussed at some length the
evils growing out OF the solid South, collar
Democracy, etc. The North will change to
put down'and rebuke corruption and we,
equally as intelligent, as noble and magnan-
inous should do likewise if we would keep
this government pure and incorruptlble.
He says Hogg treated the farmers right for
electing him, that it was all for place on
the commission and their demand was ig
nored The doctor made a fine speech and
our people was We're impressed with his
genial manners, courteous disposition and
fine oratorical powers.
Your reporter regrets very much that he
did not hear the Hon. Evan Jones, owing to
a misunderstanding as to the hour. What
we did hear was verS forcible, and seems to
be having some effect upon his audience.
Col. Jones is rather an imposing looking
gentleman and handles well his cause. If
he would only leave out his sub-treasury
ideas he would be a power in awakening
the masses TO their true condition. All
praise him as an able exponent of his pc
culiar views. Mr.. Jones is well liked by
our people.