Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-06


Marion Martin of Navarro county adj
dressed the audience III the afternoon. Mr..
Martin began by dshln" the meaning of the
assembling Of such large audience Of far
mers and the coming together of the people
IN general lie answered the question. civ
ing as 4 reason that the people were tired
OF beng hoodwinked, and came fer
the purpose "i receiving light on the
important questions IN which they
are 50 vitality interested and not from Idle
curiosity. mat the people mad demands to
make and were met together to give OK
preston TO those demands These, he
said, were the people Of the first party
nfst because II WAS composed OF the people,
and demanded Just treatment Of the masses.
There was nothing, b" said. 10 break the
bonds OF slavery which now enthrall the
farmers except the ballot. This he APP
pealed 20 the farmers TO USE if
they wished 10 emauclpdte their wives from
the cotton fields ana place the blessings of
education at the feet Of their sons and
daughters. lie secuted the idea of over
production beng the cause of the present
hard times, and said ii was rather under
consumption. The people We're tired OF
beng hoodwinked Tor thirty Years, and
asked II any one could follow The course Of
the American people during this time with
any pllde ana satisfaction. Would not
blush OF sham" rather mantle
an f4'4l'FF'b ilA'lil - 'ii'NA @A4O'lu Ht review
carefully the financial pohcy of the nation.
The Demo rats. Mr.. Martin said, had long
been strangers to the platform of Dcmoc-
racN, ana had dr1fted farther and farther
from the falth OF their fathers, and though
they still called themselves Democrats. the
title was nusnomer as their sole object
was 10 snare Ill the party SpollS. He had
voted Tor the Platform from year
10 year IN inc nope that some
relief would be received, out the same old
promises had been promised and nothing
hau materalIzed- JcferSonian Democracy,
the speaker said, is the watChword of the
hrSt partY. amt the issue would be fought
on the platform of honesty and principle
The tsrif was then touched upon and the
ten'ts OF the third party were said to ne
Tor tarlh reform. something more draining
than the tarIn Nh. Martin said, was the
tremendous and unwarranted appropriations
which were constantly being made by the
congress of the United States, that these
must be stopped and then the tariff looked
alter and reduced. Inc sub-trcaSury Ques-
ton was taken up. and the great benefits TO
be derived from 1t were discussed from the
speaker STANDPOINT. The lame objections
OF dlSsenterS were rldIcuied. the speaker al
leglng thdt capitalists were trembling
III their shoes. lest the scheme
should be adopted and ale
waite the wants Of the people,
anu ItSScl tiic lhHoN Oh SOifs unto their own
cXchequer, That the cries of breakers
breakers ahead and the direful predictions
were but the means employed to misleaG
the farmer Oh this vital question. Cotton,
the speaker said, had 10 equal for collat-
eral, was more stable than silver, and was
the equal of gold, and this product was the
basis OF the sub-treasurT scheme; that the
great objection to the sub-treasuiy WAS from
ignorance of the financial situation, and
that the hue and cry of it being ultimately
the end OF capital was only from those who
most bitterly opposed IL. II this were
fact the speaker affirmed that the next con-
gress would pass the measure without a
dissenting vote. The people were begin
ming to see that it Is not only the farmer
who Is benefited. but doctor, lawyer. mer-
chant, and in fact everyone, would receive
benefit from the sub-treasury. and
the country would rise up from beneath the
burdensome yoke Of class Legislation. The
alien land law and the railroad questions
were taken up and discussed briefly. The
speaker favored government ownership of