Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-13
IT IS FINISHED.
THE ALLIANCE BARBECUE AT
RIVERSIDE ENDS.
The Speeches Rendered in the Morning
and Aftcrnoon-No Noted Speakers
Present, but it Proved a Success.

Friday closed the three days Alliance
| barbecue. The crowd had dwindled to a
| third of that Of the previous days, and
seemed about SErfcitcd with Sub-treaSury
for mental uOuriShmcnt and barbecued
meat for the inner man. The speakers of
the day before were again called upon to
do duty yesterday. The same dish OF sub
treasuryism, third-partyism and class legis
latiou was served up to the crowd, most of
which seemed to be RECALLED. All of these
subjects, however, were finally abandoned
for more interesting one, the discussion
of the Fort Worth GAZETTE, which paper,
it seems, has unfortunately contracted the
dislike of the big guns - kies and Lamb.
The garrulous kansan spoke first. He crit
icised the postal service and dilated upon
the unjust discrimination which was prac-
ticed when farmer is compelled to pay l
cent postage on a paper while papers like
THE GAZETTE had the advantage of the
pound system. He paid a glowing trib-
ute to Mrs. Leach and the women of the
Alliance for the patriotism shown by them.
The newspapers were thanked for the fair
and full reports furnished. Mr.. Kies then
took THE GAZETTE for his text and dis
coursed for a considerable length OF time.
Sub-treasury, MAGNETISM, the alien
land law, IN fact every burning
question of the hour was made
secondary to his TRADE against the Third
party'S arch enemy. The GAZETTE. All of
the invective of which an offspring of
the soil of bleeding Kansas is capable
was hurled AT The GAZETTE and its editor.
Both were roasted over slow fire, and the
speaker gloated over his roast. With copy
of the paper in hand he announced his in
tention of dissecting an article i'll yesterday
mornings edition. There is undoubted evil
dence that his intentions III this regard were
of the best, but there is equally as good
evidence that he did not exactly carry them
out. He seemed to have an impediment III his
thought, though his natural lOquacity never
forsook him. With one last desperate jab
at the article in question he took his seat
amid the plaudits of an admiring audience.
Mir. Lamb, devout sub-treasury and
third party apostle, followed the Kansas
orator, and he proceeded to set forth an al
legged reason for his advocacy of the sub
treasury. He, however, abandoned this
question and, emulating the example of his
predecessor, tried his hand on The GA
ZETTE. He called in strenuous tones for a
reporter OF the sheet in question, and even
went so far as to procure 4 cane bottom
chair for the object of his call. He wished
to be reported ut length, also at breadth,
wished to so on record. as it We're. Tim
idity prevented 4 granting OF his request
he then commenced mercllesS eXcOriation
of the object of his displeasure. The as
sembled peasants applauded him to the
echo, and made the Trinity woods ring.
Even the negro snare drummer took Il hand
and encouraged the third party orator by
beating tattoo on the cymbals attached TO
the bass drum. Mr.. Lamb finally closed
Very little was done in the afternoon
further than the making of short remarks
by some of the speakers At 8 clock the
platform was cleared and given up 10 the
embryo sub-treasuryites, who put in the
afternoon dancing. Good music was fur
nished by the Fort Worth colored band.
The barbecue, taken as a whole, was
more of success than otherwise. a large
crowd was present during the past two
days. and splendid entertainment was fur
niShed all