Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-13
THE BIG BARBECUE.
The Second Day of the Farmers
Alliance Picnic.
THE SPEECHES DELIVERED.
The Gazette Very Kindly Remembered by
One of the Speakers-Sone of the
Big Guns Hereto days
Programme.

The Farmers Alliance barbecue reached
its climax yesterday. In addition to the
large number which had already Campcd
on the ground additional Alliance men and
sub-treaSury advocates arrived Yesterday
with their families and took i hand IN The
proceedings. At ) O'Clock il was estimated
that 1900 or more people were ON the
ground. Considerable disappointment WIS
felt by the Alliance men over the fact that
the leading men who had been advertised to
speak had failed TO materialiZe. Lalse
numbers other than Alliance men had
gone out, thinking that Gen. Weaver
and that SOckless exponent of Sub-treasurE-
ism, jerry Simpson, might turn up 1T the
eleventh hour and address the multitude.
But neither Jerry nor the general have
yet made their presence known, and
those in charge have about abandoned the
hope OF their coming. The non-appcarauce
of these gentlemen necessitated a
change in the programme. Music was fur
nished by the glee club, which sang famil-
lar airs. Songs that predicted the final
overthrow of everything political except
the Alliance. l.. j. BrownSOn of the Indus
trial Educator spoke first. Mr.. Brown
son only intended TO start the
ball rolling, and talked briefly of
the good that would necessarily
follow a reforming of the national press-a
revolution as it We're, in every department
b. f. Keis of the Kansas Commoner took
the stand The sole mission of this gentle
man seemed 10 be to blight the Fort Worth
GAZETTE with his shafts of sarcasm
and his occasional attempts at
wit. He made OdiOuS comparisons
affirming that The GAZETTE reminded him
of Republican sheet in Kansas. Tie then
commenced a TRADE against the Democratic
press in general, and said that it lodged
such questions rs the sub-treasury and sill
yer questions, and kept up the cry Of tariff
reduction. Mr.. keis then condemned
the force bill as outrageous and
unjust, and as the spasm of
Republicanism. The financial situation was
next looked to, the speaker affirming that
paper was the equal of silver certificates.
The contraction of the circulating medium
he gave as the cause of the present depreS-
sion, and denied that overproduction had
the least to do with money stringency.
Mr.. keis was vehement in
his advocacy of the adoption
of the sub-treaSury plan, and proceeded TO
show by facts and figures how not alone
the farmers would be benefited, but that
every class would reap a rich harvest from
ii. He next gave his ideas on the railroad
question, and gave it as his opinion that
passengers should be carried as cheap
as freight, He also advocated gov
eminent ownership OF The tele3
graph SNSlClilS WI INtIo N1p'''A
his speech by again handling The GAZETTE
with ungloved hands, and wound up by
completely faying it.
In the afternoon Messrs. Coleman of the
Southern Mercury and Vincent of Kansas
spoke Mr.. Coleman, who has recently ar
rived from Georgia, spoke first. His re-
marks were confined in a great measure
10 the defence of sub-treasuryism.
He is a fluent speaker and
interested the audience for over an hour.
Mr. Vincent of Winfield, Kan, followed
Mr.. Coleman. He does not claim to DE an
out-and-out Alliance man nor rdbid sup
porter of the sub-treasury. He spoke
mostly on the land question and the rela-
ton of the government thereto His
spe ech was one of the most practical
and forcible of any that have been made
since the speaking began.
1t is not certain who will speak to-day,
but there are several on the ground vino
only await orders to deliver up their ideas
on the needs of the country. Among these
is W. r. Lamb of the State reform press
association. Mr.. Lamb VIII be
remembered the gentleman
who demanded recognition in the anti
subtreasury and anti-third party convention
here on July 10 and II, and who was denied
the privileges of the floor by the president.
He has been present since the first day ana
will probably speak to-day.
The barbecue closes to-day.