Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-31
JOINT DEBATE.
Tracy and CuIberson Lock
Horns Yesterday at Bonham.
ALLIANCE AND SUB-TREASURY.
An Immense Audience Listen 10 the Arguments.
Col. CuIberson Handsomely Cared.
Mr.. Tracy Pays a Compliment to Barney
Gibbs Courage-Col. Culbersou's Re
ply-Disapproves oil Gibbs Bill.
National Pawnshop.
ALLIANCE AND SUB-TREASURY.
For and..Agatnst Sub-Trrasury.

Special 70 the Gazette.
BoNHAM, Ten. May 30-Au immense
audience was present 10 hear the Joint dis
cLssion here today between MIR Tracy and
Col. Culberson. Mr.. Tracy opened The
discussion ana said: 4 am pleased 10 stand
before YOU to-day 10 represen, u cause
which | count Is democratic. / am q Dem
ocrat, have always been Democrat, amt
never voted anything but Democratic
ticket; but let me perform little pleasant
duty before proceeding. Then, turning 10
Col. CulberSon, he presented j boiS arc
cane having silver head. stating that the
boiS d arc represented the Democratic
party, for il would never decay, and the
silver head tree cOlnage-vhich he knew the
Democratic party was i'll favor of. Then
be resumed and said that he would first
take up national banks. He demanded the
abolition 81 nItIona! banks, saying that
theE We're the greatest curse thar ever was
perpetrated on the people. Here he gave Il
lot OF statistics showing the correctness of
his argument. He said that there We're
S9,OOO,0OU mortgages on the farms Of this
county, on which they are paving cNorbtaut
rates OF interest. This is why the times
are hard and the farmers wives and chill
dren have to go 10 the cotton patch whilst
Wall street is living off of the fat of the
land. He said that il 1865 there was
enough wheat, corn, oats. bacon and cotton
raised 10
PAY orr TIRE PUBLIC DEBT.
put 1t was not done, that L still goes on
growing greater and greater each ycar--the
rich TO richer and tine poor 10 poorer, as
sisted by means OF a cursed class legisla-
tion, all of which tend 10 place an additional
yoke on the farmer. We could not compete
with the farmers in Kansas. as we had 10
raise our crops on land worth 5000 per
acre, and 1t costs us more 10 raise the same,
everything else considered. The national
banking system l. perfect. but il is wrong.
What we need now IS more money in circu-
lation, and we can only get that through
sub-trcaSuly. Establish one in every county.
Build warehouses. then elect YOUR mana
gers and the farmers will soon ind relief
through this plan. We are not welded to
this system. Only show lis better and we
viii Jump on it with both feet But yOu
all critIciSe the system, but none has vet
offered better, except Barney Gibbs, and
honor him for his courage, and we almost
stand shoulder TO shoulder in the great
cause of reform. Esta bliSh the Sub-treaSu-
l'ies, and it will do more toward building
houses and manufactures than any other
thing. II will cost only 500, 000. 0UO to put
II IN operation. ana will be The means of iu-
creaSin% our circulating medium 1909, GOO
900. Il Will
PROTECT THE FARMER
from the speculatOr The Alliance killed
the force bill and passed Il law for the free
coinage of silver, but Cleveland vetoed it.
We are in favor of free and unlimited coin
age of silver, ami against the tariff, and
further than the Democrats wanted tariff
for revenue only sufficient TO run the gov
eminent economically The Alliance IS the
most progressive party in the state. We
want more money and free money Some
say the sub-treaSury is unconstitutional It
is not denied lis being paternal. If that is
SO the public school laws are paternal The
savings Of the system will help out the con-
traction of the currency. Gibbs and l are
not far apart on this question. and l am
proud of him The warehouses would only
change the storing of our produce from
New York TO our midst This is what we
want.