Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-11


TO get Office. There is Z duty { perform
We are naturally Democrats from the
ground up, from the soles of our feet to the
crowns of our heads. II the Democratic
party has history in Texas, didn't help
make it, and am 1 to be denounced to-dayl
May God forbid. The spirit of repentance
is not in my heart. / followed the Demo-
cratic party as long as It was for principle,
but when it was converted into a corrupt
com bination to crush labor, condemned it
They tell me that rose smells as sweet by
any other name, but when I smell a politi-
cal rose want to know that it is the Ocala
rose. I care not what you call me,
but keep my eyes on the Ocala platform,
which represents the demands of at least
10000 900 people, who are appealing for
down-trodden humanity. Watch every
man and every movement. Watch all the
time and pray occasionally.
Mr.. Martins voice had the old-time ring,
although it had not been employed in a
long time in an important political meeting
He was loudly and frequently applauded.
THE ooALA DEMANDS.
j. T. Robinson of Dallas spoke in advo-
cacy of the Ocala demands.
Harry Tracy responded to calls and made
another speech. He said that free-born,
hat-footed American citizens were running
the meeting and that before the moon sets
in the morning they would organize and
sci III uOl1Ou Il iltliS piece Oh machinery
that would make the heads of tie political
bosses swim. They had been disinherited
and they proposed to assert their rights.
They proposed to drive Mr.. Hogg into the
third party. Some people said that Harry
Tracey was not farmer. He
spent three months grubbing on his farm
in Milan county and now he was grubbing
up plutocrats.
The conference took recess of an hour
awaiting the report of The committee on
permanent organization.
The committee reported recommending
for permanent chairman, Mr.. Crawford of
Cisco; for secretary, Z. S. Peters of Rob
ertSon county; assistant secretary. I. Ben
nett of Limestone county. Executive COM
mittee: First distaict, William MCGEE;
Second, E. S. Peters; Third, John D. Nix
Fourth, Harrison McCuisten; Fifth, r. N.
Bell; Sixth, Milton PARK: Seventh, w. P.
Laughlin; Eighth, E. o. Meitzer; Ninth,
w. H. Tracy; Tenth, Taylor McCray I;
Eleventh, c. ]. Monroe; state at large, H.
E. Mccullough and Harry Tracy.
We respectfully submit the following
preamble and resolution for your consider
alton:
Whereas, the ruling of the chairman Of
the executive committee of the Democratic
party of the state of Texas excludes from
participation in the deliberations and pro-
ceedings of the party those holding to and
advocating the principles of the proposed
sub-treasury plan; and
Whereas. the said ruling meets with the
approval of the state executive committee,
as evidenced by their long, and to US pain
full, silence, therefore, we, your committee
on resolutions, submit the following as
short and full embodiment of our prin-
ciples:
/ We advocate the principles enunciated
in the Ocala demands, more especially the
sub-treasury plan.
2. We advocate the election OF all officers
by direct vote of the people.
3. We advocate the unlimited coinage Of
gold and silver.
4. We advocate reduction of the tariff.
3. We oppose the present national bank
ing system.
6. We favor reform in all departments in
our state government, and demand that eX-
penseS be reduced to the lowest point COM
patible with efficient administration.
Z. We favor a railway commission that
will insure equal and exact justice to the
people and to the railways the commission
to be composed of three qualified citizens of
the state elected by the people in the same
manner as other officers.
S. We favor an alien land law that will
protect the citizens of our state against the
encroachments of foreign land syndicates
and alien ownership of lands within the
limits of the state.
We suggest that the executive committee
(named above) be empowered to cali a
meeting of the people of the state at large
should it become necessary in order to eff
feet the carrying out of the principles above
stated
We recommend that the people continue
the organization Of Democratic clubs for
the purpose of carrying out these demands.
The report was adopted clause by clause
and it went through without hitch until
the last recommendation was reached. 1t
called for the organization Of Democratic
clubs MIR. High of Navarro county moved
TO omit the word Democrat"
Mr.. H. n. Tracy said that if the meeting
was not Democratic meeting he was not
in it.
Harry Tracy said that he was willing to
label them Democratic clubs; in fact he
was unwilling TO go into the fray under any
other name.
w. r. Cole, the beheaded member Of the
Dallas county Democratic executive COM
mittee said that he tnought!as long as Mr.
Finley had issued his pronunciamento rul-
ing sub-treasu ryiJes out of the party, they
might organize Democratic clubs and rule
him out of the party.
Discussion over MIR. Highs proposition
promised TO be prolonged and he withdrew
the motion. The clause was then adopted
and everybody seemed to be satisfied.
BY inv tation Gen. w. L. Cabell of Camp
Sterling Price of eX-Confederates ad-
dressed the conference and extended an in
vitation Tor the mem berS to attend the
meeting of the camp tomorrow night.
Harry Tracy offered the following:
Resolved. that hereafter the Confederate
reunions invite all Union soldiers to meet
with them as comrades, and that in the
election of officers for said organizations all
eX-ConfederateS and eX-Union soldiers vote
on an equality, to the end that in future the
organizations may be known as the ''Ex-
Soldiers of the States"
MIR. Robinson of Dallas said that he did
not know that the meeting was a military
affair He WASH mad when the war broke
out, and he wasn't mad yet. He was glad
the war was over and he hoped the civil
lied world would sit down on war He be-
ieved the internal reunions had done more
to keep up strife between the North and
South than anything else outside of hell
Instead of !, 100000 slaves. who brought on
the war, we now have 60, coo, 600 slaves. He
was willing to accept glory to God the
highest and peace on earth and good will to
men. MIR. Robinson's speech was lurid, but
at times he struck popular chord and was
rewarded with vociferous applause.
Mr.. Tracy defended his resolution, and it
was adopted.
The conference then adjourned subject to
the call of the executive committee.
AMONG TIE DELEGATES.
Speaking of the Mills convention at Waco.
held the other day, MIR. c. NJ Wilcox of
McGregor, MeLeunan county, says that the
masses were not represented at that con-
vention. It was composed, he saws, of a
few nOliticiaus and Nv NTil1s,. ,,srsoval