Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-11

their intentions. but with their acts.
You may ask what was the cOnyen-
tion or the police to do when the Clark
men or any other delegation did not
have badge. The answer is, lot them
in Having no right to require the
badge, they had no shadow Of q right
to exclude any man because be did not
procure aud wear it.
In the power house" convention
there were many who are my friends,
and in whose integrity as men and
Democrats l have entire confidence.
and do not question the honesty OF
their purpose, but deny the correct
ness Of their assertions when they
| charge
HONEST AND LIFE LONG DEMOCRATS
with being "bolters" and enemies OF
Democracy, because denied the right
to execute q trust confded 10 them by
Democratic constituents at tho place
where they had the right TO assemble,
they go elsewhere, and ON q platform OF
pure Democratic principles place a
ticket that in every essential element
Of fitness, capacity and Democracy
matches man for man with that named
by that body which remained in the
| power house"
We now come to the platform of the
| two conventions. No man, caro- not
on which side he may be in the pending
contest, has ever yet been found who
could point to one line or one syllable
Of the platform adopted at Turner hall
| that does not contain the essence OF
pure Democracy as taught by the
| founders and fathers Of the party. In
my judgment it Is the clearest, strong
est, plainest, simplest statement OF fun
damental Democratic principles ever
promulgated in Texas.
In the other platform we find open
rebellion against the formal authorata-
| tive action OF the national convention
in the great national question Of
| finance.
The national convention is as to
national questions, the great high court
OF the party, from whom whose Judge
ments there can be no appeal, but by
which every Democrat must he bound,
| and In my Judgment its action on the
financial question was sound, safe and
right,
II Texas can repudiate its action on
silver, then some other state can do so
on the force bill, another on the tariff
and so on, until its authority will be set
at defiance, and its platform be render
| ed meaningless and void.
| With entire Difference to the opinion
OF those who differ from me. in my
humble judgment it is worse than folly
10 say there is no difference or antagon-
ism between the Chicago and the
/ power house, platform. No iugglery
with words can reconcile two state
ments so utterly at variance in phrase
olOgy and meaning.
We find too, in the power house
| platform q declaration in favor of a
Income tax the folly and impractica-
bility Of which Thomas Jefferson mn
answerably demonstrated three-quar-
ters of century ago, and with relation
| 20 questions Of craftsmanship and poli-
cies Of government, the opinions OF
| Thomas Jefferson are entitled TO more
weight than those Of all the men who
lived since his day,
The answer now given us to the rea-
| soning and warnings Of Thomas .IefFer-
son is, that distinguished Democrat
| here and there fayors such "A tax but
We are not shown whore the great conn
Gil Of the party ever declared In its IA
| vOr.
The platform Of the convention which
nominated Governor Hogg, even II il
had any lawful right or power to mako
q. platform, which have endeayored to
show that it did not have,
ARsoLvED EVERY DEMOCRAT
from any obligation to support the NOM
| lnees of that convention and left him
nee; yea, required him to support Inc
ticket nominated az Turner Hall. For
any Democrat to fail to do so seems 10
me to put men above measures. and
persons above principles.
We md Judge Clark, then. nomi-
mated by Democrats duly authorized IN
90 SO. fairly and legally eNecuting tbc
trust ~ accordance with the conditions
upon which they received 1t. and find
nun upon platform Of unimpoachable
democracy, while the Opposition IN
MN MN possesses neither Of these claims
therefore | feel constrained bv eepgs
OF uuiy as asDemocrat, by belief In Inc
principles OF Democracy, and IN ~
importance Of their permanent TRIUMPH
~ government, 10 support Judge Clark
l lIi9i(y believing as do that he alone Il
S ga Ia 70 support OF men claiming 10
De Democrats ."
-, ~ nav among many reasons given bv
ellose opposed TO him why he shonid
, nv % supported, are most often ia
.1i. itsE That he was 'bolter.p or q
,oSj i.1vtsL | believe that have es-
ana 'i Snss;al upSn principles Of law, right
va Justice that this charge "a nnt,.,,a.
that, on the contrary be ana ii, ~,
supporting him alone hold TO The ' trne
.ssltn, ana that he alone holds i. 10y
title to the Nomination 'Ns ia"lul
S ,.....lil That his ''bolt as they nm
tatsJ 10Y ~. designate it, was premedi.
'' No, Ior unpatriotie purposes
ana INN ,',- ! Nas not advised as to the plans
kno,pp; H., - Is. Of either candidate. bu.
and s5,l Suuge Clark and his leaders
Den Dse, s,s's ! 70 have always been good
charge is absolutely ,ritho,,t ,,..ls shlH