Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-09

not approve unconstitutional acts, passed
by the legislature, vet, tho hwn laadinu acts
under the administration 4 this governor
OF ours. and upon which ha hung all his
promises Of greatest blessing have been
declared unconstitutional mud void; the one
BY tue slprGmc court o Texas ard the
other by the circuit court Of the United
States. One OF these, ] nm told, he prac-
tically wrote himself aud proudly boosted
that IL was To his knowledge, all right. be-
cause his eNcelency had himself dotted
every ~ and crossed every "t' in the
whole bill ! cannot follow the candidate
who would deprive any citizen, even a rail
road man, from the right Of trial by Jury
and hearing in the o rts Of the country,
upon any question involving his life, lib
erty or property ! think voter who com
mits even the high treason Of scratching
Hogg ticket ought not TO be summarly OK
ccuted by the police who guarded the car
stables, lest Democrats might got in, with
out n trial by jury The records Of the
| party in all the states in the Union will
show that ours is the first governor, claim
ing TO be a Democrat. who ever slnudered
the credit OF the municipalities Of his state,
who ever made war upon the capital seeking
TO develop the material resources OF the
state, destroyed industries and closed mines
and factories. He is the first TO Islander
land titles and declare in sweeping and
general terms that all arteries Of commerce
are in tie hands Of thieves who grow
rich b., bong the people; the first 10 NJ
ray ueieh o uslnst neighbur and encOur-
g d Q honest tlilcr Of the country to look
u ON ms former I'll sud and nelghb ~, In the
city, as his business aud political enemy
Washington. In his flrnwell address, pre-
dicted that Just such political lex would
some day be attempted and ,arned the
people to Il o yn upon the oifOr - hank God
II took more than 100 years 10 produce this
one, claiming to be a Democrat-and we
ought TO hope that 1t will be as long before
we have another.
II is dificult enough for the people TO get
along smoothly, without having their feel
Ing continually wrought upon by these
quack politicians, who recount TO them, from
every hustings tbs many evils under which
they suffer OF Que thing be sure, we shall
never reach. by following them, that Ito
plan period when no mnn viii havo griev-
a nee & inst his fortunes or his neighbor,
LIS Is full OF struggles d 10 has been aud
will la for the shOct span that you and
shall enjoy or endure itIustabo the same
Some shall walk iu smoother places than
others, but tue great masses a mankind,
whether rich or poor. will meet advorsi v
and danger Along the lino. hlr iogg Is
not the grcur discoyerer of the p u l al
grievances he people, and tho ln ID sln-
ocratic and uuwhOlesome political most ums
which he has so far offered for their cure
have proved him "a ver,table political quack
These selfsamo ieyances IN one form or
another, have ioa greater or les cStort
afflicted the body polite from tho begu-
ciug-the r Oh have been ready TO oppfnss
the poor aud the poor have boan ready TO
rise in revolt and undo the. rich
Is 4 not strange that all the
Den ratio leaders from jefferson
down 10 Cleveland and all the patrl-
OTIS from sam Houston down to SUI. ROSS,
who have PR sldedover the destinies Of this
nation ana th.- state, found ~ unnecessary
TO ainerd q DemCc attic principle, or 10 an
noun &c an un-Democratic policy
1t is claimed that the declarations OF the
car stable platform which do not harmon-
I've with the national platform are only dc.
clarations of policies and not principles. II
true then VIC have the u .hority and adj
vice OF Andrew jackson a. to what 10 do
In cases OF real doubt as 10 matters Of mere
public policy he advocated direct appeal
70 the people, the source OF all power, as
the most sacred OF all obligations aud the
wisest and safest course 70 pursue. To the
people OF Texas we appeal, 10 their deci-
sion as Democrats we will submit For
following Jackson's advice we are traitors
and ought not to live--God save the mark
II those who know that every enunclRtlon
we make Is Democratic and who ought 10
BE- leaders Of the people had but seized the
Promethean torch ana lighted their foot
steps to the more exalted pathways oi pa
triotsm such stru Wle need not have
been, but instead we mad that many years
In tax-eating has eaergaied the brain and
weakened the understanding, and ne who
was a giant among his fellows u found run
ming after the red Fl GOT the Commune and
at every lump we can &c the rents made
IN the seat Of his trousers while he was
riding the barbed wire fence during the
prohibition campaign. 50 long In office and
50 anxious 10 retain it that he will follow
the red flag Of the commune straight 70 the
gates OF anarchy. The greatest tyrnnt Of
all is the commune and but one consolation
can we feel when Il succeeds, and that IL
that tho heads Of It's chief advocates are
have never heen able 70 understand why Il
was necessary for the Democratic party,
with It's boosted majority Of nearly 20OO 900,
TO purloin plani.s from the Third party, the
old Greenback PARTY. the Union Labor
which has offered, during the last quarter
Of century, any apsibie enunciation.