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

is to say that tho national platform Is sub
iect 10 different constructions. No candid
man viii assert H. Another writer points
10 the Ohio platform OF 1891 upon which
tho gallant James r. Campbell was nom.
mated and manglcd, aud which platform
coutaii cd a plank In favor Of the free and
uulimi 9 coinage OF silver, aud another In
favor OF tho graduated income tax He
forgets to tell us that Campbell defeated
Foraher In the preceding election, one Of
the ID est republicans in Ohio, ANA
that IN 1891 he was ovorluslingly
showed under by Mckinley on that plat
form. Aud then he tells US that this Is u
Mahonciziug movement, He Is quite for
gotful Of Ills history Malone claimed to
bo an unterriiled Democrat like some OF
the Hogg crowd. He sought to engrOft on
tho Democratic party policy OF Virginia
measure for the rc.adiustment OF the large
puslic debt OF that state, scaling IL down,
dccie sing tho iutoreAt, and fixing the date
OF payment, without consulting the cred
it0rs ON any OF these points. The "Old
Guard" of that proud old state-poor as she
then was--reluse to lend u hand To a plli
which they regarded unjust, Partial repu.
diulion, aud unworthy the honor and ira
dillon Of tho Old Dominion, he "Old
Guard" was hoaton Nah ne and his road
iusters eve elected the governor, logsln.
tire aud both u. $. senators,
Tho day Of small things hat
mo, nut Nol 10 NlNN, ne 'Oll
Gunrdn an led TO tho sober socon
tnOugut OF the people the day Of do i,dr-
nrce came. aud again the Old bNttlc-suarred
Hay floats thriumphantly over he good Old
state, redeemed, dlsouihrAlled and moving
gloriously onward on the highway OF pros
peuty, Hoggism beats tho traditional
platform. gOboles mp the third party ltt-
form, and adds u state bank platform,
against all tho tradition Of the party In
1uNas, and labels tn curious monstrusity
Democratic" Look on hinhOnolsm
Look on losgism They arc twins, and
when the sober second thought comes back
TO the people the old dag OF Democracy
viii again float triumphautly over Texas
redeemed, diseuthralled. moving gradually
TO the front to take her true place as the
leading stuto nj the South.
Bu, tho rs so-caled rsument Is that
the Republican convention AZ tort Worth
endorsed Judge Clark II was an act OF
wisdom and patriotism They admitted
that thoy had no possible hopo OF olec ling a
Republican, hence as citizens thcy had 20
choose from the then candidates the man
whom they believed would best serve
Texas. They chose Judge CLARK, and made
q wise choice But the Hogg people are
sgaiu singularly forrotf0l OF history, In
1879 the Democratic ATTY found itself 10 q
hopeless minority Gonoral Grant had
en- nominated By the Republican party,
aud at that umo his prestige was lrrcsist-
able. Horace Greeley, u lifelong Repu0ll-
eau, was nominated by the Liberal party
His platform was far more liberal 10 the
| south AMI bittor for It's prosperity than
lhc one ON which Gonoral Grant stood.
In that condition the national Democratic
convention mot at Baltimore and nomln itod
Creole and Brown, and all ;he sixteen
votes Of Texas were east for that uckoi.
Draw Tho deadly parallel VI son VIII. Tho
Republicans simply followed the Domo-
cratic example set before tllQin, and spme
OF the luldn1t tricuds 81 GnNVHor uoeg
were delegates 70 tho Fort Worth conyen'
iion, aud were the m iaf cnthustast O in
NHNlng nands "a ross tlo bloc Y Chasm. -
Now uey lnlito Us to come back 10 Den0e'
\ ,ry tQme back 10 llamucl afyl Wehayg
/ have meyer OF IT, No gentlemen parlakc
1i Your ielshaEnr's feast without our
| M any A Daniel will some diy inter.
! p Z 70 you the handwriting on the wall
Ne h We ansve oil what they please 70
.gl Theft nr aments There IS vt 4
/ u plank IA The national plato m; aot
tsn pink III the sinto platform ON
VII chlndge ClarS Ism. X x ,harace, They
know mat be is ana % sllenald ability,
,nat his ECU aeo his Oeqn ir.cd when hiA
country nee iei him, aud found RE a. tho
! harvest OF leithi Not mHl Va the state
| no knows hm doubts M no vi 10 tne
| all extent OF his ability faithfully rouplv
10 his pledges 10 the Q ple With this
ptd skefvn we submit Tue question. trust
.ug ihe 20 ple 10 determine 10 " inter,