The Russellville Democrat., 1892-08-04
Good Advice from Texas.

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 CLIo, Texas, July zs.--As it ie seldom one sees any thing from the far west in the DEMOCRAT will give you n few dots. All the old friends 1 from Pope county living here are 1 well and getting along all right. We have fine crops of corn, wheat and oats; cotton is fine, but needing rain.
 Politics is the order of the day. Democrats here have their banners hoisted for our national standard bearers. Of fcourse we have third l party here, but they are breaking ranks and will be but few in number in November We also have the fourth party platform which may Ipredominate in the future. We hope you will publish it in the DEM ocRAT so that our old friends there can have chance at it. We are to call a meetingin the near future and see if we can affect an organization Of course our third party friends will not object because they have been advancing from step to step and will after November have to take another step. So we leave the matter for their serious reflection, but request our democratic friends in old Pope to stand by the demo- cratic banners and the victory will l be ours.
 Success to the DEMOCRAT, it's ed l itor and many readers.
 W. $. BowDEE. Following is the platform referred to in the above letter
 FOURTH PARTY. The following from the Cambridge, Georgia, Democrat where it is credited to Texas paper, is published at the re- quest of q number of parties here who are anxious to see the new party organ ized, advocating the principles set forth in this platform
 Ed. Courier :--Being an old and asttte politician and having carefully stud jed and analysed the Democratic, Re publican and Third party political plat forms and finding them all rotten and corrupt to the core, of evil and only evil tendencies calculated in their nature, de- l sigG and purpose to bring disaster, ruin, poverty and destruction to the masses, and believing there is yet hope of avert l ing the disastrous ruin that threatens our country by organizing Fourth po- | litical party similar and yet dissimilar to either of the aforesaid parties. Similar to some of the foregoing, as it is to be made up entirely of the rag-tag, bobtail, dissatisfied, disaffected, disgruntled, grumbling, growing, whining members of other political parties; and dissimilar, as no man is allowed to become mem Der of this party for our trade or infiu- ence.
 1 hereby call mass meeting of such men as above described to meet in John Barbee's opera hall on the night of May 2l, between the hours of and 2 o'clock, for the purpose of organizing and fully equipping for war this Fourth political party. When fully organized we will elect by ballot sufficient number of men to fully, seertely, stealthily and sneakingly canvass all the entire coun- I ty of Hamilton. It shall be the duty of eanvassers to lie on, misrepresent, and throw their nasty filth and slime, and even puke on all other political organ izations. I hereby notify all interested parties that no one shall hold office in or even become member of this party un- til he fully endorses and subscribes to the following oath:
 | A. B., in the presence of these, my disgruntled brethren. do most sincerely promise and swear that old Jim Hogg is personally and individually responsible 1 for the drouths, cyclones, hail storms, short crops and low prices in farm pro ducts in the State of Texas and if Clark is elected governor he will have the country in worse fix than Hogg has, l for do solemnly swear Clark is a bigger liar and smarter man than Hogg. | furthermore do solemnly promise and swear that l will not under any circumstances, whatever vote for any man for office who can read or write or whose State and county taxes amount to more than two dollars a year. 1 I do furthermore most solemnly and sincerely swear by all that is good and l bad, with all the devil and vim there is | in me, that l do honestly and sincerely | believe that the property accumulated l by hard licks, industry and economy of our wealthiest men ought to be divided up equally between the lazy, disgruntled members of this party, and l further more swear l will never be satisfied un- l til this is done. 1 furthermore tiptoe and rock back on my dew-claws and most solemnly, sincerely, willingly and anxiously promise and swear that Will never plant more than q half crop of anything and will under no circumstance es half work that, and furthermore swear that will do all can to keep my neigh bors from working theirs or paying their debts and to cap the climax, l do with all the earnestness of my soul, from the bottom of my heart, sincerely promise and swear that I will take my wife's chickens, butter and eggs to town and trade for whiskey, get drunk and talk politics,
 Believing party made up of the above mentioned material would reyolu- tionize the whole country and be good thing, urge all who can conscientious ly take the above oath to be prompt in meeting at the above time and place.
 JOIN BENTLY BROWN.