Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-03

if he has upheld and protected your con-
stitution, if he has faithfully aad unself-
ishly administered your laws, if he has so
acted as to manifest that he has regarded
your former confidence as sacred trust TO
be administered solely for the public ben
eft and not as
A PERSONAL cHATTEL
to be used in the interest and for the behoof
Of himself and his chosen friends; and if
under his administration contentment and
prosperity have come to your homes and
happiness relgnS upon your heartnstones-
you would be an unwise people to demand
his retirement IN behalf of any other candi-
date. for he would be entitled to q renomi-
nation and reelection at your hands. If,
however. he has proved uDfaithful; II he
has disregarded your constitution, either
through design or ignorance; if he has ad-
ministered your public affairs as II they
were private property belonging to himself,
and to be used only for the benefit and
advancement of himself and his friends,
and if under his rule, and as a consequence
thereof prosperity has spread her wings
and sailed away to other lands, leaving De-
hind her. many hopeless hearts and ruined
homes and a general prostration of material
and commercial advancement, then you
would be equally unwise if you did not de-
mand an immediate change in that office.
There can be little of sentiment in your
decision, fellow-citizens The question is
DIlCLlcdL-
interests, so far as the incumbency of pub
lie Office is concerned. count as an mint
esimal quantity compared with the
welfare of a whole people; and the IN
written law Of a mere custom cannot out
weigh the public security and the public
interests. That under ordinary conditions
it has been party custom with US to con-
tinue governor
IN OFFICE FOR TWO TERMS
is not pregnant even with the suggestion
that this custom must be observed to our
own detriment. If the present governor of
Texas deserves second term at your
hands, he will receive it; if measured by
his public acts he fails TO come up to this
standard, he ought not to receive it. This
is the sole question for your decision.
1 am not vain enough to assume that even
the governor or myself are indispensable to
TO Texas or to the party. Doubtless there
are other citizens of the state who could
serve her better than either. Indeed, a
wall comes from some sources that neither
of US are desirable in the present emer-
gency But, nevertheless, the governor and
myself are here, and circumstances have
made US opposing candidates for the high
est Office within your gift. Speaking for
myself, and knowing the governor as DO,
/ think also / could speak for him in this
behalf, we have entered upon this race be-
cause we are proud to represent opposing
ideas in government, and so far as l am
concerned, will add-and the governor can
speak for himself when he addresses the
people-that l am not candidate for my
health, nor am l candidate in behalf of
anyone else, nor have l any idea of waving
my claims df claims have) for the benefit
and advantage of some fellow who is sitting
in the grass waiting for nominating light
ming to strike him. There is no room in
this race for a politician of
THE SEUTER GENDER.
.f,1 1rv, OF re
ture for the appearance OF some plant fell
low who happened to be made at time
when backbones had given out and the
Lord used a jelly fish for the purpose of
supplying that portion of his anatomy.
There will be no room in this fight for
hybrid ticket composed of Chinaman and
a niger. This is a contest of ideas; 1t Is
battle of principles, and it will be fought to
a finish before the people of Texas between
Governor Hogg and myself. regardless of
dark horses, or any other kind OF sable
animal. The governor viii want to be re-
elected on the principles and policies repre-
scented by his administration, and l Will
seek the same high honor upon the princi
pies l advocate. The advantage-if ad
VANCE it be-that l hold over him. is that
his day for promises has passed, and he
must now be judged by his performances:
his public acts are now on trial before you,
fellow citizens. and his past promises are
u5t4ul Ou1J 1OE pun tOSCS VI Cum kleIASOils
The day of undue passion and excitement,
of angry preiudices aroused. or harsh
words spoken because of intolerance
of opinion, of false hopes ex-
cited by promises incapable of fulfill
ment, have all passed, thank God, never to
return / hope, and we stand to-day amid a
peaceful atmosphere with the clear sun
light beaming upon US in full effulgence,
enabling US to search all places and find the |
living truth.
That the condition of Texas has changed
within the past two years, and changed for
the worse, no man can deny. Her people
are burdened as they never were before; |
her material development is arrested new |
enterprises are hardly discussed, much |
less projected aid executed; her farmers /
in great measure are impoverished her |
laborers are
WITHOUT EMPLOYMENT.
Her commerce and business is stagnant, |
and nearly two-thirds of the state still |
awaits development Only two years ago |
your retiring executive congratulated the |
the state in his farewell message upon the |
hatteriug measure of prosperity which |
then obtained with our people. To-day a |
blight seems to have settled upon US and |
is d reminisceHce. Our lands, |
the chief basis of ON wealth and our credit, |
by reason Of constant attack upon our |
titles are unsaleable and unpledCable and |
banks only are possessed of any money. The |
masses are crying aloud Tor some |
relief, and even the Accommodations of The |
rich are taking wings and flying away, |
we know not how, we know not where. |
Money, which moves the world comes to !
US no more, and
THE LITTLE WE DIG
out of the ground leaves US as we reach out
our hands 10 grasp it. This condition of
stagnation comes with peculiar hardship |
upon the poor. Usually wealth is not af-
fected by such depression-it is always
able to take care of itself; and capital, /
when unprotected or antagonized, seems to
possess wings with which it can fly to other
lands and there enable its possessors to
revel in their accustomed Injuries; but the
poor must remain and starve, for they have
no other alternative. If it be crime on
the part OF government TO Cypress capital,
how much more gTievous, how much more
damnable Is it when, by means OF such op-
preston, it lays its heavy hand upon labor,
for labor cannot live without employment,
and stagration means for it starvation.
Now il would be unjust to charge the
whole responsibility for this condition of
affairs upon the present administration in
Texas. 1t comes from several causes:
From scarcity of circulation; from the
robbery of q tariff which ruthlessly tram
pies US under foot for the benefit of
FAVORED FEW,
and deprives US of the power of making ex-
changes of our products for the products
Of other countries who wish to trade with
Us and to buy of Us; and it comes also from
from an ORGANIZED system or rohherv 1,ndor