Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-23

Won tonight. am worn oI' IN IT,,
feeble i have been fighting re pa s,1'
~ ~ p.o,Ic so long ! have ittle iaiih
a. snnr natriotism. / have asked you 10
"a 10 The polls TO vote for yourselves
sss,5 vnnr families. Once again. 1 ask Of
you. Vote for the resolutions.
:. crisis Is upon us-nOt only money
crisis but q bread crisis rs Wen. lhYre
are people within the sothu VI w h''ss
tonight who have not food enough at
honie Of proper quality to Keep their
families In good health. Our system Of
ie,,islnti,n has made fish OF one LOCALITY
and fowl of another There are many
reasons why we should rally together anu
resolute on tie ronnilion 81 ~, aih l niu
on account the condition o. the country.
-Four DAYS ago / was In Waco where
meeting OF our people had been called
for the purpose Of deciding what was
best to do 10 educate our people rs 10
their duty in regard TO the plutocrats
and money kings OF The East. u was
decided to establish an Independent news.
paper in the state for the purpose OF
educating the voter aud to den0unce
Cleveland. the plutocrats ami the ADMIN
istrJtiOn for the present CONDITION OF
affairs IN our country. But l want 70
say that hanging and burning people IN
ofhgy won't do the work. Cutting aud
burning rags is not the thing. The time
may come when burning and hanging VIII
be necessary. but when that time does
come let the burning anu hanging be IN
actually and not parcel of rnFs. BE
fore the war people were hung ior nav nav
ing enthusiastically hung If the uine
ever comes when you want TO hang some
body. for Gods sake hang them actually,
aud do not hang rags
loud and continued applause and
cries of Give It to thcm.O
Il say to you, fellow citizens as !
said before. you haven't the moral
courage to go the polls aud vote for your
rights, and yon haven't the moral cour-
age to take bnyonet and light for your
rights. | don't believe it Is unlawful or
Illegal for q man TO eat when ne Is
hungry. | don't believe il Is unlawini or
Illegal for man when he is freezing TO
20 TO n FIRE and warm himself. | be-
llcye 1t is wrong 10 stand asking Tor a
job when there Is work to do but l DO
believe ii Is right TO ask the government
to furnish the work and TO furnish the
money to pay for the work. | can nov
ouly manage to pny my taxes, and am
getting poorer Nil thc time"
The speaker alluded 10 the output Of
cotton IN several states aud the fact thai
II was worth eight times the amount Of
money that OUR congress WAS now spend
ing its time in quiJbliug about Issuing
Continuing he said;
~ few syulieatcs were touched in the
West to the tune Of thirty millions. and
bells IN Washington ringing You have
lost 500 GJDCp on cotton, md you
bnycu't heard single bel ring IN Wash
iuyiOn. This Is because you are only
ilrucrs We are all 10 favor " the free
coinage of silver, Notwithstanding 10 is
commodity. Silck 10 the silver men,
Stick 10 the West Stick TO yourselves.
Eight Tor your has till these syndicntes
and corporations have been swept aWuy
from tho face of the earth, ANA Yet the
nation do what can't bee done hv co
operation or by individuals. All our
LEGISLATION Is in favor OF Europe and her
p,unorlts.
Years aga | had paper here called
IL The SOuihwpst.' ! stand here tonight
MS I did thcn for the South aud West,
ard aE1in4t the uMtucruts Uf the Enst.
Adopt these resolutions here tonight.
Ask The newspapers 10 put them in and
Il they refuse publish lhem in crowds
Ike this one hoGc tO1ight | am glad Ia
'es this crowd here tonight ON the site of
the courthouse II cost TIrrant county
$1,000 ,o tear down When they
come TO tear down our inst' tons Ell
dor'el bv jackson, You VIII see the
rrlndrHt nsshiuhly In this hrolSen-down
nation ever Witnessed AMI FROM behind
jhr ruins the pllt1rrnts will see the face
" Liberty iarnc them in the face.
They are now taking away our farms
aud lots and the money we earn from
| them II is tine for rs to quit catin-
the slAuks. boots and Jaws while some
| other follow elts the tend 'rlln. We
| mu7t do this b. adopting such rcsoli.
ION, a. lhlosr here tonight. They say II
| we have free CpndEc Our silver will bt
| as valuclcss az The Confederate money
| God bless your soul, that confederate
| money was good as long ms there wa,
Confcdcrncy You cant afford to lei
ms class Hesitation ~ on any longer