Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-11

the reactionist. they have never ceased
TO be what they have always been.
steady conservative agency standing
midway between scntlmentalism and
sedltion.
The pressing needs of the hour when
reverence for established rights is Civ
ing way to predatory instinct Of plum
der and spoliRtlon are flrmness and
reason on one side. moderation and
argument on the other. The pacific
counsel OF arbitration is taking the
place Of shot and shell in international
disputes. and no satisfactory logic ex-
lists why It should not be transferred to
the composition OF troubles between
capital and labor
This remedy. while open to the favor
lite charge OF paternalism. has been
tested by the state OF New York in the
cruclble OF Industrial depression and
found TO be most beneficent
safeguard.
1 shall not pour eulogy over the re-
sources Of Texas. which you gentlemen
have done so much to uncover and de-
volop. l shall not allude to her hill
sides and fertile valleys, where could
feed the wandering foeks and herds
Of all the Arab tribes. richer than the
watered plains OF the Jordan. wherein
Lot did cast his tents: soil from which
the husbandman may garner the
abundance Of ripened haryests such
as Joseph never dreamed Of in Phar-
aoh's years Of plenty. This We have,
/ but greater than all should we prize
the reign Of the law with a peoples
sentiments to uphold II more powerful
than standing army with sword and
cleaning bayonet.
Strange the shifting career OF the of
fice-holder. whose scarlet harangue in
cites the Canaille to assault upon the
sacred principles of vested property,
and the citizen win take care of him
self and socialism as state policy will
crumble to ashes.
Painful and ridiculous alike to re-
call that this country was treated to an
opera bouffe spectacle OF half dozen
chief magistrates walking with spinal
columns bent before the rafting bombast
or rout OF professional tramps and
tatterdemalions. Texans determined to
be abreast OF their rivals. knowing that
France has st, Denis, Ireland ST
Patrick and England St George, con-
tributed the etllgy Of their own fragile
governor as the patron saint Of the
wayfarlng yagabond. Then let us not
seize upon any man or theory because
OF mere availability; rather unite
availability to respectabillty, patriotism
with party devotion. and you have n
godhead with the body OF experience.
the spirit Of Democracy and the soul OF
ultimate wisdom. Texas II not in
grained In the original timbers of the
nation. within her brief span. has lived !
TO see the ancient fabric of empires
dissolve and fade, to see Kingdoms rust |
from their creaking hinges, for she is
destined, commercially, to be the outer |
most sphere TO give motion to all others. |
Shall We permit those who shall sue |
coed US in the fullness of time to COM |
plain that at the supreme moment we |
were recusant to the purposes for which |
our fathers builded and wrought with |
their last expiring breath2 Better that |
we all should perish and our dust scat
tered to the eddying tides OF the earth.
propose the toast, In view OF the ills |
that threaten to prey on the vitals Of
organized society. when darkness and
clouds are around and about us, when |
the time Of action comes, Texas the
proud mother Of heroes. may she never
become the mother OF towards.
Coming nearer home. the following
was offered CITY OF Fort Worth"
Response by 7. S. Reed.
Toast to Fort Worth.
T. 5, Reed, merchant and banker Of
Beruam, Texas. in response to the
toast, The City OF Fort Worth" spoke
as follows.
appreciate the courtesy OF an invita-
ton to respond to this toast. he.
ing a life-long Texan. reared from n
child in your midst in the neighbor.
ing county Of Burnet. You know I'm
TeAas we are neighbors Il not more
than 200 miles apart
l rejoice In this opportunity to do
honor to city so richly deserving IL
ana to speak word in praise OF our
great state whose wonderful achieve.
meh's md no better illustration than
the Gigantic strides with which
The Panther city
has passed from an obscure VILLAGE ~
thriving. bustling magnificent c,,y
the pride OF all Texas.
More than twenty years ago. when 7
was scarcely a man, in company Win
some youthful friends, I passed Tho
night In the future city of Fort worth
II would only have been by rraotar
Than senatorial courtesy that yo,,
could call 1t city then. We stonnod
Tor the night at a tall gaunt lool,,na
tWo-story house called. l think hs
Pacific Hotel" and which must sa,.
would suffer considerably by n cow,
parison with our surroundings ton,ah.
at We Arlington Inn. We bas dran
mat night | doubt not. hut evon ,hs
widest flights OF our youthful -.
could hardly have pictured tho nar,.,;
Gus changes I see around mo ,osa.
Look upon that picture and On 49,,
MY memory calls up through the 80 ls.
OF years one of those typical str1sc,,"O
western villages whore the tuara -
the lawyers went from town 10 town