Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-01

Not captivnted by populi.t uere.ie.

and AilurcmcntH.
Mineral City, Texas. August 2j-We
have had fine rains and everybody is call
eulatins oil large fan crop OF cotton.
Grass Ia good and every thing is doing wau
at this time. Spring crops were cut
shert by the dlouth.
/ am a citizen OF Bee county. / live
On SAT- brAn' h, seven miles lioia Mr.
tfai tily. am small farmer. 1 nave
iv!t t'.c pressure Of tho hard TINES The
same as all oiber poor farmers ! IaVi
To labor the year round to support my
young family, VINO can not support them
SslNes. but don't curse Cleye.and for II,
as the most oil my nelghbors do. / have
them as nelghbors and frisnd2 but hey
arc all populis,s. and down with cieve.
land and democracy ~ their war ely,
whils l stand In their midst lone ccm-
oelstt one OF my popullst Trends sayI
thut old Cleveland and wall street 10th
ought 70 be hung. He thinks Wal street
frleid about tho tariff bill. and he asisd
me what the tarlm bill was ana still
thc pePullst party claims TO be educating
the people, These same people A., IGsu-
lar subscribers for popuilst newspapers.
On tho I'D OF August / attended d or
ulist barbecue at Mineral city. There
was q debate between Ben Terrell, pop
ullst. and Il. II. Kinssbury OF Waco.
democrat Terrell preached populisu IN
all Its hldeous forms. while Kingsbury
defended democracy with a strong arm.
disciples of Terrell hooted at him. but
before he finished hin speech despair was
pictured on Jhe faces OF Tcrrel's disciples.
and when Terrell arose 20 reply the pop
hist eve was turned upon him with the
ominious expression OF, odd man, II you
cant save US we are some" kingsbnry
before their eyes and told them how that
dollar was worth 100 cents anywhere that
Gods sun shines. a. me same 1i's time s,,t,
was worth only 70 cents. He pictured TO
them the chances under democratic gov
ernment for any man 90 rise from thS
Invest TO the highest walks OF life and he.
showed them the impossibntty undeg
populist government for men to rtsS
above one common level, no matter whal
his capacity, because their policy Is y
hold all men down to one common level
/ did not know that the populist poheyi
was as bad as Il Is until heard It fs1uii
the liIs OF Ben Terrell. He said We want
tarfn for protection only and direct taa'l
alton upon the wealth Of the country 10.
| revenue. My farmer friends. my old BALI
faced horse and my old brown COW ana
my plows hoes. corn and cotton and the
| land Il grows upon are portion OF the
wealth OF the country, Direct taxation
Will inlpoverlsh and destroy the hap-
plness and prosperity OF any people
quicker and surer than any class q leg
| lslaticn. Its greed can not be satshei,
| It's grasp broken or evnded.
| pemocracys every eifort has been to
| reduce taxation In ever! form. the great
| mis- take OF the AMERICAN hNs 2
| heen in throwing her doors wide open 20
the poor OF the whole world. That ls ihe
| cause OF all our troubles today America
| San take care of her own poor people
handsomely, but not OF the poor OF al
| Nations. and until this mistake IL rem
| edIed we will have no more property,
We can not look for relief from, the,
popullst party, because the bulk OF az
foreign iaborers IN this country belong
"a me populist marty believe the DEM
ocratic party viii remedy this mistake u
Kent IN power would not lay down
re princlples OF democracy for that OF
any other political party in t ne kpS cy
hack.1 by patriotism and loyalty 70 our
g ,1ye constitutes m IDEAL amer
,can csdzen Wars. famine and pesu-
/ ience may come upon our lana, the 9sn,o-
nrstic marty may he defeated and the
government pass into The hands l. Of some az
49,, win live on and reign In the
hearts Of true and PATRIOTIC Am si,lt, Is
until Gods last bright ORD snan s'i, ,no y.
ne Western horizon TO rise no more
| forever, . - $500