Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-22
some POLITICAL DYNAMITE.
ATTACKING A GREAT PEOPLES
PARTY LEADER


A futile effort has been made by a
few men. well known Alliance men
and Populists to pull the powerful
labor organizations into political
movement, n Joseph's coat sort Of
affair. one of many colors and shades,
men of this city to pull political chest
nuts out of the fire for the few men
VINO are pulling the strings. This is
called an effort to create a fourth
party without any declaration of prin-
ciples, except I'VE want the Offices"
Organized labor is intelligent and was
too shrewd to be caught in the net.
Calls and calls for mass meetings have
been made and as result, at the last
meeting held Wednesday night only
seven men were present, one Repub-
llcan and nearly all the balance Popu-
lists.
There is a peculiar interest attach
ing to this move, however. from the
fact that the famous seven at previous
meetings like the tailors OF Tooley
street, resoluted in the name OF the
great organized labor unions. against
Dr. Bruiles, the war horse Of the Peo-
ple's party, the man who for ten long
years has stood with union men for
all that organized labor wanted and
fought their foes, when they were
not the power they now are The
union men are saying to the fourth
partyites, you stab our friend and
you stab us" and are letting the move
ment severely alone.
Rejoicing with the organized labor
Ing men OF this city, being still a de-
voted friend To the unions and union
ism, 1t is hard TO find the reason for
this resolutlng business. It Is found.
however, in one fact and one only.
When the Populists met in county
convention in Fort Worth and failed
TO nominate n ticket aa Instructed by
the people, DIR. Broiles was like many
others at sea, ana withdrew from ac-
tive politics, rhe great body of
union men finding that the Populist
party had been irretrievably wrecked
by the action of the party's delegates,
deliberately taken, determined to be
heard in behalf of good government.
Ninety per cent OF them made up
their minds to go into the Democratic
primariec and by voting shoulder TO
shoulder. take the Democratic pledge
ana select their friends for office.
This they did and were successful
Then sprang up the fourth party move
ard the schemers relied on DR.. Broiles
TO throw his great personality and
influence to the move. Then came DIR.
Broiles' offending. He declined TO have
anything to do with It, Pointing to
the primaries he said there are nv
friends, the union men OF Fort Worth.
they have made that ticket, they have
pledged themselves, l know them TO
be honest, honorable, true men, where
they have led will follow. am with
them ana for them. by no act OF mine
Popullsm in Tarrant county has been
ruined; with organized labor l am for
good government and for their friends.
l VIII do as they have instructed 1
VIII support the ticket made by those
primaries"
Then the bowling began.
In casual conversation Yesterday
Dr. Broiles said he was grlevously dis
appointed at the action of the Reform
Press meeting at Waco. II was mon
strous to run the official paper of the
Populist and the official paper of Inc
Alliance with scab or rat labor and
then expect a single seIf-respectinr
honest union labor man to vote for
Fepuilsm or support its nominees.
Dr. Broiles stands by the flag; he ia
Tor honest labor organized labor
against the world.