Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-04
A KALEIDOSCOPE CAREER.
Who Is and Who Was the
Populist.
Judge Reagan Finds nm Implied
Threat to sccede if Free silver
Plank Is Adopted by the Next
Democratic Convention.


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Palestine. TEX, May s.--Judgs
Reagan's reply to the attack upon hin,
made by Judge George Clark in thu
Gonzales speech delivered by the latter
is one OF the most caustic contributions
10 the political literature OF Texas,
Here ia the text Of It;
have read the speech Of judge
Clark made NJ Gonzales on san Jacinta
day. and It requires some notice By me,
He began II by saying that WINS "a day
and occasion In which Texans should
lay aside all aelrlshnoss. all partisnn.
ship. all mallec and all uneharltablc-
nosH and think only OF the groatness
and glory and honor and prosperity Of
Texas and her people"
Before he rot through his speech ha
madc nm elaborate, nm unjust and M
uncallod FOR attack on me, IN which,
forgetting his charity and faithful
only TO his nartlgnnshlp aud malice,
he grossly and no doubt wlIfully mis-.
represented my views for purely
partizan purpose
Referring to me he said; 80 we have
here n party "a government demanding
the connacatlon Of private lands
natlsm IN money and may say robbery
" ','"' n''pNiN y" '"e snapV Oh run
,'au 'l'Nrs'i'e'''S' enu Se' 'hia pohu'W
'V's ''l'"i"9 ~ 'i"N" " N"tuc "l'u h
"nu'n u i''"'ouruVS 'nu. uisth'
| ku'HnVu pi''s'n OF our STATE NOT mora
.'a'' M'Vh "ho' sunueinNl ilpe ~
| seu,'' ''rp u. hpnorS' nus N'aVe'y sent
ioru, pupnn nVi'n''oh 70 Nhesa
| pV'pie WI" ps"''' Va tnese herNh'es, 70
p"'ne n''p JOIN win MN IN uahlna
| rpTSe"''p" VI w" Hou'pe'h''o party, /"
u'lNF o' 'no o,n'r ''noer'ts VINO up
np' "N'fo WIN MN
- '"'9 S,a''piVh' n' mAl,'" iva
v"H'NVa ab"'nh' me- flrH', lhnt nos
u'ore wan W'eN "so ihVited ph,y
ueUn'huihE Vohhao"uon OF private
'"nuH. "nuo" IN money, robbery OF
| P''N"'' Pr"P''ty IN he hhhpe OF rail-
| road Investments, to come ana Join with
me ~ taking possession OF the Demo-
cratic party.
What Ills First Letter snid.
grosser pervcraion OF the truth was
. | NHN 800 ffhNfNN FNh''t hAAAAA
Judge Clark the conservatism OF my
vlewa on political questions. From tho
time Mt which he allcgea made this
Invitation. he could only have refer
enco to my letter TO the public OF AprIl
10, quote at length all said ON that
subject ms follows; ''Thcre IN one
other question OF serious import to tho
Democracy OF TcSas Democrats who
are disappointed by the course which
has been pursued by the president and
some OF the Democratic members OF
congress have somo OF them qult. and
others Of thom are considering whether
they will quit the Democratic party To
Join the populstH. The Populists agree
with the Democracy on the queations Of
coinage, the tariff and Tux ON incomes.
and an 10 the necessity for nm 'increnra
OF the volume of currency. In fact thev
borrowed these poiIules from the Demo-
cratic party There ia nothing. there-
fore. in those questions TO prevent
their uniting with this Democracy. but
they advocate some other policies which
Democrats believe to be violatIve OF tina
constitution OF the United States.
dangerously paternallstic, and utterly
impracticable. on these they cannot
agree. refer 10 their advocacy of tho
issue OF money by the government to
be loaned to tho people on land mort
cages and on the deposit OF farm pro-
ducts in public warehouses. and their
proposal that the government shah buy
and own the railroads. telegraphs and
telephones Those who framed ana
adopted the constitution OF the United
st,tes certainly never contemplated