Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-12
POINTS ON DEMOCRACY.
non. naaNnr erpns DEFINES HIS
POSITION.


cntCiul blonatCn.
Dallas. Tex, May 1f.---Hon. Barnett
Gibbs being interviewed by a Gazette
reporter expressed his idals on Democ-
racy as follows.
The harmony meeting at Dallas was
in substance surely an agreement
among representative Democrats that
every man who believed that the besr
interests OF this country required tho
continued success OF the Democrats
party would fight under the same po-
liticai banner. Every primary convene
tlon is the Judge OF It's own constituents
elements, and Axes Its own test. II a
man believes that the hest lntereats of
the country require the succeas OF tho
Democratic party and in pursuance q
this BELIEF votes the ticket he " rs good
q Democrat az the party has any need
OF. Any other kind OF Democrat ID
too pure for this world. Pie-cntne poll
iticinns can't make tesla for Democratic
or enforce them ON anybody but thcm-
selves or read anybody In or out OF
the Democratic party except theri-
selves.
The Democratic convention OF tho
sovereign state OF Texas can every two
years declare for or ngainat free silver
irrespective OF the national platform
state NJ the Union by reason Of its loyal
| support OF the ticket. our political
| syatom Of party government IL 10 COM
| plicated TINT no man can get In a po-
| liticnl platform everything iuat ma hg
| wants " and one who WANTS to get out Of
| political party or read some one elnt
| out on some one issue, should 20 "a
| England where the party ilghts are on
one Issue at the time. Under our
| form OF government those one-lsauc meu
L.
| Republican or Popullsi party. They ara
| politically like the neethetic dude. wha
! was In love with the girl. and nnNiou4
TO marry hor, except Tor the color q
| her hair The rest OF the girl was all
right but the color OF her hair mndd
| him bolt,
These new acif-conutituted judges Of
| other peoploa Democracy To be cons
siRtent must hold that there can Id
| no change In a Democratic platform or
attempted change except II originate IN
| the national convention Such "a doc
tiine would nuilify the principle Of
state sovereignty. The party from its
birth has permitted the greatest possi-
bile latitude of individual opinion,
A Democratic representative ls re-
| uulred to voice tho sentiments OF tho
majority clectinE him. thus Ear only
| auhorfmntlug his individual opinion.
| Nlne-tentha OF the Democratic votcra
vote the ticket because they truly be.
lieNc the hope OF honest, economical
government lies In that direction. Tho
basis of their amliation " neither Mr.,
Cleveland or the silver question. They
may he favorable or unfnvurablc to
either or both They may neither want
nor expect office. and yet conceive II
"a be their conscientious duty TO votd
the Democratic ticket. In the better
days OF the party and the republic thu
Democrat. successful In his nomination
and election TO the presidency, fires
uucntly called In 90 his cabinet or 9th.
err official service hin opponents fof
party nomination. In those days Of
fetal salaries were not hnlf as large
nB now. and public service was mora
matter OF honor and patriotism,
There were not so many tests and
nelf-constitutod judgpa, because thu
game was for points and not Htakea,
In those days the government distrlb-
utod pie In smaller pieces, and II 4
Democrat missed getting piece I'D
didn't love his appetite for avrythinH
else except the blood OF the fellow
who did get the pie.
In the Democratic strongholds Of
TcNRH the Democrats know each other
better by sight than by any other
test that could be devised.