Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-01
LINE UP DEMOCRATS, ALL.
APPEALS ny SILVER MEN TO Sill
WEIR DEMOCRATS.
Col. wynne Credits the Majority
PIntform 10 senator Mntiocis--iius-
sell severe on Aidridge-Nominee
Finley Makes u RousinE speech.

Grapevine. Tex. Sept, so--1n his
speech here today Colonel II. NJ. Wynnc
referred to the fight at Dallas over
the financial plank in the state plat
form. as follows;
II understand that some good DEM
ocrats are dissatisfied with the state
platform adopted at Dallas, ana are,
in fact mise5nstruing the same. Il
Is well known the platform favored
aud earnestly advocated was not adopt
ed Insisted upon the adoption Of a
platform declaring for free and tunlim-
tied coinage Of silver at a ratio OF l6
to 1 and l am frank 10 state that
we were. in the effort, defeated ny the
adoption Of the majority report. which
is the Democratic platform today, but
insist that this result cannot be leglti-
mateiy or truthfully attributed TO the
fact that the Democratic party in Tex
MS are opposed to the free and unlim-
tied coinage Of silver at a ratio NJ 10
to 1. Neither Is any Democrat bound
by this platform as 10 his Views On
this particular question. No one Of The
'abie gentlemen who advocated The
adoption Of the platform with 30 much
ability and earnesness in their speech
es before the convention claimed that
said platform declared against silver.
but 10 the contrary, they most earn
estly declared that it left every Demo-
crat In Texas free and open 10 hdvo-
cate his own particular views IN the
silver question The platform is a plain
declaration for bi-metalhsm and cannot
be construed into single gold stand
ard PLATFORM l could but be amused
at the assumption of some of It's adj
yooates after its adoption when they
insisted that IL is declaration against
free coinage, and particularly Ut one
distinguished gentleman who procured
himself to be interviewed the next
morning after the adoption OF the plat
form and said: Tell Jim Hogs Dick
Wynne ct al, that | whipped them
with my hands tied behind me- # Is
amusing, first, because there was no
such contention during the discussion
and before the adoption Of the plat
form; and, second, because this gentle-
man arrogatcs to himself so much cred
IL for that PLATFORM Now, my fellow
citizens, i am not going to discuss The
intNiiuhH ny winch We were htAfdAtNs
because ! never discuss family secrets
In public Suffice 1t to say that we were
defeated-aud Ii was well done. The
only comfort / have is that 1t Tas
done by good Democrats and that I
have courage and devotion to the great
party Of the people | trust sufficient 20
take a thousand such defeats ind not
sulk or scratch the Democratic ticket,
to say nothing OF refusing To vote Il at
all But while l Will not discuss the
methods OF this defeat L will credit
the mdn with doing It who, thiak, did
more than all the others together, and
his name IL a. l.. Matlock. He was
at work for months before the con-
ventiun met, night and day II was
,Matlock'a untirlng work and Bill Craw-
Ge,a's begging speech before the con-
vantion, EQUIPPED with the fact that one
Side was after the offices and the other
side was after the platform, which re-
suited In our defeat; and the little
man who had himself interviewed end
hands tied behind him is taking to
himself credit 10 which he Is by no
means entitled, But thiq mattera not.
II apReaps 10 me- that one aldo was
wording for the Offices and the other
side for the platform, and each side
! got what they We're working Tor, there
should be no kicking coming from
! either.
IN this connection / want to say
! to those free silver Democrats who
/ are sullslng and saying they won't
/ vote the ticket, that they remind me
Of soldiers who desert the battle line
] and run as soon as the plckcts are run
In or captured by the enemy. The truth
ls the fight for free silver this year
was but slirmlsh compared to the
/ great battle to be fought two years
from now, when we are to senG dele
sates TO the national convention to
] adopt u national platform, where the
silver question will be leading. burn
ing Issue, What ore you silver Demo-
Gratis thinking about? Are you going
to deliberately put yourselves in a POI
sition by refusing TO vote the Demo-
cratic Ticket this year when the real
contest comes you win be dlsarmed and
can take no part with us in that pend
ing contest2 What will we, who have
gone outand spent our time and m Jney
doing battle for you, do IL YOU desert
usI We can do nothing n you refuse
your aid We may make as many
speeches ms we Ike, but unless you.
who do the voting, stand IN line so
thNt yon can do the voting two years
from now, We are powerless The sue
cess OF our cause Is In your hands.
II tell you, IL takes votes and not
speeches TO win the battle, and L fur
Their toll you that, in my Judgment. II
! iarr'lnt county VIII do her duty thin
year at the next state convention we
Will hav twenty Democratic votes In
that convention, ana they Will ali be
for free and unlmitOd colnage of siI-
yer alta ratio OF 10 20 /. Il Is unmis-
takahlY true that the grand old county
OF Tartant, with her roading and In
tellectInl citizens. IL for free and nm
limited coinage OF silver. and as ono
who has stood by you III the past and
will ncver desert you IN the future. lei
me beg You TO stand by your Demo.
cratic guns and vote thc ticket
straight and unscratched from con-
stable tctgovernor, and two years from
now, when we meet IN state conven.
ton We VIII be there and we viii
make a platform and Instruct our del.
egates to the national convention 10
make one which Will clearly and unc-
qulvocally express the views OF the
great voting masses Of the party. Do
not abandon the fight II Is grand
one for tho rights Of the people and
only seooud IN Importance 70 the great
tariff question, upon which tho Dem
ocratlc marty Is almost unit"
Russell at Grecnvinc.
Greenyille Tex. sept 2s.--Afr. Cor
don Russell OF ailneola, who was tho
chief spokesman OF the minority or
I straight free silver platform hnf,r,.