Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-06
HOW ORGANIZED LABOR WILL 60
They WIN Get Eighty Per Cent Of
the Union Mem. votss-Tho Entire
Democratic Ticket WIN DO sup
ported by Union Mon.


outcome would be- Nr. Kirkpatrick 10
one Of tho conservative and most pr,in-
incnt union men In the city. and better
posted, probably. than any one else ms
TO how union men and working mon
generally OF Fort Worth Will exercise
their outrage today.
The reporter found Mr.. Kirkpatrick
quite busy upon entering his oiiee,
but was asked to take seat with the
promise tina, he would be attended 10
IN moment.
Having completed his immediate
work, the great political prophet
an he has been dubbed by a dlsgruntied
member OF the popullat party, gave the
revolving chair In which he was sit
tins half circle. remarlsng an he
turned; NOV, sir. am at your SER
Vice. what "a M
MIR. Kirkpatrick, ! have been as
aligned 20 Interview YOU IN REGARD to
/ county politics and what pnrt tho union
] ana working men generally VIII play
I IN tomorrnw'H election, VINO wore the
] favorlte candidates OF tho union lhen
Z upon the Democratic ticket ~ the pfi-
1 murlca last spring aud Why"
] "Woll, sir, Il IL d rather long story
/ You want TO know. frat, sou HHy, what
| candidates were tho fnvortca u tho
union mon at the prm0cifa, Beyond
/ n doubt. Armstrong. Terrell ahi bdr-
! don were the men on the Democratic
/ tickot whose candidacy was likely To
| be hottest contested ut that tlmo. WHY 2
| There were very cOgcnt reasons, IN
! the nrst place, one u Arm5rdnBp
nntngonistB, tho able present lnruid-
] bent OF county Judiciary was charged
l by union men with Hgnlng contract
( which allowed tho contractors "a enl-
[ plOy nou-unlon or Honb stone cutters
I and brick lny0ra ON the new court
| house. This. possibly, wna an unln-
| tentionnl blow at union labor, but tho
! Judge received great deal OF blame
! FOR VI from not only the union men "
/ the city but working men, respecting
| fair wHges, generally, whose actions
ARE guided to q large extent by union
men. Mr.. Armstrong; record IN the
city council showed him to be plainly
n friend OF union men and union men
reelprUcNtcd cordially his support Tho
other candidate upon the ticket for
the office OF county Judge, Mr.. Parker,
/ wuh a comparative stranger 10 union
men, though Well liked lie received,
the circumstances considered, very
natterluH vote,
"iicn Terrell had showed his friend
| ship for union men ON several ocua-
MOng At one time before the prl-
mnres, he even ieupnrdi2ed his chances
BY standing fwnly with union labor.
| lNe union mon remembered this, His
rnce was walk over.
Mr., liArdon Ia another candidate
whom union men remember very warm
~ For years he has been The constant
and unnwervlng friend OF union mon.
] a In afftFllNffmtT a
tors, stone mnnona, brick layers. stone
cutters and such labor. ho has al
WNyh rccpHnlWd the union flrat last
and nlwuyH. and been hhoulder To
shoulder with them In aiding them to
maintain an honest scale OF wages
for honest work lIo IL the sort VI
man union men pin tholr faith To, IL
was union labor men who brought him
out"
"IIow do you know that7"
II am In a position To know I was
one OF the union men who INFLATED that
ho should be brought out aud insisted
that he should represent US, After acv-
otnl times rcfuHlng 20 undertake the
race. he finally concluded To accent
Just lvo days previous 10 election II
was clear case or the olllce nceldng
the man, and not the man the oluo
/ dunt believe that there were half u
dozen union men, who were qualified Il
vote, who ala not support Mr.. Bardou
at the primnrlcs His election was
considered by the union mon aH u great
Victory when the votes were count,
ed " was aopn that he had . hand.
some majority over his opponent Mr
Holloway"
Don't you think TINT nrloc's oppoai
ton In tomorrow'a election viii Prov
formdhblc2"
"ro q limited extent, yes Mr. Bric
In good union contractor, but tn
manner In which he has entered th
canvas does not Impress union men u!
boinH IN good faith"
"MhyY"
"llciore the election MIR, nrice wa
oa,enalbly Mr.. nnrdon'a arm supporter
Nit Brlcc signed tho petition Hottel
, M by union mon to bring MIR. Butdol
out lie went around among unto
! men ana spread this impression. Brio
! made Hordon personal promises. II
said repeatedly that union labor mo
owed II 20 their intureata 20 defeat IN
present incumbent. Whom asked N h
would vote AZ the primaries he said h
would and he dld ana his support
4 moral and actual. went TO Mr.. larddf
This union men, understand, had 1t 1
for thp oommisAlonor OF nrooluct Ma
heoauas repeatedly az county commits
= nloner he refused Co recognize unto
\ committees who called upon him I'm /
ENrd 10 employing sCNh labor on Ia
courthouse, aud on one oocnAlon IA
!, even had the temcrity 10 tell a CON
mlttrn To say 10 the union mon 10 al
tend TO their hualncaa and he would al
tend TO his. Union men do not rendli
forget such thlnga, anl ala not IN Ia
present instance, and when MIR. Rric
y Maid that the present incumbent ougl
to be defeated by the union men. VII
owed II ~ thcmnpNcs Ia work Nrain,
hon. they readily agreed with him, an
" naturally concluded that Mr. nrl,
= was supporting their declared oandit
u ate and friend, John nardon dom
thinl, Mir lirice has acted IN good fail
canning IN at the eleventh hour In ol
' position 70 tho man the union me
brought out ~ their ehnnpion. al
whom they thought no was eupportlnl
lie not only came IN at the elovent
hour, but rot the nomination on N
II, Pom Nnd Republican tl0kets. lie
\ WELDING two-rdged aword Az Il wer
y This ~ the only objection unlon mo
have TO MIR, nrice but Mr.. Iirjoe nj
md II n very serious one indecdp
l. DO You think be will be defeated
You know he u regarded by the pol
ullsis "a one ~ their strongest men
the eonapicuous hope of their ticket"
n III makes not particle OF diiferrn,
!. about that" responded Mr.. ISirl,pntrle
little veNed. YOU will see thai n
name 10 Dennis when the polIu a
closed and tho votes counted Mr.. IA
don will act at the very lraet a.,