Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-26
STATE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES HOLD
ronIu IL DALLAS.


Special Dispatch.
Dallas. Tex. May 25,-Tonlght the
voters OF Dallas and vicinity were
afforded an opportunity to see hear
and choose their favored candidates
for congress In this district. Hereto
fore there has been a lack OF interest
in the Congressional race In Dallas.
It was generally conceded that Judge
Burke will carry the county and mo-
body seemed to be making any effort
TO prevent It. but the speaking tonight
It Is thought will somewhat nven up
the interest, and from the way the
other candidates seemed to be also
favored by quite a large portion OF the
hearers 1t is thought prudent for judge
Burke's supporters to get a little hus-
tie on themselves. The speakers were;
VIM. Poindexter Of Hin county. who
spoke first. making an hour and a
quarter talk: Rufus Hardy OF Navarro
followed In a talk OF about the same
length; j. s. Wood Of kaufman also
spoke one hour and fifteen minutes,
after which Judge Burke or Dallas
made a short address.
A crowd followed the Dallas band to
the platform. corner Of Main and Muir
ply streets, and by the time the first
speaker was introduced the crowd had
swollen to an enormous size. The Hon
VIM. Poindcxter was introduced at
S15 by Mayor Barry. He delivered an
able speech. strongly lndorsing Glove
land and the administration. He said
no man In six months could rectify the
wrongs thirty years OF Republican adj
mlnistrRtlon had brought about. He
spoke OF the wisdom In repeating the
purchasing clause Of the Sherman act,
and says before the administration Is
over all viii see the wiadom Of all Of
Cleveland's actions. said he would
burn his right arm on before he would
prove a traitor to his party by de-
nouncing his president for a petty Of
flee. MIR PondcNter was rapturnusly
applauded throughout his speech.
Hardy argued with PoindeNter upon
the standpoint that we already have
enough money In circulation among
our people. that our gold volume Is
about 1900 900, silver volume $1,000
600, aud paper currency $1,000, 600 p"
They agree that from the turin came
all our misfortune and the depressed
condition OF the country financially (;
they sustain Mr.. Cleveland IN his veto
message touching the coinage Of the
silver selgniorHge. They take the
broad position that coinage OF silver at
a ratio OF 10 10 Is HAT money doctrine,
as advocated by the Greenhnckers
Touching the question NJ the tariff
Hon. j. s. Wood agreed with the
previous speakers In every particular
that the tarln enforced and maintain
ed TO the present time by Republicans
was deliberate robbery lie said the
United States produces two-sevenths
OF the silver OF the world, and If we
win coin our own production, which Is
alone sGO.0OO000 per annum II will
raise the commercial value of 37i 1-2
grains Of silver, which ls now put into
q silver dollar from Il cents. fully 2S
90 80 cents MS a commercial product
whereby the parity NJ gold and silver
coin Gun and will be maintained for all
time lie said the money OF the United
States ~ not and never can be tho
money of any other nation on earth.
aud In the exchange NJ money be-
tween nations It is taken as n com
mcrelHl product, and not by Its stamp
value. and os Democrats we ought
not TO be blind to law OF nations.
Judge Burke got up, related a funny
story" and declined the Invitation to
gueuk