Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-22
A GENERAL RESPONSE.
DIFFERENT PARTIES AND Fac.
TIONs ARE REPRESENTED by
oRAToRICAL LEADERS.


Lnmpasas, Tex, Aug 2l.--(SpGsH -
The assemblage OF the various labor
and Industrial organizations is increas-
ing In size. but 1t must be said that
even yet the crowd Is not so large as
was expected.
1t is probable that such another po-
litical conglOmcration has meyer been
seen In Texas The most active men
IN caring for the people who are IN
attendance seems to be District Clerk
Word. He is chairman of the local
committee OF ARRANGEMENTS ana under
stands his business fairly well, being
an anable gentleman and finding real
pleasure IN attending to the wants OF
others.
The idea Of the meeting, as was an
nOuced was that all shades of social
and political opinion should be repre-
scented on the platform ut this great
CampmeetinS, So II is that addresses
are announced from the chief speaker
in the ranks OF the gold bugs, as well
as from the free silver Democrats. The
single tax league Is to be heard from
in the person Of Prof. j, G.. II. Buck
OF IIillsboro, and the Federation of La
Dor is represented by j. Il. Scott OF Dal-
las. Then comes equal suffrage by us
advocate, Mrs. NJ. H. Watson Of Beau
mont who has the platform and the
hour Friday. Mrs. Watson Is known
as a strong woman as well as earnest,
and she Is expected to make great
speech. One of the subjects to be dis
cussed Is proportional representa-
ton" which will be done by Or. A. L.
Agtor of san Antonio. "a. l.. Aston,
MD. Spinster" It would have been
written a hundred years ago, Now 1t
! Is plain "pr. A. l.. Aston and the
reader is given no suggestion OF sex.
| Or. Astors subject Is a new one to
nj sin does pNnpgt 10
| accomplish much for awhile yet. Com
| ing over on the train yesterday some
| OF the men. notably among whom was
| State Alliance Lecturer Dawes, tried
| to discourage her by saying nothing
| could be accomplished In that line for
| many years to come. But the reply
| was.
81 am not a very old woman, yet l
| was the first person who wrote Aus
| tralian ballot In the United states.
! Now most OF the states have the Aus
! trulian ballot
! cover flfty-nve miles OF Santa Fe track
between Temple and Lampasas, did
| DR.. Astor meet the charges and coun-
| ter-charges OF Dawes, Representative
Floyd. D. O. Moody and whoever else
| chose to put In an oar and tried to row
past the position she had assumed
| She believes salvation can come only
through proportional representation
! She will not even advocate equal suf-
frage unless she can first have PRO
portional representation"
There Is general disappointment Mt
there being present no representative
| of the free silver Democrats This meet
ing Is emphatically Popullst and they
recognize that the free silver men have
n large majority in the Democratic
party. Their whole effort seems to be
TO help forward any movement 10
cause II breach In the party. To TINS
end they naturally want George Clark
and some representative of dominant
| democracy to meet here, The leaders
are greatly disturbed at this failure.
The Alllnce. by the way, Is having
n "monkey and parrot time though
they are trying TO make the newspaper
men believe ALL is serene. There Is a
Committees on constitutional amend
ments. consisting OF Hon II. c. Thomp-
san of Fannin county; b. A, Calhoun,
u q Wormell Representative NJ a.
Drlnkard and Hon. ]. NJ. Perdue. TheTe
are in the body of the Alliance ltseii
| differences of opinion as to what the
duties OF this committee are at ms par
| tIculnr meeting and the committee "
self is not at all agreed as TO what II
shaIi do or try 20 do. Then, there is
trouble over the question OF guperna-
torial candidate. The members OF the
alliance seem to think that whatever
man they select for governor VIII mol
nnlv be the Populist candidate, bu'
viii he the next governor. They nave
hean greatly strengthened In ms De
iief since senator Carriers Interview
unfinished In the Gazette two weeks
ago. ,,,,,a t,ierd.
49, mi there Is not a unity OF sentl
nnsnt rs 10 the wisdom OF putting hin
~ arain. Some urge that "Jndgt
Nuqent has a bad habit OF being de