Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-08

Senator PETER Addressed the Populist Camp
Meeting Last Evening.

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The audience was not as large as usual last
night when United States, senator W. A.
PETER Of Kansas began his speech The
ahower that fell about o'clock and the
fact that It was the last day served 10 de-
plete the members. Hut he had several hun
dred earnest listeners.
lie began by saying that he was In Texas
forty-fyo years ago and had hoped this would
not be his last visit to the Lone Star state.
bring you good tldlngs Of great Joy. he
said We are growing rapidly all over the
country and are certain Of ultimate success.
The only danger lying In our way ~ fusion.
II We do not yield TO this. but hold TO our
principles. We shall succeed. Our doctrines
are the same everywhere, while our enemies
are at war with each other and are divided
On maiIy question. You OF Texas as well as
We Of other states have been betrayed by our
leaders. I have seen so much trcuchrry
among public men that 1 am In favor Of
war mot q resort to arnE and bloodshcd this
will not Gomez. but war upon corrupt methods
and base, selfish principles and policies,
The government Is in league with Wall
street In fact. Is absolutely controlled BY It
In the interest Of the money power.
Taking IN the bond issues Of the present
administration. he traced It's history from liz
inception. proving that there was no Hu-
! thorlty for II. The only semblaure OF nu-
| thorlty was In the act of 1869. but th,t
| provided for the Issue Of bonds previously uu-
/ thOrizod, nothing more. The only way to
/ get rid NJ this wholesale slaughter " the
peoples rights was to place popullstu In
! charge Of the gOvetnment--who hold their
allegiance to the power that elected them.
l T. o., the masses Of the toliug people, while
/ the OLD parties on the uthcr hand hold their
] allegiance ia tho money power. through which
] thry have maintained their supremacy 80
! long lie has again and again aocn l,cpubli-
cans aud Democrats alike stand mp and hat
] La M Co.
coinage, hut finally yield to one compromise
/ after another TO please the money kings UNI
| ~ all their manhood and every principle OF
| patriotism had been surrendered and their
country betrayed. They seemed willing 10
| stoop to anything rather than abandon their
party In illustration Of this he rayr q
Hhort history OF the Democratic tariff bin nl
| II went from one house back to tho other and
back again 30 many times that when II
passed. finally Il was 80 dlangured lts father
did not know A. and would not own n, and
Cleveland would not sign IT, Some inside his
tory N the great crime Of 1873 and u $50,
aud also the decentralization VI silver wat
given In proof Of the same assertion Mills
Coke and many others had surrendered N,
victories Of lifetime and betrayed thoil
constituents on these questions OF the great
est Importance TO the MASSES, when mpf
Will thus shake hands with our enemies a.
our Southern aud Western senators and con
groYsmcu IN the old parties have done, W,
cannot trust thcm any longer. II Is tim,
to elect them to stay at home. II Is no
safe Tor any houcat free silver man to trus
] either % the old parties no mntter what tho
promise. Senate bill No 2Gi2 which pas,et
both houses last January. was used as Al
eNamoic Of cid party trcachery. It authorize
the secretary to Issue 5000 600 600 Of band
maturing thirty years from date tho pro
cocds to be used to detray the current ex
pon1ca Of the government and tho redcmpuo
! OF lNitUu NtntOg hath "a
legal tender, Then tho perpeWty Of IN
J national banking system was provided for
! Section Q referred to silver coinage but Q
such terms as to makt Il Of no practice
? value TO the masses VI the people.
2 Tho good promises OF Congressman J
bailey and many other Democrats we're r.,
I ferrcd to. and shown to DO no better tina
= the apples OF Sodom, II is hard for eve
? young man to say politically, Get N,
behind mo Satan" party environments al
q exceedingly strong Even the preachers Wei
d having hard time, and they deserved
@ for they ought TO ospouse the cause Of u
+ common people and the oppressed. as jos,
Il did. II they know no more about the do
u trlnca they preach than they DO about Poi
g ulsm, they viii have a hard time to y
v to heaven,
tracing the history Of our bond systc
y from the beginning. he showed how Jol
II sherman had led both Democratic and X
u publican congressman, and the people. In
n slavery, The so-cNllcd honest dollar
70 tho gold bugs was dishonest dollar. b
II cause It's purchasing power was being co
rs Htanuy Increased by legislation. The mi
4 zion OF the Popullst party is to undo the
p wrongs aud this we would do and trluml
o splendldly II We stood to our guns like tn
~ men aud patriots,
le The senator was requested TO ansver t
~ charge that he VAS In favor OF a new part
" This he did to the satisfaction Of all. sho
Ut ing that In a summary OF tho Omaha pll
", form In ave points which he gave to I
Ut Now York World he was understood by
w little paper out West to mean a new par
when In fact he had reference TO tho Pol
q, llut party as the only new party needed,
~ He was warmly congratulated al the 81,
VIZ " his speech, which was well taken a
OF formed most nttlng close to the onoMl
az ment,