Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-14
HE IS WELL RECEIVED.
his REMARKS CONTAINING "GHAss'
BRING OUT ROUND AFTEn
ROUND OF APPLAUSE


More than a thousand people clapped
their hands or made some other DEM
onstratlon last night when General
Jacob s. Coxey OF Ohio was introduced
BY Judge j. Il. Martin. in fact, tho
auditorium OF the city hal was well
nigh filled. and it Is said TO seat 1000
people. And II was Coxey crowd. too.
as the hearty cries FOR "CoNey" before
the opening OF the meeting clearly dem
Unstrated. r.As ed
But before Introducing Mr.. Coxey
Judge Martin read from the platform
adopted ut Baltimore in 1899. on which
Andrew jackson was nominated. Dur
ing the reading and remarks OF Judge
Martin, which were brief, there were
frequent cries OF "CoNey." He coutln-
ned to read IN he had given The pub
lie the Van Buren, platform, calling at
tentlon 70 the fact that these two We're
Numerically opposed on the question
OF internal improvements
Then came Mr.. Coxoy, the Ohio Pop
nllst candidate for governor who was
received with cheers as long. loud aud
hearty as greeted Congressman Bailey
a week before. when the cheers had
ceased Mr.. CoNey made his first bow to
u Texas audience.
81 am glad" said ne, 'tO he able to
show 10 Texas audience the means OF
carrying out Andrew JackBon'H plans
OF public improvements" He then
went into n discussion OF the financial
question, with which the public Ia more
or less familiar.
And there was loud aud prolonged ap-
plIuEe when he concluded In HIS terse
way: "rhe banker IS the only man In
america who lives and actually draws
interest on his debts"
Mr., CoNey IL a vigorous nervous
Hpeaker who puts his propositions IA
cI"ar-cut language, though his speech
might not be called logical. lie rs n
mRn OF medium size, OF why build, and
both face and form Indicate great de-
termination and uutlrinR energy. lie
was dressed last uight In II dark
w0rgtcd suit and tan shoes. He wore
a HtandlnE collar and very large
four-in- hand tlc but no vest.
After giving very Hucciuct account
OF the coming up OF the panic IN 1898,
he concluded: "if the bankers all over
the country had done IA they did in
Fort Worth-gone to shooting each
,othcr-thcre would not have been
.mnny or them LETT" Here there was OF
course laughter and applause. Soon
afterwards. when q big black dog wnR
noticed walking about tho hail Mr.
CoNey said pointing TO the dog: THAT
must be an uneasy Democrat" at
which there was hearty laugh. So
by one incident or another he Kept his
audience In high good humor.
In discussing the present financial
situation he assumed that President
cleveland was responsible for all the
1llHi ana he made his audience be.
lleve H. too, He made a speciality Of
Cleveland's method OF rewurdlnr tho
congressman who stood by him In his
financial policy. He called attention
10 Breoklnrldge OF Arkansas. Springer
or Illinois and Kllgore or Texas. "A9
soon NJ the people told Buck Kilgora
they did not want his sort OF rcpresen-
tation any longer, Mr.. Cleveland sent
for him and gave him a 1udgcshlp in
the indian Territory, Can't you PER-
Huade tho Indians TO get his Hcalp9
Thntg what ought TO happen to him, :"
Il tell you" he continued, when
These representatives, of tho people
misreprescnt YOU and betray YOU. thew
ought TO be met by their constituents
with a hemp necktie on their return. :"
Make EN- keep on the grass" cried
bome one In the audience. and the house
ronrcd again.
Time. and again no referred 10
grass at which word always rose a
yell Of laughter.
Then came tho calculation of the
SoNey plan, headed by the CoNey good
roads bill. with which the public Is
familiar. The other bill he considers
tNn"ti'S " the RESTORATION OF good
ilnen ~ what Is known as the nOn-ln-
'terest.beoring honda bin. Now" said
ne, lf you want to keen on paving In
terest and never reducing the PRINCIPAL.
Just keep voting FOR the Republican or
Democratic party"
Time after time he reverted 10 nm
early statement that tho banker rrets
flch by lending TO the public at a high
rate OF interest money he had borrowed
from tue public without interest, and
every time there was wild applause,
turning 10 the question OF transport
tatlon he said; '"rhe time has come
when the people. through the general
government. must own the railroads,
or the railroads will own the country. y
nj which there was applause. Then no
proceeded to show how the government
can purchase the roada through the
non bearing bonds
This action. he said would drive
European money back to Europe. Then
the European capitalists would have 10
invest their money at home, which
would give employment. and thus pre-
vent the immigration TO this country
OF the scum OF Europe.
IN MS story OF the march to Washing
ton General coNey told only whnt the
public knows, but he amused and In
t,eresied his audience, bringing roars OF
laughter time and again.
There was a hearty cheer whom he
tod how that when Carl Brown was
arrested 80 ladies'. taxed without
representation" bonded their propertV
ana got him released 10 this cheer no
responded that he hoped to see the
ar well az taxed.
speaking OF hls imprisonment he
aald Those twenty days m Jail were
the hhppiest and Shortest days OF my
HE, becanhe ] believed that imprlson-
ment would do great things for the
When he closed at least one hundred
hand. AMI not few LETT their lesaI
tender dollars 10 pay subscriptions Tor
na Sound Money journal Issued from
Masnilon, Ohio.
one OF the pleasant features OF the
evenins was the presentation OF a beau
tiful bunch OF roses Nv Miss Mcrs.' !,
Evans, the curly head-3 Nttie dauehter