Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-30
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ties, however, were not the only ones
who hid to "ent crow" Tho gold men
under the party lash were compelled e
support candidates who refused &c
stand on the platform, This WAS
humiliation condition OF things, bat 81
Will continue You make II. Tho love
OF power, the desire TO be on the win
ming side, the lack OF Individual lnde-
pendcnce have consolidated Themselves
into dangerous evil that has In II
all the elements OF destruction. This
Few managers control affalrs. This
condition IN Its results r. but one oi
the phases OF federalsm--an oligarchy
surely drifting to ccntrnlism. and
consequent and inevitable destruction
OF our free government. Corruption IN
high places. individual and class greed
are. not worse In thclr effects than the
domineerlng dcmagogsm which su,
hordlnates u great people 10 selfish am
billion.
In regard TO the silver movement
which seemingly has no much young
life In it. | must say that l deem III
blood watcrod and that II viii accom'
nllah nothing II II does not get outside
OF the Democratic party. The money
power, gold, has possession OF ita or
SANITATION with mlnda fixedly mada
UP. They mean 10 keep possession
as long as the thing holds together.
The Idea OF the two elements working
togcthor--l moan tho gold and silver
elcmcnts-w would be prcposterous, but
II Va really not 80. Gold holds the relna
ana drives. The silver horses may
switch their tails, but they win obey.
Tho silver leaders talk very loud and
put their feet down with seeming great
iirmncas. but they are on soft groundt
and the masters are not present. Wall
until the schoolmastcr rings the bell
ana See the boys come running home.
Walt for the national convention.
They viii be whipped back Into ranks,
| They VIII be made TO support gold
| platform They will have to do that
| or get out OF the party. and they
won't do that. The people want silver,
| hut they Will not get II through thd
Democratic party. These busy ailyct
Democrats know that fact. silver Ia no
party. That party has become
thoroughly Rcpubllc0nlEcd. ny that
moan II H. controlled now and viii
| continue TO be controlled by Republic
oanikCd Democrats, These silver men
VIII doubtless make a iight In conven'
| tion for silver, hut they viii fail, Tho
| money power VIII win. A Janus-facod
| platform will be adoptcd--one face to
| the East and one to tho South and
| Wost-meaning nothing. and being
| nothing that can be cumprehOndod and
understood. The silver men will sub
NIT. ! mean the politician ailverites.
In my Judgment however, the people
win not longer submit to the decep-
| tonO that have been nractisod on them,
| They win revolt against the WIRE
| pullVis i0me OF tho now active silver
men viii Join In the revolt. but the
| great body OF them viii stick to the
| party, with rings In their ears and
| noses and Huhmiaalvoly follow the lead
| OF the fakirH. who are skilled In the
| science Of platform building, 10 cons
| atnioting Il that II will read all things
| TO all men aud mean nothing to any
| body who ~ not on tho inside.
| ''Thc popullst party ia tho only party
| that has the courage OF It's convictions.
| II presenta itself nat-footed, front face,
| fully erect to the people. II has but
| one tongue and II Hyllahlos the honest
truth with no augnr-coatlng on IL. The
| people who are IN II may be fools,
| they are honest and brave. They BIT
| liove what they tcnch, and believe II
| their principles are put In practice tho
| great mass OF tho people VIII be bone
ntedi that the government VIII DO
| brought bnck 10 It's lost moorlngs, the
constitution and hlnoat lnwa. The
fault In that party is that II advocates
| too many reforms at the same time.
/ Great reforms come Hingly. one nc-
/ oomplahcd, another may be aRitated,
| but there can bo no question now but
| what It's whole force Will be concern
trotcd on the currency question until
| that IN settled eatisfnctorily. That 10
| the vital, the living, the ail-hbsorbing
| question OF the day, and no reform
| In my other branch OF the government
can be undertaken until II In settled,
ana settled ut that In harmony with
| the doalroa OF the people.
| "lf the silver Democrats are In cnrn-
| Get lot them come 10 the Populiats and
| flght under their banner until the SILL
| yer victory IL won. The Popullats arc
going straight forward. turning neither
81 rl..l.N 10 hl mt all
il rohablilinted. That ~ their objec-
tive point, and they mean TO reach II,
/ or know the renson why. II tho Demo-
crnts split on the silver question the
| PopuliHts will carry Texas IN 1896 with
a whoop aud hurrah--but the Demo-
| Gratis won't split, The managers love
| Office too well for that They will
| patch up compromises. They are as
| afraid Of the pOpulists ms coward 10
| OF death. No, cir, no, glr--Culberson
and Clark, Reagan. iiogg 4 co; VIII be
cheek by jowl. Happy famiiy. NO
matter what platform may be adopted
thoy will scramble on II, get under H.
hang TO II and swear II Nv the very
thiug-a cure-nii--n universal pnnncea,
ana Will, n swallowed by the people.
bring happinesg to the people and
prosperity TO the country.
"You mny fool all the people some
times, you may fool some Of tho people
many times, but you can't fool all the
peopio ali the time They sleep sound
w. having good condolences, but they
viii wake up, and their doceivers had
az well take that fact Into connldera-
tlon IN time.
"I'he dIngnosla OF the disease Of tho
alex body polite by Gen. George Clark
Ia not true one. lie " one degree
behind. The patient IL already IN tue
stage OF ntH, and the good, oid-fnsb-
iored ,unwashed Democracy ~ the cause
of INC condition. II IL true. II II De-
nocracy gone netrny-the Democracy
Of bosses, plnce-hunters and the veriest
dcmagogues. There Ia one conspia-
tion. howcver-that the sick man cant
grow worse without dying; " there he
change n must be for the better.
we have enough OF Democratic medi-
elmo. we had better go back TO roots
and yearba than drown ourselves long
az with the gold cure. He H., how
over fully orthodox when he talks TO
| the nilyer men--"take you medicine o.
ret out" Don't be alarmed they WIZ
take II. and they won't get out: Tnay
have got no backbone: that's what ais
thrm See how they wore spit on
ana kicked about at Dallas. They
whlned little. quarfelled q little
cuesad little, hut they took the medF
cine all the same. Put II 70 them. war.
wick, nut II TO them. me rlKh, Iihs
IL In your tone--"Take your medicine
Won dor OF unbeliever, or ret our.
They don't moan II; they are nov IN
oarnegi They are playing m0ke-De.
llevc. That Is oil. Dispense tnems ~