Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-16
DALLAS is IN LINE.
~yr SILVER DEMOCRATS ARE
ORGANIZING NOW.
nav viii Send Two Hundred Dele
gates to tho Mig silver Convention
he Held at Fort Worth, August
e-some Expressions From Dallas
statesmen.


rha Gazettes advice to the silver
democrats OF Dallas county to organize
i. horne fruit. Hon. George A. Cars
An has petitions in circulation for
.,gners calling a meeting of free silver
IAN at the city hall Saturday evening,
r.no 20 This mass meeting will Sc
~, delegates to the state convention
y no held at Fort Worth in August.
" Garden said today TO the Gazette
f,rrespcrdent;
81, il coming our way, and don't
,on forget 1t. The people are not asleep
"a one final and glorious effort will
"a nut forth In 1895 to restore silver
4 lis proper place, and relieve the
vases OF the people from the unequal
h',,sens forced upon them by the gold
s,sndard. 1 have made careful can
,@ss and / believe a majority of the
democrats In the city OF Dallas are
/ s,vorable to the free coinage Of silver.
nallas county will send 200 delegates
u ne grand free silver state conven-
,ion TO be held at Fort Worth"
LOT Gunter, Judge H. G.. Robertson,
W A. Kemp. A. j. Hudson, NJ. M.
/ PARKS w. A. Shaw, Bryan 4. Barry
A Siher influential Democrats have signed
az call. Judge r.. e. Burke. Thomas
! Nash. Edward Gray and Charles +.
1 rljnt are silver men, and Judge Burke,
who came very near defeating Joe Abb
4 batt for the congressional nomination
jast year, is more of stnlwart than
4 ever and declares that the lines are
drawn now between the masses and the
classes, and the fight for silver must
BE- made all along the line. 1t is stated
here that the venerable John l.. Henry,
4 ex.justlce of the supreme court, and
one OF the great lawyers of Texas, is
afrlend OF the white metal and against
the gold standard. George A. Garden,
4 who Is q member OF the state Central
committee for the Sixth district, is con-
4 hdent that hundreds of signatures can
be obtained to the call. Dallas county
g ai!l be represented by sturdy and I'M
4 purchasable Democrats at the state
convention in August.
Capt S. p. Mendez. the well known
4 Confederate soldier and stalwart Dem
perat, says silver must be restored or
4 a political revolution will be the re-
Fl suit He travels extensively in Texas
ahd says the masses of the voters
are practically unanimous for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at a
railo Of l6 to /. Capt. Mendez is a COM
nercial traveller and has a large ac-
qaantance in the state.
At Austin, the other day, the writer
met Judge James Il. Townsend OF El
faso, one Of the ablest lawyers and
hadlng Democrats of that section of
Texas. He is city attorney of Ell Paso
AID was county judge one or two
lsFrs. He is one of the leaders Of the
Simon pure Democratic organization
dEl Paso county and has no aflillation
With the little squad of alleged Demo
cats there who vote the ticket when II
iulis them, and who knitted the party
ID the election last fall and again In
the municipal election in the spring,
Ne Is a stalwart, and with Moreman,
Juan Hart, Charles Davis and Uncle
John Julian. fights for the pure princi-
PES OF the party at all times and under
circumstances oftentimes adverse.
Judge Townsend said:
The Democrats of Texas must re-
main true to silver If they intend to be
M I'VE TO the interests of the people and
ne principles of the Democratic party
Silver Is the money Of the people and
mould be restored to It's proper place
This is the sentiment in my section OF
lae state and we shall send delegates
70 me free silver convention at Fort
dE worth In August. on a free silver
PLATFORM the Democrats can win In
NV on gold standard or straddlt
n lAuorn the result will be extremely
doubtful"
4 Judge Townsend and his colleagues
U rAve big fight on hand to hold r.
tuo county in line at times, as they
\, ave the Republicans to fight, as well
\. section composed Of soreheads and
disappointed office seekers, led by al
n smce-nolder or two. The congressional
.sn, IL that district last fall left 6
lumber OF scars but Townsend ant
h nlsi ana other loyal Democrats ar,
vNaln 70 land the county on the sid,
Z zee oliver and honest Democracy al
n nght in 1896.
,vongrtssman Joseph w. Bailey Of
Mnesyille was in the city today, ant
warmly complimented by hi,
s,aaus Tor his gallant fight for the
LHts metal. He will make speeche!
ii ns own and other congressional dis
u s''u ins summer and fall and is read.
vi, ~skie anything in the shape of {
IA ~ puJ or an assistant gold bug II
W ~ sAle. He looks forward to n BIZ
..oFy Tor the silver forces in 1896
N, L. a. 'ne West and South are certain t
y, ssa nands, Judging from present ap
bi zoe success of the Memphis conven
~ : q source OF Joy TO the silve
~ ~ s w mas had a depressing effect Of
w ~, soia standard men. In fact, tn
rne' ace scarce They sing anothe
10. ~ now Every mothers son of zen
W tsr,i 'metallist bowling for an interna
ca agreement. The more radica
I'D v ,nd men declare that the actiol
,.s ~ convention Will split the part.
u t,..y ana that one faction will de
1N ~ iot honest money and the othe
X. and unlimited coinage of silver
i, are mistaken. however. A spin
nay be detached from the oil
IL is Isveratc log, but It will never b
IN N ~ as the wind sweeps 1t asid
h., uges It In the quagmire Of pc
VA usachery.
HUGH FITZGERALD.