Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-23

s,,nx manifesto has ben issued by
chsIr,nan Hardy of the gold standard
executive COMMITTEES; ALL,
To mo Democrats OF Texas: Again
is Mr.. Dudley to the 'front.' anu !. see,a
that he IT,, or assumes 10 pc, not ohiy
the head, but the whole OF ths bn ,in
cratic organization and party IN rex
as; Little did the last Defnoer'l,v s,dr ,,,
convention dream when they set MN
up and clothed him with Httle otlei
authority that greater than solomon
or Caesar were here, but so he wou'u
have II. , .ha
As chairman he has changed the
voice of the Democratic eNeeuuNe COM
mitteo selected by the convention w
appointing three members OF the CUM
mittee In lieu OF those selected IN CON
vention. And now his last letter IN
the role of dictator and supreme ruler
Of the Texas Democracy, pronounues
the members of a county Democratio
executive committee elected by the
people that gang and with the hu-
thority of the autocrat OF all the Rus
sias, authority not to be gainsaid. pro-
nounees that the voice of that county
shall not be heard unless she bow at
Mr. Dudley's knee.
The regularly elected Democratic ex-
ecutive committees of McLennan, Hlli
and Taylor counties are styled by Mr.
Dudley gangs" and ''so-called" DEM
ocratic executive committees. notwith-
standing they are the committees duly
elected by the last convention of DEM
ocrats held in those counties. which
conventions sent uncontestcd delega-
lions to the state convention that blew
the breath of life into Dudley's nos
trlls. and Notwithstanding those COM
iuitteos still speak with the voices CIV
On them by their creators. Let the
fananrpatu he natinpt
Nothing could be more fortunate for
true Democracy than the foolish acts
of our adversaries, such MS the absurd
action of the sixteen members OF the
executive committee at Austin and the
still more foolish letter OF Mr. Dudley
recently published, for by these acts
and this letter they are showing to all
Democrats that they have forgotten
that they owe any allegiance or duty
to the Democratic party and remember
only that they are free silverites. Had
they In plain terms called for conven-
tons and primaries. allowing none but
free silverites to participate, they could
have no more truly or hardly more
clerrly proclaimed their determination
The cloven foot OF the free silverite
Is showing, and Mr.. Dudley's styling
regular county Democratic executive
committees SPECIALIZED" Democratic eN-
ecutive committees and advising a bolt
in one county. declaring that the bolt
crs alone shall be received into his state
convention called In the name of De-
mOCracy, Is but preliminary. Mark
well my prediction now, that there will
not be county In the state OF Texas
whose Democracy declares against free
silver wherein there will not be n bolt
on some preteXt and when the state
convention meets. II its platform is
against l6 to /, Mr.. Dudley viii bolt,
4 3 a. L.. N-1N Al
vention die wlllaiot II II is for free sill
veD then he will bolt from the national
convention when that refuses to de-
clare for l6 TO J. / may be mistaken,
but mark the prediction.
Patience again, ] say, I think the
free silverites will ind that they made
mistake in swapping Blake for Dud-
ley as their leader, for while Blake was
discreet, Dudley let's the secret plain
ly appear that he adheres TO the free
silver party" If he cannot convert the
Democratic lnto free silver party. II
1t had been possible Mr.. Dudley would
have driven us from the Democratic
party; If II be possible he will do SO
yet. hut his bullying, l hone. will not
AFFECT us, and If he must let him Join
the hosts of Sibley-Bryan-st Stewart Till
man ct nl,, under the banner OF the
free silver party"
Let us tell Mr.. Dudley and all CON
| cerned now that no delegation selected
~ primaries or county conventions
held under the call of the regularly
elected county Democratic executive
committee will he refused recognition
| at the next state Democratic conven-
tion. and no delegation elected at the
command Of Mr.. Dudley, In opposition
| TO these Of the regular organization,
VIII be recognized. And further every
county executive committee in Texas
| which loves the Democratic party
| more than 1t does the free silver marty
VIII rcpudiate the absurd action OF Mr.
Dudley's committee, because they know
mat not one single vote will be cast
| In Texas in accordance with the form
of ticket prescribed by that committee
and I believe that the Democracy of
many Democratic executive committees,
even though they themselves are for
| free silver, is strong enough and fair
enough TO seek a fair expression of the
Democrats of their county, not only
ON the coinage, but on other questions
as Wen. RUFUS HARDY,
| Chairman