Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-09
SARCASTIC
Is the Tongue and
Words Of AShby.
A BITTER AND sCArIuNG Att
FRAGMENT OF 10TH THE OLD
POLITICAL PARTIES.
POPULIST MEETING.
THEY WILL DEMAND RECOGNITION
ON THE ELECTION BOARDS.
A List of Names Prepared. which
VIII lie Submitted to the

The Tarrant county Popullsts met
in mass meeting at the court house
yesterday morning. The object of the
meeting. as was foretold exclusively In
the Gazette, was the selection of list
OF names to be presented to the county
commissioners at their next meeting,
with the request that they be placed on
the election boards to serve In the ca
pacity OF judges and clerks.
The meeting was called to order
about II o'clock by county Chairman
l. Il. Martin. who made speech OF an
hours duration. He declared that there
are fewer office seekers among the Pop
ulists than any other party ever form
Gu, ana closed by severely arraigning
the administration for issuing and sell
Ing bonds to an English syndicate In
times of profound peace. Before the
r'oHtin1 adjourned for dinner 1t was
announced that the Hon. H. S. p. Ash
80. s...,e e.a,rluan CT the Pcpulist eN-
ecutive committee. would make an ad-
dress upon the reassembling of the
meeting.
And he did.
For two hours Mr.. Ashby talked to
n large crowd. He was In fightins
trim and his caust'c tongue spared no
one. He took tilt at the Gazette for
reportlag lis, exact words used at the
meeting two weeks ago, lambasted the
Dallas News ana held the two old
parties up to ridicule and scorn. Touch
Ing on public men Mr. Ashby said;
81 believe Garfield was a good man.
but good men do not live long. Some
times think my own health Is too ro-
bust to bear out this theory"
Bob lngersoll was praised because he
10 a friand IN tho and OnnTauspl.
The administration was scored for
wanting to 60 to war because England
Is encroaching on Venezuelan terri
tory. when there are hundreds of thous-
ands of acres of valuable land held lu
this country by alien landlords. Tho
speaker thought We had better was on
that question. In defining his financial
views Mr.. Ashby said;
II am In favor OF the free and unlln-
tied coinage of both gold and silver
at the ratio Of i6 to /, and the Issuing
of legal tender notes without gold or
silver to redeem them. l want $50 per
capita and more II necessary"
Coming down to the government
ownership pf railroads he declared
| that three fourths OF the railway mile
| age of the entire country Is In a state
| OF bankruptcy. operating under receive
t-ships or by order OF Federal courts.
This fact shows clearly that the COM
| merce OF the country IS not SUFFICIENT to
| run the railroads" Ashby next took
whack at the state railroad COM
mission. declaring that judging from
Ex-Governor Hogs size he mus, be a
Berkshire.
The Democratic tariff policy was
branded as q fraud straddle. a moth
ms. In closing the speaker urged al
Populists TO work In harmony and tC
stand by their national committee.
l fHha LIST NJ fh0ea whom tha Knt,
want on the election boards was ther
submitted. and $. o. Noodle. NJ. ID
Priest ard J, C. Terrell were appointet
committee to present them to Il,
commissioners tomorrow. The lie
could not be secured for publication
as some changes will no doubt be mad
In the meantime
After announcing that J. C. Terrell
VIII speak a, the courthouse next Sat
urday afternoon at o'clock and S. o
journed.