Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-05

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bosses Will be left all alone In their
! glory.
When we get in we will not spend
the peoples time and money In cuss-
ing the president, who has no more
I pie to buy silence with, or in lingo
debates that don't mean blood. or In
censuring some foreign minister for
| picnic speech, or in euloSlzing dead
congressman whom hope died in fear
| OF bhe Lord, as they seemed to have
none Of the people. II we make fools
OF ourselves 1t Will be in the old-fash-
/ Toned way so the people can discover
| II, and we Will not try to palm II on
as wisdom, of n new and esthetic
brand. Jerry Simpson may have made
a fool of himself. but he hade bigger
fools OF Democratic congressional Gus
toms when he got Henry George's
whole book printed In the congression-
al record free as n part of Il speech
he didn't make. / guess all the fools
are not In the Populist party, and they
could not devise n scheme TO coniisi-
I cate property as fast MS congress
| that appropriates one billion four hum
Cred thousand dollars at one session
and depreciateS property and labor
values five billions more by do-noth-
| Ing policy. In conclusion, / want to
say. my fellow citizens. ! am not
candidate for office, but II am. just
have not asked a delegate to any con-
vention to support me and don't intend
| to.
The Democrats and Republicans are
! trying to keep every man out OF the
/ Populist party by telling him that It
| won't live long. OF course II man
has visions or pie as the only function
4 OF government, this IL calculated to
scare him out OF his boots. II II dies
early II will be on account OF the old
! parties stealing It's leading principles
and then the death will be easy II
they steal these principles for uFe and
not to be hid out as soon ns the old
parties have an opportunity 20 put
them In operation. / see where the
Populists party can do world OF good
in the way Of killing political super
etition and educating the people
against parties organized TO capture
the Doodle. We will mike them shoot
nj new mark II nothing else We will
defeat them bad enough and In enough
states to serve notice that the people
are not political dummies and can
kick high and often when the occa-
sion demands IT, The farmer quits
feeding fat dog when ne won't bark
on the trail OF n varmlnt and he will
treat fat politicians the same way
The average voter OF this country will
Kick until his vote counts for as much
as that of n Frenchman, a Dutchman
VI an fiibilhiiUltn IN EUROPE. EVERY
thing Is being done to kill out an In
dependent spirit In this country. and
force man to train with a political
party One thing should lose the
Democratic party 10000 votes In this
state and cause political rebellion
from one end OF II to the other. I'M
der the Australian ballot law in force
In some large counties no citizen can
become candidate or get on the tick
ct unless his name IA put there by
come organized political party. He
can't ask his neiglrbors IN Dallas for
their votes unless he gets party
brand put on him. He is ruled on
OF the ticket. and yet they say
TINT Texas has n Democratic gov
eminent. Both old parties arc
very promising, in feet. the Democrat
10 party wants to promise so much that
Il has to have two platforms to hold
II ALL Surprising you get all they prom.
lac. what has the fool mudsiller got
to show for his party voter One viii
put the tariff on the dressed hide and
the other on the whole beef. One offers
protection and silver, the other a little
less protection and little more silver.
They have played their greasy old cards
for thirty years with lingo resolu-
ton, a force bill or pension bill up
their sleeve to I'LL up on in case or me-
cessity. II Is worse than n Mexican
monte game. Do they promise to give
you mudslllers n chance to vote direct
ON any issue7 DO they promise to give
you a mile OF railroad 10 fix perma-
mont basis of freight rate? They will
give you an expensive state and ma
tional railroad commission md then
give the other fellows court selected
BY them to knock out what they hnye
given the mudsiller. They scare the
young men to death by telling them
there Is no future to the third party.
and some OF them are towards enough
to smother their honest convictions.
and have told me so without a blush
When a woman hesitates she is lost,
and 80 II man,
II man believes with the third marty
he ought 70 vote with them.
The third party has several crnnlxa
and some delegates nxers and nil the
nxings that other political parties have.
but they don't control the marty or
change It's principles. am toid mai
where we catch a Popullst voting for
extravaganza appropriations or against
the principles or the marty. that vou
have the right to show him up In omen
meeting and stlli remain In the marty.
but this YOU can't DO IN the Democrats
PARTY and keep your standing. THE
hepunnoans ana Democrats play
.Aniony Over with the mudnilcr az
the bail. Figure this thing out before
the primaries. ! guess the old nariies
VIII spreNd out their usual political
bargain counters thln fall with nnth-
Ing on them but the same old shoddv
goods folded differently
My conntrymen, let me beseech those
% yon who can't make IN your mind
Just yet 70 vote the Popullst ticket, 10
at least not set side lined and INN
strung In these early primaries. Take
time for meditation and PRAYER. Donsf
let your anxiety for n little silver or