Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-18
WILL BE KEPT BUSY
GRAvER ISSUES THAN PRIZE
FIGHTS WILL COME uP FOR
HIM 10 FACE.
MIR. Gibbs nccitcs n Few and Gives
ins--AItcr stcrrett.

Dallas. Tex. Jan. 17.-(Special)-
Hon. Barnett Gibbs was seen today by
the Gazette correspondent and asked
a number of questions concerning his
political Views. which are being aired
pretty extensively just now. The ex-
governor was found In his sanctum
sanctorum busily engaged In transfer
ing some OF his thoughts to paper.
This he said was an answer to II lam
bRsting that Colonel William Sterrett
tthc well-kn1wn Texas newspaper man
VINO Is now In Washington had gwen
him. He said he was going TO do his
erstwhile conferce and kinsman up
brown. The politician and the news
paper man are double second cousins
when not In politics.
Mr.. Gibbs then said: 81 saw in the
Gazette a few days ago where Gov
ernor Culberson was quoted by the
Austin correspondent as saying that
he was glad to welcome Hon. Barney
Gibbs as n candidate for governor ON
the prize fight issue. You may say
that l viii not become n candidate for
the governorship on that or any other
issue, but that there will be n candl-
date that will give him no time to hunt
last years birds nests or Kill garter
snakes. by that | mean that there Will
be Issues of so much greater import
ance that he will have to face that the
| prize fight issue VIII be as those re-
mote and Insignificant things in COM
purison. BY the time he Is through eN-
| planning why the taxes, which Were
said to be raised to cover the deficit,
were raised to four times the amount
| necessary SO great in fact that the
| taxes from fourteen counties would
| have covered the deficit and explains
| ing why he continued the official fee
| system and only consented to the re-
| form upon the condition that the
money raised be turned into the state
! treausry instead of Into the treasury
\ of the county which originated these
fees; and when he IS done explaining
the management of the state asylum
and the penitentiary. these, and n
| number of other things | could mem
ton. It viii occupy his time until frost.
The frost will knock his little boom as
II does the leaves, and he Will. like
| the autumn foliage, deaden politically,
| fall and be drlfted into a pile Of other
| fallen leaves, shattered down like 9th
err retiring foliage to be blown about
for time BY the disturbing winds.
| he will leave the company OF the rest
of tina. Austin syndicate,
AFTER afIlxlng the tex TO his name
he will find that he had better been
making Democratic voters instead OF
knitting them. The party is more III
need of an incubating machine now
than stllettos,
II have read what has been said In
the papers about me by the Populists
You may say, that although have not
talked with J. Kearby or any othel
man. but having known Kearby fol
the last twenty years, | am, as far as
nm concerned. as willing to leave my
interests to him as governor as any
other man / know OF. You may also
say that II he makes as strong a race
for governor In straight timber as III
did for governor in black Jack tirnbe'
or the Democratic party, there is M
telling what he will do"
Strewn about on Mr.. Gibbs' desl
were about eco letters which he sai'
had come in in the last two days
together with number OF kilograms
These. he said. not being furnished {
secretary by the state, he would an
swer rs soon ms he found time
"Thesc." said he, pointing to the let
tiers, SHOW that Culberson and hi
, crowd have n Job before them to pusl
his little BOOM
This was the parting shot as the Ga
zette man took his departure.