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


Fx- Lieutenant Governor Barney Gibbs
spoke TO large audience under the
shed OF the National oil mii this even
ing. Mr.. Gibbs was met at the train
this morning by Judge Harie Of the
Truth. II, o. Call, Governor Marion
Martin. Mr.. Fesmire and ut least 100
other prominent Popullsts.
Governor Marion Martin introduced
Mr. Gibbs as an honest man. statesman
and politician. Amid Wild shouts OF
applause the new convert. the Dallas
Brunette. began his speech. He spoke
mostly ON the lines and after the style
or his recent serial writings, and said:
My Fellow Citizens; In accepting
your invitation 10 address you ON po-
liticel issues shall not open up with a
I biography. have been living here
nearly twenty-five years and all that
the fertile imagination OF my enemies
could conjure up has been said. Some
canuidateB have wonderful biogr iphlea
II have mono. They might abbreYiatc
them like an old colored friend OF
Recommendation. sat down to write
n. He eaid, 'hoh on boss | want you
\ TO make Il strong; tell EN- have lived
: In Texas nigh on to atty years and
have never been In the penItentlary
the fust time"
don't believe any apology is necss-
saIy for quitting the Democratic
p party--if there Is any apology due 1t Is
from the man who examines the record
and then endorses II by his vote.
stuck 70 the party until II got In power
and failed TO comply with its promises
4 even a little hit. The people dealt II
the winning hand and IL didn't have
the nerve to play Il. IL played the
game Of n society llirt. and didn't know
which beaux TO take, II pl0wad the
earth about bad government until 1t
Z got the Offices and then seemed to
nj I'M .
tariff tinkering and lingo resoluting
Its leaders have been teaching US to
cuss Republicans until ! could not
say my prayers without asking the
good Lord 10 dam them Republicans
whatever be done with the rest OF the
world. ! Krieved when the learned
took he'll FIRE out Of the Bible for. as u
/. barefooted boy under the gum trees on
the banks OF the iazoo. had glee-
Gully dreamed OF the day whom the
devil would get his own and burn them
, Republicans. In my dreams l could
hear them frying In hell and imagine
i smell cod f.iii. I felt In my bones
that ths Lord would shut his eyes TO
I kukluxing and ballot box stuffng.
I Yes. my fellow citizens, l had good
/ Democratic education, and never
scratched a ticket not even In q city
election. l have quit them cold be-
cause the party has demonstrated that
even on the tariff II has no policy.
I CONGRESS had none aud the president
Z had none, except to issue bonds and
put hfa personal admirers in ofice
have the newspapers talk about his
baclcbonee. II IN plain 20 everybo
\ except office holders or their vnssals.
I rnas we have only snapped on Re
x Publican joss for a Democratic Joss
/ and no man can tell n we lost or won.
rongrcssmcn. to get bhck to Washing
ton. or TO escape tho meritod condem-
! naton OF the people VIII cuss Cleve-
land, yet they never with large ma
! jority passed any silver bill, and not
n rven a sufficiently decent tariff hill 70
: get the prchdent's signature. With MI
hla backbone Cleveland could not get
, his consent 10 sign that tariff bin and
} rail- u q reform measure. He knew II
Z vas not enough OF reform measure
10 even fool a mud siller with sense
fnouKh to count his pirs.
III God knowb that am not defending
/ Cleveland or the Republicnns, but that
Democratic congress " as deep In the
smirc as the Yelled Prophet or the Tom
Reed raiders. The Texas Republican
I rhnirman Issues an edlct and nays there
rre but two parties. and n man must
7 rither vote Democratic or Republican.
\ The truth Is. there IL but ono party In
Washington City, and that is the party
y thst believes in high taxes. big appro-
! rria,ions and government by corpor-
Nations. Roth wings depend upon buy-
Ing the voter with pensions. official
salaries and extraordinary privileges.
They Will give the men who put up the
,rsmpniSn fund to corrupt the mud all
voter ANYTHING In exchange. from n
bank charter 70 supreme court de-
rieion. They fall oTer each other to
4 vote for appropriation bills. or 10 PEN
sion the rich or influential az tho ex-
tpcnee OF the average citizen who n
9uppoaed Ia be voted IN blocks OF Ave
p The leaders. What waters they emit
y keer quiet by corruption they hush up
ny federal troops. In the light for ME
ono wing IN the south would count the
other out, and In the north tho other
would buy the roteg With money FUR
'filehce by those given some corporate
y pun IN the daily living OF the masses.
q The Republicans would sell a cabinet
place for campaign funds. ard the
Democrats a 5ond Issue and free raw
Z natArInl.
They say the Popullsts have no
:, nance because they can't rell for fti-
fetfe delivery, claes legislation or on
iee THIS may be true, but II don't
rake any difference With me for | am
p with the reY0iutlonlsts from this
:nie on against government owned
Ind controlled by corporate greed ana
'Efailh, bonding its people INTO the
bird generation.
Every lime Carlisle or Mills. or any
1flnQrratlc leader haa rome east and
al one OF them New England dinners
III haa cost the south millions OF dol
arr Nj free nav material or con-
rccfed currency, and the policy OF Tia
u 'ameerqiie party has been changed
pst ~ II IT, platforms had been writ
~ " rene aou't osk, an9 office AZ
Re hnnar 81 tho pnnrlln.s. hist before i
w ~prli IKE to know that / would
~ he hurled among people who
Nliia he fooled any ionaer than thlrt,
Mrs II ypn want 10 do me 4 service.
a'nen you read that haYe sone
fer ire river Just say 10 sos,r
SiFhAtr. that man had sense cns,,pb
t Rti or q the sharp political game
etefr ~ and, ahcn Say 1 have turned
tnse'e 's'idencA pcsAat~ so and II