Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-05
HE SAID HE HAD NO APOLOGY TO MAKE.
And Then Proceeded to Tell Why He Had Left the Ranks
of the Democratic Party
Speech Roundy His First But Deserted Love Most un-
merciiulyThe FIRST Popust Rally Of the Campaign Takes
Place at corslcana and Proves Decided Success

| these fellows arc trlcu next november
by an honest unbought jury II viii
be seen / was just In time TO save my
neck. There win be a good many
men on the Jury that are now eating
| some cf the stolen hog, but not ma
iority OF them. Every Democrat you
| meet, especially II candidate has
policy or opinions OF his own, but the
! record and platforms of the party have
none. Individually these double plat
form Democrats are all right, but COLI
! lectvely they have made ducks and
brakes out of the principles OF Demo-
crHcy and the prosperity OF the coun-
try. At Chicago they put up free
| silver platform and nominated man
that everybody knew was teeth and
toe nall against silver In Texas they
/ made kind OF gold platform and put
man on II that WAS known to the
| bosses 70 be against II, Both times ],
I like n green goods sucker, voted the
ticket because they told me that Mills
/ In Washington and Reagan IN Austin
could make these two horses OF dif-
ferent color work harmonlously and
| smoothly
bit at this political shell game twice,
and got sold out both times, and l
made up my mind that would not be
| taken In the third time even II had
| 10 escape into tho third party. ] don't
mind being estimated MS an average
fool but I cant stand any greater ra-
| ito. The gold bug Democrats whispered
TO me several months ago that II
voted with the silver wing was an ass.
| The CulberHon crowd OF free silverites
! convinced me that San Antonio never
saw longer cared aas than the man
who voted with the gold bug Demo-
| Gratis. ! lived In a prairie country and
there was no woods TO hide mo from
the fate Of rebucanagzer so took
| to the Papullst party as the only safe
| a lufn =
| they get In power nnd can suuander
any more public money or raise taxes
any higher. or raise any more he'll
with the productive industries or the
country. even then will have got the
! worth OF my money In seeing the ninth
wonder OF this world intend to stay
with them until they get fair chance
and then II they enter upon n cnrccr
Of political debauchery ana deceit such
as have lett behind me, ] will turn
states evidence ON them I would rath-
cr be u political maverick and live on
the cactus OF the desert than Tie sleek
est bull In herd or well fed pie eaters
who see nothing wrong In the billion
/ dollar approximation, the issnc of bonds
IN time 81 peace, the contraction OF the
currency tn a point that atarves com
lnerce, labor and agriculture. In the
Bible an ass outranks serpent. A sill
Yer primary win not heFuile me into be-
leving that the present policies Of
either wink OF tho FedernIlst marty 10
hest for my neonle, myself or poaterity
| From the congressional record, esnec-
| Tally that part where the hNcd up viva
vnee votes were cast no man can tell
which 10 tho work Of the Republican
party he has cusaed all his life or OF
the Democratic party he has prayed
and voted for all his life.
NY Democratic friends tell me when
the mud sillcrs get In power ! win find
| nj nFNr
In universal. will believe Il WHOM I
see II. for am always willing to take
liar
Ir there was not ten thousand pnrcs
TO condemn the administration OF the
Democrats and Republicans with every
outrage IN Il from one hundred and
forty million pension bill TO twenty
three thousand dollar funeral sim In
their platform they promise nothing
sn"H'0c rna ere rNa-lv ne mitch r'ii'e
as two blnck-evsd peas. and whatever
difference there Is In the platforms IL
hnrmoniged In CONGRESS- "a n point OF
elimination. Their uolitiriaus think
that government founded more than
n century ago for three Millions Of peo-
pie who he'd nc railroads and other
great corporations, and practically no
commerce. IL sufficiently perfect to gov
ern noarly one hundred OF millions of
people or great and diversified interests.
They think that a government that per
uiits extravagant and irresponsible OF.
hcialien " MI that n Hrrat pcppie need.
The Democratic think that all that Is
needed Il for them 70 have the apnro-
pr,etinn md expenditure OF billion
dollars. and on the other hama
tho Republicans think the country
Should he happy. prosperous and con-
tented y the grand old party dishursea
the public money l'hese mnsshnck par.
ties raise a mnke-helieve Issue on the
best means 70 raise money. or the kind
OF money 20 rrise for this expenditure,
and then say that there Is nothing el8e
IN government except Ia sncpd u on
their reteiners. We can even Improve
the breed Of tacknsaes. hut 70 talk
about any improvement OF govcrrfnenf
- treason. THIS school OF politicians
have rntfen 0ur ncOple 70 thinking lust
w they do IN South America, that pa
trtGtis,n consists In onsting the othcr
fellow out ~ of,lce. Here We buy votes
and down there thew buiidoze thorn.
hut the patriotic motives are just the
Same
am very well satisnca with Tho
poprllet Uniform from top 10 bottom.
but there are IN Il two rrincinies witch
would OF themselves induce me % vote
the ticket, II ell the rest was left ont
or ten times as much nut in, I will
mover aFnin support a political party
that believes IN the decoration OF nbrn-
lutte power Whom the government ties
rp on nm iiupprtprt Issue lot the people
save the country from PROLONGED agony
ard destruction Of property values.
business aud labor. by having a speedy
vote directly or The issue.
! Under our present Hyatem The pponIn
never settle anything at the time and
II the manner they desire. There "A
tno much riFldity ana innexibp'ty
about The present system, ana Il Is
like running an engine without any
sofFty valve or steam escate and IA
1urt ~ sure 70 result IN an explcsiun.
Instead Of one state Hike Kentucky
some dey the whole country win be M
" ernH 10 remedy sorc evil OF lgovern-