Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-31
POPULISTS |
Club Of Oak Cliff Is
Addressed
ny IT'S PRESIDENT, MAJOR kirk
wILLIAMs-A GENTLE ROAST
FoR THE ApNisIsTn ALTON.
THE OLD PARTIES
ARE NOT THE ONES ron THE PEo.
PIE TO sUProRr.
A Hard Hattie Is TO lie Fought and
pGreat Principle Is
THE OLD PARTIES
ARE NOT the ONES ron THE pEo.
PIE TO sUProRT.

Al meeting OF the Populists club OF
Oak CHI Friday night Major klrk
Williams, president OF the club, dcliv-
cred the following speech.
'Gcnticmcn. AS l underhnd II We
have met tonight for the purpose OF en-
rolling our names as members of the
grand army of voters who Hrc expected
70 rescue our country from those who
have betrayed every trust committed
TO their keeping, Those who believe
this is going TO be an easy matter had
! better undcceive themselves, Al
through we go Into this light from the
purcat motives and most patriotic de-
Notion to our country. We Will ma
arraycd against us national banks,
| trusts, combines OF every description,
! Cleveland, sherman, Wall and Lom-
| bard streets. and last, but by 10 means
| least. an army OF political uilicc-hold-
] INK lceChes, who are sucking the Ire
blood from millions Of laboring men,
| women and children, With this knoWl-
edge OF our condition let us come to-
gcther like men, who know their riBhtf
and by the eternal intend TO maintain
thom at all hazards,
In reviewing the tablets OF my mem
Org recall the Time In 81 when !
gracefully donned the army gray In
Nashville, Tenn. to fight the battles
OF my country for my rights, az / was
told | want to say 90 you gentlemen
that | have q great many more rights
to fight for and conquer now than !
did In 81. The right that OverHhadow-
ed ali other principles then was TO keep
the negro In the bonds OF slavery The
grandert right OF all now is To Keep the
two old parties from enslaNlng the la
boring people OF our country, regard.
less OF color or previous condition.
would rather be high private IN an
army like this than To- be a member OF
| lt.. gaIanI fesAx who tPurtlmE III Int
'pic-counter
I'VE know We have the best country
beneath the shining sun In natural re-
sources, We love Texas because Of hci
long winding rivers, hor grassy hills
adopting over her fertile pralrles-bo
cause she gave TO Americans sucl
heroes as Lamar Fannin, Crockett an,
the immorta! Houston. The naInea %
such men as these VIII never be erase'
, from our minds and will always b.
seen In the rnpals OF our American
history. If thc same blood " cuufNni
through our Nelna as thnt which Howe
D from these heroes on every battle nel'
, in Texas we will bc found on the nigh
q OF November with our oolors plante'
ON the brcastwotka from south caro-
lima to California and from the OH
: river to the Gull OF Mexico, the com
hines all broken and the polltira
!, Judases scattered 10 the four winds o
!, heaven,
i. we know that relief could be ha
!. almost na quickly as the law waA pass
I. ed prohibiting prize fighting In the lei
l., rltories But no, MOI not one dollar 10
/, digging canals building railroads o
i other improvements TO give employ
n mont 10 starving Americans. but mi
.r lions TO Rothchllds. Morgan, Belmon
A. and company. No doubt but there wa
T. n prlvate understanding that CleY'
J. land and Carlisle was part OF the con
T. pany. Labor IL poorer than cNs
N known In our country while taNor. II
/. tercst and official salaries are hlghe
:. Why Is II that tax payers and huNne.
l. men VIII continue to vote win ines
old parties when they know that u
ofiiclals are receiving from three TO ny
times az much money for services I
they pay their most trusted ompluyet
"a great majority OF The reprcHenl'
ID tive people are not politicians. cons
sc n,entiy are not running the machit
In the old political organizations whel
q, Inc professional politician arrange u
T. ticket expecting the American voter
4; IAN into line under the party laah AZ
~ support the nominee regardlein OF u
II, ntne,s for officer The time has no
y, come when the American people hal
c. become convinced that there must
! halt called and that the peop
phould be represented In our count
atnte md municipal governments, al
al such rates as viii enable him 10
nd credit 10 his country and family VII
out accommodating u fund In poiitic
ne circles at the expense OF the peoI
I'm among whom he liyea,'
The club meets again Thursa'
= night, April ..