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•DAY, OCTOBEB 20. 1887.
NO. 38.
ith the Reckless Desperation
Of the Old Guard of the Immortal First Napo-
leon at the great battle of Waterloo,
L, t|W A Dp I LL,
Oct. h
Tex., I
W. f
Eu. Dkmoci
i Were it
! Utile dirty i
| ed in t' neb- Hob's
: Enquirer of last week,
I not ask space for an a
j it is plain to all that not a
i gle proposition
artlole was answered
cle Bob, you know
you need not tackle Ki
and Jno. Melton for a
Yon say the public must know
me. That is all right—you can
tell the public. You say furth«r
that 1 have been saying hard
things about this court Tor the
last threw years; this is a
the editor did not advo
!. C\ U. doctrine; they i a\
are not going to be d« • tv
(May Ma-k standing «a
Hl< elt> holding li}> 1Ic m<
i of dvad prohibitum for a
crow. 1 voted aim, ami
two speeches agaiu-t pro
i«Mi. und 1 did it from priu
(wiiiiMrs kok omn: ami im h.
1.14 IWI KN.
mat not a sin-
in my former
ered. Now, Un-
w who I am and
waut
irinc
Hut,prohibsand antics, l,'la",s ttml tliey t
nit you to do i« lo hu*h| , le P^UP'CI
■jilfljH
or "No Quarter" and
extermination on high prices at his Great Com-
missary Department with the broad sword of
unprecedented and irresistable figures on
aeon, Flour, Sugar, Molasses,
Coffee, Bice, Tobaccoo, German Millettand
Canned Goods, he demolishes high priced competi-
tion.
R. L. WADDILL
Makes the rich man happy and the poor one
proud as he names the low prices on Flower Pots,
Fruit Jars, Jelly Glasses and all kinds of # Glass-
ware and Queensware. Let nothing but sickness
prevent an early call on
KintrHon, President. T.T. Kmc won, Vlce-Prea't, T. H. Emerson, Cashier
irst National Bank,
TexaM.
- - 8100,000.
principal cities in Europe. First class pape
Ol* McHimioy
Capital and Surplus,
Buj's and nelln exctinngn on
DftutoToiw: KriiuoU fciiuuraon, T. T. Euierson, 1. H, Emerson, lno. I<. Lo>ejoy
. II. Welch.
tlnslnesH Honrs—''m. to t p. in. __
J. P. DO WELL,
DEALER IN
HARDWRAE!
TIN WAKE, GLASSWARE
& ytJEENSWARE.
lAOKNT POn AMERICAN
POWDERCO.
!E. Louisana Street.
K. K. WILCOX, TOM ANUBKW8.
Wilcox & AiiUi'owhi
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
M'KINVUY, - TEXAS.
L'p sttlrn over chain's Grocery Store,
West Hide Public Square.
.T. N. GIBSON,
Attorney at Lawf
McKinney, Texas.
Ottlce over Hill it Webster's store.
'CHEAP • MONEY!
On Real Estate Security in Collin and Denton Conntles
Theodore Hurtz,
LOAN UHOKKH.
[Office with J. L. Doggett, South Side Square, McKinney, Texas.
SMITH BROTHERS,
DEALER*} IN
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals,
Fancy and Toilet Goods.
Stand and Hanging Lamps ol all Kinds.
Phvslclan* Prescript ions (m-eMly Compound*! at All Hours.
C. H. Edwards' Music House,
Geo. R. SMITH,
ATTORNEY AT-L AW.
Office over I. P. Newsome's.
McKINNEY, - - - TEX.
.T. A. EVANS,
Attorney at Law,
McKlnney, Texas
Office over MeAulay's Drug Store.
M. m. METZ. M. D.
Homsopathic Physician and Surgeon
McKINNEY, TEXAS,
< 'hronic diseases and diseases of wo-
men and children a specialty. All calls,
day or night at hisonlce will be prompt-
ly attended to.
Ofllce up stairs In Still's building.
H. L. Pearson,
Dental Surgeon,
Ofltoe over Ardlnger's store. Resi-
dence corner third nlock north O. S.
Presbyterian church. Teeth extracted
without pain. :tfl;ly
David Dya,
THE DENTIST !
McKINNEY, TEX.
Gold fillings u siHiciallty.
Artificial teeth Inserted on gold metal,
rubber or celluloid plates. 5-lv
AUhoitgu it will be in 'i ' tliati
a y«ar before aiioilu-i Stale
election will occur in South
«'aiolinu. tlii* Charleston New*
utui Courier has commenced to
serve notice upon political tt.i
tiittMt meet
you to Uo Is lo meet """ Visrl,,8H l,u'
II the C. C. 1). boys to- day be
and make the figlu on •wjkiug nominations lor of
iple of human i i^Iuh li1, H \\ regards with disfavor
atu with you, first, last u| "^uut.utati« can-
Ithe time. Un\ l^vv lilH}
building u platform to unit them
and declares : "There must he
nil end lo back door politics.
and the time has cotue when
the people must make their
own slates, irrespective of the
A. P. Nkai.
tUltl<tSI UNnt\l 1.
I'opeville. Tex.,
Oct. 7th, 'H7. t
FEMALE TONIC
Mm mm tssied sad ttM wtMraaai eta* l««M. sad
eared cosspieMr M worst tun of
(—en>as wll x ftrtorimfa—lib. *t«ur sad hops
toifcs assssirtf faauUss of iksraftref*.
FEMALE WEAKNESS,
•n
b| tke
imgaUrttiM. i
lbs fviulv ufcrnn*. proaiptlr "ind
as* of Cnuli fiaili TnK,
court. You offer a oertilicate
from Bill Coffee and rncle.Iim-
my Graves a* proof aguinst
Judge Johnson's statement
which he tuude to you and my
self. In answer to this 1 will
state auother disinterested
party will couiirui and testify
that Judge Johnson was the
only man that even wanted
Mr. Emerson culled in. Now.
Uncle Bob. lots llgure on the
vault business a little closer.
You Insinuate thai Mr. Emer-
son's proposition was a while
rock t'ouudutiou, which is not
true. Now, you know he pro archy
posed to make it of white rock
or brick, lie further agreed to
build the vault for $4,:KH), put
the shelving on the inside to
suit the court, plaster the in
side and outside where it was
needed, to floor it with cement
or tilo, everything to be linish-
ed in good shape, bottom, top,
iuside and outside for #4,800.
Your Sheriuun man was allow-
ed #4,000 for his first contract,
then you allow $578 more for
shelving, Are. Just a difference
of$878. Oh, no, you three
commissioners have no pets and
would not misappropriate one
dollar of the peoples motley.
Now, I claim that Mr. Eiuersou
had a right to be heard when
he offered to build just such a
vault as suited you for so much
less money, not allowing any-
thing for the honorable life he
had led among us. But. through
courtesy, alone, he should have
had a hearing. Now, Uncle
Bobby, I am going to venture
further and if you want the
proof of what 1 say just call on
me and you can have it official-
ly. I am going to assert that
thut if Judge Johnson had had
one more commissioner that
would ha\e stood by him that
he would have saved to Un-
people of Collin county twelve
thousand dollars this year.
This is correct and if you or
any one else want the proof I
will get it up and it will be offi-
cial too. As to my poverty
youacuse me of I must acknowl-
edge the charge. But
will say to you that 1 ulways
pay a little more than poll tax.
t will say further that I have
not been retired from office at
all. 1 came to McKinney to
make an honest living and to
catch on to your crowd's tricks,
and I am catching on, too,don't
yon think so. You tried to boast
the court for their long life and
good standing in Texas und fl
ually wound up by giving a
brief of your angelic life in
Texas. There are lots of old
Texans that desire credit for
what they did and at the same
time they would huvo been bet-
ter off without some that were
with them. Home old Texans
branded and marked yearling*
that belongedto othersand some
actually got arrested, and thin
same Bill Coffee that you speak
of helped to arrest and guard
some old Texans that were
ennghtat Rock Hill and held at
McKinney for several days,
(didn't he"). Now, 1 'nele Bobby,
when you write again don't
call me a fool and a liar, with-
out telling the people where I
lied. You never denied settling
the Oglesby bond at night in
absence of the J udge. You nev
er denied that uo sheriff or
deputy called court on that
memorable niffht. You never
denied that the question of a
superintendent wa* passed un
til the February Term of next
{rear'scourt. In fact your last
etter was a complete confession
that what I charged in my form
er article was true. Iam most
respectfully,
Mi o wiMi
WH IT WK "WjTVT TO K*0W.
am a
nr pa-
Collin
%
v
with equal force to contests foi
office in Texas. In the
iiitiiii the people have had very
unvthiug else, and am inclined t little opportunity tor acquaint
• ■ ' "" -ewitn the qnalilteatioiis or
to say
ity l)i
laboring man and cannot l
©er — —
County Democrat; that I am a
to think that every working
man should tie a supporter of
that platform. They should
pay no attention to the hound
tug of the ring politicians when
they call them demagogues and
nondescripts, that is only tin-
ravings of the mftrbid place
hunters that have had full pow-
er and run the goi-ernnieiit, not
only in the interest <.!' repuh
licau lull monopoly and nioti
Tfttlnnd ,T*NI 131m Cttroct,
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New itrke
Copevtll, Tmx., i
October iUh IB87. I
Kihtok Dkmockat:
What we want to know,down
here Is, where Is Clay Mack
Is he a Democrat or a Gould
ringtail ? From the columns ol
his paper it seems to be a slan
der sheet, and neither political
nor religions. We are stronger
Collin County Democrats now
than when the campaign clos
st stock kept by any bouse in North Texas,
for prices before baying
ance witll tlie q
views of those whom they have
been called upon lo elect to im*
portaiit public positions. With
occasional exceptions success-
ful aspirants have relied main
ly upon (-ciHoiial agents
throughout ih<* Stale to "lix"
county delegations to the noiii
inatiiiu conventions and In
1111 - system <•! backdoor ma
nipulallou have managed t< • t
their names upon the regular
o"
ARHKNim
W e xvi<li to call the especial
attention farmers and labor-
ers • - .'i v where to the lact that
tin last Friday, the :)Oih da.\ of
September, one of our Alliance
brethren nun arrested on III*
streets of the city of Dallas for
telling some of our Alliauce
brethren from the country, who
had come in with their cotton,
where the Alliance cotton yard
is located.
Now, it has been repeatedly
stated that there is much
strong opposition to the Farm
ers' Alliance, as an '•rgani/.a
tioli ; that thousands ale op
posed to and highly incensed
at the very idea of farmers or
gani/aug. We have been so of
l# i aaU«d,itt a kind of mucking,
sarcastic style: "What is the
matter with the farmeiN r what
i,:■" they so disturbed about f
what can tliey expect to accom
plish {" "Can anything good
come out of Nazareth. These
sarcastic slu;s and mean cow
atdly insinuations coming from
the source they do should .slir
up the true manhood of the
wronged and oppressed farmer.
Atld We suggest to til -se geutle-
ineiufi that if tliey are not more
careful, that tliey may awake
the -dei ping lion and discover
to liiin the jungles of fraud,
lohhcr.y and theft in which the\
liax' beeu <o securely conceal
Ml WITH.
They are everywhere to be
found. They are not alone to
be found in tailor shops, but in
every walk of life, among all
Classen of men. A man who,
by natural endowments Is only
tit for the hod or the hoe, by
some unaccountable freak of
circumstance, is placed in the
chair of the legislator, or fonnd
directing the affairs of an or-
ganization, or in some other po-
sition of responsibility neediug
most of all, brain and execu-
tive ability lb> is not around
peg in a square hole, nor a
square p -g in
is a croo
round hole he
peg beyond all
i\ aiinetery. Oe is not only
v hinisei" *
i self by reason of
^ eaee3keaew6sy®a4y
unhappy, in ev-
tickei of the dominant party, ed. We are ..f the opinion that
which is rd course^ equivalent to thif poor, little attempt at■intim-
idation, by arresting an Alii
an election. In this way men
have been chosen for import
ant public trusts in Tcnus who
were not only untried, but ab
solutely unknown to the mass
of the voters w ho under duress
ance man on the streets for sim
ply tcllliug farmers where the
Alliance cotton yard is located
will raise, as it should do, a
righteous storm of indignation
throughout this Southern land,
which will burst upon our
In ls7:l the ring politicians
burnt nineteen million dollars
worth of greenbacks and issued
therefor national bonds and
called it the contraction system;
while the United Stales Su
pietue Court has repeatedly de-
cided that they hail the same
right to issue legal tender jtl «d partisan obhgation !elt con
paper as they had iu noti in ^milled lo vote for them. I ^
terest bearing bonds: yet the 'natters not for the purpose ol heads with such fuiy and I'orct
democrats of to-day are iu fa 'his uigitmeut whethei men that it will scatter blight and
vol'of more bonds and national •'lected in this w'uy liavi* made forever destroy all future hope
banks, still they claim to l «?' or bad ofllcers. II they ot "thrift by lawning," or more i
leiuocrats of the Jetfcrsouiau have pioved capable and laith properly thrill by liaudiiu.
u'der. Jefferson said national l,,t l'l ■ have to thai You
banks and chartered insiiiu exti-nt b«-en lucky, lor it, can be
ions by the government will '.'"p '"db'r lliaii luck when
oppress labor and overthrow il 'hoic - of public ollicers
American liberty. Now, should |, sll',s ") :i 'aithful and elh
he rich shylocks of tile large ''"'"l service. A mail to be In
cities destroy'confidence in leg a"- ''"""'derable State ofllce
itimate trade by their muuipii w'1,h a tnai< rial bearing up« n
lution of honest production isa niamigeinetit jd State aflairs
question worthy of ser must have certain views upon
may
"Knll your brow like gnlberiiiK "lorm;
Ami nur«e >our urnlli lokrcp li wnnn."
But we are determined to
make this little daylight, street
robbing business so hot for you
that you will have to turn it
loose.
That little intimidation game
cations of candidates. It may
reasonably held that there is
ny that will condemn you be
tore the coint. of public opin
no occasion for a candidate for j UtU, That will forever settle
comptroller or land comiuis ,i„vVn upon your guilty heads,
sioner as such commit himself | fan that you have for long
touching tarill revision and oth ' years been eating your bread in
er questions of national policy, the sweat of the farmers' face!
v. — . . is "played out," and we now
ions thought by the masses of !. 1 'ff /l'jestions of State , advise this entire little gang of
the people. j policy. 1 his being true, it fol street loafing, "bale suckers"
The laws now governing this !'OWM J.,s ,l matter ol the tit to "stand still and see the sal
country is the law of money, most, importance thai the peo vation of the fanneis.'4 By
1 landed interests, ph'should b«-enlightened as to these pitiful demoiiHtratioiis
government gave, tne \lewsjis well as tie- qualili jyou are furnishing the testiuio
the Illinois Central every alter
uale section of laud within one
mile of the road bed lo the
amount of 140,000 acres. The
Missouii Pacific, Miss. Central
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe ami
the Morgan Lines have all used
their money influencing le^is
lative bodies until they now
control (53,000,000 acres, which
is properly' the heritage of Un-
people. There are fio.ooo li
censed lawyers iu the United
States and three-fourths of
tlieui are government officials.
Nine out of ten of our legisla
live bodies are lawyers, and
at the same time employed In-
corporations to run tin- govern
rnent in their interest, and if I
had in, way they would be boy
cotted eternally for pttblb po
sition. .Ml honest people should
think for themselves and di-
contiue w« aringthe party collnr
whether right or wrong
LAK NAI-.
unhappy
Hi i slit, bfU Im4
around him unhappy.
ery thing he attemps the uiiaflt
is ho plain lie becomes an ob-
ject of ridicule and contempt.
The crooked peg is always
Iuiiiing iu his eccentric orbit,
trying vainly to adjust hiuioelf,
and his gyrations serve only to
draw tin- attention of others to
his desperate struggles.
lb- is a conceited man. But
it is the conceitt of ignorance
ami mendacity, lb- has an ex-
a I ted opinion of himself, of
his ability, and is always ai-
templing impossible things,
lb- is infected with the idea
that lie must do something
great, but how to set himself
about it is a conundrum above
him. Without sense to discov-
er his own ignorance, he usurps
the place of tin- wise, only to
make his own ignorance the
more palpable.
The uiislit prides himself up
on his knowledge of his own
nature alone, lie makes him-
self his own standard, aud by
it judges the world. *
lie is tunning, and ali the
world is cunning. He is men
daciotis, and all mankind is the
same. Himself without a
standard of honesty, he sus-
pects the honesty of everybody
about him. In short, the misfit
is a man who in his own in-
significant spln-re. for which
nature has fashioned him,might
serve some useful purpose, and
tie- roll lie attempts proves to be
a miserable failure; his life
wasted in vain ambition, and,
at last In- sinks, despite his
struggles to the level of his na-
ture
The state cowboys'tourna<
V
d
but it can tiot be reasonably
maintained that tie- public has
no concern as to the views of
candidates for either of these
oilier* upon questions of Stale
policy. I uii<Ir our state sys
tem of government each d<-
1 partiueiit is independent of
the ' hit | executive, and its
In-ad olllcer is responsible only
|o the people The scope of
his duties is narrower and his
official jurisdiction more cir
cumscribed than those pertain
iug lo the office of the govern
or, but. so far as I hey extend
they may involve matters of as
gr ut concern to th< people
Indeed il is possible lor lie-
heads of subordinate depart
meiits, either from willful op
position or helpless incapacity,
to embarrass the governor iu
many measures of administra
live policy, however wise or
popular tiiey might, be. Ilow
We are pleased to note that
the Texas universities and col-
leges are opening with a large
number of students t his season.
It is the height of folly for Tex-
as people to spend thousands important then that the people
of dollars in otlier states every shoidd -occupy relations of per ^
year, pending their children out fret confidence with all our I have not quite got In possession
That y<>u have had established
le-twecn 'he farmer, tin- prodm--
er and a great army of consu
iners, quite a number of "toll
gates," at each of which you.
with a brazen cln ek and a die
fori a I air you have demanded
and enforced payment. We
know thai it must be quite vex
I ing to our righteous <'.) souls, to
see your "toll gates" ruthless
! ly torn down by tie- farmer,
which you have stretched al
every turn iu his road to pros
perity.
Vet we art- happy to say to
yon that "the man with the
hoe" hath risen up and is snap
ping asunder the chain of cutt
ning wrought falsehoods with
which you have so long bound
Itiui. and he is now beckoning
yon to stand a side, and though
it may be very annoying and
perhaps humiliating to do so,
you may us well make up your
mind to do it ; for the aristocra
•y, shylocks and labor robbers
of the state for an education, public agents. This condition
when we have institutions of niri exi*t only when they adopt
learning within our limits tlint
are all that could be desired in
point of management, conven
lence, etc. If Texas people ex
pend the money on our own
schools that they send to Ten-
nessee, Kentucky and Virginia,
every year, our educational in-
stitutions would be second to
none, and our own state receive
the benefits of the money paid
out for the education of our
children. Buck ('reek News.
from the Dallas
the rule of having an under
standing with those agents be
fore delegating power to them.
No one should be nominated
without first being required to
make known his views at least
upon important questions of
State policy. There are plenty
of these questions to be discuss
ed. There are subjects relat-
ing to State finances, public
education, the assessment ami
taxation of property, the school
lands the Suite militia, and
many others which affect the
It seems,■■■■■■■■■■■■I
News, that the KnowiioUiing* public welfare and upon which
party has been resurrected in the principal State officers will
Uallus. The .News says there officially or personally have
is an organisation of that party more or l< ss to do in' shaping
there, with over 100 members, the public policy. There should
and thev say it will reach 2,000 be a stop put to the loose joint-
strong by the next election, ed way of "looting men to office
One of the planks of the party who represent nothing. It isa
platform is that favoring a law laid case of buying the meta
to prohibit foreigners from emi- phorical pig in a poke. Per*
grating to the I uitedfiKates un sonul politics is not consistent
less they possess sufficient with a system of responsible
means to support themselves representative government. Let
for one year after their arrival, all candidates be compelled to
without work. This is to stop go before the people and an
the thousands of pauper for- —
• igners from Hooding tnc
try. Another plank favors a
conn-
F11 'IM
law requiring foreigners to re-
side here five years before vot-
ing.
of this government yet. There
are yet slumbering bem-nth the
rubbish of class legislation,
misrule and malicious adtninis
(ration : the fires of a Washing
ington, a Jefferson, a Clay and
other lovers of American liber
tv. which the farmers are de
termined to fan into a burning
flame which shall burn out the
rottenness aud corruption of
this nation "Behold, ye have
sinned, arid be sure your sins
will find you out. -Dallas Mer-
cury.
The Nineteenth Century Club
is an organization that will
consist of an equal number of
men and women, it is hardly
to be expected that they will
agree tin all subjects; but it can
surprise no one to learn that
Dr Pierce's "Ooldeti Medical
Discovery," is unanimously
pronounced the most successful
remedy extant, for pulmonary
consumption, as has been de-
monstrated in hundreds of
cases; it positively arrests this
disease and restores health and
nounce their positions upon if administered in its
public questions before being e ^ stages. By druggists.
trusted with official positions. .
Dallas News. P- Huntington says he has
— lmen developing this county
Those who are inclined to for twenty-five years, aud he
biliousness, will find Morris has made #TtO,nod,4<uO at it. Bnt
uieiit has been agreed upon as
a feature ol the Dallas State
Fair and Ivx posit ion, and the
preliminaries and the manage-
ment are in tin-hands of Alex
Cockiell.au experienced cow-
man, who abhors shams of all
kinds and who will see that the
tournament is conducted ac-
coiding to lloyh . lie will fur
nisli the wild cattle and wild
horses, which he says are as
w ild as ever roamed the Pecos
\ alley. The cowboys can de
pend "upon it that everything
will be on tin- square and that
those who carry away the pre-
miutiis will win them honestly.
It will be the only genuine
Wild West show ever put on
exhibition
Mr. Coekrel has addressed
the following circular letter to
tin- famous ropers of the State:
" Your name has been handed
me as an expert in roping and
riding, etc.. and I write to in-
vite you to participate in the
roping tournament to be given
at the Dallas State Fair and Ex-
position, which will commence
on the 2oth of this month and
continue seventeen days. The
premiums for roping and tying
wild cattle in the shortest time
will be $10o to the first, $66 to
second and #35 to the third.
For roping and riding wild
horses in the shortest time, |7J
to the first and a line saddle to
the serond. You will be allow*
ed one assistant in the latter
work. Your horses will be
taken care of free of charge till
after the tournament. An en-
trance fee of ♦ 10 will be requir-
ed The railroad fare is one-
half the usual rate.
\ W ••man's Aft.
A woman, it is said, Is no
older than she looks. Many
women, however, look doable
their actual age by reason of
those functional disorders
wh'ch wear upon the uervesand
vitality, and which, If uncheck-
ed, are liabie to change the
most robust woman to a weak,
broken down invalid. Dr.
Pierce's "Favorite Prescrip-
tion" will positively care
every irregularity and weak-
ness peculiar to their sex, and
requires but a single trial to>
Iirove its surpassing merit,
'rices reduced to one dollar.
By druggists.
ed. Herein this community 1
have heard several say they Tiik Dkmo^kat Is only fi rw) Cascarine an unfailing remedy It is not every developer that
to few the Heo-|a year. Subscribe sow. , for its eradication. W makes so much money.
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Kirkpatrick, E. W. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 1887, newspaper, October 20, 1887; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth191506/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.