Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-30
DOWNED BY DE GRESs.
Such Was the Sorrowful Fate Of the
Hon. Webster Flanagan.
II He Was Here For the Championship
lie Got Gloriously Left.
Federal Office Holders Make a Clean
Sweep Of the Convention
While Sambo Catches 1t In the Neck
on Every Side.

Spells are triumphant; the fight is
over; the ''ins'Ahave won. 1t was by
a close shave that they came under the
wire, but they got there all the same
and captured the whole thing, gate
money, stakes aud prizes, They moved
along with care and precision; calculat-
ingevery step by cold figures, while
the other side shouted them
selves hoarse in vain attempt
TO overawe the opposition.
1t was of no avail, however, the office
holders got down to work in solid
earnest from the very first, and every
time they passed ditch burned the
bridges behind them. There was no
excitement among them, no rash en-
thusiasm, but the quiet determination
OF men who know the value of bread
and butter and are not to be diverted
from the main issue. 1t was
spoils versus principle, aud
principles were laid away
among the daisies without the
trouble of manufacturing shroud.
The victory was not won without a
struggle. The veteran Republicans
proclaimed it from the street corners
and hotel Hobbies that oflice-holders as
bosses must go. Old gray-headed men
who have never tasted the sweet morsel
OF federal patronage, and whose locks
have whitened in the Repub-
iican service, announced that
the rule of the spoil
hunters was CALLING. But they only
talked, the others worked, and how
effectually is told in the totals which
the first test of strength developed. If
the vote had been taken twenty-four
hours earlier, the "ins" would have
lost all. But that time was sufficient
fora thorough organization of their
forces, which was accomplished
IN a mastery manner.
They put their trust in no
tempest of enthusiasm but in the pow
er of spoils, and the sequel showed the
sagacity of their policy. The adroit-
ness of their maneuvers, changed a
prospective rout into decisive
triumph, none the less effective be-
cause it narrowly escaped being a
rout. 1t is an administration victory
only so far as the administration rep
resents the power which dishes out the
spoils. The logic of the result,
as indicated in yesterdays CONNIE ts,
Is that Texas is to he wheeled into
line at Chicago for the upper dog in
the fight, be it Blaine, Arthur, Logan,
Edmunds or dark horse. AS mat.
ter of fact if the sentiment of the indi-
vidual delegates were correctly gagged
they would be found for Blaine by a
three tourths majority. This was
clearly illustrated when Mr.. Flana-
gan closed his address by refer
ence to the Maine statesman as q pres
idential candidate. The name of Ar
thur fell flat upon the house, raising a
murmur OF applause so slight that IL
was arebuke rather than compliment
to the administration; Logan excited
some enthusiasm; Edmunds and Sher-
man each drew out q ripple of APP
pl Use, but the moment the speaker
touched upon the "reerless statesman
of Maine" the convention forgot itself
and rose to its feet as one man amid O
perfect cyclone of huzzahs. Hats went
iiying in the air, handkerchiefs were
waved, men got up on the seats and
cheered with that wild enthusiasm
which only springs from the heart.
me excitement lasted fully five
minutes, and while it continued the
sound OF the gayel was as but q pin
dropping upon the floor. 1T was a re-
markable scene and attested as moth.
ing else could attest the sentiment
OF the convention. The bosses
could control the organization by yir-
tue OF their shrewdness but they could
not stiiie an outburst of honest opinion.
me color line was tightly drawn YES
terday and by those who have been
talking about it the least the white
men. While speeches were proce edinp
In the evening the cOlored men very
naturally took it into their heads that
they deserved some representation on
the rostrum. They began to call for
quincy, the colored leader from Gal
weston. Singularly enough Just at this
moment the chairman discovered that
certain business needed immediate at
IGNITION. 1t was evident that the
mouse wanted to hear Quincy, but the
enairman attempted to sit down on
nm without mercy or the fear of par
llamentary law. The house protested
ana voted to invite Quincy to address
II; the chairman took another vote
put II was no use; the colored men
were aroused and by an over
Wnelming majority sat down on
.he chairman. Unfortunately Cunev
was absent from the floor, and thus It
proved an empty victory. But the
mSnt Is not done with yet. The
coioied brother will not forget the
siight, and the Probabilities are that in
" next vote taken he will not be led |
=. 10 MS own slaughter. The idea of n
f awnrs state ticket is gaining in
m 1msor with the delegates,
his was indicated in an
emphatic manner when the sneak.
ers championed this policy. The nres.
d da. temper of the Republicans Is eyi.
Irentiy natal to the aspirations of Mr.
lilies as IL requires no great depth NJ
i,oresight to see that u Repnhlican
oicket VIII be nominated, either now
VI ater on by the committees. It's
possioie mat subsequent deyelonments
may change the policy alraaa .s
forecast by the unanimous sentimanyy
o NJ lne gMsiegates, but 1t is hardly prob.
a ,aas MOI only the privates but the
t ,ha, are back of the movement and
.hey are not likely to change thai.
an,,nus except under extraordinary Or.
nv, me oiiiceholders have first blood
,ney nave succeeded In getting The
Gar. IN 'front.' of the horse md t,,a',
hhow Wen how TO use the;.
=, That means. amona
olnsr ihings, that the contestine doIs
cations not in favor with the no W.
treated yesterday had as we'll na pJl".s
their Daugnpa aud he....,s ~ - pawn up