Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-29
awhy is there so universal a desire

"Why is there so universal desire
To relegste to the state executive COM
mittee the state nominnfions?n
The captain smiled blandly and
seemed 10 indicate by his merry
twinkle that on that they did not care
to talk.
free grass, sir: we all favor free
grass. VIII delegates go instructed?
On, no; no Instructions. They 60 free
of any entanglement.n
Richard Allen OF Houston, is one
of the colored delegates, aud being
strongly pushed forward by his
friends as the possibly only colored
delegate at large. He believes there
will be harmony in the convention,
ard that so far as the more intelligent
leaders are concerned every effort will
he made to prevent bolt; and that
there Is no desire to push forward the
colored-line question. Believes the
oolored brethren should have two of
the four delegat, at large rs it would
tend to greatly stregthen the allegi-
auce ofthe colored factionsof the party.
II. G.. Ferguson, also colorcd man,
assessor of and delegate from Fort
Bend county, conceded with Mr..
Allen. Believed 70 man was pulling
on the color line unless with desire
to be lowed into Office by creating
dissentions in the party.
Mr.. w. n. Norton: There will be
no compromise with the Dallas dele
gates. The Texas war OF independence
had its Alamo, we had our Terrell.
They got us down there in a packed
convention where lot of postmasters
gagged us aud denied us the liberty of
speech. Now we are among men who
will do right and we mean to he heard.
Mr.. Kirk Williams: The fight to-.
morrow will be between the Southern
publicans-Southern born white
men and negroes-and the carpet-bag-
gers. The men who are Republicans
because they can get an Office must be
counted out.
Louis Corcoran (colored); / have
been in Dallas thirty-seven years; we
are going to sit down on the postmas-
tiers.
Web Flanagan: The country is safe
and the next president will be - Re-
publican-that's all.
Mr.. &. 5. Slower: ! represent the
Dallas Mechanics, the knights of La
Dor and other labor organizations.
Those of us who are Republicans by
principle are opposed TO the post-oiiice
dudes who attempt to dictate to us.
BY the manipulation OF these men who
STYLE themselves "the respectable
element of the Republican party" we
are practically debarred from express
ing our preference and we don't pro-
pose to stand it.
Burrell Johnson, he aggressive
leader of the colored Republicans in
| A. 4. ,.tf
among a crowd of colored friends near
the Piclkwick hotel. a GAZETTE rep,
resentative asked him what were the
prospects of the delegation, OF which
he is Il member, being recognized by
the convention. II am scarcely
prepared to say,n was the reply, ''as
all the delegates are not in yet and NJ
caucuses have been held by the col
ored men, consequently no line of nc
ton has been determined upon.
will say, however, so far rs am CON
cerned and my influence can be usec
our delegation must be recognized rs 1
whole or refused. No compromise
will be acceptable nor will we sub
init to any. The delegation chosen IN
. the district courtroom on the 18Th
day of April is the on
which represents a large majorlt,
of the Republicans of Tarrant county
We have justice on our side and moth
ing but an absolute, unqualified recog
!. milton of our delegation will satisf.
us. When the chairman of the con
vsntion left, followed by q number
q white men, he did not take the con
, vention with him. The majority re
: NAMED and finished the work alread,
commenced. The colored men ar
largely in the majority in the Republl
can party in this county ana thei
n rights must be recognized. we 40 no
want to draw the color line. we ohi
, ask that we be treated as Republicans.