Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-28
The Discussion on the Platform Was
Clicked OF When Upon the Point
Of a Compromise.
West Texas ANONYMOUSLY 1gnored--A
Stride Taken Towards a DiyiciOn
Of the State.
The Convention Disguised With It's Own
High-Handed Machineism
Convention System,
Bosses May Come and Bosses May go,
But Principles go on Forever
The Ballot Box Rules.


Garfield In placing John Sherman in
nomination for the presidency in 1880
warned the convention that Ii was not
at Chicago in the heat OF August, but
in the sober quiet OF Republican fire
side between then and November that
the fate of It's ticket would be decided.
The solemn effect of that grave warn
ing is historical. A mighty political
tempest was stilled, hundreds OF angry
minds were sobered, and the reaction
eliminated In the nomination and
election OF
GARFIELD HIMSELF.
y great political party has just held
it's biennial conclave in this state. Ex-
cept in results there's striking anal
ogy between the situations at Houston
and Chicago. Each was the domi-
nant party and In each were contend
Ing factions. The actions OF each
were subject to appeal To
that supreme tribunal,
TIE FfREsIDE.
One, mastering its II, became master
of the situation and passed the ordeal
successfully; the other will learn the
verdict of that tribunal in November.
The advocates of but one convention
found their justification in the results
at Houston, although their predictions
were but revcrsely true. In its general
makeup the August convention must
suiler greatly In comparison with the
June convention. In both members
and ability 1t was vastly inferior and it
surpassed only in
DtsoRGANIZATioN AND RIOT.
IL turned out true, AS was urged
that the people would only
attend one convention, but contrary to
general expectation, they gave their
preferences to Fort Worth. II was IA
calamity to the state that the eXecu-
tive committee did not decide in favor
of but one convention and that at Fort
Worth, but the iron hand of the ma
chine willed otherwise and 1t was so.
Among many things which the con-
vention developed the most conspicu-
Gus was
THE GROWTH OF MACHINE POLITICS
In the state,and the alarming tendency
OF the people to acquiesce In thing
because of the belief that IL cannot be
averted. Not an honest man who
participated in that conyen-
ton but knows-unless lie
be willfully blind-that it but car
ried out predetermined, prearranged
programme, programme which was
perfected long
BEFORE TUE CONVENTION MET,
and which IL was forced To ratify by a
display of unreal strength and "A
resort to methods which have
rendered recent Republican
conventions so notorious. After the
convention was owe: n gentleman one
VINO worked most actively for the
machine) remarked 10 me:
There was no use of holding that
convention. Almost every detail was
arranged i'll u caucus u month ago.
There were hundred evidences of
the truth of this, and so grossly
arrogant became the machine " ork.is
that there was but little attempt made
to conceal II. In the selection of "A
permanent chairman ii was revealed,
ana III the most minute details il
showed itself the inspiration. The
permanent Craftsmanship was gener-
ally conceded To
col, THOMAS X. BONNER,
IL IL undoubtedly true that he was
the choice of the entire convention.
but the machine willed differently,
ana while ~ concession to this senti.
ment and To the general surpris of the
whole convention, Col. Bonner was
made temporary chairman,
MIR. W. Y. UPTON
was put In as permanent chairman.
III IL very well known that MIR. Uptou
aspires to he speaker of the Nineteenth
legislature, and it Is not impossible
that he will need the assistance of
the administration in that contest
IL would be difficult on any
other hypothesis TO explain
his rulings In the convention, rulings
which for arbitraIiness overshadowed
those of the Republican bossesI In their
late convention and ignored entirely
the free agency OF the delegates
Thus 1t appears that to-day John Ire
land Is the Democratic nominee for
governor
NY THE GRACE OF MIR. UPTON
instead OF the state nominating con-
vention. This is u fact which can ana
will be snbstantiated, although 1t NAV
call IN question the Legitimacy of the
gnbernatorial nomination, and absolye
every Democrat in the state from the
duty OF supporting It. Under the
rules OF the Eighteenth legisla-
ture, which were adopted Inv
the convention, five members could
DEMAND A ROLL CALL.
Mr.. Upton was u member of the
eighteenth legislature and ought to
have been familiar with those rules.
especially as he aspires to pre-.
siue over the next one, vet
closing his ears to demands
for y call Of counties all over the house.
he placed the seal Of his indor.e
upon the ignominious conduct of the
rabhle who attempted to drown these
ny the mere power Of their lungs and
put the motion TO nominate by accla-
nation. He refused or failed
even To cal for the noes, aud declared
John Ireland the nominee by accla.
miton
WITHOUT AUTHORITY,
and in defiance of the very rules
which he was under obligation 10 en-
force, There was formidable chorus
oi volunteer noes, hut the
machine very promptly sup.
pressed them by the speedy
exercise of its talented boot heels.
ANY one who Is anxious Cor n solu. |
ton OF these bulldozing tactics of the |
administration need not tax his Curl
,sity very strong. The trnth IL In
ooasted strength was like Marion's
ahhon during the revolutionary war,
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