Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-21
SHERMAN.
Tho Drought Broken by u Few
Sprinslos-Th Candidates Out
for Another Weeks Work.
How the Business Mon Of Chicago are
flookingto 0leveland-ThoWld
Theory Of Republican.
Special 10 tho Gazette.


Special 20 tho Gazette,
SHERMAN, Tx, Oct. 2O.--Our peo-
pie have been tlcslod with few slight
showers to-day, and are animated with
cheering prospect for good rain be-
fore the clouds roll by.
Candidates for county offices started
out again this morning TO canvass the
southeastern portion OF the county and
will begin by addressing the people In
nneB tonight ut Pilot Grove. Several
lawyers who are running had to Mt
tend county court last week and the
canvass was suspended, but they will
NIL resume operations again refreshed
from the rost they enjoyed, aud keep
the political CRuldron aeething
from now until November 4, when the
| people viii speak In their majesty aud
| relieve their suspense for the next two
years nj least.
The all absorbing issues involved In
tho presidential contest have TO a great
degree robbed our local candidates of
the usual share VI interest, but several
OF our most important offices ARE being
! contested with extraordinary ZEAL and
the people cannot loo too cautious IN Sc
Letting the men to Ill them.
a wcll-lSnOwn commercial man re-.
| ceived a letter from his house In CHI
cnBo last Saturday, and the member of
the firm who has always been Re-
| publican tells his sherman friend that
n wonderful revolution has taken place
| In that city In favor of Cleveland for
! president, The example lac gives Is IA
| follows When the nominations were
first modo their house, containing lO2
votes, had nlnoty-lour Blaine
men and only eight Tor
Cleveland, hut hc says BAinc's can
| vnea and the methods used hy his nd
! hcrcntH have 30 disgustcd the people
| that his house has now fourteen Re-
| publican votes and lightweight Demo-
| cratic, and that IL similar change hua
! taken place among many other bust
ness establishments In that city. The
writer had offered TO wager on the
election of Blaine In the early pnrt of
the canvaaR, but now prefers to put
his money on Cleveland and
expresses the hope that the
latter may continue the
dlgnilied course heretofore puHued 10y
him and leave the country one chance
To elect AN honest statesman who mp.
prcciateH tho Importance and dignity
|
No little comment has been created
In this city by the assertion of ono of
the most prominent and unimpnssloncd
Republicans here that mo matter II
Cleveland does get n majority OF the
electoral votes, Blaine will take posses
sion OF the Office and administer
the government In spite of
all the opposition can do to prevent IL. -
That the Republicans do not intend
90 surrender their hold on the offices
nj the bidding of n solid South with n
few Northern states TO help them In
the election, aud will declare the
country I'm state OF revolution before
they viii stcp down and out,
This assertion was qualified 10y
tho further statement that II
Cleveland WAS elected by a
majority OF Northern States without
they would submit, but as this
was not likely TO occur, h(
d, believed the universal Republican sen.
, tlmont was az above expressed. The
i speaker Ia one Of the IuoAt moderate
/ aud conservative Republicans here
Z but has excellent advantages to learn
/ the sentiments of kls political friend,
D and nO doubt knows what he Ia talking
= about,
o MIR, Geo. II, Crumlcy was married
y near Howe to-day 10 Miss Mellssl
/ MeasicR and paascd through the citS
/. with his bride for his home near Potts
\ boro,
/. q, A, Bowen surrendered possession
4 OF his fine farm two miles east Of ia,
!. city last Saturday 20 II, Nj, Patty, son
4 lu-law aud agent Of the purchaser
!. Judge Foot of Mississippi, ana vii
q start with his family tomorrow fo
South Carolina whore Inc will Cngag,
n In farming and stook.mislug, HI
d shipped several head OF fine stock las
!. Thursday. Mr.. Bowen has mad
"A many friends hero In the few years IN
/. has lived among us and the hest wishe
o of our best people will follow hin
10 and his excellent family 70 their dis
10 tant home.
IA TwCuty-one runners came here ON las
A. nlght's train and took up quarters oi
ID the race course From present intelli
n genCo we will have nearly one hundro'
n and fifty horsea here next week ,amon
% which are many OF the ileetost Ia TIA
~ Mon,