Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-07
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an uncalled for sectiona! rehnih i'i Az
by the Houston Post, VIZ tne W. W.
ditional North Texas man VII .uu
finue TO get left retorts as loi.lows
1--WE believe the last. eieclion sue
the question as TO where the pell'
cratic maiorities were piied up; IN
North Texas had no cause 70 ulush'
For The full justifoation.of TINS state
ment let facts attest. These VIII Suo,
that North Texas IL today the Gibrai
tar of the Democracy aud its only mop
for The future. Year by yea
SINCE 1876 has the Demo
critic majority of this state been de
creased until ~ the la 't election 1t wa
indeed demonstrated that 10 these sec
fions was due the election o
Gov, Ireland. The Coke majority II
1875 was in round numbers l0l 100
THE Roberts vote In 1878 was loI0 92
as against Hamman and Nrrton's o
7s0lT. showing a majority for the FOR
mer OF 1885. In 1850 the vote stood
for Roberts l66 1903 against DAVIS ana
Hannah Of 9S Oh. showing MAJOR
jty sfor the former of Us 26l. In ISIS.
the vote stood, for Ireland lo0,SOO
against Jones and Robertson of To-, $50
showing majority for the former Of
47.D65. Here has been gradual and
sure reduction of the Democratic CUB
ernatorial vote of 60,00O votes within
six wears. Now, let us analyze the last
vote of the state eleatlon:
The total vote of the state was, for
ireland. l5O. sos: to Jones ard Robert
son, l02, $50, or u majority for the ior-
mer of 1874 A considerable portion
of this majority was from counties In
Northwest Texas, but this we throw
of and count only the vote as given IN
the l69 congressional district
counties. An examination mere eX-
hibits that the Fifth and Sixth districts
the two districts OF purely North Tex
as, such as Dallas, Grayson, Collin,
etc, alone Of but nineteen counties,
ireland received a majority of ~ 30,
or over one half of his entire majority
in the whole state. The Fifth or Dallas
district of seven counties gave him a
majorith of 70, $3.50, the largest majority
in the list of the eleven districts.
In the Eleventh district, of twenty
eight counties, composed of Parker, FL
Paso, etc, Ireland's majority was
1856. In the Third district, of twelve
counties, composed of Van Iandt,
Smith, etc, his majority was 3, 26B, In
the Fourth district, of eleven counties,
composed of Fannin, Hopkins, etc,
his majority was 6,555. In the Second
district, OF nine counties, composed of
Henderson, San Augustine, etc., his
majority was ! Alb. In theSeventh or
Galveston district, of twenty-six couu.
ties, which gave Ochiltree majority
of some $500 over the Democratic
nominee, Ireland's majority was but
1,i00. The majorities in these five dis.
tricts of eighty-six counties foot w
u $50, which Is smaller than the Dali
las, Tarrant and Grayson district ma
jorities, only nineteen counties, OF
2i,2i0.
Now let us see how the case stands
in Central, Southen and Wester n
Texas. We have there four districts
namely, the First, Eighth, Ninth and
Tenth, with total of sixty-four coun.
ties, and we have a majority against
Ireland in every district, and in favol
OF Jones of some 307l votes. The ex
hibit rs AZ follows The First distlic
OF nineteen counties, composed of Har
ris, etc shows majority over Irelunl
of ,30S. The Eighth district of thir
teen counties, composed of Guadalupe
etc, gives the heaviest of all the ma
joriti,s against him, OF 2,772 votes
The Ninth district of eight countie,
composed of Washington, etc, show
a majority of l,702 votes against him
The Tenth district of twenty cuur
Ties, composed OF BeXar, etc, gives
majority OF 202 ugalns. him.
IL Is u fact, therefore, that the sever
counties In the Dallas-rarrant dlsirlc
with their mMorities for Ireland ,
1880, We're larger than the majortlC
given him 10y the 80 counties in d
Eastern Texas district, tho Galverstc
county the Harris county, the Bexa
Guadalupe and Washington coun;
districts all put together, 1t is equal
q Tact that this same Dallas Tarral
district, with 1880 Democratic IN
joTity, was more than double the e
tire majority, GOA, of Jones, in the
Southern and Southwestern countiC
Again, in the matter OF state conve
ton representation, we have this san
Dallas-rarrant Ireland vo of sew,
counties, 1850, with u portion of
votes out of the possible total SOB, u
numner Ut the coming eOnventio
based on the last one. III to this d
trict we add the other purely MOI
IeSus districts, viz: The Fourth a
Eleventh, l. e., the Fannin-Parl
forty counties, $4,000, we will In
seventy-o1ie more votes, or l0l vot
To this, rs belonging to North Tex
we may add the u, 0sl in the Third
NanIandt-Hnnt district, which
creases the figures fifty more votes.
told 2ll votes or more than half of
whole for these, our seventy count
OF the other ninety-nine count
sixtyfour In South and Southw
Texas gave . minority against Irela
of60Ii. Dedncting from this his
tire mejoritles OF . ,SIS votes for the
naming thirty-live counties, Gal,
ton aud East Texas, we see u short
offs 2Al votes.
But this ia not all. BY furtheia
erence we discover that the Der
cratic vote In the South, West, q
Southwest Texas has been falling
whereas In all this region there co
along with cur great increase of pt
lation an Increase of Democr
power. Surely, the case Is now c
that 10 North Texas must the Den
racy look In the future for tho DE
cratic victory, and must aspirant
state offices look for their supp
said the GAZETTE not right, and
the Herald not shown now
yond all question that "the last
tion settled the question rs TO va
the Democratic inaloriiies were i
up, and North Texas had no caus
biush?n Ii the friends of that jou
or the people OF its section indorse
proposition Of The Houston Post,
lished where the Democracy 'got |
thar "tho traditional North Texas
will continue to get left the prop