Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-25
Ell PASO COUNTY.
Tile Tramp Nuisance-Doings In the
Republican Camp-Delegates to
Fort Worth.

CORRESPONDENCE OF the Gazette.
FL PAso, TEN, April 2l.-This city is al.
ready beginning to feel the elect OF the com
pleiion OF MeNlco's great railroad, the Mex
lean Central. The leading wholesale mct-
chants report an increase of business In dfy
goods, hardware and Western produce gen-
orally, while The registers of our hotels show
"a constantly augmeniing list OF MeNlchhs
from every important city between Mexico
and Paso del Norte, most ~ them not on
pleasure, but on business Intent IL the re-
ctpfocity treaty Is put In iull operation AN
carly day II Will be The cause OF qulle
boom, and a permanent one Tor ~ iNso,
nud will probably induce some OF the large
houses Of ST. Louis, Chicago aud Kansas nity
TO open branch establishments here What
the effect Of the new ''Zpna labfe,.
ia in V''' the papfrs OF the
CITY of Mexico. win be upon our commercial
interests, Is still n matter OF dispute. Most o'
our merchants are disposed to regard II iavor-
ably. good deal OF smuggling WIN be done
hereafter, unless the Mexican government
keeps a regular Gordon of guards along ,ne
new inland customs line. However Il nun
dred and one ways Will be fouuu 70 elude
| them for the Mexican Is rs persevering anu
ingenious in the pursuit. OF the "a1o1e, aoi !,
When the lastspike on the Mexican Ncntlhl
| was driven some weeks ago, very large
| number OF lahorers mostly Irish ana Amerl-
| can, who were no longer needed In It's con,
| struction, were discharged and furnished
! with free transportation TO FL i'aso: Tbi'
turned out TO be not very desirable addition
To our population. Hundreds OF them whstcd
Immediately what little money they had IN
! dissipation, and then found themselves nm
able to get away. stu they had TO live
| somehow or other, and most of them
did make a living by begging and stealing
For "A while there were more burglafles ana
sneak thievlng than you oouid shake SUCK
| All and The resident citizens got quite deeper
ate IL was only after several Inaraudefs nho
been caught IN lGgrtunfc deiicto ana shot Gown
in their TRACKS, that the eYll ahated TO some
extent, IL Is vel too early for the great horde
OF tramps who infest thls country ~ pre'ehl
to move mort Inward, as the season ~ moi w
sufficiently advanced % make outdoor ne
| IN n northern latitude pleasant and Desirable
The Republicans OF this county organized !
few days ago by selecting Two delegales 10 ,lt
Fort Worth convention. III faso ~ n lhiBt
couniy-one of the largest in me state--anu
our CITY is In the extreme western eornel ~
IL, but when II comes 10 uiVluihs VIZ spotis,
our local politicians go Ia iof u game OF graz
and claim everything In sight Tor the tlty
although the outside precincts contain
larger population than ~ raso' eoiii,'ip 81
ouire that one of the two delegates should b'
from the country, but our hepuhlienh man
pulntors could not see ~ ~ MI nsn' ~,
} although the Mexican vote efeuly pIepul
Geratcs r. Z. slade, the editor OF the rim e.
was selected as one ol the my le, IN
tended for tho other, bht mat phftl.ih l
Campbell didn't suitn great many 81 mo-,
present at the meeting; they preferred BOD Y
Q lin and pob arcordluely got IL. This devils
) ton from the previously cutiind-urlei Pre-
grafnme was not a pleasant one ty Tue tul
! foTlaI delegate, Tor some lime ago MS pSpe
$ mad called the Honorable robert lnmroel
Poker Bob" who had waNtd eNeesalhsi
G ,vtoin ,hprant. and las harb0red no lriendi
/ isollngs toward the paper ever, lace. How
I ever, politics make stransc bed,ieiioIs, an
r eef along peilcefully enough while !
! the seethIhg political canldron OF q
I .Chlcago Of Texas one OF ~
I, Irregularities a Republican politics mere
Ii ihe va,f number OF ex-collectors of custom
7 that make themselves prominent nj a
= meetings. .a,,,.o
|. an early dny Tor the campaign. For sou
y years nast neither party has bad a reguls
n county organization, and whateyer eiecaoi
+ national politics and on local issues oml
4 but from now ON It will be different. n
70 Democratic element is largely IN tne hsee. =,
y ant In this county, aud VIII no aoupt NC "
G. controlling one hereafter