Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-11-09
GALVESTON.
The Entire County Ticket Reelected
The Contest for State Senator
Very Close.
The Largest Parade in the History Of
the City Resolutions and Speech
Making.

GALVESTON, Tx, Nov. S.-The
missing returns from the Balman pre-
cinct, completing the returns Of Gal
weston county, give Owens plurality
81 nine votes over Jennett for the sh,r-
ittalty. Jennett has expressed his de-
termination to contest the election and
has already taken steps for an official
recount. The election Of Owens re-
turns the entire county ticket OF
present incumhents 10 office.
The vote for state senator In the
Tenth district, comprising Galveston,
Matagorda and Brazoria counties is
very close In fact, there
Is such email difference
claimed in tho respective msiarities
for VIM. M. Jordone, Democrat, and
.Ias. Bates, Independent, that nothing
positive can be stated ut present until
the full official returns are made.
Bates' friends do not give figures al
leging round majority, while TN.
Jordone supporters maintain that he Is
elected by at least 100 votes.
The day was herAlded by the boom.
ing of cannon, giving another national
salute for the victorious Democracy.
At noon the crowds which had
| thronged Market street adjourned to
the Greenwall opera-house and in a
mass meeting completed the arrange
ments for the grand demonstration OF
tonight.
Al dusk the multitudes again came
forth ard by p. III. fremont and
Walnut streets We're illuminated by
the glare Of torches, red DIRE and trans
parencies, The arrangement multi
ltstA lafi
the signal 10 fall in
line was given almost
all the Democratic population irres-
pective OF age responded and the De.
mocrRoy OF the present and the future
1000 strong, side by side, marched In
triumph through the prinel-
pal streets each bearing q
wide-awake torch or transparency
bearing some appropriate inscription
such as "i've been elected and an
going 10 take my scat. 1--WE prefer
Grain to crow "BlaiRe TO Logan
Are there any channels out west Ia
which can be useful?'p Tell the
TRUTH insolvency II safe, Texas
the banner state, 100000 for Cleve
land.p
After the grand parade they agair
assembled ut the opefa-house. Tn,
meeting was called to order by Gen. f
A. Waul. Judge Ballinger wa
elected president and Messrs
p l.. Fulton, Henry Green
wall, Geo. Sealy, Skinner, Rngera
Garcia, Hume, Gardner aud Stone
vice-presldents. Addresses were mad
by Hon Seth Shepherd, congressman
elect w II. Grain, Judge Ballnge
A and others. A series of resolution
offered by Mr. l.. Levi, were adopted
after declaring their belief tina
Cleveland Is honestly and fdrl!
t elected, the resolutions conclude a
i. follows:
4 I'VE view with regret the efforts O
the Republican candidate TO iDjeC
T sectional feeling into this already owe
i heat d controversy aud we pledge tn
e country that In any event the people {
e the South will merge their locality Int
). theirnatiOna ity, and we declare turtle
: that we rejoice IN victory that wi
/ enable W To prove that we are toleran
Il of our political adversRIies and NJ
y especially friendly to the colored ma
e as n citizen aud "a fireman.
IL Mr.. Grain In his speech graf
e fed his hearers by assumin
e most conservative grounds. decla
n ing that the triumph of Democrae
was not partisan victory but an NJ
J. rising of honest, patriotic virtuot
d people. irrespective of party in the.
e demand for honest government.
"a A feature OF the demonstration wi
"A tho badges, which we're various an
g some Of very rich and pretty materia