Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-01
POLITICAL.

uoli'SVh OVulliJ WIN o6nu an Unln- |
stracted Delegation to the
Galveston Convention.
Nuects Instruets for StaytOn for Gov
ernor, Maxey for Senator and
Grain for Representative.
The :, 'icans Of Pennsylvania ana the
a. Oh. Nts oft Arkansas In Con-
20, 49, Yesterday
coNvA, va u. RsHALL.
Special TO the Gazt n
Marshall, TEx.,'$ ne 30.-The con
vention to elect delegates TO the state
convention, congressional district conyen.
ton, Judicial district convention and
fioatoral convention was called to order
by the former president, Mr.. Galloway.
The committee on credentials reported
the number OF delegates from precincts
entitled TO vote in the convention. The
committee also named Hon. William
Stedman as permanent chairman. The
report was adopted, and MIR. Stedman
tookthe chair and made brief but forci-
bic speech, urging harmony In the pro.
ceedpgs of the convention, and giving a
beautiful but meritsd compliment TO
President Cleveland He then announced
the convention ready for business. The
convention proceeded to elect twenty.
Eve delegates TO the state convention,
twenty delegates to the congressional
distrift convention, aud twenty delegates
to the judicial district convention and
tifteel delegates to the ioatorial conyen-
ton. On motion the delegates to the
iudlchl strict convention were in
structed to vote for L. II. Wilson
for district attorney, the only
office to be hlled. No other delegates
were instructed, The delegates TO the
state convention We're supposed TO be
aboutequally divided between Swain and
Ross Tor governor. The delegates to the
congressional district convention were
as far as could be learned, about two.
third for Hon. J. Ii. Jones and one-thirc
for Hbn. Horace Chiffon. Possibly the
delegates may have been about equally
divldAd. The general expressed senti.
mentwas to have thu delegates untram.
melel by instructions. The convention
was throughout harmonious and deter
mind TO work for the best man for office
The delegations were all of the best ma
terid. Some were in favor Of indorsina
the candidacy Of Hon, Hyde jennings as
associate supreme Judge, but the conven.
tlondeclined to instruct for anyone ex.
ceptfor district attorney There was O
general feeling in favor of his candidacy,
and had the convention acted on the mat.
ter the vote would have been almost II
nothuita unanimous for Mr.. Jennings
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Special to the Gazette,
CIRRUS CHRISTI, TEX, June 30-Tht
, contention Of Nueces county held here
to-day elected delegates to the various
4 DIVst,ti3ae, iEetruesed Tor Ma1oy for the
United States senate, Grain for United
Sites representative and Judge Staytor
fof governor. The convention was har
mbnious throughout.
NOTHING BUT PROTECTION.
| iHARMsBURG, PA, June 90.-The regu
lar state convention met here to-day with
every delegation full. Mr.. Olive was
elected temporary chairman. On taking
the chair he said: s'With our foes in nos.
session of the federal government and the
lower and more important branch of the
national congress endeavoring by every
means 60 enact legislation that win close
up hundreds of our workshops, drown the
| fires in thousands of our furnaces, Il Ia
more than ever necessary that the Repub-
! lican party should live, and above all that
the Republicans of this great state should
! proclaim to the world that we demand
tariff not for revenue only, not even for
revenue with incidental protection, but
for protection alone"
Gen. WAGNER OF Philadelphia was
! chosen permanent presiding officer. The
next business In order being the nomina-
ton of candidates, Col. d. H. Hastings
placed the name Of Jas. A. Beaver before
the convention as the party's candidate
for governor. No other candidates were
named Tor governor, and on motion Gen.
Beavers was made by reclamation and
carried with shouts and cheers.
VIM. t. Davies was nominated for
Northumberland on the first ballot
The ticket was completed as follows
Auditor-Gen, A. W. Morris.
Secretary Internal Affairs-J. j. Stew
art
Congressman-at-Large-Gen. f. A. os-
borne.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported platform proclaiming
the Republican party of
Pennsylvania place themselves on record
against disfranchisement Of colored vot-
ers In any manner or form. Approving
the bills passed by the senate now in the
house regulating commerce between the
states. Denouncing Importation OF pau
per labor and demanding ma
tional law prohibiting such impor-
tation. Demanding that products
Of the farm and dairy shall be protected.
Opposing the Morrison bill. Declaring
labor and capital are OF right and should
be through custom and law as mutual as
man and wife and advocating that congress
and all state legislatures pass laws
facilitating state conference aud arbitra-
tion based upon the principle OF al, men
are free and equal. Indlcting the pres
ent Democratic national administra-
tion for Inconsistency, Indifference,
and inefiiciency. Demanding that the
protective system be maintained, and
that 1t be extended to our commerce, and
asking the state legislature 10 submit the
prohibition question to vote OF the