Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-29
A Prominent Knight and a State Or
GAMER Says the BalIOt-Box
viii Supersede Strikes.
A Plan Quietly Worked to Control the
Primaries Harvest OF Candidates
The Dallas Slate.
Charley Cuiberson withdraws to Let Old
Dave Put Up His Lightning Rod
Reagan Wants Thunder, Too.
special Correspondence of tho Gazette.

was S6) but the weather bureau Is nc
r half so badly Illustrated as the politics
D caldron. Federal court affords an eS
cuse for politicians from all parts OF tn
B state to gather here and consult, an
E much of their conversation would max
interesting reading could it get into tn
papers.
81 tell YOU" said wide-awake poll
2 tician to me to-day, "we are going to hay,
more hell in Texas during this campaign
than has been experienced since tn,
Coke Davis troubles"
The one question Ia the mouths OF al
is, what are the farmers going to dol
II is generally thought that their actor
will control the course OF the Knights Of
Labor. asked q prominent Knight
state organizer-abouti 1t Said he: ave
are going to make our light strictly inside
OF party lines Men who talk otherwise
have no authority to speak for the order
we have made some mistakes in the past
the newspapers criticised them and am
glad OF it. We are learning-we are edu-
eating. 1t has been demonstrated that
strikes are failures; we must try some
thing else. You may look for us at the
ballot-boX and in the primaries"
A gentleman who keeps well posted
says that plan is being quietly worked
all over the state to control the primaries
and send a majority OF farmersan labor.
lag men to the state convention.
| MONSTER CROP.
! No such thing as apolitical drought was
ever known In Dallas. The annual har-
vest Of candidates suggests that the irri-
| CATION system must be in vogue, At
| uraQpnt nnIU thpaa 30 TO-
sitions have been trotted out, but as two
and one-half months still intervene before
the state convention, Dallas NAV vet
shake off her natural modesty and come
to the front with demand for proper
recognition.
Here is the Dallas slate to-day. II the
reader cuts it out he should attach n
piece Of foolscap for additions
For attorney general County ATTORNEY
Clint; for supreme Judge, MIR. Morgan,
known to his friends as "Dick', Morgan,
the law partner of Lieut.. Coy. Gibbs; for
superintendent of public instruction,
Prof. Grove, Dallas school teacher, IL
is barely possible that If satisfactory men
cannot be found elsewhere Dallas NAV
agree to fill out the balance of the ticket.
have heard Of only one man here who
does not want an office. A friend of
Seth Shepard quotes him as saving that
he is in for a ten years stretch in the
practice of law before he proposes
to touch politics again with his little
finger.
THE SIZE or THE A-r.'S HAT.
Speaking Of the attorI y-generalshin
recalls the remark of pro iinent LAWYER
made to-day Said he. "ihe place de-
mands an able civil lawyer; one who Is
able TO cope with the best gal talent In
the state, He has to deal with such in
tricate matters as the land and railroad
questions, and unless qualified by long
experience and deep study he Is likely to
make hiuddle OF them. The fact that
man has made successful PROSECUTING
attorney, while Of course to his credit, IA
no recommendation as to his fitness for
encouragement This official has
nothing to do with criminal matters; the
assistant encouragement attends to
them.n
BY the way, nobody has yet given an
explanation of the withdrawal OF Charley
Culoerson from the race for attorney.
general. 1t was told to-day that his
father, sold Dave" came home from
washington last week, ard that he hadn't
been Id Jefferson many hours before the
announcement went out that Charley
would not be candidate. NV informant
suggested that Culberson, Sr., was en-
uoWeu with very long head, and that
possloly ne foresaw a senatorial muddle
IN the adjustment OF which some peace.
maker might receive blessing. He
auueo mat, IN such q contingency. too
many o1lces III the family might drive
away the Lightning from The place where
IL mos. desired to strike,
While on the question OF
THE sENAroISHP,
let me note one interesting fact II
seems 10 DE the general impression that
congressman Reagan will be In the race
from certain developments of recent
uate, l am lead to believe that Mr.. Reagan
Is pruning Els gatlipg gun, and that II is
loaoed for senatorial game. He has
fecehtiy written letter, SO | was in.
formed by one Of his fri, nds. declining 70
enter the gubernatorial contest under anv
sort OF circumstances. His friend
also said that Mr.. Rragan
thought seriously of becoming a csndi-
uate ior governor at one time belieying
tlat the senatorship lag lust beyond ~
heasan's strength in MI portions ~ tha
state there can be no doubt, His canal
uacy must tend to mpllcate matters
very much; race be- geen Maxev Ter
Iell, keagan and Irela' Il promises a great
u .' IN the way of political diversion for
Ihere is but little division over
- THE GunERNAToRIAL RACE
ana that which exists il MOI 90
pelitical nature, Whenever ono ~ O.
hoss' army comrades IL found he Is gen
elaily discovered 10 be supporter ~ + re n
SeueIal for governor. The nd, ocscv
Sasea on political issues is uine-tentbs toy
Sna'n' This Is the case everywhere
naEe heard Gen. Ross friends claim say
sfal counties for him "because thew bold
s'sat many OF his old soldiers. D have
49, heard the generals speech or his Mat.
T T'a" referred TO by a single supporter
- .ne issue, as near as can pet NJ \,
90 20 Ssuween the war record OF Gen Ross
sas. tne peace record OF Mr.. Swain Ths
, ,SS. .nat the latter was private in nv h
sdn anu anu gallant soldier In Ross, hr sa
a1e seems almost to have been iost ;
~ ,n me way the public puts the eoS,ess
q, ' ise civilian of 1886 against the soldIsr
WANsIDR NOTES
Ia a prominent state senator. one ., a.
s sssasrs Of the Nineteenth lesS.S Ia .ne