Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-29
WON'T HOLD WATER.
Those Charges Against Mr.. Finger
Integrity EfftctualIy Done
Away With.
The Executive oommittee OF the Count,
Democracy Makes Arrangements for
Vigorous Canvass.

Pursuant 10 adjournment the executive
committee Of Tarrant county Democracy
met yesterday at 2 p. m. in the district
courtroom In the courthouse with open
doors). an the committee, consisting OF
a member from each voting precinct be-
ing present excet three. The committee
was called 10 order by Chairman DR.. w. II.
Moore. The first thing for the action OF
the committee was the further investiga.
ton OF the charges against George w
Finger, Democratic nominee for repre-
sentative, published 10 the Labor Siitings
some time since, wherein IL accuses Mr..
Finger Of bad faith and fraud In adding
up the vote on the substitute bill, trans
ferring the work Of indexing the
house Journals 10 the Journal
clerk instead OF the chief clerk OF the
nineteenth legislature. Mr.. Finger de.
MED the charges before the committee at
last meeting, aud referred the committee 10
various members of the last legis'atu
10 corro6orate his statement. The cor.
responding secretary Of the executive
committee wrote 10 Hon. George G, Pen.
dleton of Bell county, j. M. Browning OF
Mobeeties and IL. w Upton Of Hin and
received communications from each OF
said representatives These communi-
cations, which were very complimentary
to Mr.. Finger as faithful clerk aud as
q man Of Integrity and corroborated his
testimony In every particular, were read
before the committee and on motion made
by II. G. Holloway II was declared unani-
mously to be the sense OF the committee
that Mr.. Finger did nothing unbecom-
Ing man OF veracity and In
tegrity and that the charges
as published IN the Labor Siftings were
vilifying and false. MIR. Finger was
unanimously eXonerated from the false
charges brought against him.
A committee was then appointed, con-
sistiug OF Dan Iightower, Dr. II. T. Hall,
II c. Holloway, u. M. Daggett and Clark
Wiley, 10 formulate some plan for the
coming campaign. The committee re-
ported as follows, VIZ;
To the Chairman CT the Democratic Elk
ecutive Committee OF Tarraut County;
Your committee would recommend that
the canvass be opened on Monday, 27th OF
September by speaking and barbecue at
Blrdville aud ending with grand
barbecue and speaking at Fort Worth on
the 2Sth day OF October, That speaking
and a dinner or barbecue be had at the
following places and dates, Wis
Smithheld, September 2s; Bedford,
September 90; Grapevine, September 80;
Padens, October Ii Keller, october 2
Dido, October 4; Montgomery, October
3; ALE, October G; Mitchells, October !;
White Settlement, October 8, Benbrook,
: October 9; Leonard's Store, October II;
Prairie Chapel, October 70; Crowley,
October 49, Enon, October IA; Oak
Grove, October l5i Mansfield, October
: l6; Subjects, October Is; Johnston Sta
tfAn neffhar A ell
Handley, October 2li Forrest Hill, 0cto-
Der %.
9 We further recommend the committee OF
/. eight appointed by the county convention
! act as finance committee. We further
! recommend that the candidates ON the
6 so-called peoples ticket be invited TO
participate in the speaking at the various
places. That all speaking take place
} in daylight with open doors and
2 all the people be invited to attend and TO
take part in the various Democratic fes-
tivities to be held as above designated.
We further recommend that each member
] Of the executive committee proceed 81
/ once to organize Democratic club In his
! respective voting precinct.
} The above report was unanimously
! adopted. After some discussion OF mat.
tiers in general relative TO the canvass and
! the good of the Democracy, the commit
tee adjourned TO meet again OF the call OF
/ the chairman. DREW PRUIT,
, Secretary.
Following are the letters referred to
above, perusal of which win satisfy any
fair-minded man as TO Mr.. Fingers per-
feet innocence OF any wroug-doing
AN UPRIGHT MAN.
MoBEETIE, TEX, Aug. "a, lssG.--Geo
Mulkey, Esq, Secretary Democratic Ex-
ecutiye Committee, Tarrent County,
Fort Worth, Tex.-DEAR SIR; Your
favor OF the l4th inst, inclosiDg me copy
Of Hon. George w. Fingers defense 70
certain charges made against him. found
at hand on my return, day before yester-
day, from Galveston. am not Informed
/, fully OF the charge against Mr.. Finger, or
OF who made it, but suppose IL TO be in
! reference to resolution adopted by the
house Of representatives OF the Nineteenth
legislature Just before its adjournment
have carefully read Mr.. Fingers com
: munication OF the 9TH inst. 10 Jour chair.
man explaining said resolution fully,
and, as far as my memory
serves me, can corrOborate
him in every thing he says, except that
part denying that Mr.. Davis said any
thing or requested him to have nothing
70 do with the work. heard no con.
versatlons between Mr.. Finger and Mr..
Davis that ! can now call to mind, and
can say nothing about that either way.
But have known Mr.. Finger as reading
clerk Of the house OF both the Eighteenth
and Nineteenth legislature, and 10 wrong
was ever imputed 70 him before and not
even mistake In counting up the vote on
any question,
Mr.. Finger is an honorable, upright
man and true Democrat, aud have no
hesltency in saying that Tarrant county
will honor herself in electing him as her
representative In the Twentieth legisla-
ture, and believe he will make an ex-
cellent worker for his county
Very respectfully,
J. N. BRowHIs0.
Mr.. rESDLEToS's TESTIMONY.
BELros, TEX, Aug. 1s.--George Null
KEY. ESQ, Secretary Democratic Execu-
tive Committee, Tefrant County, Tex =
DEAR Sin: have your favor Of the l4th
inst. enclosing the defense made by
George w. Finger against certAlu charges
brought bv Hon Is. II. Davis.
In reply beg 70 say that both mr. Fin
ger and Mr. Davis are friends Of mine,
aud both are 10 my opinion honorable
men, and do not wish 70 be drawn into
any controversy between them. ! must
say. however. that with the best inGeh- /
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