Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-22
THE FIFTH.
Chairman Barefoot ofthe Fifth Congress.
sional District Democracy Speaks
Out Plainly.
Pickett or Hare WIN he Elecied IN the Dis
trict and the Independent VIII BE
showed Under.

MONTAGUE, TEX, Sept. 20, 1886 TO
the Democracy Of the Fifth Congress
sIonal district: Since the adjournment OF
the late Democratic congressional con.
vention at Denton, which event happened
without resulting In naming candidate
from this district, have received many
letters addressed TO me as the chairman
OF the district executive committee from
different parts OF the district, some favor.
ing another convention and others oppos-
ing 10. After a careful and thorough In
yestigation of the subject have decided
that the success OF the party nor It's inter.
est requires that should take the re-
sponsbility of calling another convention.
Il is not believed that there is the least
danger of the party being defeated, or
that mongrel candidate can be elected,
or that It is the sense Of the Democratic
voters Of the district that the emergency
is such to require another convocation Of
the party. The convention at Denton
three times voted down resolution re-
ferrlng IL back TO another convention, and
as the two candidates most prominent be-
fore that convention were so evenly
divided in support IL seemed TO be the
wish OF the party In this district that
their respective merits be submitted TO
the voters TO be settled at the polls.
have information from good Demo
Gratis from all parts OF the district, which
gives the utmost assurance that there is
not the least danger OF the election OF an
opposition or independent candidate, and
that the districts largely Democratic, and
/ cannot, therefore, believe that the
Democrats would so far forget the inter
est Of their party as TO allow mongrel or
independent candidate to be elected when
Ii can be so easily defeated, even with
both Hare and Pickett In the field.
IL Is now but little more than month
until the election, and as 1t is very busy
time with most of the Democratic voters,
II Ia feared that IL the eXIgencies required
1t full attendance could be secured in
time for a tull and fair representative
convention, and as have full faith In the
devotion OF the Democracy of the district,
do not fear or doubt that all
true Democrats Will abide by the action
OF the convention at Denton, which was
expressed In the following resolution
adopted by that body,
"Resolyed, that the convention dissolves
without making nomination, and
recommend Judge Silas Hare Of Grayson
county and G. Is. Pickett of Wise county
TO the Democracy OF the district, and
urge upon all Democrats to support
one Of the two men,"
(Judge Barrett OF Cooke county was at
first included In this resolution, but 1t
was asserted by friends that he would
not make the race.)
Now, |, as chairman OF the Democratic
executive committee of this district,
ask aud respectfully urge all true
Democrats in the district to sup
port one or the other of the two
gentlemen named In the above reso-
luton, and feel that / can assure the
Democracy that II this Is done, the Fifth
district will be represented by good and
true Democrat, and that all mongrel aud
independent candidates will be showed
under too deep for resurrection. or until
there Is resurrection for the wicked.
G, w. BAREFOOT,
Chairman Democratic Executive Com
mittee OF Fifth Congressional District.