Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-04

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motion In tho convention, jumped on q
chair and extending his arms 10 Tarrant
county, said; "Come TO US, TarraDt and
take the congressman from your city.
We Will back him solidn The Johueon,
Bosque and Dallas delegates ehoatedl
"Vote for Furman, Tafrant, vote for Fur
man, and nominate hlm," but Tarrani
voted IL votes solid for Bockham.
The lSsth ballot was again taken, when
! Charlton spoke and said; 1--WE win give
Tarrant Beckham by acclamatlon,n
and he moved that it be so, but
Dallas, Bosque and Johnson objected
and voting by accl amatiou was decided
out OF order.
TWO MoRE CANDIDATES.
Mars OF Bosque nominated o. l..
Iockett OF Bosque county.
Tho iS9th ballot resulted; Beckham,
&C, Furman, so; Iookett, IL.
The l90th b,llot gave Beckham tG;
Furman, Al. The contest was between
the two Tarrant county men.
Terrell OF kaufman, said he was salts
fed Beckham could not be nominated and
placed Sawnie Robertson 81 Dallas
county In nomination.
L0ckett asked that Bosque county have
time TO consult. Granted
Robertson's name was withdrawn with
out ballot ON II.
The l9lst ballot resulted Furman II,
Beckham li3, Gibbs 9ll,
The 1920 ballot was the same, and the
convention adjourned TO 1880,
The convention met promptly on time,
and the i93d ballot was taken with the
following result; Beckham iiA and
Gibbs i2b
The l9ith ballot stood Gibbs IS, Beck
ham AZ.
After the l96th ballot Templcton Of
Ellis offered a resolution that Il be de-
a clared the sense Of this convention that
been before this convention withdraw
their names.
> The resolution was defeated.
I Mars OF Bosque moved that the candi
Q oates be placed IN free-for-all race and
1 let the people settle tho question. Th's
created connection and all the delega
tlons asked to consult After being called
! to order again Mars withdrew HIS mo
ton. II was decided TO suspend the rules
n and select a chairman OF the executive
committee OF the Sixth district.
W. II. Lockett OF Bosquo and DIR
Douglass Of HIM were nominated, TIL,
Q vote resulted Lockett 45b, Douglass 4la
n Lockett's election was made unanimous
h ANOTHER RECESS.
:. Another adjournment till 2;t5 o'clocl
p. m. WAS taken After reassemhlinl
Z ballot forth was taken resulting Beck
. ham Asa and Gibbs l2d. The next tw'
70 ballots were the same.
4. The 200th ballot was. Beckham 500
"a Gibbs 26b, Fnrman "a.
81 The 20lst ballot was the same
: Nash OF Dallas said we had now bee
!, here three days aud II was evident thu
u no one could be nominated, and
OF moved that the three candidates be sen
or TO the people.
he RUSH 10 FuRMAN.
IA The motion was received by storm G
10 "noes," and Nash withdrew it.
On the 202d ballot Dallas went 10 vote
y to Furman. Kaufman gave Furman !
" votes, johnson gave Furman Ill ELI
~ gave Furman G., and Bosque gave Fnrmal
h g. The result Of the ballot was Beck
lie ham 500, Furman 503.
ID On the 20Bd ballot Ellis gave Furman
= votes, and with his solid counties he go
81 votes and Beckham 88.
10 Now most exciting scene ensued
le Only four more votes for Furman anC
Or he would be nominated. Eight hundred
a. men were on their feet calling out TO Tar
"a rant county TO 90 for Furman. An Ellii
10 county delegate stood Ia front OF the Tar
!, rant delegation and said. "sllis count
y has for many ballots supportedyour favor
2 ties on, Judge Beckham. We have beel
" true 10 him. Now we ask you 20 taxi
10 your second bog and vote for him. Col
ID Furman, gentlemen, support him ant
1t we will unlock TINS convention" Ever
Tarrant county delegate stood az
- amid cyclone Of cheers an'
Lab 90 phar hn IA IN m
~ asked time 10 consult. The solid twenty
q eight went into the sherin's Office AM
y caucussed while. scene OF confusion
q was going on in the court room. At las
D the Tarrant county delegation returned
n and filed 10 their places. Silence pre-
!, vailed, when /, ID. Parker Of Birdville
= who had acted as spokesman throughout
~ announced, In clear voice, Beckhkm i
1t votes, as announced. The convention
T. seemed unable 10 comprehend, aud th'
ballot was called.
On the 20ith ballot Dallas went back x
Gibbs, with the result Beckham, 49,
"a Gihbs, 2Gd, Furman, ~.
!, The 205th and 20Gth ballots gave th'
!. same result.
~ ANsoN RATREY.
II On the 207th vote Ellis cast IL votes fo
Arson Ralney, Kaufman 10 votes fo
!. Rainey and ilill il NoteH LOT hhlney'
D. Col Wynne OF Tarrant said the!
!. thanked Ellis for It's noble support o
, Beckhsm and now that Ellis offered then
= a good man Tarrant voted IA votes fo
Ralney. Then the most exciting scene 0
the convention occurred. The Eli
county men were oyerjoyed They stool
.e on the benches, took on their coats anC
waved them on canes, threw their hats II
the air aud yelled themselves hoarse. Thu
Hill, TarrAnt aud Kaufman men IoineC
them 10 their exultation. The result o
e the ballot was announced; Rainey 40
J. Gl0bs "a, Furman l..
e The 20sth ballot wss the same.
X On the 209th ballot Rainey received ~
j. Gibbs, i Furman, 574
The cloth ballot was the same.
Grlnnan OF Kaufman moved that ths
= two thirds rule be abandoned and the ma
y joTity rule adopted.
Declared out ~ order.
d JOE ABBOTT AGREED uPoN.
! Amid much excitement the convention
4 adjourned Tor twenty minutee, and
By consultation the Winning man ,was
| aKreed upon.