Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-29
CONVENTION ECHOES.
How the Hurah Of the Mob Swept
Down the Voice Of the Minority.
John IreIand's Political Tomb Placed
by the Side Of the Sad Sea waves.
The Democracy Sits Down on Secret
Political Parties.
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swain's Invoctivo Against tho Aduain.s,ra.
Bwain'a hnvecttve Against tho Adnsin!strn.
tion-Ths Senatorial Contest.

late Galveston convention, the most nota
bic political assemblage that has convened
In Texas for many years, causes me I,
draw few deductions from It's proceed
ings and voice them In the following
lines;
On the surface OF the proceedings O
that body little was seen to Indicate tina
great political Issues presented them
selves TO the consideration Of the Texal
voter; the contenss, with two notable OK
captions, were for the power OF oflcla
position and measures were lost In con
sideration OF the claims OF men. II was
the hurr9h Of the majority mob, resistlest
as the tide Of ocean, overriding and sub
merging the weak struggles Of the mi.
nority. The claims OF contending delega.
lions from contested counties were
treated as a Whit of smoke and blown
aside with a single breath, and the land
question was handled as gltterlng toy
and tossed to the big boy majority with
doriaive laughter ut the protests Of the
minority The twelve hundred or more
delegates had gone TO Galveston to nom
iIa,e ticket OF men and for no other
purpose. They had no Interest In any
thing but the candidates, Fand, like the
great mob they were, they put on the cap
WnA WIN JULIE III HHUub HUWltl
hoarse over their choice and the grand
old party.
But amidst all the noise of that body
one thing was clearly demonstrated, and
~ every point In the proceedings II was
clearly visible that
THE ADHESIVE QUALITIES
OF Texas Democracy are strong as they
ever were. When the rights OF candi.
dates or OF sections OF the state were
trampled IN the dust the minority grace
fully accepted the position and bowed TO
the inevitable. There was no talk OF
boiling and the ticket win undoubtedly
be warmly supported by every delegate
70 tho convention. Section Of the
platform cannot DO acceptable to the
actual settlers OF the West and the great
Panhandle district, but the ticket will be
supported and fight made for tho OPP
posito OF the principle there In In tho
next legislature Not a single protest
was heard over the rejection OF the
knights OF Labor and Farmers alliance
delegation from Cooke county except from
delegations OF a similar kind. II was all
right so long as the majority said Il WAS
SO, The Democratic PARTY Waa there in a
body united and ready 10 laugh al THINGS
that looked like an innovation OF n forelgn
element into It's ranks,
John IRELAND.
Amidst tho wreck and crush of matter
that followed the adjournment. tho nrea.
ent executive OF Texas lies nj the bottom.
Al The diving embera went out IN mid.
niaht hof,r ana the sad sea ,vevoa ANN n
reo,nem over tho oonyention,s death. tho
notaa echoed M the polltIcalt tomb ~ Iobn
ireland. ana thouaht ~ tho Uomston
convention az two wears 400
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every liz. lie was The choice az n areat
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