Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-06
The Democracy Of the TrauscontI-
mental District lmpregnable
as Gibraltar.
The Reward OF Yigllant Officer.
swain VIII Receive Almost
Solid Vote for Governor.
Predio ion that Judge Rector Of Austin
win be the Republican
Nominee.

OF Texas. Grayson county alone Is est
mated to hold &C, 900 people. Two-third
of these belong TO the country. IIerei
lies the secret OF the general thrift whicl
characterlzes this sectlon-the FREEDOM
nance Of It's peasant population. II thu
same proportion held good throughou
the state hard times coulC
never exist in Texas save
In the fancy Of the chronic grumbler. Il
Is when one man In the country labors 10
support two in the town that the food
supply Is likely 70 become exhausted.
Immigration agents might with profit
stick pin here
Grayson is In as healthy condition pc.
litlcally as materially. After all, political
agitation IS but the result Of material de-
preston. Here the bank deposits run
high up IN the thousands, and the crop
outlook is good, so the agitators
might as well give Grayson a
wide berth. Beyond all this, however,
there Is a healthy political sentiment here
that iorbids the Infection Of the people
with political hcresles. There are
TOO MANY sCHooL.HoUsEs
In Sherman for the communstlc crank to
lind within It's gates comfortable lodg-
ing place. II any place can claim TO be
Texas Athens II Is Sherman The list OF
educational Institutions is too
long to enumerate, but II would
be credit TO any of the
educational centers OF the East.
Here is common school build |
Ing just completed at q cost OF |
$4,000, and there Is another very nearly |
as costly. 1t is no wonder then that |
when the issue was squarely made be. |
tween law and order and lawlessness and /
disorder 10 the municipal election which
occurred just after the strike, the people
10y decisive majorlty-two to one-said
That the law should be supreme. without
regard TO party they held up the hands
OF officers who did their duty and shamed
70 confusion the arrogance which sought
20 put private interests at the mercy of |,
mob There will be no whlrlwind in
Grayson because the wind was left uu-
soWn, 1t may readily be conjectured that
me causeless agitation, which In some
places threatens to result in secession
from the Democratic ranks has
FOUND but few followers here.
there are no doubt quite az many men
mere as elsewhere whose desire for office
Is stronger than their Democracy, but
they are in the condition OF general
''HN"NNAH ~ Amy W OIlNH llt I'LL ADOUt
them waiting TO be conquered, but worlds
unwilling to yield hearing to the faint.
est whisper tainted Of socialism. So
much for the beneticent results OF gen /
eral education. The boycotter and the
communist viii never lind Grayson
good held for missionary work.
POLITICAL POINTERS.
More interest Is felt here in the super.
lntendency and the land commissioner.
snip Than In any other features Of the
state campaign. This grows out OF the
candidacy OF Prof. Carlisle of Whitesboro,
THIS county, for the first, and of Mr.. Hall, /
former citizen OF this county, for the
second, Instructions were given for
both IN The county convention which met
yesterday Swain Is largely the favorite
for governor Hogg will get a
good support for attorney general, as also
viii Judge Wheeler for Northumberland
or. The county will send fifty delegates
to the state convention TO cast fourteen
votes practice which promises to be
generally adopted this year, and which
VIII make hotel-room at Galveston com
mand high premium.
sherman is the home of Capt O. I.
Lyons, commander OF the Grand |
Army of the Republic, who, II he
desired, could be prominent factor in
Texas politics this year. Capt. Lyons .
could undoubtedly have the Republican !
nomination for the governorshIp IL he |
wanted II, which will mean more this
year. II all signs are not at fault, than II
ever meant before--but he doesn't want
il. II he were Inclined TO enter pol-
itics his extensive business inter
osts would forbid 1t. BY the
way am tempted to indulge in
A PREDICTION.
Judge Rector OF Austin, who ran
against Sayers for congress In 1854, will
be the nominee for governor Of the Re.
publican convention at Waco, The Judge
Is good man, hardly up to Dana's
standard OF weight, not a brilliant de.
bater, but who makes good law argu-
ment, aud Will not by amy means be easily
tloored on the stump, His last race
was made as an Independent aud Savers
majority was somewhere In the neighbour
hood of 10000 The Judge will probably
prefer to take his Republioanlsm straight
this year
The successor OF Hon. w. o. Davis In
rHE STATE SENATE
Will be Mr. Douglass, the present sheriff
OF this county. BY courtesy Grayson was
entitled to name the senator this
time, and she chose, yesterday, MIR.
Douglass. He is practical business
man, who earued his great popularity In
this county by his vigor and courage as
an oalcer and his thorough devotion to
law, HIS arrival at Denlson during the
strike was the signal for the trains 60
begin TO move and for the oppo.
sition to law 10 cease its efforts.
He was not a candidate for the office, and
his nomination was complete surprise
70 himself Here is one instance OF the
practical enforcement Of the rule CON
corning which so much Is said and 80
little seen; Man the victim OF the ofice
an0 not Office the victim of the man.
The political situation In Grayson is
pretty much the situation along the en-.
tlra line OF the Transcontinental.
IN FANNIS
an EFFORT TO inaugurAte an independent
political movement among the farmers
proved ahortlve. II reached its climax
when meeting was called at the court.
house TO "indorsen candidates for county
Offices, A fair crowd collected out Of
curiosity, but only seven votes were