Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-27
POLITICAL.
The Ex.Convlct Candidate for street
Commissioner Of San Antonio WIN
Face the Music.
Senator Davis to be n Candidate for Con.
gress this Year-PoIitical Dots
from Various Counties.

! from Various Counties.
A CANDIDATES. STATEMENT.
Z Special 10 the Gazette
San ANTONIO, TEX, Nav 26.--Ths
light for street commissioner by The
Knights OF Labor continues and grows
hotter day by day. Fitzgerald, the can.
: didate charged with being an ex-conyct
makes the following explanation: GAS to
: the charges made against me for the pur.
| pose Of defeating me in the election for
, street commissioner Of this city, have
this to say; | do not deny that was
| convicted and sentenced to twelve wears
| in the state penitentlary; but do say it
was wronglully done and that / was one
OF the innocent men convicted Of crime
which / did not commit, by the petty
juries of the county. At the time / was
arraigned and convicted was away from
home, without either friends or money,
and could not secure the evidence to re-
but that brought against me. served
two year and nine months, and then eyi.
dence ling produced that had been
wrongful!y and unjuStly convicted, was
fully pardoned by the governor, upon the
recommendation Of the district Judge and
the district attorney before whom i was
tried. These proceedings were had In
McLennan county"
| The election takes place on SATURDAY..
and ere will doubtless be more fun be-
fore II is over.
| COOKE COUNTY POLITICS.
Special to the Gazette.
GAINESVILLE, Tx, May 26.-It ia n
certain fact now that Senator Davis viii
lp a for 1. H..
has openly said he would be candidate.
and couples it with the assurance that he
thinks he is as fully capable of distribut-
ing garden seed to the people of this dis
tfict as any man in it. Senator Davis is
Georgian, and has oeen in Texas for
number OF years, in fact, whatever he is
as public man has been won in Texas.
Tor here he has spent the best portion of
MIS- NE, and here at home, where he is
pest known,t Is his popularity the greatest.
The political pot is boiling, and as little
as may be said about it, the ides of No
vemoer will show what figure the knights
ot LABOR and the Farmers alliances will |
cut IN the final count. These orders
kPow their strength, and knowing It will |
certainly take advantage of the power IL |
gives them. 1t is limited here, on the
outside, that convention will be held |
soon at some point in the county, at which |
VIII be determined what course TO |
take with regard to state, county |
and precinct Offices. The fact that The I
Farmers alliances claim to have ut least |
10000 voters in Its membership, and thew
think that The knights of Labor will swell |
TINS number TO at least 10000 more,
SHOWS clearly that they not only have the
balance Ct power, but they are beginning
TO see Just how much they can use it. In
TINS county the two orders have, or claim.
ABOUT 1000 votes, and, of course, if they
choose 10 sick together, without the
selection oil ticket by the Democratic
party they can elect any man they choose.
M'LENNAN COUNTY POLITICS.
Special to the Gazette.
waco, Tex, May 2G "A very quiet
put industrious boom is being worked up
mere Tor ex-senator Shannon of Parker
county, ss candidate for commissioners |
Oh inc general land office. 1t will be re-
iheihoered that Hon. Richard Harrison. !
iie senator from this district, had some
LlveIy tiltS with Commissioner Walsh |
uusins the last session of the legislature,
auu IL may De set down as pretty well as $
sured that the senator's influence viii
send Shannon delegation from This
county to the Galveston convention II
Is UNDERSTOOD that Mr.. Shannon will nav /
visit here ere long n
MI. barns worth, the newspaper CORE n
spohdent with whom Senator Harrison b
locAeu horns during the legislative SEES Il
Sioh, was III town today, but the two did n
nut meet MIR. Farnsworth is now the v
IdVeiihS auditor Of the Erie Telephone
company In Texas.
II, ~ Is stated that ex-Dis,rict Judge N.
" W. Battle of this county viii he In
Lhe held as candidate for the lower
mousse OF the legislature. This will make
.nfee aspirants for that place. u
CALLAHAN COUNTY POLITICS.
special 10 the Gazette. A
BAIRD, TEX, May 26..-The state can.
vass Is warming up in this district. and
nc ihVoTed men seem to be w j. Swain
Ihu tine Old Alcalde" for governor. the
asor seems to be about equally divided A
'etween Them. We have not heard tho
,' VI ven Ross mentioned very often.
~ teutenant- governor, Judge 4. b.
y nselor oi Erath county can carry this
So, Win scarcely a dissenting vote =
,or senator, ). b. Maxey Is way ahead 4
OF congress, George w. Smith Of COL. \
auo, Tex, Is favorably mentioned For q
.ttorney-general, Charles f. Clint ~ Dsl. y
- seems to be the favorlte now. For =
Il w Ses El, Mr., Browning is our man Il
= w. camp OF brentwood will ne the II
,SL attorney here. All remember the IA
ll,niul work he did here the last term Of h
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pecial to the Gazette. "a
> Sls ,d sfR,INGs, Tex, May 26.--candi. n
abhin9 u,s'llct and county offices are u
IbUoi9g up serenely on every hand E
nus lar three candidates have anson nanI ~
= = IS snerin and collector, two Tor district "
err, Two for district attorney. and two ~
olce county nut Judge. Several of these
q ni ase quite Important ones, as there A
toward y for Judicial purposes All In oi -
,uncsd du asa who have thus far an -
'uncea are residents Of this city. " S.
,.,,., CANDIDATE FOR JUDGE. CO.
, Jb1iussnoRo, TEX, May 2G.-Hon. n \