Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-29
The Attempt to Bring Out Demo'se
as a GuberuatorIal Candidate
Creates a Rumple,
How Il Influences the selection o.
Kvery officer IN the Coun'y-De'
Morse's secret Circular
Inside ulstorY % me Holding OF Two o""'
yentioBs- How the County c"h'e"
lion Broke Up-The issue

have been running here for years In fu'
dug by the foreiathers OF the present
renoratiop. The people and the countrJ
indicate that staid, placid, settled condi
ton Of things where agitation fails On
stony ground In the quiet but prosper
Gus little capital one would be surprised
10 hear any sound more turbulent than
church bell or any discussion which en-
rendered moro warmth than review
OF crop outlook. That was the situa'
ton a month ago; to-day everything Il
changed Red River Is in
sEETIug0, DofLIKG POLITICAL CAL
DRON.
Little knots OF men gather upon the streets
Of Clarksyille 10 discuss the new turn OF
AFFAIRS and bitter words arefreely spoken.
The one subject In the mouths Of 81 Is
the imbrogllo which has grown out OF the
attempt To bring out Col. Charles De
Morse OF Clarksyille as a gubernatoriel
candidate In opposition TO Col. w. a.
Swain, also from this place. All Other
political issues have been merged In thiH
one. In local politics the candidates are
known as swain or DeMorse men, and
this affair will influence tne selection OF
every officer In the county, from the high
NNl w INV lOWNnA AhN hihNNNAN' ~
in many respects an embarrassing
one 10 the local candidates, and
more embarrassing to the DEM
ocratc leaders who fear that the Re-
publicans will take advantage OF the OPP
portunity 10 capture the county
The fact that there is a echism In the
Democratic party Ia old Red River, and
that two county conventions were held
last Saturday week, resulting In the soec-
ton of two sets OF delegates 10 the vari.
GUS conventions, Is pretty well known
over the state.
TnE INSIDE nfsToRY
Of the affair has not yet been given. II
reveals ono OF the most Interesting
features OF the present campaign,
A month ago the guberuatorlal contest
was scarcely thought Of Ia this county,
except 10 note the progress and the pros
poets Of the Swain boom. There was q
general 0oqulescence Ia the candidacy Of
Col. Swain as q home man, and no other
idea was entertained than that tae county
convention would meet and quietly in-
struct Tor him without any opposition
The FIRST mtimatlon TO the contrary
was given by tho discovery Of secret
circular purporting TO emanate from the
county alliance lndorsing Col. Chns De-
Morse for governor and calling on the
alliances OF the state TO support him
The part that this circular played In sub.
sequent complications makes its history
a part OF their history,
Wednesday, May 20, II leaked out that
the knights Of Labor at meeting the
night before had approved an alliance Sc
cret circular indorsing Col. DeMorsc for
governor. Friends of Col. Swain began
to Investigate and discovered that clrcn.
lar OF this character WIS being sent over
the state. Members OF the alliance were
questioned, who declared that they knew
nothing about such Il circular, and that
the alliance had taken no acton what
ever with reference TO the gOyernorship.
Here was
STAIR on THINGS,
The matter caused Il sensation Inside
the alliance, which finally eliminated In
the publication OF card by several
officials OF the order, declaring that "the
circular secretly circulated and purport.
ing TO have originated with and TO have
the indorsoment OF the County alliance IL
false.n meeting OF the County
alliance was called on the 9th
OF June TO Investigate the orr.
gln Of the circular. This lnyestlga.
tlon developed that tho president of the
alliance, Mr.. j. w Baker, had called at
the Standard Office Tuesday morning
May 90, ana left rough draft Of the cir.
Cular. Col DeMorso wrote note TO the
investigating committee explaining thai
he had added the date line "County Al
lance rooms,n because II was custom
AIRY 20 have a date line OF some sort on
documents OF that kind. II seems that
he had also written the cir
cular, which was highly Gu
logistic OF his services for Texas, aud IN
behalf OF the farmer and laboring man
aud extollad his fitness for the position OF
governor After some elaboration th,
alliance adopted resolution exculpatinp
President Baker from blame In the mat
ter. A proposition was then made to IN
dorse DeMorses candidacy, which wa,
defeated by negative majority OF
about twenty.eight, Three days later
june ", the precinct conventions
were held, with tho result that Ave pre-
ciucts, :, 3, 4, ands s, with nineteor
voter instructed for Swain, an,
throl precincts, /, and q, will
eighteen votes, Instructed for De
Morse. These conventions were II
most instances scenes Of the creates
excitement, which gave premonltlon o.
Nihh WAC W UNIV ~ wv tnunll NOnNtN
ton on tho following Saturday IN IN,
Clarksvllle precinct the vote stood
$50 for DeMorse 20 ill for Swain
The merchants and profes slona
men went almost solidly for vain, aud
the knights Of Labor, who pnwher about
10, Cor DeMorse. swain CARED Ave out
Of seven country precincts by good, II
most cases overwhelming, maioritles
his total majority in precinct vote Of
about one thousand being over one hun
dred The county convention
RhsuLrHD IN ROW,
within a fow minutes after the proceed
ings commenced, Tine Swain delegates
wanted to vota by precincts
which the other side declined
60 do. Their purpose was
quickly evidenced by eight delegates, rep.
resenting about three votes, boltlna their
instructions 70 vote Tor Swain and Join.
Ing tho DeMorse cohorts. The Swain
men then proposed TO divide the delega.
ton between the two mon. THIS was
declined They offered 20 submit the
matter 10 the Democratic primaries, which
was also refused. Then II was that the
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